What the planet didin the past seven days

513 natural events observed since 18 Oct, 19:58 UTC: 408 earthquakes, 94 wildfires, 5 severe storms, 4 sea and lake ice and 2 floods. Each one links to the agency that reported it.

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Newest observationschecked just now

The strongest earthquake

M 7.0 - Bonin Islands, Japan region, at 24 Oct 2026, 02:09 UTC, 473.0 km deep. USGS lists its solution as REVIEWED.

408 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more were recorded worldwide in the same seven days; 74 reached magnitude 5.

Bonin Islands, Japan regionM7.0 · 24 Oct, 02:09M7.0 · 24 Oct, 02:09 Bonin Islands, Japan regionM7.0 · 24 Oct, 02:09M7.0 · 24 Oct, 02:09 191 km ENE of Nagqu, ChinaM7.0 · 22 Oct, 14:33M7.0 · 22 Oct, 14:33 197 km WNW of Port-Olry, VanuatuM6.9 · 24 Oct, 02:31M6.9 · 24 Oct, 02:31 Bonin Islands, Japan regionM6.5 · 25 Oct, 02:09M6.5 · 25 Oct, 02:09 170 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuM6.3 · 24 Oct, 02:35M6.3 · 24 Oct, 02:35 197 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuM6.3 · 20 Oct, 04:20M6.3 · 20 Oct, 04:20 25 km ENE of Port-Olry, VanuatuM6.1 · 25 Oct, 02:24M6.1 · 25 Oct, 02:24 186 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuM6.0 · 19 Oct, 07:49M6.0 · 19 Oct, 07:49 218 km ENE of Nagqu, ChinaM5.9 · 25 Oct, 11:25M5.9 · 25 Oct, 11:25 196 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuM5.9 · 24 Oct, 08:56M5.9 · 24 Oct, 08:56 Bouvet Island regionM5.8 · 24 Oct, 15:24M5.8 · 24 Oct, 15:24

Storms being followed

EONET follows 7 storms observed in the past two weeks. Each position below is one the warning centres published; the globe draws the full track.

Hurricane Vance16 positions, last at 14.6° N, 103.8° W65 kt · 25 Oct, 12:0065 kt · 25 Oct, 12:00 Super Typhoon Champi42 positions, last at 30.7° N, 126.3° E40 kt · 25 Oct, 12:0040 kt · 25 Oct, 12:00 Tropical Cyclone Agueda15 positions, last at 5.7° S, 47.7° E30 kt · 23 Oct, 18:0030 kt · 23 Oct, 18:00 Hurricane Trudy26 positions, last at 19.4° N, 108.0° W30 kt · 20 Oct, 00:0030 kt · 20 Oct, 00:00 Tropical Cyclone Wati13 positions, last at 20.7° S, 156.8° W45 kt · 19 Oct, 06:0045 kt · 19 Oct, 06:00 Hurricane Simon37 positions, last at 21.3° N, 110.0° W30 kt · 16 Oct, 18:0030 kt · 16 Oct, 18:00 Typhoon Koguma35 positions, last at 38.3° N, 157.2° E50 kt · 13 Oct, 18:0050 kt · 13 Oct, 18:00

True-colour satellite image of the area around 14.60, -103.80 on 2026-10-24 — NASA VIIRS true colour, 24 Oct (previous day; today’s passes are still arriving). Night side and polar winter appear dark.

Around Hurricane Vance’s latest reported position.

Fires

94 wildfires were reported in the past seven days. The largest by reported area is Wildfire in Australia 1033018, at 26,776 hectares.

True-colour satellite image of the area around -20.77, 136.58 on 2026-10-20 — NASA VIIRS true colour, 20 Oct. Night side and polar winter appear dark.

74 more are on the globe.

Volcanoes, water and ice

Iceberg A85Sea and lake ice22 Oct, 00:0022 Oct, 00:00 Iceberg D33BSea and lake ice22 Oct, 00:0022 Oct, 00:00 Iceberg D32Sea and lake ice22 Oct, 00:0022 Oct, 00:00 Iceberg A76CSea and lake ice22 Oct, 00:0022 Oct, 00:00 Flood in Ukraine 1104242Floods18 Oct, 20:0018 Oct, 20:00 Flood in France 1104243Floods18 Oct, 20:0018 Oct, 20:00

How to read this page

Times are in UTC and are the time each source observed the event, not when we fetched it. Wildfire areas are as reported by the incident system EONET cites, often well after ignition. Earthquake magnitudes are USGS solutions and may be revised. Nothing here is a warning; follow your national agencies for that.

Data last retrieved 25 Oct 2026, 19:58 UTC. Sources and methods