A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.1 hit the Southwestern Ryukyu Islands, Japan at 04:04 UTC (13:04 LT) on July 3, 2026. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6 miles). EMSC is reporting the same depth and magnitude. There is no tsunami threat from this earthquake.
A strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.2 hit Halmahera, Indonesia, at 02:31 UTC on July 3, 2026. The agency is reporting a depth of 121 km (75 miles). EMSC is reporting the same depth and magnitude.
A strong earthquake registered by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) as M6.0 hit off the coast of Iwate Prefecture, Honshu at 12:08 UTC (21:08 JST) on July 1, 2026. The agency is reporting a depth of 40 km (25 miles). USGS registered this quake as M5.9 at a depth of 37 km (23 miles).
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.0 struck the Gulf of California, Mexico at 19:45 UTC on June 30, 2026. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth. There is no tsunami threat from this earthquake.
A strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.1 struck the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan at 13:34 UTC (18:04 local time) on June 27, 2026. The agency is reporting a depth of 199 km (123.7 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth.
A strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.5 hit Mindanao, Philippines at 11:34 UTC (19:34 LT) on June 26, 2026. The agency is reporting a depth of 52.4 km (32.6 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth. According to PTWC, there is no tsunami threat from this earthquake.
Missing-person reports exceeded 35 000 after a rare and deadly earthquake doublet struck Venezuela on June 24, 2026, killing at least 164 people and injuring nearly 1 000 others.
A strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.9 struck near the east coast of Honshu, Japan, at 22:30 UTC on June 24, 2026 (07:30 LT on June 25). The agency is reporting a depth of 51 km (32 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.9 at a depth of 53 km (33 miles). According to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC), there is no tsunami threat from this event.
A rare earthquake doublet struck northern Venezuela on June 24, 2026, beginning with an M7.2 foreshock at 22:04 UTC (18:04 LT) and followed just 39 seconds later by a larger M7.5 mainshock at 22:05 UTC. The USGS reported depths of 20.3 km (12.6 miles) for the foreshock and 10 km (6.2 miles) for the mainshock. EMSC reported the foreshock as M7.1 at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles) and the mainshock as M7.5 at a depth of 35 km (21.7 miles). The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) said evaluation of all available data indicates that a destructive tsunami was not generated. Reports received by 09:25 UTC on July 6 mention at least 3 342 deaths and over 16 000 people injured.
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.6 struck near the east coast of Kamchatka, Russia, at 06:52 UTC (18:52 LT) on June 19, 2026. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth. The event followed a nearby M6.0 earthquake reported by USGS at 06:51 UTC at a depth of 28.4 km (17.6 miles). The affected area lies within the same tectonic region that produced the major M8.8 Kamchatka earthquake and Pacific-wide tsunami in July 2025. PTWC said there is no tsunami threat from today’s earthquake.
