Between September 6 and 9, 2026, multiple earthquakes struck the Pacific: magnitude 4.5 near Fiji, 4.6 off Oregon, 4.8 near Mexico, 4.9 in Nepal, 4.6 in Indonesia, and 4.9 in the Mariana Islands—all shallow or moderate depth with no reported casualties mentioned.
A series of earthquakes ranging from magnitude 4.5 to 5.8 struck the Pacific Rim and Asia between August 30 and September 1, 2026, including events near Indonesia, New Zealand, Fiji, Iran, and Alaska. No casualties or damage reports were included.
Four moderate earthquakes were recorded in the Indo-Pacific region between 2026-08-28 and 2026-08-30: a magnitude 5.2 near the southeast Indian Ridge on 2026-08-28, a magnitude 4.5 near San Pedro de Atacama, Chile on 2026-08-29, a magnitude 4.5 near Urakawa, Japan on 2026-08-30, and a magnitude 5.1 in the South Sandwich Islands region on 2026-08-30. No casualties or damage reports are indicated.
Six earthquakes of magnitude 4.5–6.7 were recorded August 24–25, 2026, with the strongest (M 6.7) occurring in Peru. Seismic events included a M 5.0 near Timor-Leste, M 4.9 near Indonesia, M 5.3 southeast of Tonga, M 4.5 in Vanuatu, and M 4.7 east of Japan.
On August 19, 2026, a 4.9 magnitude earthquake struck the Banda Sea at 14:32 UTC at a depth of 538 km. On August 21, a 4.6 magnitude earthquake occurred in the Banda Sea at 11:55 UTC at 170 km depth, and a 5.4 magnitude earthquake struck the South Sandwich Islands region at 13:06 UTC at 159 km depth.
Six earthquakes ranging from magnitude 4.5 to 5.1 were detected July 29-30 across the Pacific and Central Asia: two south of Tonga (M5.0, M5.1), one at the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (M4.9), one in Guatemala (M5.0), one in Russia's Far East (M4.8), and one in Tajikistan (M4.5). All occurred at shallow depths between 10-97 km.
Six separate earthquakes ranging from magnitude 4.6 to 5.1 struck on July 23, 2026, across diverse locations including Alaska, Texas, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guatemala. The earthquakes occurred at varying depths and had no apparent causal relationship.