What the planet didin the past seven days

462 natural events observed since 20 Oct, 06:56 UTC: 367 earthquakes, 85 wildfires, 6 severe storms and 4 sea and lake ice. Each one links to the agency that reported it.

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Newest observationschecked just now

The strongest earthquake

M 7.0 - 191 km ENE of Nagqu, China, at 22 Oct 2026, 14:33 UTC, 18.0 km deep. USGS lists its solution as reviewed.

367 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more were recorded worldwide in the same seven days; 61 reached magnitude 5.

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 25 km ENE of Port-Olry, VanuatuM6.1 · 25 Oct, 02:24M6.1 · 25 Oct, 02:24 218 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, 15:24 182 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuM5.8 · 24 Oct, 05:23M5.8 · 24 Oct, 05:23 203 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuM5.8 · 24 Oct, 04:12M5.8 · 24 Oct, 04:12 205 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuM5.7 · 24 Oct, 04:05M5.7 · 24 Oct, 04:05 61 km WNW of Leni, ItalyM5.7 · 23 Oct, 10:19M5.7 · 23 Oct, 10:19

Storms being followed

EONET follows 10 storms observed in the past two weeks. Each position below is one the warning centres published; the globe draws the full track.

Tropical Cyclone Arnab6 positions, last at 16.0° N, 84.8° E90 kt · 27 Oct, 00:0090 kt · 27 Oct, 00:00 Tropical Storm Olana6 positions, last at 13.2° N, 176.2° W25 kt · 27 Oct, 00:0025 kt · 27 Oct, 00:00 Typhoon In-fa14 positions, last at 14.3° N, 162.4° E110 kt · 27 Oct, 00:00110 kt · 27 Oct, 00:00 Hurricane Vance21 positions, last at 15.4° N, 105.9° W55 kt · 26 Oct, 18:0055 kt · 26 Oct, 18:00 Super Typhoon Champi43 positions, last at 31.2° N, 127.4° E35 kt · 25 Oct, 18:0035 kt · 25 Oct, 18:00 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 16.00, 84.80 on 2026-10-26 — NASA VIIRS true colour, 26 Oct (previous day; today’s passes are still arriving). Night side and polar winter appear dark.

Around Tropical Cyclone Arnab’s latest reported position.

Fires

85 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.

65 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

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 27 Oct 2026, 06:56 UTC. Sources and methods