M5.6 quake 74 km S of Yonakuni, Japan leads 18 notable earthquakes on 30 September 2026
Daily planet briefing
Quakes M2.5+
18
18 of any size
Strongest
M5.6
74 km S of Yonakuni, Japan
Other hazards
11
Fires, storms, floods, eruptions
Peak Kp
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Geomagnetic activity
Earthquakes
Seismic networks reported 18 earthquakes in total, 18 of them magnitude 2.5 or above. That is in line with the previous week's average of 22 a day.
The strongest was a magnitude 5.6 74 km S of Yonakuni, Japan, at a depth of 11 km. 11 people reported feeling it.
Across the day, 8 quakes reached magnitude 5 or more, 18 quakes reached magnitude 4 or more.
- 5.674 km S of Yonakuni, Japan30 Sept 2026, 05:00 UTC · 11 km deep
- 5.691 km SW of Tamarindo, Costa Rica30 Sept 2026, 21:55 UTC · 8 km deep
- 5.4Balleny Islands region30 Sept 2026, 04:48 UTC · 10 km deep
- 5.2Balleny Islands region30 Sept 2026, 07:07 UTC · 10 km deep
- 5.1121 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea30 Sept 2026, 08:15 UTC · 28 km deep
- 5.083 km NE of Tadine, New Caledonia30 Sept 2026, 06:50 UTC · 10 km deep
- 5.027 km N of Kupang, Indonesia30 Sept 2026, 10:58 UTC · 19 km deep
- 5.0142 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia30 Sept 2026, 18:21 UTC · 35 km deep
Volcanoes, fires, storms and floods
New entries on the hazard record: 1 flood, 1 storm, 9 wildfires.
- Super Typhoon Choi-wanModerate
- Flood in Malaysia 1104207Moderate
- Wildfire SAN FRANCISCO 2, Starr, TexasLight
- Prescribed Fire Starvation 11A Rx, Wallowa, OregonLight
- Wildfire in Brazil 1032779Light
- Wildfire in The Democratic Republic of Congo 1032552Light
- Wildfire in Indonesia 1032798Light
- Wildfire in Brazil 1032830Light
Sky & Space
5 asteroids passed Earth. The closest, (2018 SP2), came within 5.0 lunar distances and is 44 m across.