DISASTER UPDATES
Worldwide Incidents
GDACS DisasterAlerts
On 5/23/2026 9:03:09 AM, an earthquake occurred in United States potentially affecting Few people affected in MMI II. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.9M, Depth:29.608km. [Read more]
On 5/23/2026 7:46:01 AM, an earthquake occurred in United States potentially affecting 9 thousand (in MMI>=VII). The earthquake had Magnitude 6M, Depth:22.36km. [Read more]
![Green earthquake (Magnitude 5.7M, Depth:10km) in Southeast Indian Ridge 23/05/2026 05:41 UTC, [unknown].](https://www.gdacs.org/contentdata/resources/imgtemp/gdacs/eq/eq1707297_1.png)
On 5/23/2026 5:41:34 AM, an earthquake occurred in Southeast Indian Ridge potentially affecting [unknown]. The earthquake had Magnitude 5.7M, Depth:10km. [Read more]
On 5/22/2026 11:39:09 PM, an earthquake occurred in Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge potentially affecting No people affected in 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.5M, Depth:10km. [Read more]
On 5/22/2026 7:32:14 PM, an earthquake occurred in Papua New Guinea potentially affecting 480 thousand in 100km. The earthquake had Magnitude 4.8M, Depth:70.06km. [Read more]
Environmental & Science
BBC News – Science & Environment
Scientists are attempting to build exercise equipment to be used on future space flights. [Read more]
As the summer festival season kicks off, temperatures are set to soar this bank holiday weekend. [Read more]
The list, published by the Environment Agency on Friday, includes 28 so-called "super sites" that contain more than 20,000 tonnes of waste. [Read more]
These powerful tropical storms are generally becoming more intense as the world warms. [Read more]
Six simple things you can do to help keep your house cool when temperatures rise. [Read more]
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