M 5.9magnitude, 7 km deep
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M 5.9 earthquake, 218 km ENE of Nagqu, China
Browse briefThe strongest of 17 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more that USGS recorded in the past 24 hours.usgs.gov
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World (10)
- M 5.9 earthquake, 218 km ENE of Nagqu, ChinaStrongest in 24 hours · USGS
- Earthquake, ChinaHighest alert now · red · GDACS
- Hurricane Force Wind Warning, Bering Sea Offshore West of 180 and East of the International Date LineMost severe US alert · extreme · National Weather Service
- Tropical Storm VanceStrongest of 2 storms now · National Hurricane Center
- Brazil's Lula, Bolsonaro close arguments to voters ahead of nail-biting election runoffMost listed this week · Wikipedia
- Venezuela’s Machado returns from exile to crowds of cheering supportersMost listed this week · Wikipedia
- Serbia’s Vucic concedes election defeat to student-led movementMost listed this week · Wikipedia
- 2026 Houthi attacks on Saudi airportsMost listed this week · Wikipedia
- ‘We’re all on the same team": Dem Senator on getting moderate voters behind progressive Senate candidate Abdul El-SayedMost listed this week · Wikipedia
- New plans to end carbon dioxide stunning of pigs to prevent sufferingNewest official record · UK Government
Space (4)
- Starlink Group 15-16Next launch · Launch Library 2, The Space Devs
- International Space StationOverhead now · 18th Space Defense Squadron via Space-Track.org, retrieved from CelesTrak
- 10 people are in spaceIn space now · Launch Library 2, The Space Devs
- Asteroid 2025 UK9Nearest in 60 days · NASA/JPL CNEOS
Money (2)
- Polish zloty (PLN)Biggest move · European Central Bank
- MonacoLongest life expectancy at birth · World Bank
History (9)
- Rockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, considered one of the best video games ever made, in North America.On this day, 2004 · Wikipedia, On this day
- President George W. Bush signed the Patriot Act into law, significantly expanding the authority of United States law enforcement agencies.On this day, 2001 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Following protests against military leader Robert Guéï, Laurent Gbagbo (pictured) became the president of Ivory Coast.On this day, 2000 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty, settling relations between the two countries and pledging that neither would allow its territory to become a staging ground for military strikes by a third country.On this day, 1994 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Somali hospital cook Ali Maow Maalin began displaying symptoms of smallpox, becoming the last person known to be naturally infected by the disease.On this day, 1977 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Ngô Đình Diệm proclaimed himself president of the newly created Republic of Vietnam after defeating former emperor Bảo Đại in a fraudulent referendum supervised by his brother Ngô Đình Nhu.On this day, 1955 · Wikipedia, On this day
- The Chicago Theatre (pictured), the oldest surviving grand movie palace, opened.On this day, 1921 · Wikipedia, On this day
- The Illinois Memorial, honoring Union army soldiers from Illinois who fought at the Siege of Vicksburg, was dedicated at Vicksburg National Military Park.On this day, 1906 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me.100 years ago today · Library of Congress, Chronicling America
Culture (4)
- Claude Cohen-TannoudjiDied this week · Wikipedia, Deaths in 2026
- Tom SkerrittDied this week · Wikipedia, Deaths in 2026
- FjordNew film this week · Wikidata
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4New video game this week · Wikidata
Curious (11)
- Eyebrow TalkFeatured today · Wikipedia
- Horses grazing at Trunkol meadow in the Himalayas of India. The meadow is situated on the way to the sacred Gangabal Lake in Jammu and Kashmir.Picture of the day · Wikimedia Commons
- ... that the male panda Da Mao replaced Er Shun's female companion after zoologists discovered that Er Shun was actually female?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that the Somyev language, spoken by just two people in 2010, became endangered due in part to the importation of hoes?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that How to DAD has made a video titled "How to get a baby to clean the house"?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that Rossini in Wildbad is an annual festival of bel canto opera held at the spa in Bad Wildbad, where Gioachino Rossini stayed in 1856?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that the first Afro-Cuban woman elected to the Congress of Cuba was both a communist and a pharmacist?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that the Marquis de Lafayette stopped at the Rider Tavern during his 1824 US tour and reviewed the local militia?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- 2026 Brazilian general electionFastest rising yesterday · Wikimedia page views
- 2026 Serbian parliamentary electionFastest rising yesterday · Wikimedia page views
- Chef DamuFastest rising yesterday · Wikimedia page views