M 5.5magnitude, 38 km deep, 32 felt reports
· Strongest in 24 hours
M 5.5 earthquake, 10 km NW of Hamakita, Japan
Browse briefThe strongest of 10 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more that USGS recorded in the past 24 hours.usgs.gov
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World (9)
- M 5.5 earthquake, 10 km NW of Hamakita, JapanStrongest in 24 hours · USGS
- Flood Warning, Seminole, FLMost severe US alert · severe · National Weather Service
- Tropical Storm PenaStrongest storm now · National Hurricane Center
- Trump promotes Miller to chief of staff, replacing WilesMost listed this week · Wikipedia
- At least five dead in shooting in the main market square of Krakow, Poland, police sayMost listed this week · Wikipedia
- Ueno Bank collapse in Paraguay prompts President Santiago Peña to resignMost listed this week · Wikipedia
- New Zealand vote still too close to call as results trickle inMost listed this week · Wikipedia
- US offers $25 million reward for info on ‘Iran’s nuclear programme’: CENTCOMMost listed this week · Wikipedia
- Christine Lagarde: Interview with Yomiuri ShimbunNewest official record · European Central Bank
Space (5)
- USSF-627Next launch · Launch Library 2, The Space Devs
- International Space StationOverhead now · 18th Space Defense Squadron via Space-Track.org, retrieved from CelesTrak
- 11 people are in spaceIn space now · Launch Library 2, The Space Devs
- Asteroid 2026 VK2Nearest in 60 days · NASA/JPL CNEOS
- Kp 5.00 forecastStorm forecast · NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Money (2)
- Australian dollar (AUD)Biggest move · European Central Bank
- MonacoLongest life expectancy at birth · World Bank
History (11)
- Hillary Clinton was elected as a US senator from New York, the first time a first lady had been elected to public office.On this day, 2000 · Wikipedia, On this day
- NASA launched Mars Global Surveyor from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida.On this day, 1996 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Magic Johnson announced his retirement from professional basketball due to HIV infection.On this day, 1991 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Tunisian prime minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali deposed and replaced President Habib Bourguiba by declaring him medically unfit for the duties of the office.On this day, 1987 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Singapore's first Mass Rapid Transit line opened, with train services running between Yio Chu Kang and Toa Payoh.On this day, 1987 · Wikipedia, On this day
- A ship collision with the Sidney Lanier Bridge in the U.S. state of Georgia resulted in a bridge collapse (pictured), which killed ten people.On this day, 1972 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Oil was discovered in the Caspian Sea off the coast of Azerbaijan, leading to the construction of Neft Daşları, the world's first offshore oil platform.On this day, 1949 · Wikipedia, On this day
- The first specimens of the tufted jay (pictured) to be scientifically described were collected in Mexico.On this day, 1934 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Evening star, Washington, D.C.100 years ago today · Library of Congress, Chronicling America
- Marie Curie, Polish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1934)Born on this day, 1867 · Wikipedia, On this day
- Eleanor Roosevelt, American humanitarian and politician, 39th First Lady of the United States (born 1884)Died on this day, 1962 · Wikipedia, On this day
Culture (4)
- Tinto BrassDied this week · Wikipedia, Deaths in 2026
- Alan JonesDied this week · Wikipedia, Deaths in 2026
- HopeNew film this week · Wikidata
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of TimeNew video game this week · Wikidata
Curious (12)
- PremiseFeatured today · Wikipedia
- Aekingerzand Drents-Friese Wold National Park. Pinus sylvestris on the sand drift.Picture of the day · Wikimedia Commons
- ... that Aracelio Iglesias was called the "Red Czar of the port of Havana"?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that Wikipedia's critics include a co-founder who was banned earlier this year?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that Tillie Voss allegedly responded to a toothache by running head first into a wall of cinder blocks?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that the sitcom No Big Deal received zero stars out of five from The Guardian?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that blowing on hot food has been discouraged by medieval English courtesy books, Islamic religious texts, and indigenous deer hunters from Mexico?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- ... that professional golfer Ryan Peake was formerly a member of an outlaw motorcycle club?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
- Russell BrandFastest rising yesterday · Wikimedia page views
- Ramayana: Part 1Fastest rising yesterday · Wikimedia page views
- Nithya RamanFastest rising yesterday · Wikimedia page views
- overzealousWord of the day · Wiktionary