RSS feed source: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program

Friday, Oct 23, 2026 17:16 | 3 hours ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor

Just 9 minutes ago, a magnitude-5.2 earthquake struck near Hpakan, Mohnyin District, Kachin State, Myanmar (Burma). The tremor was recorded late at night on Friday, October 23, 2026, at 11:06 p.m. local time, at an intermediate depth of 115 km below the surface.
The event was reported by India’s National Center for Seismology (NCS), the first seismological agency to report it.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage but was probably felt by many people as light vibrations in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Kha Maung (pop. 670), located 5 km from the epicenter; Paw Maing (pop. 3,400), 18 km away; Sin Thay (pop. 2,600), 19 km away; Zee Hpyu Kone (pop. 5,000), 22 km away; Hman Pin (pop. 2,600), 28 km away; Pa Du Mone (pop. 8,000), 39 km away; Tuensang (pop. 36,800), 70 km away; and Hpakan (pop. 60,100), 96 km away.
VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update the magnitude and depth if they change and follow up if other significant news about the quake becomes available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to

Click this link to continue reading the article on the source website.

RSS feed source: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program

Friday, Oct 23, 2026 15:40 | 50 mins ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor

An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 occurred just 7 minutes ago, 66 km northwest of Lipari, Italy, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported.
The quake struck at a shallow depth of 10. km beneath the epicenter near Lipari, Province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on Friday afternoon, October 23rd, 2026, at 5:32 pm local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review the data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their reports.
A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network RaspberryShake, which also listed it as a magnitude 4.5 earthquake.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage but was probably felt by many people as a light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Pecorini A Mare (pop. 100), located 37 km from the epicenter; Pianoconte (pop. 1,100), 64 km away; Canneto (pop. 2,100), 64 km away; Lipari (pop. 4,300), 66 km away; Brolo (pop. 4,900), 88 km away; Gioiosa Marea (pop. 3,200), 89 km away; San Giorgio (pop. 1,900), 91 km away; and Milazzo (pop. 31,800), 103 km away.
VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update the magnitude and depth

Click this link to continue reading the article on the source website.