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USGS earthquakes: M 5.4 - 68 km NNE of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea

68 km NNE of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea

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Primary source
Severity
Elevated (3/5) · PAGER Green
This month
54th Earthquake alert at severity 3+ in the last 30 days
Location
-5.7711, 146.2041 (Oceania)
Event
Sep 20, 12:45 PM UTC
Updated
Sep 28, 10:02 AM UTC
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North Korea Fires Two East-Coast Ballistic Missiles Into the Sea of Japan

KOREAN PENINSULA — On September 20 at about 8:54 AM UTC (5:54 PM Japan time), North Korea launched at least one ballistic missile from the vicinity of its east coast toward the northeast, the Japanese Defense Ministry and Cabinet Secretariat said.

The ministry estimated that missile reached a peak altitude of about 43 miles (70 km), flew about 367 miles (590 km), and fell in the Sea of Japan outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone, the maritime belt extending up to 200 nautical miles from the coast in which a coastal state holds resource rights. Government notices to nearby aircraft and ships had produced no damage reports at the time of the release.

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Updated
Sep 28, 3:21 PM UTC
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US Issues Security Alert For Middle East Due To Regional Tensions: Potential For Rapid Conflict Escalation

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Location
35.6893, 51.3896 (Middle East)
Updated
Sep 28, 3:03 PM UTC
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Putin Sets Nuclear and Air-Defense Priorities and Denies Plans to Attack Europe

EUROPE — Russian President Vladimir Putin told the Military-Industrial Commission in the Kremlin on September 18 that a new State Armament Program and a companion defense-industry program will set what the army and other security services design and build in series. In the same session he said Russia has no plans to attack Europe.

The session opened in public and then moved into a closed portion. He listed six program lines: the nuclear triad; air defenses meant to stop aircraft, missiles, and other airborne and space weapons; unmanned robotic systems; precision munitions; a finished orbital satellite group; and further work on digital systems and artificial intelligence. He put Strategic Missile Forces modernization at 92 percent.

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Location
55.6256, 37.6064 (Europe)
Updated
Sep 28, 2:24 PM UTC
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IAEA: Drone Hits Kursk Reactor Cooling Tower, Tusk Warns of Hybrid Strikes On NATO Countries

EUROPE — The International Atomic Energy Agency said on September 18 that it had been informed a drone struck the cooling tower of a reactor unit at the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant in Russia early on Thursday. 

The agency said the unit was operating at the time, that its operating mode did not change, and that there was no fire.

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Location
51.6777, 35.6065 (Europe)
Updated
Sep 28, 3:15 PM UTC
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Coalition Says Air Defenses Brought Down Drone South of Mecca, U.S. Restates Saudi Arabia Level 3

SAUDI ARABIA — The Joint Forces of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen said Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces brought down a drone south of Mecca at 6:50 p.m. Saudi time on September 15 (3:50 p.m. UTC), before the aircraft entered prohibited airspace over the city.

Coalition spokesman Maj. Gen. Turki al-Malki, in a Saudi Press Agency statement dated September 16, attributed the drone to the Houthi group and said the security of the Two Holy Mosques and Umrah visitors was a red line.

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Location
21.4208, 39.8269 (Middle East)
Updated
Sep 28, 1:41 PM UTC
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Yemeni Air Force Bombs Declared Kill Zone Around Mokha and Dhubab

YEMEN — Staff Colonel Majid Abdullah Al-Nuzaily, official spokesperson for the internationally recognized Yemeni Armed Forces, said on September 13 that the air force was still destroying Houthi equipment, gatherings, and fighters inside a declared kill zone around the Red Sea port of Mokha and the Dhubab district in western Taiz Governorate.

A kill zone, also called a kill box in the Aden command’s Arabic statement, is a pre-marked patch of ground set aside for concentrated fire. Al-Nuzaily said the air force had opened that box on September 11 and asked civilians to stay off the Taiz-Mokha road and the Mokha-Dhubab road until a further notice.

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Location
13.3096, 43.2345 (Middle East)
Updated
Sep 28, 2:34 PM UTC
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Saudi Civil Defense Lifts Shelter Alerts After Houthi Projectile Hits Jazan

JAZAN, SAUDI ARABIA — The General Directorate of Civil Defense said that on September 12 a projectile launched by Houthi forces struck Al-Tuwal Governorate in the Jazan Region, wounding two people and damaging a mosque plus other buildings and vehicles.

The same evening, the National Early Warning Platform, the Civil Defense cell-broadcast system that pushes emergency text to phones on licensed mobile networks, issued potential-danger warnings for Abha City and Khamis Mushait Governorate in the Asir Region.

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Location
17.3333, 42.6667 (Middle East)
Updated
Sep 28, 12:02 PM UTC
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Drone Crosses Ukraine and Moldova, Crashes in Romanian Cornfield

EASTERN EUROPE — Romania’s Ministry of National Defense said on September 12 that a drone which had already crossed Ukrainian and Moldovan airspace came down in a cornfield near Botoșenița Mare in Suceava County, in northeastern Romania.

The ministry said the Air Operations Centers of Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova had first notified Bucharest that the aircraft was moving toward Romania’s northeast. 

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Location
47.4720, 26.1255 (Europe)
Updated
Sep 28, 7:27 AM UTC
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AFRICOM Strikes al-Shabaab Near Quumbi Northwest of Kismayo

HORN OF AFRICA — U.S. Africa Command struck al-Shabaab near Quumbi, Somalia, about 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Kismayo on Sept. 8, according to a Sept. 11 release from U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) Public Affairs. AFRICOM said the strike was carried out in coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia.

The command withheld units, aircraft, weapons, battle-damage results, and casualty figures, citing operations security.

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Location
0.2600, 42.2900 (Africa)
Updated
Sep 28, 2:50 PM UTC
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SOUTHCOM: Joint Task Force Strike Killed Three on Caribbean Vessel

CARIBBEAN SEA — Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere carried out a lethal kinetic strike on September 9 against a go-fast vessel, a small high-speed boat, on routes the command called established narco-trafficking lanes in the Caribbean.

U.S. Southern Command said confirmed intelligence showed the boat’s active involvement in narco-trafficking, adding that the operation killed three people it called narco-terrorists.

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Location
14.0000, -75.0000 (Western Hemisphere)
Updated
Sep 28, 3:26 AM UTC
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CENTCOM Strikes Five IRGC Oil Carriers, Cites Missile Attacks on a U.S. Warship

GULF OF OMAN — On September 8, U.S. Central Command said its forces struck five crude oil carriers it identified as belonging to the IRGC after the Guard twice fired ballistic missiles at a U.S. Navy warship over the preceding two days.

The command said the warship evaded both attacks, stayed on patrol, and that no American personnel were harmed in those ship attacks or the tanker strikes that followed.

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Location
24.5000, 59.0000 (Middle East)
Updated
Sep 28, 1:59 PM UTC
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Ukrainian General Staff confirms strike on russian Kasta radar in Zaporizhzhia region

On September 3, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this. Based on the results of objective monitoring, it was confirmed that strike UAVs hit the...

Sources
Primary source
Severity
Elevated (3/5)
Location
Europe, Ukraine
Updated
Sep 27, 10:33 AM UTC
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USGS earthquakes: M 5.2 - 22 km SSE of Neiafu, Tonga

22 km SSE of Neiafu, Tonga

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Primary source
Severity
Elevated (3/5)
This month
82nd Earthquake alert at severity 3+ in the last 30 days
Location
-18.8489, -173.9417 (Oceania)
Event
Sep 8, 11:51 AM UTC
Updated
Sep 25, 8:00 PM UTC
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USGS earthquakes: M 5.3 - 51 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia

51 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia

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Primary source
Severity
Elevated (3/5)
This month
81st Earthquake alert at severity 3+ in the last 30 days
Location
-8.1646, 120.5995 (Southeast Asia)
Event
Sep 8, 4:40 AM UTC
Updated
Sep 24, 9:44 PM UTC
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SOUTHCOM Interdicts and Sinks Eastern Pacific Vessel the Command Tied to Los Choneros

EASTERN PACIFIC — U.S. Southern Command said Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere forces on September 7 interdicted a vessel the command described as a floating refueling station supporting at-sea drug trafficking in the Eastern Pacific.

The command said its intelligence tied the vessel to Los Choneros, which the U.S. Department of State designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization and Specially Designated Global Terrorist in September 2025.

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Location
10.0000, -100.0000 (Eastern Pacific)
Updated
Sep 28, 2:15 PM UTC
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USGS earthquakes: M 5.5 - southeast of the Loyalty Islands

southeast of the Loyalty Islands

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Primary source
Severity
Elevated (3/5) · PAGER Green
This month
80th Earthquake alert at severity 3+ in the last 30 days
Location
-23.4192, 171.6769 (Oceania)
Event
Sep 7, 5:50 AM UTC
Updated
Sep 26, 12:02 PM UTC
RAPID

USGS earthquakes: M 5.6 - 93 km SE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands

93 km SE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands

Sources
Primary source
Severity
Elevated (3/5) · PAGER Green
This month
79th Earthquake alert at severity 3+ in the last 30 days
Location
-11.0595, 162.5190 (Oceania)
Event
Sep 6, 4:05 AM UTC
Updated
Sep 26, 12:32 AM UTC
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CENTCOM Strikes Three Iranian Tankers and Reports Missile Fire on U.S. Warships

MIDDLE EAST — U.S. Central Command said its forces struck three Iranian crude oil carriers on Sept. 5 after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched ballistic missiles toward two U.S. Navy warships in regional waters.

The command said an aircraft carrier and a guided-missile destroyer evaded the incoming fire and that no American personnel were harmed.

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Location
35.6893, 51.3896 (Middle East)
Updated
Sep 28, 2:53 PM UTC
RAPID

USGS earthquakes: M 5.5 - 157 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

157 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

Sources
Primary source
Severity
Elevated (3/5) · PAGER Green
This month
77th Earthquake alert at severity 3+ in the last 30 days
Location
-4.5469, 153.6766 (Oceania)
Event
Sep 5, 2:12 PM UTC
Updated
Sep 26, 8:24 PM UTC
RAPID

USGS earthquakes: M 5.0 - 70 km SW of Pagar Alam, Indonesia

70 km SW of Pagar Alam, Indonesia

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Primary source
Severity
Elevated (3/5)
This month
76th Earthquake alert at severity 3+ in the last 30 days
Location
-4.4202, 102.7513 (Southeast Asia)
Event
Sep 5, 10:59 AM UTC
Updated
Sep 25, 9:54 PM UTC
RAPID

USGS earthquakes: M 5.5 - 156 km E of Kuril’sk, Russia

156 km E of Kuril’sk, Russia

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Primary source
Severity
Elevated (3/5) · PAGER Green
This month
75th Earthquake alert at severity 3+ in the last 30 days
Location
44.9792, 149.8346 (Eurasia / Russia)
Event
Sep 4, 11:52 PM UTC
Updated
Sep 27, 10:33 AM UTC
RAPID

USGS earthquakes: M 5.1 - 25 km W of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia

25 km W of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia

Sources
Primary source
Severity
Elevated (3/5)
This month
75th Earthquake alert at severity 3+ in the last 30 days
Location
1.3758, 99.0453 (Southeast Asia)
Event
Sep 4, 4:24 PM UTC
Updated
Sep 27, 5:51 PM UTC
RAPID

USGS earthquakes: M 5.0 - 264 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska

264 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska

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Primary source
Severity
Elevated (3/5)
This month
78th Earthquake alert at severity 3+ in the last 30 days
Location
52.1280, 176.9050 (Eurasia / Russia)
Event
Sep 4, 2:28 AM UTC
Updated
Sep 25, 10:45 PM UTC
RAPID

USGS earthquakes: M 5.5 - 100 km S of Nikolski, Alaska

100 km S of Nikolski, Alaska

Sources
Primary source
Severity
Elevated (3/5) · PAGER Green
This month
77th Earthquake alert at severity 3+ in the last 30 days
Location
52.0506, -169.1387
Event
Sep 3, 8:21 PM UTC
Updated
Sep 23, 11:51 PM UTC

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