Natural disasters and the internet
When the ground shakes or a storm comes ashore, does the internet stay up? Every strong earthquake (M6+) and every orange or red GDACS alert, with what our probes measured in each country right after.
26disasters tracked
0with an internet or power outage right after
17earthquakes M6+
5tropical cyclones
- M6.1 earthquake off VanuatuEarthquake · Oct 25, 2026Watching
- M6.5 earthquake off JapanEarthquake · Oct 25, 2026Watching
- M6.3 earthquake off VanuatuEarthquake · Oct 24, 2026Watching
- M6.9 earthquake off VanuatuEarthquake · Oct 24, 2026Watching
- M7.0 earthquake in ChinaEarthquake · Oct 22, 2026The internet held
- M6.3 earthquake off VanuatuEarthquake · Oct 20, 2026The internet held
- M6.0 earthquake off VanuatuEarthquake · Oct 19, 2026The internet held
- M6.9 earthquake in RussiaEarthquake · Oct 16, 2026The internet held
- M6.0 earthquake off Papua New GuineaEarthquake · Oct 13, 2026The internet held
- M6.8 earthquake: central Mid-Atlantic RidgeEarthquake · Oct 13, 2026Far from land
- M6.7 earthquake: central Mid-Atlantic RidgeEarthquake · Oct 13, 2026Far from land
- M6.1 earthquake in PanamaEarthquake · Oct 12, 2026The internet held
- M6.2 earthquake in Solomon IslandsEarthquake · Oct 11, 2026The internet held
- M6.0 earthquake in PanamaEarthquake · Oct 10, 2026The internet held
- M6.6 earthquake in PanamaEarthquake · Oct 9, 2026The internet held
- M7.7 earthquake in PanamaEarthquake · Oct 9, 2026The internet held
- M6.3 earthquake in VanuatuEarthquake · Oct 8, 2026The internet held
How we check
Earthquakes come from USGS, storms, floods, eruptions and wildfires from GDACS. For each one we look at the countries it hit: every national internet outage our probes and IODA measured, every regional outage near it, and every large power outage.
An outage counts as a disruption when it reached "partial outage" or "blackout" and started within 24 hours. Before 16 October 2026, when our own probes started, we use IODA's measurements.