Sheffield, UK

2 flats above a row of shops on London Road have partially collapsed, with masonry crashing onto the pavement and street below.

The drama began to unfold at around 12.30am.

It triggered a response from emergency services, who blocked off the busy street and evacuated residents from their homes in the middle of the night.

It is understood that nobody was injured in the incident.

London Road is expected to remain closed until structural engineers arrive to assess the damaged buildings.

https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/london-road-closed-structural-engineers-alerted-building-collapse-7662292

SHIPPENSBURG, Pennsylvania

Shippensburg University is experiencing a power outage and is using generator power.

The university put out its first announcement of the outage on its website around 12:35 a.m. on April 25.

"An overnight fire at an isolated electrical sub-station caused this outage. At no time was the fire a risk to our campus community. This fire is what cause the outage …

Crews are working to address the outage itself as well and we hope to have a timeline on that repair sometime today.

No decision has been made regarding Monday classes.”

https://www.wgal.com/article/shippensburg-university-power-outage-weekend/71127286

NEEDHAM, Massachusetts

An underground electrical fire required Needham public safety officials to close off the town center for more than 2 hours Saturday morning as Eversource crews worked to determine the cause of the problem.

The FD received a report at 10:07 a.m. of smoke rising from manholes on Great Plain Ave in the area around the Town Common. 

Fire and police responded to the scene and police blocked off all roads leading into the downtown at 6 locations.

They were re-opened just after 12:30 p.m. as Eversource continued to investigate what appeared to be the failure of underground cables which caused the smoke and prompted the response.  

An Eversource spokesman said the utility had “multiple crews on site responding to an underground issue.”

https://needhamobserver.com/underground-electrical-fire-disrupts-downtown/

SAN BERNARDINO CO., California

Residents across the Victor Valley reported feeling shaking throughout Friday, Apr 24, as well as over the past several days, with many describing rattling windows, moving doors & vibrations strong enough to shake their homes.

The source of the shaking remains unconfirmed.

According to the USGS, data recorded on a seismic monitoring website shows a minor event labeled “M 1.1 Quarry Blast – 9 km NNW of Big Bear Lake, CA,” with a timestamp of Apr 24, 2026, at 16:39:56 & coordinates of 34.322°N, 116.933°W at a depth of -1.7 km.

The negative depth reading is consistent with surface-level activity such as quarry blasting rather than a natural earthquake.

Despite the recorded event, officials have not confirmed whether the shaking felt across the Victor Valley is directly connected to quarry operations, military activity, or experimental flight testing.

https://www.vvng.com/victor-valley-residents-report-days-of-mystery-shaking-possible-blasts-or-sonic-booms/