Previous 6+ Earthquakes...
6.9 Coast of Central Peru
(Oct. 28)
6.0 Fiji region
(Oct. 27)
6.0 Eastern Turkey
(Oct. 23)
7.2
Eastern Turkey (Oct. 23)
7.4
Kermadec Islands (Oct. 21)
6.1 Hokkaido, Japan
(Oct. 21)
6.0 Papua New Guinea
(Oct. 18)
6.1 Amurskaya Oblast, Russia
(Oct. 14)
6.7 Papua New Guinea
(Oct. 14)
6.1 South of Bali, Indonesia
(Oct. 13)
6.1 South of Kermadec Is.
(Oct. 7)
6.2 Jujuy, Argentina
(Oct. 6)
6.4 Tonga
(Sept. 22)
5.8 Guatemala
(Sept. 19)
caused damage and
casualties...
6.9 Sikkim, India
(Sept. 18)
6.7 Off coast Honshu, Japan
(Sept. 16)
7.3
Fiji region (Sept. 15)
5.1 Cuba Region
(Sept. 15)
originally
reported as 6.0 (close to surface)
6.0 East of New Zealand
(Sept. 15)
6.2 Near Coast of Honshu, Japan
(Sept. 15)
6.1 Fox Islands, Alaska
(Sept. 14)
follow up by 5.4
and 5.8 on Sept. 19
6.2 Coast of New Guinea
(Sept. 12)
6.0 Vanuatu
(Sept. 11)
6.4 Vancouver, Canada
(Sept. 9)
6.6 Northern Sumatra
(Sept. 5)
6.3 Tonga
(Sept. 5)
6.1 Vanuatu
(Sept. 4)
7.0
Vanuatu (Sept. 3)
6.2 South Sandwich Islands
(Sept. 3)
6.7 Santiago del Estero, Argentina
(Sept. 2)
6.8 Fox Islands, Alaska
(Sept. 2)
6.8 Banda Sea
(Aug. 30)
6.2 Vanuatu Region
(Aug. 24)
7.0
Northern Peru (Aug. 24)
5.8 Virginia
(Aug.
23)
Shook the
Northeast U.S.
6.0 Southwest of Sumatra
(Aug. 22)
7.0
Vanuatu (Aug. 20)
7.1
Vanuatu (Aug. 20)
6.3 Near Coast of Honshu, Japan
(Aug. 19)
6.2 Fiji Region
(August 19)
6.2 Near Coast of Honshu, Japan
(Aug. 17)
6.3 Kuril, Islands
(Aug. 4)
6.2 Near Coast of Honshu, Japan
(Aug. 1)
6.8 Coast of New Guinea
(July 31)
6.2 Vanuatu Region
(July 31)
6.4 Near Coast of Honshu, Japan
(July 30)
6.7 Fiji Region
(July 29)
6.2 Papua New Guinea
(July 25)
6.4 Near Coast of Honshu, Japan
(July 23)
6.0 Fiji Region
(July 22)
6.0 Solomon Islands
(July 20)
6.1 Kyrgyzstan
(July 19)
6.1 Alaska Peninsula
(July 16)
6.4 Valparaiso, Chile
(July 16)
6.4 Philippines
(July 11)
7.0 East Coast,
Honshu, Japan (July
10)
7.6 Kermadec
Islands (July
6)
6.4 Papua New Guinea
(June 26)
6.3 Santa Cruz Islands
(June 24)
7.2 Fox Islands,
Alaska (June
24)
6.7 East Coast, Honshu, Japan
(June 22)
6.1 Santa Cruz Islands
(June 21)
6.5 Antofagasta, Chile
(June 20)
6.6 Papua New Guinea
(June 16)
6.4 Molucca Sea
(June 13)
6.0 South of New Zealand
(June 13)
6.0 Southern Peru
(June 8)
6.3 West of Macquarie Island
(June 5)
6.3 East Coast, Honshu, Japan
(June 3)
6.4 Offshore Bio-Bio, Chile
(June 1)
6.5 Bougainville Region
(May 15)
6.0 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
(May 15)
6.0 Costa Rica
(May 13)
6.2 East Coast, Honshu, Japan
(May 13)
5.3 Spain
(May 11)
Though under 6.0,
this quake caused considerable damage since it was close to the
surface in an urban area...
6.8 Loyalty Islands
(May 10)
6.3 West of Macquarie Island
(May 9)
6.1 East Coast, Honshu, Japan
(May 5)
6.0 South of Panama
(April 30)
6.2 Sulawesi, Indonesia
(April 24)
6.1 East Coast, Honshu, Japan
(April 23)
6.9 Solomon Islands
(April 23)
6.1 East Coast, Honshu, Japan
(April 21)
6.0 East Coast, Honshu, Japan
(April 21)
6.6 So. of Kermadec Islands
(April 18)
6.0 Eastern Honshu, Japan
(April 12)
6.2 Coast of Honshu, Japan
(April 11)
6.6 Eastern Honshu, Japan
(April 11)
6.1 Kyushu, Japan
(April 9)
7.1 Coast of Honshu, Japan
(April 7)
6.5 Veracruz, Mexico
(April 7)
6.0 Kepulauan..., Indonesia
(April 5)
6.7 South of Java, Indonesia
(April 3)
6.4 Fiji region
(April 3)
6.2 Coast of Honshu, Japan
(March 31)
6.4 Fiji region
(March 31)
6.1 Coast of Honshu, Japan
(March 29)
6.1 Coast of Honshu, Japan
(March 27)
6.4 Coast of Honshu, Japan
(March 25)
6.8 Myanmar
(March 24)
6.1 Coast of Honshu, Japan
(March 24)
6.0 So. Mid-Atlantic Ridge
(March 22)
6.6 Coast of Honshu, Japan
(March 22)
6.1 Coast of Honshu, Japan
(March 19)
6.1 Coast of Honshu, Japan
(March 17)
6.3 Vanuatu
(March 17)
6.0 Coast of Honshu, Japan
(March 16)
6.2 Coast of Honshu, Japan
(March 15)
6.1 Coast of Honshu, Japan
(March 14)
6.1 Tonga
(March 12)
9.0 Coast of Honshu, Japan
(March 11)
(Major quake with
multiple 6 and 7 aftershocks...
Tsunami in Pacific - numerous aftershocks with the highest reaching
6.8)
6.5 Bali Sea (March
10)
5.4 Myanmar-China border
(March 10)
(Several
fatalities when building collapsed)
7.2 Coast of Honshu, Japan
(March 9)
(Note: There have
been at least a dozen aftershocks 5.0 or greater)
6.6 Solomon Islands
(March 8)
6.5 South Sandwich Islands
(March 6)
6.2 Tarapaca, Chile
(March 6)
6.0 Easter Island
(March 1)
4.7 Near
Little Rock, Arkansas
(Feb. 28)
(Of Note:
Numerous small quakes have been
occuring along the New Madrid fault)
6.3 South Island of New Zealand
(Feb. 21)
(Note: This quake
was close to the surface
and caused damage and fatalities)
6.4 South of Fiji Islands
(Feb. 21)
6.1 Sulawesi, Indonesia
(Feb. 15)
6.6 Offshore Maule, Chile
(Feb. 14)
6.0 Bio-Bio, Chile
(Feb. 13)
6.1 Tonga
(Feb. 12)
6.1 Bio-Bio, Chile
(Feb. 12)
6.8 Bio-Bio, Chile
(Feb. 11)
6.7 Celebes Sea
(Feb. 10)
6.2 Solomon Islands
(Feb. 7)
6.4 Myanmar-India Border region
(Feb. 4)
6.0 Tonga
(Jan. 31)
6.1 Jan Mayen Island region
(Jan. 30)
6.0 Southeastern Iran
(Jan. 27)
6.1 Indonesia
(Jan. 26)
6.1 Tajikistan
(Jan. 24)
7.2
SW Pakistan (So. Pacific) (Jan.
18)
7.0
Loyalty Islands (So. Pacific) (Jan.
13)
6.5 Bonin Islands, Japan
(Jan. 12)
6.6 Vanuatu region
(Jan. 9)
6.3 S.E. of Loyalty Islands
(Jan. 5)
7.1
Araucania, Chile (Jan. 2)
7.0
Santiago del Estero, Argentina (Jan.
1)
6.6 Vanuatu region
(Dec. 29)
6.3 South of Fiji Islands
(Dec. 28)
7.6
Vanuatu region (Dec. 25)
6.3 Bonin Islands, Japan
(Dec. 22)
(Note: There were
several days of
frequent 5+ quakes in the region)
7.4
Bonin Islands, Japan (Dec.
21)
6.5 Southeastern Iran
(Dec.20)
6.2 Bougainville
(Dec. 13)
6.1 Mindanao, Philippines
(Dec. 8)
6.5 So. Sandwich Islands
(Dec. 8)
6.7 Papua New Guinea
(Dec. 2)
6.1 Fiji region
(Dec. 1)
6.6 Bonin Islands, Japan
(Nov. 30)
6.1 Papua New Guinea
(Nov. 23)
6.3 Southeast Indian Ridge
(Nov. 10)
6.0 Tonga
(Nov. 3)
6.0 Papua, Indonesia
(Nov. 3)
6.4 Pacific-Antarctic Ridge
(Oct. 30)
7.7
Indonesia (October 25)
6.7 Gulf of California (Oct. 22)
6.1 Indonesia (Oct. 17)
6.1 Tonga (Oct. 12)
6.3 Indonesia (Oct. 8)
6.4 Aleutian Islands, Alaska (Oct. 8)
6.3 Ryukyu Islands, Japan (Oct. 5)
7.2 Indonesia (Sept. 29); 6.6 (earlier)
6.0 Kepulauan Kai, Indonesia (Sept. 26)
6.3 Hindu Kush, Afghanistan (Sept. 17)
6.1 Bio-Bio, Chile (September 9)
6.2 Vanuatu (September 8)
6.1 Tonga (September 4)
6.3 Aleutian Islands (September 3)
6.3 Mauritius (August 16)
6.3 Papua New Guinea (August 15)
6.9 Mariana Is. (August 13) | 6.6 (August 14)
7.1 Ecuador (August 12)
7.3 Vanuatu (August 10); 6.0 (August 11)
6.0 Kuril Islands & Fiji Is. (August 4)
6.3 Aleutian Is., Alaska (August 4)
7.0 Papua New Guinea (August 4)
6.3 Molucca Sea (August 3)
7.0 So. Island of New Zealand (Aug. 3)
6.2 Kamchatka, Russia (July 30)
6.4 Mindanao, Philippines (July 29)
6.0 Tonga (July 26)
6.5 Mindanao, Philippines (July 24)
7.4 Mindanao, Philippines (July 23)
7.6 Philippines (July 23)
6.2 Vanuatu (July 22)
6.1 Indonesia (July 21)
7.3 Papua New Guinea (July 18)