EARTHQUAKE TRENDS - Reference Material Used in Main Report.
Below we have listed those earthquakes counted with greater than 6.99 magnitude from 1977 to the present. Earlier earthquakes are listed elsewhere on website.
The count here is based upon U.S. Geological Survey, at this link and here , although some 'quakes are missing due to not counting aftershocks in the area
Sorry, but the dates for earthquakes listed here are in reverse order to accepted international usage (ie they are in US format which is YYYY-MM-DD).
| List of earthquakes from Jan 2008 to the present which are counted in this report
2011 03 11 - East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 9.0 Fatalities c24,000 (tbc) 2011 01 18 - Balochistan, Pakistan - M 7.2 Fatalities 2 2011 01 13 - New Caledonia - M 7.0 2011 01 02 - Araucania , Chile - M 7.1 2011 01 01 - Santiago del Estero, Argentina - M 7.0 2010 12 25 - New Caledonia Vanuatu - M 7.3 2010 12 21 - Bonin Is , Japan - M 7.4 2010 10 25 - Sumatra - M 7.7 Fatalities 435 2010 09 03 - West of Christchurch, New Zealand - M 7.1 2010 08 13 - Mariano Islands, - M 7.2 2010 07 23 - Moro Gulf, Mindanao, Philippines - M 7.6 (max) 2010 07 18 - New Britain, Papua New Guinea - M 7.3 2010 05 09 - Northern Sumatra, Indonesia - M 7.2 2010 04 04 - Baja California, Mexico - M 7.2 Fatalities 2 2010 02 27 - Offshore Maule, Chile - M 8.8 Fatalities 507 2010 01 12 - Haiti region - M 7.0 Fatalities 222,570 2010 01 03 - Solomon Islands - M 7.1 2009 11 09 - Fiji - M 7.3 2009 10 07 - Santa Cruz Islands and Vanuatu - M 7.8 / M 7.7 / M 7.4 2009 09 30 - Southern Sumatra, Indonesia - M 7.5 Fatalities 1,117 2009 09 29 - Western Samoa - M 8.1 2009 09 02 - Java, Indonesia - M 7.0 Fatalities 72 2009 08 10 - Andaman Islands, India region - M 7.5 2009 08 09 - Near the South Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 7.1 2009 07 15 - Off West Coast of the South Island, New Zealand - M 7.8 2009 05 28 - Offshore Honduras - M 7.3 Fatalities 7 2009 03 19 - Tonga region - M 7.6 2009 02 11 - Kepulauan Talaud, Indonesia - M 7.2 2009 01 15 - East of the Kuril Islands - M 7.4 2009 01 03 - Near the North Coast of Papua, Indonesia - M 7.6 Fatalities 5 2008 11 24 - Sea of Okhotsk - M 7.3 2008 11 16 - Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia - M 7.3 Fatalities 6 2008 09 29 - Kermadec Islands, New Zealand - M 7.0 2008 07 19 - East coast of Honshu, Japan - M 7.0 Fatalities 30 2008 07 05 - Sea of Okhotsk - M 7.7 2008 06 30 - East of the South Sandwich Islands - M 7.0 2008 05 12 - Eastern Sichuan, China - M 7.9 Fatalities 87,000+ 2008 04 12 - Macquaried Island region - M 7.1 2008 04 09 - Loyalty Islands - M 7.3 2008 03 20 - Xinjiang-Xizang border region - M 7.2 2008 02 20 - Simeulue, Indonesia - M 7.4 Fatalities 3 |
| List of earthquakes from Jan 1997 to Dec 2007 which are counted in this report
2007 12 19 - Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska - M 7.2 2007 12 09 - South of the Fiji Islands - M 7.8 2007 11 29 - Martinique Region, Windward Islands - M 7.4 Fatalities 1 2007 11 14 - Antofagasta, Chile - M 7.7 Fatalities 2 2007 10 31 - Pagan Region, Northern Mariana Islands - M 7.2 2007 09 30 - Auckland Islands, New Zealand region - M 7.4 2007 09 28 - Mariana Islands region (Japan) - M 7.4 2007 09 12 - Southern Sumatra, Indonesia - M 8.4 Fatalities 25 2007 09 02 - Santa Cruz Islands - M 7.2 2007 08 15 - Near the Coast of Central Peru - M 8.0 Fatalities 450 2007 08 08 - Java, Indonesia - M 7.5 2007 08 01 - Vanuatu - M 7.2 2007 04 01 - Solomon Islands - M 8.1 Fatalities 40 2007 03 25 - Vanuatu - M 7.1 2007 01 21 - Molucca Sea - M 7.5 Fatalities 4 2007 01 13 - East of the Kuril Islands - M 8.1 2006 12 26 - Taiwan Region - M 7.1 2006 11 15 - Kuril Islands - M 8.3 2006 08 20 - Scotia Sea - M 7.0 2006 07 17 - South of Java, Indonesia - M 7.7 2006 05 16 - Kermadec Islands Region - M 7.4 2006 05 03 - Tonga - M 8.0 2006 04 20 - Koryakia, Russia - M 7.6 2006 02 22 - Mozambique - M 7.0 2006 01 27 - Banda Sea - M 7.6 2006 01 02 - East of South Sandwich Islands - M 7.4 2005 11 14 - Off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 7.0 2005 10 08 - Pakistan - M 7.6 Fatalities 80,361 2005 09 26 - Northern Peru - M 7.5 2005 09 09 - New Ireland Region, Papua New Guinea - M 7.6 2005 08 16 - Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 7.2 2005 07 24 - Nicobar Islands, India Region - M 7.3 2005 07 13 - Tarapaca, Chile - M 7.8 2005 06 15 - Off the Coast of Northern California - M 7.2 2005 06 13 - Tarapaca, Chile - M 7.8 2005 03 28 - Northern Sumatra, Indonesia - M 8.6 Fatalities 1,313 2005 03 02 - Banda Sea - M 7.1 2004 12 26 - Sumatra-Andaman Islands - M 9.1 Fatalities 283,106 2004 12 23 - North of Macquarie Island - M 8.1 2004 11 28 - Hokkaido, Japan Region - M 7.0 2004 11 26 - Papua, Indonesia - M 7.1 2004 11 22 - Off West Coast of South Island, N.Z. - M 7.1 2004 11 15 - Near the West Coast of Colombia - M 7.2 2004 11 11 - Kepulauan Alor, Indonesia - M 7.5 2004 09 05 - Near the South Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 7.4 2004 07 25 - Southern Sumatra, Indonesia - M 7.3 2004 02 07 - Irian Jaya, Indonesia - M 7.3 2003 12 27 - Southeast of the Loyalty Islands - M 7.3 2003 11 17 - Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska - M 7.8 2003 10 31 - Off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 7.0 2003 09 27 - Russia-Kazakhstan-Xinjiang Border Region - M 7.3 2003 09 25 - Hokkaido, Japan Region - M 8.3 2003 08 21 - South Island of New Zealand - M 7.2 2003 08 04 - Scotia Sea - M 7.5 2003 07 15 - Carlsberg Ridge - M 7.6 2003 06 20 - Amazonas, Brazil - M 7.1 2003 05 26 - Halmahera, Indonesia - M 7.0 2003 05 26 - Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 7.0 2003 03 17 - Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska - M 7.0 2003 01 22 - Tecoman, Colima, Mexico - M 7.8 2003 01 20 - Solomon Islands - M 7.3 2002 11 16 - Kuril Islands, Russia - M 7.5 2002 11 03 - Denali Fault, Alaska - M 7.9 2002 11 02 - Northern Sumatera, Indonesia - M 7.5 2002 10 10 - Irian Jaya, Indonesia - M 7.6 2002 09 08 - New Guinea, Papua New Guinea - M 7.6 2002 08 19 - Fiji Islands - M 7.7 2002 06 28 - Priamurye-Northeastern China border region - M 7.2 2002 04 26 - Mariana Islands - M 7.1 2002 03 31 - Northern Taiwan - M 7.1 2002 03 05 - Mindanao, Philippines - M 7.5 2002 03 03 - Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan - M 7.4 2002 01 02 - Vanuatu Islands - M 7.3 2001 07 07 - Near the Coast of Peru - M 7.6 2001 06 23 - Near the Coast of Peru - M 8.4 Fatalities 75 2001 01 26 - Gujarat, India - M 7.7 2001 01 13 - El Salvador - M 7.7 Fatalities 844 2001 01 01 - Mindanao, Philippines - M 7.5 2000 11 16 - New Ireland Region, Papua New Guinea - M 8.0 2000 06 18 - South Indian Ocean - M 7.9 2000 06 04 - Southern Sumatera, Indonesia - M 7.9 1999 11 12 - Duzce, Turkey - M 7.2 Fatalities 894 1999 10 16 - Hector Mine, California - M 7.1 1999 09 30 - Oaxaca, Mexico - M 7.5 1999 09 20 - Taiwan - M 7.6 Fatalities 2,400 1999 08 17 - Izmit, Turkey - M 7.6 Fatalities 17,118 1999 06 15 - Central Mexico - M 7.0 1999 05 16 - New Britain region, Papua New Guinea - M 7.1 1999 02 06 - Santa Cruz Islands - M 7.3 1998 08 04 - Near Coast of Ecuador - M 7.2 1998 07 17 - Near North Coast of New Guinea, Papua New Guinea - M 7.0 Fatalities 2,183 1998 05 03 - Southeast of Taiwan - M 7.5 1998 04 25 - Balleny Islands Region - M 8.1 1998 01 30 - Near Coast of Northern Chile - M 7.1 1998 01 04 - Loyalty Islands Region - M 7.5 1997 12 05 - Near East Coast of Kamchatka - M 7.8 1997 10 14 - South of Fiji Islands - M 7.8 1997 07 09 - Near Coast of Venezuela - M 7.0 1997 05 10 - Northern Iran - M 7.3 Fatalities 1,560 |
| List of earthquakes from Jan 1986 to Dec 1996 which are counted in this report.
1996 06 10 - Andreanof Islands, Alaska - M 7.9 1995 05 27 - Sakhalin Island - M 7.5 Fatalities 1,989 1994 06 09 - Bolivia - M 8.2 Fatalities 5 1993 08 08 - South of the Mariana Islands - M 7.8 1992 12 12 - Flores Region, Indonesia - M 7.5 Fatalities 2,500 1992 09 02 - Nicaragua - M 7.6 Fatalities 116 1992 06 28 - Landers, California - M 7.3 Fatalities 3 1992 04 25 - Cape Mendocino, California - M 7.2 1991 10 19 - Northern India - M 7.0 Fatalities 2,000 1990 07 16 - Luzon, Philippine Islands - M 7.8 Fatalities 1,621 1990 06 20 - Western Iran - M 7.7 Fatalities 50,000 1988 03 06 - Gulf of Alaska - M 7.7 1987 11 30 - Gulf of Alaska - M 7.8 1987 03 06 - Colombia-Ecuador - M 7.0 Fatalities 1,000 1986 05 07 - Andreanof Islands, Alaska - M 7.9 |
| List of earthquakes from Jan 1977 to Dec 1985
1985 09 19 - Michoacan, Mexico - M 8.0 Fatalities 9,500 1981 07 28 - southern Iran - M 7.3 Fatalities 1,500 1980 11 08 - Humboldt County, California - M 7.2 1980 10 10 - El Asnam (formerly Orleansville), Algeria - M 7.7 Fatalities 3,500 1979 05 20 - Alaska Peninsula - M 7.0 1979 02 28 - Mt. St. Elias, Alaska - M 7.6 1978 09 16 - Iran - M 7.8 Fatalities 15,000 1977 11 23 - San Juan, Argentina - M 7.4 1977 03 04 - Romania - M 7.2 Fatalities 1,500 |
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