Magnitude 8 and Greater Earthquakes Since 1900
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Date - UTC - Time
|
Latitude
|
Longitude
|
Magnitude
|
Fatalities
|
Region
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902/06/11 05: | 50.00 | 148.00 | 8.0 | Sea of Okhotsk | |
| 1903/01/04 05:07 | -20.00 | -175.00 | 8.0 | Tonga | |
| 1903/08/11 04:32 | 36.36 | 22.97 | 8.3 | southern Greece | |
| 1905/07/09 09:40 | 49.0 | 99.0 | 8.4 | Mongolia | |
| 1905/07/23 02:46 | 49.0 | 98.0 | 8.4 | central Mongolia | |
| 1906/01/31 15:36 | 1.0 | -81.5 | 8.8 | 1000 | Colombia-Ecuador |
| 1906/08/17 00:40 | -33.0 | -72.0 | 8.2 | 3882 | Valparaiso, Chile |
| 1907/10/21 04:23 | 38.00 | 69.00 | 8.0 | Afghanistan | |
| 1908/12/12 12:08 | -14.0 | -78.0 | 8.2 | off the coast of central Peru | |
| 1911/06/15 14:26 | 28.0 | 130.0 | 8.1 | 12 | Ryukyu Islands, Japan |
| 1914/05/26 14:22 | -2. | 137. | 8.0 | West New Guinea | |
| 1915/05/01 05:00 | 47. | 155. | 8.0 | Kurile Islands | |
| 1917/05/01 18:26 | -29.0 | -177.0 | 8.0 | Kermadec Islands, New Zealand | |
| 1917/06/26 05:49 | -15.0 | -173.0 | 8.4 | Tonga | |
| 1918/08/15 12:18 | 5.653 | 123.563 | 8.0 | 50 | Celebes Sea |
| 1918/09/07 17:16 | 45.5 | 151.5 | 8.2 | Kuril Islands | |
| 1919/04/30 07:17 | -19.823 | -172.215 | 8.2 | Tonga region | |
| 1920/06/05 04:21 | 23.5 | 122.0 | 8.0 | Taiwan region | |
| 1920/09/20 14:39 | -20.0 | 168.0 | 8.0 | Loyalty Islands | |
| 1922/11/11 04:32 | -28.553 | -70.755 | 8.5 | Chile-Argentina Border | |
| 1923/02/03 16:01 | 54.0 | 161.0 | 8.5 | Kamchatka | |
| 1924/04/14 16:20 | 7.023 | 125.954 | 8.3 | Mindanao, Philippines | |
| 1928/06/17 03:19 | 16.33 | -96.7 | 8.0 | Oaxaca, Mexico | |
| 1931/08/10 21:18 | 47.1 | 89.8 | 8.0 | 5 | northern Xinjiang, China |
| 1932/06/03 10:36 | 19.84 | -103.99 | 8.1 | Jalisco, Mexico | |
| 1933/03/02 17:31 | 39.22 | 144.62 | 8.4 | 2990 | Sanriku, Japan |
| 1934/01/15 08:43 | 27.55 | 87.09 | 8.1 | 10700 | Bihar, India |
| 1938/02/01 19:04 | -5.05 | 131.62 | 8.5 | Banda Sea | |
| 1938/11/10 20:18 | 55.33 | -158.37 | 8.2 | Shumagin Islands, Alaska | |
| 1939/04/30 02:55 | -10.5 | 158.5 | 8.0 | Solomon Islands | |
| 1940/05/24 16:33 | -10.5 | -77.0 | 8.2 | near the Coast of central Peru | |
| 1941/11/25 18:03 | 37.171 | -18.960 | 8.2 | Azores-Cape St. Vincent Ridge | |
| 1942/08/24 22:50 | -15.0 | -76.0 | 8.2 | 30 | Off the coast of central Peru |
| 1943/04/06 16:07 | -30.75 | -72.0 | 8.2 | 18 | off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile |
| 1944/12/07 04:35 | 33.75 | 136.00 | 8.1 | 1223 | Tonankai, Japan |
| 1945/11/27 21:57 | 24.5 | 63.0 | 8.0 | 4000 | off the coast of Pakistan |
| 1946/04/01 12:28 | 52.75 | -163.50 | 8.1 | 165 | Unimak Islands, Alaska |
| 1946/08/04 17:51 | 19.25 | -69.00 | 8.0 | 100 | Dominican Republic |
| 1946/12/20 19:19 | 32.5 | 134.5 | 8.1 | 1330 | Nankaido, Japan |
| 1948/01/24 17:46 | 10.5 | 122.0 | 8.2 | 72 | Panay, Philippines |
| 1949/08/22 04:01 | 53.62 | -133.27 | 8.1 | Queen Charlotte Island, B.C., Canada | |
| 1950/08/15 14:09 | 28.5 | 96.5 | 8.6 | 1526 | Assam-Tibet |
| 1952/03/04 01:22 | 42.5 | 143.0 | 8.1 | 31 | Hokkaido, Japan region |
| 1952/11/04 16:58 | 52.76 | 160.06 | 9.0 | Kamchatka, Russia | |
| 1957/03/09 14:22 | 51.56 | -175.39 | 8.6 | Andreanof Islands, Alaska | |
| 1957/12/04 03:37 | 45.15 | 99.21 | 8.1 | Gobi-Altai, Mongolia | |
| 1958/11/06 22:58 | 44.329 | 148.623 | 8.3 | Kuril Islands | |
| 1959/05/04 07:15 | 53.351 | 159.645 | 8.2 | 1 | near the east coast of Kamchatka |
| 1960/05/22 19:11 | -38.29 | -73.05 | 9.5 | 1655 | Chile |
| 1963/10/13 05:17 | 44.9 | 149.6 | 8.5 | Kuril Islands | |
| 1964/03/28 03:36 | 61.02 | -147.65 | 9.2 | 125 | Prince William Sound, Alaska |
| 1965/02/04 05:01 | 51.21 | -178.50 | 8.7 | Rat Islands, Alaska | |
| 1966/10/17 21:41 | -10.807 | -78.684 | 8.1 | 125 | near the coast of central Peru |
| 1968/05/16 00:49 | 40.903 | 143.346 | 8.2 | 47 | off the east coast of Honshu, Japan |
| 1969/08/11 21:27 | 43.478 | 147.815 | 8.2 | Kuril Islands | |
| 1970/07/31 17:08 | -1.49 | -72.56 | 8.0 | Colombia | |
| 1971/01/10 07:17 | -3.132 | 139.697 | 8.1 | Papua, Indonesia | |
| 1974/10/03 14:21 | -12.254 | -77.524 | 8.1 | 78 | near the coast of central Peru |
| 1976/08/16 16:11 | 6.292 | 124.090 | 8.0 | 8000 | Mindanao, Philippines |
| 1977/06/22 12:08 | -22.878 | -175.900 | 8.1 | Tonga region | |
| 1977/08/19 06:08 | -11.085 | 118.464 | 8.3 | 100 | south of Sumbawa, Indonesia |
| 1979/12/12 07:59 | 1.598 | -79.358 | 8.1 | 600 | near the coast of Ecuador |
| 1985/03/03 22:47 | -33.135 | -71.871 | 8.0 | 177 | offshore Valparaiso, Chile |
| 1985/09/19 13:17 | 18.190 | -102.533 | 8.0 | 9500 | Michoacan, Mexico |
| 1986/05/07 22:47 | 51.520 | -174.776 | 8.0 | Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska | |
| 1989/05/23 10:54 | -52.341 | 160.568 | 8.1 | Macquarie Island region | |
| 1994/06/09 00:33 | -13.841 | -67.553 | 8.2 | 5 | La Paz, Bolivia |
| 1994/10/04 13:22 | 43.773 | 147.321 | 8.3 | 11 | Kuril Islands |
| 1995/07/30 05:11 | -23.340 | -70.294 | 8.0 | 3 | Near Coast of Northern Chile |
| 1995/10/09 15:35 | 19.055 | -104.205 | 8.0 | 49 | Near Coast of Jalisco, Mexico |
| 1996/02/17 05:59 | -0.891 | 136.952 | 8.2 | 166 | Irian Jaya region, Indonesia |
| 1998/03/25 03:12 | -62.877 | 149.527 | 8.1 | Balleny Islands region | |
| 2000/11/16 04:54 | -3.980 | 152.169 | 8.0 | 2 | New Ireland region, Papua New Guinea |
| 2001/06/23 20:33 | -16.264 | -73.641 | 8.4 | 75 | near the coast of southern Peru |
| 2003/09/25 19:50 | 41.815 | 143.910 | 8.3 | Hokkaido, Japan region | |
| 2004/12/23 14:59 | -49.312 | 161.345 | 8.1 | north of Macquarie Island | |
| 2004/12/26 00:58 | 3.295 | 95.982 | 9.1 | 227898 | off the west coast of northern Sumatra |
| 2005/03/28 16:09 | 2.074 | 97.013 | 8.6 | 1313 | Northern Sumatra, Indonesia |
| 2006/05/03 15:26 | -20.187 | -174.123 | 8.0 | Tonga | |
| 2006/11/15 11:14 | 46.592 | 153.226 | 8.3 | Kuril Islands | |
| 2007/01/13 04:23:21 | 46.243 | 154.524 | 8.1 | East of the Kuril Islands | |
| 2007/04/01 20:39:58 | -8.466 | 157.043 | 8.1 | 34 | Solomon Islands |
| 2007/08/15 23:40:57 | -13.386 | -76.603 | 8.0 | 650 | Near the Coast of Central Peru |
| 2007/09/12 11:10:26 | -4.438 | 101.367 | 8.5 | 25 | Southern Sumatra, Indonesia |
| 2009/09/29 17:48:10 | -15.489 | -172.095 | 8.1 | 192 | Samoa Islands region |
| 2010/02/27 06:34:14 | -35.846 | -72.719 | 8.8 | 577 | Offshore Maule, Chile |
| 2011/03/11 05:46:23 | 38.322 | 142.369 | 9.0 | 28050 | Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan |
| 2012/04/11 08:38:37 | 2.311 | 93.063 | 8.6 | off the west coast of northern Sumatra | |
| 2012/04/11 10:43:09 | 0.773 | 92.452 | 8.2 | off the west coast of northern Sumatra |
South Latitudes and West Longitudes are indicated by NEGATIVE numbers.
Source: USGS NEIC PDE catalog; Data are preliminary.
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