Yesterday: 5.5 magnitude earthquake near Meiktila, Mandalay, Myanmar

The Biggest Earthquakes Ever

There have been: (M1.5 or greater)

92 earthquakes in the past 24 hours
733 earthquakes in the past 7 days
3,799 earthquakes in the past 30 days
49,001 earthquakes in the past 365 days

The biggest earthquakes:

today: 6.5 in South Of Fiji Islands
this week: 6.5 in South Of Fiji Islands
this month: 7.7 in Sagaing, Sagain, Myanmar
this year: 7.7 in Sagaing, Sagain, Myanmar

1960-05-22 19:11:20 UTC 9.6 magnitude, 25 km depth
Cañete, Biobío, Chile

1964-03-28 03:36:16 UTC 9.3 magnitude, 25 km depth
Valdez, Alaska, United States

2004-12-26 00:58:53 UTC 9.1 magnitude, 30 km depth
Meulaboh, Aceh, Indonesia

2011-03-11 05:46:24 UTC 9.0 magnitude, 29 km depth
Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan

1952-11-04 16:58:30 UTC 8.9 magnitude, 21 km depth
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamtsjatka, Russia

2010-02-27 06:34:11 UTC 8.8 magnitude, 22 km depth
Cauquenes, Maule, Chile

1965-02-04 05:01:22 UTC 8.7 magnitude, 30 km depth
Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands

1950-08-15 14:09:34 UTC 8.6 magnitude, 15 km depth
Tezu, Arunachal Pradesh, India

1946-04-01 12:29:01 UTC 8.6 magnitude, 15 km depth
Akutan, Alaska, United States

1960-05-22 18:56:02 UTC 8.6 magnitude, 25 km depth
Traiguén, Araucanía, Chile

1957-03-09 14:22:33 UTC 8.6 magnitude, 25 km depth
Unalaska, Alaska, United States

2005-03-28 16:09:36 UTC 8.6 magnitude, 30 km depth
Singkil, Aceh, Indonesia

2012-04-11 08:38:36 UTC 8.6 magnitude, 20 km depth
Sinabang, Aceh, Indonesia

1933-03-02 17:31:00 UTC 8.5 magnitude, 15 km depth
Yamada, Iwate, Japan

1938-02-01 19:04:22 UTC 8.5 magnitude, 25 km depth
Tual, Maluku, Indonesia

1963-10-13 05:17:59 UTC 8.5 magnitude, 35 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan

2007-09-12 11:10:26 UTC 8.5 magnitude, 34 km depth
Bengkulu, Bengkulu, Indonesia

1923-02-03 16:01:50 UTC 8.4 magnitude, 15 km depth
Atlasovo, Kamtsjatka, Russia

1958-11-06 22:58:09 UTC 8.4 magnitude, 35 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan

2001-06-23 20:33:14 UTC 8.4 magnitude, 33 km depth
Camaná, Arequipa, Peru

1906-08-17 00:11:10 UTC 8.3 magnitude, 110 km depth
Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands

1905-07-09 09:40:39 UTC 8.3 magnitude, 15 km depth
Tosontsengel, Dzabkhan, Mongolia

1905-07-23 02:46:22 UTC 8.3 magnitude, 15 km depth
Tosontsengel, Dzabkhan, Mongolia

1922-11-11 04:32:51 UTC 8.3 magnitude, 70 km depth
Vallenar, Atacama, Chile

1920-12-16 12:05:55 UTC 8.3 magnitude, 15 km depth
Baiyin, Gansu Sheng, China

1918-08-15 12:18:21 UTC 8.3 magnitude, 20 km depth
Mabay, Soccsksargen, Philippines

1938-11-10 20:18:49 UTC 8.3 magnitude, 35 km depth
Sand Point, Alaska, United States

1946-12-20 19:19:10 UTC 8.3 magnitude, 15 km depth
Shingū, Wakayama, Japan

1994-10-04 13:22:55 UTC 8.3 magnitude, 14 km depth
Shikotan, Sakhalin, Russia

2006-11-15 11:14:13 UTC 8.3 magnitude, 10 km depth
Kuril’sk, Hokkaido, Japan

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