Today: 6.1 magnitude earthquake near Port-Vila, Shefa, Vanuatu

Biggest Earthquakes Near Chiri-Yurt, Chechnya, Russia

1939-12-26 23:57:23 UTC 7.8 magnitude, 20 km depth
Erzincan, Erzincan, Turkey

1976-11-24 12:22:18 UTC 7.3 magnitude, 36 km depth
Doğubayazıt, Ağrı, Turkey

1991-04-29 09:12:48 UTC 7.0 magnitude, 17 km depth
Java, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia

1988-12-07 07:41:24 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 5 km depth
Gogaran, Lori Province, Armenia

2011-10-23 10:41:23 UTC 7.1 magnitude, 18 km depth
Van, Van, Turkey

1970-05-14 18:12:26 UTC 6.7 magnitude, 15 km depth
Novyy Chirkey, Dagestan, Russia

1930-05-06 22:34:26 UTC 7.1 magnitude, 15 km depth
Salmās, Āz̄ārbāyjān-e Gharbī, Iran

1983-10-30 04:12:27 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 11 km depth
Narman, Erzurum, Turkey

1992-10-23 23:19:45 UTC 6.4 magnitude, 16 km depth
Step’antsminda, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia

2000-11-25 18:09:11 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 50 km depth
Baku, Baki, Azerbaijan

1924-09-13 14:34:15 UTC 6.8 magnitude, 15 km depth
Pasinler, Erzurum, Turkey

1991-06-15 00:59:20 UTC 6.3 magnitude, 9 km depth
Java, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia

1905-10-21 11:01:27 UTC 6.4 magnitude, 15 km depth
Tqvarch'eli, Abkhazia, Georgia

1963-07-16 18:27:19 UTC 6.4 magnitude, 30 km depth
Teberda, Karachayevo-Cherkesiya, Russia

1990-06-20 21:00:09 UTC 7.4 magnitude, 18 km depth
Rasht, Gīlān, Iran

1976-07-28 20:17:42 UTC 6.1 magnitude, 21 km depth
Goyty, Chechnya, Russia

1970-05-14 09:20:22 UTC 6.1 magnitude, 12 km depth
Uchkent, Dagestan, Russia

1991-04-29 18:30:41 UTC 6.1 magnitude, 14 km depth
Java, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia

1931-04-27 16:50:45 UTC 6.5 magnitude, 15 km depth
Hats’avan, Syunik Province, Armenia

2009-09-07 22:41:37 UTC 6.0 magnitude, 15 km depth
Oni, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, Georgia