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Magnitude 7 and Greater Earthquakes in 1998

Magnitude 7 and Greater Earthquakes in 1998

  Year Month Day Time UTC Latitude Longitude Depth
(km)
Magnitude Region
11998 01 04 06:11:58.9 -22.301 170.911 101 7.5Loyalty Islands Region
21998 01 30 12:16:08.6 -23.913 -70.207 427.1Near Coast of Northern Chile
31998 03 25 03:12:25.0 -62.877 149.527 10 8.1Balleny Islands Region
41998 03 29 19:48:16.2 -17.552 -179.092 537 7.2Fiji Islands Region
51998 04 01 17:56:23.3 -0.544 99.261 56 7.0Southern Sumatera, Indonesia
61998 05 03 23:30:21.9 22.306 125.308 33 7.5Southeast of Taiwan
71998 07 16 11:56:36.4 -11.040 166.160 110 7.0Santa Cruz Islands
81998 07 17 08:49:13.2 -2.961 141.926 10 7.0Near North Coast of New Guinea, P.N.G.
91998 08 04 18:59:20.1 -0.593 -80.393 33 7.2Near Coast of Ecuador
101998 08 20 06:40:55.8 28.932 139.329 441 7.1Bonin Islands Region
111998 11 09 05:38:44.2 -6.920 128.946 33 7.0Banda Sea
121998 11 29 14:10:31.9 -2.071 124.891 337.7Ceram Sea

South Latitudes and West Longitudes are indicated by NEGATIVE numbers.

Source: USGS NEIC PDE catalog; Data are preliminary.

 


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