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Magnitude 7 and Greater Earthquakes in 2000

Magnitude 7 and Greater Earthquakes in 2000

  Year Month Day Time UTC Latitude Longitude Depth
(km)
Magnitude Region
12000 1 8 16:47:20.58 -16.925 -174.248 1837.2Tonga Islands
22000 2 25 01:43:58.64 -19.528 173.818 337.1Vanuatu Islands Region
32000 3 2811:00:22.51 22.338 143.730 1267.6Volcano Islands, Japan, Region
42000 4 23 09:27:23.32 -28.307 -62.990 6087.0Santiago del Estero Prov., Argentina
52000 5 4 04:21:16.21 -1.105 123.573 267.6Minahassa Peninsula, Sulawesi
62000 5 12 18:43:18.12 -23.548 -66.452 2257.2Jujuy Province, Argentina
72000 6 4 16:28:26.17 -4.721 102.087 337.9Southern Sumatera, Indonesia
82000 6 18 14:44:13.31 -13.802 97.453 107.9South Indian Ocean
92000 8 6 07:27:12.9 28.856 139.556 3947.4Bonin Islands, Japan Region
102000 10 4 16:58:44.31 -15.421 166.910 237.0Vanuatu Islands
112000 10 29 08:37:08.77 -4.766 153.945 507.0New Ireland Region, P.N.G.
122000 11 16 04:54:56.74 -3.980 152.169 338.0New Ireland Region, P.N.G.
132000 11 16 07:42:16.93 -5.233 153.102 307.8New Ireland Region, P.N.G.
142000 11 17 21:01:56.49 -5.496 151.781 337.6New Ireland Region, P.N.G.
152000 12 6 17:11:06.4 39.566 54.799 307.0Turkmenistan

South Latitudes and West Longitudes are indicated by NEGATIVE numbers.
Source: USGS NEIC PDE catalog; data are preliminary.

 


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