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Earthquakes Magnitude 7 and Greater

Magnitude 7 and Greater Earthquakes

Earthquakes Magnitude 7.0 and Greater in 2008
Year Month Day Time
UTC
Latitude Longitude Depth
(km)
Magnitude Region
1. 2008 02 20 08:08:30.5 2.768 95.964 26 7.4 Simeulue, Indonesia
2. 2008 02 25 08:36:33.0 -2.486 99.972 25 7.0 Kepulauan Mentawai region, Indonesia
3. 2008 03 20 22:32:57.9 35.490 81.467 10 7.2 Xinjiang-Xizang border region
4. 2008 04 09 12:46:12.7 -20.071 168.892 33 7.3 Loyalty Islands
5. 2008 04 12 00:30:12.6 -55.664 158.453 16 7.1 Macquarie Island region
6. 2008 05 12 06:28:01.5 31.002 103.322 19 7.9 Eastern Sichuan, China
7. 2008 06 30 06:17:43.3 -58.169 -22.014 10 7.0 East of the South Sandwich Islands
8. 2008 07 05 02:12:04.6 53.888 152.869 636 7.7 Sea of Okhotsk
9. 2008 07 19 02:39:31 37.63 142.11 40.2 7.0 OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN


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

Deaths from Earthquakes

Deaths from Earthquakes in 2008
Date
UTC
Region Magnitude Number Killed *
2008 01 09 Northern Algeria 4.6 1
2008 01 22 Nias region, Indonesia 6.2 1
2008 02 03 Lac Kivu region, Dem. Rep. of the Congo 5.9 44
2008 02 06 West Bengal, India 4.3 1
2008 02 14 Lac Kivu region, Dem. Rep. of the Congo 5.4 1
2008 02 20 Simeulue, Indonesia 7.4 3
2008 05 12 Eastern Sichuan, China 7.9 87652
2008 05 24 Colombia 5.9 6
2008 05 25 Sichuan-Gansu border region, China 6.0 8
2008 06 06 Northern Algeria 5.5 1
2008 06 08 Greece 6.3 2
2008 06 13 Eastern Honshu, Japan 6.9 12
2008 06 17 Sichuan-Gansu border region, China 4.8 2
2008 07 15 Dodecanese Islands, Greece 6.4 1
Total 87735

* Includes "missing and presumed dead"; from 2008 Significant Earthquakes of the World

Frequency of Occurrence of Earthquakes

Magnitude Average Annually
8 and higher 1 ¹
7 - 7.9 17 ²
6 - 6.9 134 ²
5 - 5.9 1319 ²
4 - 4.9 13,000
(estimated)
3 - 3.9 130,000
(estimated)
2 - 2.9 1,300,000
(estimated)
¹ Based on observations since 1900.
² Based on observations since 1990.

 


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