Largest Earthquakes Worldwide on Record Since 1900

Largest earthquakes worldwide on record since 1900 - list, stats and map

Updated: Dec 31, 1969 23:59 GMT - never refresh

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Quakes since 1900:

5 quakes above magnitude 9
93 quakes between magnitude 8 and 9
1348 quakes between magnitude 7 and 8

Since 1900, there have been 5 quakes of magnitude 9.0 or above, 93 quakes between 8.0 and 9.0, and 1348 quakes between 7.0 and 8.0. See all quakes in the past 24 hours!

Latest quake: Mag. 7.1 | Molucca Sea, 295 km NE of Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia -

Strongest quake: Mag. 9.5 | 38 km S of Cañete, Provincia de Arauco, Region del Biobio, Chile -

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Showing quakes since 1900, magnitude 7 or higher (1446 quakes):

Date and time	Mag Depth	Nearest volcano (distance)	Location	Details	Map
Jan 18, 2023 06:06 GMT Jan 18, 2023 3:06 pm (GMT +9)	7.1 64 km	134 km (83 mi)	Molucca Sea, 295 km northeast of Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia 13 reports	More
Jan 9, 2023 17:47 GMT Jan 10, 2023 3:17 am (GMT +9:30)	7.9 131 km	95 km (59 mi)	Banda Sea, Indonesia 880 reports	More
Jan 8, 2023 12:32 GMT Jan 8, 2023 11:32 pm (GMT +11)	7.0 28 km	100 km (62 mi)	Coral Sea, 72 km northwest of Santo, Luganville, Sanma Province, Vanuatu 10 reports	More
Nov 22, 2022 02:03 GMT Nov 22, 2022 1:03 pm (GMT +11)	7.0 14 km	53 km (33 mi)	Solomon Sea, 57 km southwest of Honiara, Solomon Islands 10 reports	More
Nov 12, 2022 07:09 GMT Nov 12, 2022 8:09 pm (GMT +13)	7.0 587 km	295 km (183 mi)	South Pacific Ocean, Fiji 3 reports	More
Nov 11, 2022 10:48 GMT Nov 10, 2022 11:48 pm (GMT -11)	7.3 25 km	263 km (163 mi)	South Pacific Ocean, Tonga 13 reports	More
Nov 9, 2022 09:51 GMT Nov 9, 2022 9:51 pm (GMT +12)	7.0 665 km	443 km (275 mi)	South Pacific Ocean	More
Sep 19, 2022 18:05 GMT Sep 19, 2022 1:05 pm (GMT -5)	7.7 15 km	148 km (92 mi)	North Pacific Ocean, 99 km southeast of Tecoman, Colima, Mexico 1272 reports	More
Sep 14, 2022 11:04 GMT Sep 14, 2022 10:04 pm (GMT +11)	7.0 145 km	24 km (15 mi)	South Pacific Ocean, Vanuatu 28 reports	More
Sep 10, 2022 23:46 GMT Sep 11, 2022 9:46 am (GMT +10)	7.6 90 km	111 km (69 mi)	78 km northwest of Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea 166 reports	More
Jul 27, 2022 00:43 GMT Jul 27, 2022 8:43 am (GMT +8)	7.0 10 km	41 km (25 mi)	Cordillera, 44 km east of Vigan, Province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines 2352 reports	More
May 26, 2022 12:02 GMT May 26, 2022 7:02 am (GMT -5)	7.2 218 km	132 km (82 mi)	30 km east of Ayaviri, Puno, Peru 227 reports	More
Mar 31, 2022 05:44 GMT Mar 31, 2022 4:44 pm (GMT +11)	7.0 10 km	103 km (64 mi)	South Pacific Ocean, New Caledonia 2 reports	More
Mar 16, 2022 14:36 GMT Mar 16, 2022 11:36 pm (GMT +9)	7.3 63 km	112 km (70 mi)	North Pacific Ocean, 89 km southeast of Sendai, Honshu-miyagi-ken, Japan 101 reports	More
Dec 29, 2021 18:25 GMT Dec 30, 2021 3:25 am (GMT +9)	7.3 167 km	131 km (81 mi)	Banda Sea, 122 km northeast of Lospalos, Municipio de Lautem, Timor-Leste 1221 reports	More
Dec 14, 2021 03:20 GMT Dec 14, 2021 11:20 am (GMT +8)	7.3 16 km	96 km (60 mi)	Banda Sea, 110 km north of Maumere, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia 13 reports	More
Nov 28, 2021 10:52 GMT Nov 28, 2021 5:52 am (GMT -5)	7.5 113 km	323 km (201 mi)	43 km northwest of Barranca, Datem del Marañon, Loreto, Peru 755 reports	More
Oct 2, 2021 06:29 GMT Oct 2, 2021 6:29 pm (GMT +12)	7.2 525 km	322 km (200 mi)	South Pacific Ocean 11 reports	More
Sep 8, 2021 01:47 GMT Sep 7, 2021 8:47 pm (GMT -5)	7.1 10 km	235 km (146 mi)	North Pacific Ocean, 8 km south of Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico 405 reports	More
Aug 22, 2021 21:33 GMT Aug 22, 2021 7:33 pm (GMT -2)	7.1 10 km	213 km (132 mi)	South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands 1 report	More
Aug 14, 2021 12:29 GMT Aug 14, 2021 8:29 am (GMT -4)	7.2 10 km	1083 km (673 mi)	Département de Nippes, 37 km northeast of Les Cayes, Haiti 576 reports	More

Estimated combined seismic energy released: 5 x 10¹⁹ joules (1.4 x 10⁷ gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1.2 x 10¹⁰ tons of TNT or 742705 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

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