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M > M9

1960.05.22 M 9.5 Valdivia, Chile
1964.03.27 M 9.2 Good Friday
2004.12.26 M 9.2 Andaman-Sumatra subduction zone2014 Earthquake Anniversary
2004.12.26 M 9.2 Andaman-Sumatra subduction zone 2016 Earthquake Anniversary

2016.01.22 M ~9 Cascadia’s 1700 AD Tsunami Simulation
2015.01.26 M ~9 Cascadia’s 316th Anniversary
2015.01.26 M ~9 Cascadia’s 315th Anniversary
2011.03.11 M 9.0 Japan (Tohoku-Oki) Main Page
2011.03.11 M 9.0 Japan (Tōhoku-oki) Earthquake
2011.03.11 M 9.0 Japan (Tōhoku-oki) Tsunami
2011.03.11 M 9.1 Japan (Tōhoku-oki) Decade Remembrance

M9 > M > M8

2010.02.27 M 8.8 Chile

2012.04.11 M 8.6 Sumatra outer rise

2015.09.16 M 8.3 Chile

2021.08.12 M 8.2 South Sandwich Islands
2021.07.29 M 8.2 Alaska
2018.08.18 M 8.2 Fiji
2014.04.01 M 8.2 Chile

2021.03.04 M 8.1 Kermadec
2017.09.08 M 8.1 Chiapas, Mexico
2017.09.08 M 8.1 Chiapas, Mexico Update #1
2017.09.23 M 8.1 Chiapas, Mexico Update #2

2019.05.26 M 8.0 Peru
1923.09.01 M 8.0 Kanto, Japan

M8 > M > M7

2018.01.23 M 7.9 Gulf of Alaska
2018.01.23 M 7.9 Gulf of Alaska UPDATE #1
2018.01.24 M 7.9 Gulf of Alaska UPDATE #2
2016.12.17 M 7.9 Bougainville
1906.04.18 M 7.9 San Francisco

2022.02.06 M 7.8 Turkey/Syria
2020.07.22 M 7.8 Alaska POSTER
2016.12.08 M 7.8 Solomons
2016.11.26 M 7.8 New Zealand Post #1
2016.12.03 M 7.8 New Zealand Post #2
2016.04.16 M 7.8 Ecuador
2016.04.16 M 7.8 Ecuador Update #1/li>
2016.03.02 M 7.8 Sumatra/Indian Ocean
2015.05.30 M 7.8 Izu Bonin
2015.05.31 M 7.8 Izu Bonin Update #1: triggered earthquakes
2015.05.31 M 7.8 Izu Bonin Update #2: Historic Seismicity
2015.06.09 M 7.8 Izu Bonin Update #3: seismic wave animations
2015.04.24 M 7.8 Nepal
2015.04.25 M 7.8 Nepal Update #1
2015.04.25 M 7.8 Nepal Update #2
2015.04.26 M 7.8 Nepal Update #3
2015.04.26 M 7.8 Nepal Update #4
2015.04.27 M 7.8 Nepal Update #5
2015.04.27 M 7.8 Nepal Update #6
2013.11.17 M 7.8 Scotia Sea

2023.05.19 M 7.7 Loyalty Islands
2021.02.10 M 7.7 Loyalty Islands
2020.01.28 M 7.7 Cayman Islands
2017.07.17 M 7.7 Aleutians
2017.07.17 M 7.7 Aleutians UPDATE #1
2016.07.29 M 7.7 Mariana

2023.12.02 M 7.6 Philippines
2022.09.19 M 7.6 Mexico
2022.09.10 M 7.6 Papua New Guinea
2018.01.10 M 7.6 Cayman Trough
2016.12.25 M 7.6 Chile
2015.11.26 M 7.6 Peru Update
2015.11.24 M 7.6 Peru

2024.01.01 M 7.5 Japan
2021.11.28 M 7.5 Peru
2020.10.19 M 7.5 Alaska POSTER
2019.05.14 M 7.5 New Ireland
2019.02.22 M 7.5 Ecuador
2018.12.05 M 7.5 New Caledonia
2018.09.28 M 7.5 Sulawesi
2018.10.16 M 7.5 Sulawesi UPDATE #1
2018.02.25 M 7.5 Papua New Guinea
2018.02.26 M 7.5 Papua New Guinea Update #1
2015.05.05 M 7.5 New Britain
2015.10.27 M 7.5 Afghanistan
2015.03.30 M 7.5 New Britain (Update #5)
2015.03.30 M 7.5 New Britain (Update #4)
2015.03.29 M 7.5 New Britain (Update #3)
2015.03.29 M 7.5 New Britain (Update #2)
2015.03.29 M 7.5 New Britain (Update #1)
2015.03.29 M 7.5 New Britain

2024.04.02 M 7.4 Taiwan
2020.06.23 M 7.4 Mexico
2018.12.20 M 7.4 Bering Kresla
2018.12.20 M 7.3 Bering Kresla UPDATE #1
2016.08.19 M 7.4 Scotia plate

2022.03.16 M 7.3 Japan
2022.11.11 M 7.3 Tonga
2021.05.21 M 7.3 China
2019.07.14 M 7.3 Halmahera
2019.06.23 M 7.3 Banda Sea
2018.08.21 M 7.3 Venezuela
2017.11.12 M 7.3 Iraq
2017.01.10 M 7.3 Celebes Sea
2014.10.14 M 7.3 El Salvador

2021.08.14 M 7.2 Haiti
2023.07.16 M 7.2 Alaska
2019.06.15 M 7.2 Kermadec
2019.05.06 M 7.2 Papua New Guinea
2018.02.16 M 7.2 Oaxaca, Mexico
2016.08.12 M 7.2 New Hebrides Update #2
2016.08.12 M 7.2 New Hebrides Update #1
2016.08.12 M 7.2 New Hebrides
2016.01.29 M 7.2 Kamchatka

2023.11.08 M 7.1 Banda Sea
2023.08.28 M 7.1 Lombok & Bali, Indonesia
2023.04.24 M 7.1 Sumatra
2023.04.24 M 7.1 Kermadec
2021.08.11 M 7.1 Philippines
2019.11.14 M 7.1 Halmahera
2019.07.04 M 6.4 Ridgecrest
2019.07.05 M 6.4 / 7.1 Ridgecrest Update #1
2019.07.18 M 6.4 / 7.1 Ridgecrest Update #2
2019.07.20 M 6.4 / 7.1 Ridgecrest Update #3
2018.08.24 M 7.1 Peru
2018.01.14 M 7.1 Peru
2018.01.15 M 7.1 Peru Update #1
2017.09.19 M 7.1 Puebla, Mexico
2017.09.19 M 7.1 Puebla, Mexico Update #1
1992.04.25 M 7.1 Cape Mendocino 25 year remembrance
1992.04.25 M 7.1 Cape Mendocino 25 Year Remembrance Event Page
2016.08.30 M 7.1 Mid Atlantic Ridge
2016.01.24 M 7.1 Alaska
2015.12.04 M 7.1 SE India Ridge
2015.02.13 M 7.1 Mid Atlantic Ridge
2013.10.25 M 7.1 Japan (Honshu)

2024.01.22 M 7.0 China
2023.04.02 M 7.0 Papua New Guinea
2023.03.16 M 7.0 Kermadec
2023.01.08 M 7.0 Vanuatu Islands
2022.11.22 M 7.0 Solomon Isles
2022.07.27 M 7.0 Philippines (poster)
2021.09.08 M 7.0 Mexico
2020.10.30 M 7.0 Turkey
2019.03.01 M 7.0 Peru
2018.12.29 M 7.0 Philippines
2018.11.30 M 7.0 Alaska
2018.10.10 M 7.0 New Britain, PNG
2017.11.19 M 7.0 Loyalty Islands Update #1
2016.11.24 M 7.0 El Salvador
2015.06.18 M 7.0 Mid Atlantic Ridge
2013.11.25 M 7.0 Scotia Sea
2010.01.12 M 7.0 Haiti

M7 > M > M6

2023.03.23 M 6.9 Papua New Guinea
2023.10.07 M 6.9 Papua New Guinea
2022.05.19 M 6.9 Macquarie Islands (poster)
2022.11.18 M 6.9 Sumatra
2022.09.18 M 6.9 Taiwan
2022.09.04 M 6.9 Mid Atlantic Ridge (Romanche fracture zone)
2019.08.02 M 6.9 Indonesia
2018.09.09 M 6.9 Kermadec
2018.08.19 M 6.9 Lombok, Indonesia
2018.08.05 M 6.9 Lombok, Indonesia
2018.05.04 M 6.9 Hawai’i
2018.03.26 M 6.9 New Britain
2017.06.14 M 6.9 Guatemala
2017.04.28 M 6.9 Philippines
2017.04.24 M 6.9 Chile
2016.04.13 M 6.9 Burma
2017.01.03 M 6.9 Fiji
2016.11.21 M 6.9 Japan
2016.10.17 M 6.9 New Britain
2016.04.06 M 6.9 Vanuatu Update #1
2016.04.03 M 6.9 Vanuatu
2015.11.11 M 6.9 Chile
2015.07.27 M 6.9 Aleutians
1989.10.18 M 6.9 Loma Prieta

2023.09.08 M 6.8 Morocco
2023.03.18 M 6.8 Ecuador
2020.05.06 M 6.8 Banda Sea
2019.08.01 M 6.8 Chile
2019.04.12 M 6.8 Sulawesi, Indonesia
2018.11.08 M 6.8 Mid Atlantic Ridge (Jan Mayen fracture zone)
2018.10.25 M 6.8 Greece
2018.10.22 M 6.8 Explorer plate
2018.03.08 M 6.8 New Ireland
2017.11.04 M 6.8 Tonga
2017.10.31 M 6.8 Loyalty Islands
2015.05.24 M 6.8, 6.8, 6.9 Santa Cruz Islands
2017.06.22 M 6.8 Guatemala
2017.06.02 M 6.8 Aleutians
2017.05.29 M 6.8 Sulawesi, Indonesia
2017.05.09 M 6.8 Vanuatu
2016.08.24 M 6.8 Burma
2015.11.18 M 6.8 Solomon Islands
2014.03.09 M 6.8 Gorda plate p-1
2014.03.23 M 6.8 Gorda plate p-2
2013.11.17 M 6.8 Scotia Sea
2013.08.15 M 6.8 New Zealand

2022.03.22 M 6.7 Taiwan POSTER
2021.07.21 M 6.7 Panama
2020.01.24 M 6.7 Turkey
2019.01.20 M 6.7 Chile
2017.07.20 M 6.7 Turkey
2016.08.31 M 6.7 New Britain
2015.05.29 M 6.7 Alaska Peninsula
2015.05.29 M 6.7 Alaska Peninsula (animations)
2015.02.21 M 6.7 Japan (Sanriku Coast Update #4)
2015.02.20 M 6.7 Japan (Sanriku Coast Update #3)
2015.02.16 M 6.7 Japan (Sanriku Coast Update #2)
2015.02.16 M 6.7 Japan (Sanriku Coast Update #1)
2015.02.16 M 6.7 Japan (Sanriku Coast)
1994.11.17 M 6.7 Northridge, CA
1971.02.09 M 6.7 Sylmar, CA

2020.05.02 M 6.6 Crete, Greece
2019.02.01 M 6.6 Guatemala & Mexico
2018.09.05 M 6.6 Hokkaido, Japan
2018.08.15 M 6.6 Aleutians
2018.03.26 M 6.6 New Britain
2017.03.29 M 6.6 Kamchatka
2016.10.30 M 6.6 Italy
2016.10.30 M 6.6 Italy Update #1
2016.10.19 M 6.6 Java
2016.04.29 M 6.6 East Pacific Rise / MAT
2016.01.21 M 6.6 Mexico
2015.09.13 M 6.6 Gulf California
2015.09.13 M 6.6 Gulf California Update #1
2015.01.07 M 6.6 Panama
2015.01.31 M 5.5 Panama Update #1

2020.05.15 M 6.5 Nevada
2020.03.31 M 6.5 Idaho
2019.04.02 M 6.5 Aleutians
2017.12.15 M 6.5 Java
2017.12.08 M 6.5 Caroline Ridge
2017.11.07 M 6.5 Papua New Guinea
2017.08.08 M 6.5 China
2014.05.13 M 6.5 Panama
2014.05.13 M 6.5 Panama Update #1
2017.04.03 M 6.5 Botswana
2017.03.05 M 6.5 New Britain
2016.12.08 M 6.5 Mendocino fault, CA
2016.12.08 M 6.5 Mendocino fault, CA Update #1
2015.11.17 M 6.5 Greece
2010.01.10 M 6.5 Gorda plate

2022.12.20 M 6.4 Gorda plate
2020.12.30 M 6.4 Croatia
2020.01.07 M 6.4 Puerto Rico
2019.11.26 M 6.4 Albania
2019.07.04 M 6.4 Ridgecrest
2019.07.05 M 6.4 / 7.1 Ridgecrest Update #1
2019.07.18 M 6.4 / 7.1 Ridgecrest Update #2
2019.07.20 M 6.4 / 7.1 Ridgecrest Update #3
2019.06.14 M 6.4 Chile
2018.08.12 M 6.4 North Alaska
2018.08.12 M 6.4 North Alaska UPDATE #1
2018.07.28 M 6.4 Lombok, Indonesia
2017.08.27 M 6.4 N. Bismarck plate
2016.11.04 M 6.4 Maule, Chile
2016.10.15 M 6.4 South Bismarck Sea
2016.04.13 M 5.7 & 6.4 Kamchatka
2016.02.05 M 6.4 Taiwan
2016.02.05 M 6.4 Taiwan Update #1
2015.11.08 M 6.4 Nicobar Isles
2014.03.12 M 6.4 south Sandwich Islands
2013.10.20 M 6.4 Gulf California

2019.08.29 M 6.3 Blanco transform fault
2018.11.25 M 6.3 Iran/Iraq
2018.01.19 M 6.3 Gulf of California
2017.08.31 M 6.3 Mentawai, Sumatra
2017.08.08 M 6.3 China
2017.06.12 M 6.3 Turkey/Greece
2017.05.01 M 6.3 British Columbia
2017.02.08 M 6.3 Makran subduction zone (Pakistan)
2016.09.05 M 6.3 Bering Kresla (west of Aleutians)
2015.05.24 M 6.3 Mid Atlantic Ridge
2016.03.12 M 6.3 Aleutians
2015.02.25 M 6.3 Japan (Sanriku Coast Update #5)

2022.02.25 M 6.2 Sumatra
2021.12.20 M 5.7 & 6.2 Mendocino fault
2018.08.22 M 6.2 Blanco transform fault
2017.08.11 M 6.2 Philippines
2017.05.12 M 6.2 El Salvador
2017.05.08 M 6.2 Aleutians
2016.10.19 M 6.2 Japan
2016.08.23 M 6.2 Italy
2016.04.14 M 6.2 Japan
2016.04.02 M 6.2 Alaska Peninsula
2016.02.15 M 6.2 Macquarie Island
2015.11.09 M 6.2 Aleutians
2015.02.16 M 6.2 Scotia subduction zone

2022.11.23 M 6.1 Turkey
2019.05.12 M 6.1 Panama
2017.12.01 M 6.1 Iran
2016.10.26 M 6.1 Italy
2016.01.24 M 6.1 Mediterranean

2022.11.02 M 6.0 Pacific Ocean POSTER
2019.09.24 M 6.0 Puerto Rico (Mona Passage) Poster
2018.01.11 M 6.0 Burma
2017.06.30 M 6.0 Ecuador
2017.03.19 M 6.0 Solomon Islands
2017.03.14 M 6.0 Sumatra
2016.09.14 M 6.0 Solomon Islands
2016.08.20 M 6.0 Japan
2016.04.01 M 6.0 Japan
2015.04.16 M 6.0 Crete

M6 > M > M5

2017.04.23 M 5.9 Chile
2017.04.08 M 5.9 Philippines
2016.02.23 M 5.9 Antarctic plate
2015.11.29 M 5.9 Argentina
2015.11.02 M 5.9 Aleutians
2015.11.02 M 5.9 Aleutians (update)

2020.06.24 M 5.8 Lone Pine
2020.03.09 M 5.8 Mendocino fault
2018.05.15 M 5.8 Madagascar
2018.01.25 M 5.8 Mendocino fault
2017.01.08 M 5.8 Arctic
2016.10.28 M 5.8 Tyrrhenian Sea
2016.02.14 M 5.8 New Zealand
2015.07.22 M 5.8 Andaman Sea
2015.06.01 M 5.8 Blanco transform fault p-1
2015.06.01 M 5.8 Blanco transform fault p-2 (animations)
2015.05.25 M 5.8 Sandwich Islands

2020.03.18 M 5.7 Salt Lake City, Utah
2017.09.22 M 5.7 Mendocino fault
2017.03.29 M 5.7 Gulf of California
2017.01.07 M 5.7 Explorer plate
2016.12.28 M 5.7 swarm Nevada
2016.9.10 M 5.7 Tanzania
2016.08.18 M 5.7 Australia
2016.03.27 M 5.7 Aleutians
2015.01.28 M 5.7 Mendocino fault

2019.06.23 M 5.6 Petrolia
2018.07.24 M 5.6 Gorda plate
2018.03.08 M 5.6 Mozambique and Malawi
2016.09.03 M 5.6 Oklahoma
2016.09.03 M 5.6 Mendocino

2023.05.11 M 5.5 Lake Almanor
2020.05.18 M 5.5 Gorda Rise
2017.03.02 M 5.5 Alaska
2017.03.01 M 5.5 Banda Sea

2018.04.05 M 5.3 Channel Islands
2018.04.05 M 5.3 Channel Islands Update #1
2017.09.02 M 5.3 Idaho
2016.10.16 M 5.3 Greece/Albania

2020.03.18 M 5.2 Petrolia
2019.03.26 M 5.2 Alaska
2016.03.19 M 5.2 Explorer plate
2014.03.13 M 5.2 Gorda Rise

2016.09.25 M 5.0 Gorda plate
2016.01.30 M 5.0 Gorda plate

M5 > M > M4

2016.02.23 M 4.9 Bakersfield
2015.12.29 M 4.9 Gorda plate

2014.11.05 M 4.6 swarm Nevada

2020.09.19 M 4.5 El Monte
2016.08.04 M 4.5 Honey Lake, CA
2016.01.02 M 4.5 Mendocino fault

2018.01.04 M 4.4 Berkeley
2015.12.30 M 4.4 San Bernardino, CA

2017.03.06 M 4.0 Cape Mendocino

M4 > M > M3

2018.07.30 M 3.7 San Pablo Bay

2016.11.02 M 3.6 Oregon
2015.08.30 M 3.6 Mendocino County, CA

2017.06.11 M 3.5 Gorda or NAP?
2015.07.27 M 3.5 Point Arena, CA

2015.04.13 M 3.3 Los Angeles, CA

2015.11.18 M 3.2 Gorda plate