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Earthquake archives 2021

Explore earthquake activity year by year and month by month using the historical Quake Pulse database.

Events8,959
Largest magnitudeM 8.2
M6+157
M7+19
Average depth52.1 km

Monthly activity

Historical small-earthquake detection varies through time. Long-term comparisons are most robust at higher magnitude thresholds.

Jan576Feb849Mar1,262Apr599May626Jun528Jul608Aug1,307Sep691Oct546Nov604Dec763
January576 EventsMax M7.0 · M6+ 12February849 EventsMax M7.7 · M6+ 16March1,262 EventsMax M8.1 · M6+ 20April599 EventsMax M6.6 · M6+ 14May626 EventsMax M7.3 · M6+ 13June528 EventsMax M6.5 · M6+ 2July608 EventsMax M8.2 · M6+ 12August1,307 EventsMax M8.1 · M6+ 19September691 EventsMax M7.0 · M6+ 9October546 EventsMax M7.3 · M6+ 11November604 EventsMax M7.5 · M6+ 16December763 EventsMax M7.3 · M6+ 13

Strongest events

MagnitudeLocationDepthTime
M 8.22021 Chignik, Alaska Earthquake35.0 km2021-07-29 06:15:49 UTCView event →
M 8.12021 South Sandwich Islands Earthquake22.8 km2021-08-12 18:35:17 UTCView event →
M 8.12021 Kermadec Islands, New Zealand Earthquake28.9 km2021-03-04 19:28:33 UTCView event →
M 7.7southeast of the Loyalty Islands10.0 km2021-02-10 13:19:55 UTCView event →
M 7.543 km NNW of Barranca, Peru126.0 km2021-11-28 10:52:14 UTCView event →
M 7.5South Sandwich Islands region47.2 km2021-08-12 18:32:52 UTCView event →
M 7.4Kermadec Islands, New Zealand43.0 km2021-03-04 17:41:23 UTCView event →
M 7.3125 km NNE of Lospalos, Timor Leste165.5 km2021-12-29 18:25:51 UTCView event →
M 7.3Flores Sea14.3 km2021-12-14 03:20:23 UTCView event →
M 7.3Vanuatu region527.0 km2021-10-02 06:29:17 UTCView event →
M 7.3Southern Qinghai, China10.0 km2021-05-21 18:04:13 UTCView event →
M 7.3182 km NE of Gisborne, New Zealand10.0 km2021-03-04 13:27:34 UTCView event →
M 7.2Nippes, Haiti10.0 km2021-08-14 12:29:08 UTCView event →
M 7.1South Sandwich Islands region6.0 km2021-08-22 21:33:18 UTCView event →
M 7.160 km ENE of Pondaguitan, Philippines55.1 km2021-08-11 17:46:13 UTCView event →
M 7.173 km ENE of Namie, Japan44.0 km2021-02-13 14:07:49 UTCView event →
M 7.0Acapulco, Mexico20.0 km2021-09-08 01:47:47 UTCView event →
M 7.030 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan43.0 km2021-03-20 09:09:43 UTCView event →
M 7.0211 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines80.0 km2021-01-21 12:23:04 UTCView event →
M 6.9112 km E of Chignik, Alaska51.6 km2021-10-11 09:10:25 UTCView event →
M 6.9Vanuatu region535.0 km2021-10-09 10:58:31 UTCView event →
M 6.917 km N of Port-Olry, Vanuatu93.0 km2021-08-18 10:10:05 UTCView event →
M 6.9South Sandwich Islands region16.7 km2021-08-16 11:10:36 UTCView event →
M 6.9125 km SE of Perryville, Alaska20.7 km2021-08-14 11:57:43 UTCView event →
M 6.930 km SSE of Onagawa Ch?, Japan43.0 km2021-05-01 01:27:27 UTCView event →
M 6.9South Shetland Islands15.0 km2021-01-23 23:36:51 UTCView event →
M 6.7South Sandwich Islands region35.0 km2021-08-12 18:36:59 UTCView event →
M 6.715 km S of Hukay, Philippines110.0 km2021-07-23 20:48:57 UTCView event →
M 6.771 km S of Burica, Panama10.0 km2021-07-21 21:15:12 UTCView event →
M 6.7southern East Pacific Rise10.0 km2021-05-19 00:42:19 UTCView event →
M 6.7260 km S of Sinabang, Indonesia11.0 km2021-05-14 06:33:07 UTCView event →
M 6.7Mauritius - Reunion region10.0 km2021-05-12 14:05:15 UTCView event →
M 6.7West Chile Rise10.0 km2021-02-03 05:23:43 UTCView event →
M 6.729 km SSW of Turt, Mongolia10.0 km2021-01-11 21:32:59 UTCView event →
M 6.6west of Macquarie Island10.0 km2021-12-12 08:58:07 UTCView event →
M 6.6177 km SE of Hirara, Japan12.0 km2021-11-10 15:45:13 UTCView event →
M 6.6South Sandwich Islands region7.0 km2021-08-22 00:45:07 UTCView event →
M 6.6east of the South Sandwich Islands10.0 km2021-04-03 01:16:39 UTCView event →
M 6.6171 km SSE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia13.2 km2021-03-16 18:38:21 UTCView event →
M 6.580 km SW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua21.0 km2021-09-22 09:57:07 UTCView event →
M 6.5Kermadec Islands, New Zealand25.0 km2021-06-20 17:05:50 UTCView event →
M 6.5265 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna10.0 km2021-05-21 22:13:18 UTCView event →
M 6.5207 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga246.0 km2021-04-25 22:28:02 UTCView event →
M 6.5225 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga301.0 km2021-04-24 00:23:38 UTCView event →
M 6.5Kermadec Islands region24.0 km2021-03-04 23:12:59 UTCView event →
M 6.463 km NNW of Bandar Abbas, Iran10.0 km2021-11-14 12:08:38 UTCView event →
M 6.4148 km WSW of Buala, Solomon Islands33.0 km2021-10-15 02:44:59 UTCView event →
M 6.44 km SW of Palekastro, Greece20.0 km2021-10-12 09:24:05 UTCView event →
M 6.473 km W of Talcahuano, Chile18.8 km2021-09-21 13:14:32 UTCView event →
M 6.4Kermadec Islands, New Zealand16.0 km2021-08-31 02:52:50 UTCView event →
M 6.4Kermadec Islands, New Zealand20.0 km2021-04-01 09:56:37 UTCView event →
M 6.426 km SW of Pocito, Argentina20.8 km2021-01-19 02:46:22 UTCView event →
M 6.3113 km SSE of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea10.0 km2021-11-30 10:36:18 UTCView event →
M 6.3Izu Islands, Japan region11.0 km2021-11-29 12:40:44 UTCView event →
M 6.362 km S of Masachapa, Nicaragua20.0 km2021-11-09 06:25:14 UTCView event →
M 6.399 km WNW of Luwuk, Indonesia11.0 km2021-07-26 12:09:06 UTCView event →
M 6.3183 km NE of Gisborne, New Zealand13.0 km2021-03-06 00:16:22 UTCView event →
M 6.3Kermadec Islands region17.0 km2021-03-05 02:30:36 UTCView event →
M 6.39 km W of Týrnavos, Greece8.0 km2021-03-03 10:16:09 UTCView event →
M 6.3southeast of the Loyalty Islands12.0 km2021-02-10 21:24:00 UTCView event →

Most represented countries

Indonesia732Max M6.7Japan567Max M7.1New Zealand449Max M8.1Philippines350Max M7.1Tonga344Max M6.5Papua New Guinea338Max M6.3Vanuatu278Max M7.3Fiji252Max M6.2India240Max M6.1Chile214Max M6.7Russia171Max M6.6China156Max M7.3

Historical small-earthquake detection varies through time. Long-term comparisons are most robust at higher magnitude thresholds.

Historical small-earthquake detection varies through time. Long-term comparisons are most robust at higher magnitude thresholds.

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