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Earthquake archives September 2023

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

Events517
Largest magnitudeM 6.8
M6+11
M7+0
Average depth65.7 km

Strongest events

MagnitudeLocationDepthTime
M 6.8Al Haouz, Morocco19.0 km2023-09-08 22:11:01 UTCView event →
M 6.6south of the Kermadec Islands79.0 km2023-09-08 09:09:57 UTCView event →
M 6.3191 km N of Hirara, Japan176.0 km2023-09-18 13:21:23 UTCView event →
M 6.338 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile36.0 km2023-09-06 23:48:04 UTCView event →
M 6.269 km N of Namuac, Philippines31.1 km2023-09-12 11:03:17 UTCView event →
M 6.162 km E of Luganville, Vanuatu125.0 km2023-09-28 14:40:25 UTCView event →
M 6.1Vanuatu185.0 km2023-09-21 21:11:48 UTCView event →
M 6.1West Chile Rise10.0 km2023-09-13 11:49:15 UTCView event →
M 6.113 km E of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia137.0 km2023-09-01 20:49:54 UTCView event →
M 6.038 km NNE of Ternate, Indonesia151.0 km2023-09-11 12:51:33 UTCView event →
M 6.0101 km N of Palu, Indonesia13.0 km2023-09-09 14:43:24 UTCView event →
M 5.9234 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines94.0 km2023-09-26 01:39:43 UTCView event →
M 5.9central East Pacific Rise10.0 km2023-09-20 14:45:56 UTCView event →
M 5.9central Mid-Atlantic Ridge10.0 km2023-09-11 09:20:56 UTCView event →
M 5.8west of Macquarie Island10.0 km2023-09-30 00:31:59 UTCView event →
M 5.8117 km SSE of Kuril’sk, Russia30.0 km2023-09-28 17:40:06 UTCView event →
M 5.8Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia147.0 km2023-09-22 14:59:16 UTCView event →
M 5.8central East Pacific Rise10.0 km2023-09-20 15:03:36 UTCView event →
M 5.8Izu Islands, Japan region8.0 km2023-09-19 06:22:36 UTCView event →
M 5.8central East Pacific Rise10.0 km2023-09-09 03:09:49 UTCView event →
M 5.85 km NNW of Emiliano Zapata, Mexico13.0 km2023-09-08 16:37:11 UTCView event →
M 5.8Enga, Papua New Guinea49.0 km2023-09-05 15:03:16 UTCView event →
M 5.7117 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea27.0 km2023-09-28 19:21:14 UTCView event →
M 5.7Izu Islands, Japan region12.8 km2023-09-21 21:22:12 UTCView event →
M 5.7Prince Edward Islands region10.0 km2023-09-20 19:22:32 UTCView event →
M 5.7122 km W of Copiapó, Chile8.0 km2023-09-15 18:07:39 UTCView event →
M 5.7south of the Fiji Islands11.0 km2023-09-05 00:55:23 UTCView event →
M 5.6114 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea50.9 km2023-09-29 01:19:36 UTCView event →
M 5.6Pacific-Antarctic Ridge10.0 km2023-09-27 17:37:35 UTCView event →
M 5.6Kermadec Islands, New Zealand34.0 km2023-09-21 15:20:31 UTCView event →
M 5.6southeast of Easter Island10.0 km2023-09-14 22:51:25 UTCView event →
M 5.67 km NE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea40.0 km2023-09-14 19:58:42 UTCView event →
M 5.6176 km NNE of Gili Air, Indonesia512.8 km2023-09-09 00:06:14 UTCView event →
M 5.612 km W of Emiliano Zapata, Mexico14.0 km2023-09-08 15:53:18 UTCView event →
M 5.5off the west coast of northern Sumatra10.0 km2023-09-27 17:47:21 UTCView event →
M 5.5Canterbury, New Zealand11.7 km2023-09-19 21:14:49 UTCView event →
M 5.520 km ENE of Onagawa Chō, Japan51.0 km2023-09-18 19:33:03 UTCView event →
M 5.5229 km W of Port McNeill, Canada10.0 km2023-09-17 11:28:11 UTCView event →
M 5.5Mid-Indian Ridge10.0 km2023-09-16 13:47:56 UTCView event →
M 5.586 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile21.0 km2023-09-11 13:37:08 UTCView event →
M 5.5State of Yap, Federated States of Micronesia10.0 km2023-09-03 21:29:58 UTCView event →
M 5.4off the coast of Michoacan, Mexico10.0 km2023-09-26 06:21:38 UTCView event →
M 5.423 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu39.2 km2023-09-22 16:19:32 UTCView event →
M 5.447 km S of Sand Point, Alaska50.3 km2023-09-21 01:13:58 UTCView event →
M 5.3275 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia10.0 km2023-09-23 15:51:21 UTCView event →
M 5.3Tarapaca, Chile110.9 km2023-09-12 04:58:37 UTCView event →
M 5.3260 km ESE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia13.6 km2023-09-11 22:51:06 UTCView event →
M 5.3Kermadec Islands region40.5 km2023-09-10 15:03:17 UTCView event →
M 5.390 km N of Tatsugō, Japan10.0 km2023-09-10 15:01:59 UTCView event →
M 5.3Pacific-Antarctic Ridge10.0 km2023-09-07 04:49:25 UTCView event →
M 5.339 km ENE of San Fernando, Peru150.8 km2023-09-02 11:11:01 UTCView event →
M 5.346 km SSW of Angoram, Papua New Guinea118.3 km2023-09-01 19:09:00 UTCView event →
M 5.2South Sandwich Islands region35.0 km2023-09-29 22:36:09 UTCView event →
M 5.2south of the Fiji Islands530.5 km2023-09-26 14:05:30 UTCView event →
M 5.287 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia33.3 km2023-09-24 01:27:34 UTCView event →
M 5.2central East Pacific Rise10.0 km2023-09-20 14:45:27 UTCView event →
M 5.2Izu Islands, Japan region10.0 km2023-09-19 22:17:47 UTCView event →
M 5.29 km S of El Cantón de San Pablo, Colombia10.0 km2023-09-14 14:25:06 UTCView event →
M 5.213 km ENE of Malango, Solomon Islands45.1 km2023-09-13 11:36:54 UTCView event →
M 5.2152 km WNW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga216.6 km2023-09-08 16:34:49 UTCView event →

Most represented countries

Japan67Max M6.3Indonesia47Max M6.0Papua New Guinea36Max M5.8Philippines28Max M6.2Tonga28Max M5.2Fiji21Max M5.7India17Max M5.5Russia15Max M6.1Vanuatu14Max M6.1Solomon Islands13Max M5.2Northern Mariana Islands12Max M5.2United States12Max M5.4

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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