Historical earthquake records for 2012 in the Quake Pulse database.
Server-rendered world view of qualifying events. Dot size follows magnitude.
7,189 events
| Magnitude | Location | Depth | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M 4.6 | 117 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea | 68.2 km | 2012-12-31 21:37:37 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.2 | Balleny Islands region | 10.0 km | 2012-12-31 20:02:04 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 83 km SSW of Banda Aceh, Indonesia | 67.3 km | 2012-12-31 19:06:13 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.8 | 233 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan | 24.3 km | 2012-12-31 17:43:11 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.7 | Kermadec Islands, New Zealand | 6.7 km | 2012-12-31 16:59:29 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 55 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala | 51.1 km | 2012-12-31 15:33:50 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 114 km W of Attu Station, Alaska | 47.5 km | 2012-12-31 15:11:59 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 32 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala | 62.3 km | 2012-12-31 14:21:25 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.7 | 180 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste | 81.1 km | 2012-12-31 14:15:23 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | South Sandwich Islands region | 10.0 km | 2012-12-31 12:51:13 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | South Sandwich Islands region | 10.0 km | 2012-12-31 12:10:26 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.8 | 236 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan | 37.2 km | 2012-12-31 09:36:01 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.8 | South Indian Ocean | 10.0 km | 2012-12-31 08:50:06 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.9 | 16 km W of Sayán, Peru | 77.4 km | 2012-12-31 08:46:21 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 43 km SE of Lugu, Taiwan | 10.0 km | 2012-12-31 07:51:43 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | South Indian Ocean | 10.0 km | 2012-12-31 07:26:29 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.7 | northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge | 10.0 km | 2012-12-31 01:45:00 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.1 | 5 km SE of Unión Juárez, Mexico | 122.6 km | 2012-12-31 01:15:18 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.8 | 1 km N of Coarraze, France | 2.0 km | 2012-12-30 23:35:02 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.2 | 46 km E of Salvación, Peru | 28.3 km | 2012-12-30 20:49:27 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | 66 km W of Sungai Penuh, Indonesia | 65.5 km | 2012-12-30 19:25:54 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.7 | 179 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga | 248.3 km | 2012-12-30 16:58:45 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.8 | 39 km SSE of Lugu, Taiwan | 3.4 km | 2012-12-30 16:03:26 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | 99 km NNW of Hihifo, Tonga | 118.8 km | 2012-12-30 13:53:17 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | 80 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu | 58.4 km | 2012-12-30 13:50:55 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.3 | 68 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico | 26.0 km | 2012-12-30 12:21:21 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.2 | 123 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia | 68.4 km | 2012-12-30 11:33:43 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | 126 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala | 35.0 km | 2012-12-30 10:29:58 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.0 | 88 km SW of Labuan, Indonesia | 48.3 km | 2012-12-30 07:56:52 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 65 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala | 16.1 km | 2012-12-30 07:13:06 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.2 | Scotia Sea | 10.0 km | 2012-12-30 06:44:41 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | South Sandwich Islands region | 129.4 km | 2012-12-30 03:47:22 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.2 | 25 km E of Iwaki, Japan | 39.8 km | 2012-12-29 23:05:24 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | 91 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia | 35.0 km | 2012-12-29 23:01:21 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | Banda Sea | 160.9 km | 2012-12-29 22:43:54 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | west of the Galapagos Islands | 10.0 km | 2012-12-29 21:47:27 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | west of the Galapagos Islands | 10.0 km | 2012-12-29 21:37:02 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | Banda Sea | 166.3 km | 2012-12-29 20:29:52 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.5 | 43 km NW of P?r?n, Afghanistan | 117.4 km | 2012-12-29 17:50:52 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.9 | 211 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines | 43.5 km | 2012-12-29 17:15:09 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.4 | near the east coast of Honshu, Japan | 55.6 km | 2012-12-29 14:59:38 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 44 km NE of Hualien City, Taiwan | 56.6 km | 2012-12-29 11:06:26 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 105 km ENE of Santa Monica, Philippines | 60.2 km | 2012-12-29 08:54:27 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | Banda Sea | 154.6 km | 2012-12-29 08:33:20 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.7 | 211 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan | 31.3 km | 2012-12-29 08:21:59 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.7 | 237 km WSW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea | 4.0 km | 2012-12-29 07:59:41 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.1 | 217 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea | 10.0 km | 2012-12-29 07:59:15 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.0 | 221 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea | 10.0 km | 2012-12-29 07:56:00 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.0 | 12 km E of Iwaki, Japan | 66.2 km | 2012-12-29 07:19:35 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.9 | south of the Fiji Islands | 101.3 km | 2012-12-29 04:38:26 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | 6 km NW of Sumbilca, Peru | 96.0 km | 2012-12-29 01:57:40 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.0 | Easter Island region | 16.0 km | 2012-12-28 22:17:11 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.9 | 59 km SSW of Sola, Vanuatu | 199.8 km | 2012-12-28 20:16:25 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.8 | 209 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines | 23.6 km | 2012-12-28 17:52:21 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.5 | 77 km SSW of Gorontalo, Indonesia | 112.1 km | 2012-12-28 17:32:18 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.7 | Maug Islands region, Northern Mariana Islands | 56.4 km | 2012-12-28 17:22:41 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | Kermadec Islands region | 171.5 km | 2012-12-28 17:01:10 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.7 | 7 km W of El Rosario, El Salvador | 169.6 km | 2012-12-28 16:23:48 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | 213 km ESE of ?funato, Japan | 35.0 km | 2012-12-28 16:11:25 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | North Indian Ocean | 10.0 km | 2012-12-28 15:04:39 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.7 | southeast of Easter Island | 10.0 km | 2012-12-28 14:27:06 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 42 km NNE of La Serena, Chile | 39.7 km | 2012-12-28 13:50:34 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.1 | 151 km ESE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia | 35.0 km | 2012-12-28 13:42:34 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | 42 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala | 60.3 km | 2012-12-28 13:27:40 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 295 km ENE of Kuril’sk, Russia | 103.3 km | 2012-12-28 12:30:41 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge | 10.0 km | 2012-12-28 12:18:51 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.1 | Kermadec Islands region | 10.0 km | 2012-12-28 10:35:45 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | Kermadec Islands region | 10.0 km | 2012-12-28 09:38:52 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.7 | 9 km ENE of Salsacate, Argentina | 10.0 km | 2012-12-28 08:50:07 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.7 | 137 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia | 46.0 km | 2012-12-28 05:21:11 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | southern East Pacific Rise | 10.0 km | 2012-12-28 05:13:54 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 201 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines | 48.4 km | 2012-12-28 00:22:09 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | south of the Fiji Islands | 127.1 km | 2012-12-28 00:05:02 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 81 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga | 35.0 km | 2012-12-27 21:45:51 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.9 | 100 km NE of Santa Monica, Philippines | 55.1 km | 2012-12-27 17:10:22 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.2 | southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge | 10.0 km | 2012-12-27 16:33:59 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.7 | 157 km E of Sulangan, Philippines | 10.0 km | 2012-12-27 16:32:50 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge | 10.0 km | 2012-12-27 16:23:58 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.8 | southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge | 10.0 km | 2012-12-27 16:18:20 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 137 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste | 162.1 km | 2012-12-27 15:38:46 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.9 | 169 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga | 45.3 km | 2012-12-27 15:31:40 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.8 | South Sandwich Islands region | 42.7 km | 2012-12-27 15:14:51 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.8 | 5 km SW of Buenavista, Philippines | 35.0 km | 2012-12-27 13:41:39 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.7 | 77 km NE of La Rivera, Mexico | 10.0 km | 2012-12-27 13:05:02 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 17 km WNW of Albardón, Argentina | 112.1 km | 2012-12-27 11:37:57 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 103 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea | 54.7 km | 2012-12-27 10:43:57 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 46 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico | 16.0 km | 2012-12-27 10:41:16 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | Fiji region | 569.1 km | 2012-12-27 09:50:18 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.4 | 58 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga | 22.9 km | 2012-12-27 09:41:59 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.8 | Easter Island region | 10.0 km | 2012-12-27 06:57:07 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.3 | 157 km E of Crane, Barbados | 10.0 km | 2012-12-27 05:36:12 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 120 km NW of Tomé, Chile | 15.9 km | 2012-12-27 04:27:31 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.7 | 116 km NW of Tomé, Chile | 12.1 km | 2012-12-27 03:02:57 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.7 | 105 km NNW of Tomé, Chile | 37.5 km | 2012-12-27 02:12:01 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.7 | 93 km WNW of Quirihue, Chile | 38.1 km | 2012-12-27 01:18:08 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.9 | 84 km NW of Quirihue, Chile | 14.2 km | 2012-12-27 00:37:08 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.5 | Pacific-Antarctic Ridge | 10.0 km | 2012-12-26 23:01:56 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 41 km NE of Kolonga, Tonga | 10.0 km | 2012-12-26 21:23:56 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.3 | Ascension Island region | 10.0 km | 2012-12-26 20:24:26 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.9 | 81 km SW of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia | 85.9 km | 2012-12-26 19:08:04 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | 76 km S of Banjar, Indonesia | 47.6 km | 2012-12-26 16:12:41 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.9 | 32 km NE of Shwebo, Myanmar | 18.0 km | 2012-12-26 13:59:46 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.2 | 5 km SE of Arauco, Chile | 29.0 km | 2012-12-26 13:17:57 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 157 km NNE of Calama, Chile | 115.2 km | 2012-12-26 09:46:42 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.8 | south of the Fiji Islands | 510.5 km | 2012-12-26 05:17:35 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.0 | Fiji region | 582.4 km | 2012-12-26 02:58:23 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.1 | eastern New Guinea region, Papua New Guinea | 95.5 km | 2012-12-26 02:24:32 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.0 | 65 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan | 24.6 km | 2012-12-26 02:06:37 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 105 km W of Kashgar, China | 10.0 km | 2012-12-25 23:09:31 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.2 | 50 km SSW of Dranda, Georgia | 10.0 km | 2012-12-25 22:44:33 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | southeast of the Ryukyu Islands, Japan | 30.0 km | 2012-12-25 20:46:55 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.7 | 70 km NW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina | 176.3 km | 2012-12-25 20:26:28 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.9 | Kermadec Islands region | 111.9 km | 2012-12-25 19:48:10 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.7 | 60 km ESE of Kalemie, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10.0 km | 2012-12-25 19:18:29 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.8 | 167 km WNW of Lorino, Russia | 10.0 km | 2012-12-25 17:54:05 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.0 | 20 km E of Surab, Pakistan | 35.0 km | 2012-12-25 17:36:32 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.9 | 261 km SE of Shing?, Japan | 364.9 km | 2012-12-25 17:08:14 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.1 | southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia | 20.0 km | 2012-12-25 08:46:31 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | 75 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines | 123.6 km | 2012-12-25 08:32:44 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.4 | 65 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia | 52.5 km | 2012-12-25 07:34:41 UTC | View event → |
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