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Earthquakes in 2016

Historical earthquake records for 2016 in the Quake Pulse database.

events7,440
MaximumM 7.9
Average depth62.5 km

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7,440 events

MagnitudeLocationDepthTime
M 4.723 km E of Santa Monica, Philippines54.7 km2016-12-31 21:57:40 UTCView event →
M 5.1194 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea10.0 km2016-12-31 21:43:55 UTCView event →
M 4.889 km ESE of Katsuren-haebaru, Japan8.3 km2016-12-31 21:08:02 UTCView event →
M 4.7141 km N of Neiafu, Tonga92.9 km2016-12-31 19:58:49 UTCView event →
M 4.979 km WSW of Banda Aceh, Indonesia67.1 km2016-12-31 15:01:22 UTCView event →
M 4.5Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands179.1 km2016-12-31 09:41:58 UTCView event →
M 4.5220 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea10.0 km2016-12-31 08:10:38 UTCView event →
M 4.6Banda Sea137.9 km2016-12-31 07:21:08 UTCView event →
M 5.2281 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska82.3 km2016-12-31 05:21:21 UTCView event →
M 4.6south of the Kermadec Islands9.6 km2016-12-31 01:41:44 UTCView event →
M 4.6south of the Kermadec Islands104.5 km2016-12-30 22:04:40 UTCView event →
M 4.9120 km ESE of Yigo Village, Guam10.0 km2016-12-30 21:08:34 UTCView event →
M 5.142 km ESE of Namie, Japan9.1 km2016-12-30 20:08:26 UTCView event →
M 5.0146 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea19.1 km2016-12-30 19:48:39 UTCView event →
M 4.6Kermadec Islands region10.0 km2016-12-30 19:31:53 UTCView event →
M 4.969 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia64.2 km2016-12-30 17:13:23 UTCView event →
M 4.58 km NNW of Pocito, Argentina107.6 km2016-12-30 15:48:24 UTCView event →
M 4.8south of the Kermadec Islands10.0 km2016-12-30 13:11:20 UTCView event →
M 5.4Kermadec Islands, New Zealand10.0 km2016-12-30 12:56:10 UTCView event →
M 4.8137 km SE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga10.0 km2016-12-30 10:59:43 UTCView event →
M 4.723 km SSE of Khorugh, Tajikistan108.5 km2016-12-30 10:43:45 UTCView event →
M 4.5282 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga470.0 km2016-12-30 10:38:03 UTCView event →
M 4.651 km NNW of Naisano Dua, Indonesia116.0 km2016-12-30 08:24:53 UTCView event →
M 4.5south of Panama10.0 km2016-12-30 07:34:47 UTCView event →
M 5.0143 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia42.2 km2016-12-30 07:10:05 UTCView event →
M 4.6Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia211.6 km2016-12-30 06:06:34 UTCView event →
M 4.7South Sandwich Islands region10.0 km2016-12-30 05:20:53 UTCView event →
M 5.0south of the Kermadec Islands10.0 km2016-12-30 02:58:10 UTCView event →
M 4.6Izu Islands, Japan region398.1 km2016-12-30 01:53:22 UTCView event →
M 6.358 km SSE of Dompu, Indonesia79.0 km2016-12-29 22:30:19 UTCView event →
M 4.9204 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu198.3 km2016-12-29 21:30:19 UTCView event →
M 4.567 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands35.0 km2016-12-29 19:42:30 UTCView event →
M 4.9145 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea21.7 km2016-12-29 17:33:14 UTCView event →
M 4.6134 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea23.7 km2016-12-29 16:32:54 UTCView event →
M 5.167 km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands32.9 km2016-12-29 16:27:12 UTCView event →
M 4.537 km SE of Chazuta, Peru4.5 km2016-12-29 15:38:43 UTCView event →
M 4.7south of the Kermadec Islands10.0 km2016-12-29 13:42:21 UTCView event →
M 4.6West Chile Rise10.0 km2016-12-29 11:03:31 UTCView event →
M 4.6142 km N of Lae, Papua New Guinea197.5 km2016-12-29 09:08:11 UTCView event →
M 4.6112 km NNE of Calama, Chile115.2 km2016-12-29 08:31:06 UTCView event →
M 4.679 km ESE of Katsuren-haebaru, Japan7.6 km2016-12-29 07:18:40 UTCView event →
M 5.347 km SSW of Brooklyn, New Zealand17.9 km2016-12-29 02:34:33 UTCView event →
M 4.649 km S of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico62.6 km2016-12-28 23:31:36 UTCView event →
M 4.788 km NNW of Lae, Papua New Guinea125.3 km2016-12-28 20:42:25 UTCView event →
M 4.547 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu100.6 km2016-12-28 18:28:51 UTCView event →
M 4.5Fiji region511.0 km2016-12-28 17:09:08 UTCView event →
M 4.7off the coast of Central America10.0 km2016-12-28 14:35:36 UTCView event →
M 4.953 km S of Farkh?r, Afghanistan118.4 km2016-12-28 14:25:51 UTCView event →
M 5.452 km NE of Wabag, Papua New Guinea102.0 km2016-12-28 14:24:24 UTCView event →
M 4.8Volcano Islands, Japan region203.5 km2016-12-28 13:46:14 UTCView event →
M 4.76 km WNW of Kitaibaraki, Japan10.0 km2016-12-28 12:53:12 UTCView event →
M 5.913 km NE of Daigo, Japan7.0 km2016-12-28 12:38:49 UTCView event →
M 4.552 km ENE of Pilar, Philippines42.3 km2016-12-28 10:43:55 UTCView event →
M 5.528 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada8.8 km2016-12-28 09:13:47 UTCView event →
M 5.628 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada12.2 km2016-12-28 08:22:12 UTCView event →
M 5.629 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada11.3 km2016-12-28 08:18:00 UTCView event →
M 4.710 km E of San Pablo, Colombia138.1 km2016-12-28 05:05:04 UTCView event →
M 5.0Mid-Indian Ridge10.0 km2016-12-28 04:31:00 UTCView event →
M 4.869 km E of Shikotan, Russia56.0 km2016-12-28 02:46:08 UTCView event →
M 4.6145 km SE of Arica, Chile109.0 km2016-12-28 01:06:53 UTCView event →
M 4.5119 km WSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu10.0 km2016-12-28 00:08:17 UTCView event →
M 4.7Mid-Indian Ridge10.0 km2016-12-27 23:37:19 UTCView event →
M 5.613 km W of Nereju Mic, Romania97.0 km2016-12-27 23:20:56 UTCView event →
M 5.4210 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea10.0 km2016-12-27 22:38:04 UTCView event →
M 4.5144 km N of Lae, Papua New Guinea280.3 km2016-12-27 20:57:19 UTCView event →
M 4.935 km SE of Kal?leh, Iran30.5 km2016-12-27 20:56:24 UTCView event →
M 4.754 km SSW of Lata, Solomon Islands10.0 km2016-12-27 19:55:57 UTCView event →
M 4.89 km SW of Géfyra, Greece10.4 km2016-12-27 19:31:04 UTCView event →
M 4.556 km W of Quellón, Chile25.9 km2016-12-27 18:18:05 UTCView event →
M 5.4South Sandwich Islands region34.9 km2016-12-27 18:04:31 UTCView event →
M 4.562 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands93.4 km2016-12-27 17:02:02 UTCView event →
M 4.637 km NNE of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea17.1 km2016-12-27 16:08:20 UTCView event →
M 4.717 km NNE of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea36.4 km2016-12-27 16:07:22 UTCView event →
M 5.150 km N of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea10.0 km2016-12-27 15:25:28 UTCView event →
M 4.552 km NW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea10.0 km2016-12-27 15:16:41 UTCView event →
M 4.7157 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador10.0 km2016-12-27 15:09:59 UTCView event →
M 4.645 km N of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea16.7 km2016-12-27 14:30:42 UTCView event →
M 4.849 km SW of Quellón, Chile30.4 km2016-12-27 14:07:23 UTCView event →
M 4.643 km N of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea10.0 km2016-12-27 13:25:25 UTCView event →
M 4.645 km N of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea10.0 km2016-12-27 13:15:25 UTCView event →
M 4.6106 km N of M?n?b, Iran10.0 km2016-12-27 12:41:25 UTCView event →
M 4.663 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan33.0 km2016-12-27 11:48:35 UTCView event →
M 4.5107 km S of Blenheim, New Zealand12.5 km2016-12-27 11:38:44 UTCView event →
M 4.6Kuril Islands35.2 km2016-12-27 09:26:28 UTCView event →
M 4.6212 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga10.0 km2016-12-27 08:59:36 UTCView event →
M 4.5South Sandwich Islands region33.4 km2016-12-27 05:42:19 UTCView event →
M 4.633 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador69.2 km2016-12-27 05:14:24 UTCView event →
M 4.588 km NE of Yigo Village, Guam92.1 km2016-12-27 04:16:38 UTCView event →
M 4.66 km ENE of San Lorenzo, Philippines80.4 km2016-12-27 04:07:47 UTCView event →
M 4.688 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile197.2 km2016-12-27 02:45:06 UTCView event →
M 5.499 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands49.6 km2016-12-27 02:30:24 UTCView event →
M 4.763 km WSW of Quellón, Chile23.3 km2016-12-27 00:45:13 UTCView event →
M 4.920 km NW of Yongchuan, China10.0 km2016-12-27 00:17:33 UTCView event →
M 4.6154 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia40.8 km2016-12-26 21:36:34 UTCView event →
M 4.5248 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji550.7 km2016-12-26 20:47:49 UTCView event →
M 4.7180 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea22.2 km2016-12-26 19:07:50 UTCView event →
M 4.912 km W of Meulaboh, Indonesia77.7 km2016-12-26 18:24:37 UTCView event →
M 4.5198 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines35.0 km2016-12-26 16:39:38 UTCView event →
M 4.557 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands43.7 km2016-12-26 16:05:19 UTCView event →
M 4.543 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands50.0 km2016-12-26 14:30:59 UTCView event →
M 4.7West Chile Rise10.0 km2016-12-26 06:35:10 UTCView event →
M 5.4central East Pacific Rise10.0 km2016-12-26 04:48:38 UTCView event →
M 4.595 km NNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands51.3 km2016-12-26 03:28:11 UTCView event →
M 4.5195 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea10.0 km2016-12-26 01:42:00 UTCView event →
M 5.259 km N of Namuac, Philippines34.4 km2016-12-26 01:23:37 UTCView event →
M 4.5Fiji region592.1 km2016-12-26 01:13:18 UTCView event →
M 4.6101 km NNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands26.3 km2016-12-26 00:49:27 UTCView event →
M 4.9Reykjanes Ridge10.0 km2016-12-26 00:04:07 UTCView event →
M 5.268 km WSW of Quellón, Chile18.0 km2016-12-25 22:54:34 UTCView event →
M 4.75 km SW of Mitsukaid?, Japan53.9 km2016-12-25 19:52:42 UTCView event →
M 4.5136 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga10.0 km2016-12-25 17:59:21 UTCView event →
M 4.574 km WSW of Quellón, Chile17.5 km2016-12-25 17:58:06 UTCView event →
M 4.6171 km NW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea124.2 km2016-12-25 17:35:49 UTCView event →
M 4.585 km WSW of Quellón, Chile14.3 km2016-12-25 17:03:38 UTCView event →
M 4.525 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico86.0 km2016-12-25 16:24:00 UTCView event →
M 5.680 km WSW of Quellón, Chile14.9 km2016-12-25 14:32:13 UTCView event →
M 7.641 km SW of Quellón, Chile38.0 km2016-12-25 14:22:27 UTCView event →
M 5.1160 km ENE of Iquique, Chile103.3 km2016-12-25 14:01:33 UTCView event →
M 4.5South Sandwich Islands region26.6 km2016-12-25 09:46:58 UTCView event →
M 4.653 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines33.2 km2016-12-25 08:00:08 UTCView event →

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