EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
610326271 1904-04-04 10:02:34 41.802 23.108 15.0 (Greece-Bulgaria border region)
Mw = 6.84±0.40 | M
0 = 2.30E+19
Dineva, S., Batllo, J., Mihaylov, D. and Van Eck, T. (2002). Source parameters of four strong earthquakes in Bulgaria and Portugal at the beginning of the 20th century, J. Seismol., 6, 1, 99-123, DOI: 10.1023/A:1014249814998
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
16957813 1904-04-04 10:26:00 41.758 23.249 15.0 (Greece-Bulgaria border region)
Mw = 7.02±0.40 | M
0 = 4.20E+19
Dineva, S., Batllo, J., Mihaylov, D. and Van Eck, T. (2002). Source parameters of four strong earthquakes in Bulgaria and Portugal at the beginning of the 20th century, J. Seismol., 6, 1, 99-123, DOI: 10.1023/A:1014249814998
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
16957820 1904-06-25 14:45:39 51.424 161.638 15.0 (Off east coast of Kamchatka Peninsula)
Mw = 7.50±0.40 | M
0 = 2.60E+20
Wang, S.C. (1981). Tectonic implications of global seismicity studies, Ph.D. Thesis, Stanford University.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
16957819 1904-06-25 21:00:38 52.763 160.277 30.0 (Off east coast of Kamchatka Peninsula)
Mw = 7.70±0.40 | M
0 = 5.10E+20
Wang, S.C. (1981). Tectonic implications of global seismicity studies, Ph.D. Thesis, Stanford University.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
16957848 1905-04-04 00:49:59 32.597 76.916 20.0 (Kashmir-India border region)
Mw = 7.90±0.40 | M
0 = 8.50E+20
Wang, S.C. (1981). Tectonic implications of global seismicity studies, Ph.D. Thesis, Stanford University.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
16957859 1905-07-09 09:40:39 49.709 98.483 15.0 (Tuva-Buryatia-Mongolia border region)
Mw = 7.95±0.20 | M
0 = 1.06E+21
Schlupp, A. and Cisternas, A. (2007). Source history of the 1905 great Mongolian earthquakes (Tsetserleg, Bolnay), Geophys. J. Int., 169, 3, 1115-1131, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03323.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
16957865 1905-07-23 02:46:24 49.292 96.843 15.0 (Tuva-Buryatia-Mongolia border region)
Mw = 8.33±0.20 | M
0 = 3.97E+21
Schlupp, A. and Cisternas, A. (2007). Source history of the 1905 great Mongolian earthquakes (Tsetserleg, Bolnay), Geophys. J. Int., 169, 3, 1115-1131, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03323.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
16957883 1906-01-21 13:49:33 34.175 138.025 300.0 (Near south coast of eastern Honshu)
Mw = 7.40±0.30 | M
0 = 1.50E+20
Abe, K. (1985). Re-evaluation of the large deep earthquake of January 21, 1906, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 39, 157-166, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(85)90086-X
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
16957905 1906-04-18 13:12:26 38.035 -122.404 10.0 (Northern California)
Mw = 7.70±0.30 | M
0 = 5.00E+20
Wald, D.J., Kanamori, H., Helmberger, D.V. and Heaton, T.H. (1993). Source study of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 83, 4, 981-1019.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
16957912 1906-08-17 00:11:10 51.853 178.180 110.0 (Rat Islands)
Mw = 8.30±0.20 | M
0 = 3.80E+21
Okal, E.A. (2005). A re-evaluation of the great Aleutian and Chilean earthquakes of 1906 August 17, Geophys. J. Int., 161, 2, 268-282, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02582.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
16957911 1906-08-17 00:40:04 -32.400 -71.400 35.0 (Near coast of central Chile)
Mw = 8.20±0.20 | M
0 = 2.80E+21
Okal, E.A. (2005). A re-evaluation of the great Aleutian and Chilean earthquakes of 1906 August 17, Geophys. J. Int., 161, 2, 268-282, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02582.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
16957920 1906-09-14 16:04:43 -6.213 147.239 35.0 (Eastern New Guinea region)
Mw = 8.00±0.40 | M
0 = 1.27E+21
Wang, S.C. (1981). Tectonic implications of global seismicity studies, Ph.D. Thesis, Stanford University.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
16957943 1907-01-04 05:19:16 2.422 94.258 15.0 (Off west coast of northern Sumatera)
Mw = 7.80±0.30 | M
0 = 5.90E+20
Kanamori, H., Rivera, L. and Lee, W.H.K. (2010). Historical seismograms for unravelling a mysterious earthquake: The 1907 Sumatra Earthquake, Geophys. J. Int., 183, 1, 358-374, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04731.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
16957951 1907-04-15 06:08:25 16.606 -97.246 30.0 (Oaxaca)
Mw = 7.80±0.40 | M
0 = 5.90E+20
Singh, S.K., Espindola, J.M., Yamamoto, J. and Havskov, J. (1982). Seismic potential of Acapulco-San Marcos region along the Mexican subduction zone, Geophys. Res. Lett., 9, 6, 633-636, DOI: 10.1029/GL009i006p00633
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
16958009 1908-12-28 04:20:27 37.965 15.487 15.0 (Sicily)
Mw = 7.09±0.20 | M
0 = 5.38E+19
Pino, N.A., Giardini, D. and Boschi, E. (2000). The December 28, 1908, Messina Straits, southern Italy, earthquake: Waveform modeling of regional seismograms, J. geophys. Res., 105, B11, 25473-25492, DOI: 10.1029/2000JB900259
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
16958011 1909-01-23 02:48:29 34.306 50.396 15.0 (Northern and central Iran)
Mw = 7.30±0.40 | M
0 = 1.00E+20
Jackson, J.A. and McKenzie, D. (1988). The relationship between plate motions and seismic moment tensors, and the rates of active deformation in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. Int., 93, 1, 45-73, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1988.tb01387.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
610326344 1909-04-23 17:39:32 38.739 -8.978 10.0 (Portugal)
Mw = 6.00±0.30 | M
0 = 1.10E+18
Stich, D., Batlló, J., Macià, R., Teves-Costa, P. and Morales, J. (2005). Moment tensor inversion with single-component historical seismograms: The 1909 Benavente (Portugal) and Lambesc (France) earthquakes, Geophys. J. Int., 162, 3, 850-858, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02680.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
610326346 1909-06-11 21:05:27 43.559 5.343 10.0 (Near south coast of France)
Mw = 5.60±0.30 | M
0 = 1.70E+17
Stich, D., Batlló, J., Macià, R., Teves-Costa, P. and Morales, J. (2005). Moment tensor inversion with single-component historical seismograms: The 1909 Benavente (Portugal) and Lambesc (France) earthquakes, Geophys. J. Int., 162, 3, 850-858, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02680.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
16958043 1909-07-07 21:37:51 36.324 70.357 200.0 (Hindu Kush region)
Mw = 7.70±0.40 | M
0 = 4.50E+20
Okal, E.A. (1992). Use of the mantle magnitude Mm for the reassessment of the moment of historical earthquakes. II: intermediate and deep events, Pure appl. Geophys., 139, 1, 59-85, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876826
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
16958045 1909-07-30 10:51:51 16.463 -99.529 20.0 (Near coast of Guerrero)
Mw = 7.50±0.40 | M
0 = 2.48E+20
Anderson, A.G., Singh, S.K., Espindola, J.M. and Yamamoto, J. (1989). Seismic strain release in the Mexican subduction thrust, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 58, 4, 307-322, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(89)90102-7
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
16958079 1910-04-12 00:22:24 25.967 124.304 235.0 (Northeast of Taiwan)
Mw = 8.10±0.40 | M
0 = 1.70E+21
Okal, E.A. (1992). Use of the mantle magnitude Mm for the reassessment of the moment of historical earthquakes. II: intermediate and deep events, Pure appl. Geophys., 139, 1, 59-85, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876826
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
16958130 1911-01-03 23:25:49 42.919 76.808 20.0 (Lake Issyk-Kul region)
Mw = 8.02±0.20 | M
0 = 1.21E+21
Kulikova, G. and Krüger, F. (2015). Source process of the 1911 M8.0 Chon-Kemin earthquake: investigation results by analogue seismic records, Geophys. J. Int., 201, 3, 1891-1911, DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggv091
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
16958141 1911-04-18 18:14:28 31.017 56.950 15.0 (Northern and central Iran)
Mw = 6.50±0.40 | M
0 = 7.00E+18
Jackson, J.A. and McKenzie, D. (1988). The relationship between plate motions and seismic moment tensors, and the rates of active deformation in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. Int., 93, 1, 45-73, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1988.tb01387.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
16958143 1911-04-28 09:52:14 -9.207 -71.267 560.0 (Peru-Brazil border region)
Mw = 7.38±0.30 | M
0 = 1.50E+20
Huang, W.C., Okal, E.A., Ekström, G. and Salganik, M.P. (1998). Centroid moment tensor solutions for deep earthquakes predating the digital era: The historical dataset (1907-1961), Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 106, 181-190, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00081-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
16958148 1911-06-07 11:02:49 18.362 -102.471 30.0 (Michoacan)
Mw = 7.60±0.40 | M
0 = 2.83E+20
Anderson, A.G., Singh, S.K., Espindola, J.M. and Yamamoto, J. (1989). Seismic strain release in the Mexican subduction thrust, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 58, 4, 307-322, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(89)90102-7
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
16958149 1911-06-15 14:25:58 29.141 128.803 150.0 (Northwest of Ryukyu Islands)
Mw = 7.90±0.40 | M
0 = 8.30E+20
Okal, E.A. (1992). Use of the mantle magnitude Mm for the reassessment of the moment of historical earthquakes. II: intermediate and deep events, Pure appl. Geophys., 139, 1, 59-85, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876826
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
913898 1915-05-01 05:00:10 48.392 155.000 30.0 (Kuril Islands)
Mw = 7.80±0.40 | M
0 = 7.00E+20
Okal, E.A. (2012). Personal communication to Willie Lee.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
913944 1915-10-03 06:53:21 40.269 -117.584 10.0 (Nevada)
Mw = 6.80±0.30 | M
0 = 2.10E+19
Doser, D.I. (1988). Source parameters of earthquakes in the Nevada seismic zone, 1915-1943, J. geophys. Res., 93, B12, 15,001-15,015, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB12p15001
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
913466 1917-04-26 09:36:03 43.453 12.046 10.0 (Central Italy)
Mw = 5.72±0.30 | M
0 = 4.80E+17
Caciagli, M., Pucci, S., Batlló, J., Cesca, S. and Braun, T. (2019). Did the Deadly 1917 Monterchi Earthquake Occur on the Low-Angle Alto Tiberina (Central Italy) Normal Fault?, Seismol. Res. Lett.,, DOI: 10.1785/0220180155
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
913483 1917-05-01 18:26:20 -31.195 -176.653 15.0 (Kermadec Islands region)
Mw = 8.20±0.40 | M
0 = 2.30E+21
Okal, E.A., Borrero, J.C. and Chagué-Goff, C. (2011). Tsunamigenic predecessors to the 2009 Samoa earthquake, Earth Sci. Rev., 107, 1-2, 128-140, DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.12.007
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
913517 1917-05-31 08:47:32 54.995 -159.883 35.0 (South of Alaska)
Mw = 7.40±0.30 | M
0 = 1.70E+20
Estabrook, C.H. and Boyd, T. (1992). The Shumagin Islands, Alaska, earthquake of 31 May, 1917, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 82, 2, 755-773.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
913548 1917-06-26 05:49:44 -14.996 -173.270 15.0 (Samoa Islands region)
Mw = 8.00±0.30 | M
0 = 1.26E+21
Wang, S.C. (1981). Tectonic implications of global seismicity studies, Ph.D. Thesis, Stanford University.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
913126 1918-04-21 22:32:30 33.762 -116.972 10.0 (Southern California)
Mw = 6.70±0.30 | M
0 = 1.40E+19
Doser, D.I. (1992). Historic earthquakes (1918 to 1923) and an assessment of source parameters along the San Jacinto fault system, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 82, 4, 1786-1801.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
913230 1918-08-15 12:18:24 5.538 123.994 20.0 (Mindanao)
Mw = 8.30±0.40 | M
0 = 3.00E+21
Okal, E.A., Synolakis, C.E. and Kalligeris, N. (2011). Tsunami simulations for regional sources in the South China and adjoining seas, Pure appl. Geophys., 168, 6-7, 1153-1173, DOI: 10.1007/s00024-010-0230-x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
913260 1918-09-07 17:16:27 44.998 152.320 15.0 (East of Kuril Islands)
Mw = 8.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.59E+21
Wang, S.C. (1981). Tectonic implications of global seismicity studies, Ph.D. Thesis, Stanford University.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
913306 1918-10-11 14:14:41 18.700 -67.189 15.0 (Mona Passage)
Mw = 7.10±0.30 | M
0 = 6.40E+19
Doser, D.I., Rodriguez, C.M. and Flores, C. (2005). Historical earthquakes of the Puerto Rico-Virgin Islands region (1915-1963), GSA Special Papers, 385, 103-114, DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2385-X.103
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
913333 1918-11-03 11:13:58 -49.597 163.536 15.0 (Auckland Islands region)
Mw = 6.70±0.30 | M
0 = 1.35E+19
Doser, D.I., Webb, T.H. and Maunder, D.E. (1999). Source parameters of large historical (1918-1962) earthquakes, South Island, New Zealand, Geophys. J. Int., 139, 3, 769-794, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246x.1999.00986.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
912700 1919-01-01 03:00:34 -19.318 -178.080 485.0 (Fiji Islands region)
Mw = 7.80±0.40 | M
0 = 6.00E+20
Okal, E.A., Borrero, J.C. and Chagué-Goff, C. (2011). Tsunamigenic predecessors to the 2009 Samoa earthquake, Earth Sci. Rev., 107, 1-2, 128-140, DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.12.007
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
912773 1919-04-30 07:17:16 -18.322 -172.442 25.0 (Tonga Islands region)
Mw = 8.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.80E+21
Wang, S.C. (1981). Tectonic implications of global seismicity studies, Ph.D. Thesis, Stanford University.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
912925 1919-09-10 10:40:25 37.994 -0.873 15.0 (Spain)
Mw = 5.48±0.20 | M
0 = 2.10E+17
Batlló, J., Martínez-Solares, J.M., Macià, R., Stich, D., Morales, J. and Garrido, L. (2015). The autumn 1919 Torremendo (Jacarilla) earthquake series (SE Spain), Annls Geophys., 58, 3, 1-14, DOI: 10.4401/ag-6686
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
912927 1919-09-10 10:56:45 37.945 -0.964 15.0 (Spain)
Mw = 5.28±0.20 | M
0 = 1.30E+17
Batlló, J., Martínez-Solares, J.M., Macià, R., Stich, D., Morales, J. and Garrido, L. (2015). The autumn 1919 Torremendo (Jacarilla) earthquake series (SE Spain), Annls Geophys., 58, 3, 1-14, DOI: 10.4401/ag-6686
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
912429 1920-02-10 22:07:18 18.616 -67.384 15.0 (Mona Passage)
Mw = 6.40±0.30 | M
0 = 5.70E+18
Doser, D.I., Rodriguez, C.M. and Flores, C. (2005). Historical earthquakes of the Puerto Rico-Virgin Islands region (1915-1963), GSA Special Papers, 385, 103-114, DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2385-X.103
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
912687 1920-12-16 12:05:54 36.870 105.619 15.0 (Western Nei Mongol)
Mw = 8.30±0.30 | M
0 = 3.00E+21
Chen, W.P. and Molnar, P. (1977). Seismic moments of major earthquakes and the average rate of slip in Central Asia, J. geophys. Res., 82, 20, 2945-2969, DOI: 10.1029/JB082i020p02945
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
912264 1921-06-28 13:58:43 -39.685 176.831 25.0 (North Island)
Mw = 6.70±0.30 | M
0 = 1.30E+19
Doser, D.I. and Webb, T.H. (2003). Source parameters of large historical (1917-1961) earthquakes, North Island, New Zealand, Geophys. J. Int., 152, 3, 795-832, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01895.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
912367 1921-11-15 20:36:43 36.199 70.676 240.0 (Hindu Kush region)
Mw = 7.80±0.40 | M
0 = 5.40E+20
Okal, E.A. (1992). Use of the mantle magnitude Mm for the reassessment of the moment of historical earthquakes. II: intermediate and deep events, Pure appl. Geophys., 139, 1, 59-85, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876826
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
912389 1921-12-18 15:29:27 -3.918 -71.520 540.0 (Northern Peru)
Mw = 7.30±0.30 | M
0 = 1.20E+20
Okal, E.A. and Bina, C.R. (1994). The deep earthquakes of 1921-1922 in northern Peru, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 87, 1-2, 33-54, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(94)90020-5
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
911801 1922-01-17 03:50:27 -2.911 -71.560 475.0 (Northern Peru)
Mw = 7.90±0.20 | M
0 = 9.40E+20
Huang, W.C., Okal, E.A., Ekström, G. and Salganik, M.P. (1998). Centroid moment tensor solutions for deep earthquakes predating the digital era: The historical dataset (1907-1961), Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 106, 181-190, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00081-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
912062 1922-11-11 04:32:43 -28.911 -70.870 35.0 (Central Chile)
Mw = 8.30±0.40 | M
0 = 4.20E+21
Okal, E.A. (1992). Use of the mantle magnitude Mm for the reassessment of the moment of historical earthquakes. I: shallow events, Pure appl. Geophys., 139, 1, 17-57, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876825
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
911271 1923-02-03 16:01:51 54.418 160.250 15.0 (Near east coast of Kamchatka Peninsula)
Mw = 8.40±0.40 | M
0 = 5.50E+21
Okal, E.A. (1992). Use of the mantle magnitude Mm for the reassessment of the moment of historical earthquakes. I: shallow events, Pure appl. Geophys., 139, 1, 17-57, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876825
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
911354 1923-05-04 16:26:48 55.840 -156.771 25.0 (South of Alaska)
Mw = 7.00±0.30 | M
0 = 3.90E+19
Estabrook, C.H., Jacob, K.H. and Sykes, L.R. (1994). Body wave and surface wave analysis of large and great earthquakes along the eastern Aleutian arc, 1923-1989: Implications for future events, J. geophys. Res., 99, B6, 11643-11662, DOI: 10.1029/93JB03124
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
911442 1923-07-10 05:31:15 42.638 -0.976 10.0 (Pyrenees)
Mw = 5.36±0.30 | M
0 = 1.50E+17
Stich, D., Martín, R., Batlló, J., Macià, R., de Lis Mancilla, F. and Morales, J. (2018). Normal faulting in the 1923 Berdún earthquake and postorogenic extension in the Pyrenees, Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, , DOI: 10.1002/2018GL077502
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
911466 1923-07-23 07:30:23 34.089 -117.259 5.0 (Southern California)
Mw = 6.21±0.30 | M
0 = 2.60E+18
Doser, D.I. (1992). Historic earthquakes (1918 to 1923) and an assessment of source parameters along the San Jacinto fault system, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 82, 4, 1786-1801.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
911526 1923-09-01 02:58:35 35.274 139.344 15.0 (Near south coast of eastern Honshu)
Mw = 8.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.50E+21
Okal, E.A. (2012). Personal communication to Willie Lee.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
911743 1923-11-19 03:53:55 42.640 0.652 10.0 (Pyrenees)
Mw = 5.29±0.40 | M
0 = 1.10E+17
Susagna, T., Roca, A., Goula, X. and Batlló, J. (1994). Analysis of macroseismic and instrumental data for the study of the 19 November 1923 earthquake in the Aran Valley (Central Pyrenees), Natural Hazards, 10, 1-2, 7-17, DOI: 10.1007/bf00643438
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
910936 1924-05-04 16:51:50 -21.236 -178.738 535.0 (Fiji Islands region)
Mw = 7.10±0.20 | M
0 = 5.60E+19
Huang, W.C., Okal, E.A., Ekström, G. and Salganik, M.P. (1998). Centroid moment tensor solutions for deep earthquakes predating the digital era: The historical dataset (1907-1961), Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 106, 181-190, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00081-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
910394 1925-03-01 02:19:18 47.456 -70.010 15.0 (Southern Quebec)
Mw = 6.30±0.30 | M
0 = 3.10E+18
Bent, A.L. (1992). A re-examination of the 1925 Charlevoix, Quebec, earthquake, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 82, 5, 2097-2113.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
909128 1927-03-07 09:27:41 35.568 135.021 10.0 (Western Honshu)
Mw = 7.00±0.30 | M
0 = 4.60E+19
Kanamori, H. (1973). Mode of strain release associated with major earthquakes in Japan, Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 1, 1, 213-239, DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ea.01.050173.001241
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
909273 1927-05-22 22:32:49 37.628 102.514 15.0 (Gansu)
Mw = 7.70±0.30 | M
0 = 4.30E+20
Chen, W.P. and Molnar, P. (1977). Seismic moments of major earthquakes and the average rate of slip in Central Asia, J. geophys. Res., 82, 20, 2945-2969, DOI: 10.1029/JB082i020p02945
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
909604 1927-11-04 13:51:03 34.743 -120.649 10.0 (Southern California)
Mw = 6.90±0.30 | M
0 = 3.00E+19
Satake, K. and Somerville, P.G. (1992). Location and size of the 1927 Lompoc, California earthquake from tsunami data, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 82, 4, 1710-1725.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
908528 1928-03-09 18:05:30 -2.383 88.438 15.0 (South Indian Ocean)
Mw = 7.70±0.30 | M
0 = 4.10E+20
Petroy, D.E. and Wiens, D.A. (1989). Historical seismicity and implications for diffuse plate convergence in the northeast Indian Ocean, J. geophys. Res., 94, B9, 12301-12319, DOI: 10.1029/JB094iB09p12301
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
908573 1928-03-29 05:06:04 31.712 137.946 405.0 (Southeast of Honshu)
Mw = 7.00±0.20 | M
0 = 4.20E+19
Huang, W.C., Okal, E.A., Ekström, G. and Salganik, M.P. (1998). Centroid moment tensor solutions for deep earthquakes predating the digital era: The historical dataset (1907-1961), Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 106, 181-190, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00081-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
908596 1928-04-14 08:59:59 42.366 25.642 10.0 (Bulgaria)
Mw = 7.10±0.40 | M
0 = 5.50E+19
Jackson, J.A. and McKenzie, D. (1988). The relationship between plate motions and seismic moment tensors, and the rates of active deformation in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. Int., 93, 1, 45-73, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1988.tb01387.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
908608 1928-04-18 19:22:56 42.363 25.126 15.0 (Bulgaria)
Mw = 7.10±0.40 | M
0 = 5.50E+19
Jackson, J.A. and McKenzie, D. (1988). The relationship between plate motions and seismic moment tensors, and the rates of active deformation in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. Int., 93, 1, 45-73, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1988.tb01387.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
908744 1928-06-17 03:19:33 16.135 -96.649 20.0 (Oaxaca)
Mw = 7.90±0.40 | M
0 = 8.00E+20
Okal, E.A. (2012). Personal communication to Willie Lee.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
908986 1928-12-01 04:06:17 -35.084 -72.334 35.0 (Near coast of central Chile)
Mw = 7.70±0.40 | M
0 = 4.00E+20
Beck, S., Barrientos, S., Kausel, E. and Reyes, M. (1998). Source characteristics of historic earthquakes along the central Chile subduction Askew et alzone, J. South Amer. Earth Sci., 11, 2, 115 - 129, DOI: 10.1016/S0895-9811(98)00005-4
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
907860 1929-01-17 11:45:44 10.548 -64.469 10.0 (Near coast of Venezuela)
Mw = 6.70±0.30 | M
0 = 1.20E+19
Doser, D.I. and Vandusen, S.R. (1996). Source processes of large (M≥6.5) earthquakes of the Southeastern Caribbean (1926–1960), Pure appl. Geophys., 146, 1, 43-66, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876669
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
907930 1929-03-07 01:34:42 50.866 -169.778 15.0 (South of Aleutian Islands)
Mw = 7.80±0.40 | M
0 = 6.70E+20
Kanamori, H. (1972). Mechanism of tsunami earthquakes, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 6, 346-359, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90058-1
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
907935 1929-03-09 10:50:32 -42.969 172.350 20.0 (South Island)
Mw = 7.00±0.30 | M
0 = 3.45E+19
Doser, D.I., Webb, T.H. and Maunder, D.E. (1999). Source parameters of large historical (1918-1962) earthquakes, South Island, New Zealand, Geophys. J. Int., 139, 3, 769-794, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246x.1999.00986.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
908052 1929-05-01 15:37:35 38.090 57.705 10.0 (Iran-Turkmenistan border region)
Mw = 7.20±0.40 | M
0 = 9.40E+19
Jackson, J.A. and McKenzie, D. (1988). The relationship between plate motions and seismic moment tensors, and the rates of active deformation in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. Int., 93, 1, 45-73, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1988.tb01387.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
908115 1929-06-02 21:38:36 33.935 137.095 350.4 (Near south coast of eastern Honshu)
Mw = 6.90±0.20 | M
0 = 2.50E+19
Huang, W.C., Okal, E.A., Ekström, G. and Salganik, M.P. (1998). Centroid moment tensor solutions for deep earthquakes predating the digital era: The historical dataset (1907-1961), Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 106, 181-190, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00081-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
908150 1929-06-16 22:47:32 -42.028 173.165 20.0 (South Island)
Mw = 7.30±0.30 | M
0 = 9.55E+19
Doser, D.I., Webb, T.H. and Maunder, D.E. (1999). Source parameters of large historical (1918-1962) earthquakes, South Island, New Zealand, Geophys. J. Int., 139, 3, 769-794, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246x.1999.00986.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
908171 1929-06-27 12:47:13 -55.307 -29.398 15.0 (South Sandwich Islands region)
Mw = 8.10±0.20 | M
0 = 1.70E+21
Okal, E.A. and Hartnady, C.J. (2009). The South Sandwich Islands earthquake of 27 June 1929: Seismological study and inference on tsunami risk for the South Atlantic, S. Afr. J. Geol., 112, 3-4, 359-370, DOI: 10.2113/gssajg.112.3-4.359
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
908394 1929-11-18 20:31:59 44.426 -56.030 10.0 (North Atlantic Ocean)
Mw = 7.20±0.30 | M
0 = 7.30E+19
Bent, A.L. (1995). A complex double-couple source mchanism for the Ms 7.2 1929 Grand Banks earthquake, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 85, 4, 1003-1020.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
907354 1930-05-06 22:34:26 38.094 44.797 15.0 (Turkey-Iran border region)
Mw = 7.10±0.40 | M
0 = 6.00E+19
Jackson, J.A. and McKenzie, D. (1988). The relationship between plate motions and seismic moment tensors, and the rates of active deformation in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. Int., 93, 1, 45-73, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1988.tb01387.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
907482 1930-07-05 23:11:46 37.543 -4.582 15.0 (Spain)
Mw = 5.09±0.40 | M
0 = 5.48E+16
Batlló, J., Stich, D., Macià, R. and Morales, J. (2010). Moment Tensor Inversion for the 5 July 1930 Montilla Earthquake (Southern Spain), Seismol. Res. Lett., 81, 5, 724-731, DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.81.5.724
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
907513 1930-07-23 00:08:41 40.950 15.409 15.0 (Southern Italy)
Mw = 6.64±0.20 | M
0 = 1.16E+19
Pino, N.A., Palombo, B., Ventura, G., Perniola, B. and Ferrari, G. (2008). Waveform modeling of historical seismograms of the 1930 Irpinia earthquake provides insight on “blind” faulting in Southern Apennines (Italy), J. geophys. Res., 113, B5, , DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005211
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
907664 1930-10-24 20:15:10 18.447 146.692 25.0 (Mariana Islands)
Mw = 7.20±0.20 | M
0 = 8.70E+19
Okal, E.A., Reymond, D. and Hongsresawat, S. (2013). Large, pre-digital earthquakes of the Bonin-Mariana subduction zone, Tectonophysics, 586, 1-14, DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.09.006
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
907761 1930-11-25 19:02:53 35.029 139.159 15.0 (Near south coast of eastern Honshu)
Mw = 6.90±0.30 | M
0 = 2.70E+19
Abe, K. (1978). Dislocations source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Izu Peninsula, Japan, J. Phys. Earth, 26, 253-274, DOI: 10.4294/jpe1952.26.253
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
906564 1931-01-15 01:50:47 16.036 -96.518 35.0 (Oaxaca)
Mw = 7.60±0.30 | M
0 = 3.40E+20
Wang, S.C., McNally, K. and Geller, R. (1982). Seismic strain release along the Middle America Trench, Mexico, Geophys. Res. Lett., 9, 3, 182-185, DOI: 10.1029/GL009i003p00182
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
906607 1931-02-02 22:46:52 -39.723 176.308 35.0 (North Island)
Mw = 7.40±0.30 | M
0 = 1.80E+20
Doser, D.I. and Webb, T.H. (2003). Source parameters of large historical (1917-1961) earthquakes, North Island, New Zealand, Geophys. J. Int., 152, 3, 795-832, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01895.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
906616 1931-02-08 01:43:50 -39.670 177.147 15.0 (Off east coast of North Island)
Mw = 6.40±0.30 | M
0 = 5.15E+18
Doser, D.I. and Webb, T.H. (2003). Source parameters of large historical (1917-1961) earthquakes, North Island, New Zealand, Geophys. J. Int., 152, 3, 795-832, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01895.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
906628 1931-02-13 01:27:26 -39.457 176.136 45.0 (North Island)
Mw = 7.30±0.30 | M
0 = 1.32E+20
Doser, D.I. and Webb, T.H. (2003). Source parameters of large historical (1917-1961) earthquakes, North Island, New Zealand, Geophys. J. Int., 152, 3, 795-832, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01895.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
906933 1931-08-10 21:18:45 46.823 89.869 10.0 (Northern Xinjiang)
Mw = 7.90±0.30 | M
0 = 8.50E+20
Chen, W.P. and Molnar, P. (1977). Seismic moments of major earthquakes and the average rate of slip in Central Asia, J. geophys. Res., 82, 20, 2945-2969, DOI: 10.1029/JB082i020p02945
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
907024 1931-09-21 02:20:02 36.115 139.369 15.0 (Eastern Honshu)
Mw = 6.50±0.30 | M
0 = 6.80E+18
Abe, K. (1974). Seismic displacement and ground motion near a fault: The Saitama earthquake of September 21, 1931, J. geophys. Res., 79, 29, 4393-4399, DOI: 10.1029/JB079i029p04393
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
905976 1932-01-09 10:21:49 -6.096 154.464 395.0 (Bougainville - Solomon Islands region)
Mw = 6.90±0.20 | M
0 = 2.70E+19
Huang, W.C., Okal, E.A., Ekström, G. and Salganik, M.P. (1998). Centroid moment tensor solutions for deep earthquakes predating the digital era: The historical dataset (1907-1961), Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 106, 181-190, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00081-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
906008 1932-02-03 06:16:02 19.706 -75.691 25.0 (Cuba region)
Mw = 6.70±0.30 | M
0 = 1.20E+19
Van Dusen, S.R. and Doser, D.I. (2000). Faulting processes of historic (1917-1962) M >= 6.0 earthquakes along the north-central Caribbean margin, Pure appl. Geophys., 157, 5, 719-736, DOI: 10.1007/PL00001115
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
906146 1932-05-14 13:11:03 0.325 125.867 15.0 (Northern Molucca Sea)
Mw = 7.70±0.40 | M
0 = 4.00E+20
Kanamori, H. (1977). The energy release in great earthquakes, J. geophys. Res., 82, 20, 2981-2987, DOI: 10.1029/JB082i020p02981
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
906166 1932-05-26 16:09:50 -25.181 178.889 570.0 (South of Fiji Islands)
Mw = 7.60±0.30 | M
0 = 3.40E+20
Okal, E.A. (1997). A reassessment of the deep Fiji earthquake of 26 May 1932, Tectonophysics, 275, 313-329, DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00024-3
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
906183 1932-06-03 10:36:58 19.623 -103.919 35.0 (Jalisco)
Mw = 8.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.55E+21
Okal, E.A. and Borrero, J.C. (2011). The 'tsunami earthquake' of 22 June 1932 in Manzanillo, Mexico: Seismological study and tsunami simulations, Geophys. J. Int., 187, 3, 1443-1459, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05199.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
906234 1932-06-18 10:12:33 19.081 -103.631 15.0 (Jalisco)
Mw = 7.80±0.30 | M
0 = 7.30E+20
Wang, S.C., McNally, K. and Geller, R. (1982). Seismic strain release along the Middle America Trench, Mexico, Geophys. Res. Lett., 9, 3, 182-185, DOI: 10.1029/GL009i003p00182
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
906247 1932-06-22 12:59:30 19.242 -104.383 25.0 (Near coast of Jalisco)
Mw = 7.70±0.30 | M
0 = 4.00E+20
Okal, E.A. and Borrero, J.C. (2011). The 'tsunami earthquake' of 22 June 1932 in Manzanillo, Mexico: Seismological study and tsunami simulations, Geophys. J. Int., 187, 3, 1443-1459, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05199.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
906371 1932-09-15 13:54:56 -39.210 178.069 15.0 (Off east coast of North Island)
Mw = 6.90±0.30 | M
0 = 2.40E+19
Doser, D.I. and Webb, T.H. (2003). Source parameters of large historical (1917-1961) earthquakes, North Island, New Zealand, Geophys. J. Int., 152, 3, 795-832, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01895.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
906508 1932-12-21 06:10:10 38.535 -117.748 10.0 (Nevada)
Mw = 6.80±0.30 | M
0 = 1.97E+19
Doser, D.I. (1988). Source parameters of earthquakes in the Nevada seismic zone, 1915-1943, J. geophys. Res., 93, B12, 15,001-15,015, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB12p15001
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
905420 1933-03-02 17:30:59 39.093 144.684 15.0 (Off east coast of Honshu)
Mw = 8.50±0.20 | M
0 = 7.00E+21
Okal, E.A., Kirby, S.H. and Kalligeris, N. (2016). The Showa Sanriku earthquake of 02 March 1933: A global seismological reassessment, Geophys. J. Int., 206, 3, 1492-1514, DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggw206
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
905457 1933-03-11 01:54:11 33.581 -118.254 10.0 (Southern California)
Mw = 6.40±0.30 | M
0 = 5.00E+18
Hauksson, E. and Gross, S. (1991). Source parameters of the 1933 Long Beach earthquake, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 81, 1, 81-98.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
905646 1933-06-18 21:37:36 38.083 142.484 30.0 (Near east coast of eastern Honshu)
Mw = 7.25±0.30 | M
0 = 9.60E+19
Okal, E.A., Kirby, S.H. and Kalligeris, N. (2016). The Showa Sanriku earthquake of 02 March 1933: A global seismological reassessment, Geophys. J. Int., 206, 3, 1492-1514, DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggw206
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
905919 1933-11-20 23:21:35 73.119 -70.066 15.0 (Baffin Bay)
Mw = 7.70±0.30 | M
0 = 3.98E+20
Stein, S., Sleep, N.H., Geller, R.J., Wang, S.C. and Kroeger, G.C. (1979). Earthquakes along the passive margin of eastern Canada, Geophys. Res. Lett., 6, 7, 537-540, DOI: 10.1029/GL006i007p00537
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
904745 1934-01-15 08:43:25 27.275 86.941 15.0 (Nepal)
Mw = 8.00±0.30 | M
0 = 1.10E+21
Chen, W.P. and Molnar, P. (1977). Seismic moments of major earthquakes and the average rate of slip in Central Asia, J. geophys. Res., 82, 20, 2945-2969, DOI: 10.1029/JB082i020p02945
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
904793 1934-02-14 03:59:39 17.496 119.292 15.0 (Philippine Islands region)
Mw = 7.50±0.20 | M
0 = 2.20E+20
Okal, E.A., Synolakis, C.E. and Kalligeris, N. (2011). Tsunami simulations for regional sources in the South China and adjoining seas, Pure appl. Geophys., 168, 6-7, 1153-1173, DOI: 10.1007/s00024-010-0230-x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
904813 1934-02-24 06:23:48 23.105 144.009 35.0 (Volcano Islands region)
Mw = 7.50±0.20 | M
0 = 2.30E+20
Okal, E.A., Reymond, D. and Hongsresawat, S. (2013). Large, pre-digital earthquakes of the Bonin-Mariana subduction zone, Tectonophysics, 586, 1-14, DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.09.006
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
904826 1934-03-05 11:46:22 -40.491 175.010 35.0 (North Island)
Mw = 7.20±0.30 | M
0 = 9.20E+19
Doser, D.I. and Webb, T.H. (2003). Source parameters of large historical (1917-1961) earthquakes, North Island, New Zealand, Geophys. J. Int., 152, 3, 795-832, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01895.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
904841 1934-03-15 10:46:43 -39.606 176.772 25.0 (North Island)
Mw = 6.30±0.30 | M
0 = 4.00E+18
Doser, D.I. and Webb, T.H. (2003). Source parameters of large historical (1917-1961) earthquakes, North Island, New Zealand, Geophys. J. Int., 152, 3, 795-832, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01895.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
905037 1934-07-18 01:36:31 7.905 -82.542 30.0 (South of Panama)
Mw = 7.50±0.40 | M
0 = 2.10E+20
Brune, J.N. and Engen, G. (1969). Excitation of mantle love waves and definition of mantle wave magnitude, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 59, 2, 923-933.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
905046 1934-07-18 19:40:20 -11.884 166.310 10.0 (Santa Cruz Islands)
Mw = 7.70±0.40 | M
0 = 4.00E+20
Brune, J.N. and Engen, G. (1969). Excitation of mantle love waves and definition of mantle wave magnitude, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 59, 2, 923-933.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
905325 1934-12-30 13:52:19 32.603 -115.307 10.0 (California-Baja California border region)
Mw = 6.50±0.30 | M
0 = 6.10E+18
Doser, D.I. (1994). Contrasts between source parameters of M >= 5.5 earthquakes in northern Baja California and southern California, Geophys. J. Int., 116, 3, 605-617, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1994.tb03284.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
905326 1934-12-31 18:45:53 32.067 -114.962 10.0 (Western Arizona-Sonora border region)
Mw = 6.90±0.30 | M
0 = 3.10E+19
Doser, D.I. (1994). Contrasts between source parameters of M >= 5.5 earthquakes in northern Baja California and southern California, Geophys. J. Int., 116, 3, 605-617, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1994.tb03284.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
904213 1935-04-19 15:23:24 31.316 15.289 15.0 (Near coast of Libya)
Mw = 6.80±0.30 | M
0 = 2.00E+19
Suleiman, A.S. and Doser, D.I. (1995). The seismicity, seismotectonics and earthquake hazards of Libya, with detailed analysis of the 1935 April 19, M=7.1 earthquake sequence, Geophys. J. Int., 120, 2, 312-322, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1995.tb01820.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
904721 1935-12-28 02:35:31 -0.278 98.242 30.0 (Southern Sumatera)
Mw = 7.60±0.30 | M
0 = 3.30E+20
Rivera, L., Sieh, K., Helmberger, D. and Natawidjaja, D. (2002). A Comparative Study of the Sumatran Subduction-Zone Earthquakes of 1935 and 1984, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 92, 5, 1721-1736, DOI: 10.1785/0120010106
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
903042 1937-04-16 03:01:38 -20.596 -177.315 330.0 (Fiji Islands region)
Mw = 7.30±0.40 | M
0 = 1.30E+20
Okal, E.A. (1992). Use of the mantle magnitude Mm for the reassessment of the moment of historical earthquakes. II: intermediate and deep events, Pure appl. Geophys., 139, 1, 59-85, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876826
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
903200 1937-08-11 00:55:56 -6.538 116.479 610.0 (Bali Sea)
Mw = 7.10±0.20 | M
0 = 5.00E+19
Huang, W.C., Okal, E.A., Ekström, G. and Salganik, M.P. (1998). Centroid moment tensor solutions for deep earthquakes predating the digital era: The historical dataset (1907-1961), Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 106, 181-190, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00081-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
903401 1937-12-23 13:18:03 16.656 -98.338 25.0 (Near coast of Guerrero)
Mw = 7.40±0.30 | M
0 = 1.53E+20
Singh, S.K., Dominguez, T., Castro, R. and Rodriguez, M. (1984). P waveform of large, shallow earthquakes along the Mexican subduction zone, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 74, 6, 2135-2156.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
902352 1938-02-01 19:04:27 -5.041 131.579 60.0 (Banda Sea)
Mw = 8.50±0.20 | M
0 = 8.37E+21
Okal, E.A. and Reymond, D. (2003). The mechanism of great Banda Sea earthquake of 1 February 1938: Applying the method of preliminary determination of focal mechanism to a historical event, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 216, 1-2, 1-15, DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00475-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
902498 1938-05-23 07:18:30 36.534 141.459 15.0 (Near east coast of eastern Honshu)
Mw = 7.70±0.30 | M
0 = 4.00E+20
Abe, K. (1977). Tectonic implications of the large Shioya-Oki earthquake of 1938, Tectonophysics, 41, 269-289, DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(77)90136-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
902740 1938-11-05 08:43:24 36.971 142.065 35.0 (Off east coast of Honshu)
Mw = 7.80±0.30 | M
0 = 7.00E+20
Abe, K. (1977). Tectonic implications of the large Shioya-Oki earthquake of 1938, Tectonophysics, 41, 269-289, DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(77)90136-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
902741 1938-11-05 10:50:18 37.147 142.241 35.0 (Off east coast of Honshu)
Mw = 7.70±0.30 | M
0 = 4.80E+20
Abe, K. (1977). Tectonic implications of the large Shioya-Oki earthquake of 1938, Tectonophysics, 41, 269-289, DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(77)90136-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
902745 1938-11-06 08:53:55 37.382 142.305 30.0 (Off east coast of Honshu)
Mw = 7.70±0.30 | M
0 = 3.80E+20
Abe, K. (1977). Tectonic implications of the large Shioya-Oki earthquake of 1938, Tectonophysics, 41, 269-289, DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(77)90136-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
902752 1938-11-06 21:38:47 37.009 142.485 25.0 (Off east coast of Honshu)
Mw = 7.60±0.30 | M
0 = 3.20E+20
Abe, K. (1977). Tectonic implications of the large Shioya-Oki earthquake of 1938, Tectonophysics, 41, 269-289, DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(77)90136-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
902774 1938-11-10 20:18:48 54.966 -158.021 35.0 (South of Alaska)
Mw = 8.30±0.20 | M
0 = 3.70E+21
Estabrook, C.H., Jacob, K.H. and Sykes, L.R. (1994). Body wave and surface wave analysis of large and great earthquakes along the eastern Aleutian arc, 1923-1989: Implications for future events, J. geophys. Res., 99, B6, 11643-11662, DOI: 10.1029/93JB03124
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
902802 1938-11-17 03:54:41 55.407 -157.730 35.0 (Alaska Peninsula)
Mw = 6.90±0.30 | M
0 = 3.10E+19
Estabrook, C.H., Jacob, K.H. and Sykes, L.R. (1994). Body wave and surface wave analysis of large and great earthquakes along the eastern Aleutian arc, 1923-1989: Implications for future events, J. geophys. Res., 99, B6, 11643-11662, DOI: 10.1029/93JB03124
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
902871 1938-12-16 17:21:34 -45.371 167.526 100.0 (South Island)
Mw = 7.00±0.30 | M
0 = 3.55E+19
Doser, D.I., Webb, T.H. and Maunder, D.E. (1999). Source parameters of large historical (1918-1962) earthquakes, South Island, New Zealand, Geophys. J. Int., 139, 3, 769-794, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246x.1999.00986.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
901866 1939-03-21 01:11:14 -1.272 89.324 15.0 (South Indian Ocean)
Mw = 7.50±0.30 | M
0 = 2.00E+20
Stein, S. and Okal, E.A. (1978). Seismicity and tectonics of the Ninetyeast Ridge area: Evidence for internal deformation of the Indian plate, J. geophys. Res., 83, B5, 2233-2246, DOI: 10.1029/JB083iB05p02233
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
901907 1939-04-21 04:29:07 47.643 139.637 530.0 (Primorye)
Mw = 7.00±0.20 | M
0 = 4.30E+19
Huang, W.C., Okal, E.A., Ekström, G. and Salganik, M.P. (1998). Centroid moment tensor solutions for deep earthquakes predating the digital era: The historical dataset (1907-1961), Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 106, 181-190, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00081-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
902037 1939-06-22 19:19:32 5.568 -0.625 15.0 (Ghana)
Mw = 6.40±0.30 | M
0 = 5.90E+18
Yarwood, D.R. and Doser, D.I. (1990). Deflection of oceanic transform motion at a continental margin as deduced from waveform inversion of the 1939 Accra, Ghana earthquake, Tectonophysics, 172, 341-349, DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(90)90040-F
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
902082 1939-07-20 02:23:08 -21.128 -179.106 635.0 (Fiji Islands region)
Mw = 6.80±0.20 | M
0 = 2.30E+19
Huang, W.C., Okal, E.A., Ekström, G. and Salganik, M.P. (1998). Centroid moment tensor solutions for deep earthquakes predating the digital era: The historical dataset (1907-1961), Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 106, 181-190, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00081-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
902275 1939-12-21 21:00:45 -0.018 122.793 150.0 (Minahassa Peninsula, Sulawesi)
Mw = 8.10±0.40 | M
0 = 1.80E+21
Okal, E.A. (1992). Use of the mantle magnitude Mm for the reassessment of the moment of historical earthquakes. II: intermediate and deep events, Pure appl. Geophys., 139, 1, 59-85, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876826
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
902291 1939-12-26 23:57:23 39.907 39.586 20.0 (Turkey)
Mw = 7.80±0.40 | M
0 = 5.80E+20
Jackson, J.A. and McKenzie, D. (1988). The relationship between plate motions and seismic moment tensors, and the rates of active deformation in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. Int., 93, 1, 45-73, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1988.tb01387.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
901160 1940-01-17 01:14:56 17.141 148.057 15.0 (Mariana Islands region)
Mw = 7.50±0.20 | M
0 = 2.60E+20
Okal, E.A., Reymond, D. and Hongsresawat, S. (2013). Large, pre-digital earthquakes of the Bonin-Mariana subduction zone, Tectonophysics, 586, 1-14, DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.09.006
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
901341 1940-05-19 04:36:47 32.991 -115.734 10.0 (California-Baja California border region)
Mw = 6.80±0.30 | M
0 = 2.25E+19
Doser, D.I. (1990). Source characteristics of earthquakes along the southern San Jacinto and Imperial fault zones (1937 to 1954), Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 80, 5, 1099-1117.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
901374 1940-05-24 16:33:59 -11.131 -77.522 45.0 (Near coast of Peru)
Mw = 8.20±0.40 | M
0 = 2.50E+21
Okal, E.A. (1992). Use of the mantle magnitude Mm for the reassessment of the moment of historical earthquakes. I: shallow events, Pure appl. Geophys., 139, 1, 17-57, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876825
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
901402 1940-06-05 11:01:12 66.830 -135.688 10.0 (Northern Yukon Territory)
Mw = 6.50±0.30 | M
0 = 7.50E+18
Cassidy, J.F. and Bent, A.L. (1993). Source parameters of the 29 May and 5 June, 1940 Richardson Mountains, Yukon Territory, earthquakes, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 83, 3, 636-659.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
901515 1940-08-01 15:08:24 44.501 139.525 15.0 (Eastern Sea of Japan)
Mw = 7.50±0.30 | M
0 = 2.10E+20
Fukao, Y. and Furumoto, M. (1975). Mechanism of large earthquakes along the eastern margin of the Japan Sea, Tectonophysics, 26, 247-266, DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(75)90093-1
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
901696 1940-11-10 01:39:05 45.708 26.563 90.0 (Romania)
Mw = 7.80±0.40 | M
0 = 6.80E+20
Iosif, S., Prochazkova, D. and Iosif, T. (1979). Seismic source parameters of large earthquakes in Vrancea, Tectonophysics, 53, 3-4, 195-201, DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(79)90064-7
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
901750 1940-12-28 16:37:44 18.204 147.462 15.0 (Mariana Islands region)
Mw = 7.70±0.20 | M
0 = 4.00E+20
Okal, E.A., Reymond, D. and Hongsresawat, S. (2013). Large, pre-digital earthquakes of the Bonin-Mariana subduction zone, Tectonophysics, 586, 1-14, DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.09.006
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
900668 1941-02-16 16:39:03 33.527 58.776 15.0 (Northern and central Iran)
Mw = 6.30±0.40 | M
0 = 3.00E+18
Jackson, J.A. and McKenzie, D. (1988). The relationship between plate motions and seismic moment tensors, and the rates of active deformation in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. Int., 93, 1, 45-73, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1988.tb01387.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
900748 1941-04-07 23:29:23 17.527 -78.374 15.0 (Jamaica region)
Mw = 6.80±0.30 | M
0 = 2.10E+19
Van Dusen, S.R. and Doser, D.I. (2000). Faulting processes of historic (1917-1962) M >= 6.0 earthquakes along the north-central Caribbean margin, Pure appl. Geophys., 157, 5, 719-736, DOI: 10.1007/PL00001115
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
900764 1941-04-15 19:09:56 18.680 -102.989 30.0 (Michoacan)
Mw = 7.60±0.40 | M
0 = 2.94E+20
Anderson, A.G., Singh, S.K., Espindola, J.M. and Yamamoto, J. (1989). Seismic strain release in the Mexican subduction thrust, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 58, 4, 307-322, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(89)90102-7
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
900863 1941-06-26 11:52:03 11.940 92.626 20.0 (Andaman Islands region)
Mw = 7.96±0.30 | M
0 = 1.09E+21
Okal, E.A. (2019). The Large Andaman Islands Earthquake of 26 June 1941: Why No Significant Tsunami?, Pure appl. Geophys.,, DOI: 10.1007/s00024-018-2082-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
900274 1942-05-14 02:13:27 -0.014 -79.982 20.0 (Ecuador)
Mw = 7.80±0.30 | M
0 = 7.00E+20
Swenson, J.L. and Beck, S.L. (1996). Historical 1942 Ecuador and 1942 Peru subduction earthquakes, and earthquake cycles along Colombia-Ecuador and Peru subduction segments , Pure appl. Geophys., 146, 67-101, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876670
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
900329 1942-06-14 03:09:53 14.628 147.841 15.0 (Mariana Islands region)
Mw = 7.00±0.20 | M
0 = 3.60E+19
Okal, E.A., Reymond, D. and Hongsresawat, S. (2013). Large, pre-digital earthquakes of the Bonin-Mariana subduction zone, Tectonophysics, 586, 1-14, DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.09.006
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
900349 1942-06-24 11:16:30 -41.119 175.825 15.0 (North Island)
Mw = 7.00±0.30 | M
0 = 4.65E+19
Doser, D.I. and Webb, T.H. (2003). Source parameters of large historical (1917-1961) earthquakes, North Island, New Zealand, Geophys. J. Int., 152, 3, 795-832, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01895.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
900404 1942-08-01 12:34:06 -40.760 175.355 35.0 (North Island)
Mw = 6.80±0.30 | M
0 = 1.90E+19
Doser, D.I. and Webb, T.H. (2003). Source parameters of large historical (1917-1961) earthquakes, North Island, New Zealand, Geophys. J. Int., 152, 3, 795-832, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01895.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
900408 1942-08-06 23:37:02 13.857 -91.205 35.0 (Near coast of Guatemala)
Mw = 7.70±0.30 | M
0 = 4.10E+20
Wang, S.C., McNally, K. and Geller, R. (1982). Seismic strain release along the Middle America Trench, Mexico, Geophys. Res. Lett., 9, 3, 182-185, DOI: 10.1029/GL009i003p00182
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
900444 1942-08-24 22:50:31 -14.996 -75.086 30.0 (Near coast of Peru)
Mw = 8.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.75E+21
Swenson, J.L. and Beck, S.L. (1996). Historical 1942 Ecuador and 1942 Peru subduction earthquakes, and earthquake cycles along Colombia-Ecuador and Peru subduction segments , Pure appl. Geophys., 146, 67-101, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876670
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
900536 1942-11-10 11:41:28 -49.922 30.334 10.0 (South of Africa)
Mw = 8.00±0.30 | M
0 = 1.30E+21
Okal, E.A. and Stein, S. (1987). The 1942 southwest Indian Ocean Ridge earthquake: largest ever recorded on an ocean transform, Geophys. Res. Lett., 14, 2, 147-150, DOI: 10.1029/GL014i002p00147
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
900592 1942-12-20 14:03:09 40.907 36.744 10.0 (Turkey)
Mw = 7.00±0.40 | M
0 = 3.50E+19
Sykes, L.R. and Quittmeyer, R.C. (1981). Repeat times of great earthquakes along simple plate boundaries, Earthquake Prediction (eds D.W. Simpson and P.G. Richards), American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., 4, 217-247, DOI: 10.1029/ME004p0217
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
899723 1943-02-22 09:20:49 17.384 -101.401 20.0 (Near coast of Guerrero)
Mw = 7.40±0.30 | M
0 = 1.59E+20
Singh, S.K., Dominguez, T., Castro, R. and Rodriguez, M. (1984). P waveform of large, shallow earthquakes along the Mexican subduction zone, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 74, 6, 2135-2156.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
899789 1943-04-06 16:07:17 -31.357 -71.503 35.0 (Near coast of central Chile)
Mw = 8.10±0.40 | M
0 = 1.80E+21
Okal, E.A. (1992). Use of the mantle magnitude Mm for the reassessment of the moment of historical earthquakes. I: shallow events, Pure appl. Geophys., 139, 1, 17-57, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876825
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
899944 1943-07-29 03:02:17 18.886 -67.145 15.0 (Mona Passage)
Mw = 7.70±0.30 | M
0 = 5.29E+20
Doser, D.I., Rodriguez, C.M. and Flores, C. (2005). Historical earthquakes of the Puerto Rico-Virgin Islands region (1915-1963), GSA Special Papers, 385, 103-114, DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2385-X.103
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
899954 1943-08-02 00:46:34 -45.220 166.888 15.0 (Off west coast of South Island)
Mw = 6.70±0.30 | M
0 = 1.35E+19
Doser, D.I., Webb, T.H. and Maunder, D.E. (1999). Source parameters of large historical (1918-1962) earthquakes, South Island, New Zealand, Geophys. J. Int., 139, 3, 769-794, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246x.1999.00986.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
899991 1943-09-10 08:36:59 35.489 133.979 15.0 (Western Honshu)
Mw = 7.00±0.30 | M
0 = 3.60E+19
Kanamori, H. (1972). Determination of effective tectonic stress associated with earthquake faulting—Tottori earthquake of 1943, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 5, 426-434, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90114-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
900102 1943-11-26 22:20:48 40.867 33.651 20.0 (Turkey)
Mw = 7.50±0.40 | M
0 = 2.40E+20
Jackson, J.A. and McKenzie, D. (1988). The relationship between plate motions and seismic moment tensors, and the rates of active deformation in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. Int., 93, 1, 45-73, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1988.tb01387.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
899277 1944-02-01 03:22:40 40.660 32.998 30.0 (Turkey)
Mw = 7.60±0.40 | M
0 = 3.10E+20
Jackson, J.A. and McKenzie, D. (1988). The relationship between plate motions and seismic moment tensors, and the rates of active deformation in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. Int., 93, 1, 45-73, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1988.tb01387.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
899313 1944-02-29 16:28:07 0.017 75.207 15.0 (Maldive Islands region)
Mw = 7.36±0.40 | M
0 = 1.40E+20
Wiens, D.A. (1986). Historical seismicity near Chagos: a complex deformation zone in the equatorial Indian Ocean, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 76, 3-4, 350-360, DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(86)90086-5
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
899364 1944-04-26 01:54:16 -0.637 133.757 15.0 (Irian Jaya region)
Mw = 6.80±0.40 | M
0 = 2.00E+19
Okal, E.A. (1999). Historical seismicity and seismotectonic context of the great 1979 Yapen and 1996 Biak, Irian Jaya earthquakes, Pure appl. Geophys., 154, 3-4, 633-675, DOI: 10.1007/s000240050247
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
899365 1944-04-27 14:38:12 -0.901 134.028 15.0 (Irian Jaya region)
Mw = 7.60±0.40 | M
0 = 3.00E+20
Okal, E.A. (1999). Historical seismicity and seismotectonic context of the great 1979 Yapen and 1996 Biak, Irian Jaya earthquakes, Pure appl. Geophys., 154, 3-4, 633-675, DOI: 10.1007/s000240050247
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
899389 1944-05-25 01:06:39 -21.578 -179.440 632.7 (Fiji Islands region)
Mw = 7.30±0.20 | M
0 = 1.06E+20
Huang, W.C., Okal, E.A., Ekström, G. and Salganik, M.P. (1998). Centroid moment tensor solutions for deep earthquakes predating the digital era: The historical dataset (1907-1961), Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 106, 181-190, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00081-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
899567 1944-10-05 17:28:34 -22.174 171.768 120.0 (Southeast of Loyalty Islands)
Mw = 7.00±0.40 | M
0 = 4.40E+19
Okal, E.A. (1992). Use of the mantle magnitude Mm for the reassessment of the moment of historical earthquakes. II: intermediate and deep events, Pure appl. Geophys., 139, 1, 59-85, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876826
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
899627 1944-11-24 04:49:06 -19.127 169.184 165.0 (Vanuatu Islands)
Mw = 7.20±0.40 | M
0 = 6.90E+19
Okal, E.A. (1992). Use of the mantle magnitude Mm for the reassessment of the moment of historical earthquakes. II: intermediate and deep events, Pure appl. Geophys., 139, 1, 59-85, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876826
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
899647 1944-12-07 04:35:45 33.730 136.200 15.0 (Near south coast of western Honshu)
Mw = 8.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.75E+21
Satake, K. (1993). Depth distribution of coseismic slip along the Nankai Trough, Japan, from joint inversion of geodetic and tsunami data, J. geophys. Res., 98, B3, 4553-4565, DOI: 10.1029/92JB01553
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
898751 1945-01-12 18:38:28 34.599 137.111 10.0 (Near south coast of eastern Honshu)
Mw = 6.60±0.40 | M
0 = 8.70E+18
Ando, M. (1974). Faulting in the Mikawa earthquake of 1945, Tectonophysics, 22, 173-186, DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(74)90040-7
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
898817 1945-02-26 22:14:29 25.699 143.634 15.0 (Volcano Islands region)
Mw = 7.20±0.20 | M
0 = 7.10E+19
Okal, E.A., Reymond, D. and Hongsresawat, S. (2013). Large, pre-digital earthquakes of the Bonin-Mariana subduction zone, Tectonophysics, 586, 1-14, DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.09.006
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
899073 1945-09-01 22:44:11 -46.990 165.955 20.0 (Off west coast of South Island)
Mw = 7.50±0.30 | M
0 = 2.45E+20
Doser, D.I., Webb, T.H. and Maunder, D.E. (1999). Source parameters of large historical (1918-1962) earthquakes, South Island, New Zealand, Geophys. J. Int., 139, 3, 769-794, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246x.1999.00986.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
899220 1945-11-27 21:56:53 24.978 63.675 15.0 (Off coast of Pakistan)
Mw = 8.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.80E+21
Byrne, D., Sykes, L. and Davis, D. (1992). Great thrust earthquakes and aseismic slip along the plate boundary of the Makran subduction zone, J. geophys. Res., 97, B1, 449-478, DOI: 10.1029/91JB02165
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
898214 1946-01-11 01:33:31 44.639 130.154 581.2 (Primorye-Northeastern China border region)
Mw = 6.80±0.20 | M
0 = 2.10E+19
Huang, W.C., Okal, E.A., Ekström, G. and Salganik, M.P. (1998). Centroid moment tensor solutions for deep earthquakes predating the digital era: The historical dataset (1907-1961), Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 106, 181-190, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00081-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
898313 1946-04-01 12:29:01 53.474 -162.737 15.0 (South of Alaska)
Mw = 8.60±0.30 | M
0 = 8.50E+21
López, A.M. and Okal, E.A. (2006). A seismological reassessment of the source of the 1946 Aleutian 'tsunami' earthquake, Geophys. J. Int., 165, 3, 835-849, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02899.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
898402 1946-05-21 09:16:45 14.838 -60.541 30.0 (Windward Islands)
Mw = 6.30±0.30 | M
0 = 3.00E+18
Doser, D.I. and Vandusen, S.R. (1996). Source processes of large (M≥6.5) earthquakes of the Southeastern Caribbean (1926–1960), Pure appl. Geophys., 146, 1, 43-66, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876669
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
898434 1946-06-23 17:13:24 49.765 -125.019 15.0 (Vancouver Island region)
Mw = 7.50±0.40 | M
0 = 2.50E+20
Rogers, G.C. and Hasegawa, H.S. (1978). A second look at the British Columbia earthquake of June 23, 1946, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 68, 3, 653-675.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
898440 1946-06-26 12:34:36 -43.353 171.445 15.0 (South Island)
Mw = 6.50±0.30 | M
0 = 6.00E+18
Doser, D.I., Webb, T.H. and Maunder, D.E. (1999). Source parameters of large historical (1918-1962) earthquakes, South Island, New Zealand, Geophys. J. Int., 139, 3, 769-794, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246x.1999.00986.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
898660 1946-11-10 17:42:56 -8.451 -77.515 15.0 (Central Peru)
Mw = 6.80±0.30 | M
0 = 1.70E+19
Doser, D.I. (1987). The Ancash, Peru, earthquake of 1946 November 10: evidence for low-angle normal faulting in the high Andes of northern Peru, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 91, 57-71, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1987.tb05213.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
898698 1946-12-20 19:19:10 33.123 135.905 15.0 (Near south coast of western Honshu)
Mw = 8.30±0.30 | M
0 = 3.40E+21
Kanamori, H. (1972). Tectonic implications of the 1944 Tonakai and the 1946 Nankaido earthquakes, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 5, 129-139, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90082-9
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
897790 1947-03-25 20:32:21 -39.094 178.071 25.0 (Off east coast of North Island)
Mw = 7.00±0.30 | M
0 = 4.55E+19
Doser, D.I. and Webb, T.H. (2003). Source parameters of large historical (1917-1961) earthquakes, North Island, New Zealand, Geophys. J. Int., 152, 3, 795-832, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01895.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
897799 1947-04-02 05:39:16 -1.102 137.839 15.0 (Near north coast of Irian Jaya)
Mw = 7.30±0.40 | M
0 = 1.30E+20
Okal, E.A. (1999). Historical seismicity and seismotectonic context of the great 1979 Yapen and 1996 Biak, Irian Jaya earthquakes, Pure appl. Geophys., 154, 3-4, 633-675, DOI: 10.1007/s000240050247
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
897871 1947-05-27 05:58:57 -1.868 135.017 15.0 (Irian Jaya region)
Mw = 7.60±0.40 | M
0 = 3.00E+20
Okal, E.A. (1999). Historical seismicity and seismotectonic context of the great 1979 Yapen and 1996 Biak, Irian Jaya earthquakes, Pure appl. Geophys., 154, 3-4, 633-675, DOI: 10.1007/s000240050247
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
897893 1947-06-13 20:24:59 21.774 145.474 35.0 (Mariana Islands region)
Mw = 7.00±0.20 | M
0 = 4.30E+19
Okal, E.A., Reymond, D. and Hongsresawat, S. (2013). Large, pre-digital earthquakes of the Bonin-Mariana subduction zone, Tectonophysics, 586, 1-14, DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.09.006
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
897910 1947-06-19 07:34:41 21.570 145.469 35.0 (Mariana Islands region)
Mw = 7.20±0.20 | M
0 = 9.20E+19
Okal, E.A., Reymond, D. and Hongsresawat, S. (2013). Large, pre-digital earthquakes of the Bonin-Mariana subduction zone, Tectonophysics, 586, 1-14, DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.09.006
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
897970 1947-07-29 13:43:24 28.484 93.628 20.0 (Eastern Xizang-India border region)
Mw = 7.30±0.30 | M
0 = 9.80E+19
Chen, W.P. and Molnar, P. (1977). Seismic moments of major earthquakes and the average rate of slip in Central Asia, J. geophys. Res., 82, 20, 2945-2969, DOI: 10.1029/JB082i020p02945
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
897979 1947-08-05 14:24:14 25.144 63.369 15.0 (Southwestern Pakistan)
Mw = 6.80±0.30 | M
0 = 2.26E+19
Byrne, D., Sykes, L. and Davis, D. (1992). Great thrust earthquakes and aseismic slip along the plate boundary of the Makran subduction zone, J. geophys. Res., 97, B1, 449-478, DOI: 10.1029/91JB02165
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
897983 1947-08-07 00:40:27 19.613 -75.355 35.0 (Cuba region)
Mw = 6.60±0.30 | M
0 = 9.00E+18
Van Dusen, S.R. and Doser, D.I. (2000). Faulting processes of historic (1917-1962) M >= 6.0 earthquakes along the north-central Caribbean margin, Pure appl. Geophys., 157, 5, 719-736, DOI: 10.1007/PL00001115
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
898039 1947-09-23 12:28:15 33.604 58.642 15.0 (Northern and central Iran)
Mw = 6.90±0.40 | M
0 = 2.70E+19
Jackson, J.A. and McKenzie, D. (1988). The relationship between plate motions and seismic moment tensors, and the rates of active deformation in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. Int., 93, 1, 45-73, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1988.tb01387.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
898058 1947-10-06 19:55:37 36.808 21.916 15.0 (Southern Greece)
Mw = 7.30±0.20 | M
0 = 1.26E+20
Ebeling, C.W., Okal, E.A., Kalligeris, N. and Synolakis, C.E. (2012). Modern seismological reassessment and tsunami simulation of historical Hellenic Arc earthquakes, Tectonophysics, 530-531, 225-239, DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.12.036
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
898103 1947-11-01 14:58:57 -10.960 -74.676 20.0 (Central Peru)
Mw = 7.60±0.30 | M
0 = 3.75E+20
Ben-Menahem, A. (1977). Renormalization of the magnitude scale, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 15, 4, 315-340, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(77)90095-4
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
897163 1948-01-24 17:46:43 10.714 122.235 15.0 (Panay)
Mw = 7.80±0.20 | M
0 = 6.00E+20
Okal, E.A., Synolakis, C.E. and Kalligeris, N. (2011). Tsunami simulations for regional sources in the South China and adjoining seas, Pure appl. Geophys., 168, 6-7, 1153-1173, DOI: 10.1007/s00024-010-0230-x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
897168 1948-01-27 11:58:30 -20.222 -178.557 595.0 (Fiji Islands region)
Mw = 7.10±0.20 | M
0 = 5.00E+19
Huang, W.C., Okal, E.A., Ekström, G. and Salganik, M.P. (1998). Centroid moment tensor solutions for deep earthquakes predating the digital era: The historical dataset (1907-1961), Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 106, 181-190, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00081-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
897184 1948-02-09 12:58:18 35.640 27.158 15.0 (Dodecanese Islands)
Mw = 7.30±0.20 | M
0 = 9.70E+19
Ebeling, C.W., Okal, E.A., Kalligeris, N. and Synolakis, C.E. (2012). Modern seismological reassessment and tsunami simulation of historical Hellenic Arc earthquakes, Tectonophysics, 530-531, 225-239, DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.12.036
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
897327 1948-05-14 22:31:49 54.593 -161.161 25.0 (Alaska Peninsula)
Mw = 7.10±0.30 | M
0 = 6.60E+19
Estabrook, C.H., Jacob, K.H. and Sykes, L.R. (1994). Body wave and surface wave analysis of large and great earthquakes along the eastern Aleutian arc, 1923-1989: Implications for future events, J. geophys. Res., 99, B6, 11643-11662, DOI: 10.1029/93JB03124
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
897413 1948-06-28 07:13:31 36.157 136.229 10.0 (Near west coast of eastern Honshu)
Mw = 6.80±0.30 | M
0 = 1.90E+19
Ichinose, G.A., Thio, H.K., Somerville, P.G., Matsushima, S. and Sato, T. (2005). Rupture process of the 1948 Fukui earthquake (M 7.1) from the joint inversion of seismic waveform and geodetic data, J. geophys. Res., 110, B5, B05301, DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003437
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
897539 1948-09-08 15:09:14 -21.222 -173.891 15.0 (Tonga Islands)
Mw = 7.50±0.40 | M
0 = 2.50E+20
Okal, E.A., Borrero, J.C. and Chagué-Goff, C. (2011). Tsunamigenic predecessors to the 2009 Samoa earthquake, Earth Sci. Rev., 107, 1-2, 128-140, DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.12.007
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
896287 1949-01-23 06:31:05 -11.940 92.302 10.0 (South Indian Ocean)
Mw = 6.70±0.30 | M
0 = 1.30E+19
Petroy, D.E. and Wiens, D.A. (1989). Historical seismicity and implications for diffuse plate convergence in the northeast Indian Ocean, J. geophys. Res., 94, B9, 12301-12319, DOI: 10.1029/JB094iB09p12301
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
896379 1949-03-04 10:19:31 36.563 70.698 228.7 (Hindu Kush region)
Mw = 7.50±0.40 | M
0 = 2.20E+20
Okal, E.A. (1992). Use of the mantle magnitude Mm for the reassessment of the moment of historical earthquakes. II: intermediate and deep events, Pure appl. Geophys., 139, 1, 59-85, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876826
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
896466 1949-04-13 19:55:43 47.014 -122.597 50.0 (Washington)
Mw = 6.70±0.30 | M
0 = 1.50E+19
Baker, G.E. and Langston, C.A. (1987). Source parameters of the 1949 magnitude 7.1 south Puget Sound, Washington, earthquake as determined from long-period body waves and strong ground motions, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 77, 5, 1530-1557.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
896626 1949-07-02 19:57:14 16.529 147.463 15.0 (Mariana Islands region)
Mw = 7.10±0.20 | M
0 = 6.60E+19
Okal, E.A., Reymond, D. and Hongsresawat, S. (2013). Large, pre-digital earthquakes of the Bonin-Mariana subduction zone, Tectonophysics, 586, 1-14, DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.09.006
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
896645 1949-07-10 03:53:41 39.178 70.835 20.0 (Tajikistan)
Mw = 7.50±0.30 | M
0 = 2.40E+20
Chen, W.P. and Molnar, P. (1977). Seismic moments of major earthquakes and the average rate of slip in Central Asia, J. geophys. Res., 82, 20, 2945-2969, DOI: 10.1029/JB082i020p02945
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
896789 1949-08-22 04:01:18 53.626 -133.000 10.0 (Queen Charlotte Islands region)
Mw = 8.20±0.40 | M
0 = 2.30E+21
Okal, E.A. (1992). Use of the mantle magnitude Mm for the reassessment of the moment of historical earthquakes. I: shallow events, Pure appl. Geophys., 139, 1, 17-57, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876825
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
895264 1950-02-28 10:21:00 45.882 143.491 329.0 (Hokkaido region)
Mw = 7.70±0.20 | M
0 = 3.90E+20
Huang, W.C., Okal, E.A., Ekström, G. and Salganik, M.P. (1998). Centroid moment tensor solutions for deep earthquakes predating the digital era: The historical dataset (1907-1961), Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 106, 181-190, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00081-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
895348 1950-04-04 18:44:15 51.690 100.988 15.0 (Tuva-Buryatia-Mongolia border region)
Mw = 6.90±0.30 | M
0 = 2.54E+19
Delouis, B., Déverchère, J., Melnikova, V., Radziminovitch, N., Loncke, L., Larroque, C., Ritz, J.F. and San'kov, V. (2002). A reappraisal of the 1950 (Mw 6.9) Mondy earthquake, Siberia, and its relationship to the strain pattern at the south-western end of the Baikal rift zone, Terra Nova, 14, 6, 491-500, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.2002.00445.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
895577 1950-07-09 04:40:08 -8.270 -70.949 646.0 (Western Brazil)
Mw = 6.80±0.20 | M
0 = 2.00E+19
Huang, W.C., Okal, E.A., Ekström, G. and Salganik, M.P. (1998). Centroid moment tensor solutions for deep earthquakes predating the digital era: The historical dataset (1907-1961), Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 106, 181-190, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00081-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
895680 1950-08-14 22:51:26 -27.507 -62.838 610.0 (Santiago del Estero Province)
Mw = 7.10±0.20 | M
0 = 5.60E+19
Huang, W.C., Okal, E.A., Ekström, G. and Salganik, M.P. (1998). Centroid moment tensor solutions for deep earthquakes predating the digital era: The historical dataset (1907-1961), Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 106, 181-190, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00081-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
895681 1950-08-15 14:09:34 28.363 96.445 15.0 (Eastern Xizang-India border region)
Mw = 8.60±0.30 | M
0 = 1.00E+22
Kanamori, H. (1977). The energy release in great earthquakes, J. geophys. Res., 82, 20, 2981-2987, DOI: 10.1029/JB082i020p02981
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
895844 1950-09-19 20:29:53 -2.077 138.151 30.0 (Irian Jaya)
Mw = 7.20±0.40 | M
0 = 8.00E+19
Okal, E.A. (1999). Historical seismicity and seismotectonic context of the great 1979 Yapen and 1996 Biak, Irian Jaya earthquakes, Pure appl. Geophys., 154, 3-4, 633-675, DOI: 10.1007/s000240050247
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
895855 1950-09-22 23:53:32 -17.634 -177.295 400.4 (Fiji Islands region)
Mw = 6.80±0.20 | M
0 = 1.70E+19
Huang, W.C., Okal, E.A., Ekström, G. and Salganik, M.P. (1998). Centroid moment tensor solutions for deep earthquakes predating the digital era: The historical dataset (1907-1961), Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 106, 181-190, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00081-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
895887 1950-10-05 16:09:42 10.481 -85.046 97.9 (Costa Rica)
Mw = 7.50±0.40 | M
0 = 2.30E+20
Okal, E.A. and Newman, A.V. (2001). Tsunami earthquakes: the quest for a regional signal, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 124, 45-70, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(01)00187-X
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
896018 1950-11-02 15:28:15 -6.823 129.183 199.7 (Banda Sea)
Mw = 7.70±0.40 | M
0 = 5.00E+20
Okal, E.A. (1992). Use of the mantle magnitude Mm for the reassessment of the moment of historical earthquakes. I: shallow events, Pure appl. Geophys., 139, 1, 17-57, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876825
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
896121 1950-12-02 19:51:51 -18.373 167.654 30.0 (Vanuatu Islands)
Mw = 7.90±0.40 | M
0 = 8.00E+20
Okal, E.A. (1992). Use of the mantle magnitude Mm for the reassessment of the moment of historical earthquakes. I: shallow events, Pure appl. Geophys., 139, 1, 17-57, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876825
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
896170 1950-12-09 21:38:51 -23.977 -67.912 113.9 (Chile-Argentina border region)
Mw = 8.20±0.40 | M
0 = 2.60E+21
Okal, E.A. (1992). Use of the mantle magnitude Mm for the reassessment of the moment of historical earthquakes. II: intermediate and deep events, Pure appl. Geophys., 139, 1, 59-85, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876826
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
896185 1950-12-14 01:52:54 -19.705 -175.874 215.9 (Tonga Islands)
Mw = 7.80±0.40 | M
0 = 6.00E+20
Okal, E.A. (1992). Use of the mantle magnitude Mm for the reassessment of the moment of historical earthquakes. II: intermediate and deep events, Pure appl. Geophys., 139, 1, 59-85, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876826
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
896193 1950-12-14 14:15:54 16.739 -98.482 35.0 (Near coast of Guerrero)
Mw = 7.10±0.30 | M
0 = 6.00E+19
Singh, S.K., Dominguez, T., Castro, R. and Rodriguez, M. (1984). P waveform of large, shallow earthquakes along the Mexican subduction zone, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 74, 6, 2135-2156.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
894107 1951-02-13 22:13:00 55.802 -156.280 20.0 (South of Alaska)
Mw = 6.90±0.30 | M
0 = 3.10E+19
Estabrook, C.H., Jacob, K.H. and Sykes, L.R. (1994). Body wave and surface wave analysis of large and great earthquakes along the eastern Aleutian arc, 1923-1989: Implications for future events, J. geophys. Res., 99, B6, 11643-11662, DOI: 10.1029/93JB03124
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
894167 1951-03-10 10:38:29 37.620 -3.864 15.0 (Spain)
Mw = 5.20±0.30 | M
0 = 8.00E+16
Batlló, J., Stich, D., Palombo, B., Macia, R. and Morales, J. (2008). The 1951 Mw 5.2 and Mw 5.3 Jaén, Southern Spain, Earthquake Doublet Revisited, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 98, 3, 1535-1545, DOI: 10.1785/0120070038
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
894355 1951-05-19 15:54:23 37.568 -3.940 15.0 (Spain)
Mw = 5.31±0.30 | M
0 = 1.16E+17
Batlló, J., Stich, D., Palombo, B., Macia, R. and Morales, J. (2008). The 1951 Mw 5.2 and Mw 5.3 Jaén, Southern Spain, Earthquake Doublet Revisited, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 98, 3, 1535-1545, DOI: 10.1785/0120070038
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
894503 1951-07-11 18:21:59 28.359 139.405 496.7 (Bonin Islands region)
Mw = 7.10±0.20 | M
0 = 5.50E+19
Huang, W.C., Okal, E.A., Ekström, G. and Salganik, M.P. (1998). Centroid moment tensor solutions for deep earthquakes predating the digital era: The historical dataset (1907-1961), Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 106, 181-190, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00081-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
894960 1951-11-18 09:35:54 31.056 91.261 30.0 (Xizang)
Mw = 7.70±0.30 | M
0 = 4.60E+20
Chen, W.P. and Molnar, P. (1977). Seismic moments of major earthquakes and the average rate of slip in Central Asia, J. geophys. Res., 82, 20, 2945-2969, DOI: 10.1029/JB082i020p02945
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
892540 1952-03-04 01:22:49 42.084 143.899 45.0 (Hokkaido region)
Mw = 8.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.70E+21
Satake, K., Hirata, K., Yamaki, S. and Tanioka, Y. (2006). Re-estimation of tsunami source of the 1952 Tokachi-oki earthquake, Earth Planets Space, 58, 5, 535-542.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
893168 1952-07-21 11:52:16 34.859 -119.103 10.0 (Southern California)
Mw = 7.30±0.40 | M
0 = 1.00E+20
Stein, R.S. and Thatcher, W. (1981). Seismic and aseismic deformation associated with the 1952 Kern County, California, earthquake and relationship to the Quaternary history of the White Wolf fault, J. geophys. Res., 86, B10, 4913-4928, DOI: 10.1029/JB086iB10p09237
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
893648 1952-11-04 16:58:30 52.623 159.779 21.6 (Off east coast of Kamchatka Peninsula)
Mw = 8.90±0.30 | M
0 = 3.00E+22
Okal, E.A. (2012). Personal communication to Willie Lee.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
891561 1953-03-18 19:06:17 40.175 27.648 10.0 (Turkey)
Mw = 7.30±0.40 | M
0 = 1.00E+20
Jackson, J.A. and McKenzie, D. (1988). The relationship between plate motions and seismic moment tensors, and the rates of active deformation in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. Int., 93, 1, 45-73, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1988.tb01387.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
891566 1953-03-19 08:27:52 13.809 -61.216 128.8 (Windward Islands)
Mw = 7.30±0.40 | M
0 = 1.20E+20
Okal, E.A. (1992). Use of the mantle magnitude Mm for the reassessment of the moment of historical earthquakes. II: intermediate and deep events, Pure appl. Geophys., 139, 1, 59-85, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876826
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
891794 1953-07-02 06:57:00 -19.092 169.635 236.2 (Vanuatu Islands)
Mw = 7.20±0.40 | M
0 = 8.70E+19
Okal, E.A. (1992). Use of the mantle magnitude Mm for the reassessment of the moment of historical earthquakes. II: intermediate and deep events, Pure appl. Geophys., 139, 1, 59-85, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876826
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
892187 1953-11-25 17:48:55 34.006 141.625 25.0 (Off east coast of Honshu)
Mw = 7.90±0.40 | M
0 = 8.90E+20
Abe, K. and Kanamori, H. (1980). Magnitudes of great shallow earthquakes from 1953 to 1977, Tectonophysics, 62, 3–4, 191-203, DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(80)90192-4
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
890294 1954-02-01 01:06:56 24.057 143.467 15.0 (Volcano Islands region)
Mw = 7.20±0.20 | M
0 = 8.50E+19
Okal, E.A., Reymond, D. and Hongsresawat, S. (2013). Large, pre-digital earthquakes of the Bonin-Mariana subduction zone, Tectonophysics, 586, 1-14, DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.09.006
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
890355 1954-02-19 00:40:37 11.541 -87.009 35.0 (Near coast of Nicaragua)
Mw = 6.80±0.40 | M
0 = 1.95E+19
Okal, E.A. and Newman, A.V. (2001). Tsunami earthquakes: the quest for a regional signal, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 124, 45-70, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(01)00187-X
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
890359 1954-02-19 21:34:51 11.775 -86.818 35.0 (Near coast of Nicaragua)
Mw = 6.80±0.40 | M
0 = 2.19E+19
Okal, E.A. and Newman, A.V. (2001). Tsunami earthquakes: the quest for a regional signal, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 124, 45-70, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(01)00187-X
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
890444 1954-03-19 09:54:32 33.154 -116.474 15.0 (Southern California)
Mw = 6.20±0.30 | M
0 = 2.40E+18
Doser, D.I. (1990). Source characteristics of earthquakes along the southern San Jacinto and Imperial fault zones (1937 to 1954), Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 80, 5, 1099-1117.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
890481 1954-03-29 06:17:07 36.988 -3.612 626.2 (Strait of Gibraltar)
Mw = 7.80±0.30 | M
0 = 7.00E+20
Chung, W.Y. and Kanamori, H. (1976). Source process and tectonic implications of the Spanish deep focus earthquake of March 29, 1954, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 13, 85-96, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(76)90073-X
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
890822 1954-07-06 11:13:23 39.420 -118.566 10.0 (Nevada)
Mw = 6.20±0.30 | M
0 = 2.20E+18
Doser, D.I. (1986). Earthquake processes in the Rainbow Mountain-Fairview Peak-Dixie Valley, Nevada, region 1954 – 1959, J. geophys. Res., 91, B12, 12,572-12,586, DOI: 10.1029/JB091iB12p12572
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
890827 1954-07-06 22:07:44 39.242 -118.599 10.0 (Nevada)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 8.00E+17
Doser, D.I. (1986). Earthquake processes in the Rainbow Mountain-Fairview Peak-Dixie Valley, Nevada, region 1954 – 1959, J. geophys. Res., 91, B12, 12,572-12,586, DOI: 10.1029/JB091iB12p12572
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
890996 1954-08-24 05:51:35 39.378 -118.516 15.0 (Nevada)
Mw = 6.50±0.30 | M
0 = 6.90E+18
Doser, D.I. (1986). Earthquake processes in the Rainbow Mountain-Fairview Peak-Dixie Valley, Nevada, region 1954 – 1959, J. geophys. Res., 91, B12, 12,572-12,586, DOI: 10.1029/JB091iB12p12572
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
891003 1954-08-27 10:54:55 23.988 143.022 25.0 (Volcano Islands region)
Mw = 7.20±0.20 | M
0 = 8.60E+19
Okal, E.A., Reymond, D. and Hongsresawat, S. (2013). Large, pre-digital earthquakes of the Bonin-Mariana subduction zone, Tectonophysics, 586, 1-14, DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.09.006
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
891016 1954-08-31 22:20:36 39.813 -118.465 15.0 (Nevada)
Mw = 5.80±0.30 | M
0 = 5.40E+17
Doser, D.I. (1987). Modeling the Pnl waveforms of the Fairview Peak-Dixie Valley, Nevada, U.S.A. earthquake sequence, 1954-1959, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 48, 64-72, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(87)90111-7
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
891253 1954-11-12 12:26:54 31.902 -116.192 15.0 (Baja California)
Mw = 6.20±0.30 | M
0 = 2.90E+18
Doser, D.I. (1994). Contrasts between source parameters of M >= 5.5 earthquakes in northern Baja California and southern California, Geophys. J. Int., 116, 3, 605-617, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1994.tb03284.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
891322 1954-12-04 18:31:13 10.863 -61.374 49.0 (Trinidad)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.90E+18
Doser, D.I. and Vandusen, S.R. (1996). Source processes of large (M≥6.5) earthquakes of the Southeastern Caribbean (1926–1960), Pure appl. Geophys., 146, 1, 43-66, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876669
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
891339 1954-12-10 13:00:29 17.601 -81.834 15.0 (North of Honduras)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 2.00E+18
Van Dusen, S.R. and Doser, D.I. (2000). Faulting processes of historic (1917-1962) M >= 6.0 earthquakes along the north-central Caribbean margin, Pure appl. Geophys., 157, 5, 719-736, DOI: 10.1007/PL00001115
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
891356 1954-12-16 11:07:17 39.346 -117.981 10.0 (Nevada)
Mw = 7.10±0.30 | M
0 = 5.30E+19
Doser, D.I. (1986). Earthquake processes in the Rainbow Mountain-Fairview Peak-Dixie Valley, Nevada, region 1954 – 1959, J. geophys. Res., 91, B12, 12,572-12,586, DOI: 10.1029/JB091iB12p12572
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
891357 1954-12-16 11:11:35 39.207 -117.704 15.0 (Nevada)
Mw = 6.60±0.30 | M
0 = 9.80E+18
Doser, D.I. (1986). Earthquake processes in the Rainbow Mountain-Fairview Peak-Dixie Valley, Nevada, region 1954 – 1959, J. geophys. Res., 91, B12, 12,572-12,586, DOI: 10.1029/JB091iB12p12572
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
889351 1955-03-22 14:05:09 -9.101 91.653 20.0 (South Indian Ocean)
Mw = 7.00±0.30 | M
0 = 4.00E+19
Stein, S. and Okal, E.A. (1978). Seismicity and tectonics of the Ninetyeast Ridge area: Evidence for internal deformation of the Indian plate, J. geophys. Res., 83, B5, 2233-2246, DOI: 10.1029/JB083iB05p02233
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
889583 1955-05-30 12:31:44 24.319 142.412 558.9 (Volcano Islands region)
Mw = 7.20±0.20 | M
0 = 7.00E+19
Huang, W.C., Okal, E.A., Ekström, G. and Salganik, M.P. (1998). Centroid moment tensor solutions for deep earthquakes predating the digital era: The historical dataset (1907-1961), Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 106, 181-190, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00081-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
889811 1955-08-06 08:31:32 -20.955 -177.666 360.2 (Fiji Islands region)
Mw = 6.70±0.20 | M
0 = 1.60E+19
Huang, W.C., Okal, E.A., Ekström, G. and Salganik, M.P. (1998). Centroid moment tensor solutions for deep earthquakes predating the digital era: The historical dataset (1907-1961), Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 106, 181-190, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00081-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
890147 1955-12-07 15:03:15 26.497 142.908 10.0 (Bonin Islands region)
Mw = 6.90±0.40 | M
0 = 3.00E+19
Okal, E.A., Reymond, D. and Hongsresawat, S. (2013). Large, pre-digital earthquakes of the Bonin-Mariana subduction zone, Tectonophysics, 586, 1-14, DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.09.006
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
887899 1956-02-01 13:41:51 18.800 145.009 370.1 (Mariana Islands)
Mw = 6.70±0.20 | M
0 = 1.60E+19
Huang, W.C., Okal, E.A., Ekström, G. and Salganik, M.P. (1998). Centroid moment tensor solutions for deep earthquakes predating the digital era: The historical dataset (1907-1961), Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 106, 181-190, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00081-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
887922 1956-02-09 14:32:42 31.723 -115.986 15.0 (Baja California)
Mw = 6.60±0.30 | M
0 = 1.16E+19
Doser, D.I. (1992). Faulting processes of the 1956 San Miguel, Baja California, earthquake sequence, Pure appl. Geophys., 139, 1, 3-16, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876824
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
887959 1956-02-14 18:33:41 31.513 -115.715 15.0 (Baja California)
Mw = 6.24±0.30 | M
0 = 2.90E+18
Doser, D.I. (1992). Faulting processes of the 1956 San Miguel, Baja California, earthquake sequence, Pure appl. Geophys., 139, 1, 3-16, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876824
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
887963 1956-02-15 01:20:42 31.501 -115.535 7.7 (Baja California)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.80E+18
Doser, D.I. (1992). Faulting processes of the 1956 San Miguel, Baja California, earthquake sequence, Pure appl. Geophys., 139, 1, 3-16, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876824
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
887981 1956-02-18 07:34:25 30.206 138.102 484.1 (Southeast of Honshu)
Mw = 7.30±0.20 | M
0 = 9.80E+19
Huang, W.C., Okal, E.A., Ekström, G. and Salganik, M.P. (1998). Centroid moment tensor solutions for deep earthquakes predating the digital era: The historical dataset (1907-1961), Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 106, 181-190, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00081-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
888284 1956-05-23 20:48:32 -15.434 -178.803 419.1 (Fiji Islands region)
Mw = 7.60±0.20 | M
0 = 2.70E+20
Huang, W.C., Okal, E.A., Ekström, G. and Salganik, M.P. (1998). Centroid moment tensor solutions for deep earthquakes predating the digital era: The historical dataset (1907-1961), Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 106, 181-190, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00081-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
888445 1956-07-09 03:11:45 36.664 25.957 20.0 (Dodecanese Islands)
Mw = 7.70±0.20 | M
0 = 3.90E+20
Okal, E.A., Synolakis, C.E., Uslu, B., Kalligeris, N. and Voukouvalas, E. (2009). The 1956 earthquake and tsunami in Amorgos, Greece, Geophys. J. Int., 178, 3, 1533-1554, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04237.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
888489 1956-07-17 07:34:11 -6.856 126.245 450.8 (Banda Sea)
Mw = 6.80±0.20 | M
0 = 2.30E+19
Huang, W.C., Okal, E.A., Ekström, G. and Salganik, M.P. (1998). Centroid moment tensor solutions for deep earthquakes predating the digital era: The historical dataset (1907-1961), Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 106, 181-190, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00081-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
888505 1956-07-21 15:32:30 23.278 70.107 15.0 (Southern India)
Mw = 6.00±0.30 | M
0 = 1.19E+18
Chung, W.Y. and Gao, H. (1995). Source parameters of the Anjar, India, earthquake of July 21, 1956 and its seismotectonic implications for the Kutch rift basin, Tectonophysics, 242, 281-292, DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(94)00203-L
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
888827 1956-10-24 14:42:18 11.682 -86.556 35.0 (Near coast of Nicaragua)
Mw = 7.10±0.40 | M
0 = 6.30E+19
Okal, E.A. and Newman, A.V. (2001). Tsunami earthquakes: the quest for a regional signal, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 124, 45-70, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(01)00187-X
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
885804 1957-01-03 12:48:29 43.943 130.462 581.0 (Primorye-Northeastern China border region)
Mw = 6.90±0.20 | M
0 = 2.50E+19
Huang, W.C., Okal, E.A., Ekström, G. and Salganik, M.P. (1998). Centroid moment tensor solutions for deep earthquakes predating the digital era: The historical dataset (1907-1961), Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 106, 181-190, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00081-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
886030 1957-03-09 14:22:33 51.499 -175.626 25.0 (Andreanof Islands)
Mw = 8.60±0.30 | M
0 = 8.50E+21
Okal, E.A. (2012). Personal communication to Willie Lee.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
886401 1957-04-16 04:04:08 -4.509 107.116 596.3 (Java Sea)
Mw = 6.90±0.20 | M
0 = 2.60E+19
Huang, W.C., Okal, E.A., Ekström, G. and Salganik, M.P. (1998). Centroid moment tensor solutions for deep earthquakes predating the digital era: The historical dataset (1907-1961), Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 106, 181-190, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00081-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
886445 1957-04-24 19:10:13 36.493 28.829 35.0 (Dodecanese Islands)
Mw = 7.10±0.20 | M
0 = 5.60E+19
Ebeling, C.W., Okal, E.A., Kalligeris, N. and Synolakis, C.E. (2012). Modern seismological reassessment and tsunami simulation of historical Hellenic Arc earthquakes, Tectonophysics, 530-531, 225-239, DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.12.036
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
886448 1957-04-25 02:25:41 36.405 28.699 35.0 (Dodecanese Islands)
Mw = 7.30±0.20 | M
0 = 1.09E+20
Ebeling, C.W., Okal, E.A., Kalligeris, N. and Synolakis, C.E. (2012). Modern seismological reassessment and tsunami simulation of historical Hellenic Arc earthquakes, Tectonophysics, 530-531, 225-239, DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.12.036
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
886739 1957-06-22 23:50:35 -1.723 136.592 59.1 (Irian Jaya region)
Mw = 7.10±0.40 | M
0 = 6.00E+19
Okal, E.A. (1999). Historical seismicity and seismotectonic context of the great 1979 Yapen and 1996 Biak, Irian Jaya earthquakes, Pure appl. Geophys., 154, 3-4, 633-675, DOI: 10.1007/s000240050247
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
886753 1957-06-27 00:09:36 56.177 116.409 25.0 (East of Lake Baykal)
Mw = 7.40±0.30 | M
0 = 1.40E+20
Chen, W.P. and Molnar, P. (1977). Seismic moments of major earthquakes and the average rate of slip in Central Asia, J. geophys. Res., 82, 20, 2945-2969, DOI: 10.1029/JB082i020p02945
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
886928 1957-07-28 08:40:12 17.055 -99.092 37.8 (Guerrero)
Mw = 7.60±0.40 | M
0 = 3.30E+20
Singh, S.K., Espindola, J.M., Yamamoto, J. and Havskov, J. (1982). Seismic potential of Acapulco-San Marcos region along the Mexican subduction zone, Geophys. Res. Lett., 9, 6, 633-636, DOI: 10.1029/GL009i006p00633
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
887265 1957-09-28 14:20:03 -20.541 -178.349 586.6 (Fiji Islands region)
Mw = 7.40±0.20 | M
0 = 1.60E+20
Huang, W.C., Okal, E.A., Ekström, G. and Salganik, M.P. (1998). Centroid moment tensor solutions for deep earthquakes predating the digital era: The historical dataset (1907-1961), Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 106, 181-190, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00081-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
887294 1957-10-02 20:58:44 -6.319 69.688 15.0 (Chagos Archipelago region)
Mw = 6.03±0.40 | M
0 = 1.40E+18
Wiens, D.A. (1986). Historical seismicity near Chagos: a complex deformation zone in the equatorial Indian Ocean, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 76, 3-4, 350-360, DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(86)90086-5
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
887303 1957-10-04 05:26:09 10.824 -62.706 23.3 (Near coast of Venezuela)
Mw = 6.40±0.30 | M
0 = 4.50E+18
Doser, D.I. and Vandusen, S.R. (1996). Source processes of large (M≥6.5) earthquakes of the Southeastern Caribbean (1926–1960), Pure appl. Geophys., 146, 1, 43-66, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876669
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
887612 1957-11-29 22:19:50 -20.948 -66.713 232.5 (Southern Bolivia)
Mw = 7.70±0.40 | M
0 = 5.10E+20
Wyss, M. (1970). Stress estimates for South American shallow and deep earthquakes, J. geophys. Res., 75, 8, 1529-1544, DOI: 10.1029/JB075i008p01529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
887636 1957-12-04 03:37:53 45.189 99.368 30.0 (Mongolia)
Mw = 8.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.80E+21
Okal, E.A. (1992). Use of the mantle magnitude Mm for the reassessment of the moment of historical earthquakes. I: shallow events, Pure appl. Geophys., 139, 1, 17-57, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876825
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
887702 1957-12-17 13:50:22 -12.418 166.684 123.6 (Santa Cruz Islands)
Mw = 7.80±0.40 | M
0 = 5.40E+20
Okal, E.A. (1992). Use of the mantle magnitude Mm for the reassessment of the moment of historical earthquakes. II: intermediate and deep events, Pure appl. Geophys., 139, 1, 59-85, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876826
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
883651 1958-01-05 11:30:50 56.636 121.191 25.0 (Southeastern Siberia)
Mw = 5.70±0.30 | M
0 = 4.80E+17
Doser, D.I. (1991). Faulting within the eastern Baikal rift as characterized by earthquake studies, Tectonophysics, 196, 109-139, DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(91)90292-Z
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
883713 1958-01-19 14:07:28 1.011 -79.489 27.5 (Near coast of Ecuador)
Mw = 7.60±0.30 | M
0 = 3.60E+20
Kanamori, H. and McNally, K.C. (1982). Variable rupture model of the subduction zone along the Ecuador-Colombia coast, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 72, 4, 1241-1253.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
883765 1958-02-01 16:10:16 1.541 -79.338 15.0 (Near coast of Ecuador)
Mw = 6.90±0.40 | M
0 = 2.60E+19
Wyss, M. (1970). Stress estimates for South American shallow and deep earthquakes, J. geophys. Res., 75, 8, 1529-1544, DOI: 10.1029/JB075i008p01529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
884193 1958-04-14 21:32:34 0.801 -79.428 25.0 (Near coast of Ecuador)
Mw = 6.80±0.40 | M
0 = 1.80E+19
Wyss, M. (1970). Stress estimates for South American shallow and deep earthquakes, J. geophys. Res., 75, 8, 1529-1544, DOI: 10.1029/JB075i008p01529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
884702 1958-07-10 06:15:58 58.230 -136.712 10.0 (Southeastern Alaska)
Mw = 7.80±0.30 | M
0 = 6.00E+20
Okal, E.A. (1992). Use of the mantle magnitude Mm for the reassessment of the moment of historical earthquakes. I: shallow events, Pure appl. Geophys., 139, 1, 17-57, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876825
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
884809 1958-07-26 17:37:14 -13.428 -69.388 612.4 (Peru-Bolivia border region)
Mw = 7.50±0.20 | M
0 = 2.60E+20
Huang, W.C., Okal, E.A., Ekström, G. and Salganik, M.P. (1998). Centroid moment tensor solutions for deep earthquakes predating the digital era: The historical dataset (1907-1961), Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 106, 181-190, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00081-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
884953 1958-08-16 19:13:48 34.290 47.867 15.0 (Western Iran)
Mw = 6.70±0.40 | M
0 = 1.40E+19
Jackson, J.A. and McKenzie, D. (1988). The relationship between plate motions and seismic moment tensors, and the rates of active deformation in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. Int., 93, 1, 45-73, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1988.tb01387.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
885402 1958-11-06 22:58:09 44.479 148.485 35.0 (Kuril Islands)
Mw = 8.40±0.30 | M
0 = 4.40E+21
Fukao, Y. and Furumoto, M. (1979). Stress drops wave spectra and recurrence intervals of great earthquakes: implications of the Etorofu Earthquake of 1958 November 6, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 57, 23-40, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1979.tb03769.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
885493 1958-11-12 20:23:33 44.215 148.754 35.0 (Kuril Islands)
Mw = 7.00±0.40 | M
0 = 3.60E+19
Hanks, T. (1971). The Kurile-Hokkaido Rise system: large shallow earthquakes and simple models of deformation, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 23, 173-189, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1971.tb01811.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
881504 1959-03-01 16:49:16 -0.719 134.439 35.0 (Irian Jaya region)
Mw = 6.90±0.40 | M
0 = 2.70E+19
Okal, E.A. (1999). Historical seismicity and seismotectonic context of the great 1979 Yapen and 1996 Biak, Irian Jaya earthquakes, Pure appl. Geophys., 154, 3-4, 633-675, DOI: 10.1007/s000240050247
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
881876 1959-04-26 20:40:39 24.802 122.600 118.0 (Taiwan region)
Mw = 6.90±0.40 | M
0 = 2.70E+19
Okal, E.A. (1992). Use of the mantle magnitude Mm for the reassessment of the moment of historical earthquakes. II: intermediate and deep events, Pure appl. Geophys., 139, 1, 59-85, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876826
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
881925 1959-05-04 07:15:47 53.257 159.732 55.0 (Near east coast of Kamchatka Peninsula)
Mw = 7.90±0.40 | M
0 = 9.50E+20
Okal, E.A. (1992). Use of the mantle magnitude Mm for the reassessment of the moment of historical earthquakes. I: shallow events, Pure appl. Geophys., 139, 1, 17-57, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876825
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
881991 1959-05-12 09:46:59 -23.070 -64.907 25.0 (Jujuy Province)
Mw = 6.60±0.40 | M
0 = 9.60E+18
Wyss, M. (1970). Stress estimates for South American shallow and deep earthquakes, J. geophys. Res., 75, 8, 1529-1544, DOI: 10.1029/JB075i008p01529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
882240 1959-06-14 00:12:06 -20.407 -68.862 109.2 (Chile-Bolivia border region)
Mw = 7.10±0.40 | M
0 = 5.90E+19
Wyss, M. (1970). Stress estimates for South American shallow and deep earthquakes, J. geophys. Res., 75, 8, 1529-1544, DOI: 10.1029/JB075i008p01529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
882673 1959-08-18 06:37:20 44.630 -110.891 10.0 (Yellowstone region)
Mw = 7.20±0.20 | M
0 = 9.20E+19
Doser, D.I. (1985). Source parameters and faulting processes of the 1959 Hebgen Lake, Montana, earthquake sequence, J. geophys. Res., 90, B6, 4537-4555, DOI: 10.1029/JB090iB06p04537
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
882678 1959-08-18 15:26:10 44.812 -110.864 10.0 (Yellowstone region)
Mw = 6.30±0.20 | M
0 = 3.10E+18
Doser, D.I. (1985). Source parameters and faulting processes of the 1959 Hebgen Lake, Montana, earthquake sequence, J. geophys. Res., 90, B6, 4537-4555, DOI: 10.1029/JB090iB06p04537
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
882766 1959-08-29 17:03:15 52.732 107.088 10.0 (Lake Baykal region)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 2.10E+18
Doser, D.I. (1991). Faulting within the western Baikal rift as characterized by earthquake studies, Tectonophysics, 196, 87-107, DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(91)90291-Y
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
882916 1959-09-15 11:05:38 -21.810 -179.406 593.5 (Fiji Islands region)
Mw = 6.40±0.20 | M
0 = 5.60E+18
Huang, W.C., Okal, E.A., Ekström, G. and Salganik, M.P. (1998). Centroid moment tensor solutions for deep earthquakes predating the digital era: The historical dataset (1907-1961), Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 106, 181-190, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00081-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
878016 1960-01-15 09:30:21 -15.008 -74.867 65.0 (Near coast of Peru)
Mw = 7.10±0.40 | M
0 = 5.00E+19
Wyss, M. (1970). Stress estimates for South American shallow and deep earthquakes, J. geophys. Res., 75, 8, 1529-1544, DOI: 10.1029/JB075i008p01529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
878676 1960-03-29 06:31:00 -16.970 167.433 10.0 (Vanuatu Islands)
Mw = 6.70±0.40 | M
0 = 1.24E+19
Brune, J.N. and Engen, G. (1969). Excitation of mantle love waves and definition of mantle wave magnitude, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 59, 2, 923-933.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
878800 1960-04-15 03:25:44 -27.099 -113.330 15.0 (Easter Island region)
Mw = 6.00±0.40 | M
0 = 1.49E+18
Brune, J.N. and Engen, G. (1969). Excitation of mantle love waves and definition of mantle wave magnitude, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 59, 2, 923-933.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
879106 1960-05-21 10:02:57 -37.824 -73.353 25.0 (Near coast of central Chile)
Mw = 8.10±0.30 | M
0 = 2.00E+21
Cifuentes, I.L. and Silver, P.G. (1989). Low-frequency source characteristics of the Great 1960 Chilean earthquake, J. geophys. Res., 94, B1, 643-663, DOI: 10.1029/JB094iB01p00643
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
879128 1960-05-22 10:32:47 -37.860 -73.149 25.0 (Near coast of central Chile)
Mw = 6.80±0.40 | M
0 = 1.70E+19
Wyss, M. (1970). Stress estimates for South American shallow and deep earthquakes, J. geophys. Res., 75, 8, 1529-1544, DOI: 10.1029/JB075i008p01529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
879136 1960-05-22 19:11:20 -38.143 -73.407 25.0 (Near coast of central Chile)
Mw = 9.60±0.30 | M
0 = 3.20E+23
Cifuentes, I.L. and Silver, P.G. (1989). Low-frequency source characteristics of the Great 1960 Chilean earthquake, J. geophys. Res., 94, B1, 643-663, DOI: 10.1029/JB094iB01p00643
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
879218 1960-05-24 14:46:41 -44.187 167.818 15.0 (South Island)
Mw = 6.20±0.30 | M
0 = 2.50E+18
Doser, D.I., Webb, T.H. and Maunder, D.E. (1999). Source parameters of large historical (1918-1962) earthquakes, South Island, New Zealand, Geophys. J. Int., 139, 3, 769-794, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246x.1999.00986.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
879416 1960-06-06 05:55:48 -45.785 -72.889 15.0 (Southern Chile)
Mw = 7.80±0.30 | M
0 = 5.60E+20
Kanamori, H. and Stewart, G.S. (1979). A slow earthquake, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 18, 167-175, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(79)90112-2
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
879577 1960-06-20 02:01:14 -38.154 -72.917 25.0 (Central Chile)
Mw = 7.00±0.40 | M
0 = 3.80E+19
Wyss, M. (1970). Stress estimates for South American shallow and deep earthquakes, J. geophys. Res., 75, 8, 1529-1544, DOI: 10.1029/JB075i008p01529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
880236 1960-09-03 12:41:35 -6.123 154.718 423.4 (Bougainville - Solomon Islands region)
Mw = 6.40±0.20 | M
0 = 4.80E+18
Huang, W.C., Okal, E.A., Ekström, G. and Salganik, M.P. (1998). Centroid moment tensor solutions for deep earthquakes predating the digital era: The historical dataset (1907-1961), Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 106, 181-190, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00081-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
880492 1960-10-08 05:53:06 40.090 129.890 607.5 (North Korea)
Mw = 6.80±0.20 | M
0 = 2.10E+19
Huang, W.C., Okal, E.A., Ekström, G. and Salganik, M.P. (1998). Centroid moment tensor solutions for deep earthquakes predating the digital era: The historical dataset (1907-1961), Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 106, 181-190, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00081-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
880670 1960-11-01 08:45:59 -38.467 -75.031 20.0 (Off coast of central Chile)
Mw = 7.40±0.40 | M
0 = 1.79E+20
Brune, J.N. and Engen, G. (1969). Excitation of mantle love waves and definition of mantle wave magnitude, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 59, 2, 923-933.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
880820 1960-11-20 22:01:57 -6.775 -80.918 15.0 (Near coast of northern Peru)
Mw = 7.60±0.30 | M
0 = 3.40E+20
Pelayo, A.M. and Wiens, D.A. (1992). Tsunami earthquakes: slow thrust-faulting events in the accretionary wedge, J. geophys. Res., B, 97, 11, 15321-15337, DOI: 10.1029/92JB01305
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
880846 1960-11-24 06:52:47 -24.678 -176.248 30.0 (South of Fiji Islands)
Mw = 7.20±0.40 | M
0 = 8.04E+19
Brune, J.N. and Engen, G. (1969). Excitation of mantle love waves and definition of mantle wave magnitude, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 59, 2, 923-933.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
877215 1961-08-19 05:09:51 -10.750 -70.775 612.2 (Peru-Brazil border region)
Mw = 7.60±0.20 | M
0 = 3.40E+20
Huang, W.C., Okal, E.A., Ekström, G. and Salganik, M.P. (1998). Centroid moment tensor solutions for deep earthquakes predating the digital era: The historical dataset (1907-1961), Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 106, 181-190, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00081-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
877216 1961-08-19 05:33:35 36.088 136.712 15.0 (Near west coast of eastern Honshu)
Mw = 6.80±0.30 | M
0 = 2.10E+19
Kanamori, H. and Anderson, D.L. (1975). Theoretical basis of some empirical relations in seismology, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 65, 5, 1073-1095.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
877295 1961-08-31 01:48:39 -10.688 -70.925 597.5 (Peru-Brazil border region)
Mw = 7.20±0.40 | M
0 = 8.30E+19
Wyss, M. (1970). Stress estimates for South American shallow and deep earthquakes, J. geophys. Res., 75, 8, 1529-1544, DOI: 10.1029/JB075i008p01529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
17290909 1961-09-01 00:09:39 -59.274 -26.801 129.2 (South Sandwich Islands region)
Mw = 7.30±0.40 | M
0 = 1.20E+20
Okal, E.A. (1992). Use of the mantle magnitude Mm for the reassessment of the moment of historical earthquakes. II: intermediate and deep events, Pure appl. Geophys., 139, 1, 59-85, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876826
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
877339 1961-09-08 11:26:32 -56.332 -27.345 100.9 (South Sandwich Islands region)
Mw = 7.10±0.40 | M
0 = 6.20E+19
Okal, E.A. (1992). Use of the mantle magnitude Mm for the reassessment of the moment of historical earthquakes. II: intermediate and deep events, Pure appl. Geophys., 139, 1, 59-85, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876826
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
877692 1961-11-15 07:17:14 42.928 145.252 43.0 (Hokkaido region)
Mw = 6.50±0.20 | M
0 = 7.08E+18
Tichelaar, B.W. and Ruff, L.J. (1993). Depth of seismic coupling along subduction zones, J. geophys. Res., 98, B2, 2017-2037, DOI: 10.1029/92JB02045
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
877878 1961-12-27 23:48:03 -41.261 175.833 20.0 (North Island)
Mw = 6.40±0.30 | M
0 = 5.20E+18
Doser, D.I. and Webb, T.H. (2003). Source parameters of large historical (1917-1961) earthquakes, North Island, New Zealand, Geophys. J. Int., 152, 3, 795-832, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01895.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
17291428 1962-02-14 06:36:05 -37.845 -72.885 30.0 (Central Chile)
Mw = 7.10±0.20 | M
0 = 5.62E+19
Tichelaar, B.W. and Ruff, L.J. (1991). Seismic coupling along the Chilean subduction zone, J. geophys. Res., 96, B7, 11997-12022, DOI: 10.1029/91JB00200
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
874301 1962-02-27 12:40:46 -37.732 -73.053 25.0 (Near coast of central Chile)
Mw = 6.20±0.20 | M
0 = 2.51E+18
Tichelaar, B.W. and Ruff, L.J. (1991). Seismic coupling along the Chilean subduction zone, J. geophys. Res., 96, B7, 11997-12022, DOI: 10.1029/91JB00200
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
874380 1962-03-17 20:47:34 10.767 -43.255 10.0 (Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge)
Mw = 7.30±0.30 | M
0 = 1.30E+20
Muller, J.L. (1983). Earthquake source parameters, seismicity, and tectonics of North Atlantic transform faults, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
17291518 1962-03-18 20:18:55 23.820 114.639 15.0 (Near coast of southeastern China)
Mw = 6.00±0.30 | M
0 = 1.29E+18
Gao, H. (1995). Source parameters of four intraplate earthquakes from modeling of WWSSN and pre-WWSSN data with tectonic implications, MSc Thesis, Univ. Memphis.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
17291639 1962-04-19 23:16:09 69.737 138.708 15.0 (Eastern Siberia)
Mw = 6.00±0.30 | M
0 = 1.26E+18
Fujita, K., Koz'min, B.M., Mackey, K.G., Riegel, S.A., McLean, M.S. and Imaev, V.S. (2009). Seismotectonics of the Chersky Seismic Belt, eastern Sakha Republic (Yakutia) and Magadan District, Russia, Stephan Mueller Special Publication Series, 4, 117-145, DOI: 10.5194/smsps-4-117-2009
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
874610 1962-04-23 05:58:13 42.506 143.734 60.0 (Hokkaido region)
Mw = 7.10±0.40 | M
0 = 5.00E+19
Hanks, T. (1971). The Kurile-Hokkaido Rise system: large shallow earthquakes and simple models of deformation, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 23, 173-189, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1971.tb01811.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
874683 1962-05-05 11:11:46 34.122 139.377 15.0 (Near south coast of eastern Honshu)
Mw = 5.60±0.40 | M
0 = 3.13E+17
Zobin, V.M. (1977). Dynamic focal parameters of strong volcanic earthquakes related to lateral eruptions, Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Fiz. Zemli 13, 159-165.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
874702 1962-05-07 17:39:54 45.261 146.901 25.0 (Kuril Islands)
Mw = 6.50±0.40 | M
0 = 6.30E+18
Hanks, T. (1971). The Kurile-Hokkaido Rise system: large shallow earthquakes and simple models of deformation, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 23, 173-189, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1971.tb01811.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
874725 1962-05-11 14:11:54 16.960 -99.741 25.0 (Near coast of Guerrero)
Mw = 7.00±0.30 | M
0 = 4.00E+19
Singh, S.K., Dominguez, T., Castro, R. and Rodriguez, M. (1984). P waveform of large, shallow earthquakes along the Mexican subduction zone, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 74, 6, 2135-2156.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
874743 1962-05-15 05:23:49 -7.351 128.218 30.2 (Banda Sea)
Mw = 7.10±0.20 | M
0 = 5.00E+19
McCaffrey, R. and Nábělek, J.L. (1986). Seismological evidence for shallow thrusting north of the Timor trough, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 85, 2, 365-381, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1986.tb04518.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
17291870 1962-05-19 14:58:14 16.872 -99.726 25.0 (Near coast of Guerrero)
Mw = 6.80±0.30 | M
0 = 2.00E+19
Singh, S.K., Dominguez, T., Castro, R. and Rodriguez, M. (1984). P waveform of large, shallow earthquakes along the Mexican subduction zone, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 74, 6, 2135-2156.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
17291888 1962-05-21 12:02:54 36.929 95.925 17.0 (Qinghai)
Mw = 6.60±0.20 | M
0 = 9.80E+18
Molnar, P. and Lyon-Caen, H. (1989). Fault plane solutions of earthquakes and active tectonics of the Tibetan Plateau and its margins, Geophys. J. Int., 99, 1, 123-154, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1989.tb02013.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
874890 1962-06-14 07:51:54 54.506 169.048 15.0 (Komandorsky Islands region)
Mw = 5.50±0.40 | M
0 = 2.40E+17
Wyss, M. (1970). Apparent stresses of earthquakes on ridges compared to apparent stresses in trenches, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 19, 479-484, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1970.tb00153.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
875082 1962-07-25 04:37:47 18.776 -81.270 20.0 (North of Honduras)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.50E+18
Van Dusen, S.R. and Doser, D.I. (2000). Faulting processes of historic (1917-1962) M >= 6.0 earthquakes along the north-central Caribbean margin, Pure appl. Geophys., 157, 5, 719-736, DOI: 10.1007/PL00001115
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
875121 1962-08-03 08:56:20 -23.167 -67.914 124.8 (Chile-Argentina border region)
Mw = 6.80±0.40 | M
0 = 2.30E+19
Wyss, M. (1970). Stress estimates for South American shallow and deep earthquakes, J. geophys. Res., 75, 8, 1529-1544, DOI: 10.1029/JB075i008p01529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
875130 1962-08-06 01:35:31 32.025 -40.947 15.0 (Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge)
Mw = 6.00±0.30 | M
0 = 1.45E+18
Tsai, Y.B. (1969). Determination of focal depth of earthquakes in mid-oceanic ridges from amplitude spectra of surface waves, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
875226 1962-08-26 06:48:56 34.129 139.447 15.0 (Near south coast of eastern Honshu)
Mw = 6.00±0.40 | M
0 = 1.24E+18
Zobin, V.M. (1977). Dynamic focal parameters of strong volcanic earthquakes related to lateral eruptions, Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Fiz. Zemli 13, 159-165.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
875244 1962-08-29 22:36:55 34.204 139.366 15.0 (Near south coast of eastern Honshu)
Mw = 5.90±0.40 | M
0 = 9.24E+17
Zobin, V.M. (1977). Dynamic focal parameters of strong volcanic earthquakes related to lateral eruptions, Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Fiz. Zemli 13, 159-165.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
17292570 1962-09-01 19:20:41 35.656 49.843 15.0 (Western Iran)
Mw = 7.00±0.20 | M
0 = 3.68E+19
Priestley, K.F., Baker, C. and Jackson, J.A. (1994). Implications of earthquake focal mechanism data for the active tectonics of the south Caspian Basin and surrounding regions, Geophys. J. Int., 118, 1, 111-114, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1994.tb04679.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
17292959 1962-11-11 11:31:45 55.922 113.300 21.3 (East of Lake Baykal)
Mw = 5.60±0.30 | M
0 = 3.50E+17
Doser, D.I. (1991). Faulting within the eastern Baikal rift as characterized by earthquake studies, Tectonophysics, 196, 109-139, DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(91)90292-Z
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
875655 1962-11-11 22:14:18 -43.198 -75.773 20.0 (Off coast of southern Chile)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.71E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
875823 1962-12-21 08:42:48 52.256 -168.532 20.6 (Fox Islands)
Mw = 6.40±0.40 | M
0 = 5.70E+18
Wyss, M. (1970). Apparent stresses of earthquakes on ridges compared to apparent stresses in trenches, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 19, 479-484, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1970.tb00153.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
875840 1962-12-22 15:20:31 52.168 -168.769 33.3 (Fox Islands)
Mw = 6.50±0.40 | M
0 = 7.00E+18
Wyss, M. (1970). Apparent stresses of earthquakes on ridges compared to apparent stresses in trenches, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 19, 479-484, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1970.tb00153.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
17293165 1962-12-26 22:25:17 54.016 168.600 22.8 (Komandorsky Islands region)
Mw = 6.70±0.40 | M
0 = 1.20E+19
Wyss, M. (1970). Apparent stresses of earthquakes on ridges compared to apparent stresses in trenches, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 19, 479-484, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1970.tb00153.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
875869 1962-12-29 10:41:04 -20.106 -70.029 40.0 (Near coast of northern Chile)
Mw = 6.20±0.20 | M
0 = 2.51E+18
Tichelaar, B.W. and Ruff, L.J. (1991). Seismic coupling along the Chilean subduction zone, J. geophys. Res., 96, B7, 11997-12022, DOI: 10.1029/91JB00200
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
871639 1963-01-01 23:39:10 56.575 -157.542 74.8 (Alaska Peninsula)
Mw = 6.40±0.40 | M
0 = 4.30E+18
Wyss, M. (1970). Apparent stresses of earthquakes on ridges compared to apparent stresses in trenches, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 19, 479-484, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1970.tb00153.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
871787 1963-02-05 20:39:20 -38.437 -73.443 25.0 (Near coast of central Chile)
Mw = 6.40±0.30 | M
0 = 4.56E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
871818 1963-02-13 08:50:04 24.411 122.094 30.0 (Taiwan region)
Mw = 7.20±0.20 | M
0 = 7.10E+19
Chen, P.F., Ekström, G. and Okal, E.A. (2004). Centroid moment tensor solutions for Taiwan earthquakes of the WWSSN era (1963-1975), Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., 15, 1, 61-73, DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2004.15.1.61(T)
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
871885 1963-02-26 20:14:10 -7.523 146.308 186.6 (Eastern New Guinea region)
Mw = 7.50±0.30 | M
0 = 2.50E+20
Fukao, Y. and Abe, K. (1971). Multi-mode Love waves excited by shallow and deep earthquakes, Bull. Earthq. Res. Inst. Tokyo Univ., 49, 1-12.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
871930 1963-03-07 05:22:00 -27.083 -113.464 10.0 (Easter Island region)
Mw = 6.50±0.30 | M
0 = 7.64E+18
Forsyth, D.W. (1973). Anisotropy and the structural evolution of the oceanic upper mantle, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
871954 1963-03-10 10:51:48 -30.038 -71.612 50.0 (Near coast of central Chile)
Mw = 5.60±0.40 | M
0 = 3.00E+17
Wyss, M. (1970). Stress estimates for South American shallow and deep earthquakes, J. geophys. Res., 75, 8, 1529-1544, DOI: 10.1029/JB075i008p01529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
871982 1963-03-16 08:44:50 46.636 154.783 15.0 (East of Kuril Islands)
Mw = 7.20±0.40 | M
0 = 8.70E+19
Hanks, T. (1971). The Kurile-Hokkaido Rise system: large shallow earthquakes and simple models of deformation, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 23, 173-189, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1971.tb01811.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
17293479 1963-03-24 02:07:13 -9.477 120.593 20.0 (Sumba region)
Mw = 6.30±0.20 | M
0 = 3.28E+18
McCaffrey, R. (1988). Active tectonics of the eastern Sunda and Banda arcs, J. geophys. Res., 93, B12, 15163-15182, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB12p15163
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
17293490 1963-03-26 09:48:17 -29.992 -177.675 10.0 (Kermadec Islands)
Mw = 7.30±0.40 | M
0 = 1.06E+20
Molnar, P. and Wyss, M. (1972). Moments source dimensions and stress drops of shallow-focus earthquakes in the Tonga-Kermadec Arc, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 6, 263-278, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90010-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
872037 1963-03-26 21:34:40 35.789 135.810 15.0 (Western Honshu)
Mw = 6.30±0.30 | M
0 = 3.30E+18
Abe, K. (1974). Fault parameters determined by near-and far-field data: The Wakasa Bay earthquake of March 26, 1963,, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 64, 5, 1369-1382.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
872048 1963-03-28 00:15:50 66.218 -19.824 10.0 (Iceland region)
Mw = 6.90±0.40 | M
0 = 2.76E+19
Wyss, M. (1970). Apparent stresses of earthquakes on ridges compared to apparent stresses in trenches, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 19, 479-484, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1970.tb00153.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
872071 1963-03-30 16:52:01 44.184 148.024 58.7 (Kuril Islands)
Mw = 6.10±0.40 | M
0 = 1.80E+18
Hanks, T. (1971). The Kurile-Hokkaido Rise system: large shallow earthquakes and simple models of deformation, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 23, 173-189, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1971.tb01811.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
872077 1963-03-31 05:30:49 -29.985 -177.618 35.0 (Kermadec Islands)
Mw = 6.60±0.40 | M
0 = 9.60E+18
Molnar, P. and Wyss, M. (1972). Moments source dimensions and stress drops of shallow-focus earthquakes in the Tonga-Kermadec Arc, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 6, 263-278, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90010-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
872086 1963-03-31 19:22:53 -30.163 -177.840 51.6 (Kermadec Islands)
Mw = 6.20±0.40 | M
0 = 2.50E+18
Molnar, P. and Wyss, M. (1972). Moments source dimensions and stress drops of shallow-focus earthquakes in the Tonga-Kermadec Arc, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 6, 263-278, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90010-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
872097 1963-04-02 16:18:58 53.035 -171.651 157.8 (Fox Islands)
Mw = 5.40±0.40 | M
0 = 1.50E+17
Wyss, M. (1970). Apparent stresses of earthquakes on ridges compared to apparent stresses in trenches, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 19, 479-484, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1970.tb00153.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
872099 1963-04-03 14:47:54 -55.542 -127.716 15.0 (Pacific-Antarctic Ridge)
Mw = 6.00±0.30 | M
0 = 1.33E+18
Tsai, Y.B. (1969). Determination of focal depth of earthquakes in mid-oceanic ridges from amplitude spectra of surface waves, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
872144 1963-04-13 02:20:58 -6.254 -76.539 119.8 (Northern Peru)
Mw = 6.50±0.40 | M
0 = 6.30E+18
Wyss, M. (1970). Stress estimates for South American shallow and deep earthquakes, J. geophys. Res., 75, 8, 1529-1544, DOI: 10.1029/JB075i008p01529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
17293645 1963-04-19 07:35:24 35.613 96.993 20.0 (Qinghai)
Mw = 6.70±0.20 | M
0 = 1.41E+19
Molnar, P. and Lyon-Caen, H. (1989). Fault plane solutions of earthquakes and active tectonics of the Tibetan Plateau and its margins, Geophys. J. Int., 99, 1, 123-154, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1989.tb02013.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
872284 1963-05-10 22:22:43 -2.188 -77.623 20.0 (Peru-Ecuador border region)
Mw = 6.60±0.30 | M
0 = 8.85E+18
Suarez, G., Molnar, P. and Burchfiel, B.C. (1983). Seismicity, fault plane solutions, depth of faulting, and active tectonics of the Andes of Peru, Ecuador, and southern Colombia, J. geophys. Res., 88, B12, 10403-10428, DOI: 10.1029/JB088iB12p10403
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
872332 1963-05-18 12:20:32 -8.112 115.582 25.0 (Bali region)
Mw = 5.70±0.20 | M
0 = 4.30E+17
McCaffrey, R. and Nábělek, J.L. (1987). Earthquakes, gravity, and the origin of the Bali Basin: An example of a nascent continental fold-and-thrust belt, J. geophys. Res., 92, B1, 441-460, DOI: 10.1029/JB092iB01p00441
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
872336 1963-05-19 01:03:03 -46.483 -75.252 15.0 (Southern Chile)
Mw = 6.40±0.40 | M
0 = 5.00E+18
Brune, J.N. and Engen, G. (1969). Excitation of mantle love waves and definition of mantle wave magnitude, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 59, 2, 923-933.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
872348 1963-05-19 21:35:51 23.724 -45.818 22.5 (Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge)
Mw = 6.90±0.40 | M
0 = 2.46E+19
Wyss, M. (1970). Apparent stresses of earthquakes on ridges compared to apparent stresses in trenches, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 19, 479-484, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1970.tb00153.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
872354 1963-05-20 11:38:05 -30.685 -178.170 65.0 (Kermadec Islands)
Mw = 6.80±0.40 | M
0 = 1.80E+19
Molnar, P. and Wyss, M. (1972). Moments source dimensions and stress drops of shallow-focus earthquakes in the Tonga-Kermadec Arc, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 6, 263-278, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90010-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
872363 1963-05-22 13:56:47 48.622 154.660 30.0 (Kuril Islands)
Mw = 6.90±0.40 | M
0 = 2.50E+19
Hanks, T. (1971). The Kurile-Hokkaido Rise system: large shallow earthquakes and simple models of deformation, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 23, 173-189, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1971.tb01811.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
17293782 1963-05-22 21:53:04 -8.202 115.730 35.0 (Bali region)
Mw = 5.90±0.20 | M
0 = 7.90E+17
McCaffrey, R. and Nábělek, J.L. (1987). Earthquakes, gravity, and the origin of the Bali Basin: An example of a nascent continental fold-and-thrust belt, J. geophys. Res., 92, B1, 441-460, DOI: 10.1029/JB092iB01p00441
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
17293856 1963-06-10 04:16:37 -55.438 146.713 15.0 (West of Macquarie Island)
Mw = 6.10±0.40 | M
0 = 1.77E+18
Brune, J.N. and Engen, G. (1969). Excitation of mantle love waves and definition of mantle wave magnitude, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 59, 2, 923-933.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
17293858 1963-06-10 06:39:05 -55.311 146.421 15.0 (West of Macquarie Island)
Mw = 6.20±0.40 | M
0 = 2.28E+18
Brune, J.N. and Engen, G. (1969). Excitation of mantle love waves and definition of mantle wave magnitude, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 59, 2, 923-933.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
872557 1963-06-21 15:26:30 24.905 92.167 51.1 (India-Bangladesh border region)
Mw = 5.70±0.20 | M
0 = 4.50E+17
Sloan, R.A., Jackson, J.A., McKenzie, D. and Priestley, K. (2011). Earthquake depth distributions in central Asia, and their relations with lithosphere thickness, shortening and extension, Geophys. J. Int., 185, 1, 1-29, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04882.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
872584 1963-06-26 14:09:20 36.299 76.487 95.0 (Kashmir-Xinjiang border region)
Mw = 6.00±0.20 | M
0 = 1.26E+18
Sloan, R.A., Jackson, J.A., McKenzie, D. and Priestley, K. (2011). Earthquake depth distributions in central Asia, and their relations with lithosphere thickness, shortening and extension, Geophys. J. Int., 185, 1, 1-29, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04882.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
872610 1963-06-28 21:55:41 46.570 153.544 25.0 (Kuril Islands)
Mw = 6.90±0.40 | M
0 = 3.30E+19
Hanks, T. (1971). The Kurile-Hokkaido Rise system: large shallow earthquakes and simple models of deformation, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 23, 173-189, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1971.tb01811.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
872654 1963-07-04 10:58:16 -26.465 -177.868 181.3 (South of Fiji Islands)
Mw = 6.80±0.30 | M
0 = 1.90E+19
Mikumo, T. (1971). Source process of deep and intermediate earthquakes as inferred from long-period P and S waveforms: 1. Intermediate-depth earthquakes in the southwest Pacific region, J. Phys. Earth, 19, 1, 1-19, DOI: 10.4294/jpe1952.19.1
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
872738 1963-07-16 18:27:19 43.198 41.564 30.0 (Western Caucasus)
Mw = 6.40±0.30 | M
0 = 5.30E+18
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
872748 1963-07-19 05:45:27 43.343 8.153 15.0 (Corsica)
Mw = 6.30±0.30 | M
0 = 3.60E+18
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
872813 1963-07-26 04:17:17 41.998 21.345 15.0 (Northwestern Balkan Peninsula)
Mw = 6.00±0.30 | M
0 = 1.10E+18
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
17294062 1963-07-30 05:45:53 -29.815 -177.080 25.0 (Kermadec Islands)
Mw = 6.50±0.40 | M
0 = 7.80E+18
Molnar, P. and Wyss, M. (1972). Moments source dimensions and stress drops of shallow-focus earthquakes in the Tonga-Kermadec Arc, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 6, 263-278, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90010-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
872872 1963-08-03 10:21:34 7.367 -35.877 15.0 (Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge)
Mw = 6.90±0.30 | M
0 = 3.00E+19
Muller, J.L. (1983). Earthquake source parameters, seismicity, and tectonics of North Atlantic transform faults, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
872938 1963-08-17 11:12:44 30.520 131.148 35.0 (Kyushu)
Mw = 6.40±0.20 | M
0 = 4.70E+18
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1991). Earthquakes along the Ryukyu-Kyushu Arc: Strain segmentation, lateral compression, and the thermomechanical state of the plate interface, J. geophys. Res., 96, B13, 21443-21485, DOI: 10.1029/91JB02164
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
17294187 1963-08-29 15:30:34 -7.095 -81.427 25.0 (Off coast of northern Peru)
Mw = 6.60±0.30 | M
0 = 1.02E+19
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
873017 1963-09-04 13:32:13 71.259 -73.112 15.0 (Baffin Island region)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.70E+18
Liu, H.L. and Kanamori, H. (1980). Determination of source parameters of mid-plate earthquakes from the waveforms of body waves, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 70, 6, 1989-2004.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
873024 1963-09-06 06:03:53 36.341 130.665 20.3 (Sea of Japan)
Mw = 5.80±0.30 | M
0 = 6.80E+17
Brantley, B.J. (1990). Source parameters and seismotectonics of six intraplate earthquakes boarding the stable continental margins of eastern China and Korea, MSc Thesis, Univ. Memphis.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
873029 1963-09-07 01:16:58 36.383 130.538 26.6 (Sea of Japan)
Mw = 5.80±0.30 | M
0 = 6.30E+17
Brantley, B.J. (1990). Source parameters and seismotectonics of six intraplate earthquakes boarding the stable continental margins of eastern China and Korea, MSc Thesis, Univ. Memphis.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
873068 1963-09-15 00:46:55 -10.522 165.642 35.0 (Santa Cruz Islands)
Mw = 7.40±0.40 | M
0 = 1.46E+20
Brune, J.N. and Engen, G. (1969). Excitation of mantle love waves and definition of mantle wave magnitude, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 59, 2, 923-933.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
873077 1963-09-17 05:54:36 -10.678 -78.055 68.0 (Near coast of Peru)
Mw = 6.00±0.30 | M
0 = 1.39E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
873085 1963-09-18 16:58:14 40.698 29.159 30.0 (Turkey)
Mw = 6.20±0.30 | M
0 = 2.70E+18
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
873113 1963-09-23 06:40:36 -16.594 28.437 15.0 (Zambia)
Mw = 5.30±0.30 | M
0 = 1.00E+17
Pavlin, G.B. and Langston, C.A. (1983). Source parameter inversion of a reservoir-induced seismic sequence: Lake Kariba, Africa (1963 September), Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 74, 3, 819-841, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1983.tb01906.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
873115 1963-09-23 09:01:56 -16.632 28.424 15.0 (Zambia)
Mw = 5.70±0.30 | M
0 = 4.50E+17
Pavlin, G.B. and Langston, C.A. (1983). Source parameter inversion of a reservoir-induced seismic sequence: Lake Kariba, Africa (1963 September), Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 74, 3, 819-841, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1983.tb01906.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
873128 1963-09-24 16:30:17 -10.648 -78.089 64.1 (Near coast of Peru)
Mw = 6.90±0.40 | M
0 = 2.50E+19
Wyss, M. (1970). Stress estimates for South American shallow and deep earthquakes, J. geophys. Res., 75, 8, 1529-1544, DOI: 10.1029/JB075i008p01529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
873131 1963-09-25 07:03:52 -16.778 28.446 15.0 (Zambia)
Mw = 5.50±0.30 | M
0 = 2.10E+17
Pavlin, G.B. and Langston, C.A. (1983). Source parameter inversion of a reservoir-induced seismic sequence: Lake Kariba, Africa (1963 September), Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 74, 3, 819-841, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1983.tb01906.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
873179 1963-10-03 23:24:36 32.052 131.731 35.0 (Kyushu)
Mw = 6.20±0.20 | M
0 = 2.60E+18
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1991). Earthquakes along the Ryukyu-Kyushu Arc: Strain segmentation, lateral compression, and the thermomechanical state of the plate interface, J. geophys. Res., 96, B13, 21443-21485, DOI: 10.1029/91JB02164
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
873204 1963-10-07 13:14:24 -23.621 -179.950 545.9 (South of Fiji Islands)
Mw = 6.20±0.40 | M
0 = 2.60E+18
Wyss, M. and Molnar, P. (1972). Source parameters of intermediate and deep focus earthquakes in the Tonga arc, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 6, 279-292, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90011-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
873207 1963-10-08 00:17:00 -15.113 -173.204 15.0 (Tonga Islands)
Mw = 6.20±0.40 | M
0 = 2.90E+18
Molnar, P. and Wyss, M. (1972). Moments source dimensions and stress drops of shallow-focus earthquakes in the Tonga-Kermadec Arc, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 6, 263-278, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90010-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
873224 1963-10-12 11:27:00 44.647 149.225 37.5 (Kuril Islands)
Mw = 7.00±0.30 | M
0 = 4.30E+19
Wiens, D.A. (1989). Bathymetric effects on body waveforms from shallow subduction zone earthquakes and application to seismic processes in the Kurile Trench, J. geophys. Res., B, 94, B3, 2955-2972, DOI: 10.1029/JB094iB03p02955
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
873239 1963-10-13 05:17:59 44.872 149.483 35.0 (Kuril Islands)
Mw = 8.50±0.30 | M
0 = 7.50E+21
Kanamori, H. (1970). Synthesis of long-period surface waves and its application to earthquake source studies: Kurile Islands Earthquake of October 13,1963, J. geophys. Res., 75, 26, 5011-5027, DOI: 10.1029/JB075i026p05011
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
873349 1963-10-20 00:53:12 44.726 150.547 28.2 (East of Kuril Islands)
Mw = 7.80±0.30 | M
0 = 6.00E+20
Pelayo, A.M. and Wiens, D.A. (1992). Tsunami earthquakes: slow thrust-faulting events in the accretionary wedge, J. geophys. Res., B, 97, 11, 15321-15337, DOI: 10.1029/92JB01305
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
873450 1963-10-31 03:17:42 -22.050 -174.797 16.5 (Tonga Islands region)
Mw = 6.30±0.40 | M
0 = 3.70E+18
Molnar, P. and Wyss, M. (1972). Moments source dimensions and stress drops of shallow-focus earthquakes in the Tonga-Kermadec Arc, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 6, 263-278, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90010-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
873470 1963-11-03 03:10:13 -3.546 -77.705 25.0 (Peru-Ecuador border region)
Mw = 6.20±0.30 | M
0 = 2.73E+18
Suarez, G., Molnar, P. and Burchfiel, B.C. (1983). Seismicity, fault plane solutions, depth of faulting, and active tectonics of the Andes of Peru, Ecuador, and southern Colombia, J. geophys. Res., 88, B12, 10403-10428, DOI: 10.1029/JB088iB12p10403
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
17294492 1963-11-04 01:17:13 -6.957 129.605 110.0 (Banda Sea)
Mw = 8.10±0.20 | M
0 = 1.58E+21
Welc, J.L. and Lay, T. (1987). The source rupture process of the great Banda Sea earthquake of November 4, 1963, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 45, 242-254, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(87)90013-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
17294509 1963-11-06 02:13:18 -2.497 138.538 25.0 (Irian Jaya)
Mw = 6.30±0.20 | M
0 = 3.56E+18
Abers, G. (1989). Active tectonics and seismicity of New Guinea, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
873510 1963-11-10 01:00:39 -8.976 -71.171 593.9 (Western Brazil)
Mw = 6.30±0.30 | M
0 = 3.24E+18
Berckhemer, H. and Jacob, K.H. (1968). Investigation of the dynamical process in earthquake foci by analyzing the pulse shape of body waves, Final Scient. Rep. Inst. Meteorol. Geophys., Univ. Frankfurt 10, 1-271.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
873542 1963-11-15 21:06:34 44.290 149.003 28.2 (Kuril Islands)
Mw = 6.20±0.20 | M
0 = 2.20E+18
Yoshii, T. (1970). Leaking Modes in Records of Earthquakes (Part 2), Zisin, 22, 4, 318-327, DOI: 10.4294/zisin1948.22.4_318
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
873547 1963-11-17 00:48:04 7.646 -37.414 20.0 (Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge)
Mw = 6.80±0.30 | M
0 = 1.80E+19
Tsai, Y.B. (1969). Determination of focal depth of earthquakes in mid-oceanic ridges from amplitude spectra of surface waves, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
873551 1963-11-18 14:38:29 29.479 -113.732 15.0 (Gulf of California)
Mw = 6.40±0.20 | M
0 = 4.60E+18
Goff, J.A., Bergman, E.A. and Solomon, S.C. (1987). Earthquake source mechanisms and transform fault tectonics in the Gulf of California, J. geophys. Res., 92, B10, 10485-10510, DOI: 10.1029/JB092iB10p10485
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
873644 1963-12-03 23:03:46 -22.691 -69.962 35.0 (Northern Chile)
Mw = 6.30±0.30 | M
0 = 3.19E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
873781 1963-12-16 13:47:57 36.898 21.001 15.0 (Southern Greece)
Mw = 5.70±0.30 | M
0 = 4.80E+17
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
17294673 1963-12-18 00:30:05 -24.749 -176.844 55.0 (South of Fiji Islands)
Mw = 7.60±0.40 | M
0 = 2.70E+20
Molnar, P. and Wyss, M. (1972). Moments source dimensions and stress drops of shallow-focus earthquakes in the Tonga-Kermadec Arc, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 6, 263-278, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90010-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
871084 1964-01-06 05:54:42 27.193 127.336 100.0 (Ryukyu Islands)
Mw = 5.60±0.20 | M
0 = 3.10E+17
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1991). Earthquakes along the Ryukyu-Kyushu Arc: Strain segmentation, lateral compression, and the thermomechanical state of the plate interface, J. geophys. Res., 96, B13, 21443-21485, DOI: 10.1029/91JB02164
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
871334 1964-01-18 12:04:44 23.097 120.683 48.1 (Taiwan)
Mw = 6.50±0.20 | M
0 = 6.90E+18
Chen, P.F., Ekström, G. and Okal, E.A. (2004). Centroid moment tensor solutions for Taiwan earthquakes of the WWSSN era (1963-1975), Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., 15, 1, 61-73, DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2004.15.1.61(T)
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
871406 1964-01-20 17:08:37 -20.744 169.957 137.5 (Vanuatu Islands)
Mw = 6.90±0.30 | M
0 = 3.00E+19
Mikumo, T. (1971). Source process of deep and intermediate earthquakes as inferred from long-period P and S waveforms: 1. Intermediate-depth earthquakes in the southwest Pacific region, J. Phys. Earth, 19, 1, 1-19, DOI: 10.4294/jpe1952.19.1
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
871455 1964-01-22 23:59:42 -13.571 165.927 15.0 (Vanuatu Islands)
Mw = 6.30±0.30 | M
0 = 3.87E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
870409 1964-02-06 13:07:27 55.703 -155.853 20.0 (South of Alaska)
Mw = 6.90±0.20 | M
0 = 3.20E+19
Estabrook, C.H., Jacob, K.H. and Sykes, L.R. (1994). Body wave and surface wave analysis of large and great earthquakes along the eastern Aleutian arc, 1923-1989: Implications for future events, J. geophys. Res., 99, B6, 11643-11662, DOI: 10.1029/93JB03124
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
869543 1964-03-15 22:30:28 36.221 -7.590 25.0 (Strait of Gibraltar)
Mw = 6.60±0.20 | M
0 = 8.60E+18
Grimison, N.L. and Chen, W.-P. (1986). The Azores-Gibraltar plate boundary: focal mechanisms, depths of earthquakes, and their tectonic implications, J. geophys. Res., 91, B2, 2029-2047, DOI: 10.1029/JB091iB02p02029
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
869544 1964-03-16 01:05:17 37.050 95.673 15.0 (Qinghai)
Mw = 5.30±0.20 | M
0 = 1.00E+17
Molnar, P. and Lyon-Caen, H. (1989). Fault plane solutions of earthquakes and active tectonics of the Tibetan Plateau and its margins, Geophys. J. Int., 99, 1, 123-154, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1989.tb02013.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
869618 1964-03-19 09:42:33 14.322 56.283 15.0 (Owen Fracture Zone region)
Mw = 5.70±0.20 | M
0 = 5.00E+17
Huang, P.Y. and Solomon, S.C. (1987). Centroid depths and mechanisms of mid-ocean ridge earthquakes in the Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, J. geophys. Res., 92, B2, 1361-1382, DOI: 10.1029/JB092iB02p01361
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
869809 1964-03-28 03:36:16 60.908 -147.339 25.0 (Southern Alaska)
Mw = 9.30±0.20 | M
0 = 1.10E+23
Nettles, M., Ekström, G., Dziewonski, A.M. and Maternovskaya, N. (2005). Source characteristics of the great Sumatra earthquake and its aftershocks, AGU 2005 Spring Meeting, U43A-01.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
870233 1964-03-31 09:01:33 50.769 -130.584 15.0 (Vancouver Island region)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.69E+18
Tsai, Y.B. (1969). Determination of focal depth of earthquakes in mid-oceanic ridges from amplitude spectra of surface waves, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
868700 1964-04-13 08:30:03 45.217 18.049 15.0 (Northwestern Balkan Peninsula)
Mw = 6.00±0.30 | M
0 = 1.20E+18
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
868916 1964-04-19 05:12:59 -41.767 -83.967 10.0 (West Chile Rise)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 9.40E+17
Forsyth, D.W. (1973). Anisotropy and the structural evolution of the oceanic upper mantle, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
869058 1964-04-24 05:56:11 -5.100 144.329 108.0 (New Guinea)
Mw = 6.80±0.30 | M
0 = 1.80E+19
Mikumo, T. (1971). Source process of deep and intermediate earthquakes as inferred from long-period P and S waveforms: 1. Intermediate-depth earthquakes in the southwest Pacific region, J. Phys. Earth, 19, 1, 1-19, DOI: 10.4294/jpe1952.19.1
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
867524 1964-05-07 05:45:32 -4.083 35.243 33.8 (Tanzania)
Mw = 6.50±0.20 | M
0 = 7.08E+18
Shudofsky, G.N. (1985). Source mechanisms and focal depths of eastern African earthquakes using Rayleigh-wave inversion and body-wave modelling, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 83, 563-614, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1985.tb04328.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
867525 1964-05-07 07:58:15 40.328 138.969 20.0 (Eastern Sea of Japan)
Mw = 7.00±0.30 | M
0 = 4.30E+19
Fukao, Y. and Furumoto, M. (1975). Mechanism of large earthquakes along the eastern margin of the Japan Sea, Tectonophysics, 26, 247-266, DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(75)90093-1
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
867828 1964-05-17 19:26:21 35.308 -36.035 15.0 (Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.94E+18
Weidner, D. and Aki, K. (1973). Focal depth and mechanism of mid-ocean ridge earthquakes, J. geophys. Res., 78, 8, 1818-1831, DOI: 10.1029/JB078i008p01334
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
868038 1964-05-25 19:44:06 -9.002 88.778 15.0 (South Indian Ocean)
Mw = 6.00±0.30 | M
0 = 1.10E+18
Stein, S. and Okal, E.A. (1978). Seismicity and tectonics of the Ninetyeast Ridge area: Evidence for internal deformation of the Indian plate, J. geophys. Res., 83, B5, 2233-2246, DOI: 10.1029/JB083iB05p02233
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
868048 1964-05-26 10:59:16 -56.323 -27.655 125.0 (South Sandwich Islands region)
Mw = 7.80±0.30 | M
0 = 6.20E+20
Abe, K. (1972). Focal process of the South Sandwich Islands earthquake of May 26, 1964, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 5, 110-122, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90080-5
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
866844 1964-06-16 04:01:43 38.399 139.290 15.0 (Near west coast of eastern Honshu)
Mw = 7.60±0.30 | M
0 = 3.20E+20
Abe, K. (1975). Re-examination of the fault model for the Niigata Earthquake of 1964, J. Phys. Earth, 23, 4, 349-366, DOI: 10.4294/jpe1952.23.349
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
867361 1964-06-30 20:08:26 46.448 144.730 355.0 (Sea of Okhotsk)
Mw = 5.80±0.20 | M
0 = 6.00E+17
Glennon, M.A. and Chen, W.P. (1993). Systematics of deep-focus earthquakes along the Kuril-Kamchatka arc and their implications on mantle dynamics, J. geophys. Res., 98, B1, 735-769, DOI: 10.1029/92JB01742
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
865760 1964-07-05 19:07:59 26.128 -110.276 15.0 (Gulf of California)
Mw = 6.30±0.20 | M
0 = 4.00E+18
Goff, J.A., Bergman, E.A. and Solomon, S.C. (1987). Earthquake source mechanisms and transform fault tectonics in the Gulf of California, J. geophys. Res., 92, B10, 10485-10510, DOI: 10.1029/JB092iB10p10485
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
865773 1964-07-06 02:14:36 26.142 -110.307 15.0 (Gulf of California)
Mw = 6.50±0.20 | M
0 = 7.80E+18
Goff, J.A., Bergman, E.A. and Solomon, S.C. (1987). Earthquake source mechanisms and transform fault tectonics in the Gulf of California, J. geophys. Res., 92, B10, 10485-10510, DOI: 10.1029/JB092iB10p10485
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
865877 1964-07-09 11:22:04 -23.277 -175.429 20.0 (Tonga Islands region)
Mw = 6.50±0.40 | M
0 = 6.90E+18
Molnar, P. and Wyss, M. (1972). Moments source dimensions and stress drops of shallow-focus earthquakes in the Tonga-Kermadec Arc, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 6, 263-278, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90010-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
865885 1964-07-09 16:39:51 -15.534 167.666 130.0 (Vanuatu Islands)
Mw = 7.16±0.30 | M
0 = 6.90E+19
Okal, E.A. (1992). Use of the mantle magnitude Mm for the reassessment of the moment of historical earthquakes. II: intermediate and deep events, Pure appl. Geophys., 139, 1, 59-85, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876826
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
866102 1964-07-17 02:34:27 38.092 23.640 152.7 (Greece)
Mw = 6.20±0.30 | M
0 = 2.20E+18
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
866324 1964-07-25 19:31:10 -27.802 -71.044 30.0 (Near coast of northern Chile)
Mw = 6.50±0.30 | M
0 = 7.99E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
864939 1964-08-05 22:23:12 -41.121 -74.871 15.0 (Off coast of southern Chile)
Mw = 6.40±0.30 | M
0 = 5.50E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
865218 1964-08-18 04:45:01 -26.430 -71.539 15.0 (Off coast of northern Chile)
Mw = 6.70±0.30 | M
0 = 1.39E+19
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
865418 1964-08-25 13:47:19 78.035 126.557 15.0 (East of Severnaya Zemlya)
Mw = 6.70±0.20 | M
0 = 1.21E+19
Jemsek, J.P., Bergman, E.A., Nábělek, J.L. and Solomon, S.C. (1986). Focal depth and mechanisms of large earthquakes on the Arctic mid-ocean ridge system, J. geophys. Res., 91, B14, 13993-14005, DOI: 10.1029/JB091iB14p13993
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
864133 1964-09-04 10:34:15 -3.952 131.478 35.0 (Irian Jaya region)
Mw = 6.10±0.20 | M
0 = 1.60E+18
McCaffrey, R. (1988). Active tectonics of the eastern Sunda and Banda arcs, J. geophys. Res., 93, B12, 15163-15182, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB12p15163
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
864342 1964-09-12 22:07:03 -48.969 164.285 20.0 (Off west coast of South Island)
Mw = 7.60±0.30 | M
0 = 2.80E+20
Furumoto, M. and Nakanishi, I. (1983). Source times and scaling relations of large earthquakes, J. geophys. Res., 88, B3, 2191-2198, DOI: 10.1029/JB088iB03p02191
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
864679 1964-09-26 00:46:01 29.829 80.474 25.0 (Nepal-India border region)
Mw = 5.90±0.20 | M
0 = 8.90E+17
Sloan, R.A., Jackson, J.A., McKenzie, D. and Priestley, K. (2011). Earthquake depth distributions in central Asia, and their relations with lithosphere thickness, shortening and extension, Geophys. J. Int., 185, 1, 1-29, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04882.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
863302 1964-10-06 07:17:56 -36.243 -100.825 10.0 (Southeast of Easter Island)
Mw = 6.20±0.30 | M
0 = 2.93E+18
Forsyth, D.W. (1973). Anisotropy and the structural evolution of the oceanic upper mantle, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
863310 1964-10-06 14:31:25 40.203 28.206 27.4 (Turkey)
Mw = 6.80±0.30 | M
0 = 1.80E+19
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
863464 1964-10-12 21:55:33 -31.237 -110.930 15.0 (Easter Island region)
Mw = 6.20±0.30 | M
0 = 2.40E+18
Forsyth, D.W. (1973). Anisotropy and the structural evolution of the oceanic upper mantle, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
863564 1964-10-16 06:59:41 44.375 149.794 30.0 (Kuril Islands)
Mw = 6.30±0.20 | M
0 = 4.20E+18
Wiens, D.A. (1989). Bathymetric effects on body waveforms from shallow subduction zone earthquakes and application to seismic processes in the Kurile Trench, J. geophys. Res., B, 94, B3, 2955-2972, DOI: 10.1029/JB094iB03p02955
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
863660 1964-10-18 09:06:26 2.956 65.855 15.0 (Carlsberg Ridge)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 2.02E+18
Tsai, Y.B. (1969). Determination of focal depth of earthquakes in mid-oceanic ridges from amplitude spectra of surface waves, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
863789 1964-10-23 01:56:03 19.629 -56.135 15.0 (North Atlantic Ocean)
Mw = 6.40±0.30 | M
0 = 4.50E+18
Stein, S., Engeln, J.F., Wiens, D.A., Fujita, K. and Speed, R. (1982). Subduction seismicity and tectonics in the Lesser Antilles Arc, J. geophys. Res., 87, B10, 8642-8664, DOI: 10.1029/JB087iB10p08642
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
863809 1964-10-23 21:06:24 43.897 148.013 35.0 (East of Kuril Islands)
Mw = 5.80±0.20 | M
0 = 6.00E+17
Wiens, D.A. (1989). Bathymetric effects on body waveforms from shallow subduction zone earthquakes and application to seismic processes in the Kurile Trench, J. geophys. Res., B, 94, B3, 2955-2972, DOI: 10.1029/JB094iB03p02955
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
862548 1964-11-08 02:43:56 -49.040 164.260 15.0 (Auckland Islands region)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.52E+18
Tsai, Y.B. (1969). Determination of focal depth of earthquakes in mid-oceanic ridges from amplitude spectra of surface waves, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
861576 1964-12-03 03:49:59 -14.987 66.698 15.0 (Mid-Indian Ridge)
Mw = 6.30±0.30 | M
0 = 3.37E+18
Tsai, Y.B. (1969). Determination of focal depth of earthquakes in mid-oceanic ridges from amplitude spectra of surface waves, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
861862 1964-12-14 01:59:03 -54.035 -1.974 10.0 (Bouvet Island region)
Mw = 6.50±0.30 | M
0 = 7.99E+18
Tsai, Y.B. (1969). Determination of focal depth of earthquakes in mid-oceanic ridges from amplitude spectra of surface waves, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
862129 1964-12-22 04:36:36 28.074 56.981 25.0 (Southern Iran)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 9.60E+17
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
860922 1965-01-10 13:36:32 -13.405 166.629 35.0 (Vanuatu Islands)
Mw = 6.70±0.30 | M
0 = 1.60E+19
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
861007 1965-01-12 13:32:25 27.357 87.867 20.0 (Nepal)
Mw = 5.90±0.20 | M
0 = 8.90E+17
Sloan, R.A., Jackson, J.A., McKenzie, D. and Priestley, K. (2011). Earthquake depth distributions in central Asia, and their relations with lithosphere thickness, shortening and extension, Geophys. J. Int., 185, 1, 1-29, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04882.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
861299 1965-01-24 00:11:17 -2.608 125.952 20.0 (Ceram Sea)
Mw = 8.20±0.30 | M
0 = 2.40E+21
Furumoto, M. and Nakanishi, I. (1983). Source times and scaling relations of large earthquakes, J. geophys. Res., 88, B3, 2191-2198, DOI: 10.1029/JB088iB03p02191
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
859206 1965-02-04 05:01:22 51.251 178.715 30.3 (Rat Islands)
Mw = 8.70±0.30 | M
0 = 1.40E+22
Wu, F. and Kanamori, H. (1973). Source mechanism of February 4, 1965, Rat Island earthquake, J. geophys. Res., 78, 26, 6082-6092, DOI: 10.1029/JB078i026p06082
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
860516 1965-02-23 22:11:47 -25.633 -70.679 35.0 (Near coast of northern Chile)
Mw = 7.00±0.30 | M
0 = 3.50E+19
Malgrange, M. and Madariaga, R. (1983). Complex distribution of large thrust and normal fault earthquakes in the Chilean subduction zone, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 73, 489-505, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1983.tb03326.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
860614 1965-02-27 07:46:25 28.133 -112.208 10.0 (Gulf of California)
Mw = 6.00±0.20 | M
0 = 1.10E+18
Goff, J.A., Bergman, E.A. and Solomon, S.C. (1987). Earthquake source mechanisms and transform fault tectonics in the Gulf of California, J. geophys. Res., 92, B10, 10485-10510, DOI: 10.1029/JB092iB10p10485
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
858461 1965-03-09 17:57:55 39.197 23.860 15.0 (Aegean Sea)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.70E+18
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
858655 1965-03-16 16:46:17 40.697 143.032 32.1 (Off east coast of Honshu)
Mw = 6.40±0.30 | M
0 = 5.00E+18
Izutani, Y. and Hirasawa, T. (1978). Source characteristics of shallow earthquakes in the northern part of Sanriku-Oki region, Japan, J. Phys. Earth, 26, 275-297, DOI: 10.4294/jpe1952.26.275
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
858689 1965-03-18 06:22:12 -20.036 -175.890 224.9 (Tonga Islands)
Mw = 6.30±0.30 | M
0 = 3.59E+18
Chung, W.Y. and Kanamori, H. (1980). Variations of source parameters and stress drops within a descending slab and its implications in plate mechanics, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 23, 134-159, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(80)90008-4
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
858772 1965-03-22 02:44:49 -15.262 -173.254 30.5 (Tonga Islands)
Mw = 6.50±0.40 | M
0 = 7.60E+18
Molnar, P. and Wyss, M. (1972). Moments source dimensions and stress drops of shallow-focus earthquakes in the Tonga-Kermadec Arc, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 6, 263-278, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90010-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
858793 1965-03-22 22:56:27 -31.974 -71.573 48.8 (Near coast of central Chile)
Mw = 6.20±0.30 | M
0 = 2.64E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
858940 1965-03-28 16:33:16 -32.522 -71.233 70.0 (Near coast of central Chile)
Mw = 7.40±0.30 | M
0 = 1.80E+20
Malgrange, M., Deschamps, A. and Madariaga, R. (1981). Thrust and extensional faulting under the Chilean coast: 1965, 1971, Aconcagua earthquakes, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 66, 313-331, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1981.tb05958.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
858966 1965-03-29 10:47:38 40.687 142.915 30.0 (Near east coast of eastern Honshu)
Mw = 6.40±0.30 | M
0 = 5.50E+18
Izutani, Y. and Hirasawa, T. (1978). Source characteristics of shallow earthquakes in the northern part of Sanriku-Oki region, Japan, J. Phys. Earth, 26, 275-297, DOI: 10.4294/jpe1952.26.275
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
858982 1965-03-30 02:27:06 50.282 177.959 20.0 (Rat Islands)
Mw = 7.60±0.30 | M
0 = 3.40E+20
Abe, K. (1972). Lithospheric normal faulting beneath the Aleutian trench, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 5, 190-198, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90091-X
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
859094 1965-03-31 09:47:31 38.365 22.405 75.0 (Greece)
Mw = 6.80±0.30 | M
0 = 1.90E+19
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
857472 1965-04-05 03:12:53 37.505 22.067 20.0 (Southern Greece)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.50E+18
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
857618 1965-04-09 23:57:04 35.036 24.270 55.0 (Crete)
Mw = 6.20±0.30 | M
0 = 2.50E+18
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
857809 1965-04-16 23:22:21 64.572 -160.375 15.0 (Central Alaska)
Mw = 6.00±0.30 | M
0 = 1.30E+18
Liu, H.L. and Kanamori, H. (1980). Determination of source parameters of mid-plate earthquakes from the waveforms of body waves, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 70, 6, 1989-2004.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
857833 1965-04-18 06:33:58 41.460 -127.416 10.0 (Off coast of northern California)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 9.40E+17
Tsai, Y.B. (1969). Determination of focal depth of earthquakes in mid-oceanic ridges from amplitude spectra of surface waves, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
858053 1965-04-26 22:15:45 21.045 120.798 37.1 (Taiwan region)
Mw = 6.10±0.20 | M
0 = 2.00E+18
Chen, P.F., Ekström, G. and Okal, E.A. (2004). Centroid moment tensor solutions for Taiwan earthquakes of the WWSSN era (1963-1975), Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., 15, 1, 61-73, DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2004.15.1.61(T)
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
858076 1965-04-27 14:09:10 35.626 23.425 60.0 (Crete)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.90E+18
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
858143 1965-04-29 15:28:45 47.288 -122.406 64.7 (Washington)
Mw = 6.70±0.30 | M
0 = 1.40E+19
Langston, C.A. and Blum, D.E. (1977). The April 29, 1965,Puget Sound earthquake and the crustal and upper mantle structure of western Washington, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 67, 3, 693-711.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
856924 1965-05-17 17:19:33 22.336 121.248 68.4 (Taiwan region)
Mw = 6.70±0.20 | M
0 = 1.20E+19
Chen, P.F., Ekström, G. and Okal, E.A. (2004). Centroid moment tensor solutions for Taiwan earthquakes of the WWSSN era (1963-1975), Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., 15, 1, 61-73, DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2004.15.1.61(T)
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
856930 1965-05-18 01:04:14 -17.535 49.922 15.0 (Madagascar)
Mw = 5.40±0.20 | M
0 = 1.50E+17
Grimison, N.L. and Chen, W-P. (1988). Earthquakes in the Davie Ridge-Madagascar region and the southern Nubian-Somalian plate boundary, J. geophys. Res., B, 93, 9, 10439-10450, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB09p10439
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
857011 1965-05-20 00:40:26 -14.805 167.495 120.0 (Vanuatu Islands)
Mw = 7.70±0.40 | M
0 = 4.96E+20
Brune, J.N. and Engen, G. (1969). Excitation of mantle love waves and definition of mantle wave magnitude, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 59, 2, 923-933.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
857305 1965-05-31 11:38:31 -7.543 128.554 60.0 (Banda Sea)
Mw = 5.90±0.20 | M
0 = 8.30E+17
McCaffrey, R. (1988). Active tectonics of the eastern Sunda and Banda arcs, J. geophys. Res., 93, B12, 15163-15182, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB12p15163
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
855811 1965-06-02 23:40:23 15.674 -46.712 12.5 (Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 7.82E+17
Weidner, D. and Aki, K. (1973). Focal depth and mechanism of mid-ocean ridge earthquakes, J. geophys. Res., 78, 8, 1818-1831, DOI: 10.1029/JB078i008p01334
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
856088 1965-06-12 18:50:12 -20.380 -68.944 102.2 (Chile-Bolivia border region)
Mw = 5.90±0.40 | M
0 = 1.00E+18
Wyss, M. (1970). Stress estimates for South American shallow and deep earthquakes, J. geophys. Res., 75, 8, 1529-1544, DOI: 10.1029/JB075i008p01529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
856108 1965-06-13 20:01:51 37.718 29.378 25.0 (Turkey)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 8.20E+17
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
856293 1965-06-20 18:04:34 42.973 -126.652 10.0 (Off coast of Oregon)
Mw = 5.50±0.30 | M
0 = 1.90E+17
Tsai, Y.B. (1969). Determination of focal depth of earthquakes in mid-oceanic ridges from amplitude spectra of surface waves, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
856301 1965-06-21 00:21:17 28.134 55.891 25.0 (Southern Iran)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 7.70E+17
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
855112 1965-07-02 20:58:40 52.990 -167.739 45.0 (Fox Islands)
Mw = 7.80±0.40 | M
0 = 7.30E+20
Wyss, M. (1970). Apparent stresses of earthquakes on ridges compared to apparent stresses in trenches, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 19, 479-484, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1970.tb00153.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
855169 1965-07-06 03:18:45 38.384 22.545 20.0 (Greece)
Mw = 6.30±0.30 | M
0 = 4.20E+18
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
854292 1965-08-02 13:19:57 -56.046 157.922 10.0 (Macquarie Island region)
Mw = 7.30±0.40 | M
0 = 1.21E+20
Brune, J.N. and Engen, G. (1969). Excitation of mantle love waves and definition of mantle wave magnitude, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 59, 2, 923-933.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
854310 1965-08-03 02:01:53 -7.526 -81.179 26.3 (Off coast of northern Peru)
Mw = 5.70±0.30 | M
0 = 4.50E+17
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
854451 1965-08-11 03:40:58 -15.449 166.980 25.0 (Vanuatu Islands)
Mw = 7.20±0.30 | M
0 = 7.40E+19
Ebel, J.E. (1980). Source processes of the 1965 New Hebrides Islands earthquakes inferred from teleseismic waveforms, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 63, 381-403, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1980.tb02627.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
854468 1965-08-11 19:52:32 -15.685 167.097 30.0 (Vanuatu Islands)
Mw = 6.90±0.30 | M
0 = 3.20E+19
Ebel, J.E. (1980). Source processes of the 1965 New Hebrides Islands earthquakes inferred from teleseismic waveforms, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 63, 381-403, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1980.tb02627.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
854473 1965-08-11 22:31:51 -15.861 167.092 30.0 (Vanuatu Islands)
Mw = 7.60±0.30 | M
0 = 3.00E+20
Ebel, J.E. (1980). Source processes of the 1965 New Hebrides Islands earthquakes inferred from teleseismic waveforms, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 63, 381-403, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1980.tb02627.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
854500 1965-08-12 08:01:46 -15.817 167.399 30.0 (Vanuatu Islands)
Mw = 6.90±0.30 | M
0 = 2.40E+19
Ebel, J.E. (1980). Source processes of the 1965 New Hebrides Islands earthquakes inferred from teleseismic waveforms, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 63, 381-403, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1980.tb02627.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
854555 1965-08-13 12:40:10 -15.871 166.960 25.0 (Vanuatu Islands)
Mw = 7.40±0.30 | M
0 = 1.70E+20
Ebel, J.E. (1980). Source processes of the 1965 New Hebrides Islands earthquakes inferred from teleseismic waveforms, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 63, 381-403, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1980.tb02627.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
854661 1965-08-16 12:36:22 -0.530 -19.951 15.0 (Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge)
Mw = 6.20±0.30 | M
0 = 2.76E+18
Tsai, Y.B. (1969). Determination of focal depth of earthquakes in mid-oceanic ridges from amplitude spectra of surface waves, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
854803 1965-08-20 09:42:50 -18.954 -68.820 124.0 (Chile-Bolivia border region)
Mw = 6.70±0.40 | M
0 = 1.60E+19
Wyss, M. (1970). Stress estimates for South American shallow and deep earthquakes, J. geophys. Res., 75, 8, 1529-1544, DOI: 10.1029/JB075i008p01529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
854871 1965-08-23 19:46:04 16.081 -95.867 25.0 (Oaxaca)
Mw = 7.40±0.20 | M
0 = 1.58E+20
Tichelaar, B.W. and Ruff, L.J. (1993). Depth of seismic coupling along subduction zones, J. geophys. Res., 98, B2, 2017-2037, DOI: 10.1029/92JB02045
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
853712 1965-09-09 10:02:26 6.470 -84.408 15.0 (Off coast of central America)
Mw = 6.20±0.20 | M
0 = 2.40E+18
Bergman, E.A. and Solomon, S.C. (1984). Source mechanisms of earthquakes near mid-ocean ridges from body-waveform inversion: Implications for the early evolution of oceanic lithosphere, J. geophys. Res., 89, B13, 11415-11441, DOI: 10.1029/JB089iB13p11415
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
853797 1965-09-12 22:02:35 -6.416 70.726 25.0 (Chagos Archipelago region)
Mw = 6.30±0.30 | M
0 = 3.80E+18
Tsai, Y.B. (1969). Determination of focal depth of earthquakes in mid-oceanic ridges from amplitude spectra of surface waves, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
852802 1965-10-01 08:52:06 49.937 178.166 19.7 (South of Aleutian Islands)
Mw = 6.80±0.40 | M
0 = 1.70E+19
Wyss, M. (1970). Apparent stresses of earthquakes on ridges compared to apparent stresses in trenches, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 19, 479-484, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1970.tb00153.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
852863 1965-10-03 16:14:57 -42.969 -75.225 22.2 (Off coast of southern Chile)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 1.03E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
852946 1965-10-07 03:36:02 12.347 114.485 20.0 (South China Sea)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 1.00E+18
Wang, S.C., Geller, R.J., Stein, S. and Taylor, B. (1979). An intraplate thrust earthquake in the South Chinese Sea, J. geophys. Res., 84, B10, 5627-5631, DOI: 10.1029/JB084iB10p05627
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
852145 1965-11-03 18:21:08 -22.457 -113.788 15.0 (Easter Island region)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.94E+18
Forsyth, D.W. (1973). Anisotropy and the structural evolution of the oceanic upper mantle, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
852381 1965-11-12 17:52:24 30.628 140.230 20.0 (Southeast of Honshu)
Mw = 6.40±0.40 | M
0 = 5.30E+18
Zobin, V.M. (1977). Dynamic focal parameters of strong volcanic earthquakes related to lateral eruptions, Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Fiz. Zemli 13, 159-165.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
852398 1965-11-13 04:33:52 43.745 87.843 35.0 (Northern Xinjiang)
Mw = 6.50±0.30 | M
0 = 8.30E+18
Okal, E.A. (1976). A surface-wave investigation of the rupture mechanism of the Gobi-Altai (December 4, 1957) earthquake, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 12, 319-328, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(76)90027-3
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
852416 1965-11-13 17:59:44 -29.421 -68.144 60.0 (San Juan Province)
Mw = 5.70±0.30 | M
0 = 4.10E+17
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
852463 1965-11-15 11:18:50 -0.224 -18.645 10.0 (Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 2.03E+18
Tsai, Y.B. (1969). Determination of focal depth of earthquakes in mid-oceanic ridges from amplitude spectra of surface waves, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
852482 1965-11-16 15:24:44 30.887 -41.479 10.0 (Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge)
Mw = 6.00±0.30 | M
0 = 1.20E+18
Weidner, D. and Aki, K. (1973). Focal depth and mechanism of mid-ocean ridge earthquakes, J. geophys. Res., 78, 8, 1818-1831, DOI: 10.1029/JB078i008p01334
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
852485 1965-11-16 17:05:41 25.449 125.319 94.7 (Southwestern Ryukyu Islands)
Mw = 5.70±0.20 | M
0 = 5.00E+17
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1991). Earthquakes along the Ryukyu-Kyushu Arc: Strain segmentation, lateral compression, and the thermomechanical state of the plate interface, J. geophys. Res., 96, B13, 21443-21485, DOI: 10.1029/91JB02164
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
852668 1965-11-25 10:50:36 -17.196 -100.425 10.0 (Southeast Central Pacific Ocean)
Mw = 5.44±0.30 | M
0 = 1.80E+17
Mendiguren, J.A. (1971). Focal mechanism of a shock in the middle of the Nazca Plate, J. geophys. Res., 76, 17, 3861-3879, DOI: 10.1029/JB076i017p03861
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
852739 1965-11-28 03:56:46 -45.847 -72.958 25.0 (Southern Chile)
Mw = 6.20±0.30 | M
0 = 2.48E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
852740 1965-11-28 05:26:06 36.096 27.318 77.4 (Dodecanese Islands)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 7.70E+17
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
851547 1965-12-06 11:34:55 18.919 -107.176 25.0 (Off coast of Jalisco)
Mw = 6.70±0.30 | M
0 = 1.37E+19
Tsai, Y.B. (1969). Determination of focal depth of earthquakes in mid-oceanic ridges from amplitude spectra of surface waves, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
851639 1965-12-10 21:53:19 -11.292 166.143 52.8 (Santa Cruz Islands)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 7.60E+17
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
851933 1965-12-23 20:47:38 60.481 -140.766 20.1 (Southeastern Alaska)
Mw = 5.60±0.20 | M
0 = 2.69E+17
Estabrook, C.H., Nábělek, J.L. and Lerner-Lam, A.L. (1992). Tectonic model of the Pacific-North American plate boundary in the Gulf of Alaska from broadband analysis of the 1979 St. Elias, Alaska, earthquake and its aftershocks, J. geophys. Res., B, 97, 5, 6587-6612, DOI: 10.1029/92JB00131
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
851301 1966-01-28 05:42:17 -17.114 168.559 10.0 (Vanuatu Islands)
Mw = 6.00±0.30 | M
0 = 1.20E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
849877 1966-02-05 02:01:45 39.093 21.777 10.0 (Greece)
Mw = 6.20±0.30 | M
0 = 2.30E+18
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
849961 1966-02-07 04:26:13 29.956 69.761 10.0 (Pakistan)
Mw = 6.50±0.40 | M
0 = 7.98E+18
Brune, J.N. and Engen, G. (1969). Excitation of mantle love waves and definition of mantle wave magnitude, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 59, 2, 923-933.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
850077 1966-02-10 14:21:13 20.711 146.163 45.7 (Mariana Islands region)
Mw = 6.50±0.40 | M
0 = 8.00E+18
Okal, E.A., Reymond, D. and Hongsresawat, S. (2013). Large, pre-digital earthquakes of the Bonin-Mariana subduction zone, Tectonophysics, 586, 1-14, DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.09.006
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
850227 1966-02-16 03:18:29 -17.670 168.021 35.0 (Vanuatu Islands)
Mw = 6.60±0.30 | M
0 = 8.64E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
850269 1966-02-17 11:48:00 -32.265 78.866 15.0 (Mid-Indian Ridge)
Mw = 6.60±0.30 | M
0 = 8.84E+18
Tsai, Y.B. (1969). Determination of focal depth of earthquakes in mid-oceanic ridges from amplitude spectra of surface waves, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
850390 1966-02-22 05:02:39 -5.388 151.592 35.0 (New Britain region)
Mw = 6.90±0.40 | M
0 = 2.81E+19
Brune, J.N. and Engen, G. (1969). Excitation of mantle love waves and definition of mantle wave magnitude, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 59, 2, 923-933.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
848981 1966-03-06 02:15:56 31.422 80.554 20.0 (Xizang)
Mw = 6.30±0.30 | M
0 = 3.41E+18
Molnar, P. and Chen, W.-P. (1983). Focal depths and fault plane solutions of earthquakes under the Tibetan plateau, J. geophys. Res., 88, B2, 1180-1196, DOI: 10.1029/JB088iB02p01180
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
849021 1966-03-07 21:29:19 37.156 114.875 25.0 (Northeastern China)
Mw = 6.50±0.20 | M
0 = 6.60E+18
Wang, S-Y., Ni, J., Ma, Z-J. and et al. (1991). The characteristics of fault plane solutions and focal depths of strong earthquakes in North China, Acta geophys. sin. 34, 1, 42-54.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
849160 1966-03-12 16:31:20 24.122 122.583 30.0 (Taiwan region)
Mw = 7.50±0.20 | M
0 = 2.60E+20
Chen, P.F., Ekström, G. and Okal, E.A. (2004). Centroid moment tensor solutions for Taiwan earthquakes of the WWSSN era (1963-1975), Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., 15, 1, 61-73, DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2004.15.1.61(T)
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
849400 1966-03-20 01:42:53 0.622 29.863 29.3 (Zaire)
Mw = 6.60±0.20 | M
0 = 8.51E+18
Shudofsky, G.N. (1985). Source mechanisms and focal depths of eastern African earthquakes using Rayleigh-wave inversion and body-wave modelling, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 83, 563-614, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1985.tb04328.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
849479 1966-03-22 08:11:37 37.535 115.039 20.0 (Northeastern China)
Mw = 6.20±0.20 | M
0 = 2.30E+18
Wang, S-Y., Ni, J., Ma, Z-J. and et al. (1991). The characteristics of fault plane solutions and focal depths of strong earthquakes in North China, Acta geophys. sin. 34, 1, 42-54.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
849480 1966-03-22 08:19:36 37.545 115.061 20.0 (Northeastern China)
Mw = 6.80±0.20 | M
0 = 1.80E+19
Wang, S-Y., Ni, J., Ma, Z-J. and et al. (1991). The characteristics of fault plane solutions and focal depths of strong earthquakes in North China, Acta geophys. sin. 34, 1, 42-54.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
849501 1966-03-23 00:04:36 23.973 122.938 49.5 (Taiwan region)
Mw = 6.20±0.20 | M
0 = 2.60E+18
Chen, P.F., Ekström, G. and Okal, E.A. (2004). Centroid moment tensor solutions for Taiwan earthquakes of the WWSSN era (1963-1975), Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., 15, 1, 61-73, DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2004.15.1.61(T)
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
849601 1966-03-26 15:19:04 37.714 115.275 20.0 (Northeastern China)
Mw = 6.00±0.30 | M
0 = 1.43E+18
Chung, W.Y. and Cipar, J.J. (1983). Source modelling of the Hsingtai, China earthquakes of March 1966, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 33, 111-125, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(83)90144-9
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
848136 1966-04-06 02:59:01 -45.685 96.003 10.0 (Southeast Indian Ridge)
Mw = 6.30±0.30 | M
0 = 3.76E+18
Tsai, Y.B. (1969). Determination of focal depth of earthquakes in mid-oceanic ridges from amplitude spectra of surface waves, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
848199 1966-04-08 01:46:46 51.301 157.703 46.6 (Near east coast of Kamchatka Peninsula)
Mw = 6.20±0.20 | M
0 = 2.51E+18
Tichelaar, B.W. and Ruff, L.J. (1993). Depth of seismic coupling along subduction zones, J. geophys. Res., 98, B2, 2017-2037, DOI: 10.1029/92JB02045
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
848290 1966-04-10 16:36:16 -31.452 -71.049 60.5 (Near coast of central Chile)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.89E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
848349 1966-04-12 23:37:42 -38.231 -72.695 35.0 (Central Chile)
Mw = 6.30±0.20 | M
0 = 3.55E+18
Tichelaar, B.W. and Ruff, L.J. (1991). Seismic coupling along the Chilean subduction zone, J. geophys. Res., 96, B7, 11997-12022, DOI: 10.1029/91JB00200
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
848355 1966-04-13 03:35:16 -38.206 -72.849 35.0 (Central Chile)
Mw = 5.90±0.20 | M
0 = 8.90E+17
Tichelaar, B.W. and Ruff, L.J. (1991). Seismic coupling along the Chilean subduction zone, J. geophys. Res., 96, B7, 11997-12022, DOI: 10.1029/91JB00200
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
848573 1966-04-20 16:42:06 41.703 48.238 20.0 (Eastern Caucasus)
Mw = 6.00±0.30 | M
0 = 1.20E+18
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
848610 1966-04-22 03:06:35 -37.656 -73.428 21.4 (Near coast of central Chile)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 9.90E+17
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
847191 1966-05-05 14:21:23 24.298 122.595 50.0 (Taiwan region)
Mw = 6.20±0.20 | M
0 = 2.90E+18
Chen, P.F., Ekström, G. and Okal, E.A. (2004). Centroid moment tensor solutions for Taiwan earthquakes of the WWSSN era (1963-1975), Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., 15, 1, 61-73, DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2004.15.1.61(T)
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
847212 1966-05-06 02:36:55 -15.775 34.600 10.0 (Malawi)
Mw = 5.10±0.20 | M
0 = 5.00E+16
Shudofsky, G.N. (1985). Source mechanisms and focal depths of eastern African earthquakes using Rayleigh-wave inversion and body-wave modelling, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 83, 563-614, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1985.tb04328.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
847303 1966-05-09 00:42:56 34.425 26.455 25.0 (Crete)
Mw = 6.00±0.30 | M
0 = 1.30E+18
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
847580 1966-05-19 07:06:29 53.934 -164.122 32.3 (Unimak Island region)
Mw = 6.00±0.40 | M
0 = 1.25E+18
Brune, J.N. and Engen, G. (1969). Excitation of mantle love waves and definition of mantle wave magnitude, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 59, 2, 923-933.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
847878 1966-05-28 00:03:59 24.274 122.631 50.0 (Taiwan region)
Mw = 5.80±0.20 | M
0 = 6.30E+17
Kao, H., Shen, S.-J. and Ma, K.-F. (1998). Transition from oblique subduction to collision: Earthquakes in the southernmost Ryukyu arc-Taiwan region, J. geophys. Res., 103, B4, 7211-7229, DOI: 10.1029/97JB03510
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
846023 1966-06-02 03:27:52 50.993 175.957 20.6 (Rat Islands)
Mw = 5.50±0.30 | M
0 = 2.30E+17
Somerville, P.G., Wiggins, R.A. and Ellis, R.M. (1976). Time-domain determination of earthquake fault parameters from short-period P waves, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 66, 5, 1459-1484.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
846209 1966-06-07 00:59:46 -14.828 -75.835 20.0 (Near coast of Peru)
Mw = 6.20±0.30 | M
0 = 2.85E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
846454 1966-06-15 00:59:50 -10.318 161.006 45.0 (Bougainville - Solomon Islands region)
Mw = 7.10±0.30 | M
0 = 5.40E+19
Wesnousky, S.G., Astiz, L. and Kanamori, H. (1986). Earthquake multiplets in the southeastern Solomon Islands, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 44, 304-318, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(86)90058-0
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
846868 1966-06-27 10:41:09 29.504 80.845 25.9 (Nepal-India border region)
Mw = 6.00±0.20 | M
0 = 1.26E+18
Sloan, R.A., Jackson, J.A., McKenzie, D. and Priestley, K. (2011). Earthquake depth distributions in central Asia, and their relations with lithosphere thickness, shortening and extension, Geophys. J. Int., 185, 1, 1-29, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04882.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
846894 1966-06-28 04:26:18 35.936 -120.487 10.0 (Central California)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 1.04E+18
Tsai, Y.B. and Aki, K. (1969). Simultaneous determination of the seismic moment and attenuation of seismic surface waves, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 59, 1, 275-287.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
845124 1966-07-01 05:50:40 24.739 122.414 112.5 (Taiwan region)
Mw = 6.40±0.20 | M
0 = 4.64E+18
Kao, H., Shen, S.-J. and Ma, K.-F. (1998). Transition from oblique subduction to collision: Earthquakes in the southernmost Ryukyu arc-Taiwan region, J. geophys. Res., 103, B4, 7211-7229, DOI: 10.1029/97JB03510
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
845214 1966-07-04 18:33:40 51.826 179.778 15.0 (Rat Islands)
Mw = 6.80±0.30 | M
0 = 2.26E+19
Udias, A. (1971). Source parameters of earthquakes from spectra of rayleigh waves, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 22, 353-376, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1971.tb03606.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
845391 1966-07-10 16:12:44 24.303 125.186 35.6 (Southwestern Ryukyu Islands)
Mw = 6.10±0.20 | M
0 = 1.60E+18
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1991). Earthquakes along the Ryukyu-Kyushu Arc: Strain segmentation, lateral compression, and the thermomechanical state of the plate interface, J. geophys. Res., 96, B13, 21443-21485, DOI: 10.1029/91JB02164
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
845433 1966-07-11 22:45:56 -19.474 -173.254 25.0 (Tonga Islands)
Mw = 6.00±0.40 | M
0 = 1.10E+18
Molnar, P. and Wyss, M. (1972). Moments source dimensions and stress drops of shallow-focus earthquakes in the Tonga-Kermadec Arc, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 6, 263-278, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90010-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
845714 1966-07-21 18:30:16 -17.757 -178.550 594.4 (Fiji Islands region)
Mw = 6.40±0.30 | M
0 = 5.78E+18
Chung, W.Y. and Kanamori, H. (1980). Variations of source parameters and stress drops within a descending slab and its implications in plate mechanics, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 23, 134-159, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(80)90008-4
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
845846 1966-07-27 04:49:01 -24.160 -70.082 33.5 (Near coast of northern Chile)
Mw = 5.80±0.20 | M
0 = 6.30E+17
Tichelaar, B.W. and Ruff, L.J. (1991). Seismic coupling along the Chilean subduction zone, J. geophys. Res., 96, B7, 11997-12022, DOI: 10.1029/91JB00200
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
844214 1966-08-07 02:13:04 50.513 -171.301 19.7 (South of Aleutian Islands)
Mw = 6.90±0.40 | M
0 = 3.00E+19
Wyss, M. (1970). Apparent stresses of earthquakes on ridges compared to apparent stresses in trenches, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 19, 479-484, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1970.tb00153.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
844236 1966-08-07 17:36:27 31.661 -114.504 15.0 (Gulf of California)
Mw = 6.50±0.30 | M
0 = 6.50E+18
Ebel, J.E., Burdick, L.J. and Stewart, G.S. (1978). The source mechanism of the August 7, 1966 El Golfo earthquake, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 68, 5, 1281-1292.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
844300 1966-08-10 05:01:10 -20.161 -175.228 98.8 (Tonga Islands)
Mw = 6.00±0.40 | M
0 = 1.40E+18
Wyss, M. and Molnar, P. (1972). Source parameters of intermediate and deep focus earthquakes in the Tonga arc, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 6, 279-292, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90011-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
844491 1966-08-15 02:15:32 28.565 78.961 27.0 (Northern India)
Mw = 5.60±0.20 | M
0 = 3.20E+17
Sloan, R.A., Jackson, J.A., McKenzie, D. and Priestley, K. (2011). Earthquake depth distributions in central Asia, and their relations with lithosphere thickness, shortening and extension, Geophys. J. Int., 185, 1, 1-29, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04882.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
844503 1966-08-15 10:20:40 3.487 64.014 10.0 (Carlsberg Ridge)
Mw = 6.00±0.30 | M
0 = 1.26E+18
Tsai, Y.B. (1969). Determination of focal depth of earthquakes in mid-oceanic ridges from amplitude spectra of surface waves, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
844692 1966-08-19 12:22:12 39.235 41.572 24.7 (Turkey)
Mw = 6.80±0.30 | M
0 = 1.70E+19
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
844758 1966-08-20 22:55:02 -23.734 -175.678 35.0 (Tonga Islands region)
Mw = 6.10±0.40 | M
0 = 2.00E+18
Molnar, P. and Wyss, M. (1972). Moments source dimensions and stress drops of shallow-focus earthquakes in the Tonga-Kermadec Arc, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 6, 263-278, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90010-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
844816 1966-08-22 17:42:09 -22.499 170.742 20.0 (Southeast of Loyalty Islands)
Mw = 6.30±0.30 | M
0 = 3.27E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
843345 1966-09-12 11:29:37 -22.987 170.750 15.0 (Southeast of Loyalty Islands)
Mw = 6.30±0.30 | M
0 = 3.46E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
843363 1966-09-12 16:41:04 39.385 -120.252 10.0 (Northern California)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 8.30E+17
Tsai, Y.B. and Aki, K. (1970). Source mechanism of the Truckee, California earthquake of September 12, 1966, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 60, 4, 1199-1208.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
843661 1966-09-18 20:43:56 27.775 54.227 20.0 (Southern Iran)
Mw = 5.70±0.30 | M
0 = 4.20E+17
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
842485 1966-10-14 01:04:44 36.454 87.427 10.0 (Southern Xinjiang)
Mw = 5.40±0.30 | M
0 = 1.60E+17
Molnar, P. and Chen, W.-P. (1983). Focal depths and fault plane solutions of earthquakes under the Tibetan plateau, J. geophys. Res., 88, B2, 1180-1196, DOI: 10.1029/JB088iB02p01180
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
842581 1966-10-17 21:42:00 -10.665 -78.228 40.0 (Near coast of Peru)
Mw = 8.10±0.30 | M
0 = 2.00E+21
Abe, K. (1972). Mechanisms and tectonic implications of the 1966 and 1970 Peru earthquakes, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 5, 367-379, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90108-2
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
842858 1966-10-27 14:21:03 22.232 145.978 10.0 (North Pacific Ocean)
Mw = 6.70±0.40 | M
0 = 1.40E+19
Okal, E.A., Reymond, D. and Hongsresawat, S. (2013). Large, pre-digital earthquakes of the Bonin-Mariana subduction zone, Tectonophysics, 586, 1-14, DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.09.006
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
842893 1966-10-29 02:39:29 38.796 21.242 25.0 (Greece)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 7.80E+17
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
841463 1966-11-10 03:02:34 -31.973 -68.301 113.0 (San Juan Province)
Mw = 6.10±0.40 | M
0 = 1.50E+18
Wyss, M. (1970). Stress estimates for South American shallow and deep earthquakes, J. geophys. Res., 75, 8, 1529-1544, DOI: 10.1029/JB075i008p01529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
841539 1966-11-12 18:45:03 -15.681 167.258 35.0 (Vanuatu Islands)
Mw = 6.30±0.30 | M
0 = 3.92E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
841833 1966-11-22 06:29:54 48.019 146.857 460.0 (Sea of Okhotsk)
Mw = 5.90±0.20 | M
0 = 1.00E+18
Glennon, M.A. and Chen, W.P. (1993). Systematics of deep-focus earthquakes along the Kuril-Kamchatka arc and their implications on mantle dynamics, J. geophys. Res., 98, B1, 735-769, DOI: 10.1029/92JB01742
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
840723 1966-12-16 20:52:18 29.535 80.823 20.0 (Nepal-India border region)
Mw = 5.70±0.20 | M
0 = 4.50E+17
Sloan, R.A., Jackson, J.A., McKenzie, D. and Priestley, K. (2011). Earthquake depth distributions in central Asia, and their relations with lithosphere thickness, shortening and extension, Geophys. J. Int., 185, 1, 1-29, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04882.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
840923 1966-12-23 15:50:21 -7.039 148.256 30.0 (Eastern New Guinea region)
Mw = 6.60±0.20 | M
0 = 1.12E+19
Abers, G. (1989). Active tectonics and seismicity of New Guinea, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
841046 1966-12-28 08:18:07 -25.494 -70.550 25.0 (Near coast of northern Chile)
Mw = 7.70±0.30 | M
0 = 4.50E+20
Deschamps, A., Lyon-Caen, H. and Madariaga, R. (1980). Etude du Tremblement de Terre de Taltai (Chile, 1966) a Partir des Ondes Sismiques de Longue Periode, Ann. Geophys., 36, 179-190.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
841173 1966-12-31 18:23:09 -12.091 166.552 55.0 (Santa Cruz Islands)
Mw = 7.80±0.40 | M
0 = 5.60E+20
Tajima, F., Ruff, L.J., Kanamori, H., Zhang, J. and Mogi, K. (1990). Earthquake source processes and subduction regime in the Santa Cruz Islands region, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 61, 3-4, 269-290, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(90)90111-A
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
839215 1967-01-01 07:05:51 -15.237 -173.608 30.0 (Tonga Islands)
Mw = 6.50±0.40 | M
0 = 6.20E+18
Molnar, P. and Wyss, M. (1972). Moments source dimensions and stress drops of shallow-focus earthquakes in the Tonga-Kermadec Arc, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 6, 263-278, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90010-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
839412 1967-01-05 00:14:41 48.168 103.036 13.2 (Mongolia)
Mw = 7.00±0.30 | M
0 = 3.80E+19
Chen, W.P. and Molnar, P. (1977). Seismic moments of major earthquakes and the average rate of slip in Central Asia, J. geophys. Res., 82, 20, 2945-2969, DOI: 10.1029/JB082i020p02945
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
839499 1967-01-07 00:27:24 -48.873 112.803 15.0 (Southeast Indian Ridge)
Mw = 6.00±0.20 | M
0 = 1.20E+18
Bergman, E.A. and Solomon, S.C. (1984). Source mechanisms of earthquakes near mid-ocean ridges from body-waveform inversion: Implications for the early evolution of oceanic lithosphere, J. geophys. Res., 89, B13, 11415-11441, DOI: 10.1029/JB089iB13p11415
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
839648 1967-01-11 11:20:48 33.989 45.738 35.0 (Iran-Iraq border region)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.50E+18
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
839881 1967-01-18 05:34:37 56.564 120.947 25.0 (Southeastern Siberia)
Mw = 5.50±0.30 | M
0 = 2.10E+17
Doser, D.I. (1991). Faulting within the eastern Baikal rift as characterized by earthquake studies, Tectonophysics, 196, 109-139, DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(91)90292-Z
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
839966 1967-01-20 01:57:23 48.105 103.064 20.0 (Mongolia)
Mw = 6.40±0.30 | M
0 = 4.70E+18
Huang, J. and Chen, W.P. (1986). Source mechanisms of the Mogod earthquake sequence of 1967 and the event of 1974 July 4 in Mongolia, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 84, 2, 361-379, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1986.tb04360.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
840000 1967-01-21 02:54:04 -49.917 -114.881 25.0 (Southern East Pacific Rise)
Mw = 6.30±0.30 | M
0 = 3.96E+18
Forsyth, D.W. (1973). Anisotropy and the structural evolution of the oceanic upper mantle, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
840088 1967-01-24 03:05:40 41.500 142.200 68.0 (Hokkaido region)
Mw = 5.70±0.20 | M
0 = 4.50E+17
Tichelaar, B.W. and Ruff, L.J. (1993). Depth of seismic coupling along subduction zones, J. geophys. Res., 98, B2, 2017-2037, DOI: 10.1029/92JB02045
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
838623 1967-02-09 15:24:49 2.849 -74.798 55.0 (Colombia)
Mw = 7.00±0.30 | M
0 = 3.60E+19
Suarez, G., Molnar, P. and Burchfiel, B.C. (1983). Seismicity, fault plane solutions, depth of faulting, and active tectonics of the Andes of Peru, Ecuador, and southern Colombia, J. geophys. Res., 88, B12, 10403-10428, DOI: 10.1029/JB088iB12p10403
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
838773 1967-02-13 23:14:24 52.812 -34.140 10.0 (Reykjanes Ridge)
Mw = 7.00±0.20 | M
0 = 3.40E+19
Kanamori, H. and Stewart, G.S. (1976). Mode of strain release along the Gibbs Fracture Zone, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 11, 312-332, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(76)90018-2
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
838876 1967-02-17 10:10:52 -23.878 -175.078 15.0 (Tonga Islands region)
Mw = 6.50±0.40 | M
0 = 6.80E+18
Molnar, P. and Wyss, M. (1972). Moments source dimensions and stress drops of shallow-focus earthquakes in the Tonga-Kermadec Arc, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 6, 263-278, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90010-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
838981 1967-02-20 15:18:41 33.617 75.333 20.0 (Eastern Kashmir)
Mw = 5.50±0.20 | M
0 = 2.20E+17
Sloan, R.A., Jackson, J.A., McKenzie, D. and Priestley, K. (2011). Earthquake depth distributions in central Asia, and their relations with lithosphere thickness, shortening and extension, Geophys. J. Int., 185, 1, 1-29, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04882.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
837410 1967-03-04 17:58:06 39.100 24.684 15.0 (Aegean Sea)
Mw = 6.60±0.30 | M
0 = 9.10E+18
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
837574 1967-03-09 06:58:36 -10.617 166.198 15.0 (Santa Cruz Islands)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 9.50E+17
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
837709 1967-03-11 08:33:29 -10.821 166.388 55.0 (Santa Cruz Islands)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 9.60E+17
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
837800 1967-03-13 16:06:53 -40.170 -74.722 20.0 (Off coast of southern Chile)
Mw = 5.70±0.30 | M
0 = 4.80E+17
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
837805 1967-03-13 19:22:19 19.581 38.874 20.0 (Red Sea)
Mw = 5.60±0.20 | M
0 = 2.70E+17
Huang, P.Y. and Solomon, S.C. (1987). Centroid depths and mechanisms of mid-ocean ridge earthquakes in the Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, J. geophys. Res., 92, B2, 1361-1382, DOI: 10.1029/JB092iB02p01361
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
837822 1967-03-14 06:58:05 28.463 94.248 16.9 (Eastern Xizang-India border region)
Mw = 5.70±0.20 | M
0 = 4.50E+17
Sloan, R.A., Jackson, J.A., McKenzie, D. and Priestley, K. (2011). Earthquake depth distributions in central Asia, and their relations with lithosphere thickness, shortening and extension, Geophys. J. Int., 185, 1, 1-29, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04882.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
838224 1967-03-25 22:47:59 45.201 151.551 30.4 (Kuril Islands)
Mw = 5.90±0.20 | M
0 = 9.00E+17
Wiens, D.A. (1989). Bathymetric effects on body waveforms from shallow subduction zone earthquakes and application to seismic processes in the Kurile Trench, J. geophys. Res., B, 94, B3, 2955-2972, DOI: 10.1029/JB094iB03p02955
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
838270 1967-03-27 08:58:24 38.474 116.608 29.7 (Northeastern China)
Mw = 6.10±0.20 | M
0 = 1.70E+18
Wang, S-Y., Ni, J., Ma, Z-J. and et al. (1991). The characteristics of fault plane solutions and focal depths of strong earthquakes in North China, Acta geophys. sin. 34, 1, 42-54.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
838272 1967-03-27 10:01:45 -16.438 168.214 15.0 (Vanuatu Islands)
Mw = 6.40±0.40 | M
0 = 5.51E+18
Brune, J.N. and Engen, G. (1969). Excitation of mantle love waves and definition of mantle wave magnitude, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 59, 2, 923-933.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
836599 1967-04-12 04:51:42 5.121 96.286 50.0 (Northern Sumatera)
Mw = 6.70±0.40 | M
0 = 1.52E+19
Brune, J.N. and Engen, G. (1969). Excitation of mantle love waves and definition of mantle wave magnitude, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 59, 2, 923-933.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
836697 1967-04-13 19:53:45 27.363 128.588 50.3 (Ryukyu Islands)
Mw = 5.40±0.20 | M
0 = 1.70E+17
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1991). Earthquakes along the Ryukyu-Kyushu Arc: Strain segmentation, lateral compression, and the thermomechanical state of the plate interface, J. geophys. Res., 96, B13, 21443-21485, DOI: 10.1029/91JB02164
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
836974 1967-04-21 08:14:24 -5.401 126.688 10.0 (Banda Sea)
Mw = 6.20±0.20 | M
0 = 2.65E+18
McCaffrey, R. (1988). Active tectonics of the eastern Sunda and Banda arcs, J. geophys. Res., 93, B12, 15163-15182, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB12p15163
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
835092 1967-05-01 07:09:03 39.528 21.267 25.0 (Greece)
Mw = 6.20±0.30 | M
0 = 2.30E+18
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
835469 1967-05-11 14:51:01 39.365 73.787 15.0 (Tajikistan-Xinjiang border region)
Mw = 5.60±0.20 | M
0 = 2.80E+17
Patton, H. (1980). Reference point equalization method for determining the source and path effects of surface waves, J. geophys. Res., 85, B2, 821-848, DOI: 10.1029/JB085iB02p00821
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
836067 1967-05-27 17:23:00 51.851 176.105 30.7 (Rat Islands)
Mw = 5.80±0.40 | M
0 = 5.70E+17
Brune, J.N. and Engen, G. (1969). Excitation of mantle love waves and definition of mantle wave magnitude, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 59, 2, 923-933.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
834461 1967-06-14 05:06:21 -15.406 -173.343 29.6 (Tonga Islands)
Mw = 6.20±0.40 | M
0 = 2.40E+18
Molnar, P. and Wyss, M. (1972). Moments source dimensions and stress drops of shallow-focus earthquakes in the Tonga-Kermadec Arc, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 6, 263-278, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90010-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
834748 1967-06-21 20:09:32 -25.076 -70.394 35.0 (Near coast of northern Chile)
Mw = 6.20±0.30 | M
0 = 2.30E+18
Malgrange, M. and Madariaga, R. (1983). Complex distribution of large thrust and normal fault earthquakes in the Chilean subduction zone, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 73, 489-505, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1983.tb03326.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
833554 1967-07-22 03:58:01 -33.451 -178.828 20.0 (South of Kermadec Islands)
Mw = 6.10±0.40 | M
0 = 2.00E+18
Molnar, P. and Wyss, M. (1972). Moments source dimensions and stress drops of shallow-focus earthquakes in the Tonga-Kermadec Arc, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 6, 263-278, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90010-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
833573 1967-07-22 16:57:00 40.751 30.800 30.0 (Turkey)
Mw = 7.40±0.30 | M
0 = 1.50E+20
Stewart, G.S. and Kanamori, H. (1982). Complexity of rupture in large strike-slip earthquakes in Turkey, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 28, 70-84, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(82)90118-2
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
833748 1967-07-26 18:53:02 39.568 40.445 20.0 (Turkey)
Mw = 6.20±0.30 | M
0 = 2.50E+18
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
833882 1967-07-30 00:00:04 10.559 -67.330 25.0 (Near coast of Venezuela)
Mw = 6.60±0.30 | M
0 = 8.60E+18
Suárez, G. and Nábělek, J.L. (1990). The 1967 Caracas Earthquake: Fault geometry, direction of rupture propagation and seismotectonic implications, J. geophys. Res., 95, B11, 17459-17474, DOI: 10.1029/JB095iB11p17459
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
832236 1967-08-13 22:07:48 43.094 -0.731 10.0 (Pyrenees)
Mw = 5.10±0.40 | M
0 = 5.60E+16
Alasset, P.-J. (2007). Sismotectonique et identification des sources sismiques en domaine à déformation lente: cas des Pyrénées Occidentales et des Alpes du Nord (France). Le Tsunami créé par le séisme de Zemmouri (MW=6.9, Algérie) du 21 Mai 2003, Ph.D. Thesis, Univ. Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg1-223.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
832545 1967-08-24 10:32:55 -14.940 166.902 25.0 (Vanuatu Islands)
Mw = 5.80±0.30 | M
0 = 7.20E+17
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
832754 1967-08-30 04:22:04 31.633 100.262 10.0 (Sichuan)
Mw = 6.40±0.30 | M
0 = 4.50E+18
Zhou, H.L., Liu, H. and Kanamori, H. (1983). Source processes of large earthquakes along the Xianshuihe fault in southwestern China, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 73, 2, 537-551.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
830900 1967-09-03 21:07:29 -10.656 -79.674 15.0 (Off coast of Peru)
Mw = 7.00±0.30 | M
0 = 3.92E+19
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
830914 1967-09-04 03:52:00 -31.278 -179.422 236.1 (Kermadec Islands region)
Mw = 6.50±0.30 | M
0 = 6.58E+18
Chung, W.Y. and Kanamori, H. (1980). Variations of source parameters and stress drops within a descending slab and its implications in plate mechanics, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 23, 134-159, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(80)90008-4
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
831388 1967-09-18 15:33:07 -5.985 146.600 35.0 (Eastern New Guinea region)
Mw = 5.80±0.20 | M
0 = 5.60E+17
Abers, G. (1989). Active tectonics and seismicity of New Guinea, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
831414 1967-09-19 10:56:10 43.065 145.297 80.0 (Hokkaido region)
Mw = 6.10±0.40 | M
0 = 1.67E+18
Brune, J.N. and Engen, G. (1969). Excitation of mantle love waves and definition of mantle wave magnitude, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 59, 2, 923-933.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
831453 1967-09-20 09:39:16 -49.736 164.009 20.0 (Auckland Islands region)
Mw = 7.00±0.40 | M
0 = 3.53E+19
Brune, J.N. and Engen, G. (1969). Excitation of mantle love waves and definition of mantle wave magnitude, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 59, 2, 923-933.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
831680 1967-09-26 16:11:24 -30.086 -71.446 50.0 (Near coast of central Chile)
Mw = 6.20±0.30 | M
0 = 2.90E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
829954 1967-10-03 18:16:07 10.878 -85.964 30.0 (Costa Rica)
Mw = 6.20±0.40 | M
0 = 2.15E+18
Brune, J.N. and Engen, G. (1969). Excitation of mantle love waves and definition of mantle wave magnitude, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 59, 2, 923-933.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
829998 1967-10-04 17:21:19 -5.631 153.959 25.0 (New Ireland region)
Mw = 6.80±0.40 | M
0 = 2.17E+19
Brune, J.N. and Engen, G. (1969). Excitation of mantle love waves and definition of mantle wave magnitude, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 59, 2, 923-933.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
830249 1967-10-12 12:53:46 52.130 152.592 461.8 (Northwest of Kuril Islands)
Mw = 5.80±0.20 | M
0 = 6.00E+17
Glennon, M.A. and Chen, W.P. (1993). Systematics of deep-focus earthquakes along the Kuril-Kamchatka arc and their implications on mantle dynamics, J. geophys. Res., 98, B1, 735-769, DOI: 10.1029/92JB01742
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
830257 1967-10-12 18:31:43 -7.131 129.828 88.2 (Banda Sea)
Mw = 6.00±0.20 | M
0 = 1.40E+18
McCaffrey, R. (1988). Active tectonics of the eastern Sunda and Banda arcs, J. geophys. Res., 93, B12, 15163-15182, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB12p15163
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
830608 1967-10-25 00:59:25 24.401 122.218 71.1 (Taiwan region)
Mw = 6.80±0.20 | M
0 = 2.30E+19
Chen, P.F., Ekström, G. and Okal, E.A. (2004). Centroid moment tensor solutions for Taiwan earthquakes of the WWSSN era (1963-1975), Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., 15, 1, 61-73, DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2004.15.1.61(T)
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
829308 1967-11-12 10:36:51 -17.279 -171.847 15.0 (Tonga Islands region)
Mw = 6.40±0.40 | M
0 = 4.40E+18
Molnar, P. and Wyss, M. (1972). Moments source dimensions and stress drops of shallow-focus earthquakes in the Tonga-Kermadec Arc, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 6, 263-278, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90010-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
829395 1967-11-15 21:31:56 -28.865 -71.369 34.8 (Near coast of central Chile)
Mw = 6.30±0.30 | M
0 = 3.85E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
829518 1967-11-19 17:29:20 -22.642 171.040 20.0 (Southeast of Loyalty Islands)
Mw = 6.40±0.30 | M
0 = 4.52E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
829627 1967-11-22 15:19:26 -22.687 170.920 20.0 (Southeast of Loyalty Islands)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 9.70E+17
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
829651 1967-11-23 13:42:04 80.161 -0.794 15.0 (North of Svalbard)
Mw = 6.50±0.40 | M
0 = 6.53E+18
Brune, J.N. and Engen, G. (1969). Excitation of mantle love waves and definition of mantle wave magnitude, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 59, 2, 923-933.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
829719 1967-11-26 00:08:12 28.583 130.138 35.0 (Ryukyu Islands)
Mw = 5.70±0.20 | M
0 = 4.60E+17
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1991). Earthquakes along the Ryukyu-Kyushu Arc: Strain segmentation, lateral compression, and the thermomechanical state of the plate interface, J. geophys. Res., 96, B13, 21443-21485, DOI: 10.1029/91JB02164
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
829860 1967-11-30 07:23:52 41.386 20.532 20.0 (Albania)
Mw = 6.70±0.30 | M
0 = 1.50E+19
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
828259 1967-12-10 22:51:23 17.412 73.885 15.0 (Southern India)
Mw = 6.54±0.30 | M
0 = 8.20E+18
Singh, D.D., Rastogi, B.K. and Gupta, H.K. (1975). Surface-wave radiation pattern and source parameters of Koyna earthquake of December 10, 1967, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 65, 3, 711-731.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
828604 1967-12-21 02:25:26 -21.865 -69.939 45.0 (Northern Chile)
Mw = 7.30±0.30 | M
0 = 1.00E+20
Tichelaar, B.W. and Ruff, L.J. (1991). Seismic coupling along the Chilean subduction zone, J. geophys. Res., 96, B7, 11997-12022, DOI: 10.1029/91JB00200
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
828719 1967-12-24 20:03:12 17.351 -61.232 15.0 (Leeward Islands)
Mw = 6.40±0.30 | M
0 = 5.40E+18
Stein, S., Engeln, J.F., Wiens, D.A., Fujita, K. and Speed, R. (1982). Subduction seismicity and tectonics in the Lesser Antilles Arc, J. geophys. Res., 87, B10, 8642-8664, DOI: 10.1029/JB087iB10p08642
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
828737 1967-12-25 10:41:32 -21.580 -70.299 46.4 (Near coast of northern Chile)
Mw = 6.30±0.30 | M
0 = 3.50E+18
Malgrange, M. and Madariaga, R. (1983). Complex distribution of large thrust and normal fault earthquakes in the Chilean subduction zone, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 73, 489-505, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1983.tb03326.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
828812 1967-12-27 16:22:47 -22.548 -174.673 15.0 (Tonga Islands region)
Mw = 6.50±0.40 | M
0 = 7.10E+18
Molnar, P. and Wyss, M. (1972). Moments source dimensions and stress drops of shallow-focus earthquakes in the Tonga-Kermadec Arc, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 6, 263-278, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90010-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
827036 1968-01-06 23:27:23 -27.845 -70.873 30.0 (Near coast of northern Chile)
Mw = 6.40±0.20 | M
0 = 5.01E+18
Tichelaar, B.W. and Ruff, L.J. (1991). Seismic coupling along the Chilean subduction zone, J. geophys. Res., 96, B7, 11997-12022, DOI: 10.1029/91JB00200
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
827209 1968-01-13 07:03:45 23.965 122.161 35.0 (Taiwan region)
Mw = 6.10±0.20 | M
0 = 1.72E+18
Kao, H., Shen, S.-J. and Ma, K.-F. (1998). Transition from oblique subduction to collision: Earthquakes in the southernmost Ryukyu arc-Taiwan region, J. geophys. Res., 103, B4, 7211-7229, DOI: 10.1029/97JB03510
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
827285 1968-01-15 02:01:06 37.702 13.033 10.0 (Sicily)
Mw = 6.40±0.30 | M
0 = 5.40E+18
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
827419 1968-01-19 06:04:39 -9.213 158.542 27.5 (Bougainville - Solomon Islands region)
Mw = 6.70±0.40 | M
0 = 1.29E+19
Brune, J.N. and Engen, G. (1969). Excitation of mantle love waves and definition of mantle wave magnitude, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 59, 2, 923-933.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
827525 1968-01-21 16:42:30 -1.352 -14.249 21.2 (North of Ascension Island)
Mw = 6.50±0.40 | M
0 = 6.84E+18
Brune, J.N. and Engen, G. (1969). Excitation of mantle love waves and definition of mantle wave magnitude, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 59, 2, 923-933.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
827666 1968-01-26 04:45:44 -8.875 120.265 30.6 (Flores region)
Mw = 6.80±0.20 | M
0 = 2.01E+19
McCaffrey, R. (1988). Active tectonics of the eastern Sunda and Banda arcs, J. geophys. Res., 93, B12, 15163-15182, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB12p15163
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
826088 1968-02-12 05:44:45 -5.420 153.368 30.0 (New Ireland region)
Mw = 7.30±0.40 | M
0 = 1.25E+20
Brune, J.N. and Engen, G. (1969). Excitation of mantle love waves and definition of mantle wave magnitude, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 59, 2, 923-933.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
826342 1968-02-19 22:45:45 39.368 24.957 15.0 (Aegean Sea)
Mw = 7.20±0.30 | M
0 = 6.70E+19
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
824551 1968-03-02 22:02:24 -6.164 71.374 15.0 (Chagos Archipelago region)
Mw = 5.90±0.20 | M
0 = 7.70E+17
Bergman, E.A. and Solomon, S.C. (1984). Source mechanisms of earthquakes near mid-ocean ridges from body-waveform inversion: Implications for the early evolution of oceanic lithosphere, J. geophys. Res., 89, B13, 11415-11441, DOI: 10.1029/JB089iB13p11415
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
824904 1968-03-11 08:26:33 -16.212 -173.889 109.1 (Tonga Islands)
Mw = 6.40±0.30 | M
0 = 5.80E+18
Chung, W.Y. and Kanamori, H. (1980). Variations of source parameters and stress drops within a descending slab and its implications in plate mechanics, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 23, 134-159, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(80)90008-4
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
823387 1968-04-01 00:42:07 32.449 132.269 34.2 (Shikoku)
Mw = 7.50±0.20 | M
0 = 2.30E+20
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1991). Earthquakes along the Ryukyu-Kyushu Arc: Strain segmentation, lateral compression, and the thermomechanical state of the plate interface, J. geophys. Res., 96, B13, 21443-21485, DOI: 10.1029/91JB02164
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
823631 1968-04-09 02:29:01 33.058 -116.234 10.0 (Southern California)
Mw = 6.60±0.20 | M
0 = 1.10E+19
Kikuchi, M. and Kanamori, H. (1986). Inversion of complex body waves: II, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 43, 205-222, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(86)90048-8
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
824085 1968-04-19 09:04:26 -42.680 -16.088 10.0 (Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge)
Mw = 5.80±0.20 | M
0 = 5.80E+17
Huang, P.Y. and Solomon, S.C. (1988). Centroid depths of mid-ocean ridge earthquakes: dependence on spreading rate, J. geophys. Res., 93, B11, 13445-13477, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB11p13445
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
824136 1968-04-20 12:25:09 -15.676 -172.705 15.0 (Samoa Islands region)
Mw = 6.30±0.40 | M
0 = 3.90E+18
Molnar, P. and Wyss, M. (1972). Moments source dimensions and stress drops of shallow-focus earthquakes in the Tonga-Kermadec Arc, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 6, 263-278, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90010-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
824329 1968-04-26 00:42:35 -15.575 -172.910 30.0 (Samoa Islands region)
Mw = 6.20±0.40 | M
0 = 2.80E+18
Molnar, P. and Wyss, M. (1972). Moments source dimensions and stress drops of shallow-focus earthquakes in the Tonga-Kermadec Arc, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 6, 263-278, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90010-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
824395 1968-04-28 04:18:14 44.757 174.533 15.0 (North Pacific Ocean)
Mw = 5.50±0.30 | M
0 = 2.00E+17
Stein, S. (1979). Intraplate seismicity on bathymetric features: the 1968 Emperor Trough earthquake, J. geophys. Res., 84, B9, 4763-4768, DOI: 10.1029/JB084iB09p04763
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
824491 1968-04-30 23:51:14 -38.334 -71.242 10.0 (Southern Chile-Argentina border region)
Mw = 5.38±0.30 | M
0 = 1.50E+17
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
821533 1968-05-03 05:32:47 25.191 124.636 97.4 (Northeast of Taiwan)
Mw = 5.70±0.20 | M
0 = 5.00E+17
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1991). Earthquakes along the Ryukyu-Kyushu Arc: Strain segmentation, lateral compression, and the thermomechanical state of the plate interface, J. geophys. Res., 96, B13, 21443-21485, DOI: 10.1029/91JB02164
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
821931 1968-05-15 07:51:18 -15.894 26.113 25.7 (Zambia)
Mw = 5.60±0.20 | M
0 = 3.50E+17
Shudofsky, G.N. (1985). Source mechanisms and focal depths of eastern African earthquakes using Rayleigh-wave inversion and body-wave modelling, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 83, 563-614, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1985.tb04328.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
821946 1968-05-16 00:49:02 40.860 143.435 29.9 (Off east coast of Honshu)
Mw = 8.20±0.30 | M
0 = 2.80E+21
Kanamori, H. (1971). Focal mechanism of the Tokachi-Oki earthquake of May 16, 1968: contortion of the lithosphere at a junction of two trenches, Tectonophysics, 12, 1-13, DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(71)90063-1
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
822187 1968-05-16 23:04:58 39.808 143.233 43.0 (Off east coast of Honshu)
Mw = 6.50±0.30 | M
0 = 6.70E+18
Izutani, Y. and Hirasawa, T. (1978). Source characteristics of shallow earthquakes in the northern part of Sanriku-Oki region, Japan, J. Phys. Earth, 26, 275-297, DOI: 10.4294/jpe1952.26.275
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
822391 1968-05-20 07:13:09 -30.799 -178.110 55.0 (Kermadec Islands)
Mw = 7.00±0.40 | M
0 = 3.60E+19
Molnar, P. and Wyss, M. (1972). Moments source dimensions and stress drops of shallow-focus earthquakes in the Tonga-Kermadec Arc, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 6, 263-278, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90010-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
822541 1968-05-22 19:29:28 40.250 142.510 48.5 (Near east coast of eastern Honshu)
Mw = 6.00±0.30 | M
0 = 1.30E+18
Izutani, Y. and Hirasawa, T. (1978). Source characteristics of shallow earthquakes in the northern part of Sanriku-Oki region, Japan, J. Phys. Earth, 26, 275-297, DOI: 10.4294/jpe1952.26.275
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
823104 1968-05-28 13:27:19 -2.850 139.353 45.0 (Near north coast of Irian Jaya)
Mw = 7.50±0.20 | M
0 = 2.23E+20
Abers, G. (1989). Active tectonics and seismicity of New Guinea, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
823251 1968-05-30 05:23:48 44.650 150.259 24.2 (East of Kuril Islands)
Mw = 5.90±0.20 | M
0 = 8.00E+17
Wiens, D.A. (1989). Bathymetric effects on body waveforms from shallow subduction zone earthquakes and application to seismic processes in the Kurile Trench, J. geophys. Res., B, 94, B3, 2955-2972, DOI: 10.1029/JB094iB03p02955
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
823302 1968-05-30 19:42:26 -30.928 -177.397 35.0 (Kermadec Islands)
Mw = 6.40±0.40 | M
0 = 5.00E+18
Molnar, P. and Wyss, M. (1972). Moments source dimensions and stress drops of shallow-focus earthquakes in the Tonga-Kermadec Arc, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 6, 263-278, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90010-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
820030 1968-06-08 23:24:03 -48.946 31.122 15.0 (South of Africa)
Mw = 6.20±0.30 | M
0 = 2.50E+18
Burr, N.C. and Solomon, S.C. (1978). The relationship of source parameters of oceanic transform earthquakes to plate velocity and transform length, J. geophys. Res., 83, B3, 1193-1200, DOI: 10.1029/JB083iB03p01193
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
820211 1968-06-12 13:41:53 39.503 143.070 32.1 (Off east coast of Honshu)
Mw = 7.00±0.20 | M
0 = 4.13E+19
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1996). Seismicity in the outer rise-forearc region and configuration of the subducting lithosphere with special reference to the Japan Trench, J. geophys. Res., 101, B12, 27811-27831, DOI: 10.1029/96JB01760
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
820398 1968-06-15 05:59:05 26.880 126.514 140.0 (Ryukyu Islands)
Mw = 5.60±0.20 | M
0 = 3.30E+17
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1991). Earthquakes along the Ryukyu-Kyushu Arc: Strain segmentation, lateral compression, and the thermomechanical state of the plate interface, J. geophys. Res., 96, B13, 21443-21485, DOI: 10.1029/91JB02164
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
820557 1968-06-17 11:53:01 41.054 143.259 37.6 (Hokkaido region)
Mw = 6.30±0.20 | M
0 = 3.55E+18
Tichelaar, B.W. and Ruff, L.J. (1993). Depth of seismic coupling along subduction zones, J. geophys. Res., 98, B2, 2017-2037, DOI: 10.1029/92JB02045
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
820734 1968-06-19 08:13:35 -5.610 -77.086 15.0 (Northern Peru)
Mw = 6.80±0.30 | M
0 = 1.96E+19
Suarez, G., Molnar, P. and Burchfiel, B.C. (1983). Seismicity, fault plane solutions, depth of faulting, and active tectonics of the Andes of Peru, Ecuador, and southern Colombia, J. geophys. Res., 88, B12, 10403-10428, DOI: 10.1029/JB088iB12p10403
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
820847 1968-06-20 02:38:37 -5.573 -77.184 15.0 (Northern Peru)
Mw = 5.70±0.30 | M
0 = 4.95E+17
Suarez, G., Molnar, P. and Burchfiel, B.C. (1983). Seismicity, fault plane solutions, depth of faulting, and active tectonics of the Andes of Peru, Ecuador, and southern Colombia, J. geophys. Res., 88, B12, 10403-10428, DOI: 10.1029/JB088iB12p10403
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
818523 1968-07-01 10:45:12 35.999 139.348 60.6 (Near south coast of eastern Honshu)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.90E+18
Abe, K. (1975). Static and dynamic parameters of the Saitama earthquake of July 1, 1968, Tectonophysics, 27, 223-238, DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(75)90018-9
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
818662 1968-07-05 11:28:14 38.478 142.153 47.0 (Near east coast of eastern Honshu)
Mw = 6.30±0.20 | M
0 = 4.20E+18
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1996). Seismicity in the outer rise-forearc region and configuration of the subducting lithosphere with special reference to the Japan Trench, J. geophys. Res., 101, B12, 27811-27831, DOI: 10.1029/96JB01760
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
818928 1968-07-12 00:44:37 39.554 143.238 21.8 (Off east coast of Honshu)
Mw = 6.00±0.20 | M
0 = 1.30E+18
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1996). Seismicity in the outer rise-forearc region and configuration of the subducting lithosphere with special reference to the Japan Trench, J. geophys. Res., 101, B12, 27811-27831, DOI: 10.1029/96JB01760
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
819094 1968-07-17 05:24:15 -8.619 125.008 12.4 (Timor region)
Mw = 5.90±0.20 | M
0 = 1.03E+18
McCaffrey, R. (1988). Active tectonics of the eastern Sunda and Banda arcs, J. geophys. Res., 93, B12, 15163-15182, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB12p15163
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
819340 1968-07-25 07:23:07 -30.725 -178.217 45.0 (Kermadec Islands)
Mw = 7.30±0.40 | M
0 = 9.80E+19
Molnar, P. and Wyss, M. (1972). Moments source dimensions and stress drops of shallow-focus earthquakes in the Tonga-Kermadec Arc, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 6, 263-278, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90010-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
819475 1968-07-29 11:12:02 -22.531 -174.860 45.0 (Tonga Islands region)
Mw = 6.30±0.40 | M
0 = 3.10E+18
Molnar, P. and Wyss, M. (1972). Moments source dimensions and stress drops of shallow-focus earthquakes in the Tonga-Kermadec Arc, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 6, 263-278, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90010-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
819518 1968-07-30 20:38:43 -6.987 -80.544 31.8 (Near coast of northern Peru)
Mw = 6.32±0.30 | M
0 = 3.74E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
817557 1968-08-01 20:19:22 16.316 122.067 25.0 (Luzon)
Mw = 7.60±0.30 | M
0 = 3.70E+20
Furumoto, M. and Nakanishi, I. (1983). Source times and scaling relations of large earthquakes, J. geophys. Res., 88, B3, 2191-2198, DOI: 10.1029/JB088iB03p02191
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
817583 1968-08-02 14:06:43 16.519 -97.739 25.0 (Oaxaca)
Mw = 7.30±0.30 | M
0 = 1.00E+20
Chael, E.P. and Stewart, G.S. (1982). Recent large earthquakes along the middle America trench and their implications for the subduction process, J. geophys. Res., 87, B1, 329-338, DOI: 10.1029/JB087iB01p00329
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
817611 1968-08-03 04:54:34 25.637 128.490 15.0 (Ryukyu Islands)
Mw = 6.70±0.20 | M
0 = 1.40E+19
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1991). Earthquakes along the Ryukyu-Kyushu Arc: Strain segmentation, lateral compression, and the thermomechanical state of the plate interface, J. geophys. Res., 96, B13, 21443-21485, DOI: 10.1029/91JB02164
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
817699 1968-08-05 16:17:06 33.231 132.192 45.7 (Shikoku)
Mw = 6.80±0.30 | M
0 = 2.10E+19
Shiono, K. and Mikumo, T. (1975). Tectonic implications of sub-crustal, normal faulting earthquakes in the western Shikoku region, Japan, J. Phys. Earth, 23, 257-278, DOI: 10.4294/jpe1952.23.257
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
818488 1968-08-31 10:47:43 34.158 59.083 10.0 (Northern and central Iran)
Mw = 7.10±0.20 | M
0 = 5.90E+19
Walker, R. and Jackson, J. (2004). Active tectonics and late Cenozoic strain distribution in central and eastern Iran, Tectonics, 23, 5, TC5010, DOI: 10.1029/2003TC001529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
816551 1968-09-01 07:27:32 34.021 58.178 15.0 (Northern and central Iran)
Mw = 6.20±0.20 | M
0 = 2.96E+18
Walker, R., Jackson, J. and Baker, C. (2003). Thrust faulting in eastern Iran: source parameters and surface deformation of the 1978 Tabas and 1968 Ferdows earthquake sequences, Geophys. J. Int., 152, 2, 749-765, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01863.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
816788 1968-09-06 19:22:49 31.008 131.907 37.2 (Kyushu)
Mw = 5.60±0.20 | M
0 = 3.30E+17
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1991). Earthquakes along the Ryukyu-Kyushu Arc: Strain segmentation, lateral compression, and the thermomechanical state of the plate interface, J. geophys. Res., 96, B13, 21443-21485, DOI: 10.1029/91JB02164
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
816856 1968-09-08 15:12:26 -3.714 143.074 30.0 (Near north coast of New Guinea)
Mw = 6.30±0.20 | M
0 = 3.45E+18
Abers, G. (1989). Active tectonics and seismicity of New Guinea, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
816954 1968-09-11 18:26:36 -43.037 -75.175 17.9 (Off coast of southern Chile)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 7.90E+17
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
817397 1968-09-26 14:37:47 -21.071 -176.812 249.2 (Fiji Islands region)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.91E+18
Chung, W.Y. and Kanamori, H. (1980). Variations of source parameters and stress drops within a descending slab and its implications in plate mechanics, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 23, 134-159, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(80)90008-4
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
817404 1968-09-26 18:02:54 -30.620 -177.914 50.0 (Kermadec Islands)
Mw = 7.10±0.40 | M
0 = 6.30E+19
Molnar, P. and Wyss, M. (1972). Moments source dimensions and stress drops of shallow-focus earthquakes in the Tonga-Kermadec Arc, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 6, 263-278, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90010-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
815724 1968-10-08 07:43:21 -39.846 87.677 10.0 (Southeast Indian Ridge)
Mw = 6.10±0.20 | M
0 = 2.03E+18
Bergman, E.A., Nábělek, J.L. and Solomon, S.C. (1984). An extensive region of off-ridge normal-faulting earthquakes in the southern Indian Ocean, J. geophys. Res., 89, B4, 2425-2443, DOI: 10.1029/JB089iB04p02425
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
815895 1968-10-14 02:58:52 -31.566 117.071 15.0 (Western Australia)
Mw = 6.50±0.20 | M
0 = 8.20E+18
Vogfjörd, K.S. and Langston, C.A. (1987). The Meckering earthquake of 14 October 1968: A possible downward propagating rupture, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 77, 5, 1558-1578.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
816232 1968-10-23 21:04:44 -3.330 143.286 15.0 (Near north coast of New Guinea)
Mw = 7.00±0.20 | M
0 = 4.38E+19
Abers, G. (1989). Active tectonics and seismicity of New Guinea, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
816499 1968-10-31 09:15:46 -16.338 -73.386 43.7 (Near coast of Peru)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 1.04E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
815011 1968-11-11 14:41:16 40.172 143.442 27.1 (Off east coast of Honshu)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 7.50E+17
Izutani, Y. and Hirasawa, T. (1978). Source characteristics of shallow earthquakes in the northern part of Sanriku-Oki region, Japan, J. Phys. Earth, 26, 275-297, DOI: 10.4294/jpe1952.26.275
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
815021 1968-11-12 00:44:15 27.488 128.483 53.6 (Ryukyu Islands)
Mw = 5.80±0.20 | M
0 = 6.50E+17
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1991). Earthquakes along the Ryukyu-Kyushu Arc: Strain segmentation, lateral compression, and the thermomechanical state of the plate interface, J. geophys. Res., 96, B13, 21443-21485, DOI: 10.1029/91JB02164
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
815374 1968-11-26 00:03:13 -57.609 -6.883 10.0 (Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge)
Mw = 5.60±0.20 | M
0 = 3.20E+17
Huang, P.Y. and Solomon, S.C. (1988). Centroid depths of mid-ocean ridge earthquakes: dependence on spreading rate, J. geophys. Res., 93, B11, 13445-13477, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB11p13445
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
813781 1968-12-02 02:33:43 -14.148 23.877 11.3 (Zambia)
Mw = 5.70±0.20 | M
0 = 4.40E+17
Wagner, G.S. and Langston, C.A. (1988). East Africa earthquake body wave inversion with implications for continental structure and deformation, Geophys. J. Int., 94, 3, 503-518, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1988.tb02271.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
813880 1968-12-05 07:52:11 36.482 26.989 20.0 (Dodecanese Islands)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.80E+18
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
812826 1969-01-03 03:16:40 37.140 57.899 10.0 (Iran-Turkmenistan border region)
Mw = 5.50±0.20 | M
0 = 1.90E+17
Priestley, K.F., Baker, C. and Jackson, J.A. (1994). Implications of earthquake focal mechanism data for the active tectonics of the south Caspian Basin and surrounding regions, Geophys. J. Int., 118, 1, 111-114, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1994.tb04679.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
813187 1969-01-14 23:12:08 36.043 29.221 25.0 (Turkey)
Mw = 6.40±0.30 | M
0 = 5.30E+18
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
813304 1969-01-19 18:50:53 -14.849 167.345 112.9 (Vanuatu Islands)
Mw = 7.10±0.30 | M
0 = 5.00E+19
Chung, W.Y. and Kanamori, H. (1978). Subduction process of a fracture zone and aseismic ridges -- the focal mechanism and source characteristics of the New Hebrides earthquake of 1969 January 19 and some related events, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 54, 221-240, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1978.tb06764.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
813674 1969-01-29 17:44:30 -17.048 -171.604 15.0 (Tonga Islands region)
Mw = 6.00±0.40 | M
0 = 1.30E+18
Molnar, P. and Wyss, M. (1972). Moments source dimensions and stress drops of shallow-focus earthquakes in the Tonga-Kermadec Arc, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 6, 263-278, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90010-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
813688 1969-01-30 10:29:41 4.569 127.306 60.0 (Talaud Islands)
Mw = 7.60±0.30 | M
0 = 3.60E+20
Furumoto, M. and Nakanishi, I. (1983). Source times and scaling relations of large earthquakes, J. geophys. Res., 88, B3, 2191-2198, DOI: 10.1029/JB088iB03p02191
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
811851 1969-02-04 04:10:18 -8.124 -79.943 35.0 (Near coast of northern Peru)
Mw = 6.20±0.30 | M
0 = 2.13E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
812113 1969-02-11 22:08:54 41.389 79.307 13.3 (Kyrgyzstan-Xinjiang border region)
Mw = 6.10±0.20 | M
0 = 2.00E+18
Nelson, M.R., McCaffrey, R. and Molnar, P. (1987). Source parameters for 11 earthquakes in the Tien Shan, Central Asia, determined by P and SH waveform inversion, J. geophys. Res., 92, B12, 12629-12648, DOI: 10.1029/JB092iB12p12629
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
812527 1969-02-24 00:08:46 -6.122 130.946 35.0 (Banda Sea)
Mw = 6.20±0.20 | M
0 = 2.85E+18
McCaffrey, R. (1988). Active tectonics of the eastern Sunda and Banda arcs, J. geophys. Res., 93, B12, 15163-15182, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB12p15163
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
812637 1969-02-28 02:40:32 36.033 -10.613 10.0 (Azores-Cape St. Vincent Ridge)
Mw = 7.80±0.30 | M
0 = 6.00E+20
Fukao, Y. (1973). Thrust faulting at a lithosphere plate boundary: the Portugal earthquake of 1969, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 18, 205, DOI: 10.1016/0012-821X(73)90058-7
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
810456 1969-03-03 00:59:13 40.028 27.572 15.0 (Turkey)
Mw = 5.80±0.30 | M
0 = 7.30E+17
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
810744 1969-03-09 13:48:04 -4.193 135.504 20.0 (Irian Jaya region)
Mw = 6.30±0.20 | M
0 = 3.48E+18
Abers, G. and McCaffrey, R. (1988). Active deformation in the New Guinea fold-and-thrust belt: Seismological evidence for strike-slip faulting and basement-involved thrusting, J. geophys. Res., 93, B11, 13332-13354, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB11p13332
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
811093 1969-03-19 13:59:27 28.783 128.435 168.5 (Ryukyu Islands)
Mw = 6.50±0.20 | M
0 = 6.60E+18
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1991). Earthquakes along the Ryukyu-Kyushu Arc: Strain segmentation, lateral compression, and the thermomechanical state of the plate interface, J. geophys. Res., 96, B13, 21443-21485, DOI: 10.1029/91JB02164
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
811127 1969-03-20 08:17:42 31.205 -114.315 10.0 (Gulf of California)
Mw = 5.70±0.20 | M
0 = 4.80E+17
Goff, J.A., Bergman, E.A. and Solomon, S.C. (1987). Earthquake source mechanisms and transform fault tectonics in the Gulf of California, J. geophys. Res., 92, B10, 10485-10510, DOI: 10.1029/JB092iB10p10485
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
811234 1969-03-21 06:34:25 31.195 -114.343 10.0 (Gulf of California)
Mw = 5.61±0.30 | M
0 = 3.30E+17
Goff, J.A., Bergman, E.A. and Solomon, S.C. (1987). Earthquake source mechanisms and transform fault tectonics in the Gulf of California, J. geophys. Res., 92, B10, 10485-10510, DOI: 10.1029/JB092iB10p10485
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
811440 1969-03-23 21:08:44 39.083 28.493 15.0 (Turkey)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 9.10E+17
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
811514 1969-03-25 13:21:32 39.237 28.714 15.0 (Turkey)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.80E+18
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
811616 1969-03-28 01:48:32 38.515 28.546 10.0 (Turkey)
Mw = 6.70±0.30 | M
0 = 1.20E+19
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
811663 1969-03-29 09:15:53 11.875 41.208 10.0 (Ethiopia)
Mw = 6.20±0.20 | M
0 = 2.26E+18
Foster, A.N. and Jackson, J.A. (1998). Source parameters of large African earthquakes: implications for crustal rheology and regional kinematics, Geophys. J. Int., 134, 2, 422-448, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246x.1998.00568.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
811717 1969-03-31 07:15:52 27.575 33.895 10.0 (Egypt)
Mw = 6.60±0.20 | M
0 = 1.06E+19
Huang, P.Y. and Solomon, S.C. (1987). Centroid depths and mechanisms of mid-ocean ridge earthquakes in the Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, J. geophys. Res., 92, B2, 1361-1382, DOI: 10.1029/JB092iB02p01361
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
809562 1969-04-04 16:16:16 24.315 -110.154 15.0 (Baja California)
Mw = 5.90±0.20 | M
0 = 7.90E+17
Goff, J.A., Bergman, E.A. and Solomon, S.C. (1987). Earthquake source mechanisms and transform fault tectonics in the Gulf of California, J. geophys. Res., 92, B10, 10485-10510, DOI: 10.1029/JB092iB10p10485
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
809572 1969-04-05 02:18:31 11.884 41.338 15.0 (Ethiopia)
Mw = 6.10±0.20 | M
0 = 2.01E+18
Wagner, G.S. and Langston, C.A. (1988). East Africa earthquake body wave inversion with implications for continental structure and deformation, Geophys. J. Int., 94, 3, 503-518, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1988.tb02271.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
809652 1969-04-07 20:26:29 76.481 131.227 15.0 (Laptev Sea)
Mw = 5.50±0.20 | M
0 = 1.90E+17
Jemsek, J.P., Bergman, E.A., Nábělek, J.L. and Solomon, S.C. (1986). Focal depth and mechanisms of large earthquakes on the Arctic mid-ocean ridge system, J. geophys. Res., 91, B14, 13993-14005, DOI: 10.1029/JB091iB14p13993
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
809816 1969-04-13 15:24:55 17.747 80.775 20.0 (Southern India)
Mw = 5.70±0.30 | M
0 = 4.59E+17
Chung, W.Y. (1993). Source parameters of two rift associated intraplate earthquakes in peninsular India: the Bhadrachalam earthquake of April 13, 1969 abd the Broach earthquake of March 23, 1970, Tectonophysics, 225, 219-230, DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(93)90281-N
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
810096 1969-04-22 22:34:37 12.705 58.403 17.9 (Owen Fracture Zone region)
Mw = 5.60±0.20 | M
0 = 2.90E+17
Huang, P.Y. and Solomon, S.C. (1987). Centroid depths and mechanisms of mid-ocean ridge earthquakes in the Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, J. geophys. Res., 92, B2, 1361-1382, DOI: 10.1029/JB092iB02p01361
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
810191 1969-04-26 05:58:53 -30.663 -71.569 35.0 (Near coast of central Chile)
Mw = 6.00±0.30 | M
0 = 1.46E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
810192 1969-04-26 06:02:52 -30.576 -71.249 35.0 (Near coast of central Chile)
Mw = 6.20±0.20 | M
0 = 2.51E+18
Tichelaar, B.W. and Ruff, L.J. (1991). Seismic coupling along the Chilean subduction zone, J. geophys. Res., 96, B7, 11997-12022, DOI: 10.1029/91JB00200
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
810261 1969-04-28 23:20:45 33.138 -116.576 10.0 (Southern California)
Mw = 5.70±0.30 | M
0 = 4.80E+17
Bent, A.L. and Helmberger, D.V. (1991). A re-examination of historic earthquakes in the San Jacinto fault zone, California, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 81, 6, 2289-2309.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
808514 1969-05-01 19:05:26 -16.695 -174.666 203.4 (Tonga Islands)
Mw = 6.20±0.30 | M
0 = 2.56E+18
Chung, W.Y. and Kanamori, H. (1980). Variations of source parameters and stress drops within a descending slab and its implications in plate mechanics, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 23, 134-159, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(80)90008-4
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
809001 1969-05-15 20:43:33 16.811 -61.240 34.8 (Leeward Islands)
Mw = 6.00±0.30 | M
0 = 1.10E+18
Stein, S., Engeln, J.F., Wiens, D.A., Fujita, K. and Speed, R. (1982). Subduction seismicity and tectonics in the Lesser Antilles Arc, J. geophys. Res., 87, B10, 8642-8664, DOI: 10.1029/JB087iB10p08642
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
809406 1969-05-30 16:22:47 -32.160 -177.984 20.0 (South of Kermadec Islands)
Mw = 6.10±0.40 | M
0 = 2.10E+18
Molnar, P. and Wyss, M. (1972). Moments source dimensions and stress drops of shallow-focus earthquakes in the Tonga-Kermadec Arc, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 6, 263-278, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90010-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
807959 1969-06-12 15:13:32 34.414 25.169 22.4 (Crete)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.90E+18
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
808444 1969-06-29 10:34:06 -30.516 -178.118 35.0 (Kermadec Islands)
Mw = 6.10±0.40 | M
0 = 1.50E+18
Molnar, P. and Wyss, M. (1972). Moments source dimensions and stress drops of shallow-focus earthquakes in the Tonga-Kermadec Arc, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 6, 263-278, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90010-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
807098 1969-07-16 08:16:53 52.170 158.845 57.3 (Near east coast of Kamchatka Peninsula)
Mw = 5.90±0.20 | M
0 = 1.00E+18
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1994). The double seismic zone in Kuril-Kamchatka: The tale of two overlapping single zones, J. geophys. Res., 99, B4, 6913-6930, DOI: 10.1029/93JB03409
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
807162 1969-07-18 05:24:47 38.310 119.572 10.0 (Northeastern China)
Mw = 6.90±0.30 | M
0 = 2.60E+19
Zhuo, Y.R. and Kanamori, H. (1989). Source parameters of the Bohai earthquake of 1969, Acta seism. sin., 2, 320-324.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
807365 1969-07-24 02:59:24 -11.917 -75.132 10.0 (Central Peru)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.81E+18
Suarez, G., Molnar, P. and Burchfiel, B.C. (1983). Seismicity, fault plane solutions, depth of faulting, and active tectonics of the Andes of Peru, Ecuador, and southern Colombia, J. geophys. Res., 88, B12, 10403-10428, DOI: 10.1029/JB088iB12p10403
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
807433 1969-07-25 22:49:41 21.661 111.803 20.0 (Southeastern China)
Mw = 5.70±0.30 | M
0 = 5.15E+17
Brantley, B.J. and Chung, W.Y. (1991). Body-wave waveform contraints on the source parameters of the Yangliang, China, earthquake of July 25, 1969: A devasting earthquake in a stable continental region, Pure appl. Geophys., 135, 529-543, DOI: 10.1007/BF01772404
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
805313 1969-08-08 11:08:14 -47.715 -15.654 15.0 (Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge)
Mw = 6.10±0.20 | M
0 = 1.50E+18
Bergman, E.A. and Solomon, S.C. (1984). Source mechanisms of earthquakes near mid-ocean ridges from body-waveform inversion: Implications for the early evolution of oceanic lithosphere, J. geophys. Res., 89, B13, 11415-11441, DOI: 10.1029/JB089iB13p11415
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
805430 1969-08-11 21:27:35 43.424 147.859 30.0 (Kuril Islands)
Mw = 8.20±0.30 | M
0 = 2.20E+21
Abe, K. (1973). Tsunami and mechanism of great earthquakes, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 7, 143-153, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(73)90004-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
805963 1969-08-17 20:13:08 25.213 -109.188 15.0 (Gulf of California)
Mw = 6.50±0.20 | M
0 = 6.50E+18
Goff, J.A., Bergman, E.A. and Solomon, S.C. (1987). Earthquake source mechanisms and transform fault tectonics in the Gulf of California, J. geophys. Res., 92, B10, 10485-10510, DOI: 10.1029/JB092iB10p10485
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
805964 1969-08-17 20:14:59 25.035 -109.424 15.0 (Gulf of California)
Mw = 6.70±0.20 | M
0 = 1.20E+19
Goff, J.A., Bergman, E.A. and Solomon, S.C. (1987). Earthquake source mechanisms and transform fault tectonics in the Gulf of California, J. geophys. Res., 92, B10, 10485-10510, DOI: 10.1029/JB092iB10p10485
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
805983 1969-08-18 01:04:03 -55.896 -123.210 10.0 (Southern East Pacific Rise)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.70E+18
Burr, N.C. and Solomon, S.C. (1978). The relationship of source parameters of oceanic transform earthquakes to plate velocity and transform length, J. geophys. Res., 83, B3, 1193-1200, DOI: 10.1029/JB083iB03p01193
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
806450 1969-08-28 03:58:37 39.027 73.570 15.0 (Tajikistan-Xinjiang border region)
Mw = 5.30±0.20 | M
0 = 1.10E+17
Patton, H. (1980). Reference point equalization method for determining the source and path effects of surface waves, J. geophys. Res., 85, B2, 821-848, DOI: 10.1029/JB085iB02p00821
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
804189 1969-09-06 14:30:41 36.902 -12.002 35.0 (Azores-Cape St. Vincent Ridge)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.90E+18
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
804274 1969-09-09 05:15:38 35.794 137.063 10.0 (Eastern Honshu)
Mw = 6.30±0.30 | M
0 = 3.50E+18
Mikumo, T. (1973). Faulting mechanism of the Gifu earthquake of September 9, 1969 and some related problems, J. Phys. Earth, 21, 3, 191-212, DOI: 10.4294/jpe1952.21.191
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
804497 1969-09-14 16:15:26 39.637 74.781 30.0 (Southern Xinjiang)
Mw = 5.60±0.20 | M
0 = 3.20E+17
Patton, H. (1980). Reference point equalization method for determining the source and path effects of surface waves, J. geophys. Res., 85, B2, 821-848, DOI: 10.1029/JB085iB02p00821
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
804588 1969-09-17 18:40:52 31.041 131.458 35.0 (Kyushu)
Mw = 6.00±0.20 | M
0 = 1.40E+18
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1991). Earthquakes along the Ryukyu-Kyushu Arc: Strain segmentation, lateral compression, and the thermomechanical state of the plate interface, J. geophys. Res., 96, B13, 21443-21485, DOI: 10.1029/91JB02164
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
804674 1969-09-20 05:08:57 58.406 -32.168 10.0 (Reykjanes Ridge)
Mw = 6.10±0.20 | M
0 = 1.50E+18
Huang, P.Y., Solomon, S.C., Bergman, E.A. and Nábělek, J.L. (1986). Focal depths and mechanism of Mid-Atlantic Ridge earthquakes from body waveform inversion, J. geophys. Res., 91, B1, 579-598, DOI: 10.1029/JB091iB01p00579
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
804698 1969-09-20 15:26:39 1.684 -101.067 10.0 (Galapagos Triple Junction region)
Mw = 6.20±0.30 | M
0 = 2.73E+18
Forsyth, D.W. (1973). Anisotropy and the structural evolution of the oceanic upper mantle, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
804847 1969-09-24 18:03:19 15.291 -45.741 10.0 (Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge)
Mw = 6.80±0.30 | M
0 = 1.70E+19
Muller, J.L. (1983). Earthquake source parameters, seismicity, and tectonics of North Atlantic transform faults, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
805003 1969-09-29 20:03:30 -33.268 19.386 15.0 (South Africa)
Mw = 6.30±0.20 | M
0 = 3.76E+18
Wagner, G.S. and Langston, C.A. (1988). East Africa earthquake body wave inversion with implications for continental structure and deformation, Geophys. J. Int., 94, 3, 503-518, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1988.tb02271.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
802947 1969-10-01 05:05:48 -11.841 -75.051 10.0 (Central Peru)
Mw = 6.60±0.30 | M
0 = 9.84E+18
Romanowicz, B. and Suárez, G. (1983). On an improved method to obtain the moment tensor and depth of earthquakes from the amplitude spectrum of Rayleigh waves, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 73, 6A, 1513-1526.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
803357 1969-10-13 01:02:31 39.691 20.593 20.0 (Greece-Albania border region)
Mw = 5.60±0.30 | M
0 = 3.40E+17
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
803508 1969-10-18 01:14:01 39.276 141.554 115.9 (Eastern Honshu)
Mw = 5.40±0.20 | M
0 = 1.80E+17
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1996). Seismicity in the outer rise-forearc region and configuration of the subducting lithosphere with special reference to the Japan Trench, J. geophys. Res., 101, B12, 27811-27831, DOI: 10.1029/96JB01760
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
803657 1969-10-22 22:51:33 34.609 -121.492 10.0 (Off coast of California)
Mw = 5.80±0.30 | M
0 = 6.30E+17
Bent, A.L. and Helmberger, D.V. (1991). A re-examination of historic earthquakes in the San Jacinto fault zone, California, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 81, 6, 2289-2309.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
803808 1969-10-26 15:36:52 44.813 17.339 15.0 (Northwestern Balkan Peninsula)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 2.00E+18
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
803822 1969-10-26 21:39:20 -53.449 23.581 20.0 (South of Africa)
Mw = 6.30±0.20 | M
0 = 4.10E+18
Huang, P.Y. and Solomon, S.C. (1988). Centroid depths of mid-ocean ridge earthquakes: dependence on spreading rate, J. geophys. Res., 93, B11, 13445-13477, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB11p13445
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
803833 1969-10-27 08:10:58 44.854 17.253 15.0 (Northwestern Balkan Peninsula)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.50E+18
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
801757 1969-11-01 11:08:24 23.148 -107.988 10.0 (Gulf of California)
Mw = 6.60±0.20 | M
0 = 1.10E+19
Goff, J.A., Bergman, E.A. and Solomon, S.C. (1987). Earthquake source mechanisms and transform fault tectonics in the Gulf of California, J. geophys. Res., 92, B10, 10485-10510, DOI: 10.1029/JB092iB10p10485
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
801913 1969-11-05 17:54:12 34.589 -121.428 10.0 (Off coast of California)
Mw = 6.00±0.30 | M
0 = 1.30E+18
Bent, A.L. and Helmberger, D.V. (1991). A re-examination of historic earthquakes in the San Jacinto fault zone, California, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 81, 6, 2289-2309.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
802240 1969-11-13 07:51:30 -27.837 -71.794 21.4 (Near coast of northern Chile)
Mw = 6.00±0.30 | M
0 = 1.23E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
801426 1969-12-25 21:32:31 15.648 -59.694 20.0 (Leeward Islands)
Mw = 7.20±0.30 | M
0 = 7.80E+19
Stein, S., Engeln, J.F., Wiens, D.A., Fujita, K. and Speed, R. (1982). Subduction seismicity and tectonics in the Lesser Antilles Arc, J. geophys. Res., 87, B10, 8642-8664, DOI: 10.1029/JB087iB10p08642
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
801638 1969-12-29 00:51:50 16.094 -59.753 23.8 (Leeward Islands)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 9.70E+17
Stein, S., Engeln, J.F., Wiens, D.A., Fujita, K. and Speed, R. (1982). Subduction seismicity and tectonics in the Lesser Antilles Arc, J. geophys. Res., 87, B10, 8642-8664, DOI: 10.1029/JB087iB10p08642
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
801741 1969-12-31 19:01:56 28.532 129.075 25.0 (Ryukyu Islands)
Mw = 6.30±0.20 | M
0 = 4.00E+18
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1991). Earthquakes along the Ryukyu-Kyushu Arc: Strain segmentation, lateral compression, and the thermomechanical state of the plate interface, J. geophys. Res., 96, B13, 21443-21485, DOI: 10.1029/91JB02164
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
799712 1970-01-04 17:00:41 24.185 102.543 11.3 (Yunnan)
Mw = 7.10±0.20 | M
0 = 5.50E+19
Zheng, S-H. and Suzuki, Z. (1993). Moment tensors of earthquakes in and near the Tibetan Plateau and their scaling law, Acta seism. sin., 6, 2, 365-377, DOI: 10.1007/BF02650949
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
799824 1970-01-07 07:56:14 15.785 -59.808 36.7 (Leeward Islands)
Mw = 6.00±0.30 | M
0 = 1.30E+18
Stein, S., Engeln, J.F., Wiens, D.A., Fujita, K. and Speed, R. (1982). Subduction seismicity and tectonics in the Lesser Antilles Arc, J. geophys. Res., 87, B10, 8642-8664, DOI: 10.1029/JB087iB10p08642
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
799928 1970-01-09 23:16:22 -9.166 117.235 66.6 (Sumbawa region)
Mw = 5.80±0.20 | M
0 = 6.60E+17
McCaffrey, R. (1988). Active tectonics of the eastern Sunda and Banda arcs, J. geophys. Res., 93, B12, 15163-15182, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB12p15163
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
800281 1970-01-21 17:51:37 6.843 -104.189 10.0 (Galapagos Triple Junction region)
Mw = 6.70±0.20 | M
0 = 1.40E+19
Bergman, E.A. and Solomon, S.C. (1984). Source mechanisms of earthquakes near mid-ocean ridges from body-waveform inversion: Implications for the early evolution of oceanic lithosphere, J. geophys. Res., 89, B13, 11415-11441, DOI: 10.1029/JB089iB13p11415
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
799107 1970-02-14 11:17:18 -10.012 -75.633 39.8 (Central Peru)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 9.71E+17
Suarez, G., Molnar, P. and Burchfiel, B.C. (1983). Seismicity, fault plane solutions, depth of faulting, and active tectonics of the Andes of Peru, Ecuador, and southern Colombia, J. geophys. Res., 88, B12, 10403-10428, DOI: 10.1029/JB088iB12p10403
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
799250 1970-02-19 22:55:06 -4.557 140.049 30.0 (Irian Jaya)
Mw = 5.30±0.20 | M
0 = 1.30E+17
Abers, G. and McCaffrey, R. (1988). Active deformation in the New Guinea fold-and-thrust belt: Seismological evidence for strike-slip faulting and basement-involved thrusting, J. geophys. Res., 93, B11, 13332-13354, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB11p13332
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
799239 1970-02-19 07:10:04 27.444 93.973 20.0 (Northeastern India)
Mw = 5.40±0.20 | M
0 = 1.60E+17
Sloan, R.A., Jackson, J.A., McKenzie, D. and Priestley, K. (2011). Earthquake depth distributions in central Asia, and their relations with lithosphere thickness, shortening and extension, Geophys. J. Int., 185, 1, 1-29, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04882.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
799389 1970-02-24 02:07:35 30.607 103.203 15.0 (Sichuan)
Mw = 5.60±0.20 | M
0 = 2.90E+17
Molnar, P. and Lyon-Caen, H. (1989). Fault plane solutions of earthquakes and active tectonics of the Tibetan Plateau and its margins, Geophys. J. Int., 99, 1, 123-154, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1989.tb02013.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
797686 1970-03-09 16:01:11 -19.091 168.672 30.0 (Vanuatu Islands)
Mw = 6.60±0.30 | M
0 = 9.05E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
798303 1970-03-23 00:20:55 40.212 140.312 143.4 (Eastern Honshu)
Mw = 5.70±0.20 | M
0 = 5.30E+17
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1996). Seismicity in the outer rise-forearc region and configuration of the subducting lithosphere with special reference to the Japan Trench, J. geophys. Res., 101, B12, 27811-27831, DOI: 10.1029/96JB01760
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
798320 1970-03-23 12:14:55 29.831 129.496 157.4 (Ryukyu Islands)
Mw = 5.70±0.20 | M
0 = 4.70E+17
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1991). Earthquakes along the Ryukyu-Kyushu Arc: Strain segmentation, lateral compression, and the thermomechanical state of the plate interface, J. geophys. Res., 96, B13, 21443-21485, DOI: 10.1029/91JB02164
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
798352 1970-03-24 10:35:19 -22.130 126.691 10.0 (Western Australia)
Mw = 6.00±0.30 | M
0 = 1.40E+18
Liu, H.L. and Kanamori, H. (1980). Determination of source parameters of mid-plate earthquakes from the waveforms of body waves, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 70, 6, 1989-2004.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
798506 1970-03-28 21:02:26 39.098 29.570 25.0 (Turkey)
Mw = 6.90±0.30 | M
0 = 3.00E+19
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
798689 1970-03-31 18:18:26 -3.629 69.610 20.0 (Chagos Archipelago region)
Mw = 5.90±0.20 | M
0 = 8.00E+17
Bergman, E.A. and Solomon, S.C. (1984). Source mechanisms of earthquakes near mid-ocean ridges from body-waveform inversion: Implications for the early evolution of oceanic lithosphere, J. geophys. Res., 89, B13, 11415-11441, DOI: 10.1029/JB089iB13p11415
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
796196 1970-04-01 14:23:24 39.817 141.944 65.0 (Eastern Honshu)
Mw = 5.70±0.20 | M
0 = 5.00E+17
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1996). Seismicity in the outer rise-forearc region and configuration of the subducting lithosphere with special reference to the Japan Trench, J. geophys. Res., 101, B12, 27811-27831, DOI: 10.1029/96JB01760
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
796453 1970-04-08 13:50:29 38.304 22.682 20.0 (Greece)
Mw = 6.30±0.30 | M
0 = 3.10E+18
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
796738 1970-04-14 19:08:19 -33.308 19.486 10.0 (South Africa)
Mw = 5.70±0.20 | M
0 = 5.30E+17
Shudofsky, G.N. (1985). Source mechanisms and focal depths of eastern African earthquakes using Rayleigh-wave inversion and body-wave modelling, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 83, 563-614, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1985.tb04328.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
796915 1970-04-19 13:29:38 38.972 29.753 18.4 (Turkey)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.94E+18
Eyidogan, H. and Jackson, J.A. (1985). A seismological study of normal faulting in the Demirci, Alasehir and Gediz earthquakes of 1969-1970 in western Turkey: Implications for the nature and geometry of deformation in the continental crust, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 81, 569-607, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1985.tb06423.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
797068 1970-04-23 09:01:27 39.071 28.808 20.0 (Turkey)
Mw = 5.70±0.30 | M
0 = 3.80E+17
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
797311 1970-04-29 14:01:35 14.520 -92.653 35.0 (Near coast of Chiapas)
Mw = 7.30±0.30 | M
0 = 1.20E+20
Chael, E.P. and Stewart, G.S. (1982). Recent large earthquakes along the middle America trench and their implications for the subduction process, J. geophys. Res., 87, B1, 329-338, DOI: 10.1029/JB087iB01p00329
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
795568 1970-05-14 09:20:22 43.078 47.131 12.5 (Eastern Caucasus)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.90E+18
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
795586 1970-05-14 18:12:26 43.191 47.140 15.0 (Eastern Caucasus)
Mw = 6.70±0.30 | M
0 = 1.40E+19
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
795644 1970-05-15 17:13:13 50.224 91.118 7.0 (Tuva-Buryatia-Mongolia border region)
Mw = 6.30±0.20 | M
0 = 3.63E+18
Bayasgalan, A., Jackson, J.A. and McKenzie, D. (2005). Lithosphere rheology and active tectonics in Mongolia: relations between earthquake source parameters, gravity and GPS measurements, Geophys. J. Int., 163, 3, 1151-1179, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02764.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
796053 1970-05-27 19:05:37 40.256 143.043 10.0 (Off east coast of Honshu)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 9.00E+17
Izutani, Y. and Hirasawa, T. (1978). Source characteristics of shallow earthquakes in the northern part of Sanriku-Oki region, Japan, J. Phys. Earth, 26, 275-297, DOI: 10.4294/jpe1952.26.275
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
796163 1970-05-31 20:23:29 -9.183 -78.737 45.0 (Near coast of northern Peru)
Mw = 7.90±0.30 | M
0 = 1.00E+21
Abe, K. (1972). Mechanisms and tectonic implications of the 1966 and 1970 Peru earthquakes, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 5, 367-379, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(72)90108-2
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
794224 1970-06-02 01:37:24 -9.777 -78.772 56.7 (Near coast of northern Peru)
Mw = 5.70±0.30 | M
0 = 4.70E+17
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
794284 1970-06-04 04:09:27 -9.956 -78.536 54.9 (Near coast of northern Peru)
Mw = 6.40±0.30 | M
0 = 5.54E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
794309 1970-06-05 04:53:08 42.510 78.691 15.0 (Lake Issyk-Kul region)
Mw = 6.30±0.20 | M
0 = 3.10E+18
Nelson, M.R., McCaffrey, R. and Molnar, P. (1987). Source parameters for 11 earthquakes in the Tien Shan, Central Asia, determined by P and SH waveform inversion, J. geophys. Res., 92, B12, 12629-12648, DOI: 10.1029/JB092iB12p12629
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
794513 1970-06-11 16:46:34 -59.232 158.902 15.0 (Macquarie Island region)
Mw = 7.30±0.30 | M
0 = 1.00E+20
Ruff, L.J., Given, J.W., Sanders, C.O. and Sperber, C.M. (1989). Large earthquakes in the Macquarie Ridge complex: transitional tectonics and subduction initiation, Pure appl. Geophys., 129, 1-2, 71-129, DOI: 10.1007/BF00874625
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
794533 1970-06-12 08:06:20 -2.927 139.129 45.0 (Near north coast of Irian Jaya)
Mw = 5.90±0.20 | M
0 = 1.04E+18
Abers, G. (1989). Active tectonics and seismicity of New Guinea, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
794705 1970-06-19 10:56:16 -22.261 -70.276 60.0 (Near coast of northern Chile)
Mw = 6.50±0.30 | M
0 = 7.30E+18
Malgrange, M. and Madariaga, R. (1983). Complex distribution of large thrust and normal fault earthquakes in the Chilean subduction zone, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 73, 489-505, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1983.tb03326.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
794709 1970-06-19 14:25:18 15.428 -45.907 10.0 (Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge)
Mw = 6.20±0.30 | M
0 = 2.70E+18
Muller, J.L. (1983). Earthquake source parameters, seismicity, and tectonics of North Atlantic transform faults, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
794912 1970-06-28 01:30:18 -8.683 124.000 85.8 (Timor region)
Mw = 6.60±0.20 | M
0 = 1.17E+19
McCaffrey, R., Molnar, P., Roecker, S.W. and Joyodiwiryo, Y.S. (1985). Microearthquake seismicity and fault plane solutions related to arc‐continent collision in the Eastern Sunda Arc, Indonesia, J. geophys. Res., 90, B6, 4511-4528, DOI: 10.1029/JB090iB06p04511
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
793406 1970-07-02 00:45:02 -10.125 -78.543 52.0 (Near coast of Peru)
Mw = 6.00±0.30 | M
0 = 1.46E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
794013 1970-07-25 22:41:14 32.053 131.782 45.0 (Kyushu)
Mw = 7.00±0.30 | M
0 = 4.10E+19
Shiono, K., Mikumo, T. and Ishikawa, Y. (1980). Tectonics of the Kyushu-Ryukyu arc as evinced from seismicity and focal mechanism of shallow to intermediate-depth earthquakes, J. Phys. Earth, 28, 17-43, DOI: 10.4294/jpe1952.28.17
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
794034 1970-07-26 07:10:39 32.158 131.873 45.0 (Kyushu)
Mw = 6.20±0.20 | M
0 = 2.60E+18
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1991). Earthquakes along the Ryukyu-Kyushu Arc: Strain segmentation, lateral compression, and the thermomechanical state of the plate interface, J. geophys. Res., 96, B13, 21443-21485, DOI: 10.1029/91JB02164
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
794100 1970-07-29 10:16:22 25.977 95.340 76.1 (Myanmar-India border region)
Mw = 7.00±0.40 | M
0 = 4.12E+19
Rastogi, B.K. and Singh, D.D. (1978). Source parameters of the Burma-India border earthquake of July 29,1970, from body waves, Tectonophysics, 51, T77-T84, DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(78)90236-6
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
794114 1970-07-30 00:52:21 37.733 55.885 15.0 (Iran-Turkmenistan border region)
Mw = 6.70±0.30 | M
0 = 1.20E+19
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
794176 1970-07-31 17:08:05 -1.597 -72.532 644.8 (Colombia)
Mw = 8.00±0.10 | M
0 = 1.40E+21
Huang, W.-C., Okal, E.A., Ekström, G. and Salganik, M.P. (1997). Centroid moment tensor solutions for deep earthquakes predating the digital era: the World-Wide Standardized Seismograph Network dataset (1962–1976), Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 99, 1–2, 121-129, DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(96)03177-9
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
792729 1970-08-10 15:15:22 -13.856 166.677 45.0 (Vanuatu Islands)
Mw = 6.40±0.30 | M
0 = 5.67E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
792753 1970-08-11 10:22:25 -14.057 166.657 45.0 (Vanuatu Islands)
Mw = 6.90±0.30 | M
0 = 3.12E+19
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
792844 1970-08-13 04:22:37 -8.991 117.933 99.1 (Sumbawa region)
Mw = 5.80±0.20 | M
0 = 7.40E+17
McCaffrey, R. (1988). Active tectonics of the eastern Sunda and Banda arcs, J. geophys. Res., 93, B12, 15163-15182, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB12p15163
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
793157 1970-08-24 12:30:18 -56.343 -142.650 10.0 (Pacific-Antarctic Ridge)
Mw = 6.40±0.30 | M
0 = 4.40E+18
Burr, N.C. and Solomon, S.C. (1978). The relationship of source parameters of oceanic transform earthquakes to plate velocity and transform length, J. geophys. Res., 83, B3, 1193-1200, DOI: 10.1029/JB083iB03p01193
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
791596 1970-09-01 05:11:15 17.717 147.629 25.0 (Mariana Islands region)
Mw = 6.60±0.40 | M
0 = 1.10E+19
Okal, E.A., Reymond, D. and Hongsresawat, S. (2013). Large, pre-digital earthquakes of the Bonin-Mariana subduction zone, Tectonophysics, 586, 1-14, DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.09.006
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
792002 1970-09-14 15:36:50 -34.023 -72.294 20.0 (Near coast of central Chile)
Mw = 5.70±0.30 | M
0 = 4.00E+17
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
792158 1970-09-19 06:37:29 -33.516 -71.908 25.0 (Near coast of central Chile)
Mw = 5.70±0.30 | M
0 = 4.60E+17
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
790976 1970-10-10 08:53:03 -3.457 86.146 15.0 (South Indian Ocean)
Mw = 6.30±0.20 | M
0 = 4.10E+18
Bergman, E.A. and Solomon, S.C. (1985). Earthquake source mechanisms from body-waveform inversion and intraplate tectonics in the northern Indian Ocean, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 40, 1-23, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(85)90002-0
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
791152 1970-10-16 05:26:13 39.237 140.718 15.0 (Eastern Honshu)
Mw = 6.20±0.30 | M
0 = 2.20E+18
Mikumo, T. (1974). Some considerations on the faulting mechanism of the southeastern Akita earthquake of October 16, 1970, J. Phys. Earth, 22, 1, 87-108, DOI: 10.4294/jpe1952.22.87
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
791579 1970-10-31 17:53:14 -4.999 145.396 60.0 (Near north coast of New Guinea)
Mw = 6.90±0.20 | M
0 = 2.89E+19
Abers, G. (1989). Active tectonics and seismicity of New Guinea, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
790008 1970-11-08 22:35:48 -3.428 135.544 35.0 (Irian Jaya region)
Mw = 6.70±0.20 | M
0 = 1.37E+19
Abers, G. (1989). Active tectonics and seismicity of New Guinea, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
790042 1970-11-09 17:41:43 29.477 56.714 98.1 (Southern Iran)
Mw = 5.50±0.30 | M
0 = 2.60E+17
North, R. (1977). Seismic moment, source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 137-161, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb01293.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
790114 1970-11-12 06:07:17 -5.135 145.077 15.0 (Eastern New Guinea region)
Mw = 6.30±0.20 | M
0 = 3.90E+18
Abers, G. (1989). Active tectonics and seismicity of New Guinea, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
790201 1970-11-14 07:58:21 22.780 121.349 29.5 (Taiwan region)
Mw = 6.20±0.20 | M
0 = 2.80E+18
Chen, P.F., Ekström, G. and Okal, E.A. (2004). Centroid moment tensor solutions for Taiwan earthquakes of the WWSSN era (1963-1975), Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., 15, 1, 61-73, DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2004.15.1.61(T)
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
790313 1970-11-18 12:23:17 35.290 -35.796 15.0 (Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 9.50E+17
Muller, J.L. (1983). Earthquake source parameters, seismicity, and tectonics of North Atlantic transform faults, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
790319 1970-11-18 20:10:57 -28.871 -112.701 10.0 (Easter Island region)
Mw = 6.00±0.30 | M
0 = 1.37E+18
Forsyth, D.W. (1973). Anisotropy and the structural evolution of the oceanic upper mantle, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
790590 1970-11-27 09:39:24 24.336 122.426 55.0 (Taiwan region)
Mw = 5.70±0.20 | M
0 = 3.90E+17
Kao, H., Shen, S.-J. and Ma, K.-F. (1998). Transition from oblique subduction to collision: Earthquakes in the southernmost Ryukyu arc-Taiwan region, J. geophys. Res., 103, B4, 7211-7229, DOI: 10.1029/97JB03510
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
790625 1970-11-28 11:08:45 -21.092 -69.797 44.9 (Northern Chile)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 9.00E+17
Malgrange, M. and Madariaga, R. (1983). Complex distribution of large thrust and normal fault earthquakes in the Chilean subduction zone, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 73, 489-505, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1983.tb03326.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
788901 1970-12-04 17:08:50 -23.222 -69.988 39.2 (Northern Chile)
Mw = 6.50±0.20 | M
0 = 7.08E+18
Tichelaar, B.W. and Ruff, L.J. (1991). Seismic coupling along the Chilean subduction zone, J. geophys. Res., 96, B7, 11997-12022, DOI: 10.1029/91JB00200
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
789028 1970-12-10 04:34:41 -4.026 -80.542 25.0 (Peru-Ecuador border region)
Mw = 7.20±0.30 | M
0 = 6.76E+19
Suarez, G., Molnar, P. and Burchfiel, B.C. (1983). Seismicity, fault plane solutions, depth of faulting, and active tectonics of the Andes of Peru, Ecuador, and southern Colombia, J. geophys. Res., 88, B12, 10403-10428, DOI: 10.1029/JB088iB12p10403
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
788036 1971-01-10 07:17:05 -3.184 139.722 30.0 (Irian Jaya)
Mw = 7.70±0.20 | M
0 = 4.07E+20
Abers, G. (1989). Active tectonics and seismicity of New Guinea, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
788372 1971-01-19 03:16:52 23.757 -108.707 10.0 (Gulf of California)
Mw = 6.00±0.20 | M
0 = 1.20E+18
Goff, J.A., Bergman, E.A. and Solomon, S.C. (1987). Earthquake source mechanisms and transform fault tectonics in the Gulf of California, J. geophys. Res., 92, B10, 10485-10510, DOI: 10.1029/JB092iB10p10485
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
786827 1971-02-02 07:59:58 23.738 91.591 45.3 (India-Bangladesh border region)
Mw = 5.40±0.20 | M
0 = 1.60E+17
Sloan, R.A., Jackson, J.A., McKenzie, D. and Priestley, K. (2011). Earthquake depth distributions in central Asia, and their relations with lithosphere thickness, shortening and extension, Geophys. J. Int., 185, 1, 1-29, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04882.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
787038 1971-02-09 14:00:41 34.254 -118.442 10.0 (Southern California)
Mw = 6.70±0.20 | M
0 = 1.40E+19
Heaton, T.H. and Helmberger, D.V. (1979). Generalized ray models of the San Fernando earthquake, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 69, 5, 1311-1341.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
787446 1971-02-16 14:26:10 24.112 122.238 30.0 (Taiwan region)
Mw = 5.80±0.20 | M
0 = 5.50E+17
Kao, H., Shen, S.-J. and Ma, K.-F. (1998). Transition from oblique subduction to collision: Earthquakes in the southernmost Ryukyu arc-Taiwan region, J. geophys. Res., 103, B4, 7211-7229, DOI: 10.1029/97JB03510
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
786560 1971-03-23 20:47:17 41.419 79.243 15.0 (Kyrgyzstan-Xinjiang border region)
Mw = 5.80±0.20 | M
0 = 5.90E+17
Nelson, M.R., McCaffrey, R. and Molnar, P. (1987). Source parameters for 11 earthquakes in the Tien Shan, Central Asia, determined by P and SH waveform inversion, J. geophys. Res., 92, B12, 12629-12648, DOI: 10.1029/JB092iB12p12629
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
786580 1971-03-24 13:54:19 35.448 98.137 10.0 (Qinghai)
Mw = 6.00±0.20 | M
0 = 1.30E+18
Molnar, P. and Lyon-Caen, H. (1989). Fault plane solutions of earthquakes and active tectonics of the Tibetan Plateau and its margins, Geophys. J. Int., 99, 1, 123-154, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1989.tb02013.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
786658 1971-03-26 17:35:22 60.200 -141.059 25.0 (Southeastern Alaska)
Mw = 5.60±0.20 | M
0 = 3.38E+17
Estabrook, C.H., Nábělek, J.L. and Lerner-Lam, A.L. (1992). Tectonic model of the Pacific-North American plate boundary in the Gulf of Alaska from broadband analysis of the 1979 St. Elias, Alaska, earthquake and its aftershocks, J. geophys. Res., B, 97, 5, 6587-6612, DOI: 10.1029/92JB00131
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
785278 1971-04-03 04:49:02 32.158 95.042 15.0 (Xizang)
Mw = 5.80±0.20 | M
0 = 6.00E+17
Molnar, P. and Lyon-Caen, H. (1989). Fault plane solutions of earthquakes and active tectonics of the Tibetan Plateau and its margins, Geophys. J. Int., 99, 1, 123-154, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1989.tb02013.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
785314 1971-04-04 10:15:37 -56.344 -122.622 15.0 (Southern East Pacific Rise)
Mw = 6.50±0.30 | M
0 = 8.00E+18
Burr, N.C. and Solomon, S.C. (1978). The relationship of source parameters of oceanic transform earthquakes to plate velocity and transform length, J. geophys. Res., 83, B3, 1193-1200, DOI: 10.1029/JB083iB03p01193
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
784033 1971-05-03 00:33:23 30.739 84.443 10.0 (Xizang)
Mw = 5.50±0.30 | M
0 = 2.50E+17
Molnar, P. and Chen, W.-P. (1983). Focal depths and fault plane solutions of earthquakes under the Tibetan plateau, J. geophys. Res., 88, B2, 1180-1196, DOI: 10.1029/JB088iB02p01180
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
784250 1971-05-09 08:25:00 -39.811 -104.833 15.0 (Southern Pacific Ocean)
Mw = 6.60±0.30 | M
0 = 8.96E+18
Forsyth, D.W. (1973). Compressive stress between two mid-ocean ridges, Nature, 243, 78-79, DOI: 10.1038/243078a0
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
784297 1971-05-10 14:51:46 42.887 71.267 17.8 (Kyrgyzstan)
Mw = 5.30±0.20 | M
0 = 1.30E+17
Nelson, M.R., McCaffrey, R. and Molnar, P. (1987). Source parameters for 11 earthquakes in the Tien Shan, Central Asia, determined by P and SH waveform inversion, J. geophys. Res., 92, B12, 12629-12648, DOI: 10.1029/JB092iB12p12629
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
784847 1971-05-22 20:03:31 32.299 92.100 10.0 (Xizang)
Mw = 5.60±0.30 | M
0 = 3.00E+17
Molnar, P. and Chen, W.-P. (1983). Focal depths and fault plane solutions of earthquakes under the Tibetan plateau, J. geophys. Res., 88, B2, 1180-1196, DOI: 10.1029/JB088iB02p01180
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
784936 1971-05-25 05:43:26 39.032 29.778 10.0 (Turkey)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 9.50E+17
Eyidogan, H. and Jackson, J.A. (1985). A seismological study of normal faulting in the Demirci, Alasehir and Gediz earthquakes of 1969-1970 in western Turkey: Implications for the nature and geometry of deformation in the continental crust, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 81, 569-607, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1985.tb06423.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
785166 1971-05-31 03:46:52 72.241 1.210 15.0 (Norwegian Sea)
Mw = 5.80±0.20 | M
0 = 6.80E+17
Huang, P.Y., Solomon, S.C., Bergman, E.A. and Nábělek, J.L. (1986). Focal depths and mechanism of Mid-Atlantic Ridge earthquakes from body waveform inversion, J. geophys. Res., 91, B1, 579-598, DOI: 10.1029/JB091iB01p00579
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
783495 1971-06-16 00:58:37 41.535 79.307 18.6 (Kyrgyzstan-Xinjiang border region)
Mw = 5.30±0.20 | M
0 = 1.31E+17
Romanowicz, B. (1981). Depth resolution of in Central Asia by moment tensor inversion of long-period Rayleigh waves: Effects of phase velocity variations across Eurasia and their calibration, J. geophys. Res., 86, B7, 5963-5984, DOI: 10.1029/JB086iB07p05963
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
783841 1971-06-26 19:27:14 -5.141 96.852 13.7 (Southwest of Sumatera)
Mw = 6.40±0.20 | M
0 = 5.40E+18
Bergman, E.A. and Solomon, S.C. (1985). Earthquake source mechanisms from body-waveform inversion and intraplate tectonics in the northern Indian Ocean, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 40, 1-23, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(85)90002-0
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
782010 1971-07-09 03:03:20 -32.601 -71.076 60.3 (Near coast of central Chile)
Mw = 7.80±0.30 | M
0 = 5.60E+20
Malgrange, M., Deschamps, A. and Madariaga, R. (1981). Thrust and extensional faulting under the Chilean coast: 1965, 1971, Aconcagua earthquakes, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 66, 313-331, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1981.tb05958.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
782181 1971-07-14 06:11:30 -5.524 153.850 40.0 (New Ireland region)
Mw = 8.00±0.30 | M
0 = 1.20E+21
Lay, T. and Kanamori, H. (1980). Earthquake doublets in the Solomon Islands, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 21, 283-304, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(80)90134-X
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
782391 1971-07-17 15:00:55 26.469 93.127 35.0 (Northeastern India)
Mw = 5.50±0.20 | M
0 = 2.60E+17
Chen, W.P. and Molnar, P. (1990). Source parameters of earthquakes and intraplate deformation beneath the Shillong plateau and the northern Indoburman ranges, J. geophys. Res., 95, B8, 12527-12552, DOI: 10.1029/JB095iB08p12527
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
782621 1971-07-24 11:43:39 39.468 73.163 20.0 (Tajikistan-Xinjiang border region)
Mw = 5.00±0.20 | M
0 = 4.60E+16
Patton, H. (1980). Reference point equalization method for determining the source and path effects of surface waves, J. geophys. Res., 85, B2, 821-848, DOI: 10.1029/JB085iB02p00821
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
782684 1971-07-26 01:23:22 -4.817 153.172 40.0 (New Ireland region)
Mw = 8.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.80E+21
Lay, T. and Kanamori, H. (1980). Earthquake doublets in the Solomon Islands, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 21, 283-304, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(80)90134-X
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
779972 1971-09-05 18:35:30 46.505 141.199 18.1 (Sakhalin Island)
Mw = 7.30±0.30 | M
0 = 9.50E+19
Fukao, Y. and Furumoto, M. (1975). Mechanism of large earthquakes along the eastern margin of the Japan Sea, Tectonophysics, 26, 247-266, DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(75)90093-1
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
780342 1971-09-15 14:55:08 39.110 143.525 25.0 (Off east coast of Honshu)
Mw = 6.00±0.20 | M
0 = 1.40E+18
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1996). Seismicity in the outer rise-forearc region and configuration of the subducting lithosphere with special reference to the Japan Trench, J. geophys. Res., 101, B12, 27811-27831, DOI: 10.1029/96JB01760
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
780731 1971-09-30 08:18:00 26.816 -110.834 15.0 (Gulf of California)
Mw = 6.50±0.20 | M
0 = 6.70E+18
Goff, J.A., Bergman, E.A. and Solomon, S.C. (1987). Earthquake source mechanisms and transform fault tectonics in the Gulf of California, J. geophys. Res., 92, B10, 10485-10510, DOI: 10.1029/JB092iB10p10485
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
780752 1971-09-30 21:24:10 -0.514 -4.956 15.0 (South Atlantic Ocean)
Mw = 5.80±0.30 | M
0 = 7.00E+17
Liu, H.L. and Kanamori, H. (1980). Determination of source parameters of mid-plate earthquakes from the waveforms of body waves, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 70, 6, 1989-2004.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
779005 1971-10-03 13:24:40 -14.571 171.680 10.0 (Vanuatu Islands region)
Mw = 6.70±0.30 | M
0 = 1.68E+19
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
779151 1971-10-08 14:15:39 -6.851 144.293 27.5 (New Guinea)
Mw = 5.50±0.20 | M
0 = 1.90E+17
Abers, G. and McCaffrey, R. (1988). Active deformation in the New Guinea fold-and-thrust belt: Seismological evidence for strike-slip faulting and basement-involved thrusting, J. geophys. Res., 93, B11, 13332-13354, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB11p13332
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
779172 1971-10-09 13:15:38 24.903 121.987 87.3 (Taiwan)
Mw = 5.60±0.20 | M
0 = 3.70E+17
Kao, H., Shen, S.-J. and Ma, K.-F. (1998). Transition from oblique subduction to collision: Earthquakes in the southernmost Ryukyu arc-Taiwan region, J. geophys. Res., 103, B4, 7211-7229, DOI: 10.1029/97JB03510
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
779689 1971-10-27 17:58:39 -15.582 167.246 45.0 (Vanuatu Islands)
Mw = 6.80±0.30 | M
0 = 2.23E+19
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
779728 1971-10-28 13:30:57 41.864 72.280 15.0 (Kyrgyzstan)
Mw = 5.40±0.20 | M
0 = 1.60E+17
Patton, H. (1980). Reference point equalization method for determining the source and path effects of surface waves, J. geophys. Res., 85, B2, 821-848, DOI: 10.1029/JB085iB02p00821
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
778697 1971-11-21 05:57:12 -11.857 166.557 113.1 (Santa Cruz Islands)
Mw = 7.10±0.30 | M
0 = 5.60E+19
Fukao, Y. and Kikuchi, M. (1987). Source retrieval for mantle earthquakes by iterative deconvolution of long-period P-waves, Tectonophysics, 144, 1-3, 249-269, DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(87)90021-7
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
778805 1971-11-24 19:35:33 52.803 159.199 125.0 (Off east coast of Kamchatka Peninsula)
Mw = 7.30±0.20 | M
0 = 9.60E+19
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1994). The double seismic zone in Kuril-Kamchatka: The tale of two overlapping single zones, J. geophys. Res., 99, B4, 6913-6930, DOI: 10.1029/93JB03409
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
777559 1971-12-07 12:04:19 55.048 -54.437 20.0 (Labrador Sea)
Mw = 5.50±0.30 | M
0 = 2.50E+17
Hashizume, M. (1973). Two earthquakes on Baffin Island and their tectonic implications, J. geophys. Res., 78, 26, 6069-6081, DOI: 10.1029/JB078i026p06069
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
777588 1971-12-08 16:05:28 -22.805 -70.371 30.0 (Near coast of northern Chile)
Mw = 6.10±0.20 | M
0 = 1.78E+18
Tichelaar, B.W. and Ruff, L.J. (1991). Seismic coupling along the Chilean subduction zone, J. geophys. Res., 96, B7, 11997-12022, DOI: 10.1029/91JB00200
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
777750 1971-12-15 08:29:57 55.959 163.269 27.5 (Off east coast of Kamchatka Peninsula)
Mw = 7.60±0.40 | M
0 = 3.10E+20
Zakharova, A.I. and Chepkunas, L.S. (1977). Dynamic parameters of the foci of strong earthquakes as obtained from spectra of longitudinal waves at the station at Obninsk, Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Fiz. Zemli 13, 81-87.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
776670 1972-01-04 03:16:56 22.638 122.067 28.0 (Taiwan region)
Mw = 6.90±0.20 | M
0 = 2.50E+19
Chen, P.F., Ekström, G. and Okal, E.A. (2004). Centroid moment tensor solutions for Taiwan earthquakes of the WWSSN era (1963-1975), Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., 15, 1, 61-73, DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2004.15.1.61(T)
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
776759 1972-01-07 06:25:50 -2.184 138.951 30.0 (Irian Jaya)
Mw = 6.00±0.20 | M
0 = 1.32E+18
Abers, G. (1989). Active tectonics and seismicity of New Guinea, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
776951 1972-01-15 20:21:48 40.182 78.920 10.2 (Southern Xinjiang)
Mw = 6.20±0.20 | M
0 = 2.35E+18
Romanowicz, B. (1981). Depth resolution of in Central Asia by moment tensor inversion of long-period Rayleigh waves: Effects of phase velocity variations across Eurasia and their calibration, J. geophys. Res., 86, B7, 5963-5984, DOI: 10.1029/JB086iB07p05963
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
777173 1972-01-24 03:55:45 -13.144 166.406 35.0 (Vanuatu Islands)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 2.05E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
777208 1972-01-25 02:06:24 22.632 122.269 25.0 (Taiwan region)
Mw = 7.30±0.20 | M
0 = 1.30E+20
Chen, P.F., Ekström, G. and Okal, E.A. (2004). Centroid moment tensor solutions for Taiwan earthquakes of the WWSSN era (1963-1975), Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., 15, 1, 61-73, DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2004.15.1.61(T)
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
776200 1972-02-14 23:29:53 -11.481 166.339 101.8 (Santa Cruz Islands)
Mw = 7.40±0.40 | M
0 = 1.40E+20
Okal, E.A. (1992). Use of the mantle magnitude Mm for the reassessment of the moment of historical earthquakes. II: intermediate and deep events, Pure appl. Geophys., 139, 1, 59-85, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876826
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
775213 1972-03-08 03:45:25 -3.795 131.384 25.6 (Irian Jaya region)
Mw = 5.90±0.20 | M
0 = 9.20E+17
McCaffrey, R. (1988). Active tectonics of the eastern Sunda and Banda arcs, J. geophys. Res., 93, B12, 15163-15182, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB12p15163
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
775498 1972-03-20 07:33:50 -6.855 -76.726 55.0 (Northern Peru)
Mw = 6.40±0.30 | M
0 = 4.23E+18
Suarez, G., Molnar, P. and Burchfiel, B.C. (1983). Seismicity, fault plane solutions, depth of faulting, and active tectonics of the Andes of Peru, Ecuador, and southern Colombia, J. geophys. Res., 88, B12, 10403-10428, DOI: 10.1029/JB088iB12p10403
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
774291 1972-04-10 02:06:51 28.415 52.765 10.0 (Southern Iran)
Mw = 6.60±0.20 | M
0 = 8.44E+18
Baker, C., Jackson, J.A. and Priestley, K.F. (1993). Earthquakes on the Kazerun Line in the Zagros Mountains of Iran: strike-slip faulting within a foldand-thrust belt, Geophys. J. Int., 115, 1, 41-61, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1993.tb05587.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
774536 1972-04-17 10:49:45 24.171 122.543 41.6 (Taiwan region)
Mw = 6.30±0.20 | M
0 = 3.50E+18
Chen, P.F., Ekström, G. and Okal, E.A. (2004). Centroid moment tensor solutions for Taiwan earthquakes of the WWSSN era (1963-1975), Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., 15, 1, 61-73, DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2004.15.1.61(T)
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
774714 1972-04-24 09:57:21 23.564 121.539 22.2 (Taiwan)
Mw = 7.00±0.20 | M
0 = 3.50E+19
Chen, P.F., Ekström, G. and Okal, E.A. (2004). Centroid moment tensor solutions for Taiwan earthquakes of the WWSSN era (1963-1975), Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., 15, 1, 61-73, DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2004.15.1.61(T)
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
773076 1972-05-02 06:56:22 5.203 -100.228 15.0 (Galapagos Triple Junction region)
Mw = 6.10±0.20 | M
0 = 1.80E+18
Bergman, E.A. and Solomon, S.C. (1984). Source mechanisms of earthquakes near mid-ocean ridges from body-waveform inversion: Implications for the early evolution of oceanic lithosphere, J. geophys. Res., 89, B13, 11415-11441, DOI: 10.1029/JB089iB13p11415
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
772246 1972-06-06 05:25:50 32.853 -39.776 15.0 (Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge)
Mw = 5.70±0.20 | M
0 = 4.10E+17
Huang, P.Y., Solomon, S.C., Bergman, E.A. and Nábělek, J.L. (1986). Focal depths and mechanism of Mid-Atlantic Ridge earthquakes from body waveform inversion, J. geophys. Res., 91, B1, 579-598, DOI: 10.1029/JB091iB01p00579
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
772960 1972-06-28 09:49:36 27.643 33.815 15.0 (Egypt)
Mw = 5.60±0.20 | M
0 = 3.70E+17
Huang, P.Y. and Solomon, S.C. (1987). Centroid depths and mechanisms of mid-ocean ridge earthquakes in the Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, J. geophys. Res., 92, B2, 1361-1382, DOI: 10.1029/JB092iB02p01361
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
771798 1972-07-22 16:41:03 31.356 91.444 10.0 (Xizang)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 8.00E+17
Molnar, P. and Chen, W.-P. (1983). Focal depths and fault plane solutions of earthquakes under the Tibetan plateau, J. geophys. Res., 88, B2, 1180-1196, DOI: 10.1029/JB088iB02p01180
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
772060 1972-07-30 21:45:17 56.724 -135.853 25.0 (Southeastern Alaska)
Mw = 7.60±0.30 | M
0 = 3.00E+20
Schell, M.M. and Ruff, L.J. (1989). Rupture of a seismic gap in southeastern Alaska: the 1972 Sitka earthquake (Ms 7.6), Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 54, 3-4, 241-257, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(89)90246-X
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
770580 1972-08-14 22:29:28 -6.365 144.475 35.0 (New Guinea)
Mw = 5.60±0.20 | M
0 = 3.50E+17
Abers, G. (1989). Active tectonics and seismicity of New Guinea, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
770672 1972-08-17 23:44:09 -6.050 152.932 20.0 (New Britain region)
Mw = 7.50±0.30 | M
0 = 2.00E+20
Furumoto, M. and Nakanishi, I. (1983). Source times and scaling relations of large earthquakes, J. geophys. Res., 88, B3, 2191-2198, DOI: 10.1029/JB088iB03p02191
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
771119 1972-08-30 18:47:42 36.501 96.320 16.9 (Qinghai)
Mw = 5.30±0.20 | M
0 = 1.10E+17
Molnar, P. and Lyon-Caen, H. (1989). Fault plane solutions of earthquakes and active tectonics of the Tibetan Plateau and its margins, Geophys. J. Int., 99, 1, 123-154, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1989.tb02013.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
771113 1972-08-30 15:14:08 36.598 96.336 15.0 (Qinghai)
Mw = 5.30±0.20 | M
0 = 1.00E+17
Molnar, P. and Lyon-Caen, H. (1989). Fault plane solutions of earthquakes and active tectonics of the Tibetan Plateau and its margins, Geophys. J. Int., 99, 1, 123-154, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1989.tb02013.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
768911 1972-09-02 01:49:40 29.440 130.500 52.2 (Ryukyu Islands)
Mw = 6.20±0.20 | M
0 = 2.60E+18
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1991). Earthquakes along the Ryukyu-Kyushu Arc: Strain segmentation, lateral compression, and the thermomechanical state of the plate interface, J. geophys. Res., 96, B13, 21443-21485, DOI: 10.1029/91JB02164
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
768987 1972-09-03 16:48:29 35.919 73.416 30.0 (Northwestern Kashmir)
Mw = 6.20±0.20 | M
0 = 2.70E+18
Zheng, S-H. and Suzuki, Z. (1993). Moment tensors of earthquakes in and near the Tibetan Plateau and their scaling law, Acta seism. sin., 6, 2, 365-377, DOI: 10.1007/BF02650949
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
769158 1972-09-07 02:54:56 -2.036 68.091 9.8 (Carlsberg Ridge)
Mw = 5.60±0.20 | M
0 = 3.50E+17
Huang, P.Y. and Solomon, S.C. (1987). Centroid depths and mechanisms of mid-ocean ridge earthquakes in the Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, J. geophys. Res., 92, B2, 1361-1382, DOI: 10.1029/JB092iB02p01361
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
769309 1972-09-11 13:35:49 -3.296 130.685 28.6 (Seram)
Mw = 6.10±0.20 | M
0 = 1.93E+18
McCaffrey, R. (1988). Active tectonics of the eastern Sunda and Banda arcs, J. geophys. Res., 93, B12, 15163-15182, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB12p15163
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
769369 1972-09-13 14:33:39 -20.359 168.987 30.0 (Loyalty Islands)
Mw = 6.40±0.30 | M
0 = 5.81E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
769592 1972-09-18 20:35:40 -9.983 119.515 53.1 (Sumba region)
Mw = 5.60±0.20 | M
0 = 2.80E+17
McCaffrey, R. (1988). Active tectonics of the eastern Sunda and Banda arcs, J. geophys. Res., 93, B12, 15163-15182, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB12p15163
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
769766 1972-09-22 19:57:28 22.413 121.123 25.0 (Taiwan region)
Mw = 6.30±0.20 | M
0 = 3.00E+18
Chen, P.F., Ekström, G. and Okal, E.A. (2004). Centroid moment tensor solutions for Taiwan earthquakes of the WWSSN era (1963-1975), Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., 15, 1, 61-73, DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2004.15.1.61(T)
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
769882 1972-09-24 20:09:38 -6.305 131.116 35.0 (Tanimbar Islands region)
Mw = 6.80±0.20 | M
0 = 2.02E+19
McCaffrey, R. (1988). Active tectonics of the eastern Sunda and Banda arcs, J. geophys. Res., 93, B12, 15163-15182, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB12p15163
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
769955 1972-09-26 21:05:45 -30.957 -68.208 15.0 (San Juan Province)
Mw = 6.00±0.30 | M
0 = 1.20E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
767932 1972-10-01 23:49:38 7.478 123.809 628.8 (Mindanao)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 1.00E+18
Vassiliou, M.S. and Kanamori, H. (1982). The energy release in earthquakes, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 72, 2, 371-387.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
768339 1972-10-14 00:00:25 48.321 148.862 389.4 (Northwest of Kuril Islands)
Mw = 5.60±0.20 | M
0 = 3.00E+17
Glennon, M.A. and Chen, W.P. (1993). Systematics of deep-focus earthquakes along the Kuril-Kamchatka arc and their implications on mantle dynamics, J. geophys. Res., 98, B1, 735-769, DOI: 10.1029/92JB01742
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
768467 1972-10-17 21:23:17 -10.387 120.478 30.0 (Sumba region)
Mw = 5.90±0.20 | M
0 = 9.80E+17
McCaffrey, R. (1988). Active tectonics of the eastern Sunda and Banda arcs, J. geophys. Res., 93, B12, 15163-15182, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB12p15163
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
768494 1972-10-18 18:18:24 -8.544 124.855 15.0 (Timor region)
Mw = 5.90±0.20 | M
0 = 8.70E+17
McCaffrey, R. (1988). Active tectonics of the eastern Sunda and Banda arcs, J. geophys. Res., 93, B12, 15163-15182, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB12p15163
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
768710 1972-10-26 17:05:05 27.393 128.535 48.0 (Ryukyu Islands)
Mw = 5.60±0.20 | M
0 = 3.40E+17
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1991). Earthquakes along the Ryukyu-Kyushu Arc: Strain segmentation, lateral compression, and the thermomechanical state of the plate interface, J. geophys. Res., 96, B13, 21443-21485, DOI: 10.1029/91JB02164
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
768757 1972-10-28 02:27:13 -7.308 146.808 10.0 (Eastern New Guinea region)
Mw = 6.30±0.20 | M
0 = 3.01E+18
Abers, G. (1989). Active tectonics and seismicity of New Guinea, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
766936 1972-11-02 19:55:22 -20.122 168.949 20.0 (Loyalty Islands)
Mw = 7.00±0.30 | M
0 = 3.63E+19
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
767168 1972-11-09 18:41:15 23.898 121.562 22.9 (Taiwan)
Mw = 6.10±0.20 | M
0 = 1.60E+18
Chen, P.F., Ekström, G. and Okal, E.A. (2004). Centroid moment tensor solutions for Taiwan earthquakes of the WWSSN era (1963-1975), Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., 15, 1, 61-73, DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2004.15.1.61(T)
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
767290 1972-11-12 17:56:54 38.358 73.176 114.7 (Tajikistan-Xinjiang border region)
Mw = 6.20±0.20 | M
0 = 2.80E+18
Patton, H. (1980). Reference point equalization method for determining the source and path effects of surface waves, J. geophys. Res., 85, B2, 821-848, DOI: 10.1029/JB085iB02p00821
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
767545 1972-11-21 02:47:17 23.953 121.657 20.0 (Taiwan)
Mw = 5.80±0.20 | M
0 = 5.50E+17
Kao, H., Shen, S.-J. and Ma, K.-F. (1998). Transition from oblique subduction to collision: Earthquakes in the southernmost Ryukyu arc-Taiwan region, J. geophys. Res., 103, B4, 7211-7229, DOI: 10.1029/97JB03510
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
765501 1972-12-02 00:19:52 6.405 126.640 60.0 (Mindanao)
Mw = 8.00±0.30 | M
0 = 1.20E+21
Furumoto, M. and Nakanishi, I. (1983). Source times and scaling relations of large earthquakes, J. geophys. Res., 88, B3, 2191-2198, DOI: 10.1029/JB088iB03p02191
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
765650 1972-12-04 17:51:21 -1.535 136.657 15.0 (Irian Jaya region)
Mw = 6.00±0.20 | M
0 = 1.11E+18
Abers, G. (1989). Active tectonics and seismicity of New Guinea, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
765733 1972-12-06 01:43:25 -2.910 139.084 25.0 (Near north coast of Irian Jaya)
Mw = 5.90±0.20 | M
0 = 1.00E+18
Abers, G. (1989). Active tectonics and seismicity of New Guinea, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
765901 1972-12-09 06:44:40 15.128 -45.150 15.0 (Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge)
Mw = 6.20±0.30 | M
0 = 2.80E+18
Muller, J.L. (1983). Earthquake source parameters, seismicity, and tectonics of North Atlantic transform faults, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
765962 1972-12-10 18:26:12 44.672 149.289 40.0 (Kuril Islands)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.90E+18
Wiens, D.A. (1989). Bathymetric effects on body waveforms from shallow subduction zone earthquakes and application to seismic processes in the Kurile Trench, J. geophys. Res., B, 94, B3, 2955-2972, DOI: 10.1029/JB094iB03p02955
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
766294 1972-12-18 01:18:57 -16.640 28.017 15.0 (Zambia)
Mw = 5.60±0.20 | M
0 = 3.10E+17
Shudofsky, G.N. (1985). Source mechanisms and focal depths of eastern African earthquakes using Rayleigh-wave inversion and body-wave modelling, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 83, 563-614, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1985.tb04328.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
764659 1973-01-06 15:52:44 -14.629 166.436 30.0 (Vanuatu Islands)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 2.00E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
765442 1973-01-30 21:01:14 18.489 -102.886 35.3 (Michoacan)
Mw = 7.60±0.30 | M
0 = 3.00E+20
Chael, E.P. and Stewart, G.S. (1982). Recent large earthquakes along the middle America trench and their implications for the subduction process, J. geophys. Res., 87, B1, 329-338, DOI: 10.1029/JB087iB01p00329
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
763709 1973-02-06 10:37:10 31.277 100.544 10.0 (Sichuan)
Mw = 7.40±0.30 | M
0 = 1.70E+20
Zhou, H.L., Liu, H. and Kanamori, H. (1983). Source processes of large earthquakes along the Xianshuihe fault in southwestern China, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 73, 2, 537-551.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
763744 1973-02-07 16:06:24 31.495 100.329 10.0 (Sichuan)
Mw = 5.80±0.30 | M
0 = 5.90E+17
Zhou, H.L., Liu, H. and Kanamori, H. (1983). Source processes of large earthquakes along the Xianshuihe fault in southwestern China, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 73, 2, 537-551.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
763826 1973-02-10 11:53:28 18.581 -104.000 30.0 (Near coast of Jalisco)
Mw = 5.90±0.20 | M
0 = 8.90E+17
Tichelaar, B.W. and Ruff, L.J. (1993). Depth of seismic coupling along subduction zones, J. geophys. Res., 98, B2, 2017-2037, DOI: 10.1029/92JB02045
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
764165 1973-02-21 14:45:57 34.036 -119.125 10.0 (Southern California)
Mw = 5.80±0.30 | M
0 = 7.00E+17
Bent, A.L. and Helmberger, D.V. (1991). A re-examination of historic earthquakes in the San Jacinto fault zone, California, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 81, 6, 2289-2309.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
764227 1973-02-23 04:26:22 -2.147 -78.205 35.0 (Ecuador)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 9.47E+17
Suarez, G., Molnar, P. and Burchfiel, B.C. (1983). Seismicity, fault plane solutions, depth of faulting, and active tectonics of the Andes of Peru, Ecuador, and southern Colombia, J. geophys. Res., 88, B12, 10403-10428, DOI: 10.1029/JB088iB12p10403
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
764269 1973-02-24 07:38:28 -19.134 168.739 55.0 (Vanuatu Islands)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 7.80E+17
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
764418 1973-02-28 06:37:51 50.482 156.660 22.5 (Kuril Islands)
Mw = 7.50±0.20 | M
0 = 2.24E+20
Tichelaar, B.W. and Ruff, L.J. (1993). Depth of seismic coupling along subduction zones, J. geophys. Res., 98, B2, 2017-2037, DOI: 10.1029/92JB02045
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
762501 1973-03-09 19:09:15 -34.096 150.174 20.0 (Near southeast coast of Australia)
Mw = 5.10±0.30 | M
0 = 5.70E+16
Mills, J.M. and Fitch, T.J. (1977). Thrust faulting and crust-upper mantle structure in East Australia, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 48, 3, 351-384, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1977.tb03677.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
763239 1973-03-23 19:42:41 29.271 130.367 41.2 (Ryukyu Islands)
Mw = 5.70±0.20 | M
0 = 4.30E+17
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1991). Earthquakes along the Ryukyu-Kyushu Arc: Strain segmentation, lateral compression, and the thermomechanical state of the plate interface, J. geophys. Res., 96, B13, 21443-21485, DOI: 10.1029/91JB02164
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
763317 1973-03-25 22:42:01 25.719 -110.000 16.9 (Gulf of California)
Mw = 5.70±0.20 | M
0 = 4.60E+17
Goff, J.A., Bergman, E.A. and Solomon, S.C. (1987). Earthquake source mechanisms and transform fault tectonics in the Gulf of California, J. geophys. Res., 92, B10, 10485-10510, DOI: 10.1029/JB092iB10p10485
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
761255 1973-04-07 03:00:59 7.037 91.406 20.0 (Nicobar Islands region)
Mw = 6.60±0.20 | M
0 = 1.08E+19
Bergman, E.A. and Solomon, S.C. (1985). Earthquake source mechanisms from body-waveform inversion and intraplate tectonics in the northern Indian Ocean, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 40, 1-23, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(85)90002-0
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
761315 1973-04-08 12:41:04 -15.824 167.147 35.0 (Vanuatu Islands)
Mw = 6.40±0.30 | M
0 = 5.49E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
761389 1973-04-10 19:55:59 -9.910 119.283 60.0 (Sumba region)
Mw = 5.70±0.20 | M
0 = 5.10E+17
McCaffrey, R. (1988). Active tectonics of the eastern Sunda and Banda arcs, J. geophys. Res., 93, B12, 15163-15182, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB12p15163
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
761479 1973-04-12 13:49:17 50.899 157.290 52.5 (Kuril Islands)
Mw = 6.20±0.20 | M
0 = 2.51E+18
Tichelaar, B.W. and Ruff, L.J. (1993). Depth of seismic coupling along subduction zones, J. geophys. Res., 98, B2, 2017-2037, DOI: 10.1029/92JB02045
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
761648 1973-04-17 12:34:29 -4.211 134.221 25.0 (Irian Jaya region)
Mw = 6.30±0.20 | M
0 = 4.09E+18
Abers, G. and McCaffrey, R. (1988). Active deformation in the New Guinea fold-and-thrust belt: Seismological evidence for strike-slip faulting and basement-involved thrusting, J. geophys. Res., 93, B11, 13332-13354, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB11p13332
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
761994 1973-04-26 20:26:28 20.022 -155.182 10.0 (Hawaiian Islands)
Mw = 6.50±0.30 | M
0 = 6.40E+18
Richardson, R.M. and Solomon, S.C. (1977). Apparent stresses and stress drops for intraplate earthquakes and tectonic stress in the plates, Pure appl. Geophys., 115, 317-331, DOI: 10.1007/BF01637112
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
760176 1973-05-03 23:11:04 -46.146 73.214 15.0 (Kerguelen Islands region)
Mw = 5.90±0.20 | M
0 = 8.70E+17
Bergman, E.A., Nábělek, J.L. and Solomon, S.C. (1984). An extensive region of off-ridge normal-faulting earthquakes in the southern Indian Ocean, J. geophys. Res., 89, B4, 2425-2443, DOI: 10.1029/JB089iB04p02425
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
761018 1973-05-31 23:40:00 24.267 93.539 55.0 (Myanmar-India border region)
Mw = 6.10±0.20 | M
0 = 2.10E+18
Chen, W.P. and Molnar, P. (1990). Source parameters of earthquakes and intraplate deformation beneath the Shillong plateau and the northern Indoburman ranges, J. geophys. Res., 95, B8, 12527-12552, DOI: 10.1029/JB095iB08p12527
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
758971 1973-06-02 23:57:05 44.171 83.696 20.9 (Northern Xinjiang)
Mw = 5.50±0.20 | M
0 = 2.10E+17
Nelson, M.R., McCaffrey, R. and Molnar, P. (1987). Source parameters for 11 earthquakes in the Tien Shan, Central Asia, determined by P and SH waveform inversion, J. geophys. Res., 92, B12, 12629-12648, DOI: 10.1029/JB092iB12p12629
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
759020 1973-06-05 03:12:29 -17.232 167.844 32.5 (Vanuatu Islands)
Mw = 6.20±0.30 | M
0 = 2.39E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
759446 1973-06-17 03:55:04 43.188 145.808 44.3 (Hokkaido region)
Mw = 7.80±0.30 | M
0 = 6.70E+20
Shimazaki, K. (1974). Nemuro-Oki Earthquake of June 17, 1973: a lithospheric rebound at the upper half of the interface, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 9, 4, 314-327, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(74)90059-4
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
758315 1973-07-14 04:51:20 35.056 86.440 15.0 (Xizang)
Mw = 6.60±0.20 | M
0 = 1.02E+19
Zheng, S-H. and Suzuki, Z. (1993). Moment tensors of earthquakes in and near the Tibetan Plateau and their scaling law, Acta seism. sin., 6, 2, 365-377, DOI: 10.1007/BF02650949
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
758340 1973-07-14 13:39:29 35.124 86.564 15.0 (Xizang)
Mw = 5.60±0.20 | M
0 = 3.17E+17
Romanowicz, B. (1981). Depth resolution of in Central Asia by moment tensor inversion of long-period Rayleigh waves: Effects of phase velocity variations across Eurasia and their calibration, J. geophys. Res., 86, B7, 5963-5984, DOI: 10.1029/JB086iB07p05963
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
758802 1973-07-28 20:06:36 50.342 148.989 590.1 (Sea of Okhotsk)
Mw = 6.00±0.20 | M
0 = 1.10E+18
Glennon, M.A. and Chen, W.P. (1993). Systematics of deep-focus earthquakes along the Kuril-Kamchatka arc and their implications on mantle dynamics, J. geophys. Res., 98, B1, 735-769, DOI: 10.1029/92JB01742
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
757195 1973-08-11 07:15:38 32.868 104.157 12.5 (Sichuan)
Mw = 5.80±0.20 | M
0 = 6.20E+17
Molnar, P. and Lyon-Caen, H. (1989). Fault plane solutions of earthquakes and active tectonics of the Tibetan Plateau and its margins, Geophys. J. Int., 99, 1, 123-154, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1989.tb02013.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
756189 1973-09-08 07:25:42 33.156 86.905 10.0 (Xizang)
Mw = 5.70±0.20 | M
0 = 4.30E+17
Romanowicz, B. (1981). Depth resolution of in Central Asia by moment tensor inversion of long-period Rayleigh waves: Effects of phase velocity variations across Eurasia and their calibration, J. geophys. Res., 86, B7, 5963-5984, DOI: 10.1029/JB086iB07p05963
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
755278 1973-10-09 07:57:36 -14.451 167.101 15.0 (Vanuatu Islands)
Mw = 6.30±0.30 | M
0 = 3.51E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
754106 1973-11-03 14:17:41 -25.974 -67.613 17.5 (Catamarca Province)
Mw = 6.00±0.30 | M
0 = 1.44E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
754290 1973-11-09 13:42:43 85.992 30.825 15.0 (North of Svalbard)
Mw = 5.70±0.20 | M
0 = 5.00E+17
Jemsek, J.P., Bergman, E.A., Nábělek, J.L. and Solomon, S.C. (1986). Focal depth and mechanisms of large earthquakes on the Arctic mid-ocean ridge system, J. geophys. Res., 91, B14, 13993-14005, DOI: 10.1029/JB091iB14p13993
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
754503 1973-11-17 10:51:20 -1.541 69.960 12.5 (Carlsberg Ridge)
Mw = 5.70±0.20 | M
0 = 4.80E+17
Bergman, E.A. and Solomon, S.C. (1984). Source mechanisms of earthquakes near mid-ocean ridges from body-waveform inversion: Implications for the early evolution of oceanic lithosphere, J. geophys. Res., 89, B13, 11415-11441, DOI: 10.1029/JB089iB13p11415
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
754567 1973-11-19 11:19:35 -24.557 -64.489 25.0 (Salta Province)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 9.00E+17
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
754569 1973-11-19 13:01:57 38.911 142.019 54.6 (Near east coast of eastern Honshu)
Mw = 6.40±0.20 | M
0 = 4.70E+18
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1996). Seismicity in the outer rise-forearc region and configuration of the subducting lithosphere with special reference to the Japan Trench, J. geophys. Res., 101, B12, 27811-27831, DOI: 10.1029/96JB01760
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
753687 1973-12-19 04:42:59 -9.451 119.302 30.3 (Sumba region)
Mw = 6.20±0.20 | M
0 = 2.64E+18
McCaffrey, R. (1988). Active tectonics of the eastern Sunda and Banda arcs, J. geophys. Res., 93, B12, 15163-15182, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB12p15163
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
753927 1973-12-29 00:19:31 -15.126 166.840 35.0 (Vanuatu Islands)
Mw = 6.90±0.30 | M
0 = 2.91E+19
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
752200 1974-01-02 10:42:33 -22.497 -68.198 120.2 (Northern Chile)
Mw = 6.70±0.40 | M
0 = 1.50E+19
Zakharova, A.I. and Chepkunas, L.S. (1977). Dynamic parameters of the foci of strong earthquakes as obtained from spectra of longitudinal waves at the station at Obninsk, Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Fiz. Zemli 13, 81-87.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
752205 1974-01-02 14:41:49 25.975 124.437 205.1 (Northeast of Taiwan)
Mw = 5.90±0.20 | M
0 = 8.40E+17
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1991). Earthquakes along the Ryukyu-Kyushu Arc: Strain segmentation, lateral compression, and the thermomechanical state of the plate interface, J. geophys. Res., 96, B13, 21443-21485, DOI: 10.1029/91JB02164
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
752430 1974-01-08 21:47:20 -38.973 46.364 10.0 (Southwest Indian Ridge)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.80E+18
Burr, N.C. and Solomon, S.C. (1978). The relationship of source parameters of oceanic transform earthquakes to plate velocity and transform length, J. geophys. Res., 83, B3, 1193-1200, DOI: 10.1029/JB083iB03p01193
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
752492 1974-01-10 08:51:15 -14.444 166.911 35.0 (Vanuatu Islands)
Mw = 6.70±0.40 | M
0 = 1.50E+19
Zakharova, A.I. and Chepkunas, L.S. (1977). Dynamic parameters of the foci of strong earthquakes as obtained from spectra of longitudinal waves at the station at Obninsk, Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Fiz. Zemli 13, 81-87.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
753186 1974-01-31 23:30:06 -7.459 155.940 30.0 (Bougainville - Solomon Islands region)
Mw = 7.30±0.30 | M
0 = 1.00E+20
Lay, T. and Kanamori, H. (1980). Earthquake doublets in the Solomon Islands, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 21, 283-304, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(80)90134-X
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
751080 1974-02-01 03:12:35 -7.285 155.653 30.0 (Bougainville - Solomon Islands region)
Mw = 7.40±0.30 | M
0 = 1.40E+20
Lay, T. and Kanamori, H. (1980). Earthquake doublets in the Solomon Islands, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 21, 283-304, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(80)90134-X
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
750025 1974-03-03 14:22:39 -20.104 169.726 20.0 (Vanuatu Islands)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.69E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
750168 1974-03-06 19:29:09 -6.325 128.985 10.0 (Banda Sea)
Mw = 6.30±0.20 | M
0 = 4.04E+18
McCaffrey, R. (1988). Active tectonics of the eastern Sunda and Banda arcs, J. geophys. Res., 93, B12, 15163-15182, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB12p15163
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
750821 1974-03-24 14:16:02 27.780 86.079 15.5 (Nepal)
Mw = 5.40±0.20 | M
0 = 1.60E+17
Sloan, R.A., Jackson, J.A., McKenzie, D. and Priestley, K. (2011). Earthquake depth distributions in central Asia, and their relations with lithosphere thickness, shortening and extension, Geophys. J. Int., 185, 1, 1-29, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04882.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
751047 1974-03-31 06:47:45 -2.186 139.076 20.6 (Near north coast of Irian Jaya)
Mw = 5.70±0.20 | M
0 = 4.10E+17
Abers, G. (1989). Active tectonics and seismicity of New Guinea, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
749191 1974-04-09 13:11:24 45.358 148.374 159.2 (Kuril Islands)
Mw = 5.20±0.20 | M
0 = 9.00E+16
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1994). The double seismic zone in Kuril-Kamchatka: The tale of two overlapping single zones, J. geophys. Res., 99, B4, 6913-6930, DOI: 10.1029/93JB03409
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
748001 1974-05-08 23:33:29 34.619 138.790 11.2 (Near south coast of eastern Honshu)
Mw = 6.40±0.30 | M
0 = 5.90E+18
Abe, K. (1978). Dislocations source dimensions and stresses associated with earthquakes in the Izu Peninsula, Japan, J. Phys. Earth, 26, 253-274, DOI: 10.4294/jpe1952.26.253
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
748061 1974-05-10 19:25:16 28.269 104.066 10.0 (Sichuan)
Mw = 6.70±0.30 | M
0 = 1.30E+19
Wu, Z.L. and Zang, S.X. (1991). Source parameters of Bohai earthquake of July 18, 1969 and Yongshan earthquake of May 11, 1974 from synthetic seismogram of body waves, Acta seism. sin., 13, 1-8.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
748068 1974-05-11 00:43:47 1.832 126.377 45.0 (Northern Molucca Sea)
Mw = 6.30±0.40 | M
0 = 4.00E+18
Williams, B.R. (1979). Mo calculations from a generalized AR parameter method for WWSSN instruments, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 69, 2, 329-351.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
748081 1974-05-11 06:14:15 19.732 147.273 35.0 (Mariana Islands region)
Mw = 6.50±0.40 | M
0 = 7.00E+18
Okal, E.A., Reymond, D. and Hongsresawat, S. (2013). Large, pre-digital earthquakes of the Bonin-Mariana subduction zone, Tectonophysics, 586, 1-14, DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.09.006
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
748290 1974-05-15 18:59:58 50.033 156.191 60.5 (Kuril Islands)
Mw = 6.40±0.20 | M
0 = 5.01E+18
Tichelaar, B.W. and Ruff, L.J. (1993). Depth of seismic coupling along subduction zones, J. geophys. Res., 98, B2, 2017-2037, DOI: 10.1029/92JB02045
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
748383 1974-05-17 17:11:53 25.186 125.549 25.0 (Southwestern Ryukyu Islands)
Mw = 6.00±0.20 | M
0 = 1.10E+18
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1991). Earthquakes along the Ryukyu-Kyushu Arc: Strain segmentation, lateral compression, and the thermomechanical state of the plate interface, J. geophys. Res., 96, B13, 21443-21485, DOI: 10.1029/91JB02164
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
748658 1974-05-26 01:32:13 -17.768 167.857 15.0 (Vanuatu Islands)
Mw = 6.20±0.30 | M
0 = 2.81E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
748876 1974-05-31 14:05:00 27.082 -111.373 10.0 (Gulf of California)
Mw = 6.30±0.20 | M
0 = 3.80E+18
Goff, J.A., Bergman, E.A. and Solomon, S.C. (1987). Earthquake source mechanisms and transform fault tectonics in the Gulf of California, J. geophys. Res., 92, B10, 10485-10510, DOI: 10.1029/JB092iB10p10485
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
747479 1974-06-25 17:22:18 -25.867 84.157 10.0 (South Indian Ocean)
Mw = 6.60±0.20 | M
0 = 1.10E+19
Bergman, E.A. and Solomon, S.C. (1985). Earthquake source mechanisms from body-waveform inversion and intraplate tectonics in the northern Indian Ocean, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 40, 1-23, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(85)90002-0
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
745417 1974-07-01 16:51:54 -22.087 -64.616 18.2 (Salta Province)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 1.03E+18
Chinn, D. and Isacks, B. (1983). Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South America and in the New Hebrides Island Arc, Tectonics, 2, 529-563, DOI: 10.1029/TC002i006p00529
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
745431 1974-07-01 23:11:13 -22.648 -10.720 10.0 (Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge)
Mw = 5.60±0.20 | M
0 = 3.30E+17
Bergman, E.A. and Solomon, S.C. (1984). Source mechanisms of earthquakes near mid-ocean ridges from body-waveform inversion: Implications for the early evolution of oceanic lithosphere, J. geophys. Res., 89, B13, 11415-11441, DOI: 10.1029/JB089iB13p11415
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
745460 1974-07-02 23:26:28 -29.286 -175.893 35.0 (Kermadec Islands region)
Mw = 7.30±0.30 | M
0 = 1.20E+20
Williams, B.R. (1977). Source parameters for large earthquakes from high gain long period body wave spectra, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Michigan.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
745493 1974-07-03 23:25:11 -29.287 -175.974 40.0 (Kermadec Islands region)
Mw = 6.80±0.40 | M
0 = 2.00E+19
Williams, B.R. (1979). Mo calculations from a generalized AR parameter method for WWSSN instruments, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 69, 2, 329-351.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
745522 1974-07-04 19:30:42 45.123 93.927 14.8 (Mongolia)
Mw = 6.40±0.30 | M
0 = 4.70E+18
Huang, J. and Chen, W.P. (1986). Source mechanisms of the Mogod earthquake sequence of 1967 and the event of 1974 July 4 in Mongolia, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 84, 2, 361-379, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1986.tb04360.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
745803 1974-07-13 01:18:23 7.696 -77.582 10.0 (Panama-Colombia border region)
Mw = 7.10±0.30 | M
0 = 6.10E+19
Williams, B.R. (1977). Source parameters for large earthquakes from high gain long period body wave spectra, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Michigan.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
746346 1974-07-26 13:01:03 -3.575 128.810 15.0 (Seram)
Mw = 5.70±0.20 | M
0 = 4.80E+17
McCaffrey, R. (1988). Active tectonics of the eastern Sunda and Banda arcs, J. geophys. Res., 93, B12, 15163-15182, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB12p15163
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
738538 1974-08-11 01:13:57 39.355 73.823 10.0 (Tajikistan-Xinjiang border region)
Mw = 7.10±0.30 | M
0 = 5.20E+19
Jackson, J.A., Molnar, P., Patton, H. and Fitch, T. (1979). Seismotectonic aspects of the Markansu Valley, Tadjikstan earthquake of August 11, 1974, J. geophys. Res., 84, B11, 6157-6167, DOI: 10.1029/JB084iB11p06157
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
738591 1974-08-11 20:05:29 39.448 73.781 15.5 (Tajikistan-Xinjiang border region)
Mw = 5.50±0.20 | M
0 = 2.30E+17
Patton, H. (1980). Reference point equalization method for determining the source and path effects of surface waves, J. geophys. Res., 85, B2, 821-848, DOI: 10.1029/JB085iB02p00821
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
738593 1974-08-11 21:21:36 39.482 73.674 10.0 (Tajikistan-Xinjiang border region)
Mw = 5.80±0.20 | M
0 = 5.70E+17
Patton, H. (1980). Reference point equalization method for determining the source and path effects of surface waves, J. geophys. Res., 85, B2, 821-848, DOI: 10.1029/JB085iB02p00821
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
738898 1974-08-18 10:44:11 -38.481 -73.403 15.0 (Near coast of central Chile)
Mw = 6.90±0.20 | M
0 = 2.82E+19
Tichelaar, B.W. and Ruff, L.J. (1991). Seismic coupling along the Chilean subduction zone, J. geophys. Res., 96, B7, 11997-12022, DOI: 10.1029/91JB00200
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
739255 1974-08-27 12:56:01 39.492 73.859 10.0 (Tajikistan-Xinjiang border region)
Mw = 5.70±0.20 | M
0 = 4.90E+17
Patton, H. (1980). Reference point equalization method for determining the source and path effects of surface waves, J. geophys. Res., 85, B2, 821-848, DOI: 10.1029/JB085iB02p00821
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
737146 1974-09-04 06:04:48 -9.072 107.490 35.0 (South of Jawa)
Mw = 5.70±0.30 | M
0 = 4.00E+17
Westaway, R. (1990). The Tripoli, Libya, earthquake of September 4, 1974: implications of the active tectonics of the central Mediterranean, Tectonics, 9, 231-248, DOI: 10.1029/TC009i002p00231
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
737747 1974-09-21 03:13:04 -6.455 129.048 15.0 (Banda Sea)
Mw = 5.60±0.20 | M
0 = 3.70E+17
McCaffrey, R. (1988). Active tectonics of the eastern Sunda and Banda arcs, J. geophys. Res., 93, B12, 15163-15182, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB12p15163
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
737782 1974-09-21 15:55:00 52.145 157.421 120.3 (Kamchatka Peninsula)
Mw = 5.80±0.20 | M
0 = 6.70E+17
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1994). The double seismic zone in Kuril-Kamchatka: The tale of two overlapping single zones, J. geophys. Res., 99, B4, 6913-6930, DOI: 10.1029/93JB03409
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
737868 1974-09-23 19:28:17 -0.286 12.791 20.0 (Gabon)
Mw = 6.00±0.20 | M
0 = 1.40E+18
Foster, A.N. and Jackson, J.A. (1998). Source parameters of large African earthquakes: implications for crustal rheology and regional kinematics, Geophys. J. Int., 134, 2, 422-448, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246x.1998.00568.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
737986 1974-09-27 04:08:59 2.652 -71.331 15.0 (Colombia)
Mw = 6.30±0.30 | M
0 = 3.67E+18
Suarez, G., Molnar, P. and Burchfiel, B.C. (1983). Seismicity, fault plane solutions, depth of faulting, and active tectonics of the Andes of Peru, Ecuador, and southern Colombia, J. geophys. Res., 88, B12, 10403-10428, DOI: 10.1029/JB088iB12p10403
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
737990 1974-09-27 05:47:31 43.129 146.566 45.0 (Kuril Islands)
Mw = 6.90±0.40 | M
0 = 3.20E+19
Williams, B.R. (1979). Mo calculations from a generalized AR parameter method for WWSSN instruments, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 69, 2, 329-351.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
736021 1974-10-03 14:21:31 -12.322 -77.536 10.0 (Near coast of Peru)
Mw = 8.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.50E+21
Beck, S.L. and Ruff, L.J. (1989). Great earthquakes and subduction along the Peru trench, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 57, 3-4, 199-224, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(89)90112-X
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
736214 1974-10-08 09:50:58 17.296 -62.004 35.2 (Leeward Islands)
Mw = 6.90±0.30 | M
0 = 2.50E+19
Stein, S., Engeln, J.F., Wiens, D.A., Fujita, K. and Speed, R. (1982). Subduction seismicity and tectonics in the Lesser Antilles Arc, J. geophys. Res., 87, B10, 8642-8664, DOI: 10.1029/JB087iB10p08642
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
736515 1974-10-16 05:45:09 52.547 -31.987 15.0 (Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge)
Mw = 7.00±0.30 | M
0 = 4.50E+19
Kanamori, H. and Stewart, G.S. (1976). Mode of strain release along the Gibbs Fracture Zone, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 11, 312-332, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(76)90018-2
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
735243 1974-11-09 12:59:52 -12.490 -77.556 12.5 (Near coast of Peru)
Mw = 7.80±0.20 | M
0 = 7.00E+20
Hartzell, S.H. and Langer, C.J. (1993). Importance of model parameterization in finite fault inversions: application to the 1974 MW 8.0 Peru earthquake, J. geophys. Res., B, 98, 12, 22123-22134, DOI: 10.1029/93JB02453
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
733898 1974-12-03 03:06:37 -4.942 129.948 30.0 (Banda Sea)
Mw = 6.40±0.20 | M
0 = 5.55E+18
McCaffrey, R. (1988). Active tectonics of the eastern Sunda and Banda arcs, J. geophys. Res., 93, B12, 15163-15182, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB12p15163
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
734833 1974-12-28 12:11:48 35.018 73.006 45.0 (Northwestern Kashmir)
Mw = 6.00±0.20 | M
0 = 1.40E+18
Molnar, P. and Lyon-Caen, H. (1989). Fault plane solutions of earthquakes and active tectonics of the Tibetan Plateau and its margins, Geophys. J. Int., 99, 1, 123-154, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1989.tb02013.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
733250 1975-01-14 19:37:19 -4.906 130.034 20.5 (Banda Sea)
Mw = 6.10±0.20 | M
0 = 2.05E+18
McCaffrey, R. (1988). Active tectonics of the eastern Sunda and Banda arcs, J. geophys. Res., 93, B12, 15163-15182, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB12p15163
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
733251 1975-01-14 19:48:59 -4.946 129.991 22.5 (Banda Sea)
Mw = 6.60±0.20 | M
0 = 9.26E+18
McCaffrey, R. (1988). Active tectonics of the eastern Sunda and Banda arcs, J. geophys. Res., 93, B12, 15163-15182, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB12p15163
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
733389 1975-01-19 08:02:00 32.393 78.536 7.5 (Kashmir-Xizang border region)
Mw = 6.80±0.20 | M
0 = 2.30E+19
Zheng, S-H. and Suzuki, Z. (1993). Moment tensors of earthquakes in and near the Tibetan Plateau and their scaling law, Acta seism. sin., 6, 2, 365-377, DOI: 10.1007/BF02650949
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
731901 1975-02-02 08:43:42 53.053 173.525 12.5 (Near Islands)
Mw = 7.10±0.40 | M
0 = 5.10E+19
Zakharova, A.I., Starovoit, O. and Chepkunas, L.S. (1978). Seismic moment and its determination in practice of data generalization of Unified System of Seismic Observations, USSO of the U.S.S.R., Tectonophysics, 49, 247-253, DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(78)90185-3
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
731961 1975-02-04 11:36:07 40.651 122.684 16.0 (Northeastern China)
Mw = 6.90±0.30 | M
0 = 3.00E+19
Cipar, J.J. (1979). Source processes of the Haicheng, China earthquake from observations of P and S waves, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 69, 6, 1903-1916.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
732666 1975-02-26 04:48:54 84.985 98.457 15.0 (North of Severnaya Zemlya)
Mw = 5.70±0.20 | M
0 = 4.90E+17
Jemsek, J.P., Bergman, E.A., Nábělek, J.L. and Solomon, S.C. (1986). Focal depth and mechanisms of large earthquakes on the Arctic mid-ocean ridge system, J. geophys. Res., 91, B14, 13993-14005, DOI: 10.1029/JB091iB14p13993
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
731529 1975-03-23 07:32:40 22.747 122.791 32.9 (Taiwan region)
Mw = 6.60±0.20 | M
0 = 1.10E+19
Chen, P.F., Ekström, G. and Okal, E.A. (2004). Centroid moment tensor solutions for Taiwan earthquakes of the WWSSN era (1963-1975), Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., 15, 1, 61-73, DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2004.15.1.61(T)
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
731665 1975-03-27 05:15:09 40.387 26.092 15.0 (Turkey)
Mw = 6.10±0.20 | M
0 = 2.00E+18
Taymaz, T., Jackson, J.A. and McKenzie, D. (1991). Active tectonics of the north and central Aegean Sea, Geophys. J. Int., 106, 2, 433-490, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1991.tb03906.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
729763 1975-04-04 17:41:15 -21.188 45.120 11.7 (Madagascar)
Mw = 5.60±0.20 | M
0 = 3.00E+17
Grimison, N.L. and Chen, W-P. (1988). Earthquakes in the Davie Ridge-Madagascar region and the southern Nubian-Somalian plate boundary, J. geophys. Res., B, 93, 9, 10439-10450, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB09p10439
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
729823 1975-04-06 09:55:22 52.135 160.093 45.0 (Off east coast of Kamchatka Peninsula)
Mw = 6.60±0.40 | M
0 = 1.00E+19
Zakharova, A.I., Starovoit, O. and Chepkunas, L.S. (1978). Seismic moment and its determination in practice of data generalization of Unified System of Seismic Observations, USSO of the U.S.S.R., Tectonophysics, 49, 247-253, DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(78)90185-3
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
730721 1975-04-28 11:06:41 35.784 79.802 7.5 (Kashmir-Xizang border region)
Mw = 6.10±0.20 | M
0 = 1.85E+18
Romanowicz, B. (1981). Depth resolution of in Central Asia by moment tensor inversion of long-period Rayleigh waves: Effects of phase velocity variations across Eurasia and their calibration, J. geophys. Res., 86, B7, 5963-5984, DOI: 10.1029/JB086iB07p05963
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
728616 1975-05-05 05:18:48 33.075 92.889 10.0 (Qinghai)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 1.00E+18
Molnar, P. and Chen, W.-P. (1983). Focal depths and fault plane solutions of earthquakes under the Tibetan plateau, J. geophys. Res., 88, B2, 1180-1196, DOI: 10.1029/JB088iB02p01180
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
728800 1975-05-10 14:27:44 -38.152 -72.912 30.0 (Central Chile)
Mw = 7.30±0.20 | M
0 = 1.12E+20
Tichelaar, B.W. and Ruff, L.J. (1991). Seismic coupling along the Chilean subduction zone, J. geophys. Res., 96, B7, 11997-12022, DOI: 10.1029/91JB00200
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
729167 1975-05-19 19:47:43 35.000 80.783 7.5 (Kashmir-Xizang border region)
Mw = 5.60±0.30 | M
0 = 2.80E+17
Molnar, P. and Chen, W.-P. (1983). Focal depths and fault plane solutions of earthquakes under the Tibetan plateau, J. geophys. Res., 88, B2, 1180-1196, DOI: 10.1029/JB088iB02p01180
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
729337 1975-05-23 16:01:52 22.749 122.564 15.0 (Taiwan region)
Mw = 6.40±0.20 | M
0 = 4.30E+18
Chen, P.F., Ekström, G. and Okal, E.A. (2004). Centroid moment tensor solutions for Taiwan earthquakes of the WWSSN era (1963-1975), Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., 15, 1, 61-73, DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2004.15.1.61(T)
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
729431 1975-05-26 09:11:51 35.962 -17.576 15.0 (Azores-Cape St. Vincent Ridge)
Mw = 7.80±0.30 | M
0 = 7.00E+20
Lynnes, C.S. and Ruff, L.J. (1985). Source process and tectonic implications of the great 1975 North Atlantic earthquake, Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc., 82, 497-510, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1985.tb05148.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
727032 1975-06-04 02:24:31 35.841 79.900 7.5 (Kashmir-Xizang border region)
Mw = 6.10±0.20 | M
0 = 1.52E+18
Romanowicz, B. (1981). Depth resolution of in Central Asia by moment tensor inversion of long-period Rayleigh waves: Effects of phase velocity variations across Eurasia and their calibration, J. geophys. Res., 86, B7, 5963-5984, DOI: 10.1029/JB086iB07p05963
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
727306 1975-06-10 13:47:20 43.118 147.642 32.0 (Kuril Islands)
Mw = 7.50±0.30 | M
0 = 2.00E+20
Pelayo, A.M. and Wiens, D.A. (1992). Tsunami earthquakes: slow thrust-faulting events in the accretionary wedge, J. geophys. Res., B, 97, 11, 15321-15337, DOI: 10.1029/92JB01305
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
727521 1975-06-13 18:08:15 43.403 147.786 35.0 (Kuril Islands)
Mw = 7.40±0.40 | M
0 = 1.35E+20
Zakharova, A.I., Starovoit, O. and Chepkunas, L.S. (1978). Seismic moment and its determination in practice of data generalization of Unified System of Seismic Observations, USSO of the U.S.S.R., Tectonophysics, 49, 247-253, DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(78)90185-3
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
728063 1975-06-22 22:44:12 43.186 147.265 23.2 (Kuril Islands)
Mw = 6.60±0.40 | M
0 = 1.10E+19
Zakharova, A.I., Starovoit, O. and Chepkunas, L.S. (1978). Seismic moment and its determination in practice of data generalization of Unified System of Seismic Observations, USSO of the U.S.S.R., Tectonophysics, 49, 247-253, DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(78)90185-3
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
725972 1975-07-08 09:37:26 29.145 -113.541 15.0 (Gulf of California)
Mw = 6.40±0.20 | M
0 = 5.90E+18
Goff, J.A., Bergman, E.A. and Solomon, S.C. (1987). Earthquake source mechanisms and transform fault tectonics in the Gulf of California, J. geophys. Res., 92, B10, 10485-10510, DOI: 10.1029/JB092iB10p10485
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
726056 1975-07-10 18:29:16 6.389 126.597 75.2 (Mindanao)
Mw = 7.30±0.40 | M
0 = 1.16E+20
Zakharova, A.I., Starovoit, O. and Chepkunas, L.S. (1978). Seismic moment and its determination in practice of data generalization of Unified System of Seismic Observations, USSO of the U.S.S.R., Tectonophysics, 49, 247-253, DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(78)90185-3
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
726160 1975-07-14 14:41:39 -1.566 138.066 15.0 (Near north coast of Irian Jaya)
Mw = 5.60±0.20 | M
0 = 3.20E+17
Abers, G. (1989). Active tectonics and seismicity of New Guinea, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
726351 1975-07-20 14:37:41 -6.620 155.153 45.0 (Bougainville - Solomon Islands region)
Mw = 7.60±0.30 | M
0 = 3.40E+20
Lay, T. and Kanamori, H. (1980). Earthquake doublets in the Solomon Islands, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 21, 283-304, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(80)90134-X
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
726380 1975-07-20 19:54:31 -7.231 155.295 45.0 (Bougainville - Solomon Islands region)
Mw = 7.30±0.30 | M
0 = 1.20E+20
Lay, T. and Kanamori, H. (1980). Earthquake doublets in the Solomon Islands, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 21, 283-304, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(80)90134-X
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
726727 1975-07-29 02:40:54 32.450 78.484 12.5 (Kashmir-Xizang border region)
Mw = 5.30±0.30 | M
0 = 1.30E+17
Molnar, P. and Chen, W.-P. (1983). Focal depths and fault plane solutions of earthquakes under the Tibetan plateau, J. geophys. Res., 88, B2, 1180-1196, DOI: 10.1029/JB088iB02p01180
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
726779 1975-07-30 09:17:14 -9.994 123.783 15.0 (Timor region)
Mw = 6.10±0.20 | M
0 = 1.73E+18
McCaffrey, R. (1988). Active tectonics of the eastern Sunda and Banda arcs, J. geophys. Res., 93, B12, 15163-15182, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB12p15163
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
724585 1975-08-01 20:20:14 39.536 -121.499 10.0 (Northern California)
Mw = 6.10±0.30 | M
0 = 1.90E+18
Hart, R.S., Butler, R. and Kanamori, H. (1977). Surface-wave constraints on the August 1, 1975, Oroville earthquake, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 67, 1, 1-7.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
725407 1975-08-23 04:06:00 -3.259 137.610 56.1 (Irian Jaya)
Mw = 5.90±0.20 | M
0 = 8.10E+17
Abers, G. (1989). Active tectonics and seismicity of New Guinea, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
723680 1975-09-06 09:20:13 38.503 40.694 30.0 (Turkey)
Mw = 6.60±0.20 | M
0 = 1.00E+19
Nábělek, J.L. (1984). Determination of earthquake source parameters from inversion of body waves, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
723886 1975-09-11 21:59:56 6.961 -104.211 15.0 (Galapagos Triple Junction region)
Mw = 6.00±0.20 | M
0 = 1.10E+18
Bergman, E.A. and Solomon, S.C. (1984). Source mechanisms of earthquakes near mid-ocean ridges from body-waveform inversion: Implications for the early evolution of oceanic lithosphere, J. geophys. Res., 89, B13, 11415-11441, DOI: 10.1029/JB089iB13p11415
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
724164 1975-09-19 03:37:10 -34.724 81.617 15.0 (Broken Ridge)
Mw = 6.30±0.20 | M
0 = 3.87E+18
Bergman, E.A., Nábělek, J.L. and Solomon, S.C. (1984). An extensive region of off-ridge normal-faulting earthquakes in the southern Indian Ocean, J. geophys. Res., 89, B4, 2425-2443, DOI: 10.1029/JB089iB04p02425
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
724328 1975-09-24 17:19:37 25.185 -109.355 17.5 (Gulf of California)
Mw = 6.10±0.20 | M
0 = 1.60E+18
Goff, J.A., Bergman, E.A. and Solomon, S.C. (1987). Earthquake source mechanisms and transform fault tectonics in the Gulf of California, J. geophys. Res., 92, B10, 10485-10510, DOI: 10.1029/JB092iB10p10485
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
724364 1975-09-25 12:34:10 -7.350 127.990 30.0 (Banda Sea)
Mw = 5.60±0.20 | M
0 = 3.00E+17
McCaffrey, R. (1988). Active tectonics of the eastern Sunda and Banda arcs, J. geophys. Res., 93, B12, 15163-15182, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB12p15163
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
722484 1975-10-03 05:14:26 30.290 66.387 10.0 (Pakistan)
Mw = 6.50±0.20 | M
0 = 8.30E+18
Zheng, S-H. and Suzuki, Z. (1993). Moment tensors of earthquakes in and near the Tibetan Plateau and their scaling law, Acta seism. sin., 6, 2, 365-377, DOI: 10.1007/BF02650949
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
722791 1975-10-11 14:35:17 -24.911 -175.234 15.0 (South of Tonga Islands)
Mw = 7.60±0.30 | M
0 = 3.40E+20
Christensen, D.H. and Lay, T. (1988). Large earthquakes in the Tonga region associated with subduction of the Luisville Ridge, J. geophys. Res., 93, B11, 13367-13389, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB11p13367
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
723470 1975-10-31 08:28:01 12.574 126.141 23.0 (Philippine Islands region)
Mw = 7.50±0.30 | M
0 = 2.30E+20
Furumoto, M. and Nakanishi, I. (1983). Source times and scaling relations of large earthquakes, J. geophys. Res., 88, B3, 2191-2198, DOI: 10.1029/JB088iB03p02191
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
721146 1975-11-01 01:17:34 13.867 144.793 107.7 (Mariana Islands)
Mw = 6.70±0.40 | M
0 = 1.20E+19
Okal, E.A. (1992). Use of the mantle magnitude Mm for the reassessment of the moment of historical earthquakes. II: intermediate and deep events, Pure appl. Geophys., 139, 1, 59-85, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876826
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
720831 1975-12-25 23:22:23 -4.102 142.106 113.1 (New Guinea)
Mw = 6.90±0.30 | M
0 = 2.70E+19
Fukao, Y. and Kikuchi, M. (1987). Source retrieval for mantle earthquakes by iterative deconvolution of long-period P-waves, Tectonophysics, 144, 1-3, 249-269, DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(87)90021-7
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
720855 1975-12-26 15:56:38 -16.250 -172.474 15.0 (Samoa Islands region)
Mw = 7.70±0.30 | M
0 = 3.90E+20
Furumoto, M. and Nakanishi, I. (1983). Source times and scaling relations of large earthquakes, J. geophys. Res., 88, B3, 2191-2198, DOI: 10.1029/JB088iB03p02191
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
721051 1975-12-30 07:35:05 -8.251 125.430 35.0 (Timor region)
Mw = 5.50±0.20 | M
0 = 2.60E+17
McCaffrey, R. (1988). Active tectonics of the eastern Sunda and Banda arcs, J. geophys. Res., 93, B12, 15163-15182, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB12p15163
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
719464 1976-01-22 08:07:11 44.217 149.746 37.2 (Kuril Islands)
Mw = 5.80±0.20 | M
0 = 5.80E+17
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1994). The double seismic zone in Kuril-Kamchatka: The tale of two overlapping single zones, J. geophys. Res., 99, B4, 6913-6930, DOI: 10.1029/93JB03409
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
717436 1976-02-03 12:27:32 -25.099 179.808 490.0 (South of Fiji Islands)
Mw = 6.50±0.30 | M
0 = 6.10E+18
Chung, W.Y. and Kanamori, H. (1980). Variations of source parameters and stress drops within a descending slab and its implications in plate mechanics, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 23, 134-159, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(80)90008-4
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
717700 1976-02-09 21:29:53 21.446 -106.863 10.0 (Off coast of central Mexico)
Mw = 5.80±0.20 | M
0 = 7.10E+17
Goff, J.A., Bergman, E.A. and Solomon, S.C. (1987). Earthquake source mechanisms and transform fault tectonics in the Gulf of California, J. geophys. Res., 92, B10, 10485-10510, DOI: 10.1029/JB092iB10p10485
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
716429 1976-03-10 09:05:01 16.764 -61.106 54.7 (Leeward Islands)
Mw = 6.20±0.30 | M
0 = 2.60E+18
Stein, S., Engeln, J.F., Wiens, D.A., Fujita, K. and Speed, R. (1982). Subduction seismicity and tectonics in the Lesser Antilles Arc, J. geophys. Res., 87, B10, 8642-8664, DOI: 10.1029/JB087iB10p08642
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
717248 1976-03-29 19:48:40 46.046 149.452 162.6 (Kuril Islands)
Mw = 5.30±0.20 | M
0 = 1.20E+17
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1994). The double seismic zone in Kuril-Kamchatka: The tale of two overlapping single zones, J. geophys. Res., 99, B4, 6913-6930, DOI: 10.1029/93JB03409
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
714044 1976-05-14 06:25:34 10.680 -43.431 15.1 (Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge)
Mw = 6.30±0.30 | M
0 = 3.10E+18
Muller, J.L. (1983). Earthquake source parameters, seismicity, and tectonics of North Atlantic transform faults, Ph.D. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
712095 1976-06-04 04:23:34 38.360 142.709 28.6 (Near east coast of eastern Honshu)
Mw = 5.70±0.20 | M
0 = 3.80E+17
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1996). Seismicity in the outer rise-forearc region and configuration of the subducting lithosphere with special reference to the Japan Trench, J. geophys. Res., 101, B12, 27811-27831, DOI: 10.1029/96JB01760
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
712326 1976-06-09 00:20:38 24.900 98.879 7.5 (Myanmar-China border region)
Mw = 5.50±0.40 | M
0 = 2.50E+17
Upadhyay, S.K. and Ahuja, V.K. (1981). Source parameters of earthquakes in northeast India from spectra of Rayleigh waves, Tectonophysics, 75, 297-315, DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(81)90279-1
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
712852 1976-06-20 04:38:10 24.851 125.935 36.4 (Southwestern Ryukyu Islands)
Mw = 6.10±0.20 | M
0 = 1.90E+18
Kao, H. and Chen, W.-P. (1991). Earthquakes along the Ryukyu-Kyushu Arc: Strain segmentation, lateral compression, and the thermomechanical state of the plate interface, J. geophys. Res., 96, B13, 21443-21485, DOI: 10.1029/91JB02164
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
713187 1976-06-27 19:12:28 -4.558 140.138 15.0 (Irian Jaya)
Mw = 5.70±0.20 | M
0 = 3.80E+17
Abers, G. and McCaffrey, R. (1988). Active deformation in the New Guinea fold-and-thrust belt: Seismological evidence for strike-slip faulting and basement-involved thrusting, J. geophys. Res., 93, B11, 13332-13354, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB11p13332
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
710604 1976-07-01 11:24:06 -29.567 25.156 30.0 (South Africa)
Mw = 5.70±0.20 | M
0 = 5.10E+17
Foster, A.N. and Jackson, J.A. (1998). Source parameters of large African earthquakes: implications for crustal rheology and regional kinematics, Geophys. J. Int., 134, 2, 422-448, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246x.1998.00568.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
711171 1976-07-14 10:23:46 -8.207 114.772 25.0 (Bali region)
Mw = 5.70±0.20 | M
0 = 4.20E+17
McCaffrey, R. and Nábělek, J.L. (1987). Earthquakes, gravity, and the origin of the Bali Basin: An example of a nascent continental fold-and-thrust belt, J. geophys. Res., 92, B1, 441-460, DOI: 10.1029/JB092iB01p00441
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
711280 1976-07-17 05:32:42 -4.518 139.944 15.0 (Irian Jaya)
Mw = 5.80±0.20 | M
0 = 7.40E+17
Abers, G. and McCaffrey, R. (1988). Active deformation in the New Guinea fold-and-thrust belt: Seismological evidence for strike-slip faulting and basement-involved thrusting, J. geophys. Res., 93, B11, 13332-13354, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB11p13332
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
710216 1976-08-22 21:09:43 -14.117 170.983 25.0 (Vanuatu Islands region)
Mw = 6.00±0.20 | M
0 = 1.20E+18
Chen, W-P. and Grimison, N.L. (1989). Earthquakes associated with diffuse zones of deformation in the oceanic lithosphere: some examples, Tectonophysics, 166, 1-3, 133-150, DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(89)90205-9
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
708508 1976-09-14 06:43:53 29.790 89.567 70.0 (Xizang)
Mw = 5.90±0.30 | M
0 = 9.00E+17
Molnar, P. and Chen, W.-P. (1983). Focal depths and fault plane solutions of earthquakes under the Tibetan plateau, J. geophys. Res., 88, B2, 1180-1196, DOI: 10.1029/JB088iB02p01180
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
708631 1976-09-16 03:26:55 84.289 0.207 15.0 (North of Svalbard)
Mw = 5.70±0.20 | M
0 = 4.70E+17
Jemsek, J.P., Bergman, E.A., Nábělek, J.L. and Solomon, S.C. (1986). Focal depth and mechanisms of large earthquakes on the Arctic mid-ocean ridge system, J. geophys. Res., 91, B14, 13993-14005, DOI: 10.1029/JB091iB14p13993
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
708823 1976-09-19 14:59:45 -11.099 32.837 24.5 (Zambia)
Mw = 5.60±0.20 | M
0 = 3.50E+17
Foster, A.N. and Jackson, J.A. (1998). Source parameters of large African earthquakes: implications for crustal rheology and regional kinematics, Geophys. J. Int., 134, 2, 422-448, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246x.1998.00568.x
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
708940 1976-09-22 16:14:08 -46.064 -13.852 15.0 (Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge)
Mw = 5.80±0.20 | M
0 = 5.80E+17
Huang, P.Y. and Solomon, S.C. (1988). Centroid depths of mid-ocean ridge earthquakes: dependence on spreading rate, J. geophys. Res., 93, B11, 13445-13477, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB11p13445
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
708947 1976-09-22 20:07:05 40.069 106.370 25.7 (Western Nei Mongol)
Mw = 5.50±0.20 | M
0 = 2.20E+17
Wang, S-Y., Ni, J., Ma, Z-J. and et al. (1991). The characteristics of fault plane solutions and focal depths of strong earthquakes in North China, Acta geophys. sin. 34, 1, 42-54.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
706825 1976-10-06 09:12:37 -0.727 -78.501 10.0 (Ecuador)
Mw = 5.70±0.30 | M
0 = 5.24E+17
Suarez, G., Molnar, P. and Burchfiel, B.C. (1983). Seismicity, fault plane solutions, depth of faulting, and active tectonics of the Andes of Peru, Ecuador, and southern Colombia, J. geophys. Res., 88, B12, 10403-10428, DOI: 10.1029/JB088iB12p10403
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
705431 1976-11-02 11:19:12 -29.294 77.592 15.0 (Mid-Indian Ridge)
Mw = 5.80±0.20 | M
0 = 6.10E+17
Bergman, E.A., Nábělek, J.L. and Solomon, S.C. (1984). An extensive region of off-ridge normal-faulting earthquakes in the southern Indian Ocean, J. geophys. Res., 89, B4, 2425-2443, DOI: 10.1029/JB089iB04p02425
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
704660 1976-12-13 06:36:59 27.393 101.081 10.0 (Sichuan)
Mw = 5.80±0.40 | M
0 = 6.00E+17
Zhuo, Y.R. and Kanamori, H. (1987). Regional variation of the short-period (1 to 10 sec) source spectrum, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 77, 2, 514-529.
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
705180 1976-12-26 19:33:54 -40.399 -16.740 10.9 (Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge)
Mw = 5.80±0.20 | M
0 = 6.60E+17
Huang, P.Y. and Solomon, S.C. (1988). Centroid depths of mid-ocean ridge earthquakes: dependence on spreading rate, J. geophys. Res., 93, B11, 13445-13477, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB11p13445
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
694537 1977-08-14 19:04:19 -22.725 -12.695 10.0 (Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge)
Mw = 5.70±0.20 | M
0 = 5.00E+17
Huang, P.Y. and Solomon, S.C. (1988). Centroid depths of mid-ocean ridge earthquakes: dependence on spreading rate, J. geophys. Res., 93, B11, 13445-13477, DOI: 10.1029/JB093iB11p13445
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
686805 1978-02-21 07:14:55 -5.020 125.226 516.6 (Banda Sea)
Mw = 6.80±0.10 | M
0 = 1.90E+19
Silver, P.G. and Jordan, T.H. (1983). Total-moment spectra of fourteen large earthquakes, J. geophys. Res., 88, B4, 3273-3293, DOI: 10.1029/JB088iB04p03273
EventID Date Time Latitude Longitude Depth (GRN)
682260 1978-05-14 22:37:05 52.603 -118.791 10.0 (British Columbia)
Mw = 5.00±0.30 | M
0 = 4.00E+16
Rogers, G.C., Ellis, R.M. and Hasegawa, H.S. (1980). The McNaughton Lake earthquake of May 14, 1978, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 70, 5, 1771-1786.