Earthquakes in 2014
17,532 earthquakes (M4+) recorded globally in 2014. Data from USGS.
Total (M4+)
17,532
Significant (M6+)
155
Maximum Magnitude
8.2
Avg Depth
84 km
Magnitude Breakdown
M4
15,791
M5
1,586
M6
143
M7
11
M8+
1
Significant Events by Month
01
6
02
8
03
17
04
26
05
18
06
16
07
17
08
9
09
8
10
8
11
12
12
10
Significant Earthquakes in 2014 (155)
| Mag | Location | Depth | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.2 | 93 km NW of Iquique, Chile | 25.0 km | Apr 1, 2014 |
| 7.9 | Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska | 109.0 km | Jun 23, 2014 |
| 7.7 | 53 km SW of Iquique, Chile | 22.4 km | Apr 3, 2014 |
| 7.6 | 93 km SSE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands | 22.6 km | Apr 12, 2014 |
| 7.5 | 70 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea | 43.4 km | Apr 19, 2014 |
| 7.4 | 112 km S of Kirakira, Solomon Islands | 39.0 km | Apr 13, 2014 |
| 7.3 | 74 km S of Intipucá, El Salvador | 40.0 km | Oct 14, 2014 |
| 7.2 | 9 km ENE of Coyuquilla Norte, Mexico | 24.0 km | Apr 18, 2014 |
| 7.1 | 56 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea | 60.5 km | Apr 11, 2014 |
| 7.1 | Fiji region | 434.0 km | Nov 1, 2014 |
| 7.1 | 155 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia | 45.0 km | Nov 15, 2014 |
| 7.0 | southern East Pacific Rise | 16.5 km | Oct 9, 2014 |
| 6.9 | Federated States of Micronesia region | 13.0 km | Aug 3, 2014 |
| 6.9 | Fiji region | 615.4 km | Jul 21, 2014 |
| 6.9 | South Sandwich Islands region | 8.0 km | Jun 29, 2014 |
| 6.9 | Kermadec Islands, New Zealand | 20.0 km | Jun 23, 2014 |
| 6.9 | 4 km W of Puerto Madero, Mexico | 53.0 km | Jul 7, 2014 |
| 6.9 | 21 km SSW of Kamariótissa, Greece | 6.4 km | May 24, 2014 |
| 6.9 | 90 km WNW of Iquique, Chile | 28.4 km | Apr 1, 2014 |
| 6.9 | 272 km ESE of Hotan, China | 10.0 km | Feb 12, 2014 |
| 6.8 | Bouvet Island region | 11.2 km | Apr 15, 2014 |
| 6.8 | 38 km NW of Aniso, Peru | 101.0 km | Aug 24, 2014 |
| 6.8 | 157 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia | 39.0 km | Nov 26, 2014 |
| 6.8 | 77 km WNW of Indianola, California | 16.4 km | Mar 10, 2014 |
| 6.7 | 43 km NW of Piti Village, Guam | 130.0 km | Sep 17, 2014 |
| 6.7 | Kermadec Islands, New Zealand | 26.6 km | Jun 23, 2014 |
| 6.7 | 201 km SSE of Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna | 18.0 km | Jun 29, 2014 |
| 6.7 | 63 km WNW of Iquique, Chile | 20.0 km | Mar 16, 2014 |
| 6.7 | 183 km NE of Gisborne, New Zealand | 22.0 km | Nov 16, 2014 |
| 6.6 | southern East Pacific Rise | 10.0 km | Oct 9, 2014 |
| 6.6 | south of the Fiji Islands | 527.0 km | May 4, 2014 |
| 6.6 | 239 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu | 106.0 km | May 1, 2014 |
| 6.6 | 57 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea | 29.0 km | Apr 19, 2014 |
| 6.6 | 75 km S of Kirakira, Solomon Islands | 10.0 km | Apr 13, 2014 |
| 6.6 | 15 km N of Belén, Nicaragua | 135.0 km | Apr 11, 2014 |
| 6.6 | 22 km ESE of Punta de Burica, Panama | 20.0 km | Dec 8, 2014 |
| 6.6 | 76 km NE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea | 53.2 km | Nov 7, 2014 |
| 6.6 | 115 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea | 23.0 km | Dec 7, 2014 |
| 6.6 | 106 km WSW of Sangay, Philippines | 614.0 km | Dec 2, 2014 |
| 6.5 | 217 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea | 20.0 km | Jul 4, 2014 |
| 6.5 | South Indian Ocean | 4.0 km | Jun 14, 2014 |
| 6.5 | Kermadec Islands, New Zealand | 10.0 km | Jun 23, 2014 |
| 6.5 | southern East Pacific Rise | 10.5 km | May 12, 2014 |
| 6.5 | 78 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea | 20.0 km | Apr 11, 2014 |
| 6.5 | 45 km WSW of Iquique, Chile | 24.1 km | Apr 3, 2014 |
| 6.5 | 110 km SE of Punta de Burica, Panama | 10.0 km | May 13, 2014 |
| 6.5 | 107 km WSW of Vernon, Canada | 10.0 km | Apr 24, 2014 |
| 6.5 | 139 km ESE of Namie, Japan | 20.0 km | Jul 11, 2014 |
| 6.5 | 109 km NW of Nago, Japan | 119.0 km | Mar 2, 2014 |
| 6.5 | 171 km NNE of Greenland, Barbados | 14.8 km | Feb 18, 2014 |
| 6.5 | 32 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu | 122.0 km | Feb 7, 2014 |
| 6.5 | south of the Kermadec Islands | 44.3 km | Feb 2, 2014 |
| 6.5 | 32 km W of Sola, Vanuatu | 187.0 km | Jan 1, 2014 |
| 6.5 | 123 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia | 35.0 km | Nov 21, 2014 |
| 6.4 | 79 km SW of Iquique, Chile | 25.0 km | Apr 3, 2014 |
| 6.4 | 193 km SSE of Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna | 9.0 km | Jun 29, 2014 |
| 6.4 | 3 km NNE of Nuxco, Mexico | 17.1 km | May 8, 2014 |
| 6.4 | 23 km WNW of Hacienda La Calera, Chile | 32.0 km | Aug 23, 2014 |
| 6.4 | 232 km NNW of Sabang, Indonesia | 21.5 km | Mar 21, 2014 |
| 6.4 | 79 km WNW of Iquique, Chile | 21.0 km | Mar 17, 2014 |
| 6.4 | east of the South Sandwich Islands | 10.0 km | Mar 11, 2014 |
| 6.4 | 61 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico | 20.0 km | Jan 13, 2014 |
| 6.3 | Kermadec Islands region | 35.0 km | Jul 3, 2014 |
| 6.3 | State of Yap, Federated States of Micronesia | 11.0 km | May 15, 2014 |
| 6.3 | West Chile Rise | 16.8 km | May 6, 2014 |
| 6.3 | south of the Fiji Islands | 634.2 km | May 4, 2014 |
| 6.3 | 70 km SW of Iquique, Chile | 13.7 km | Apr 4, 2014 |
| 6.3 | 78 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines | 20.0 km | Jul 14, 2014 |
| 6.3 | 51 km WSW of Alim, Philippines | 15.5 km | May 15, 2014 |
| 6.3 | 2 km SE of Santa Teresa, Mexico | 107.0 km | Jul 29, 2014 |
| 6.3 | Mid-Indian Ridge | 10.0 km | Nov 3, 2014 |
| 6.3 | 156 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia | 41.0 km | Dec 21, 2014 |
| 6.3 | 248 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska | 4.0 km | Jun 24, 2014 |
| 6.3 | south of the Fiji Islands | 495.0 km | Mar 26, 2014 |
| 6.3 | 93 km NW of Iquique, Chile | 21.0 km | Mar 23, 2014 |
| 6.3 | 16 km W of Sechura, Peru | 29.0 km | Mar 15, 2014 |
| 6.3 | 32 km SSW of Hikari, Japan | 79.0 km | Mar 13, 2014 |
| 6.3 | 262 km ESE of Sola, Vanuatu | 638.0 km | Mar 5, 2014 |
| 6.2 | 172 km S of Tondano, Indonesia | 35.0 km | Sep 10, 2014 |
| 6.2 | 217 km SW of La Cruz de Loreto, Mexico | 17.0 km | Sep 6, 2014 |
| 6.2 | 179 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste | 10.0 km | Aug 6, 2014 |
| 6.2 | 71 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga | 227.3 km | Jul 19, 2014 |
| 6.2 | Bonin Islands, Japan region | 511.0 km | Jun 30, 2014 |
| 6.2 | Volcano Islands, Japan region | 48.0 km | Jun 29, 2014 |
| 6.2 | 85 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu | 36.0 km | Jun 19, 2014 |
| 6.2 | 95 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea | 20.0 km | Apr 20, 2014 |
| 6.2 | Balleny Islands region | 20.6 km | Apr 17, 2014 |
| 6.2 | 71 km SW of Iquique, Chile | 13.8 km | Apr 11, 2014 |
| 6.2 | 96 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia | 61.0 km | Jul 20, 2014 |
| 6.2 | 250 km WSW of La Cruz de Loreto, Mexico | 5.0 km | May 31, 2014 |
| 6.2 | 10 km ENE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu | 110.2 km | Jul 8, 2014 |
| 6.2 | 33 km WSW of Zhaotong, China | 12.0 km | Aug 3, 2014 |
| 6.2 | 22 km WSW of Skwentna, Alaska | 108.9 km | Sep 25, 2014 |
| 6.2 | 56 km NW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina | 224.0 km | Sep 24, 2014 |
| 6.2 | 6 km SSE of Hakuba, Japan | 9.0 km | Nov 22, 2014 |
| 6.2 | 90 km WNW of Iquique, Chile | 20.0 km | Mar 22, 2014 |
| 6.2 | 33 km SW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua | 60.0 km | Mar 2, 2014 |
| 6.2 | 40 km E of Dehlor?n, Iran | 10.2 km | Aug 18, 2014 |
| 6.1 | Easter Island region | 7.0 km | Sep 6, 2014 |
| 6.1 | 116 km WSW of Lata, Solomon Islands | 10.0 km | Apr 18, 2014 |
| 6.1 | State of Yap, Federated States of Micronesia | 10.0 km | May 14, 2014 |
| 6.1 | 91 km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea | 20.0 km | Apr 12, 2014 |
| 6.1 | 56 km NE of Kolonga, Tonga | 45.0 km | Apr 26, 2014 |
| 6.1 | 78 km E of Mutsu, Japan | 41.0 km | Aug 10, 2014 |
| 6.1 | 16 km SW of Valle San Francisco, Nicaragua | 13.0 km | Apr 10, 2014 |
| 6.1 | 32 km SSW of Chiang Rai, Thailand | 6.0 km | May 5, 2014 |
| 6.1 | 122 km NNW of Siocon, Philippines | 8.0 km | Dec 29, 2014 |
| 6.1 | 96 km SSW of Altata, Mexico | 10.0 km | Oct 8, 2014 |
| 6.1 | 77 km NE of Jiufen, Taiwan | 256.0 km | Dec 10, 2014 |
| 6.1 | 61 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala | 32.0 km | Dec 7, 2014 |
| 6.1 | 24 km SSW of Paracas, Peru | 20.0 km | Mar 15, 2014 |
| 6.1 | 183 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea | 7.0 km | Mar 11, 2014 |
| 6.1 | 210 km WNW of Nikolski, Alaska | 265.0 km | Feb 26, 2014 |
| 6.1 | South Sandwich Islands region | 130.0 km | Feb 1, 2014 |
| 6.1 | 1 km ENE of Lixoúri, Greece | 8.0 km | Jan 26, 2014 |
| 6.1 | 39 km S of Kroya, Indonesia | 66.0 km | Jan 25, 2014 |
| 6.1 | 130 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga | 6.1 km | Jan 21, 2014 |
| 6.1 | 35 km NNE of Masterton, New Zealand | 28.0 km | Jan 20, 2014 |
| 6.1 | Prince Edward Islands region | 10.0 km | Nov 17, 2014 |
| 6.1 | 152 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan | 22.0 km | Oct 11, 2014 |
| 6.1 | 125 km SW of Jianshui, China | 8.5 km | Oct 7, 2014 |
| 6.1 | 157 km SSW of Gizo, Solomon Islands | 4.0 km | Sep 25, 2014 |
| 6.0 | The 2014 South Napa, California Earthquake | 11.1 km | Aug 24, 2014 |
| 6.0 | northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge | 10.0 km | Jul 27, 2014 |
| 6.0 | 40 km WNW of Elfin Cove, Alaska | 10.0 km | Jul 25, 2014 |
| 6.0 | 168 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga | 35.0 km | Sep 4, 2014 |
| 6.0 | 163 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea | 9.8 km | Jul 29, 2014 |
| 6.0 | Owen Fracture Zone region | 10.0 km | Jul 19, 2014 |
| 6.0 | 86 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia | 20.0 km | Jul 5, 2014 |
| 6.0 | Balleny Islands region | 10.0 km | Jul 2, 2014 |
| 6.0 | South Sandwich Islands region | 10.0 km | Jun 29, 2014 |
| 6.0 | 96 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea | 10.0 km | May 7, 2014 |
| 6.0 | off the west coast of northern Sumatra | 35.0 km | May 18, 2014 |
| 6.0 | 25 km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands | 57.0 km | Apr 4, 2014 |
| 6.0 | 42 km ESE of Dehlor?n, Iran | 5.0 km | Aug 18, 2014 |
| 6.0 | 276 km SE of Kon?rka, India | 47.2 km | May 21, 2014 |
| 6.0 | 31 km ESE of It?, Japan | 153.0 km | May 4, 2014 |
| 6.0 | 6 km W of Nuxco, Mexico | 23.0 km | May 10, 2014 |
| 6.0 | Fiji region | 599.3 km | Dec 30, 2014 |
| 6.0 | Easter Island region | 10.0 km | Nov 1, 2014 |
| 6.0 | Balleny Islands region | 10.0 km | Nov 2, 2014 |
| 6.0 | 119 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga | 8.0 km | Oct 28, 2014 |
| 6.0 | Banda Sea | 116.0 km | Dec 6, 2014 |
| 6.0 | 15 km ESE of Punta de Burica, Panama | 15.0 km | Dec 6, 2014 |
| 6.0 | 90 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska | 10.0 km | Jul 17, 2014 |
| 6.0 | Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska | 101.9 km | Jun 23, 2014 |
| 6.0 | Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska | 106.6 km | Jun 23, 2014 |
| 6.0 | Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska | 102.8 km | Jun 23, 2014 |
| 6.0 | 33 km SSW of Boca Chica, Panama | 25.0 km | Apr 2, 2014 |
| 6.0 | 174 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands | 98.0 km | Mar 27, 2014 |
| 6.0 | 98 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico | 18.5 km | Mar 2, 2014 |
| 6.0 | 122 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea | 41.8 km | Feb 9, 2014 |
| 6.0 | 8 km NNW of Lixoúri, Greece | 5.0 km | Feb 3, 2014 |
| 6.0 | 15 km N of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea | 42.0 km | Oct 1, 2014 |
| 6.0 | Fiji region | 10.0 km | Nov 13, 2014 |