Earthquakes in 2015
15,325 earthquakes (M4+) recorded globally in 2015. Data from USGS.
Total (M4+)
15,325
Significant (M6+)
146
Maximum Magnitude
8.3
Avg Depth
88 km
Magnitude Breakdown
M4
13,757
M5
1,422
M6
127
M7
18
M8+
1
Significant Events by Month
01
4
02
12
03
12
04
15
05
21
06
10
07
10
08
6
09
24
10
7
11
16
12
9
Significant Earthquakes in 2015 (146)
| Mag | Location | Depth | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.3 | 48 km W of Illapel, Chile | 22.4 km | Sep 16, 2015 |
| 7.8 | Bonin Islands, Japan region | 664.0 km | May 30, 2015 |
| 7.8 | 67 km NNE of Bharatpur, Nepal | 8.2 km | Apr 25, 2015 |
| 7.6 | 155 km WNW of Iñapari, Peru | 606.2 km | Nov 24, 2015 |
| 7.6 | 185 km WNW of Iñapari, Peru | 620.6 km | Nov 24, 2015 |
| 7.5 | 131 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea | 55.0 km | May 5, 2015 |
| 7.5 | 53 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea | 41.0 km | Mar 29, 2015 |
| 7.5 | Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan | 231.0 km | Oct 26, 2015 |
| 7.3 | Nepal | 15.0 km | May 12, 2015 |
| 7.2 | 104 km W of Murghob, Tajikistan | 22.0 km | Dec 7, 2015 |
| 7.1 | southeast Indian Ridge | 35.0 km | Dec 4, 2015 |
| 7.1 | 31 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu | 135.0 km | Oct 20, 2015 |
| 7.1 | 143 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea | 10.0 km | May 7, 2015 |
| 7.1 | northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge | 16.7 km | Feb 13, 2015 |
| 7.0 | 234 km W of Abepura, Indonesia | 48.0 km | Jul 27, 2015 |
| 7.0 | 25 km WNW of Illapel, Chile | 28.4 km | Sep 16, 2015 |
| 7.0 | southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge | 10.0 km | Jun 17, 2015 |
| 7.0 | 80 km WNW of Lata, Solomon Islands | 11.0 km | Jul 18, 2015 |
| 7.0 | 150 km NNE of Maumere, Indonesia | 552.1 km | Feb 27, 2015 |
| 6.9 | 81 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile | 12.0 km | Nov 11, 2015 |
| 6.9 | 107 km SE of Amahai, Indonesia | 21.0 km | Dec 9, 2015 |
| 6.9 | 85 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile | 10.0 km | Nov 11, 2015 |
| 6.9 | 205 km ESE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands | 11.2 km | May 22, 2015 |
| 6.9 | Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska | 29.0 km | Jul 27, 2015 |
| 6.8 | 153 km WSW of Buala, Solomon Islands | 12.6 km | Nov 18, 2015 |
| 6.8 | 39 km SW of Ovalle, Chile | 46.0 km | Nov 7, 2015 |
| 6.8 | 117 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska | 72.6 km | May 29, 2015 |
| 6.8 | 109 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea | 44.0 km | May 1, 2015 |
| 6.8 | 32 km SE of ?funato, Japan | 35.0 km | May 12, 2015 |
| 6.8 | 159 km ESE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands | 10.0 km | May 22, 2015 |
| 6.8 | 178 km W of Lata, Solomon Islands | 11.0 km | May 20, 2015 |
| 6.8 | 81 km NNE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu | 220.0 km | Jan 23, 2015 |
| 6.7 | 95 km SW of Topolobampo, Mexico | 10.0 km | Sep 13, 2015 |
| 6.7 | 21 km SSE of Kod?ri??, Nepal | 22.9 km | Apr 26, 2015 |
| 6.7 | 103 km W of El Aguilar, Argentina | 223.0 km | Feb 11, 2015 |
| 6.7 | 125 km SSW of Tarauacá, Brazil | 602.8 km | Nov 26, 2015 |
| 6.7 | 140 km WSW of Makurazaki, Japan | 12.0 km | Nov 13, 2015 |
| 6.7 | 61 km WNW of Illapel, Chile | 23.0 km | Sep 17, 2015 |
| 6.7 | Pacific-Antarctic Ridge | 7.2 km | May 19, 2015 |
| 6.7 | 150 km WNW of Malango, Solomon Islands | 12.0 km | Jul 10, 2015 |
| 6.7 | 126 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea | 31.0 km | Apr 30, 2015 |
| 6.7 | 83 km ENE of Miyako, Japan | 23.0 km | Feb 16, 2015 |
| 6.6 | 28 km N of Sorong, Indonesia | 18.0 km | Sep 24, 2015 |
| 6.6 | 4 km W of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico | 85.0 km | Dec 17, 2015 |
| 6.6 | 22 km WSW of Illapel, Chile | 35.0 km | Sep 21, 2015 |
| 6.6 | Nicobar Islands, India region | 10.0 km | Nov 8, 2015 |
| 6.6 | 186 km WNW of Malango, Solomon Islands | 22.0 km | Aug 10, 2015 |
| 6.6 | 71 km NNE of Bharatpur, Nepal | 10.0 km | Apr 25, 2015 |
| 6.5 | 19 km SSW of Lefkáda, Greece | 11.0 km | Nov 17, 2015 |
| 6.5 | 99 km SE of Atka, Alaska | 15.0 km | Nov 9, 2015 |
| 6.5 | 128 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados | 20.0 km | Jul 16, 2015 |
| 6.5 | 47 km NW of Maubara, Timor Leste | 20.0 km | Nov 4, 2015 |
| 6.5 | 54 km WNW of Illapel, Chile | 27.0 km | Sep 17, 2015 |
| 6.5 | 177 km SE of Gizo, Solomon Islands | 6.4 km | Aug 12, 2015 |
| 6.5 | Bonin Islands, Japan region | 460.0 km | Jun 23, 2015 |
| 6.5 | 181 km SSW of Alo, Wallis and Futuna | 10.0 km | Apr 17, 2015 |
| 6.5 | 96 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga | 11.0 km | Mar 30, 2015 |
| 6.5 | 236 km S of Punta de Burica, Panama | 8.0 km | Jan 7, 2015 |
| 6.4 | 52 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska | 119.3 km | Jul 29, 2015 |
| 6.4 | 75 km WSW of Yonakuni, Japan | 29.0 km | Apr 20, 2015 |
| 6.4 | 110 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga | 14.5 km | Mar 30, 2015 |
| 6.4 | 70 km SW of Ovalle, Chile | 42.3 km | Sep 17, 2015 |
| 6.4 | 54 km W of Illapel, Chile | 26.7 km | Sep 16, 2015 |
| 6.4 | 213 km ESE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands | 8.0 km | Aug 15, 2015 |
| 6.4 | 74 km WNW of Talcahuano, Chile | 11.0 km | Jun 20, 2015 |
| 6.4 | 57 km WNW of Zangguy, China | 20.0 km | Jul 3, 2015 |
| 6.4 | 94 km SW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia | 130.0 km | Mar 23, 2015 |
| 6.4 | Vanuatu | 10.0 km | Feb 19, 2015 |
| 6.3 | south of the Kermadec Islands | 17.0 km | Sep 7, 2015 |
| 6.3 | 42 km WSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan | 206.0 km | Dec 25, 2015 |
| 6.3 | 161 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia | 41.5 km | Sep 16, 2015 |
| 6.3 | 26 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile | 46.0 km | Sep 26, 2015 |
| 6.3 | 101 km E of Shikotan, Russia | 49.0 km | Jul 7, 2015 |
| 6.3 | southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge | 10.0 km | May 24, 2015 |
| 6.3 | 42 km SSE of Kod?ri??, Nepal | 15.0 km | May 12, 2015 |
| 6.3 | 106 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga | 30.0 km | Apr 7, 2015 |
| 6.3 | 63 km W of Villa General Roca, Argentina | 172.0 km | Feb 2, 2015 |
| 6.2 | 207 km WSW of José María Morelos, Mexico | 5.0 km | Feb 22, 2015 |
| 6.2 | southern East Pacific Rise | 12.3 km | Dec 24, 2015 |
| 6.2 | 107 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile | 13.0 km | Nov 7, 2015 |
| 6.2 | 65 km N of Taltal, Chile | 34.0 km | Nov 27, 2015 |
| 6.2 | Bouvet Island region | 11.0 km | Oct 23, 2015 |
| 6.2 | 79 km W of La Ligua, Chile | 18.0 km | Sep 19, 2015 |
| 6.2 | 92 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile | 8.0 km | Sep 18, 2015 |
| 6.2 | 175 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga | 10.0 km | May 24, 2015 |
| 6.2 | Izu Islands, Japan region | 6.0 km | May 30, 2015 |
| 6.2 | 282 km WNW of Port McNeill, Canada | 8.0 km | Apr 24, 2015 |
| 6.2 | 161 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands | 72.0 km | Apr 22, 2015 |
| 6.2 | 136 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia | 44.0 km | Mar 17, 2015 |
| 6.2 | 75 km NW of Tomé, Chile | 13.0 km | Mar 18, 2015 |
| 6.2 | 142 km E of Miyako, Japan | 10.0 km | Feb 20, 2015 |
| 6.2 | 2 km NNW of Cepitá, Colombia | 155.0 km | Mar 10, 2015 |
| 6.2 | South Sandwich Islands region | 13.0 km | Feb 16, 2015 |
| 6.2 | Taiwan region | 30.0 km | Feb 13, 2015 |
| 6.2 | Fiji region | 484.1 km | Jan 28, 2015 |
| 6.1 | Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia | 82.0 km | Nov 21, 2015 |
| 6.1 | 37 km N of Tarakan, Indonesia | 14.0 km | Dec 20, 2015 |
| 6.1 | 253 km WNW of Lautoka, Fiji | 10.0 km | Dec 9, 2015 |
| 6.1 | Pacific-Antarctic Ridge | 10.0 km | Oct 11, 2015 |
| 6.1 | 79 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile | 6.0 km | Sep 19, 2015 |
| 6.1 | 156 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea | 6.0 km | Sep 16, 2015 |
| 6.1 | 54 km W of Illapel, Chile | 30.0 km | Sep 21, 2015 |
| 6.1 | 55 km WSW of Illapel, Chile | 19.1 km | Sep 16, 2015 |
| 6.1 | 71 km W of Illapel, Chile | 35.0 km | Sep 16, 2015 |
| 6.1 | 74 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan | 42.0 km | Jun 8, 2015 |
| 6.1 | 0 km NNW of Dhulikhel, Nepal | 10.0 km | Apr 25, 2015 |
| 6.1 | 23 km NW of Santa Monica, Philippines | 32.0 km | Jul 3, 2015 |
| 6.1 | Fiji region | 581.0 km | Apr 28, 2015 |
| 6.1 | 73 km S of Wakefield, New Zealand | 48.0 km | Apr 24, 2015 |
| 6.1 | 72 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan | 29.0 km | Apr 20, 2015 |
| 6.1 | 70 km NW of Luwuk, Indonesia | 31.0 km | Mar 15, 2015 |
| 6.1 | 183 km W of Lata, Solomon Islands | 10.0 km | Feb 18, 2015 |
| 6.1 | 157 km W of Pariaman, Indonesia | 28.0 km | Mar 3, 2015 |
| 6.0 | Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands | 586.9 km | Nov 24, 2015 |
| 6.0 | Prince Edward Islands region | 10.0 km | Oct 23, 2015 |
| 6.0 | 202 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia | 12.0 km | Oct 14, 2015 |
| 6.0 | Izu Islands, Japan region | 8.0 km | Sep 1, 2015 |
| 6.0 | 104 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska | 20.0 km | Sep 10, 2015 |
| 6.0 | 134 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea | 35.0 km | May 1, 2015 |
| 6.0 | 128 km N of Isangel, Vanuatu | 10.0 km | Dec 19, 2015 |
| 6.0 | 63 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga | 12.0 km | Oct 18, 2015 |
| 6.0 | northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge | 10.0 km | Sep 18, 2015 |
| 6.0 | south of the Fiji Islands | 535.0 km | Sep 7, 2015 |
| 6.0 | Kermadec Islands, New Zealand | 228.0 km | Aug 24, 2015 |
| 6.0 | 22 km NNW of Illapel, Chile | 58.0 km | Sep 22, 2015 |
| 6.0 | Mid-Indian Ridge | 10.0 km | Aug 13, 2015 |
| 6.0 | south of the Fiji Islands | 269.0 km | Aug 6, 2015 |
| 6.0 | 91 km SE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands | 12.0 km | Jul 1, 2015 |
| 6.0 | 50 km E of Calama, Chile | 124.0 km | Jun 10, 2015 |
| 6.0 | south of the Kermadec Islands | 10.0 km | Jun 25, 2015 |
| 6.0 | 146 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea | 43.0 km | Jun 30, 2015 |
| 6.0 | Fiji region | 562.6 km | Jun 21, 2015 |
| 6.0 | 89 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga | 48.0 km | Jun 12, 2015 |
| 6.0 | 51 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga | 10.0 km | May 30, 2015 |
| 6.0 | 135 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga | 203.0 km | May 20, 2015 |
| 6.0 | 14 km WNW of Ranau, Malaysia | 10.0 km | Jun 4, 2015 |
| 6.0 | 106 km ESE of Sungai Penuh, Indonesia | 151.0 km | May 15, 2015 |
| 6.0 | Izu Islands, Japan region | 6.0 km | May 10, 2015 |
| 6.0 | 156 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea | 24.0 km | May 3, 2015 |
| 6.0 | 69 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan | 29.0 km | Apr 20, 2015 |
| 6.0 | 65 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea | 39.0 km | Mar 31, 2015 |
| 6.0 | 98 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga | 10.0 km | Mar 30, 2015 |
| 6.0 | 26 km SSW of Fry, Greece | 20.0 km | Apr 16, 2015 |
| 6.0 | Mid-Indian Ridge | 10.0 km | Mar 6, 2015 |
| 6.0 | 133 km E of Miyako, Japan | 7.0 km | Feb 21, 2015 |
| 6.0 | 209 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu | 7.1 km | Jan 30, 2015 |