Earthquakes in 2017
13,075 earthquakes (M4+) recorded globally in 2017. Data from USGS.
Total (M4+)
13,075
Significant (M6+)
110
Maximum Magnitude
8.2
Avg Depth
95 km
Magnitude Breakdown
M4
11,514
M5
1,451
M6
103
M7
6
M8+
1
Significant Events by Month
01
8
02
5
03
6
04
7
05
11
06
10
07
10
08
8
09
9
10
10
11
16
12
10
Significant Earthquakes in 2017 (110)
| Mag | Location | Depth | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.2 | 2017 Tehuantepec, Mexico Earthquake | 47.4 km | Sep 8, 2017 |
| 7.9 | 35 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea | 135.0 km | Jan 22, 2017 |
| 7.7 | Komandorskiye Ostrova, Russia region | 10.0 km | Jul 17, 2017 |
| 7.3 | 189 km SSE of Tabiauan, Philippines | 627.2 km | Jan 10, 2017 |
| 7.3 | 29 km S of ?alabja, Iraq | 19.0 km | Nov 12, 2017 |
| 7.1 | 1 km S of Matzaco, Mexico | 48.0 km | Sep 19, 2017 |
| 7.0 | 85 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia | 10.0 km | Nov 19, 2017 |
| 6.9 | 31 km SW of Burias, Philippines | 26.0 km | Apr 28, 2017 |
| 6.9 | 2 km SSW of San Pablo, Guatemala | 93.0 km | Jun 14, 2017 |
| 6.9 | 40 km W of Valparaíso, Chile | 28.0 km | Apr 24, 2017 |
| 6.9 | south of the Fiji Islands | 414.5 km | Feb 24, 2017 |
| 6.9 | 225 km SW of Nadi, Fiji | 12.0 km | Jan 3, 2017 |
| 6.8 | 28 km SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala | 38.1 km | Jun 22, 2017 |
| 6.8 | 97 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga | 10.0 km | Nov 4, 2017 |
| 6.8 | 59 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu | 169.0 km | May 9, 2017 |
| 6.8 | 200 km NW of Attu Station, Alaska | 5.0 km | Jun 2, 2017 |
| 6.7 | Bouvet Island region | 9.0 km | Oct 10, 2017 |
| 6.7 | 132 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia | 24.0 km | Oct 31, 2017 |
| 6.7 | 181 km NNE of Maumere, Indonesia | 553.8 km | Oct 24, 2017 |
| 6.6 | Auckland Islands, New Zealand region | 10.0 km | Jul 11, 2017 |
| 6.6 | 74 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia | 13.0 km | Nov 19, 2017 |
| 6.6 | 101 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia | 22.0 km | Nov 1, 2017 |
| 6.6 | north of Ascension Island | 35.0 km | Aug 18, 2017 |
| 6.6 | 81 km NNE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia | 17.0 km | Mar 29, 2017 |
| 6.6 | 11 km ENE of Kos, Greece | 7.0 km | Jul 20, 2017 |
| 6.6 | 37 km WNW of Poso, Indonesia | 12.0 km | May 29, 2017 |
| 6.5 | 11 km N of Mabua, Philippines | 15.0 km | Feb 10, 2017 |
| 6.5 | 2 km S of Lim-oo, Philippines | 9.0 km | Jul 6, 2017 |
| 6.5 | 65 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands | 36.0 km | Jan 19, 2017 |
| 6.5 | South Sandwich Islands region | 15.0 km | May 10, 2017 |
| 6.5 | Bouvet Island region | 17.0 km | Dec 13, 2017 |
| 6.5 | 12 km SSW of Kawalu, Indonesia | 90.0 km | Dec 15, 2017 |
| 6.5 | central Mid-Atlantic Ridge | 10.0 km | Nov 30, 2017 |
| 6.5 | 18 km W of Parrita, Costa Rica | 19.4 km | Nov 13, 2017 |
| 6.5 | 67 km WSW of Angoram, Papua New Guinea | 110.6 km | Nov 7, 2017 |
| 6.5 | 41 km E of Padilla, Bolivia | 596.0 km | Feb 21, 2017 |
| 6.5 | 168 km SW of Mawu, China | 9.0 km | Aug 8, 2017 |
| 6.5 | 132 km WSW of Moijabana, Botswana | 29.0 km | Apr 3, 2017 |
| 6.5 | 247 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska | 119.0 km | Oct 8, 2017 |
| 6.4 | 115 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea | 34.0 km | Jul 13, 2017 |
| 6.4 | 195 km E of Levuka, Fiji | 544.0 km | Aug 19, 2017 |
| 6.4 | 50 km NW of Fais, Micronesia | 12.8 km | Dec 8, 2017 |
| 6.4 | 156 km NNE of Shi Yomi, India | 8.0 km | Nov 17, 2017 |
| 6.4 | south of the Fiji Islands | 96.0 km | Sep 26, 2017 |
| 6.4 | 85 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu | 197.0 km | Sep 20, 2017 |
| 6.4 | 52 km NW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina | 222.0 km | Feb 18, 2017 |
| 6.4 | 71 km W of Bengkulu, Indonesia | 31.0 km | Aug 13, 2017 |
| 6.4 | 22 km S of Atico, Peru | 43.7 km | Jul 18, 2017 |
| 6.3 | 104 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands | 26.0 km | Jan 10, 2017 |
| 6.3 | 48 km NW of Mosquito Lake, Alaska | 2.5 km | May 1, 2017 |
| 6.3 | Komandorskiye Ostrova, Russia region | 9.0 km | Jul 17, 2017 |
| 6.3 | south of the Fiji Islands | 551.6 km | Jan 2, 2017 |
| 6.3 | 45 km NW of Fais, Micronesia | 8.0 km | Dec 8, 2017 |
| 6.3 | 82 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia | 14.0 km | Nov 19, 2017 |
| 6.3 | 58 km E of Arica, Chile | 85.0 km | Oct 10, 2017 |
| 6.3 | 31 km NW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea | 37.0 km | Mar 5, 2017 |
| 6.3 | 22 km WSW of Pasni, Pakistan | 29.1 km | Feb 7, 2017 |
| 6.3 | 76 km SW of Pariaman, Indonesia | 43.1 km | Aug 31, 2017 |
| 6.3 | 110 km NE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea | 8.0 km | Aug 27, 2017 |
| 6.3 | 102 km NNW of Xinyuan, China | 20.0 km | Aug 8, 2017 |
| 6.3 | 5 km S of Plomári, Greece | 12.0 km | Jun 12, 2017 |
| 6.3 | 62 km SE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile | 155.0 km | Apr 15, 2017 |
| 6.2 | 47 km NW of Mosquito Lake, Alaska | 10.0 km | May 1, 2017 |
| 6.2 | 135 km W of Adak, Alaska | 13.0 km | May 8, 2017 |
| 6.2 | 63 km W of Attu Station, Alaska | 20.0 km | Mar 27, 2017 |
| 6.2 | Balleny Islands region | 10.0 km | Oct 8, 2017 |
| 6.2 | 259 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan | 9.0 km | Oct 6, 2017 |
| 6.2 | 1 km SE of Tuy, Philippines | 172.0 km | Aug 11, 2017 |
| 6.2 | 78 km SSW of Acajutla, El Salvador | 16.0 km | May 12, 2017 |
| 6.2 | 40 km ENE of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea | 10.0 km | May 15, 2017 |
| 6.1 | 115 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea | 17.0 km | Mar 4, 2017 |
| 6.1 | 50 km NW of Fais, Micronesia | 10.0 km | Dec 9, 2017 |
| 6.1 | Ascension Island region | 10.0 km | Nov 11, 2017 |
| 6.1 | South Sandwich Islands region | 25.0 km | Sep 4, 2017 |
| 6.1 | 110 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia | 11.0 km | Nov 1, 2017 |
| 6.1 | 18 km NE of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador | 17.0 km | Dec 3, 2017 |
| 6.1 | 55 km NNE of Kerman, Iran | 9.0 km | Dec 1, 2017 |
| 6.1 | 103 km SE of Pangai, Tonga | 10.0 km | Oct 18, 2017 |
| 6.1 | 48 km W of Ambon, Indonesia | 6.0 km | Oct 31, 2017 |
| 6.1 | 156 km NW of Pangai, Tonga | 10.0 km | Oct 8, 2017 |
| 6.1 | 7 km NNE of Ixtepec, Mexico | 10.0 km | Sep 23, 2017 |
| 6.1 | Auckland Islands, New Zealand region | 8.0 km | Sep 20, 2017 |
| 6.1 | 282 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan | 11.0 km | Sep 20, 2017 |
| 6.1 | Bonin Islands, Japan region | 451.0 km | Sep 7, 2017 |
| 6.1 | south of the Fiji Islands | 511.0 km | Jun 17, 2017 |
| 6.1 | 61 km NNW of Torbat-e J?m, Iran | 13.0 km | Apr 5, 2017 |
| 6.0 | Kermadec Islands region | 404.8 km | Jun 29, 2017 |
| 6.0 | 245 km E of Levuka, Fiji | 628.0 km | Apr 18, 2017 |
| 6.0 | 109 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea | 54.0 km | Nov 27, 2017 |
| 6.0 | Izu Islands, Japan region | 12.0 km | Nov 9, 2017 |
| 6.0 | 63 km NNE of Kerman, Iran | 8.0 km | Dec 12, 2017 |
| 6.0 | 53 km NNE of Kerman, Iran | 12.0 km | Dec 12, 2017 |
| 6.0 | 51 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea | 34.0 km | Dec 1, 2017 |
| 6.0 | 96 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia | 10.0 km | Nov 20, 2017 |
| 6.0 | 191 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga | 9.0 km | Nov 20, 2017 |
| 6.0 | 195 km SW of Nadi, Fiji | 10.0 km | Jan 3, 2017 |
| 6.0 | 70 km N of Auki, Solomon Islands | 8.4 km | Mar 19, 2017 |
| 6.0 | Nicobar Islands, India region | 10.0 km | Mar 14, 2017 |
| 6.0 | Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada | 31.0 km | Jan 8, 2017 |
| 6.0 | Mauritius - Reunion region | 10.0 km | Jul 19, 2017 |
| 6.0 | Kermadec Islands, New Zealand | 34.0 km | Jun 15, 2017 |
| 6.0 | 35 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador | 13.0 km | Jun 30, 2017 |
| 6.0 | Kermadec Islands, New Zealand | 19.0 km | Jun 28, 2017 |
| 6.0 | 198 km W of Pangai, Tonga | 10.0 km | Jun 25, 2017 |
| 6.0 | North Atlantic Ocean | 10.0 km | Jul 27, 2017 |
| 6.0 | 37 km W of Valparaíso, Chile | 21.0 km | Apr 23, 2017 |
| 6.0 | 176 km SSE of Naze, Japan | 12.0 km | Jul 26, 2017 |
| 6.0 | 110 km ESE of Hirara, Japan | 10.0 km | May 9, 2017 |
| 6.0 | 29 km NNW of Karakenja, Tajikistan | 11.0 km | May 3, 2017 |
| 6.0 | 25 km S of Alburquerque, Philippines | 533.0 km | May 20, 2017 |