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M6.7 earthquake, south of Africa, 1980-11-11

MagnitudeM6.7ms
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Depth10 km
Time (UTC)1980-11-11 10:36
Rank in 198018 / 95among M6+
Rank since 19002847 / 14,458
Energy vs an M6×11approx.

south of Africa · -51.42, 28.80

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

EventTime (UTC)DepthPlace
M6.4 1964-01-051964-01-05 23:4610 kmsouth of Africa
M6.4 1956-08-141956-08-14 02:5015 kmsouth of Africa
M6.1 1953-09-141953-09-14 11:1215 kmsouth of Africa
M6.1 1952-08-281952-08-28 14:2115 kmsouth of Africa
M8.0 1942-11-101942-11-10 11:4110 km1942 Southwest Indian Ridge Earthquake
M6.1 1938-04-211938-04-21 01:1510 kmsouth of Africa
M6.1 1933-08-221933-08-22 10:5710 kmsouth of Africa
M6.1 1924-02-291924-02-29 08:3810 kmsouth of Africa

Energy ratio uses the rule that one magnitude unit is about 32 times the energy. Magnitudes and locations are USGS values and can differ from national agencies. Older records are less complete and less precise.