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M6.6 earthquake, India, 2004-12-26

MagnitudeM6.6mwc

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Depth16 km

Time (UTC)2004-12-26 09:20

Rank in 200438 / 157among M6+

Rank since 19003646 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×8approx.

Nicobar Islands, India region · 8.88, 92.38

M5.5+ within 100 km in the next 30 days

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M5.5 2004-12-27	2004-12-27 00:36	30 km	Nicobar Islands, India region
M6.2 2004-12-29	2004-12-29 05:56	12 km	Nicobar Islands, India region
M5.9 2004-12-29	2004-12-29 06:05	30 km	Nicobar Islands, India region

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

2010 M7.5M7.5

2004 M7.2M7.2

2005 M7.2M7.2

1955 M7.0M7.0

1917 M6.8M6.8

1973 M6.6M6.6

2008 M6.6M6.6

2004 M6.6M6.6

1921 M6.6M6.6

1907 M6.5M6.5

2010 M6.5M6.5

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M7.2 2004-12-26	2004-12-26 04:21	39 km	284 km WNW of Sabang, Indonesia
M6.0 2004-12-26	2004-12-26 01:22	30 km	224 km NW of Sabang, Indonesia
M6.0 2001-03-15	2001-03-15 01:22	33 km	Nicobar Islands, India region
M6.0 1998-08-10	1998-08-10 09:52	33 km	194 km NW of Sabang, Indonesia
M6.0 1992-12-08	1992-12-08 07:08	66 km	274 km SSE of Port Blair, India
M6.1 1990-12-29	1990-12-29 13:23	18 km	296 km NNW of Sabang, Indonesia
M6.0 1990-08-18	1990-08-18 18:52	21 km	232 km NW of Sabang, Indonesia
M6.0 1986-01-28	1986-01-28 12:32	27 km	Nicobar Islands, India region
M6.2 1982-01-20	1982-01-20 07:09	27 km	203 km NW of Sabang, Indonesia
M6.3 1982-01-20	1982-01-20 04:25	19 km	186 km NW of Sabang, Indonesia

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.