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Major earthquakes worldwide in 1900 (M6+)

M6+ earthquakes13
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LargestM7.9Alaska
M7+13
1991–2020 average153

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By region

Nearby years

Largest first

EventTime (UTC)DepthPlace
M7.9 1900-10-091900-10-09 12:2820 kmKodiak Island region, Alaska
M7.7 1900-10-291900-10-29 09:11–Near the coast of Venezuela
M7.6 1900-07-291900-07-29 06:59–Santa Cruz Islands
M7.5 1900-01-311900-01-31 19:22450 kmSea of Okhotsk
M7.3 1900-01-201900-01-20 06:33–Jalisco, Mexico
M7.2 1900-06-211900-06-21 20:52–Costa Rica
M7.1 1900-09-171900-09-17 21:45–Bismarck Sea
M7.1 1900-12-251900-12-25 05:0935 kmOff the coast of Hokkaido, Japan
M7.0 1900-01-051900-01-05 19:00–Southern Sumatra, Indonesia
M7.0 1900-01-111900-01-11 09:07–Bismarck Sea
M7.0 1900-05-111900-05-11 17:235 kmNorthern Honshu, Japan
M7.0 1900-11-091900-11-09 13:12–Near the coast of El Salvador
M7.0 1900-11-241900-11-24 07:5735 kmKuril Islands

1901 →

Magnitudes and locations are USGS values and can differ from national agencies. Older records are less complete and less precise.