Major earthquakes worldwide in 1931 (M6+)

M6+ earthquakes124

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LargestM7.9Japan

M7+17

1991–2020 average153

By magnitude

M6.0–6.490

M6.5–6.917

M7.0–7.917

M8+0

By region

Japan16

Indonesia12

Solomon Islands11

Mexico11

New Zealand7

Papua New Guinea6

Russia6

Philippines5

China4

Alaska4

Nearby years

1926122

1927111

1928119

1929125

193097

1931 ◀124

193291

1933101

1934117

1935111

1936105

Largest first

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M7.9 1931-11-02	1931-11-02 10:03	35 km	58 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan
M7.9 1931-03-09	1931-03-09 03:49	35 km	78 km E of Hachinohe, Japan
M7.9 1931-08-10	1931-08-10 21:18	10 km	172 km SE of Altay, China
M7.8 1931-10-10	1931-10-10 00:19	15 km	116 km NW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands
M7.8 1931-10-03	1931-10-03 19:13	15 km	108 km SW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands
M7.6 1931-01-15	1931-01-15 01:50	35 km	5 km SSW of San Miguel Suchixtepec, Mexico
M7.6 1931-01-27	1931-01-27 20:09	15 km	37 km S of Sarupathar, India
M7.4 1931-02-02	1931-02-02 22:46	35 km	47 km WSW of Hastings, New Zealand
M7.3 1931-09-25	1931-09-25 05:59	35 km	161 km S of Bengkulu, Indonesia
M7.3 1931-02-13	1931-02-13 01:27	45 km	40 km E of Waiouru, New Zealand
M7.2 1931-08-18	1931-08-18 14:21	10 km	148 km ESE of Altay, China
M7.2 1931-05-20	1931-05-20 02:22	10 km	Azores-Cape St. Vincent Ridge
M7.2 1931-01-28	1931-01-28 21:24	15 km	265 km S of Merizo Village, Guam
M7.2 1931-03-18	1931-03-18 08:02	35 km	37 km S of San Antonio, Chile
M7.2 1931-08-27	1931-08-27 15:27	10 km	14 km SSE of Mach, Pakistan
M7.1 1931-08-07	1931-08-07 02:11	35 km	43 km SW of Aitape, Papua New Guinea
M7.0 1931-02-10	1931-02-10 06:34	35 km	164 km SSW of Pagar Alam, Indonesia
M7.0 1931-10-03	1931-10-03 22:47	15 km	74 km SW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands
M6.8 1931-01-02	1931-01-02 09:49	20 km	256 km SW of La Cruz de Loreto, Mexico
M6.8 1931-04-24	1931-04-24 17:22	15 km	69 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.8 1931-08-24	1931-08-24 21:35	10 km	Pakistan
M6.7 1931-01-17	1931-01-17 02:50	10 km	68 km SW of Paredón Colorado, Mexico
M6.7 1931-11-20	1931-11-20 14:16	15 km	33 km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands
M6.7 1931-03-02	1931-03-02 02:18	70 km	southeast of the Loyalty Islands
M6.7 1931-03-19	1931-03-19 06:25	15 km	11 km WNW of Callaguip, Philippines
M6.7 1931-09-21	1931-09-21 10:27	25 km	250 km E of Wenchang, China
M6.7 1931-03-08	1931-03-08 01:50	10 km	3 km SW of Kuklis, North Macedonia
M6.7 1931-03-18	1931-03-18 20:13	35 km	60 km S of Pondaguitan, Philippines
M6.6 1931-03-11	1931-03-11 12:26	35 km	Volcano Islands, Japan region
M6.6 1931-10-03	1931-10-03 21:55	15 km	155 km SSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands
M6.6 1931-01-15	1931-01-15 21:01	35 km	230 km NNW of Nago, Japan
M6.6 1931-02-14	1931-02-14 13:58	60 km	68 km SSW of Pagar Alam, Indonesia
M6.5 1931-04-06	1931-04-06 06:49	35 km	37 km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.5 1931-09-21	1931-09-21 02:20	15 km	1 km WNW of Kumagaya, Japan
M6.5 1931-11-02	1931-11-02 00:32	35 km	3 km S of Santa Catarina Cuixtla, Mexico
M6.5 1931-07-12	1931-07-12 16:45	15 km	2 km SW of San Francisco, Philippines
M6.5 1931-04-22	1931-04-22 00:02	15 km	105 km SSE of Hastings, New Zealand
M6.5 1931-02-19	1931-02-19 17:40	35 km	157 km SSW of Pagar Alam, Indonesia
M6.5 1931-06-23	1931-06-23 06:14	25 km	97 km NE of Hasaki, Japan
M6.5 1931-11-02	1931-11-02 17:03	15 km	28 km NNW of Kerema, Papua New Guinea
M6.4 1931-02-27	1931-02-27 09:37	35 km	142 km ENE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia
M6.4 1931-10-10	1931-10-10 16:37	35 km	117 km WSW of Arman’, Russia
M6.4 1931-11-05	1931-11-05 12:19	10 km	146 km SE of Altay, China
M6.4 1931-01-15	1931-01-15 22:43	15 km	98 km NNW of Wewak, Papua New Guinea
M6.4 1931-02-08	1931-02-08 01:43	15 km	off the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand
M6.4 1931-04-27	1931-04-27 16:50	15 km	14 km S of Hats’avan, Armenia
M6.4 1931-01-16	1931-01-16 19:19	30 km	2 km NNW of San Marcial Ozolotepec, Mexico
M6.4 1931-02-12	1931-02-12 05:44	35 km	145 km S of Pagar Alam, Indonesia
M6.3 1931-07-20	1931-07-20 08:30	35 km	62 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga
M6.3 1931-02-16	1931-02-16 18:48	25 km	53 km E of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan
M6.3 1931-09-26	1931-09-26 20:03	15 km	127 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala
M6.3 1931-11-01	1931-11-01 18:53	35 km	40 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan
M6.3 1931-06-09	1931-06-09 15:58	35 km	south of the Fiji Islands
M6.3 1931-06-09	1931-06-09 13:52	20 km	182 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga
M6.3 1931-07-18	1931-07-18 11:23	15 km	142 km ESE of Mil’kovo, Russia
M6.3 1931-12-18	1931-12-18 09:49	20 km	260 km SSW of Pagar Alam, Indonesia
M6.3 1931-03-11	1931-03-11 05:58	35 km	113 km W of Tual, Indonesia
M6.3 1931-10-01	1931-10-01 11:45	15 km	112 km E of El Rosario de Arriba, Mexico
M6.3 1931-01-01	1931-01-01 23:52	15 km	78 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan
M6.3 1931-08-16	1931-08-16 11:40	10 km	The 1931 Valentine, Texas Earthquake
M6.3 1931-01-18	1931-01-18 13:11	35 km	157 km WSW of Pelabuhanratu, Indonesia
M6.3 1931-12-01	1931-12-01 03:20	10 km	Balleny Islands region
M6.3 1931-01-12	1931-01-12 20:34	15 km	142 km SSE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
M6.3 1931-07-21	1931-07-21 03:36	55 km	161 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu
M6.2 1931-04-12	1931-04-12 02:00	15 km	198 km ESE of Vao, New Caledonia
M6.2 1931-12-24	1931-12-24 03:40	100 km	16 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska
M6.2 1931-08-13	1931-08-13 22:09	15 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
M6.2 1931-10-18	1931-10-18 00:38	15 km	58 km SE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands
M6.2 1931-10-23	1931-10-23 20:06	15 km	56 km S of Auki, Solomon Islands
M6.2 1931-03-07	1931-03-07 00:41	15 km	20 km S of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua
M6.2 1931-03-08	1931-03-08 11:50	35 km	off the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand
M6.2 1931-09-08	1931-09-08 19:08	15 km	145 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan
M6.2 1931-06-01	1931-06-01 11:54	35 km	106 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 1931-10-23	1931-10-23 11:45	35 km	84 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu
M6.2 1931-03-07	1931-03-07 10:00	15 km	Solomon Islands
M6.2 1931-03-12	1931-03-12 10:40	15 km	Volcano Islands, Japan region
M6.2 1931-07-15	1931-07-15 16:27	15 km	129 km WSW of Arman’, Russia
M6.2 1931-10-28	1931-10-28 05:35	25 km	35 km NNE of Pagudpud, Philippines
M6.2 1931-11-18	1931-11-18 03:32	35 km	70 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
M6.2 1931-03-07	1931-03-07 00:16	15 km	5 km NNE of Valandovo, North Macedonia
M6.2 1931-12-31	1931-12-31 00:23	10 km	199 km N of Port Mathurin, Mauritius
M6.2 1931-02-11	1931-02-11 17:02	15 km	174 km ESE of Hastings, New Zealand
M6.1 1931-01-29	1931-01-29 17:10	15 km	128 km SSE of Puerto Ángel, Mexico
M6.1 1931-02-10	1931-02-10 01:22	15 km	64 km WSW of Myitkyina, Myanmar
M6.1 1931-04-09	1931-04-09 23:01	35 km	73 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan
M6.1 1931-06-17	1931-06-17 12:09	35 km	5 km S of Kokubunji, Japan
M6.1 1931-01-24	1931-01-24 13:41	35 km	Philippine Islands region
M6.1 1931-05-20	1931-05-20 21:53	15 km	152 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile
M6.1 1931-11-03	1931-11-03 16:19	35 km	9 km NW of Yamada, Japan
M6.1 1931-03-31	1931-03-31 16:02	15 km	19 km S of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua
M6.1 1931-04-03	1931-04-03 01:56	35 km	123 km WSW of Puerto Casma, Peru
M6.1 1931-05-24	1931-05-24 00:13	15 km	9 km SE of Tubajon, Philippines
M6.1 1931-09-19	1931-09-19 07:40	15 km	66 km ESE of Kayangel, Palau
M6.1 1931-11-04	1931-11-04 17:53	35 km	131 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.1 1931-12-01	1931-12-01 18:10	10 km	Balleny Islands region
M6.1 1931-12-25	1931-12-25 03:04	10 km	west of Macquarie Island
M6.1 1931-04-03	1931-04-03 21:31	10 km	southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
M6.1 1931-10-10	1931-10-10 01:08	15 km	112 km NW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands
M6.1 1931-02-24	1931-02-24 17:28	35 km	149 km SSE of Dompu, Indonesia
M6.1 1931-05-06	1931-05-06 14:55	15 km	84 km SSE of Wairoa, New Zealand

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