Major earthquakes worldwide in 1933 (M6+)

M6+ earthquakes101

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LargestM8.4Japan

M7+8

1991–2020 average153

By magnitude

M6.0–6.474

M6.5–6.919

M7.0–7.97

M8+1

By region

Japan17

Alaska11

Russia8

Mexico7

Indonesia4

Southwest Indian Ridge4

Panama4

Solomon Islands4

China3

Papua New Guinea3

Nearby years

1928119

1929125

193097

1931124

193291

1933 ◀101

1934117

1935111

1936105

193798

1938149

Largest first

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M8.4 1933-03-02	1933-03-02 17:31	15 km	1933 Sanriku (Sanriku-oki) Earthquake, Japan
M7.5 1933-06-24	1933-06-24 21:54	20 km	48 km SW of Kotabumi, Indonesia
M7.5 1933-08-28	1933-08-28 22:19	35 km	South Sandwich Islands region
M7.4 1933-11-20	1933-11-20 23:21	15 km	Baffin Bay
M7.4 1933-08-25	1933-08-25 07:50	15 km	101 km WNW of Jiangyou, China
M7.3 1933-02-23	1933-02-23 08:09	35 km	34 km S of Iquique, Chile
M7.2 1933-06-18	1933-06-18 21:37	30 km	110 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan
M7.1 1933-01-21	1933-01-21 19:21	10 km	Southwest Indian Ridge
M6.8 1933-04-27	1933-04-27 02:36	15 km	Southern Alaska
M6.8 1933-09-25	1933-09-25 18:51	10 km	southern Xinjiang, China
M6.8 1933-04-19	1933-04-19 06:44	35 km	38 km NNW of Hualien City, Taiwan
M6.8 1933-10-02	1933-10-02 15:29	15 km	46 km SW of Paján, Ecuador
M6.8 1933-07-22	1933-07-22 20:55	30 km	46 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska
M6.7 1933-07-09	1933-07-09 12:30	15 km	195 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.7 1933-11-22	1933-11-22 12:42	35 km	160 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.7 1933-04-09	1933-04-09 02:46	15 km	154 km E of Yamada, Japan
M6.7 1933-05-08	1933-05-08 10:33	30 km	14 km N of San Luis de La Loma, Mexico
M6.7 1933-12-13	1933-12-13 21:23	20 km	53 km SSW of El Colomo, Mexico
M6.7 1933-05-19	1933-05-19 17:58	10 km	north of Ascension Island
M6.6 1933-03-17	1933-03-17 15:55	35 km	141 km SE of Atlasovo, Russia
M6.6 1933-01-07	1933-01-07 04:06	15 km	184 km ENE of Miyako, Japan
M6.6 1933-03-17	1933-03-17 19:32	35 km	104 km E of Pondaguitan, Philippines
M6.6 1933-03-18	1933-03-18 03:05	10 km	east of the South Sandwich Islands
M6.6 1933-10-26	1933-10-26 12:07	10 km	South Shetland Islands
M6.6 1933-07-24	1933-07-24 18:55	25 km	79 km E of Hihifo, Tonga
M6.6 1933-07-21	1933-07-21 20:06	35 km	South Sandwich Islands region
M6.5 1933-01-27	1933-01-27 22:36	15 km	154 km SSW of Matavai, Samoa
M6.4 1933-07-10	1933-07-10 03:22	15 km	42 km WSW of La Placita de Morelos, Mexico
M6.4 1933-04-23	1933-04-23 05:57	15 km	14 km E of Kardámaina, Greece
M6.4 1933-02-13	1933-02-13 02:49	10 km	247 km SSW of Khovd, Mongolia
M6.4 1933-04-09	1933-04-09 03:58	15 km	86 km SW of La Manzanilla, Mexico
M6.4 1933-01-04	1933-01-04 03:59	20 km	22 km ENE of Whittier, Alaska
M6.4 1933-03-11	1933-03-11 01:54	6 km	The 1933 Long Beach, California Earthquake
M6.4 1933-09-24	1933-09-24 15:19	55 km	20 km SSW of Adak, Alaska
M6.4 1933-07-09	1933-07-09 01:30	15 km	179 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.4 1933-12-14	1933-12-14 07:16	30 km	6 km NE of Aquila, Mexico
M6.4 1933-04-23	1933-04-23 07:13	15 km	129 km ESE of Yamada, Japan
M6.4 1933-03-03	1933-03-03 09:12	15 km	147 km E of Yamada, Japan
M6.4 1933-11-19	1933-11-19 03:11	35 km	96 km SSE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu
M6.4 1933-12-12	1933-12-12 14:11	15 km	81 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.3 1933-12-02	1933-12-02 20:05	10 km	South Atlantic Ocean
M6.3 1933-08-11	1933-08-11 08:54	10 km	106 km ENE of Myitkyina, Myanmar
M6.3 1933-05-01	1933-05-01 19:51	35 km	143 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.3 1933-11-02	1933-11-02 12:27	45 km	52 km ENE of Adak, Alaska
M6.3 1933-09-21	1933-09-21 09:47	15 km	off the east coast of Honshu, Japan
M6.3 1933-05-06	1933-05-06 05:33	15 km	251 km SSW of Río Grande, Panama
M6.3 1933-05-11	1933-05-11 19:09	10 km	9 km SE of Néa Apollonía, Greece
M6.3 1933-08-20	1933-08-20 11:45	20 km	61 km NNW of Cabodiongan, Philippines
M6.3 1933-09-09	1933-09-09 21:19	35 km	185 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands
M6.3 1933-03-11	1933-03-11 14:22	15 km	131 km SE of Shikotan, Russia
M6.3 1933-06-07	1933-06-07 11:46	35 km	50 km NNW of Lijiang, China
M6.3 1933-12-24	1933-12-24 10:45	15 km	225 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 1933-01-04	1933-01-04 01:24	20 km	Bonin Islands, Japan region
M6.2 1933-06-18	1933-06-18 03:54	15 km	118 km SSW of Gataivai, Samoa
M6.2 1933-02-03	1933-02-03 22:11	35 km	Kuril Islands
M6.2 1933-05-16	1933-05-16 01:12	15 km	184 km N of Bireun, Indonesia
M6.2 1933-06-02	1933-06-02 07:38	35 km	51 km ENE of Nishinoomote, Japan
M6.2 1933-06-13	1933-06-13 20:33	35 km	165 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan
M6.2 1933-11-28	1933-11-28 11:09	10 km	63 km ENE of B?fq, Iran
M6.2 1933-07-09	1933-07-09 09:28	15 km	170 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.2 1933-08-05	1933-08-05 00:44	15 km	111 km SE of Gizo, Solomon Islands
M6.2 1933-04-16	1933-04-16 19:16	35 km	132 km SW of Abepura, Indonesia
M6.2 1933-06-06	1933-06-06 02:28	35 km	12 km W of Tayaman, Philippines
M6.2 1933-10-14	1933-10-14 22:19	25 km	Unimak Island region, Alaska
M6.2 1933-06-03	1933-06-03 17:09	15 km	84 km W of Naze, Japan
M6.2 1933-11-21	1933-11-21 23:48	15 km	78 km S of Burica, Panama
M6.2 1933-11-23	1933-11-23 18:57	25 km	29 km W of Burica, Panama
M6.1 1933-03-02	1933-03-02 20:42	15 km	143 km E of Miyako, Japan
M6.1 1933-06-08	1933-06-08 18:10	15 km	245 km ENE of Miyako, Japan
M6.1 1933-01-03	1933-01-03 15:27	15 km	213 km E of Hachinohe, Japan
M6.1 1933-10-05	1933-10-05 13:29	15 km	58 km SSW of Bardaskan, Iran
M6.1 1933-04-27	1933-04-27 11:55	15 km	124 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska
M6.1 1933-08-22	1933-08-22 10:57	10 km	south of Africa
M6.1 1933-05-01	1933-05-01 18:49	35 km	108 km SE of Atka, Alaska
M6.1 1933-07-19	1933-07-19 15:00	35 km	43 km S of Atka, Alaska
M6.1 1933-09-30	1933-09-30 14:21	35 km	259 km ESE of Biak, Indonesia
M6.1 1933-10-23	1933-10-23 13:32	10 km	Southwest Indian Ridge
M6.1 1933-03-23	1933-03-23 17:38	15 km	33 km SE of Khilok, Russia
M6.1 1933-04-19	1933-04-19 01:45	10 km	southern East Pacific Rise
M6.1 1933-02-27	1933-02-27 16:10	10 km	west of Macquarie Island
M6.1 1933-05-20	1933-05-20 04:38	35 km	93 km S of Pangai, Tonga
M6.1 1933-06-25	1933-06-25 20:45	15 km	22 km SSE of Stagecoach, Nevada
M6.1 1933-12-02	1933-12-02 05:17	10 km	Macquarie Island region
M6.1 1933-03-03	1933-03-03 15:02	15 km	192 km E of Yamada, Japan
M6.1 1933-07-19	1933-07-19 13:32	35 km	65 km S of Atka, Alaska
M6.1 1933-08-13	1933-08-13 09:28	10 km	Southwest Indian Ridge
M6.1 1933-10-02	1933-10-02 13:59	35 km	96 km ENE of Lata, Solomon Islands
M6.0 1933-09-06	1933-09-06 01:15	10 km	west of Macquarie Island
M6.0 1933-10-30	1933-10-30 06:59	35 km	63 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu
M6.0 1933-01-17	1933-01-17 18:47	10 km	Southwest Indian Ridge
M6.0 1933-02-19	1933-02-19 08:34	15 km	142 km E of Kirakira, Solomon Islands
M6.0 1933-05-21	1933-05-21 08:13	15 km	east of the North Island of New Zealand
M6.0 1933-06-28	1933-06-28 23:35	35 km	57 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska
M6.0 1933-03-03	1933-03-03 09:38	15 km	188 km E of Miyako, Japan
M6.0 1933-11-29	1933-11-29 05:03	25 km	36 km SE of Burica, Panama
M6.0 1933-04-09	1933-04-09 21:03	15 km	177 km WSW of La Cruz de Loreto, Mexico
M6.0 1933-03-14	1933-03-14 01:30	10 km	north of Ascension Island
M6.0 1933-07-09	1933-07-09 05:34	15 km	180 km SSW of Barra de Navidad, Mexico
M6.0 1933-07-09	1933-07-09 16:07	15 km	198 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.0 1933-07-19	1933-07-19 10:55	–	51 km SSE of Atka, Alaska

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