Major earthquakes worldwide in 1952 (M6+)

M6+ earthquakes166

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LargestM9.0Russia

M7+6

1991–2020 average153

By magnitude

M6.0–6.4135

M6.5–6.925

M7.0–7.94

M8+2

By region

Russia42

Japan27

Papua New Guinea12

China7

Alaska6

Philippines5

Solomon Islands4

Kuril Islands4

Indonesia4

Tonga3

Nearby years

194783

1948114

194983

1950123

1951135

1952 ◀166

1953128

1954109

1955128

1956109

1957175

Largest first

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M9.0 1952-11-04	1952-11-04 16:58	22 km	89 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M8.1 1952-03-04	1952-03-04 01:22	45 km	1952 Tokachi-Oki Earthquake
M7.5 1952-07-21	1952-07-21 11:52	6 km	The 1952 Kern County, California Earthquake
M7.4 1952-08-17	1952-08-17 16:02	25 km	101 km SSW of Nagqu, China
M7.3 1952-03-19	1952-03-19 10:57	15 km	108 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines
M7.0 1952-02-14	1952-02-14 03:38	25 km	77 km N of Baukau, Timor Leste
M7.0 1952-12-06	1952-12-06 10:41	15 km	Solomon Islands
M6.9 1952-03-09	1952-03-09 17:03	50 km	110 km ESE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan
M6.9 1952-11-04	1952-11-04 20:48	30 km	102 km E of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.8 1952-06-11	1952-06-11 00:31	25 km	8 km W of Nueve de Julio, Argentina
M6.8 1952-06-22	1952-06-22 21:41	27 km	Kuril Islands
M6.8 1952-11-06	1952-11-06 19:47	52 km	110 km NW of Madang, Papua New Guinea
M6.8 1952-12-24	1952-12-24 18:39	21 km	125 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.7 1952-11-29	1952-11-29 08:22	24 km	78 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.7 1952-11-04	1952-11-04 22:19	20 km	173 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.7 1952-03-04	1952-03-04 19:56	15 km	134 km S of Nemuro, Japan
M6.7 1952-09-09	1952-09-09 12:54	15 km	49 km S of Quepos, Costa Rica
M6.7 1952-06-19	1952-06-19 12:12	10 km	104 km N of K?ng Tung, Myanmar
M6.7 1952-01-13	1952-01-13 04:03	20 km	178 km SSE of Ishigaki, Japan
M6.6 1952-10-26	1952-10-26 15:46	28 km	119 km E of Yamada, Japan
M6.6 1952-06-19	1952-06-19 20:57	15 km	103 km SW of Gataivai, Samoa
M6.6 1952-09-30	1952-09-30 12:52	10 km	59 km N of Xichang, China
M6.6 1952-06-20	1952-06-20 05:46	35 km	36 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan
M6.6 1952-11-06	1952-11-06 19:46	30 km	off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
M6.6 1952-05-24	1952-05-24 16:06	30 km	150 km WNW of Pariaman, Indonesia
M6.5 1952-05-19	1952-05-19 18:32	30 km	129 km S of Kushiro, Japan
M6.5 1952-11-05	1952-11-05 05:57	33 km	140 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.5 1952-11-07	1952-11-07 14:08	54 km	33 km SSE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.5 1952-03-07	1952-03-07 07:32	10 km	19 km WNW of Komatsu, Japan
M6.5 1952-11-04	1952-11-04 22:13	23 km	182 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.5 1952-12-17	1952-12-17 23:04	25 km	46 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece
M6.5 1952-07-13	1952-07-13 17:34	25 km	122 km WNW of Ambon, Indonesia
M6.5 1952-12-28	1952-12-28 15:01	35 km	85 km E of Pondaguitan, Philippines
M6.5 1952-10-27	1952-10-27 03:17	22 km	106 km E of Yamada, Japan
M6.5 1952-11-13	1952-11-13 07:58	45 km	66 km E of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.5 1952-04-15	1952-04-15 19:02	15 km	South Sandwich Islands region
M6.5 1952-06-10	1952-06-10 09:58	25 km	Fiji region
M6.5 1952-10-26	1952-10-26 15:53	28 km	98 km E of Yamada, Japan
M6.5 1952-11-05	1952-11-05 13:06	25 km	105 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.5 1952-02-25	1952-02-25 01:17	42 km	124 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga
M6.5 1952-10-26	1952-10-26 18:02	25 km	140 km E of Yamada, Japan
M6.5 1952-12-07	1952-12-07 00:50	35 km	77 km SE of Attu Station, Alaska
M6.5 1952-04-19	1952-04-19 09:58	28 km	18 km E of Cubará, Colombia
M6.5 1952-06-30	1952-06-30 21:04	15 km	53 km N of Rukungiri, Uganda
M6.5 1952-10-31	1952-10-31 16:37	20 km	136 km ESE of Yamada, Japan
M6.5 1952-11-08	1952-11-08 19:33	20 km	210 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.5 1952-11-29	1952-11-29 23:46	20 km	71 km S of Akhiok, Alaska
M6.4 1952-03-05	1952-03-05 03:49	16 km	129 km S of Nemuro, Japan
M6.4 1952-08-20	1952-08-20 15:25	15 km	213 km W of Port Orford, Oregon
M6.4 1952-05-13	1952-05-13 19:31	35 km	6 km NNW of Nandayure, Costa Rica
M6.4 1952-10-10	1952-10-10 18:47	35 km	40 km NNE of Barkhan, Pakistan
M6.4 1952-03-05	1952-03-05 15:46	10 km	84 km E of La Rivera, Mexico
M6.4 1952-12-11	1952-12-11 08:58	60 km	230 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.4 1952-04-19	1952-04-19 11:11	35 km	192 km ESE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
M6.4 1952-11-07	1952-11-07 23:12	35 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
M6.4 1952-12-24	1952-12-24 21:37	35 km	134 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.4 1952-05-17	1952-05-17 09:48	39 km	145 km S of Kushiro, Japan
M6.4 1952-06-19	1952-06-19 21:05	15 km	South Atlantic Ocean
M6.4 1952-11-07	1952-11-07 22:05	15 km	Kuril Islands
M6.4 1952-11-05	1952-11-05 03:29	20 km	169 km ESE of Ozernovskiy, Russia
M6.3 1952-04-10	1952-04-10 05:57	15 km	75 km ESE of Ishigaki, Japan
M6.3 1952-10-11	1952-10-11 00:14	15 km	48 km NNE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
M6.3 1952-10-28	1952-10-28 06:31	15 km	117 km E of Yamada, Japan
M6.3 1952-11-05	1952-11-05 22:46	30 km	153 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
M6.3 1952-03-15	1952-03-15 11:15	15 km	48 km NW of Bengkulu, Indonesia
M6.3 1952-10-18	1952-10-18 05:22	35 km	36 km NE of Norsup, Vanuatu
M6.3 1952-01-12	1952-01-12 20:11	25 km	136 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska
M6.3 1952-03-05	1952-03-05 15:54	15 km	151 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan
M6.3 1952-05-16	1952-05-16 20:45	10 km	122 km SW of Jaqué, Panama
M6.3 1952-05-31	1952-05-31 04:54	15 km	west of Macquarie Island
M6.3 1952-11-07	1952-11-07 20:55	15 km	56 km NE of Loreto, Mexico
M6.3 1952-01-15	1952-01-15 07:00	35 km	10 km NE of El Alto, Peru
M6.3 1952-03-04	1952-03-04 16:30	12 km	125 km S of Nemuro, Japan
M6.3 1952-10-10	1952-10-10 15:55	25 km	213 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga
M6.3 1952-11-07	1952-11-07 12:09	30 km	173 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.3 1952-11-05	1952-11-05 02:20	54 km	40 km ESE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.3 1952-11-20	1952-11-20 15:37	35 km	78 km SSW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua
M6.3 1952-03-03	1952-03-03 07:12	22 km	62 km SE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
M6.3 1952-03-05	1952-03-05 09:17	25 km	120 km SE of Kushiro, Japan
M6.3 1952-03-19	1952-03-19 09:04	35 km	3 km ENE of Chunghwa, North Korea
M6.3 1952-04-08	1952-04-08 10:00	35 km	22 km S of Maloh, Philippines
M6.3 1952-09-11	1952-09-11 22:26	38 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
M6.3 1952-04-16	1952-04-16 14:16	15 km	South Sandwich Islands region
M6.3 1952-10-26	1952-10-26 19:19	24 km	103 km E of Yamada, Japan
M6.2 1952-08-14	1952-08-14 23:16	48 km	81 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 1952-04-18	1952-04-18 15:59	17 km	195 km NNE of Fais, Micronesia
M6.2 1952-08-16	1952-08-16 13:51	35 km	96 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 1952-04-14	1952-04-14 23:49	70 km	226 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines
M6.2 1952-05-14	1952-05-14 00:37	30 km	127 km SE of Kushiro, Japan
M6.2 1952-05-22	1952-05-22 23:08	30 km	79 km SE of Koshima, Japan
M6.2 1952-12-29	1952-12-29 02:09	12 km	235 km SE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.2 1952-03-04	1952-03-04 19:30	15 km	Solomon Islands
M6.2 1952-12-08	1952-12-08 15:09	15 km	97 km NW of Jinghong, China
M6.2 1952-01-31	1952-01-31 20:55	20 km	27 km SE of Makamba, Burundi
M6.2 1952-08-18	1952-08-18 13:05	35 km	24 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile
M6.2 1952-09-27	1952-09-27 19:05	60 km	66 km E of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.2 1952-11-22	1952-11-22 07:46	6 km	28km NW of Cambria, CA
M6.2 1952-12-25	1952-12-25 02:28	35 km	152 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 1952-12-25	1952-12-25 03:19	45 km	134 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 1952-01-21	1952-01-21 03:43	27 km	130 km S of Unalaska, 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.