Major earthquakes worldwide in 1954 (M6+)

M6+ earthquakes109

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LargestM7.8Strait of Gibraltar

M7+6

1991–2020 average153

By magnitude

M6.0–6.475

M6.5–6.928

M7.0–7.96

M8+0

By region

Japan10

Papua New Guinea10

Russia8

Indonesia7

Mexico6

Philippines5

Alaska4

Nevada Earthquake3

Solomon Islands3

off the west coast of the South Island of New Zealand3

Nearby years

194983

1950123

1951135

1952166

1953128

1954 ◀109

1955128

1956109

1957175

1958119

1959106

Largest first

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M7.8 1954-03-29	1954-03-29 06:17	626 km	Strait of Gibraltar
M7.2 1954-04-29	1954-04-29 11:34	10 km	94 km SSW of La Libertad, Mexico
M7.2 1954-02-01	1954-02-01 01:06	15 km	Volcano Islands, Japan region
M7.2 1954-08-27	1954-08-27 10:54	25 km	Volcano Islands, Japan region
M7.1 1954-03-31	1954-03-31 18:25	15 km	Owen Fracture Zone region
M7.1 1954-12-16	1954-12-16 11:07	12 km	The 1954 Fairview Peak, Nevada Earthquake
M7.0 1954-02-11	1954-02-11 00:30	25 km	66 km E of Zhangye, China
M6.9 1954-12-16	1954-12-16 11:11	12 km	The 1954 Dixie Valley, Nevada Earthquake
M6.9 1954-06-06	1954-06-06 16:50	10 km	35 km SSE of Nabire, Indonesia
M6.9 1954-07-31	1954-07-31 01:00	25 km	153 km ENE of Wuwei, China
M6.8 1954-11-25	1954-11-25 11:16	10 km	123 km W of Ferndale, California
M6.8 1954-07-03	1954-07-03 22:31	60 km	50 km WSW of Labuan, Indonesia
M6.8 1954-03-03	1954-03-03 06:03	15 km	32 km WNW of Tari, Papua New Guinea
M6.8 1954-02-19	1954-02-19 00:40	35 km	60 km WSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua
M6.8 1954-02-19	1954-02-19 21:34	35 km	33 km W of Masachapa, Nicaragua
M6.8 1954-10-03	1954-10-03 02:47	35 km	21 km ENE of Lata, Solomon Islands
M6.8 1954-10-03	1954-10-03 11:18	62 km	24 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska
M6.8 1954-01-12	1954-01-12 14:20	35 km	off the west coast of the South Island of New Zealand
M6.7 1954-11-02	1954-11-02 08:24	20 km	46 km NE of Bima, Indonesia
M6.7 1954-01-13	1954-01-13 00:13	15 km	off the west coast of the South Island of New Zealand
M6.7 1954-11-15	1954-11-15 16:26	189 km	Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands
M6.7 1954-09-09	1954-09-09 01:04	15 km	northern Algeria
M6.7 1954-04-30	1954-04-30 13:02	10 km	7 km NE of Anávra, Greece
M6.7 1954-02-05	1954-02-05 09:19	35 km	112 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.6 1954-04-17	1954-04-17 20:10	25 km	193 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
M6.6 1954-07-30	1954-07-30 08:46	10 km	West Chile Rise
M6.6 1954-10-21	1954-10-21 00:10	15 km	Mid-Indian Ridge
M6.6 1954-02-19	1954-02-19 19:07	25 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
M6.6 1954-07-02	1954-07-02 02:45	15 km	5 km SSE of Santa Cruz, Philippines
M6.6 1954-04-29	1954-04-29 10:49	10 km	90 km WNW of Bahía de Kino, Mexico
M6.5 1954-02-28	1954-02-28 00:55	20 km	176 km SE of Naze, Japan
M6.5 1954-07-06	1954-07-06 08:04	19 km	Kuril Islands
M6.5 1954-01-12	1954-01-12 14:16	35 km	off the west coast of the South Island of New Zealand
M6.5 1954-08-24	1954-08-24 05:51	15 km	17 km ESE of Fallon Station, Nevada
M6.5 1954-09-23	1954-09-23 21:43	20 km	201 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.5 1954-10-01	1954-10-01 02:55	35 km	38 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands
M6.5 1954-04-30	1954-04-30 23:04	15 km	central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
M6.4 1954-05-03	1954-05-03 15:29	30 km	154 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
M6.4 1954-11-19	1954-11-19 05:56	552 km	212 km ESE of Hoemul-li, North Korea
M6.4 1954-03-19	1954-03-19 09:54	6 km	The 1954 San Jacinto Fault, California Earthquake
M6.4 1954-12-21	1954-12-21 19:56	15 km	The 1954 Eureka-Arcata, California Earthquake
M6.4 1954-09-04	1954-09-04 03:28	48 km	163 km WSW of Abepura, Indonesia
M6.4 1954-05-05	1954-05-05 13:09	10 km	45 km NNE of Santa Rosalía, Mexico
M6.4 1954-04-27	1954-04-27 10:06	35 km	261 km S of Burica, Panama
M6.4 1954-04-27	1954-04-27 21:21	10 km	west of Macquarie Island
M6.4 1954-10-17	1954-10-17 22:57	15 km	50 km SW of Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada, Mexico
M6.3 1954-09-06	1954-09-06 18:30	60 km	86 km E of Ozernovskiy, Russia
M6.3 1954-12-28	1954-12-28 01:00	35 km	84 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.3 1954-03-28	1954-03-28 20:36	35 km	239 km SE of Attu Station, Alaska
M6.3 1954-07-26	1954-07-26 20:15	55 km	9 km NNE of Puerto Varas, Chile
M6.3 1954-04-26	1954-04-26 20:24	65 km	97 km S of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
M6.3 1954-05-13	1954-05-13 14:46	62 km	6 km ESE of San Pedro Quiatoni, Mexico
M6.3 1954-08-09	1954-08-09 19:16	37 km	139 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.3 1954-09-05	1954-09-05 07:45	15 km	228 km SSW of Nadi, Fiji
M6.3 1954-10-14	1954-10-14 01:35	35 km	132 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
M6.3 1954-12-11	1954-12-11 12:57	15 km	Reykjanes Ridge
M6.3 1954-04-08	1954-04-08 16:40	15 km	southern East Pacific Rise
M6.3 1954-03-09	1954-03-09 05:39	28 km	118 km SE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.3 1954-07-18	1954-07-18 09:07	55 km	12 km SSE of Hasaki, Japan
M6.3 1954-06-04	1954-06-04 06:50	15 km	Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
M6.3 1954-09-12	1954-09-12 07:43	25 km	175 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan
M6.3 1954-12-04	1954-12-04 07:00	35 km	92 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 1954-03-14	1954-03-14 08:52	15 km	161 km ENE of Labasa, Fiji
M6.2 1954-01-01	1954-01-01 13:04	60 km	69 km N of Naisano Dua, Indonesia
M6.2 1954-03-09	1954-03-09 02:21	15 km	central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
M6.2 1954-04-25	1954-04-25 00:27	15 km	north of Ascension Island
M6.2 1954-07-06	1954-07-06 11:13	10 km	The 1954 Rainbow Mountain, Nevada Earthquake
M6.2 1954-07-29	1954-07-29 03:34	15 km	east of the Kuril Islands
M6.2 1954-04-01	1954-04-01 18:18	16 km	Kuril Islands
M6.2 1954-05-19	1954-05-19 23:07	35 km	96 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 1954-08-05	1954-08-05 23:44	25 km	77 km N of Lae, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 1954-04-11	1954-04-11 10:25	15 km	Carlsberg Ridge
M6.2 1954-09-07	1954-09-07 00:11	25 km	118 km W of Basco, Philippines
M6.2 1954-02-23	1954-02-23 06:40	15 km	12 km ENE of Trashi Yangtse, Bhutan
M6.2 1954-04-11	1954-04-11 03:03	35 km	113 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 1954-06-28	1954-06-28 04:57	15 km	Pacific-Antarctic Ridge
M6.2 1954-09-10	1954-09-10 05:44	15 km	5 km W of Sidi Akkacha, Algeria
M6.2 1954-11-18	1954-11-18 05:20	63 km	Kuril Islands
M6.2 1954-12-21	1954-12-21 11:57	15 km	192 km ENE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 1954-07-13	1954-07-13 08:04	15 km	New Ireland region, Papua New Guinea
M6.1 1954-09-07	1954-09-07 00:08	25 km	115 km WNW of Basco, Philippines
M6.1 1954-07-06	1954-07-06 04:00	15 km	140 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
M6.1 1954-02-20	1954-02-20 21:28	15 km	Kermadec Islands region
M6.1 1954-03-29	1954-03-29 04:01	25 km	110 km SW of Basco, Philippines
M6.1 1954-07-23	1954-07-23 04:33	38 km	36 km NW of Ovalle, Chile
M6.1 1954-09-06	1954-09-06 16:47	25 km	99 km WNW of Basco, Philippines
M6.1 1954-11-21	1954-11-21 07:37	15 km	Kermadec Islands region
M6.1 1954-12-04	1954-12-04 18:31	49 km	23 km N of Paradise, Trinidad and Tobago
M6.1 1954-12-10	1954-12-10 13:00	15 km	192 km SSW of George Town, Cayman Islands
M6.1 1954-07-09	1954-07-09 18:28	263 km	136 km WNW of Noshiro, Japan
M6.1 1954-07-15	1954-07-15 00:03	15 km	182 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga
M6.1 1954-10-21	1954-10-21 06:51	66 km	7 km S of Guazacapán, Guatemala
M6.1 1954-11-12	1954-11-12 12:26	6 km	30km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
M6.1 1954-02-05	1954-02-05 15:18	85 km	1 km N of Misija, Mexico
M6.1 1954-03-30	1954-03-30 18:41	15 km	12 km S of Volcano, Hawaii
M6.0 1954-04-04	1954-04-04 23:14	56 km	69 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan
M6.0 1954-01-11	1954-01-11 17:09	15 km	218 km S of Hirara, Japan
M6.0 1954-01-20	1954-01-20 04:16	15 km	northern East Pacific Rise
M6.0 1954-11-23	1954-11-23 21:12	35 km	135 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.0 1954-06-17	1954-06-17 01:42	25 km	Kodiak Island region, 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.