Major earthquakes worldwide in 1959 (M6+)

M6+ earthquakes106

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LargestM7.9Russia

M7+6

1991–2020 average153

By magnitude

M6.0–6.478

M6.5–6.922

M7.0–7.96

M8+0

By region

Indonesia11

Kermadec Islands10

Japan10

Russia9

Papua New Guinea6

Taiwan4

South Sandwich Islands4

Mexico4

Alaska4

Chile3

Nearby years

1954109

1955128

1956109

1957175

1958119

1959 ◀106

1960136

1961104

196298

1963129

1964144

Largest first

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M7.9 1959-05-04	1959-05-04 07:15	55 km	76 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M7.3 1959-09-14	1959-09-14 14:09	35 km	Kermadec Islands region
M7.2 1959-08-15	1959-08-15 08:57	25 km	38 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan
M7.2 1959-08-18	1959-08-18 06:37	12 km	The 1959 Hebgen Lake, Montana Earthquake
M7.1 1959-06-14	1959-06-14 00:12	109 km	136 km E of Iquique, Chile
M7.0 1959-08-17	1959-08-17 21:04	25 km	67 km WNW of Gizo, Solomon Islands
M7.0 1959-12-14	1959-12-14 23:22	25 km	South Sandwich Islands region
M7.0 1959-01-22	1959-01-22 05:10	35 km	117 km E of Namie, Japan
M6.9 1959-06-18	1959-06-18 15:31	10 km	108 km SE of Mil’kovo, Russia
M6.9 1959-02-07	1959-02-07 09:36	30 km	71 km NW of El Alto, Peru
M6.9 1959-03-01	1959-03-01 16:49	35 km	44 km ENE of Manokwari, Indonesia
M6.9 1959-04-26	1959-04-26 20:40	118 km	54 km NW of Yonakuni, Japan
M6.8 1959-09-15	1959-09-15 05:59	35 km	Kermadec Islands region
M6.7 1959-11-15	1959-11-15 17:08	15 km	Ionian Sea
M6.7 1959-08-24	1959-08-24 21:30	35 km	Solomon Islands
M6.7 1959-10-27	1959-10-27 06:52	62 km	264 km ENE of Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.6 1959-03-17	1959-03-17 08:25	15 km	129 km S of Naze, Japan
M6.6 1959-02-15	1959-02-15 04:42	25 km	South Sandwich Islands region
M6.6 1959-07-03	1959-07-03 17:55	15 km	Fiji region
M6.6 1959-10-15	1959-10-15 06:15	35 km	108 km NNE of Palu, Indonesia
M6.6 1959-05-12	1959-05-12 09:46	25 km	47 km ENE of Humahuaca, Argentina
M6.6 1959-12-21	1959-12-21 11:19	15 km	186 km NNW of Kilmia, Yemen
M6.6 1959-05-24	1959-05-24 19:17	65 km	6 km SSW of San Pedro Coxcaltepec Cántaros, Mexico
M6.6 1959-12-27	1959-12-27 15:53	27 km	34 km SSE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
M6.6 1959-11-26	1959-11-26 23:09	30 km	160 km SSW of Pagar Alam, Indonesia
M6.5 1959-10-26	1959-10-26 07:35	20 km	177 km E of Namie, Japan
M6.5 1959-04-28	1959-04-28 11:09	25 km	9 km W of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico
M6.5 1959-08-18	1959-08-18 07:56	10 km	14 km N of Madison Junction, Wyoming
M6.5 1959-11-08	1959-11-08 13:55	30 km	72 km W of Rumoi, Japan
M6.5 1959-09-25	1959-09-25 02:36	20 km	Taiwan region
M6.5 1959-02-15	1959-02-15 03:59	25 km	South Sandwich Islands region
M6.5 1959-07-03	1959-07-03 17:55	15 km	Vanuatu region
M6.5 1959-08-26	1959-08-26 10:27	15 km	243 km W of Port McNeill, Canada
M6.5 1959-12-28	1959-12-28 07:20	40 km	144 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.4 1959-08-12	1959-08-12 09:58	25 km	297 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna
M6.4 1959-04-24	1959-04-24 17:58	35 km	Kermadec Islands region
M6.4 1959-09-29	1959-09-29 15:32	35 km	Kermadec Islands region
M6.4 1959-12-02	1959-12-02 09:34	25 km	36 km E of Luwuk, Indonesia
M6.4 1959-08-26	1959-08-26 08:25	31 km	Near the coast of Veracruz, Mexico
M6.4 1959-09-15	1959-09-15 11:05	594 km	Fiji region
M6.4 1959-01-08	1959-01-08 01:33	139 km	18 km SSE of Berekua, Dominica
M6.4 1959-01-30	1959-01-30 20:39	25 km	45 km NNE of Kushiro, Japan
M6.4 1959-01-30	1959-01-30 22:16	25 km	50 km N of Kushiro, Japan
M6.4 1959-07-22	1959-07-22 23:02	35 km	86 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.4 1959-10-19	1959-10-19 15:55	10 km	South Sandwich Islands region
M6.3 1959-05-05	1959-05-05 19:04	15 km	43 km NE of Yelizovo, Russia
M6.3 1959-05-12	1959-05-12 04:57	25 km	Komandorskiye Ostrova, Russia region
M6.3 1959-01-15	1959-01-15 21:20	485 km	south of the Fiji Islands
M6.3 1959-01-30	1959-01-30 16:15	45 km	79 km SW of Copiapó, Chile
M6.3 1959-08-18	1959-08-18 15:26	10 km	22 km SW of Mammoth, Wyoming
M6.3 1959-09-14	1959-09-14 17:06	35 km	Kermadec Islands region
M6.3 1959-11-02	1959-11-02 20:03	46 km	110 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
M6.3 1959-04-12	1959-04-12 15:22	25 km	186 km NE of Tual, Indonesia
M6.3 1959-12-14	1959-12-14 22:00	24 km	94 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska
M6.3 1959-05-16	1959-05-16 06:16	65 km	149 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 1959-07-24	1959-07-24 01:23	15 km	off the coast of Northern California
M6.2 1959-09-12	1959-09-12 01:53	25 km	195 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 1959-12-01	1959-12-01 14:59	10 km	Balleny Islands region
M6.2 1959-06-02	1959-06-02 04:57	15 km	117 km S of Hengchun, Taiwan
M6.2 1959-11-26	1959-11-26 07:06	35 km	167 km SSW of Pagar Alam, Indonesia
M6.2 1959-04-06	1959-04-06 14:12	35 km	48 km S of Waingapu, Indonesia
M6.2 1959-04-12	1959-04-12 20:54	37 km	90 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga
M6.2 1959-03-18	1959-03-18 00:41	15 km	140 km S of Naze, Japan
M6.2 1959-09-26	1959-09-26 08:20	15 km	294 km W of Langlois, Oregon
M6.2 1959-05-07	1959-05-07 00:03	25 km	185 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 1959-07-11	1959-07-11 12:01	15 km	Mid-Indian Ridge
M6.2 1959-08-21	1959-08-21 08:03	15 km	western Indian-Antarctic Ridge
M6.2 1959-09-16	1959-09-16 15:57	35 km	Kermadec Islands region
M6.2 1959-01-22	1959-01-22 07:33	15 km	49 km SSE of Motomachi, Japan
M6.2 1959-08-16	1959-08-16 00:51	35 km	155 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu
M6.2 1959-09-01	1959-09-01 11:37	20 km	9 km E of Lushnjë, Albania
M6.1 1959-04-08	1959-04-08 11:44	15 km	40 km SW of El Calafate, Argentina
M6.1 1959-07-13	1959-07-13 12:28	30 km	157 km ESE of Atka, Alaska
M6.1 1959-09-03	1959-09-03 06:27	15 km	50 km NNE of Katabu, Indonesia
M6.1 1959-09-05	1959-09-05 06:07	20 km	148 km SE of Tobelo, Indonesia
M6.1 1959-09-14	1959-09-14 22:23	25 km	Kermadec Islands region
M6.1 1959-12-21	1959-12-21 10:20	35 km	Kermadec Islands region
M6.1 1959-03-12	1959-03-12 01:29	35 km	State of Yap, Federated States of Micronesia
M6.1 1959-06-02	1959-06-02 05:42	15 km	106 km SSE of Hengchun, Taiwan
M6.1 1959-12-21	1959-12-21 11:14	35 km	Kermadec Islands region
M6.1 1959-05-14	1959-05-14 06:37	35 km	5 km WNW of Agía Galíni, Greece
M6.1 1959-08-29	1959-08-29 17:03	10 km	46 km E of Yelantsy, Russia
M6.1 1959-08-08	1959-08-08 00:47	25 km	152 km S of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
M6.1 1959-09-12	1959-09-12 11:24	20 km	182 km SSW of Gizo, Solomon Islands
M6.1 1959-11-28	1959-11-28 12:35	35 km	48 km SW of Vallenar, Chile
M6.1 1959-03-02	1959-03-02 09:13	35 km	100 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
M6.1 1959-03-19	1959-03-19 08:25	15 km	northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
M6.1 1959-11-15	1959-11-15 10:25	48 km	96 km SW of Kashgar, China
M6.1 1959-08-21	1959-08-21 08:05	15 km	western Indian-Antarctic Ridge
M6.0 1959-06-28	1959-06-28 19:43	60 km	77 km SSE of Maumere, Indonesia
M6.0 1959-02-17	1959-02-17 12:03	15 km	233 km ESE of Atka, Alaska
M6.0 1959-04-20	1959-04-20 03:27	53 km	76 km WNW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea
M6.0 1959-08-30	1959-08-30 21:45	15 km	Mid-Indian Ridge
M6.0 1959-09-14	1959-09-14 13:15	35 km	south of the Fiji Islands
M6.0 1959-09-20	1959-09-20 06:08	15 km	central East Pacific Rise
M6.0 1959-10-19	1959-10-19 08:27	45 km	Kermadec Islands region
M6.0 1959-02-27	1959-02-27 20:56	50 km	102 km NNE of Nago, Japan
M6.0 1959-11-30	1959-11-30 11:13	35 km	50 km NNW of Huocheng, China
M6.0 1959-01-13	1959-01-13 01:15	15 km	134 km E of Yigo Village, Guam
M6.0 1959-01-24	1959-01-24 19:42	35 km	51 km SSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico

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