Major earthquakes worldwide in 1963 (M6+)

M6+ earthquakes129

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LargestM8.51963 Kuril Islands Earthquake

M7+17

1991–2020 average153

By magnitude

M6.0–6.485

M6.5–6.927

M7.0–7.915

M8+2

By region

Russia16

Indonesia13

New Zealand7

Peru6

Papua New Guinea6

Japan6

Chile6

Alaska5

Tonga5

south of the Fiji Islands4

Nearby years

1958119

1959106

1960136

1961104

196298

1963 ◀129

1964144

1965131

1966109

1967113

1968159

Largest first

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M8.5 1963-10-13	1963-10-13 05:17	35 km	1963 Kuril Islands Earthquake
M8.1 1963-11-04	1963-11-04 01:17	110 km	1963 Banda Sea Earthquake
M7.8 1963-10-20	1963-10-20 00:53	28 km	217 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia
M7.7 1963-08-15	1963-08-15 17:25	550 km	50 km N of Sandia, Peru
M7.7 1963-03-16	1963-03-16 08:44	15 km	east of the Kuril Islands
M7.6 1963-11-09	1963-11-09 21:15	591 km	132 km SW of Tarauacá, Brazil
M7.6 1963-12-18	1963-12-18 00:30	55 km	south of the Fiji Islands
M7.5 1963-02-26	1963-02-26 20:14	187 km	49 km WSW of Wau, Papua New Guinea
M7.4 1963-09-15	1963-09-15 00:46	35 km	28 km NW of Lata, Solomon Islands
M7.3 1963-03-26	1963-03-26 09:48	10 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
M7.2 1963-09-17	1963-09-17 19:20	45 km	55 km WNW of Lata, Solomon Islands
M7.2 1963-02-13	1963-02-13 08:50	30 km	51 km SE of Yilan, Taiwan
M7.1 1963-04-16	1963-04-16 01:29	30 km	197 km SSE of Sofifi, Indonesia
M7.1 1963-04-16	1963-04-16 01:55	30 km	204 km SSE of Sofifi, Indonesia
M7.0 1963-12-15	1963-12-15 19:34	662 km	164 km N of Pamanukan, Indonesia
M7.0 1963-08-25	1963-08-25 12:18	570 km	217 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji
M7.0 1963-10-12	1963-10-12 11:27	38 km	124 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.9 1963-03-28	1963-03-28 00:15	10 km	41 km W of Siglufjörður, Iceland
M6.9 1963-05-22	1963-05-22 13:56	30 km	251 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.9 1963-06-28	1963-06-28 21:55	25 km	Kuril Islands
M6.9 1963-08-03	1963-08-03 10:21	15 km	central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
M6.9 1963-09-24	1963-09-24 16:30	64 km	28 km W of Paramonga, Peru
M6.8 1963-05-01	1963-05-01 10:03	143 km	65 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu
M6.8 1963-01-30	1963-01-30 10:10	25 km	South Sandwich Islands region
M6.8 1963-05-20	1963-05-20 11:38	65 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
M6.8 1963-07-04	1963-07-04 10:58	181 km	south of the Fiji Islands
M6.8 1963-11-17	1963-11-17 00:48	20 km	central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
M6.7 1963-02-27	1963-02-27 04:30	35 km	7 km NE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea
M6.7 1963-12-31	1963-12-31 17:37	35 km	South Sandwich Islands region
M6.7 1963-04-19	1963-04-19 07:35	20 km	Southern Qinghai, China
M6.7 1963-01-31	1963-01-31 05:06	50 km	123 km NW of Ishikawa, Japan
M6.6 1963-01-28	1963-01-28 13:00	35 km	72 km SE of King Cove, Alaska
M6.6 1963-02-14	1963-02-14 07:04	220 km	188 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
M6.6 1963-03-31	1963-03-31 05:30	35 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
M6.6 1963-05-10	1963-05-10 22:22	20 km	55 km ENE of Macas, Ecuador
M6.6 1963-08-29	1963-08-29 15:30	25 km	167 km W of Pimentel, Peru
M6.6 1963-07-29	1963-07-29 20:16	25 km	Kermadec Islands region
M6.5 1963-01-28	1963-01-28 12:12	35 km	106 km W of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
M6.5 1963-08-15	1963-08-15 06:11	35 km	82 km ENE of Namie, Japan
M6.5 1963-03-07	1963-03-07 05:22	10 km	Easter Island region
M6.5 1963-03-26	1963-03-26 13:24	15 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
M6.5 1963-04-13	1963-04-13 02:20	120 km	17 km NE of Tabaloslos, Peru
M6.5 1963-07-30	1963-07-30 05:45	25 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
M6.5 1963-08-29	1963-08-29 08:53	15 km	144 km SSE of Uzgen, Kyrgyzstan
M6.5 1963-10-16	1963-10-16 15:43	35 km	82 km NW of Murghob, Tajikistan
M6.5 1963-12-16	1963-12-16 01:51	45 km	44 km W of Labuan, Indonesia
M6.5 1963-11-10	1963-11-10 17:17	21 km	154 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.4 1963-09-08	1963-09-08 19:50	545 km	south of the Fiji Islands
M6.4 1963-05-19	1963-05-19 21:35	22 km	northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
M6.4 1963-01-01	1963-01-01 23:39	75 km	61 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska
M6.4 1963-02-05	1963-02-05 20:39	25 km	39 km NW of Carahue, Chile
M6.4 1963-05-19	1963-05-19 01:03	15 km	219 km WSW of Puerto Chacabuco, Chile
M6.4 1963-06-24	1963-06-24 04:26	45 km	25 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska
M6.4 1963-07-16	1963-07-16 18:27	30 km	40 km NNW of Tqvarch'eli, Georgia
M6.4 1963-08-17	1963-08-17 11:12	35 km	27 km SSE of Nishinoomote, Japan
M6.4 1963-11-18	1963-11-18 14:38	15 km	111 km WSW of La Libertad, Mexico
M6.4 1963-02-13	1963-02-13 18:13	20 km	119 km ESE of Honiara, Solomon Islands
M6.3 1963-07-20	1963-07-20 06:36	15 km	west of Macquarie Island
M6.3 1963-07-29	1963-07-29 20:14	35 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
M6.3 1963-04-30	1963-04-30 00:58	35 km	234 km SSE of Sofifi, Indonesia
M6.3 1963-03-24	1963-03-24 02:07	20 km	41 km ENE of Waingapu, Indonesia
M6.3 1963-03-26	1963-03-26 21:34	15 km	27 km NW of Tsuruga, Japan
M6.3 1963-07-19	1963-07-19 05:45	15 km	58 km SSE of San Lorenzo al Mare, Italy
M6.3 1963-10-31	1963-10-31 03:17	16 km	80 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
M6.3 1963-11-06	1963-11-06 02:13	25 km	233 km W of Abepura, Indonesia
M6.3 1963-11-10	1963-11-10 01:00	594 km	100 km SSW of Tarauacá, Brazil
M6.3 1963-12-03	1963-12-03 23:03	35 km	70 km SSE of Tocopilla, Chile
M6.3 1963-03-04	1963-03-04 13:38	20 km	33 km SE of Yilan, Taiwan
M6.3 1963-08-22	1963-08-22 19:52	15 km	146 km W of Malango, Solomon Islands
M6.2 1963-05-08	1963-05-08 10:22	46 km	50 km E of ?arai, Japan
M6.2 1963-12-04	1963-12-04 15:59	10 km	southeast of Easter Island
M6.2 1963-10-13	1963-10-13 23:52	34 km	227 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.2 1963-10-20	1963-10-20 11:52	36 km	210 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.2 1963-11-16	1963-11-16 22:43	15 km	119 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
M6.2 1963-06-17	1963-06-17 18:30	15 km	Pacific-Antarctic Ridge
M6.2 1963-07-10	1963-07-10 05:23	30 km	Kuril Islands
M6.2 1963-03-31	1963-03-31 19:22	52 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
M6.2 1963-06-10	1963-06-10 06:39	15 km	west of Macquarie Island
M6.2 1963-09-09	1963-09-09 02:45	15 km	62 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 1963-10-03	1963-10-03 23:24	35 km	23 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan
M6.2 1963-10-07	1963-10-07 13:14	546 km	south of the Fiji Islands
M6.2 1963-10-08	1963-10-08 00:17	15 km	112 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga
M6.2 1963-10-17	1963-10-17 23:24	52 km	116 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.2 1963-11-03	1963-11-03 03:10	25 km	98 km E of Gualaquiza, Ecuador
M6.2 1963-11-15	1963-11-15 21:06	28 km	137 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.2 1963-03-07	1963-03-07 12:16	19 km	245 km WSW of Quellón, Chile
M6.2 1963-04-17	1963-04-17 02:11	20 km	172 km S of Suva, Fiji
M6.2 1963-10-13	1963-10-13 17:25	15 km	233 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.2 1963-05-25	1963-05-25 16:08	10 km	South Sandwich Islands region
M6.2 1963-06-02	1963-06-02 21:04	18 km	east of the South Sandwich Islands
M6.1 1963-09-18	1963-09-18 16:58	30 km	4 km N of Koruköy, Turkey
M6.1 1963-11-23	1963-11-23 07:50	15 km	118 km W of La Libertad, Mexico
M6.1 1963-03-31	1963-03-31 07:07	35 km	66 km WNW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea
M6.1 1963-02-14	1963-02-14 22:07	65 km	98 km SSE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea
M6.1 1963-04-29	1963-04-29 21:44	42 km	Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
M6.1 1963-10-13	1963-10-13 15:59	35 km	214 km E of Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.1 1963-03-30	1963-03-30 16:52	59 km	112 km ENE of Shikotan, Russia
M6.1 1963-06-10	1963-06-10 04:16	15 km	west of Macquarie Island
M6.1 1963-07-19	1963-07-19 05:46	15 km	62 km SSE of San Lorenzo al Mare, Italy
M6.1 1963-09-04	1963-09-04 13:32	15 km	187 km WNW of Clyde River, Canada

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