Major earthquakes worldwide in 1971 (M6+)

M6+ earthquakes143

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LargestM8.11971 Bougainville Earthquake

M7+11

1991–2020 average153

By magnitude

M6.0–6.493

M6.5–6.939

M7.0–7.99

M8+2

By region

Papua New Guinea29

Russia14

Indonesia13

Japan9

Alaska7

Solomon Islands6

Vanuatu5

Chile4

south of the Fiji Islands4

Philippines4

Nearby years

1966109

1967113

1968159

1969144

1970152

1971 ◀143

1972132

197393

197497

1975106

1976109

Largest first

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M8.1 1971-07-26	1971-07-26 01:23	52 km	1971 Bougainville Earthquake
M8.0 1971-07-14	1971-07-14 06:11	15 km	1971 New Britain Earthquake
M7.8 1971-07-09	1971-07-09 03:03	61 km	19 km NNE of Hacienda La Calera, Chile
M7.7 1971-01-10	1971-01-10 07:17	27 km	120 km SW of Abepura, Indonesia
M7.6 1971-12-15	1971-12-15 08:29	20 km	55 km ESE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
M7.4 1971-07-27	1971-07-27 02:02	113 km	98 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador
M7.3 1971-09-05	1971-09-05 18:35	18 km	50 km W of Gornozavodsk, Russia
M7.3 1971-11-24	1971-11-24 19:35	126 km	51 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M7.1 1971-11-21	1971-11-21 05:57	110 km	153 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands
M7.1 1971-08-05	1971-08-05 01:58	10 km	central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
M7.0 1971-08-02	1971-08-02 07:24	50 km	90 km SSE of Honchō, Japan
M7.0 1971-02-08	1971-02-08 21:04	15 km	South Shetland Islands
M7.0 1971-05-02	1971-05-02 06:08	25 km	69 km SW of Adak, Alaska
M7.0 1971-02-04	1971-02-04 15:33	27 km	102 km SW of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia
M7.0 1971-04-08	1971-04-08 07:46	81 km	61 km S of Bengkulu, Indonesia
M7.0 1971-07-26	1971-07-26 02:25	40 km	85 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.9 1971-05-18	1971-05-18 22:44	10 km	113 km NNW of Myaundzha, Russia
M6.9 1971-02-07	1971-02-07 02:29	30 km	61 km SSW of Adak, Alaska
M6.9 1971-09-25	1971-09-25 04:36	112 km	47 km WNW of Lae, Papua New Guinea
M6.9 1971-09-16	1971-09-16 06:22	129 km	236 km W of Tual, Indonesia
M6.9 1971-02-21	1971-02-21 10:35	189 km	99 km WNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina
M6.9 1971-01-29	1971-01-29 21:58	539 km	Sea of Okhotsk
M6.9 1971-07-19	1971-07-19 00:14	30 km	190 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.8 1971-09-08	1971-09-08 11:48	27 km	56 km W of Shebunino, Russia
M6.8 1971-10-27	1971-10-27 17:58	52 km	16 km ESE of Luganville, Vanuatu
M6.7 1971-10-04	1971-10-04 01:30	42 km	156 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.7 1971-10-03	1971-10-03 13:24	10 km	Vanuatu region
M6.7 1971-01-03	1971-01-03 17:35	29 km	southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
M6.7 1971-05-17	1971-05-17 11:04	171 km	37 km E of Palora, Ecuador
M6.7 1971-06-11	1971-06-11 13:58	27 km	242 km SE of Attu Station, Alaska
M6.6 1971-07-26	1971-07-26 02:02	40 km	103 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.6 1971-10-28	1971-10-28 18:00	20 km	129 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu
M6.6 1971-01-10	1971-01-10 10:45	30 km	119 km WSW of Abepura, Indonesia
M6.6 1971-02-09	1971-02-09 14:00	9 km	1971 San Fernando Earthquake, California
M6.6 1971-04-07	1971-04-07 04:59	27 km	149 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia
M6.6 1971-05-22	1971-05-22 16:44	10 km	14 km ENE of Bing?l, Turkey
M6.6 1971-03-13	1971-03-13 19:12	110 km	37 km N of Goroka, Papua New Guinea
M6.6 1971-08-14	1971-08-14 09:02	14 km	142 km S of Alo, Wallis and Futuna
M6.6 1971-10-14	1971-10-14 22:36	10 km	Bouvet Island region
M6.6 1971-12-02	1971-12-02 17:18	16 km	east of the Kuril Islands
M6.5 1971-02-15	1971-02-15 07:51	589 km	south of the Fiji Islands
M6.5 1971-10-23	1971-10-23 22:33	23 km	276 km SW of Merizo Village, Guam
M6.5 1971-06-11	1971-06-11 12:56	17 km	47 km SE of Sabana Grande de Palenque, Dominican Republic
M6.5 1971-08-23	1971-08-23 04:08	10 km	134 km N of Madang, Papua New Guinea
M6.5 1971-07-18	1971-07-18 14:31	43 km	129 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.5 1971-09-08	1971-09-08 16:59	14 km	69 km WSW of Shebunino, Russia
M6.5 1971-09-27	1971-09-27 19:01	20 km	56 km W of Shebunino, Russia
M6.5 1971-10-24	1971-10-24 01:37	15 km	293 km WSW of Merizo Village, Guam
M6.5 1971-04-04	1971-04-04 10:15	10 km	southern East Pacific Rise
M6.5 1971-09-30	1971-09-30 08:17	10 km	75 km SW of Bahía de Lobos, Mexico
M6.5 1971-07-14	1971-07-14 18:27	25 km	143 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.5 1971-08-14	1971-08-14 09:01	25 km	162 km S of Alo, Wallis and Futuna
M6.5 1971-07-25	1971-07-25 12:51	20 km	6 km W of San Fernando, Philippines
M6.5 1971-11-20	1971-11-20 07:28	545 km	south of the Fiji Islands
M6.5 1971-07-27	1971-07-27 20:47	32 km	118 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.4 1971-07-28	1971-07-28 01:10	20 km	106 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.4 1971-05-09	1971-05-09 08:25	24 km	southern Pacific Ocean
M6.4 1971-01-25	1971-01-25 16:08	40 km	92 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
M6.4 1971-06-26	1971-06-26 19:27	21 km	southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia
M6.4 1971-07-11	1971-07-11 09:51	40 km	49 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile
M6.4 1971-07-25	1971-07-25 15:41	28 km	81 km S of Attu Station, Alaska
M6.4 1971-03-16	1971-03-16 12:32	25 km	202 km ESE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands
M6.3 1971-07-19	1971-07-19 15:37	10 km	53 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
M6.3 1971-08-09	1971-08-09 12:12	50 km	139 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.3 1971-08-19	1971-08-19 22:15	39 km	162 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.3 1971-12-11	1971-12-11 07:25	59 km	104 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.3 1971-05-12	1971-05-12 06:25	26 km	9 km NNE of Yeşilova, Turkey
M6.3 1971-09-14	1971-09-14 05:20	20 km	180 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
M6.3 1971-06-17	1971-06-17 21:00	90 km	152 km E of Taltal, Chile
M6.3 1971-12-04	1971-12-04 02:25	86 km	104 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.3 1971-09-24	1971-09-24 01:10	21 km	119 km E of Yamada, Japan
M6.3 1971-10-23	1971-10-23 01:41	10 km	west of Macquarie Island
M6.3 1971-12-17	1971-12-17 19:06	25 km	115 km SE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
M6.3 1971-03-28	1971-03-28 08:23	16 km	253 km E of Port Blair, India
M6.3 1971-03-23	1971-03-23 02:15	73 km	225 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
M6.3 1971-05-04	1971-05-04 02:04	51 km	57 km WSW of Labuan, Indonesia
M6.3 1971-07-26	1971-07-26 15:35	49 km	151 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
M6.3 1971-08-09	1971-08-09 20:01	30 km	141 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.3 1971-09-27	1971-09-27 22:20	10 km	179 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 1971-10-25	1971-10-25 03:46	56 km	148 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu
M6.2 1971-07-08	1971-07-08 19:07	107 km	Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia
M6.2 1971-10-24	1971-10-24 02:21	20 km	294 km WSW of Merizo Village, Guam
M6.2 1971-08-11	1971-08-11 14:23	10 km	Balleny Islands region
M6.2 1971-09-09	1971-09-09 23:01	28 km	241 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.2 1971-05-30	1971-05-30 15:44	10 km	101 km W of Myitkyina, Burma (Myanmar)
M6.2 1971-12-30	1971-12-30 15:39	107 km	70 km SW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 1971-05-26	1971-05-26 06:13	51 km	24 km SE of Kushima, Japan
M6.2 1971-07-17	1971-07-17 05:32	140 km	150 km NNW of Sabang, Indonesia
M6.2 1971-12-07	1971-12-07 03:26	10 km	Bouvet Island region
M6.2 1971-01-08	1971-01-08 14:45	31 km	Kuril Islands
M6.2 1971-03-13	1971-03-13 23:51	12 km	230 km W of Port McNeill, Canada
M6.2 1971-11-27	1971-11-27 13:45	48 km	102 km NE of Tatsugō, Japan
M6.1 1971-03-23	1971-03-23 09:26	15 km	58 km E of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
M6.1 1971-08-23	1971-08-23 21:55	39 km	236 km E of Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.1 1971-09-14	1971-09-14 03:11	23 km	11 km NNW of Simao, China
M6.1 1971-10-18	1971-10-18 12:55	60 km	southeast of the Loyalty Islands
M6.1 1971-01-25	1971-01-25 00:18	23 km	124 km ENE of Alotau, Papua New Guinea
M6.1 1971-04-06	1971-04-06 11:06	592 km	south of the Fiji Islands
M6.1 1971-05-25	1971-05-25 13:00	27 km	24 km SSE of Kushima, Japan
M6.1 1971-07-14	1971-07-14 17:38	18 km	137 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

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