Major earthquakes worldwide in 1972 (M6+)

M6+ earthquakes132

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LargestM8.0Philippines Earthquake

M7+15

1991–2020 average153

By magnitude

M6.0–6.496

M6.5–6.921

M7.0–7.914

M8+1

By region

Papua New Guinea15

Vanuatu13

Indonesia12

Tonga9

Japan8

Taiwan8

Solomon Islands7

Russia6

Philippines5

Alaska5

Nearby years

1967113

1968159

1969144

1970152

1971143

1972 ◀132

197393

197497

1975106

1976109

197785

Largest first

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M8.0 1972-12-02	1972-12-02 00:19	51 km	1972 Mindanao, Philippines Earthquake
M7.7 1972-06-11	1972-06-11 16:41	333 km	228 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines
M7.6 1972-07-30	1972-07-30 21:45	20 km	55 km SW of Sitka, Alaska
M7.5 1972-08-17	1972-08-17 23:44	14 km	199 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M7.4 1972-02-14	1972-02-14 23:29	103 km	96 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands
M7.3 1972-04-25	1972-04-25 19:30	26 km	18 km W of Harrison, Philippines
M7.3 1972-12-04	1972-12-04 10:16	26 km	206 km SSE of Wada, Japan
M7.3 1972-01-25	1972-01-25 02:06	27 km	167 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan
M7.2 1972-03-30	1972-03-30 05:34	502 km	south of the Fiji Islands
M7.2 1972-04-28	1972-04-28 23:32	403 km	192 km NW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M7.2 1972-02-29	1972-02-29 09:23	46 km	193 km SSE of Wada, Japan
M7.1 1972-01-25	1972-01-25 03:41	27 km	110 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan
M7.0 1972-05-22	1972-05-22 20:45	224 km	146 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga
M7.0 1972-04-24	1972-04-24 09:57	23 km	44 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan
M7.0 1972-11-02	1972-11-02 19:55	18 km	68 km SSW of Isangel, Vanuatu
M6.9 1972-01-23	1972-01-23 21:17	56 km	138 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu
M6.9 1972-05-22	1972-05-22 06:04	31 km	30 km ESE of Dicamay, Philippines
M6.9 1972-01-04	1972-01-04 03:16	34 km	146 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan
M6.8 1972-06-08	1972-06-08 18:53	44 km	43 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile
M6.8 1972-03-22	1972-03-22 10:27	140 km	257 km SW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.8 1972-09-24	1972-09-24 20:09	9 km	198 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
M6.8 1972-04-04	1972-04-04 22:43	405 km	122 km N of Metinaro, Timor Leste
M6.8 1972-01-01	1972-01-01 22:05	10 km	281 km WNW of Lautoka, Fiji
M6.8 1972-11-13	1972-11-13 04:43	14 km	70 km SE of Santa Gertrudis Miramar, Mexico
M6.7 1972-05-04	1972-05-04 07:48	54 km	21 km ENE of Norsup, Vanuatu
M6.7 1972-04-11	1972-04-11 02:21	18 km	central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
M6.6 1972-03-07	1972-03-07 07:45	212 km	Kermadec Islands region
M6.6 1972-10-20	1972-10-20 08:17	12 km	194 km SW of La Cruz de Loreto, Mexico
M6.6 1972-04-10	1972-04-10 02:06	10 km	50 km SSE of Fīrūzābād, Iran
M6.6 1972-07-23	1972-07-23 19:13	10 km	176 km WSW of Port McNeill, Canada
M6.6 1972-05-05	1972-05-05 23:16	27 km	39 km ENE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.6 1972-12-22	1972-12-22 12:19	22 km	South Sandwich Islands region
M6.5 1972-11-21	1972-11-21 03:59	15 km	144 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.5 1972-01-26	1972-01-26 23:00	655 km	299 km SE of Levuka, Fiji
M6.5 1972-01-18	1972-01-18 21:55	29 km	97 km WNW of Madang, Papua New Guinea
M6.5 1972-04-02	1972-04-02 21:30	10 km	170 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu
M6.5 1972-09-04	1972-09-04 18:11	68 km	131 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands
M6.5 1972-08-30	1972-08-30 10:29	14 km	108 km NE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea
M6.4 1972-01-08	1972-01-08 05:27	13 km	119 km SSW of Hengchun, Taiwan
M6.4 1972-03-20	1972-03-20 07:33	52 km	6 km N of Saposoa, Peru
M6.4 1972-09-13	1972-09-13 14:33	37 km	91 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu
M6.4 1972-01-12	1972-01-12 09:59	568 km	129 km NE of Cruzeiro do Sul, Brazil
M6.4 1972-05-28	1972-05-28 01:55	27 km	248 km S of Taliwang, Indonesia
M6.4 1972-04-01	1972-04-01 23:51	10 km	Auckland Islands, New Zealand region
M6.4 1972-01-19	1972-01-19 15:00	23 km	110 km WNW of Madang, Papua New Guinea
M6.4 1972-03-24	1972-03-24 03:38	70 km	77 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska
M6.4 1972-03-25	1972-03-25 12:15	30 km	128 km SSW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
M6.3 1972-09-05	1972-09-05 17:30	50 km	46 km SSW of Isangel, Vanuatu
M6.3 1972-08-06	1972-08-06 07:14	27 km	78 km SSE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands
M6.3 1972-08-03	1972-08-03 04:40	30 km	134 km SW of Adak, Alaska
M6.3 1972-11-27	1972-11-27 15:17	423 km	256 km SW of Ambon, Indonesia
M6.3 1972-10-06	1972-10-06 16:42	44 km	28 km ENE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea
M6.3 1972-01-22	1972-01-22 21:50	10 km	Vanuatu region
M6.3 1972-01-28	1972-01-28 01:16	128 km	14 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu
M6.3 1972-02-25	1972-02-25 01:17	29 km	South Sandwich Islands region
M6.3 1972-04-17	1972-04-17 10:49	44 km	57 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan
M6.3 1972-09-22	1972-09-22 19:57	17 km	59 km NE of Hengchun, Taiwan
M6.3 1972-10-28	1972-10-28 02:27	10 km	13 km E of Wau, Papua New Guinea
M6.3 1972-08-04	1972-08-04 17:51	35 km	171 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.3 1972-09-05	1972-09-05 17:18	125 km	36 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia
M6.3 1972-09-09	1972-09-09 02:44	35 km	195 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga
M6.3 1972-12-23	1972-12-23 06:29	10 km	10 km N of Managua, Nicaragua
M6.3 1972-05-07	1972-05-07 22:06	11 km	Pacific-Antarctic Ridge
M6.3 1972-09-08	1972-09-08 11:34	10 km	76 km NW of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
M6.3 1972-10-27	1972-10-27 09:23	30 km	60 km SSW of Isangel, Vanuatu
M6.3 1972-12-17	1972-12-17 00:18	44 km	129 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.2 1972-03-19	1972-03-19 15:57	71 km	53 km ENE of Misawa, Japan
M6.2 1972-08-21	1972-08-21 06:23	587 km	289 km E of Poronaysk, Russia
M6.2 1972-09-10	1972-09-10 06:03	36 km	91 km SW of Isangel, Vanuatu
M6.2 1972-09-03	1972-09-03 06:31	22 km	119 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 1972-10-20	1972-10-20 04:33	15 km	North Atlantic Ocean
M6.2 1972-11-04	1972-11-04 03:49	45 km	65 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu
M6.2 1972-05-04	1972-05-04 21:40	36 km	16 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece
M6.2 1972-01-15	1972-01-15 20:21	14 km	38 km NNW of Tumxuk, China
M6.2 1972-09-02	1972-09-02 01:49	51 km	88 km S of Yudomari, Japan
M6.2 1972-09-03	1972-09-03 16:48	32 km	42 km SW of Gahkuch, Pakistan
M6.2 1972-11-12	1972-11-12 17:56	114 km	73 km WNW of Murghob, Tajikistan
M6.2 1972-03-25	1972-03-25 22:59	44 km	34 km E of Nemuro, Japan
M6.2 1972-09-27	1972-09-27 09:01	13 km	203 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga
M6.2 1972-06-24	1972-06-24 15:29	24 km	36 km SSW of Farkhār, Afghanistan
M6.2 1972-12-08	1972-12-08 18:13	30 km	12 km NNE of Tuapejat, Indonesia
M6.2 1972-01-20	1972-01-20 11:36	213 km	51 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan
M6.2 1972-07-29	1972-07-29 05:04	139 km	65 km SE of Gorontalo, Indonesia
M6.2 1972-04-24	1972-04-24 01:20	32 km	Easter Island region
M6.2 1972-05-17	1972-05-17 05:27	26 km	40 km W of Harrison, Philippines
M6.2 1972-08-01	1972-08-01 19:06	96 km	88 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia
M6.2 1972-09-17	1972-09-17 14:07	16 km	16 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece
M6.2 1972-09-19	1972-09-19 01:36	10 km	10 km SSE of Joba Arriba, Dominican Republic
M6.1 1972-12-29	1972-12-29 04:51	53 km	6 km ENE of Ovalle, Chile
M6.1 1972-01-06	1972-01-06 00:30	162 km	58 km WSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.1 1972-01-18	1972-01-18 22:08	25 km	110 km WNW of Madang, Papua New Guinea
M6.1 1972-06-12	1972-06-12 19:47	36 km	63 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska
M6.1 1972-01-24	1972-01-24 03:55	51 km	145 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu
M6.1 1972-03-31	1972-03-31 15:36	16 km	South Sandwich Islands region
M6.1 1972-05-02	1972-05-02 06:56	29 km	Galapagos Triple Junction region
M6.1 1972-08-04	1972-08-04 11:38	20 km	53 km WSW of Port Alexander, Alaska
M6.1 1972-08-28	1972-08-28 18:58	10 km	68 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
M6.1 1972-09-11	1972-09-11 13:35	31 km	180 km WSW of Fakfak, Indonesia
M6.1 1972-10-30	1972-10-30 16:48	49 km	74 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.1 1972-11-09	1972-11-09 18:41	24 km	10 km SW of Hualien City, Taiwan

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