Major earthquakes worldwide in 1980 (M6+)

M6+ earthquakes95

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LargestM7.9Solomon Islands

M7+6

1991–2020 average153

By magnitude

M6.0–6.467

M6.5–6.922

M7.0–7.96

M8+0

By region

Tonga11

Papua New Guinea7

New Caledonia6

Philippines6

Vanuatu5

Japan5

Solomon Islands4

California4

Russia3

southeast of the Loyalty Islands3

Nearby years

1975106

1976109

197785

197890

197986

1980 ◀95

198183

198287

1983136

1984133

1985160

Largest first

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M7.9 1980-07-17	1980-07-17 19:42	33 km	199 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands
M7.5 1980-07-08	1980-07-08 23:19	33 km	196 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands
M7.3 1980-10-10	1980-10-10 12:25	10 km	3 km NNE of Chlef, Algeria
M7.2 1980-10-25	1980-10-25 11:00	33 km	207 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia
M7.2 1980-11-08	1980-11-08 10:27	19 km	The 1980 Eureka, California Earthquake
M7.0 1980-02-23	1980-02-23 05:51	44 km	30 km S of Shikotan, Russia
M6.9 1980-03-24	1980-03-24 03:59	33 km	80 km E of Nikolski, Alaska
M6.9 1980-11-23	1980-11-23 18:34	10 km	2 km N of Cairano, Italy
M6.8 1980-06-18	1980-06-18 17:14	54 km	55 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines
M6.8 1980-12-17	1980-12-17 16:21	10 km	212 km SW of Port McNeill, Canada
M6.7 1980-01-01	1980-01-01 16:42	10 km	29 km NE of Ribeira Seca, Portugal
M6.7 1980-03-08	1980-03-08 22:12	38 km	southeast of the Loyalty Islands
M6.7 1980-04-13	1980-04-13 18:04	79 km	south of the Fiji Islands
M6.7 1980-07-09	1980-07-09 20:56	33 km	213 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu
M6.7 1980-07-29	1980-07-29 03:11	48 km	156 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu
M6.7 1980-10-24	1980-10-24 03:25	33 km	241 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia
M6.7 1980-10-25	1980-10-25 07:00	33 km	226 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia
M6.7 1980-11-11	1980-11-11 10:36	10 km	south of Africa
M6.6 1980-02-27	1980-02-27 21:17	53 km	51 km S of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
M6.6 1980-07-14	1980-07-14 16:15	49 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
M6.5 1980-02-07	1980-02-07 10:49	10 km	Macquarie Island region
M6.5 1980-06-18	1980-06-18 10:49	43 km	79 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga
M6.5 1980-06-25	1980-06-25 23:18	49 km	117 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.5 1980-07-16	1980-07-16 19:56	84 km	74 km SW of Angoram, Papua New Guinea
M6.5 1980-07-29	1980-07-29 14:58	18 km	40 km NNE of Dipayal, Nepal
M6.5 1980-09-26	1980-09-26 15:20	33 km	15 km SW of Aitape, Papua New Guinea
M6.5 1980-10-25	1980-10-25 16:20	33 km	271 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia
M6.5 1980-12-31	1980-12-31 10:32	33 km	293 km ENE of Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.4 1980-02-03	1980-02-03 11:58	33 km	Tonga region
M6.4 1980-05-09	1980-05-09 22:32	10 km	west of Macquarie Island
M6.4 1980-07-09	1980-07-09 02:11	14 km	6 km S of Áno Lekhónia, Greece
M6.4 1980-08-09	1980-08-09 05:45	22 km	19 km NNE of Puerto Barrios, Guatemala
M6.4 1980-10-24	1980-10-24 14:53	72 km	1 km NE of Piaxtla, Mexico
M6.4 1980-10-29	1980-10-29 17:44	33 km	164 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia
M6.3 1980-03-02	1980-03-02 23:28	33 km	135 km WNW of Ishikawa, Japan
M6.3 1980-03-26	1980-03-26 20:43	10 km	northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
M6.3 1980-03-31	1980-03-31 12:41	43 km	34 km SE of Dumabato, Philippines
M6.3 1980-06-09	1980-06-09 03:28	6 km	5km SE of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX
M6.3 1980-07-09	1980-07-09 02:35	20 km	14 km SE of Vamvakoú, Greece
M6.3 1980-08-02	1980-08-02 15:47	33 km	56 km SW of Lata, Solomon Islands
M6.3 1980-08-21	1980-08-21 12:07	10 km	Mid-Indian Ridge
M6.3 1980-10-08	1980-10-08 16:04	33 km	148 km S of Pagar Alam, Indonesia
M6.3 1980-12-15	1980-12-15 08:12	33 km	213 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga
M6.2 1980-02-04	1980-02-04 03:45	10 km	east of the South Sandwich Islands
M6.2 1980-02-22	1980-02-22 03:02	33 km	142 km NNW of Rikaze, China
M6.2 1980-03-31	1980-03-31 13:04	33 km	100 km SE of Pangai, Tonga
M6.2 1980-04-11	1980-04-11 21:55	33 km	southeast of the Loyalty Islands
M6.2 1980-04-20	1980-04-20 02:37	10 km	Owen Fracture Zone region
M6.2 1980-05-04	1980-05-04 18:35	46 km	29 km NNE of Hashtpar, Iran
M6.2 1980-05-27	1980-05-27 14:50	14 km	9 km SW of Aspen Springs, California
M6.2 1980-06-23	1980-06-23 20:13	49 km	Kermadec Islands region
M6.2 1980-06-29	1980-06-29 07:20	15 km	19 km SSE of It?, Japan
M6.2 1980-08-24	1980-08-24 20:10	39 km	82 km N of Hihifo, Tonga
M6.2 1980-10-10	1980-10-10 15:39	10 km	5 km W of El Attaf, Algeria
M6.2 1980-10-27	1980-10-27 13:04	33 km	178 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu
M6.2 1980-10-29	1980-10-29 18:45	33 km	Nicobar Islands, India region
M6.2 1980-12-19	1980-12-19 23:32	82 km	Izu Islands, Japan region
M6.1 1980-02-13	1980-02-13 22:09	63 km	176 km N of Thang, India
M6.1 1980-02-29	1980-02-29 11:13	104 km	78 km E of Pondaguitan, Philippines
M6.1 1980-03-24	1980-03-24 04:02	33 km	102 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska
M6.1 1980-04-01	1980-04-01 11:11	37 km	125 km SE of Pangai, Tonga
M6.1 1980-04-14	1980-04-14 12:39	33 km	188 km W of Lata, Solomon Islands
M6.1 1980-05-12	1980-05-12 16:37	20 km	75 km SSE of Sola, Vanuatu
M6.1 1980-05-14	1980-05-14 11:26	57 km	112 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.1 1980-05-15	1980-05-15 18:58	33 km	257 km N of Manatutu, Timor Leste
M6.1 1980-05-25	1980-05-25 16:33	7 km	11 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California
M6.1 1980-05-25	1980-05-25 19:44	12 km	8 km W of Aspen Springs, California
M6.1 1980-05-26	1980-05-26 18:41	114 km	134 km NE of Iquique, Chile
M6.1 1980-05-27	1980-05-27 13:01	33 km	80 km W of Neiafu, Tonga
M6.1 1980-06-19	1980-06-19 08:31	51 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
M6.1 1980-07-19	1980-07-19 11:52	110 km	115 km ESE of Vallenar, Chile
M6.1 1980-07-22	1980-07-22 07:06	122 km	90 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu
M6.1 1980-10-26	1980-10-26 05:14	48 km	5 km E of San Julian, Philippines
M6.1 1980-11-01	1980-11-01 22:52	33 km	256 km WSW of La Cruz de Loreto, Mexico
M6.1 1980-11-19	1980-11-19 19:00	17 km	15 km ENE of Gangtok, India
M6.1 1980-12-11	1980-12-11 18:15	80 km	153 km NNE of Calama, Chile
M6.1 1980-12-19	1980-12-19 02:57	33 km	61 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
M6.0 1980-01-02	1980-01-02 20:58	63 km	41 km S of Pondaguitan, Philippines
M6.0 1980-01-12	1980-01-12 15:57	33 km	124 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan
M6.0 1980-01-14	1980-01-14 12:19	33 km	118 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
M6.0 1980-02-15	1980-02-15 14:25	35 km	166 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.0 1980-03-08	1980-03-08 14:29	43 km	southeast of the Loyalty Islands
M6.0 1980-05-25	1980-05-25 16:49	7 km	7 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, California
M6.0 1980-06-09	1980-06-09 13:14	19 km	58 km E of Union, Philippines
M6.0 1980-06-16	1980-06-16 20:48	167 km	214 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
M6.0 1980-06-18	1980-06-18 09:18	61 km	93 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.0 1980-06-21	1980-06-21 20:19	10 km	east of the South Sandwich Islands
M6.0 1980-06-24	1980-06-24 06:27	33 km	156 km WSW of Bandar Lampung, Indonesia
M6.0 1980-07-20	1980-07-20 21:20	591 km	219 km E of Levuka, Fiji
M6.0 1980-09-24	1980-09-24 17:54	73 km	7 km NNE of Kisarazu, Japan
M6.0 1980-09-28	1980-09-28 18:25	68 km	74 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.0 1980-10-04	1980-10-04 04:37	33 km	157 km ENE of Labasa, Fiji
M6.0 1980-10-09	1980-10-09 16:19	33 km	75 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga
M6.0 1980-11-30	1980-11-30 12:24	202 km	162 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
M6.0 1980-12-17	1980-12-17 00:47	86 km	207 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia

← 1979 1981 →

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