Major earthquakes worldwide in 1992 (M6+)

M6+ earthquakes178

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LargestM7.8Indonesia

M7+13

1991–2020 average153

By magnitude

M6.0–6.4128

M6.5–6.937

M7.0–7.913

M8+0

By region

Indonesia19

Papua New Guinea19

Japan18

Vanuatu12

Alaska11

Russia8

New Zealand6

Philippines5

Kyrgyzstan5

California Earthquake4

Nearby years

1987166

1988122

1989137

1990153

1991137

1992 ◀178

1993148

1994158

1995200

1996164

1997136

Largest first

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M7.8 1992-12-12	1992-12-12 05:29	28 km	37 km WNW of Maumere, Indonesia
M7.7 1992-09-02	1992-09-02 00:16	45 km	83 km SSW of Corinto, Nicaragua
M7.4 1992-10-11	1992-10-11 19:24	129 km	47 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu
M7.3 1992-05-17	1992-05-17 10:15	33 km	23 km ESE of Santiago, Philippines
M7.3 1992-06-28	1992-06-28 11:57	-0 km	The 1992 Landers, California Earthquake
M7.3 1992-08-19	1992-08-19 02:04	27 km	60 km ENE of Toktogul, Kyrgyzstan
M7.3 1992-12-20	1992-12-20 20:52	78 km	281 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
M7.2 1992-04-25	1992-04-25 18:06	10 km	The 1992 Petrolia, California Earthquake
M7.2 1992-05-15	1992-05-15 07:05	58 km	61 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea
M7.2 1992-07-11	1992-07-11 10:44	377 km	south of the Fiji Islands
M7.2 1992-10-18	1992-10-18 15:11	10 km	11 km NNW of Murindó, Colombia
M7.1 1992-05-17	1992-05-17 09:49	33 km	9 km SE of Santiago, Philippines
M7.0 1992-05-27	1992-05-27 05:13	19 km	75 km SW of Lata, Solomon Islands
M6.9 1992-03-02	1992-03-02 12:29	39 km	84 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.9 1992-07-18	1992-07-18 08:36	29 km	118 km E of Yamada, Japan
M6.9 1992-08-07	1992-08-07 18:19	14 km	283 km SW of Yakutat, Alaska
M6.9 1992-08-28	1992-08-28 18:18	16 km	north of Ascension Island
M6.8 1992-02-13	1992-02-13 01:29	10 km	99 km WSW of Luganville, Vanuatu
M6.8 1992-05-25	1992-05-25 16:55	23 km	56 km SSW of Niquero, Cuba
M6.8 1992-10-15	1992-10-15 22:37	25 km	68 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
M6.8 1992-12-26	1992-12-26 19:52	27 km	central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
M6.7 1992-01-20	1992-01-20 13:37	498 km	Bonin Islands, Japan region
M6.7 1992-02-27	1992-02-27 20:05	38 km	50 km NW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea
M6.7 1992-03-13	1992-03-13 17:18	27 km	8 km W of Cimin, Turkey
M6.7 1992-04-06	1992-04-06 13:54	20 km	213 km W of Port McNeill, Canada
M6.7 1992-05-12	1992-05-12 18:05	15 km	165 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga
M6.7 1992-07-20	1992-07-20 07:46	10 km	230 km W of Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
M6.7 1992-09-02	1992-09-02 05:50	625 km	94 km N of Tuban, Indonesia
M6.7 1992-09-26	1992-09-26 22:15	28 km	132 km ESE of Tobelo, Indonesia
M6.7 1992-10-17	1992-10-17 08:32	14 km	15 km S of Murindó, Colombia
M6.7 1992-11-08	1992-11-08 03:43	10 km	126 km NE of Labasa, Fiji
M6.6 1992-03-07	1992-03-07 01:53	79 km	5 km SW of Río Segundo, Costa Rica
M6.6 1992-04-18	1992-04-18 09:16	29 km	160 km S of Pagar Alam, Indonesia
M6.6 1992-08-02	1992-08-02 12:03	486 km	172 km NNW of Maumere, Indonesia
M6.6 1992-08-19	1992-08-19 03:20	18 km	35 km NE of Toktogul, Kyrgyzstan
M6.6 1992-09-30	1992-09-30 05:34	33 km	117 km SW of Adak, Alaska
M6.6 1992-10-22	1992-10-22 09:04	26 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
M6.6 1992-10-24	1992-10-24 08:23	19 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
M6.6 1992-11-21	1992-11-21 22:39	20 km	South Sandwich Islands region
M6.6 1992-04-26	1992-04-26 11:18	22 km	32 km SW of Ferndale, California
M6.5 1992-02-06	1992-02-06 01:12	37 km	187 km S of Pagar Alam, Indonesia
M6.5 1992-04-03	1992-04-03 03:19	27 km	114 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
M6.5 1992-06-22	1992-06-22 04:00	12 km	east of the South Sandwich Islands
M6.5 1992-06-25	1992-06-25 06:30	20 km	Kermadec Islands region
M6.5 1992-07-10	1992-07-10 09:31	20 km	139 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.5 1992-10-17	1992-10-17 02:51	12 km	45 km NE of Isangel, Vanuatu
M6.5 1992-10-22	1992-10-22 23:08	16 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
M6.5 1992-10-30	1992-10-30 02:49	393 km	Izu Islands, Japan region
M6.5 1992-10-31	1992-10-31 14:34	6 km	40 km N of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea
M6.5 1992-11-28	1992-11-28 03:13	12 km	85 km WNW of Illapel, Chile
M6.5 1992-04-26	1992-04-26 07:41	19 km	30 km WSW of Ferndale, California
M6.4 1992-03-04	1992-03-04 03:49	19 km	127 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
M6.4 1992-03-05	1992-03-05 14:39	45 km	67 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.4 1992-03-13	1992-03-13 16:01	197 km	170 km WNW of Adak, Alaska
M6.4 1992-07-18	1992-07-18 10:20	27 km	92 km E of Yamada, Japan
M6.4 1992-08-04	1992-08-04 21:08	91 km	177 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands
M6.4 1992-08-11	1992-08-11 15:14	16 km	Izu Islands, Japan region
M6.4 1992-08-30	1992-08-30 20:09	565 km	209 km E of Levuka, Fiji
M6.4 1992-09-11	1992-09-11 03:57	11 km	29 km W of Kabalo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
M6.4 1992-09-28	1992-09-28 14:06	30 km	52 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan
M6.4 1992-10-23	1992-10-23 13:04	31 km	118 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.4 1992-10-23	1992-10-23 23:19	16 km	38 km ESE of St’epants’minda, Georgia
M6.4 1992-11-04	1992-11-04 01:59	10 km	Balleny Islands region
M6.4 1992-11-04	1992-11-04 18:13	14 km	41 km SSE of Sola, Vanuatu
M6.4 1992-12-31	1992-12-31 20:17	16 km	south of the Kermadec Islands
M6.3 1992-02-02	1992-02-02 00:31	10 km	western Indian-Antarctic Ridge
M6.3 1992-03-19	1992-03-19 06:34	15 km	7 km NNW of Besao, Philippines
M6.3 1992-03-31	1992-03-31 03:32	10 km	southern East Pacific Rise
M6.3 1992-05-18	1992-05-18 23:19	18 km	86 km S of Boca Chica, Panama
M6.3 1992-05-20	1992-05-20 12:20	16 km	2 km WSW of Lachi, Pakistan
M6.3 1992-05-30	1992-05-30 16:30	55 km	62 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico
M6.3 1992-06-15	1992-06-15 02:48	17 km	134 km W of Bhamo, Myanmar
M6.3 1992-06-28	1992-06-28 15:05	4 km	The 1992 Big Bear, California Earthquake
M6.3 1992-07-13	1992-07-13 18:11	96 km	52 km SSW of Alianza Cristiana, Peru
M6.3 1992-08-02	1992-08-02 05:50	19 km	179 km S of Sofifi, Indonesia
M6.3 1992-08-16	1992-08-16 10:23	215 km	99 km E of Madang, Papua New Guinea
M6.3 1992-08-19	1992-08-19 03:12	21 km	37 km NE of Toktogul, Kyrgyzstan
M6.3 1992-08-29	1992-08-29 19:19	289 km	158 km S of ?yama, Japan
M6.3 1992-09-15	1992-09-15 21:03	184 km	36 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu
M6.3 1992-11-12	1992-11-12 22:28	360 km	south of the Fiji Islands
M6.3 1992-12-24	1992-12-24 00:34	23 km	102 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga
M6.2 1992-02-17	1992-02-17 04:37	33 km	Macquarie Island region
M6.2 1992-02-17	1992-02-17 04:42	137 km	261 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu
M6.2 1992-03-05	1992-03-05 08:55	7 km	4 km WSW of Arta, Djibouti
M6.2 1992-03-07	1992-03-07 18:37	15 km	191 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 1992-04-19	1992-04-19 18:32	16 km	12 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan
M6.2 1992-04-23	1992-04-23 15:32	10 km	126 km ESE of Lashio, Myanmar
M6.2 1992-04-24	1992-04-24 07:07	25 km	61 km WSW of Khuzdar, Pakistan
M6.2 1992-05-15	1992-05-15 08:08	50 km	4 km WSW of Kochkor-Ata, Kyrgyzstan
M6.2 1992-05-22	1992-05-22 21:40	33 km	63 km NNE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 1992-06-02	1992-06-02 21:05	14 km	South Indian Ocean
M6.2 1992-06-03	1992-06-03 06:10	22 km	Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
M6.2 1992-06-17	1992-06-17 08:39	10 km	South Shetland Islands
M6.2 1992-06-21	1992-06-21 17:43	10 km	31 km NNW of Whakatane, New Zealand
M6.2 1992-07-12	1992-07-12 11:08	64 km	70 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan
M6.2 1992-07-13	1992-07-13 15:34	45 km	86 km ESE of Ozernovskiy, Russia
M6.2 1992-07-29	1992-07-29 04:30	16 km	133 km E of Yamada, Japan
M6.2 1992-08-08	1992-08-08 01:08	392 km	Kermadec Islands region
M6.2 1992-08-13	1992-08-13 20:43	44 km	75 km W of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 1992-08-24	1992-08-24 06:59	120 km	9 km NNW of Honch?, Japan

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