Major earthquakes worldwide in 1996 (M6+)

M6+ earthquakes164

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LargestM8.1Indonesia Earthquake

M7+15

1991–2020 average153

By magnitude

M6.0–6.4110

M6.5–6.939

M7.0–7.914

M8+1

By region

Indonesia21

Russia14

Papua New Guinea13

Philippines13

Japan11

Solomon Islands7

Alaska6

Tonga5

Peru4

south of the Fiji Islands4

Nearby years

1991137

1992178

1993148

1994158

1995200

1996 ◀164

1997136

1998121

1999135

2000160

2001137

Largest first

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M8.1 1996-02-17	1996-02-17 05:59	33 km	1996 Biak, Indonesia Earthquake
M7.9 1996-01-01	1996-01-01 08:05	24 km	181 km N of Palu, Indonesia
M7.9 1996-06-10	1996-06-10 04:03	33 km	77 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
M7.9 1996-06-17	1996-06-17 11:22	587 km	169 km NNE of Maumere, Indonesia
M7.7 1996-11-12	1996-11-12 16:59	33 km	60 km SW of Changuillo, Peru
M7.5 1996-02-21	1996-02-21 12:51	10 km	123 km WSW of Puerto Santa, Peru
M7.4 1996-08-05	1996-08-05 22:38	550 km	Fiji region
M7.3 1996-06-10	1996-06-10 15:24	26 km	46 km SSW of Adak, Alaska
M7.2 1996-02-07	1996-02-07 21:36	43 km	158 km E of Kuril’sk, Russia
M7.2 1996-04-16	1996-04-16 00:30	111 km	south of the Fiji Islands
M7.2 1996-04-29	1996-04-29 14:40	44 km	58 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M7.1 1996-02-25	1996-02-25 03:08	21 km	24 km SSW of Santa María Chico Ometepec, Mexico
M7.1 1996-06-11	1996-06-11 18:22	33 km	8 km NNE of Palapag, Philippines
M7.0 1996-06-02	1996-06-02 02:52	10 km	northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
M7.0 1996-07-22	1996-07-22 14:19	33 km	220 km NNE of Palu, Indonesia
M6.9 1996-08-02	1996-08-02 12:55	33 km	62 km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands
M6.9 1996-09-05	1996-09-05 08:14	10 km	Easter Island region
M6.9 1996-10-19	1996-10-19 14:53	591 km	Fiji region
M6.9 1996-11-19	1996-11-19 10:44	33 km	130 km ENE of Thang, India
M6.8 1996-03-22	1996-03-22 03:24	20 km	Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
M6.8 1996-07-15	1996-07-15 21:23	18 km	26 km NNE of Coyuquilla Norte, Mexico
M6.8 1996-09-05	1996-09-05 23:42	20 km	78 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan
M6.8 1996-10-09	1996-10-09 13:10	33 km	36 km SW of Paphos, Cyprus
M6.8 1996-10-14	1996-10-14 23:26	24 km	90 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.8 1996-11-05	1996-11-05 09:41	369 km	Kermadec Islands region
M6.7 1996-02-16	1996-02-16 15:22	41 km	123 km E of Namie, Japan
M6.7 1996-03-03	1996-03-03 16:37	33 km	30 km WSW of Villa El Carmen, Nicaragua
M6.7 1996-03-16	1996-03-16 22:04	477 km	Bonin Islands, Japan region
M6.7 1996-03-17	1996-03-17 14:48	164 km	44 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
M6.7 1996-06-10	1996-06-10 01:04	200 km	63 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu
M6.7 1996-06-21	1996-06-21 13:57	20 km	159 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
M6.7 1996-08-05	1996-08-05 02:08	41 km	104 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga
M6.7 1996-10-19	1996-10-19 14:44	22 km	5 km SE of Miyazaki, Japan
M6.7 1996-12-02	1996-12-02 22:17	49 km	17 km SW of Miyazaki, Japan
M6.7 1996-12-10	1996-12-10 08:36	10 km	central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
M6.6 1996-01-01	1996-01-01 09:57	33 km	106 km NE of Yelizovo, Russia
M6.6 1996-02-03	1996-02-03 11:14	11 km	47 km N of Lijiang, China
M6.6 1996-02-16	1996-02-16 09:44	11 km	north of Ascension Island
M6.6 1996-02-18	1996-02-18 23:49	10 km	north of Ascension Island
M6.6 1996-03-03	1996-03-03 14:55	33 km	39 km WSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua
M6.6 1996-04-19	1996-04-19 00:19	50 km	44 km SE of Antofagasta, Chile
M6.6 1996-05-02	1996-05-02 13:34	500 km	202 km NNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea
M6.6 1996-07-16	1996-07-16 10:07	33 km	217 km NNE of Palu, Indonesia
M6.6 1996-09-20	1996-09-20 04:10	33 km	22 km NNE of Cortes, Philippines
M6.6 1996-09-20	1996-09-20 04:11	33 km	24 km NE of Cortes, Philippines
M6.6 1996-10-18	1996-10-18 10:50	10 km	20 km SSE of Nishinoomote, Japan
M6.6 1996-11-06	1996-11-06 20:00	9 km	Bonin Islands, Japan region
M6.5 1996-02-17	1996-02-17 14:21	19 km	67 km NNW of Insrom, Indonesia
M6.5 1996-02-17	1996-02-17 20:18	32 km	32 km NNE of Biak, Indonesia
M6.5 1996-06-08	1996-06-08 23:19	33 km	111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
M6.5 1996-06-09	1996-06-09 01:12	149 km	248 km N of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
M6.5 1996-07-16	1996-07-16 03:48	33 km	157 km E of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
M6.5 1996-07-23	1996-07-23 03:32	33 km	south of the Fiji Islands
M6.5 1996-12-22	1996-12-22 14:53	226 km	131 km W of Iwanai, Japan
M6.4 1996-01-30	1996-01-30 22:29	33 km	south of the Kermadec Islands
M6.4 1996-02-18	1996-02-18 02:25	10 km	46 km ESE of Biak, Indonesia
M6.4 1996-02-28	1996-02-28 09:44	116 km	123 km ENE of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia
M6.4 1996-06-22	1996-06-22 00:32	10 km	Bouvet Island region
M6.4 1996-09-14	1996-09-14 13:10	73 km	27 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands
M6.4 1996-09-20	1996-09-20 00:03	33 km	26 km SE of Union, Philippines
M6.4 1996-10-01	1996-10-01 15:50	10 km	Owen Fracture Zone region
M6.4 1996-10-02	1996-10-02 09:48	33 km	3 km ENE of San Julian, Philippines
M6.4 1996-12-31	1996-12-31 12:41	100 km	4 km SW of El Ramal (Porvenir), Mexico
M6.3 1996-02-22	1996-02-22 14:59	124 km	52 km E of Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.3 1996-03-05	1996-03-05 14:52	30 km	63 km ENE of Hualien City, Taiwan
M6.3 1996-03-19	1996-03-19 15:00	28 km	83 km NE of Kashgar, China
M6.3 1996-03-30	1996-03-30 13:05	33 km	81 km S of Nikolski, Alaska
M6.3 1996-05-11	1996-05-11 13:43	33 km	58 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.3 1996-06-06	1996-06-06 17:35	20 km	Mid-Indian Ridge
M6.3 1996-06-26	1996-06-26 03:22	468 km	Bonin Islands, Japan region
M6.3 1996-07-15	1996-07-15 16:51	176 km	Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands
M6.3 1996-08-05	1996-08-05 21:39	33 km	24 km NNW of Salinas, Ecuador
M6.3 1996-09-28	1996-09-28 14:10	235 km	22 km E of San Francisco, Philippines
M6.3 1996-10-10	1996-10-10 15:21	33 km	62 km WSW of Binjai, Indonesia
M6.3 1996-11-04	1996-11-04 17:24	14 km	33 km WSW of Riosucio, Colombia
M6.3 1996-11-28	1996-11-28 21:25	10 km	central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
M6.3 1996-12-26	1996-12-26 20:48	33 km	192 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia
M6.2 1996-01-22	1996-01-22 23:19	10 km	South Sandwich Islands region
M6.2 1996-02-01	1996-02-01 07:18	170 km	93 km NNE of Otrada, Russia
M6.2 1996-02-24	1996-02-24 15:52	33 km	144 km ENE of Biak, Indonesia
M6.2 1996-02-25	1996-02-25 09:17	12 km	7 km SE of Santa María Chico Ometepec, Mexico
M6.2 1996-04-27	1996-04-27 08:40	10 km	84 km WNW of Salahonda, Colombia
M6.2 1996-05-07	1996-05-07 23:20	54 km	72 km E of Shikotan, Russia
M6.2 1996-05-26	1996-05-26 01:43	108 km	southeast of the Loyalty Islands
M6.2 1996-06-22	1996-06-22 14:50	33 km	179 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
M6.2 1996-07-06	1996-07-06 21:36	241 km	Mariana Islands region
M6.2 1996-07-20	1996-07-20 00:00	33 km	Dodecanese Islands, Greece
M6.2 1996-07-23	1996-07-23 05:20	33 km	south of the Fiji Islands
M6.2 1996-08-10	1996-08-10 11:20	33 km	67 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 1996-08-15	1996-08-15 07:33	33 km	99 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu
M6.2 1996-09-04	1996-09-04 19:06	32 km	13 km WSW of Quepos, Costa Rica
M6.2 1996-09-05	1996-09-05 09:46	10 km	Easter Island region
M6.2 1996-09-06	1996-09-06 17:03	33 km	118 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 1996-09-11	1996-09-11 02:37	55 km	23 km SSE of Hasaki, Japan
M6.2 1996-10-06	1996-10-06 20:13	10 km	144 km W of Tofino, Canada
M6.2 1996-11-11	1996-11-11 00:47	33 km	south of the Kermadec Islands
M6.2 1996-11-14	1996-11-14 13:47	192 km	146 km W of Haveluloto, Tonga
M6.2 1996-12-01	1996-12-01 23:09	356 km	Kermadec Islands region
M6.2 1996-12-03	1996-12-03 12:56	33 km	183 km E of Neiafu, Tonga
M6.1 1996-01-17	1996-01-17 10:06	109 km	208 km SSW of Abepura, Indonesia

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