Major earthquakes worldwide in 2019 (M6+)

M6+ earthquakes145

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LargestM8.0Peru

M7+10

1991–2020 average153

By magnitude

M6.0–6.4112

M6.5–6.923

M7.0–7.99

M8+1

By region

Indonesia14

Vanuatu11

Papua New Guinea10

Philippines10

Japan8

Tonga7

Chile6

New Zealand5

South Sandwich Islands5

Fiji4

Nearby years

2014155

2015146

2016147

2017110

2018134

2019 ◀145

2020121

2021157

2022127

2023147

202499

Largest first

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M8.0 2019-05-26	2019-05-26 07:41	123 km	78 km NE of Navarro, Peru
M7.6 2019-05-14	2019-05-14 12:58	10 km	48 km NE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M7.5 2019-02-22	2019-02-22 10:17	145 km	115 km ESE of Palora, Ecuador
M7.3 2019-06-15	2019-06-15 22:55	46 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
M7.3 2019-06-24	2019-06-24 02:53	212 km	Banda Sea
M7.2 2019-07-14	2019-07-14 09:10	19 km	155 km SSE of Sofifi, Indonesia
M7.1 2019-05-06	2019-05-06 21:19	146 km	32 km NW of Bulolo, Papua New Guinea
M7.1 2019-07-06	2019-07-06 03:19	8 km	Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence
M7.1 2019-11-14	2019-11-14 16:17	33 km	141 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia
M7.0 2019-03-01	2019-03-01 08:50	267 km	22 km NNE of Azángaro, Peru
M6.9 2019-07-07	2019-07-07 15:08	35 km	136 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia
M6.9 2019-08-02	2019-08-02 12:03	49 km	152 km SW of Labuan, Indonesia
M6.8 2019-01-05	2019-01-05 19:25	570 km	90 km W of Tarauacá, Brazil
M6.8 2019-04-12	2019-04-12 11:40	15 km	Sulawesi, Indonesia
M6.8 2019-08-01	2019-08-01 18:28	25 km	96 km SW of San Antonio, Chile
M6.8 2019-12-15	2019-12-15 06:11	18 km	7 km S of Magsaysay, Philippines
M6.7 2019-01-20	2019-01-20 01:32	63 km	10 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile
M6.7 2019-01-22	2019-01-22 19:01	13 km	Prince Edward Islands region
M6.7 2019-02-01	2019-02-01 16:14	66 km	5 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico
M6.7 2019-09-29	2019-09-29 15:57	11 km	70 km WSW of Constitución, Chile
M6.6 2019-01-06	2019-01-06 17:27	43 km	Molucca Sea
M6.6 2019-01-15	2019-01-15 18:06	35 km	94 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu
M6.6 2019-05-30	2019-05-30 09:03	58 km	32 km S of La Libertad, El Salvador
M6.6 2019-07-14	2019-07-14 05:39	10 km	198 km W of Cable Beach, Australia
M6.6 2019-07-31	2019-07-31 15:02	181 km	63 km E of Lakatoro, Vanuatu
M6.6 2019-08-27	2019-08-27 23:55	16 km	South Sandwich Islands region
M6.6 2019-09-01	2019-09-01 15:54	591 km	Fiji region
M6.6 2019-10-29	2019-10-29 01:04	15 km	10 km NE of Columbio, Philippines
M6.6 2019-11-04	2019-11-04 22:43	10 km	136 km W of Neiafu, Tonga
M6.5 2019-04-09	2019-04-09 17:53	38 km	South Sandwich Islands region
M6.5 2019-09-25	2019-09-25 23:46	12 km	33 km NE of Ambon, Indonesia
M6.5 2019-10-31	2019-10-31 01:11	10 km	2 km ENE of Bulatukan, Philippines
M6.5 2019-11-08	2019-11-08 10:44	577 km	Fiji region
M6.4 2019-02-17	2019-02-17 14:35	368 km	95 km N of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
M6.4 2019-03-06	2019-03-06 15:46	29 km	south of the Kermadec Islands
M6.4 2019-04-02	2019-04-02 21:35	8 km	Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
M6.4 2019-04-05	2019-04-05 16:14	57 km	South Sandwich Islands region
M6.4 2019-04-23	2019-04-23 05:37	56 km	17 km ESE of Tutubigan, Philippines
M6.4 2019-06-04	2019-06-04 04:39	422 km	Izu Islands, Japan region
M6.4 2019-06-14	2019-06-14 00:19	11 km	72 km W of Coquimbo, Chile
M6.4 2019-06-18	2019-06-18 13:22	12 km	31 km WSW of Tsuruoka, Japan
M6.4 2019-06-19	2019-06-19 07:01	30 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
M6.4 2019-06-25	2019-06-25 09:05	10 km	108 km E of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
M6.4 2019-06-28	2019-06-28 15:51	410 km	Maug Islands region, Northern Mariana Islands
M6.4 2019-07-04	2019-07-04 17:33	10 km	Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence
M6.4 2019-10-16	2019-10-16 11:37	16 km	7 km ENE of Columbio, Philippines
M6.4 2019-10-21	2019-10-21 02:52	231 km	61 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu
M6.4 2019-11-26	2019-11-26 02:54	22 km	15 km WSW of Mamurras, Albania
M6.3 2019-01-08	2019-01-08 12:39	35 km	16 km SSE of Nishinoomote, Japan
M6.3 2019-01-22	2019-01-22 05:10	24 km	160 km WSW of Waingapu, Indonesia
M6.3 2019-03-15	2019-03-15 05:03	359 km	31 km SSE of Tarata, Bolivia
M6.3 2019-03-20	2019-03-20 15:23	119 km	53 km E of Luganville, Vanuatu
M6.3 2019-04-06	2019-04-06 21:55	539 km	197 km N of Likisá, Timor Leste
M6.3 2019-04-18	2019-04-18 14:46	10 km	western Indian-Antarctic Ridge
M6.3 2019-04-29	2019-04-29 14:19	10 km	Carlsberg Ridge
M6.3 2019-05-19	2019-05-19 01:23	20 km	196 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia
M6.3 2019-05-19	2019-05-19 14:56	20 km	164 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia
M6.3 2019-06-16	2019-06-16 05:17	21 km	Kermadec Islands region
M6.3 2019-06-19	2019-06-19 17:24	10 km	244 km W of Abepura, Indonesia
M6.3 2019-06-26	2019-06-26 02:18	10 km	100 km E of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
M6.3 2019-06-27	2019-06-27 11:04	10 km	Kermadec Islands region
M6.3 2019-07-15	2019-07-15 08:21	42 km	26 km NNW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea
M6.3 2019-07-27	2019-07-27 18:31	367 km	138 km ESE of Shing?, Japan
M6.3 2019-08-04	2019-08-04 10:23	38 km	61 km ENE of Namie, Japan
M6.3 2019-08-29	2019-08-29 15:07	10 km	285 km W of Bandon, Oregon
M6.3 2019-10-23	2019-10-23 16:08	10 km	north of Ascension Island
M6.3 2019-11-05	2019-11-05 20:52	10 km	east of the South Sandwich Islands
M6.3 2019-11-20	2019-11-20 04:27	15 km	125 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico
M6.3 2019-11-20	2019-11-20 08:26	496 km	264 km NW of Ozernovskiy, Russia
M6.3 2019-11-24	2019-11-24 00:54	20 km	95 km SE of Adak, Alaska
M6.3 2019-12-25	2019-12-25 03:36	7 km	203 km W of Port McNeill, Canada
M6.2 2019-01-17	2019-01-17 15:06	10 km	164 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 2019-01-26	2019-01-26 03:51	355 km	116 km SE of Kieta, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 2019-01-26	2019-01-26 19:56	588 km	Fiji region
M6.2 2019-02-14	2019-02-14 19:57	10 km	northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
M6.2 2019-03-10	2019-03-10 08:12	578 km	221 km E of Levuka, Fiji
M6.2 2019-03-28	2019-03-28 22:06	9 km	266 km ESE of Ozernovskiy, Russia
M6.2 2019-03-30	2019-03-30 11:20	41 km	108 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 2019-03-31	2019-03-31 07:04	18 km	31 km N of Santa Elena, Ecuador
M6.2 2019-05-03	2019-05-03 07:25	27 km	144 km NNE of Buala, Solomon Islands
M6.2 2019-05-09	2019-05-09 23:48	22 km	43 km ESE of Miyazaki, Japan
M6.2 2019-06-21	2019-06-21 08:37	14 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
M6.2 2019-06-26	2019-06-26 05:23	33 km	4 km SE of Aserrío de Gariché, Panama
M6.2 2019-07-04	2019-07-04 04:30	10 km	250 km WNW of Port McNeill, Canada
M6.2 2019-09-29	2019-09-29 02:02	73 km	86 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines
M6.2 2019-11-11	2019-11-11 23:03	10 km	147 km W of Neiafu, Tonga
M6.2 2019-11-20	2019-11-20 23:50	10 km	43 km WNW of Sainyabuli, Laos
M6.2 2019-11-23	2019-11-23 12:11	5 km	241 km SE of Tobi Village, Palau
M6.1 2019-03-23	2019-03-23 19:21	122 km	3 km WSW of Versalles, Colombia
M6.1 2019-03-24	2019-03-24 04:37	45 km	146 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia
M6.1 2019-04-18	2019-04-18 05:01	20 km	8 km NE of Hualien City, Taiwan
M6.1 2019-04-22	2019-04-22 09:11	22 km	3 km WSW of San Francisco, Philippines
M6.1 2019-05-31	2019-05-31 10:12	99 km	34 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines
M6.1 2019-06-15	2019-06-15 21:56	13 km	82 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
M6.1 2019-06-17	2019-06-17 06:02	12 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
M6.1 2019-06-24	2019-06-24 01:05	28 km	230 km W of Abepura, Indonesia
M6.1 2019-07-13	2019-07-13 00:57	251 km	169 km NW of Naze, Japan
M6.1 2019-09-19	2019-09-19 07:06	610 km	81 km NNE of Lasem, Indonesia
M6.1 2019-09-26	2019-09-26 16:36	129 km	30 km W of Villa La Angostura, Argentina
M6.1 2019-09-27	2019-09-27 12:05	34 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand

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