Major earthquakes by year (M6+)

Year	M6+	Largest	Region
2026	102	M7.8	Philippines
2025	145	M8.8	Russia Earthquake
2024	99	M7.5	Japan Earthquake
2023	147	M7.8	Kahramanmaras earthquake sequence
2022	127	M7.6	Papua New Guinea
2021	157	M8.2	Alaska Earthquake
2020	121	M7.8	Alaska Earthquake
2019	145	M8.0	Peru
2018	134	M8.2	2018 Fiji Earthquake
2017	110	M8.2	Mexico Earthquake
2016	147	M7.9	Papua New Guinea
2015	146	M8.3	Chile
2014	155	M8.2	Chile
2013	142	M8.3	2013 Sea of Okhotsk Earthquake
2012	133	M8.6	2012 Wharton Basin Earthquake
2011	207	M9.1	Japan
2010	174	M8.8	Chile Earthquake
2009	160	M8.1	2009 Samoa Earthquake
2008	179	M7.9	China
2007	196	M8.4	Indonesia
2006	153	M8.3	2006 Kuril Islands Earthquake
2005	150	M8.6	Indonesia
2004	157	M9.1	2004 Sumatra - Andaman Islands Earthquake
2003	154	M8.2	2003 Tokachi-Oki Earthquake
2002	139	M7.9	Alaska Earthquake
2001	137	M8.4	Peru
2000	160	M8.0	2000 New Ireland Earthquake
1999	135	M7.7	Taiwan
1998	121	M8.1	1998 Balleny Islands Earthquake
1997	136	M7.8	Tonga
1996	164	M8.1	Indonesia Earthquake
1995	200	M8.0	Chile
1994	158	M8.3	Russia
1993	148	M7.8	Guam
1992	178	M7.8	Indonesia
1991	137	M7.6	Costa Rica
1990	153	M7.8	Indonesia
1989	137	M8.0	1989 Macquarie Ridge Earthquake
1988	122	M7.8	Gulf of Alaska
1987	166	M7.9	Alaska
1986	138	M8.0	Alaska Earthquake
1985	160	M8.0	Chile
1984	133	M7.6	Solomon Islands
1983	136	M7.6	Papua New Guinea
1982	87	M7.3	El Salvador
1981	83	M7.7	Tonga
1980	95	M7.9	Solomon Islands
1979	86	M7.9	Indonesia
1978	90	M7.7	Japan
1977	85	M8.3	Indonesia Earthquake
1976	109	M8.0	New Zealand Earthquake
1975	106	M7.9	Azores-Cape St. Vincent Ridge
1974	97	M7.6	Peru
1973	93	M7.7	Japan
1972	132	M8.0	Philippines Earthquake
1971	143	M8.1	1971 Bougainville Earthquake
1970	152	M8.0	Peru
1969	144	M8.2	1969 Hokkaido Toho-oki Earthquake
1968	159	M8.2	1968 Tokachi-Oki Earthquake
1967	113	M7.3	Chile
1966	109	M8.1	Peru
1965	131	M8.7	1965 Western Aleutian Islands (Hawadax/Rat Islands) Earthquake
1964	144	M9.2	Alaska Earthquake
1963	129	M8.5	1963 Kuril Islands Earthquake
1962	98	M7.5	Tonga
1961	104	M7.6	Peru
1960	136	M9.5	1960 Great Chilean Earthquake (Valdivia Earthquake)
1959	106	M7.9	Russia
1958	119	M8.3	1958 Kuril Islands Earthquake
1957	175	M8.6	Alaska Earthquake
1956	109	M7.7	Greece
1955	128	M7.5	Kermadec Islands
1954	109	M7.8	Strait of Gibraltar
1953	128	M7.9	Japan
1952	166	M9.0	Russia
1951	135	M7.8	Taiwan
1950	123	M8.6	1950 Assam-Tibet Earthquake
1949	83	M8.0	Canada Earthquake
1948	114	M7.8	Philippines
1947	83	M7.7	New Zealand
1946	94	M8.6	Alaska Earthquake
1945	88	M8.1	1945 Makran Subduction Zone Earthquake
1944	83	M8.1	1944 Toankai Earthquake
1943	113	M8.1	Chile
1942	99	M8.1	Peru
1941	102	M8.0	1941 Hyuganada Earthquake
1940	105	M8.2	Peru
1939	80	M8.1	1939 Sulawesi Earthquake
1938	149	M8.5	1938 Banda Sea Earthquake
1937	98	M7.8	China
1936	105	M7.8	Philippines
1935	111	M7.8	Papua New Guinea
1934	117	M8.0	1934 Bihar-Nepal Earthquake
1933	101	M8.4	Japan
1932	91	M8.1	Mexico Earthquake
1931	124	M7.9	Japan
1930	97	M7.5	Myanmar
1929	125	M8.1	1929 South Sandwich Islands Earthquake
1928	119	M8.0	Mexico
1927	111	M7.7	China
1926	122	M7.6	Indonesia
1925	106	M7.3	Indonesia
1924	79	M8.1	Philippines Earthquake
1923	93	M8.4	Russia Earthquake
1922	81	M8.5	Chile
1921	61	M7.8	Afghanistan
1920	69	M8.2	Taiwan Earthquake
1919	90	M8.2	1919 Papua New Guinea Earthquake
1918	94	M8.3	Philippines Earthquake
1917	87	M8.2	New Zealand Earthquake
1916	57	M8.0	Papua New Guinea
1915	71	M7.8	Russia
1914	54	M8.2	1914 Biak Earthquake
1913	73	M7.9	Philippines
1912	59	M7.9	Myanmar
1911	42	M8.0	Kyrgyzstan
1910	57	M8.1	1910 Taiwan Earthquake
1909	44	M7.7	Afghanistan
1908	30	M7.5	Mexico
1907	65	M8.2	The 1907 Sumatra Earthquake and Tsunami
1906	78	M8.8	1906 Ecuador-Colombia Earthquake
1905	56	M8.3	Mongolia Earthquake
1904	21	M7.7	Russia
1903	14	M8.0	Tonga
1902	12	M7.8	Mexico
1901	17	M7.9	Southeast of the Loyalty Islands
1900	13	M7.9	Alaska

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