Earthquake archive

1972 Earthquakes

Name: 1972 Earthquakes (M4.5+)
Creator: QuakeGlobe
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

875 magnitude-4.5+ earthquakes were recorded worldwide in 1972, the largest a M8.0 near 1972 Mindanao, Philippines Earthquake.

← 1971 1973 →

Total M4.5+

875

M6+

132

M7+ (major)

M8+ (great)

Largest

M8.0

Tsunami-flagged

Largest earthquakes of 1972

The 100 strongest recorded events, ranked by magnitude.

18.0
1972 Mindanao, Philippines Earthquake
December 2, 1972 · 51 km deep
27.7
228 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines
June 11, 1972 · 333 km deep
37.6
55 km SW of Sitka, Alaska
July 30, 1972 · 20 km deep
47.5
199 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
August 17, 1972 · 14 km deep
57.4
96 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands
February 14, 1972 · 103 km deep
67.3
18 km W of Harrison, Philippines
April 25, 1972 · 26 km deep
77.3
206 km SSE of Wada, Japan
December 4, 1972 · 26 km deep
87.3
167 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan
January 25, 1972 · 27 km deep
97.3
south of the Fiji Islands
March 30, 1972 · 502 km deep
107.2
192 km NW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
April 28, 1972 · 403 km deep
117.2
193 km SSE of Wada, Japan
February 29, 1972 · 46 km deep
127.1
110 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan
January 25, 1972 · 27 km deep
137.0
146 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga
May 22, 1972 · 224 km deep
147.0
68 km SSW of Isangel, Vanuatu
November 2, 1972 · 18 km deep
157.0
44 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan
April 24, 1972 · 23 km deep
166.9
138 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu
January 23, 1972 · 56 km deep
176.9
30 km ESE of Dicamay, Philippines
May 22, 1972 · 31 km deep
186.9
146 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan
January 4, 1972 · 34 km deep
196.8
43 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile
June 8, 1972 · 44 km deep
206.8
198 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
September 24, 1972 · 9 km deep
216.8
257 km SW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
March 22, 1972 · 140 km deep
226.8
122 km N of Metinaro, Timor Leste
April 4, 1972 · 405 km deep
236.8
70 km SE of Santa Gertrudis Miramar, Mexico
November 13, 1972 · 14 km deep
246.8
281 km WNW of Lautoka, Fiji
January 1, 1972 · 10 km deep
256.7
21 km ENE of Norsup, Vanuatu
May 4, 1972 · 54 km deep
266.7
central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
April 11, 1972 · 18 km deep
276.6
194 km SW of La Cruz de Loreto, Mexico
October 20, 1972 · 12 km deep
286.6
Kermadec Islands region
March 7, 1972 · 212 km deep
296.6
50 km SSE of Fīrūzābād, Iran
April 10, 1972 · 10 km deep
306.6
176 km WSW of Port McNeill, Canada
July 23, 1972 · 10 km deep
316.6
South Sandwich Islands region
December 22, 1972 · 22 km deep
326.6
39 km ENE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
May 5, 1972 · 27 km deep
336.5
144 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
November 21, 1972 · 15 km deep
346.5
299 km SE of Levuka, Fiji
January 26, 1972 · 655 km deep
356.5
97 km WNW of Madang, Papua New Guinea
January 18, 1972 · 29 km deep
366.5
170 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu
April 2, 1972 · 10 km deep
376.5
131 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands
September 4, 1972 · 68 km deep
386.5
108 km NE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea
August 30, 1972 · 14 km deep
396.4
91 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu
September 13, 1972 · 37 km deep
406.4
6 km N of Saposoa, Peru
March 20, 1972 · 52 km deep
416.4
119 km SSW of Hengchun, Taiwan
January 8, 1972 · 13 km deep
426.4
129 km NE of Cruzeiro do Sul, Brazil
January 12, 1972 · 568 km deep
436.4
248 km S of Taliwang, Indonesia
May 28, 1972 · 27 km deep
446.4
Auckland Islands, New Zealand region
April 1, 1972 · 10 km deep
456.4
128 km SSW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
March 25, 1972 · 30 km deep
466.4
77 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska
March 24, 1972 · 70 km deep
476.4
110 km WNW of Madang, Papua New Guinea
January 19, 1972 · 23 km deep
486.3
46 km SSW of Isangel, Vanuatu
September 5, 1972 · 50 km deep
496.3
78 km SSE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands
August 6, 1972 · 27 km deep
506.3
134 km SW of Adak, Alaska
August 3, 1972 · 30 km deep
516.3
256 km SW of Ambon, Indonesia
November 27, 1972 · 423 km deep
526.3
28 km ENE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea
October 6, 1972 · 44 km deep
536.3
13 km E of Wau, Papua New Guinea
October 28, 1972 · 10 km deep
546.3
59 km NE of Hengchun, Taiwan
September 22, 1972 · 17 km deep
556.3
57 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan
April 17, 1972 · 44 km deep
566.3
South Sandwich Islands region
February 25, 1972 · 29 km deep
576.3
14 km NNW of Isangel, Vanuatu
January 28, 1972 · 128 km deep
586.3
Vanuatu region
January 22, 1972 · 10 km deep
596.3
10 km N of Managua, Nicaragua
December 23, 1972 · 10 km deep
606.3
195 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga
September 9, 1972 · 35 km deep
616.3
36 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia
September 5, 1972 · 125 km deep
626.3
171 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
August 4, 1972 · 35 km deep
636.3
129 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia
December 17, 1972 · 44 km deep
646.3
60 km SSW of Isangel, Vanuatu
October 27, 1972 · 30 km deep
656.3
76 km NW of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
September 8, 1972 · 10 km deep
666.3
Pacific-Antarctic Ridge
May 7, 1972 · 11 km deep
676.2
53 km ENE of Misawa, Japan
March 19, 1972 · 71 km deep
686.2
91 km SW of Isangel, Vanuatu
September 10, 1972 · 37 km deep
696.2
289 km E of Poronaysk, Russia
August 21, 1972 · 587 km deep
706.2
65 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu
November 4, 1972 · 45 km deep
716.2
North Atlantic Ocean
October 20, 1972 · 15 km deep
726.2
119 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
September 3, 1972 · 22 km deep
736.2
16 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece
May 4, 1972 · 36 km deep
746.2
73 km WNW of Murghob, Tajikistan
November 12, 1972 · 114 km deep
756.2
42 km SW of Gahkuch, Pakistan
September 3, 1972 · 32 km deep
766.2
88 km S of Yudomari, Japan
September 2, 1972 · 51 km deep
776.2
38 km NNW of Tumxuk, China
January 15, 1972 · 14 km deep
786.2
203 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga
September 27, 1972 · 13 km deep
796.2
34 km E of Nemuro, Japan
March 25, 1972 · 44 km deep
806.2
12 km NNE of Tuapejat, Indonesia
December 8, 1972 · 30 km deep
816.2
36 km SSW of Farkhār, Afghanistan
June 24, 1972 · 24 km deep
826.2
65 km SE of Gorontalo, Indonesia
July 29, 1972 · 139 km deep
836.2
51 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan
January 20, 1972 · 213 km deep
846.2
10 km SSE of Joba Arriba, Dominican Republic
September 19, 1972 · 10 km deep
856.2
16 km NW of Lixoúri, Greece
September 17, 1972 · 17 km deep
866.2
88 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia
August 1, 1972 · 96 km deep
876.2
40 km W of Harrison, Philippines
May 17, 1972 · 27 km deep
886.2
Easter Island region
April 24, 1972 · 32 km deep
896.1
6 km ENE of Ovalle, Chile
December 29, 1972 · 53 km deep
906.1
110 km WNW of Madang, Papua New Guinea
January 18, 1972 · 25 km deep
916.1
58 km WSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
January 6, 1972 · 162 km deep
926.1
63 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska
June 12, 1972 · 36 km deep
936.1
Melville Island region, Nunavut, Canada
December 27, 1972 · 20 km deep
946.1
126 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia
December 10, 1972 · 40 km deep
956.1
10 km SW of Hualien City, Taiwan
November 9, 1972 · 24 km deep
966.1
74 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
October 30, 1972 · 49 km deep
976.1
180 km WSW of Fakfak, Indonesia
September 11, 1972 · 31 km deep
986.1
68 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
August 28, 1972 · 10 km deep
996.1
53 km WSW of Port Alexander, Alaska
August 4, 1972 · 20 km deep
1006.1
Galapagos Triple Junction region
May 2, 1972 · 29 km deep