Earthquake archive

2015 Earthquakes

Name: 2015 Earthquakes (M4.5+)
Creator: QuakeGlobe
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7,153 magnitude-4.5+ earthquakes were recorded worldwide in 2015, the largest a M8.3 near 48 km W of Illapel, Chile.

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Total M4.5+

7,153

M6+

146

M7+ (major)

M8+ (great)

Largest

M8.3

Tsunami-flagged

115

Largest earthquakes of 2015

The 100 strongest recorded events, ranked by magnitude.

18.3
48 km W of Illapel, Chile
September 16, 2015 · 22 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
27.8
Bonin Islands, Japan region
May 30, 2015 · 664 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
37.8
67 km NNE of Bharatpur, Nepal
April 25, 2015 · 8 km deep
47.6
185 km WNW of Iñapari, Peru
November 24, 2015 · 621 km deep
57.6
155 km WNW of Iñapari, Peru
November 24, 2015 · 606 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
67.5
Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan
October 26, 2015 · 231 km deep
77.5
131 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
May 5, 2015 · 55 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
87.5
53 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
March 29, 2015 · 41 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
97.3
Nepal
May 12, 2015 · 15 km deep
107.2
104 km W of Murghob, Tajikistan
December 7, 2015 · 22 km deep
117.1
southeast Indian Ridge
December 4, 2015 · 35 km deep
127.1
31 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
October 20, 2015 · 135 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
137.1
143 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
May 7, 2015 · 10 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
147.1
northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
February 13, 2015 · 17 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
157.0
25 km WNW of Illapel, Chile
September 16, 2015 · 28 km deep
167.0
234 km W of Abepura, Indonesia
July 27, 2015 · 48 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
177.0
80 km WNW of Lata, Solomon Islands
July 18, 2015 · 11 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
187.0
southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
June 17, 2015 · 10 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
197.0
150 km NNE of Maumere, Indonesia
February 27, 2015 · 552 km deep
206.9
107 km SE of Amahai, Indonesia
December 9, 2015 · 21 km deep
216.9
85 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile
November 11, 2015 · 10 km deep
226.9
81 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile
November 11, 2015 · 12 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
236.9
Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
July 27, 2015 · 29 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
246.9
205 km ESE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands
May 22, 2015 · 11 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
256.8
153 km WSW of Buala, Solomon Islands
November 18, 2015 · 13 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
266.8
39 km SW of Ovalle, Chile
November 7, 2015 · 46 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
276.8
117 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska
May 29, 2015 · 73 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
286.8
159 km ESE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands
May 22, 2015 · 10 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
296.8
178 km W of Lata, Solomon Islands
May 20, 2015 · 11 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
306.8
32 km SE of ?funato, Japan
May 12, 2015 · 35 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
316.8
109 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
May 1, 2015 · 44 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
326.8
81 km NNE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
January 23, 2015 · 220 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
336.7
125 km SSW of Tarauacá, Brazil
November 26, 2015 · 603 km deep
346.7
140 km WSW of Makurazaki, Japan
November 13, 2015 · 12 km deep
356.7
61 km WNW of Illapel, Chile
September 17, 2015 · 23 km deep
366.7
95 km SW of Topolobampo, Mexico
September 13, 2015 · 10 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
376.7
150 km WNW of Malango, Solomon Islands
July 10, 2015 · 12 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
386.7
Pacific-Antarctic Ridge
May 19, 2015 · 7 km deep
396.7
126 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
April 30, 2015 · 31 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
406.7
21 km SSE of Kod?ri??, Nepal
April 26, 2015 · 23 km deep
416.7
83 km ENE of Miyako, Japan
February 16, 2015 · 23 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
426.7
103 km W of El Aguilar, Argentina
February 11, 2015 · 223 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
436.6
4 km W of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico
December 17, 2015 · 85 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
446.6
Nicobar Islands, India region
November 8, 2015 · 10 km deep
456.6
28 km N of Sorong, Indonesia
September 24, 2015 · 18 km deep
466.6
22 km WSW of Illapel, Chile
September 21, 2015 · 35 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
476.6
186 km WNW of Malango, Solomon Islands
August 10, 2015 · 22 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
486.6
71 km NNE of Bharatpur, Nepal
April 25, 2015 · 10 km deep
496.5
19 km SSW of Lefkáda, Greece
November 17, 2015 · 11 km deep
506.5
99 km SE of Atka, Alaska
November 9, 2015 · 15 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
516.5
47 km NW of Maubara, Timor Leste
November 4, 2015 · 20 km deep
526.5
54 km WNW of Illapel, Chile
September 17, 2015 · 27 km deep
536.5
177 km SE of Gizo, Solomon Islands
August 12, 2015 · 6 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
546.5
128 km NE of Bathsheba, Barbados
July 16, 2015 · 20 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
556.5
Bonin Islands, Japan region
June 23, 2015 · 460 km deep
566.5
181 km SSW of Alo, Wallis and Futuna
April 17, 2015 · 10 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
576.5
96 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga
March 30, 2015 · 11 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
586.5
236 km S of Punta de Burica, Panama
January 7, 2015 · 8 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
596.4
70 km SW of Ovalle, Chile
September 17, 2015 · 42 km deep
606.4
54 km W of Illapel, Chile
September 16, 2015 · 27 km deep
616.4
213 km ESE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands
August 15, 2015 · 8 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
626.4
52 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska
July 29, 2015 · 119 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
636.4
57 km WNW of Zangguy, China
July 3, 2015 · 20 km deep
646.4
74 km WNW of Talcahuano, Chile
June 20, 2015 · 11 km deep
656.4
75 km WSW of Yonakuni, Japan
April 20, 2015 · 29 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
666.4
110 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga
March 30, 2015 · 15 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
676.4
94 km SW of Curahuara de Carangas, Bolivia
March 23, 2015 · 130 km deep
686.4
Vanuatu
February 19, 2015 · 10 km deep
696.3
42 km WSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan
December 25, 2015 · 206 km deep
706.3
26 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile
September 26, 2015 · 46 km deep
716.3
161 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia
September 16, 2015 · 42 km deep
726.3
south of the Kermadec Islands
September 7, 2015 · 17 km deep
736.3
101 km E of Shikotan, Russia
July 7, 2015 · 49 km deep
746.3
southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
May 24, 2015 · 10 km deep
756.3
42 km SSE of Kod?ri??, Nepal
May 12, 2015 · 15 km deep
766.3
106 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga
April 7, 2015 · 30 km deep
776.3
63 km W of Villa General Roca, Argentina
February 2, 2015 · 172 km deep
786.2
southern East Pacific Rise
December 24, 2015 · 12 km deep
796.2
65 km N of Taltal, Chile
November 27, 2015 · 34 km deep
806.2
107 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile
November 7, 2015 · 13 km deep
816.2
Bouvet Island region
October 23, 2015 · 11 km deep
826.2
79 km W of La Ligua, Chile
September 19, 2015 · 18 km deep
836.2
92 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile
September 18, 2015 · 8 km deep
846.2
Izu Islands, Japan region
May 30, 2015 · 6 km deep
856.2
175 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
May 24, 2015 · 10 km deep
866.2
282 km WNW of Port McNeill, Canada
April 24, 2015 · 8 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
876.2
161 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands
April 22, 2015 · 72 km deep
886.2
75 km NW of Tomé, Chile
March 18, 2015 · 13 km deep
896.2
136 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia
March 17, 2015 · 44 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
906.2
2 km NNW of Cepitá, Colombia
March 10, 2015 · 155 km deep
916.2
207 km WSW of José María Morelos, Mexico
February 22, 2015 · 5 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
926.2
142 km E of Miyako, Japan
February 20, 2015 · 10 km deep
936.2
South Sandwich Islands region
February 16, 2015 · 13 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
946.2
Taiwan region
February 13, 2015 · 30 km deep
956.2
Fiji region
January 28, 2015 · 484 km deep
966.1
37 km N of Tarakan, Indonesia
December 20, 2015 · 14 km deep
976.1
253 km WNW of Lautoka, Fiji
December 9, 2015 · 10 km deep
986.1
Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia
November 21, 2015 · 82 km deep
996.1
Pacific-Antarctic Ridge
October 11, 2015 · 10 km deep
1006.1
54 km W of Illapel, Chile
September 21, 2015 · 30 km deep