Earthquake archive

1971 Earthquakes

Name: 1971 Earthquakes (M4.5+)
Creator: QuakeGlobe
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

900 magnitude-4.5+ earthquakes were recorded worldwide in 1971, the largest a M8.1 near 1971 Bougainville Earthquake.

← 1970 1972 →

Total M4.5+

900

M6+

143

M7+ (major)

M8+ (great)

Largest

M8.1

Tsunami-flagged

Largest earthquakes of 1971

The 100 strongest recorded events, ranked by magnitude.

18.1
1971 Bougainville Earthquake
July 26, 1971 · 52 km deep
28.0
1971 New Britain Earthquake
July 14, 1971 · 15 km deep
37.8
19 km NNE of Hacienda La Calera, Chile
July 9, 1971 · 61 km deep
47.7
120 km SW of Abepura, Indonesia
January 10, 1971 · 27 km deep
57.6
55 km ESE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
December 15, 1971 · 20 km deep
67.4
98 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador
July 27, 1971 · 113 km deep
77.3
51 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
November 24, 1971 · 126 km deep
87.3
50 km W of Gornozavodsk, Russia
September 5, 1971 · 18 km deep
97.1
153 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands
November 21, 1971 · 110 km deep
107.1
central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
August 5, 1971 · 10 km deep
117.0
90 km SSE of Honchō, Japan
August 2, 1971 · 50 km deep
127.0
South Shetland Islands
February 8, 1971 · 15 km deep
137.0
69 km SW of Adak, Alaska
May 2, 1971 · 25 km deep
147.0
61 km S of Bengkulu, Indonesia
April 8, 1971 · 81 km deep
157.0
102 km SW of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia
February 4, 1971 · 27 km deep
167.0
85 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
July 26, 1971 · 40 km deep
176.9
113 km NNW of Myaundzha, Russia
May 18, 1971 · 10 km deep
186.9
47 km WNW of Lae, Papua New Guinea
September 25, 1971 · 112 km deep
196.9
61 km SSW of Adak, Alaska
February 7, 1971 · 30 km deep
206.9
236 km W of Tual, Indonesia
September 16, 1971 · 129 km deep
216.9
99 km WNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina
February 21, 1971 · 189 km deep
226.9
190 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
July 19, 1971 · 30 km deep
236.9
Sea of Okhotsk
January 29, 1971 · 539 km deep
246.8
56 km W of Shebunino, Russia
September 8, 1971 · 27 km deep
256.8
16 km ESE of Luganville, Vanuatu
October 27, 1971 · 52 km deep
266.7
156 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
October 4, 1971 · 42 km deep
276.7
Vanuatu region
October 3, 1971 · 10 km deep
286.7
37 km E of Palora, Ecuador
May 17, 1971 · 171 km deep
296.7
southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
January 3, 1971 · 29 km deep
306.7
242 km SE of Attu Station, Alaska
June 11, 1971 · 27 km deep
316.6
129 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu
October 28, 1971 · 20 km deep
326.6
103 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
July 26, 1971 · 40 km deep
336.6
119 km WSW of Abepura, Indonesia
January 10, 1971 · 30 km deep
346.6
1971 San Fernando Earthquake, California
February 9, 1971 · 9 km deep
356.6
149 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia
April 7, 1971 · 27 km deep
366.6
14 km ENE of Bing?l, Turkey
May 22, 1971 · 10 km deep
376.6
142 km S of Alo, Wallis and Futuna
August 14, 1971 · 14 km deep
386.6
37 km N of Goroka, Papua New Guinea
March 13, 1971 · 110 km deep
396.6
east of the Kuril Islands
December 2, 1971 · 16 km deep
406.6
Bouvet Island region
October 14, 1971 · 10 km deep
416.5
276 km SW of Merizo Village, Guam
October 23, 1971 · 23 km deep
426.5
south of the Fiji Islands
February 15, 1971 · 589 km deep
436.5
134 km N of Madang, Papua New Guinea
August 23, 1971 · 10 km deep
446.5
47 km SE of Sabana Grande de Palenque, Dominican Republic
June 11, 1971 · 17 km deep
456.5
293 km WSW of Merizo Village, Guam
October 24, 1971 · 15 km deep
466.5
56 km W of Shebunino, Russia
September 27, 1971 · 20 km deep
476.5
69 km WSW of Shebunino, Russia
September 8, 1971 · 14 km deep
486.5
129 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
July 18, 1971 · 43 km deep
496.5
75 km SW of Bahía de Lobos, Mexico
September 30, 1971 · 10 km deep
506.5
southern East Pacific Rise
April 4, 1971 · 10 km deep
516.5
162 km S of Alo, Wallis and Futuna
August 14, 1971 · 25 km deep
526.5
143 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
July 14, 1971 · 25 km deep
536.5
6 km W of San Fernando, Philippines
July 25, 1971 · 20 km deep
546.5
south of the Fiji Islands
November 20, 1971 · 545 km deep
556.5
118 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
July 27, 1971 · 32 km deep
566.4
106 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
July 28, 1971 · 20 km deep
576.4
southern Pacific Ocean
May 9, 1971 · 24 km deep
586.4
81 km S of Attu Station, Alaska
July 25, 1971 · 28 km deep
596.4
49 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile
July 11, 1971 · 40 km deep
606.4
southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia
June 26, 1971 · 21 km deep
616.4
92 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
January 25, 1971 · 40 km deep
626.4
202 km ESE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands
March 16, 1971 · 25 km deep
636.3
104 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
December 11, 1971 · 59 km deep
646.3
162 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
August 19, 1971 · 39 km deep
656.3
139 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
August 9, 1971 · 50 km deep
666.3
53 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
July 19, 1971 · 10 km deep
676.3
9 km NNE of Yeşilova, Turkey
May 12, 1971 · 26 km deep
686.3
180 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
September 14, 1971 · 20 km deep
696.3
104 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
December 4, 1971 · 86 km deep
706.3
152 km E of Taltal, Chile
June 17, 1971 · 90 km deep
716.3
west of Macquarie Island
October 23, 1971 · 10 km deep
726.3
119 km E of Yamada, Japan
September 24, 1971 · 21 km deep
736.3
115 km SE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
December 17, 1971 · 25 km deep
746.3
253 km E of Port Blair, India
March 28, 1971 · 16 km deep
756.3
179 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
September 27, 1971 · 10 km deep
766.3
141 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
August 9, 1971 · 30 km deep
776.3
151 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
July 26, 1971 · 49 km deep
786.3
57 km WSW of Labuan, Indonesia
May 4, 1971 · 51 km deep
796.3
225 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
March 23, 1971 · 73 km deep
806.2
148 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu
October 25, 1971 · 56 km deep
816.2
294 km WSW of Merizo Village, Guam
October 24, 1971 · 20 km deep
826.2
Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia
July 8, 1971 · 107 km deep
836.2
241 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia
September 9, 1971 · 28 km deep
846.2
Balleny Islands region
August 11, 1971 · 10 km deep
856.2
101 km W of Myitkyina, Burma (Myanmar)
May 30, 1971 · 10 km deep
866.2
70 km SW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
December 30, 1971 · 107 km deep
876.2
Bouvet Island region
December 7, 1971 · 10 km deep
886.2
150 km NNW of Sabang, Indonesia
July 17, 1971 · 140 km deep
896.2
24 km SE of Kushima, Japan
May 26, 1971 · 51 km deep
906.2
102 km NE of Tatsugō, Japan
November 27, 1971 · 48 km deep
916.2
230 km W of Port McNeill, Canada
March 13, 1971 · 13 km deep
926.2
Kuril Islands
January 8, 1971 · 31 km deep
936.1
58 km E of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
March 23, 1971 · 15 km deep
946.1
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
October 18, 1971 · 60 km deep
956.1
11 km NNW of Simao, China
September 14, 1971 · 23 km deep
966.1
236 km E of Kuril’sk, Russia
August 23, 1971 · 39 km deep
976.1
137 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
July 14, 1971 · 18 km deep
986.1
24 km SSE of Kushima, Japan
May 25, 1971 · 27 km deep
996.1
south of the Fiji Islands
April 6, 1971 · 592 km deep
1006.1
124 km ENE of Alotau, Papua New Guinea
January 25, 1971 · 23 km deep