Earthquake archive

1992 Earthquakes

Name: 1992 Earthquakes (M4.5+)
Creator: QuakeGlobe
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1,865 magnitude-4.5+ earthquakes were recorded worldwide in 1992, the largest a M7.8 near 37 km WNW of Maumere, Indonesia.

← 1991 1993 →

Total M4.5+

1,865

M6+

179

M7+ (major)

M8+ (great)

Largest

M7.8

Tsunami-flagged

Largest earthquakes of 1992

The 100 strongest recorded events, ranked by magnitude.

17.8
37 km WNW of Maumere, Indonesia
December 12, 1992 · 28 km deep
27.7
83 km SSW of Corinto, Nicaragua
September 2, 1992 · 45 km deep
37.4
47 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu
October 11, 1992 · 129 km deep
47.3
281 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
December 20, 1992 · 78 km deep
57.3
60 km ENE of Toktogul, Kyrgyzstan
August 19, 1992 · 27 km deep
67.3
The 1992 Landers, California Earthquake
June 28, 1992 · 0 km deep
77.3
23 km ESE of Santiago, Philippines
May 17, 1992 · 33 km deep
87.2
11 km NNW of Murindó, Colombia
October 18, 1992 · 10 km deep
97.2
south of the Fiji Islands
July 11, 1992 · 377 km deep
107.2
61 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea
May 15, 1992 · 58 km deep
117.2
The 1992 Petrolia, California Earthquake
April 25, 1992 · 10 km deep
127.1
9 km SE of Santiago, Philippines
May 17, 1992 · 33 km deep
137.0
75 km SW of Lata, Solomon Islands
May 27, 1992 · 19 km deep
146.9
north of Ascension Island
August 28, 1992 · 16 km deep
156.9
283 km SW of Yakutat, Alaska
August 7, 1992 · 14 km deep
166.9
118 km E of Yamada, Japan
July 18, 1992 · 29 km deep
176.9
84 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
March 2, 1992 · 39 km deep
186.8
central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
December 26, 1992 · 27 km deep
196.8
68 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
October 15, 1992 · 25 km deep
206.8
56 km SSW of Niquero, Cuba
May 25, 1992 · 23 km deep
216.8
99 km WSW of Luganville, Vanuatu
February 13, 1992 · 10 km deep
226.7
126 km NE of Labasa, Fiji
November 8, 1992 · 10 km deep
236.7
15 km S of Murindó, Colombia
October 17, 1992 · 14 km deep
246.7
132 km ESE of Tobelo, Indonesia
September 26, 1992 · 28 km deep
256.7
94 km N of Tuban, Indonesia
September 2, 1992 · 625 km deep
266.7
230 km W of Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
July 20, 1992 · 10 km deep
276.7
165 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga
May 12, 1992 · 15 km deep
286.7
213 km W of Port McNeill, Canada
April 6, 1992 · 20 km deep
296.7
8 km W of Cimin, Turkey
March 13, 1992 · 27 km deep
306.7
50 km NW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea
February 27, 1992 · 39 km deep
316.7
Bonin Islands, Japan region
January 20, 1992 · 499 km deep
326.6
South Sandwich Islands region
November 21, 1992 · 20 km deep
336.6
Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
October 24, 1992 · 19 km deep
346.6
Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
October 22, 1992 · 26 km deep
356.6
117 km SW of Adak, Alaska
September 30, 1992 · 33 km deep
366.6
35 km NE of Toktogul, Kyrgyzstan
August 19, 1992 · 19 km deep
376.6
172 km NNW of Maumere, Indonesia
August 2, 1992 · 486 km deep
386.6
160 km S of Pagar Alam, Indonesia
April 18, 1992 · 29 km deep
396.6
5 km SW of Río Segundo, Costa Rica
March 7, 1992 · 79 km deep
406.6
32 km SW of Ferndale, California
April 26, 1992 · 22 km deep
416.5
85 km WNW of Illapel, Chile
November 28, 1992 · 12 km deep
426.5
40 km N of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea
October 31, 1992 · 6 km deep
436.5
Izu Islands, Japan region
October 30, 1992 · 393 km deep
446.5
Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
October 22, 1992 · 16 km deep
456.5
45 km NE of Isangel, Vanuatu
October 17, 1992 · 12 km deep
466.5
139 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia
July 10, 1992 · 20 km deep
476.5
Kermadec Islands region
June 25, 1992 · 20 km deep
486.5
east of the South Sandwich Islands
June 22, 1992 · 12 km deep
496.5
152 km SSW of Turpan, China
May 21, 1992 · 0 km deep
506.5
114 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
April 3, 1992 · 27 km deep
516.5
187 km S of Pagar Alam, Indonesia
February 6, 1992 · 37 km deep
526.5
30 km WSW of Ferndale, California
April 26, 1992 · 19 km deep
536.4
south of the Kermadec Islands
December 31, 1992 · 16 km deep
546.4
41 km SSE of Sola, Vanuatu
November 4, 1992 · 14 km deep
556.4
Balleny Islands region
November 4, 1992 · 10 km deep
566.4
38 km ESE of St’epants’minda, Georgia
October 23, 1992 · 16 km deep
576.4
118 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
October 23, 1992 · 31 km deep
586.4
52 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan
September 28, 1992 · 30 km deep
596.4
29 km W of Kabalo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
September 11, 1992 · 11 km deep
606.4
209 km E of Levuka, Fiji
August 30, 1992 · 565 km deep
616.4
Izu Islands, Japan region
August 11, 1992 · 16 km deep
626.4
177 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands
August 4, 1992 · 91 km deep
636.4
92 km E of Yamada, Japan
July 18, 1992 · 27 km deep
646.4
170 km WNW of Adak, Alaska
March 13, 1992 · 197 km deep
656.4
67 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
March 5, 1992 · 45 km deep
666.4
127 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
March 4, 1992 · 19 km deep
676.3
102 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga
December 24, 1992 · 23 km deep
686.3
south of the Fiji Islands
November 12, 1992 · 360 km deep
696.3
36 km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu
September 15, 1992 · 184 km deep
706.3
158 km S of ?yama, Japan
August 29, 1992 · 289 km deep
716.3
37 km NE of Toktogul, Kyrgyzstan
August 19, 1992 · 21 km deep
726.3
99 km E of Madang, Papua New Guinea
August 16, 1992 · 215 km deep
736.3
179 km S of Sofifi, Indonesia
August 2, 1992 · 19 km deep
746.3
52 km SSW of Alianza Cristiana, Peru
July 13, 1992 · 97 km deep
756.3
The 1992 Big Bear, California Earthquake
June 28, 1992 · 4 km deep
766.3
134 km W of Bhamo, Myanmar
June 15, 1992 · 17 km deep
776.3
62 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico
May 30, 1992 · 55 km deep
786.3
2 km WSW of Lachi, Pakistan
May 20, 1992 · 16 km deep
796.3
86 km S of Boca Chica, Panama
May 18, 1992 · 18 km deep
806.3
southern East Pacific Rise
March 31, 1992 · 10 km deep
816.3
7 km NNW of Besao, Philippines
March 19, 1992 · 15 km deep
826.3
western Indian-Antarctic Ridge
February 2, 1992 · 10 km deep
836.2
195 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
November 11, 1992 · 33 km deep
846.2
107 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
November 5, 1992 · 20 km deep
856.2
3 km NNW of Gadung, Philippines
October 29, 1992 · 33 km deep
866.2
101 km SSE of Maumere, Indonesia
October 23, 1992 · 33 km deep
876.2
68 km SSE of Ialibu, Papua New Guinea
October 21, 1992 · 19 km deep
886.2
37 km ENE of Isangel, Vanuatu
October 19, 1992 · 21 km deep
896.2
290 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
October 18, 1992 · 119 km deep
906.2
115 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
October 6, 1992 · 50 km deep
916.2
9 km NNW of Honch?, Japan
August 24, 1992 · 121 km deep
926.2
75 km W of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea
August 13, 1992 · 45 km deep
936.2
Kermadec Islands region
August 8, 1992 · 392 km deep
946.2
133 km E of Yamada, Japan
July 29, 1992 · 16 km deep
956.2
86 km ESE of Ozernovskiy, Russia
July 13, 1992 · 45 km deep
966.2
70 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan
July 12, 1992 · 64 km deep
976.2
31 km NNW of Whakatane, New Zealand
June 21, 1992 · 10 km deep
986.2
South Shetland Islands
June 17, 1992 · 10 km deep
996.2
Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
June 3, 1992 · 22 km deep
1006.2
South Indian Ocean
June 2, 1992 · 14 km deep