Earthquake archive

2001 Earthquakes

Name: 2001 Earthquakes (M4.5+)
Creator: QuakeGlobe
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

1,510 magnitude-4.5+ earthquakes were recorded worldwide in 2001, the largest a M8.4 near 6 km SSW of Atico, Peru.

← 2000 2002 →

Total M4.5+

1,510

M6+

137

M7+ (major)

M8+ (great)

Largest

M8.4

Tsunami-flagged

Largest earthquakes of 2001

The 100 strongest recorded events, ranked by magnitude.

18.4
6 km SSW of Atico, Peru
June 23, 2001 · 33 km deep
27.8
Southern Qinghai, China
November 14, 2001 · 10 km deep
37.7
17 km NW of Bhach?u, India
January 26, 2001 · 16 km deep
47.7
28 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador
January 13, 2001 · 60 km deep
57.6
51 km SW of Punta de Bombón, Peru
July 7, 2001 · 33 km deep
67.5
155 km E of Kendari, Indonesia
October 19, 2001 · 33 km deep
77.5
21 km SE of Lukatan, Philippines
January 1, 2001 · 33 km deep
87.4
102 km SSE of Bengkulu, Indonesia
February 13, 2001 · 36 km deep
97.2
Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
June 3, 2001 · 178 km deep
107.1
south of Australia
December 12, 2001 · 10 km deep
117.1
295 km NE of Gisborne, New Zealand
August 21, 2001 · 33 km deep
127.1
137 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia
February 24, 2001 · 35 km deep
137.1
16 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
January 9, 2001 · 103 km deep
147.0
40 km S of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
October 31, 2001 · 33 km deep
157.0
69 km SSE of Inarajan Village, Guam
October 12, 2001 · 37 km deep
166.9
Fiji region
April 28, 2001 · 352 km deep
176.9
59 km WSW of Bengkulu, Indonesia
January 16, 2001 · 28 km deep
186.9
47 km S of Old Harbor, Alaska
January 10, 2001 · 36 km deep
196.8
22 km WNW of Malango, Solomon Islands
December 23, 2001 · 16 km deep
206.8
62 km SSW of Yonakuni, Japan
December 18, 2001 · 14 km deep
216.8
16 km SSW of Kure, Japan
March 24, 2001 · 50 km deep
226.8
7 km SSE of Longbranch, Washington
February 28, 2001 · 52 km deep
236.8
Mindanao, Philippines
January 1, 2001 · 33 km deep
246.7
178 km ENE of Opotiki, New Zealand
October 21, 2001 · 18 km deep
256.7
southern East Pacific Rise
August 6, 2001 · 10 km deep
266.7
34 km WSW of Pacocha, Peru
June 26, 2001 · 24 km deep
276.7
114 km SSE of Kuril’sk, Russia
May 25, 2001 · 33 km deep
286.7
128 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
April 19, 2001 · 17 km deep
296.7
144 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile
April 9, 2001 · 11 km deep
306.7
245 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia
February 28, 2001 · 10 km deep
316.6
74 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska
July 28, 2001 · 132 km deep
326.6
31 km S of Achanizo, Peru
July 5, 2001 · 62 km deep
336.6
5 km S of Cojutepeque, El Salvador
February 13, 2001 · 10 km deep
346.5
3 km NW of Hanamaki, Japan
December 2, 2001 · 124 km deep
356.5
123 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
October 8, 2001 · 49 km deep
366.5
Fiji region
September 12, 2001 · 608 km deep
376.5
108 km WNW of Manokwari, Indonesia
September 11, 2001 · 33 km deep
386.5
32 km WNW of Skýros, Greece
July 26, 2001 · 10 km deep
396.5
167 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga
July 4, 2001 · 185 km deep
406.5
Mariana Islands region
July 3, 2001 · 290 km deep
416.5
235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
June 14, 2001 · 18 km deep
426.5
41 km SSW of Ambon, Indonesia
March 19, 2001 · 33 km deep
436.4
249 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna
December 3, 2001 · 10 km deep
446.4
2 km ESE of El Carmen, Mexico
November 28, 2001 · 85 km deep
456.4
114 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
October 8, 2001 · 33 km deep
466.4
86 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
September 29, 2001 · 33 km deep
476.4
87 km ENE of Misawa, Japan
August 13, 2001 · 38 km deep
486.4
126 km NE of Iquique, Chile
July 24, 2001 · 33 km deep
496.4
45 km NW of Bulolo, Papua New Guinea
June 5, 2001 · 10 km deep
506.4
92 km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
May 29, 2001 · 14 km deep
516.4
Fiji region
May 26, 2001 · 407 km deep
526.4
65 km NW of Tual, Indonesia
April 4, 2001 · 33 km deep
536.4
Macquarie Island region
March 6, 2001 · 10 km deep
546.4
Mid-Indian Ridge
January 15, 2001 · 10 km deep
556.4
51 km SE of Lukatan, Philippines
January 2, 2001 · 33 km deep
566.3
145 km W of Labasa, Fiji
November 22, 2001 · 10 km deep
576.3
north of Ascension Island
November 15, 2001 · 10 km deep
586.3
174 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji
November 5, 2001 · 564 km deep
596.3
Pacific-Antarctic Ridge
September 2, 2001 · 10 km deep
606.3
81 km E of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
August 2, 2001 · 14 km deep
616.3
11 km NW of Srandakan, Indonesia
May 25, 2001 · 143 km deep
626.3
33 km SW of El Colomo, Mexico
May 20, 2001 · 33 km deep
636.3
76 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands
May 9, 2001 · 68 km deep
646.3
235 km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia
February 28, 2001 · 10 km deep
656.3
121 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands
January 19, 2001 · 50 km deep
666.2
48 km NNE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
December 27, 2001 · 153 km deep
676.2
15 km SE of Naze, Japan
December 8, 2001 · 33 km deep
686.2
141 km W of Labasa, Fiji
November 22, 2001 · 10 km deep
696.2
279 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
November 20, 2001 · 33 km deep
706.2
67 km ESE of Aitape, Papua New Guinea
October 7, 2001 · 10 km deep
716.2
25 km S of Hihifo, Tonga
October 2, 2001 · 107 km deep
726.2
78 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
September 30, 2001 · 33 km deep
736.2
182 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
August 23, 2001 · 10 km deep
746.2
250 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
July 8, 2001 · 10 km deep
756.2
41 km NNE of Colomi, Bolivia
July 4, 2001 · 33 km deep
766.2
Pacific-Antarctic Ridge
May 7, 2001 · 10 km deep
776.2
45 km SSW of El Naranjo, Mexico
April 29, 2001 · 10 km deep
786.2
121 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
April 19, 2001 · 20 km deep
796.2
South Sandwich Islands region
April 13, 2001 · 26 km deep
806.2
Kermadec Islands region
April 7, 2001 · 33 km deep
816.2
49 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan
February 25, 2001 · 203 km deep
826.2
135 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia
February 24, 2001 · 33 km deep
836.2
151 km SSW of Hydaburg, Alaska
February 17, 2001 · 20 km deep
846.2
204 km SSW of Suva, Fiji
February 14, 2001 · 10 km deep
856.2
83 km WNW of Manokwari, Indonesia
January 29, 2001 · 33 km deep
866.1
87 km NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
December 12, 2001 · 33 km deep
876.1
63 km SSW of Gorontalo, Indonesia
December 9, 2001 · 156 km deep
886.1
32 km S of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan
November 23, 2001 · 107 km deep
896.1
109 km SW of Barrón, Mexico
November 13, 2001 · 33 km deep
906.1
33 km NE of Changuinola, Panama
November 9, 2001 · 10 km deep
916.1
86 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
October 26, 2001 · 33 km deep
926.1
225 km SSW of Prince Rupert, Canada
October 12, 2001 · 20 km deep
936.1
North Indian Ocean
September 2, 2001 · 10 km deep
946.1
118 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia
August 27, 2001 · 33 km deep
956.1
45 km SSE of Punta de Burica, Panama
August 25, 2001 · 25 km deep
966.1
76 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
July 1, 2001 · 28 km deep
976.1
53 km W of Potosí, Bolivia
June 29, 2001 · 274 km deep
986.1
central East Pacific Rise
June 26, 2001 · 10 km deep
996.1
56 km SSW of Quilca, Peru
June 23, 2001 · 33 km deep
1006.1
24 km S of Zacatecoluca, El Salvador
February 28, 2001 · 65 km deep