Earthquake archive

2021 Earthquakes

Name: 2021 Earthquakes (M4.5+)
Creator: QuakeGlobe
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

8,959 magnitude-4.5+ earthquakes were recorded worldwide in 2021, the largest a M8.2 near 2021 Chignik, Alaska Earthquake.

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Total M4.5+

8,959

M6+

157

M7+ (major)

M8+ (great)

Largest

M8.2

Tsunami-flagged

Largest earthquakes of 2021

The 100 strongest recorded events, ranked by magnitude.

18.2
2021 Chignik, Alaska Earthquake
July 29, 2021 · 35 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
28.1
2021 South Sandwich Islands Earthquake
August 12, 2021 · 23 km deep
38.1
2021 Kermadec Islands, New Zealand Earthquake
March 4, 2021 · 29 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
47.7
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
February 10, 2021 · 10 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
57.5
43 km NNW of Barranca, Peru
November 28, 2021 · 126 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
67.5
South Sandwich Islands region
August 12, 2021 · 47 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
77.4
Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
March 4, 2021 · 43 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
87.3
125 km NNE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
December 29, 2021 · 165 km deep
97.3
Flores Sea
December 14, 2021 · 14 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
107.3
Vanuatu region
October 2, 2021 · 527 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
117.3
Southern Qinghai, China
May 21, 2021 · 10 km deep
127.3
182 km NE of Gisborne, New Zealand
March 4, 2021 · 10 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
137.2
Nippes, Haiti
August 14, 2021 · 10 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
147.1
South Sandwich Islands region
August 22, 2021 · 6 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
157.1
60 km ENE of Pondaguitan, Philippines
August 11, 2021 · 55 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
167.1
73 km ENE of Namie, Japan
February 13, 2021 · 44 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
177.0
Acapulco, Mexico
September 8, 2021 · 20 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
187.0
30 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan
March 20, 2021 · 43 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
197.0
211 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines
January 21, 2021 · 80 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
206.9
112 km E of Chignik, Alaska
October 11, 2021 · 52 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
216.9
Vanuatu region
October 9, 2021 · 535 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
226.9
17 km N of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
August 18, 2021 · 93 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
236.9
South Sandwich Islands region
August 16, 2021 · 17 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
246.9
125 km SE of Perryville, Alaska
August 14, 2021 · 21 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
256.9
30 km SSE of Onagawa Ch?, Japan
May 1, 2021 · 43 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
266.9
South Shetland Islands
January 23, 2021 · 15 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
276.7
South Sandwich Islands region
August 12, 2021 · 35 km deep
286.7
15 km S of Hukay, Philippines
July 23, 2021 · 110 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
296.7
71 km S of Burica, Panama
July 21, 2021 · 10 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
306.7
southern East Pacific Rise
May 19, 2021 · 10 km deep
316.7
260 km S of Sinabang, Indonesia
May 14, 2021 · 11 km deep
326.7
Mauritius - Reunion region
May 12, 2021 · 10 km deep
336.7
West Chile Rise
February 3, 2021 · 10 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
346.7
29 km SSW of Turt, Mongolia
January 11, 2021 · 10 km deep
356.6
west of Macquarie Island
December 12, 2021 · 10 km deep
366.6
177 km SE of Hirara, Japan
November 10, 2021 · 12 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
376.6
South Sandwich Islands region
August 22, 2021 · 7 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
386.6
east of the South Sandwich Islands
April 3, 2021 · 10 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
396.6
171 km SSE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
March 16, 2021 · 13 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
406.5
80 km SW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua
September 22, 2021 · 21 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
416.5
Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
June 20, 2021 · 25 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
426.5
265 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna
May 21, 2021 · 10 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
436.5
207 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga
April 25, 2021 · 246 km deep
446.5
225 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
April 24, 2021 · 301 km deep
456.5
Kermadec Islands region
March 4, 2021 · 24 km deep
466.4
63 km NNW of Bandar Abbas, Iran
November 14, 2021 · 10 km deep
476.4
148 km WSW of Buala, Solomon Islands
October 15, 2021 · 33 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
486.4
4 km SW of Palekastro, Greece
October 12, 2021 · 20 km deep
496.4
73 km W of Talcahuano, Chile
September 21, 2021 · 19 km deep
506.4
Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
August 31, 2021 · 16 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
516.4
Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
April 1, 2021 · 20 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
526.4
26 km SW of Pocito, Argentina
January 19, 2021 · 21 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
536.3
113 km SSE of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
November 30, 2021 · 10 km deep
546.3
Izu Islands, Japan region
November 29, 2021 · 11 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
556.3
62 km S of Masachapa, Nicaragua
November 9, 2021 · 20 km deep
566.3
99 km WNW of Luwuk, Indonesia
July 26, 2021 · 11 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
576.3
183 km NE of Gisborne, New Zealand
March 6, 2021 · 13 km deep
586.3
Kermadec Islands region
March 5, 2021 · 17 km deep
596.3
9 km W of Týrnavos, Greece
March 3, 2021 · 8 km deep
606.3
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
February 10, 2021 · 12 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
616.3
219 km SSW of Bengkulu, Indonesia
February 10, 2021 · 10 km deep
626.3
189 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
February 7, 2021 · 10 km deep
636.3
Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
January 8, 2021 · 224 km deep
646.2
27 km SSE of Naalehu, Hawaii
October 10, 2021 · 35 km deep
656.2
7km N of Petrolia, CA
December 20, 2021 · 27 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
666.2
85 km W of Labasa, Fiji
December 19, 2021 · 10 km deep
676.2
20 km WSW of Falam, Myanmar
November 25, 2021 · 43 km deep
686.2
192 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
November 18, 2021 · 34 km deep
696.2
28 km SSE of Yilan, Taiwan
October 24, 2021 · 69 km deep
706.2
59 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu
October 18, 2021 · 93 km deep
716.2
South Sandwich Islands region
October 4, 2021 · 10 km deep
726.2
86 km NW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina
September 13, 2021 · 205 km deep
736.2
7 km E of Sullana, Peru
July 30, 2021 · 34 km deep
746.2
132 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia
June 3, 2021 · 26 km deep
756.2
Kermadec Islands region
March 6, 2021 · 15 km deep
766.2
Kermadec Islands region
March 6, 2021 · 10 km deep
776.2
Kermadec Islands region
March 5, 2021 · 14 km deep
786.2
136 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
February 18, 2021 · 14 km deep
796.2
82 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
February 16, 2021 · 13 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
806.2
32 km S of Mamuju, Indonesia
January 14, 2021 · 18 km deep
816.2
Kermadec Islands region
January 6, 2021 · 38 km deep
826.1
141 km E of Levuka, Fiji
December 26, 2021 · 639 km deep
836.1
295 km WSW of Hanga Roa, Chile
December 3, 2021 · 10 km deep
846.1
110 km NW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
November 30, 2021 · 10 km deep
856.1
77 km E of Lata, Solomon Islands
November 25, 2021 · 10 km deep
866.1
south of the Fiji Islands
October 21, 2021 · 487 km deep
876.1
243 km NNW of Nanao, Japan
September 29, 2021 · 364 km deep
886.1
187 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
September 24, 2021 · 18 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
896.1
Kuril Islands
September 20, 2021 · 35 km deep
906.1
South Sandwich Islands region
August 17, 2021 · 33 km deep
916.1
South Sandwich Islands region
August 13, 2021 · 10 km deep
926.1
South Sandwich Islands region
August 12, 2021 · 35 km deep
936.1
Nicobar Islands, India region
August 3, 2021 · 10 km deep
946.1
Kermadec Islands region
July 24, 2021 · 10 km deep
956.1
135 km S of Burica, Panama
July 17, 2021 · 4 km deep
966.1
215 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia
July 10, 2021 · 44 km deep
976.1
Fiji region
July 2, 2021 · 600 km deep
986.1
73 km N of Chickaloon, Alaska
May 31, 2021 · 44 km deep · 🌊 tsunami
996.1
25 km NW of Dali, China
May 21, 2021 · 9 km deep
1006.1
154 km SSE of Punta de Burica, Panama
May 13, 2021 · 10 km deep