List of earthquakes in 1998

Earthquakes in 1998

class=notpageimage| Approximate epicenters of the earthquakes in 1998 4.0–5.9 magnitude 6.0–6.9 magnitude 7.0–7.9 magnitude 8.0+ magnitude
Strongest magnitude	8.1 Mw  Antarctica
Deadliest	6.6 Mw  Afghanistan 4,500 deaths
Total fatalities	9,934
Number by magnitude
9.0+	0
8.0–8.9	1
7.0–7.9	11
6.0–6.9	204
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This is a list of earthquakes in 1998. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they result in damage or casualties, or are notable for some other reason. All dates are listed according to UTC time. Maximum intensities are indicated on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale, and all data are sourced from the United States Geological Survey.

By death toll

Rank	Magnitude	Death toll	Location	MMI	Depth (km)	Date	Event
1	6.6	4,500	Afghanistan, Hindu Kush	VII (Very strong)	30.0	May 30	May 1998 Afghanistan earthquake
2	7.0	2,700	Papua New Guinea, Aitape offshore	VIII (Severe)	10.0	July 17	1998 Papua New Guinea earthquake
3	5.9	2,323	Afghanistan, Hindu Kush	VIII (Severe)	33.0	February 4	February 1998 Afghanistan earthquake
4	6.3	145	Turkey, Adana	IX (Violent)	33.0	June 27	1998 Adana–Ceyhan earthquake
5	6.6	105	Bolivia, Cochabamba	VIII (Severe)	24.0	May 22	1998 Aiquile earthquake
6	5.7	70	China, Inner Mongolia	VIII (Severe)	30.3	January 10	1998 Zhangbei–Shanyi earthquake
7	7.7	41	Indonesia, North Maluku offshore	IX (Violent)	33.0	November 29	1998 North Maluku earthquake
8	5.8	12	Iran, Qayen	VI (Strong)	33.0	April 10	-
9	6.2	10	Portugal, Azores Islands offshore	VIII (Severe)	10.0	July 9	1998 Azores Islands earthquake

At least 10 dead.

By magnitude

Rank	Magnitude	Death toll	Location	MMI	Depth (km)	Date
1	8.1	0	Antarctica, Balleny Islands offshore	IV (Light)	10.0	March 25
2	7.7	41	Indonesia, North Maluku offshore	IX (Violent)	33.0	November 29
3	7.5	0	Japan, Ishigaki offshore	VI (Strong)	33.0	May 3
3	7.5	0	New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands offshore	I (Not felt)	100.6	January 4
5	7.2	0	Fiji, Levuka offshore	III (Weak)	537.2	March 29
5	7.2	3	Ecuador, Bahía de Caráquez	VIII (Severe)	33.0	August 4
7	7.1	1	Chile, Antofagasta	VII (Very strong)	42.0	January 30
7	7.1	0	Japan, Bonin Islands offshore	IV (Light)	440.5	August 20
9	7.0	2,700	Papua New Guinea, Aitape offshore	VIII (Severe)	10.0	July 17
9	7.0	0	Solomon Islands, Lata offshore	VII (Very strong)	110.2	July 16
9	7.0	0	Indonesia, Sumatra offshore	VI (Strong)	55.7	April 1
9	7.0	0	Indonesia, Banda Sea offshore	VII (Very strong)	33.0	November 9

By month

January

January

Strongest magnitude	7.5 Mw  New Caledonia
Deadliest	5.7 Mw  China 70 deaths
Total fatalities	71
Number by magnitude
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	2
6.0–6.9	6

Date	Country and location	Mw	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Casualties
						Dead	Injured
4[1]	New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands offshore	7.5	100.6	I	-	-	-
10[2]	China Inner Mongolia	5.7	30.3	VIII	During the 1998 Zhangbei–Shanyi earthquake, seventy people were killed, about 11,500 injured, 44,000 families left homeless, extensive damage and fires occurred in the Shangyi-Zhangbei area. Over 70,000 houses were damaged or destroyed. Damage to portions of the Great Wall of China in northwestern Hebei Province.	70	11,500
10[3]	Peru, Madre De Dios	6.4	33.0	VII	-	-	-
10[4]	Guatemala, Suchitepequez	6.6	33.0	VI	Landslides and power outages occurred as well as some buildings damaged in Quezaltenango and San Marcos Departments. Several houses collapsed in Solola Department. 27 people were injured, including 3 in El Salvador	-	27
12[5]	Chile, Coquimbo	6.6	34.8	VII	-	-	-
12[6]	Fiji Region offshore	6.7	23.4	VI	This is an example of a Doublet earthquake	-	-
14[7]		6.6	33.0	I		-	-
27[8]	Fiji Islands offshore	6.5	610.1	I	-	-	-
30[9]	Chile, Antofagasta	7.1	42.0	VII	One person died from a heart attack and a few poorly constructed buildings suffered minor damage in Antofagasta.	1	-

February

February

Strongest magnitude	6.8 Mw  Iceland
Deadliest	5.9 Mw  Afghanistan 2,323 deaths
Total fatalities	2,324
Number by magnitude
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	0
6.0–6.9	4

Date	Country and location	Mw	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Casualties
						Dead	Injured
3[10]	Mexico, Oaxaca	6.4	33.0	VII	Moderate damage was reported at San Agustin.^[citation needed]	-	-
4[11]	Afghanistan, Hindu Kush region	5.9	30.0	VIII[12]	The February 1998 Afghanistan earthquake caused severe damage despite its moderate magnitude. 2,323 people were killed, 818 people were injured, 6,725 livestock were killed and 8,094 houses destroyed.	2,323	818
11[13]	Philippines, Leyte	5.5	56.8	IV	Six people were injured, a fishing pier was destroyed, at least 11 buildings were damaged, roads cracked and water pipes were damaged at Sogod.	-	6
16[14]	Iceland, Reykjanes Ridge offshore	6.8	10.0	I	-	-	-
19[15]	Indonesia, Maluku offshore	6.5	33.0	IV	-	-	-
20[16]	Afghanistan, Hindu Kush region	6.4	235.6	IV	One person was killed and 11 people were injured in Pakistan. An earthquake-induced avalanche destroyed 35 houses, including a mosque, left 300 people homeless and killed several dozen livestock in Kashmir.	1	11

March

March

Strongest magnitude	8.1 Mw  Antarctica
Deadliest	6.6 Mw  Iran 5 deaths
Total fatalities	6
Number by magnitude
8.0–8.9	1
7.0–7.9	1
6.0–6.9	4

Date	Country and location	Mw	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Casualties
						Dead	Injured
3[17]	Guatemala region	6.1	62.8	V	Landslides blocked some highways and electrical cables were damaged in Nahuala.	-	-
14[18]	Iran, Kerman	6.6	9.0	VIII	Five people were Killed, 50 injured, 10,000 homeless, 2,000 houses damaged or destroyed and 1,200 livestock killed in Golbaf.	5	50
19[19]	China, Xinjiang	5.6	33.0	V	400 homes were destroyed and some livestock were killed.	-	-
20[20]	New Zealand, Auckland Islands offshore	6.7	10.0	I	-	-	-
25[21]	Antarctica, Balleny Islands offshore	8.1	10.0	IV	The 1998 Balleny Islands earthquake is believed to be the largest instrumentally recorded earthquake in this area to date, and the largest earthquake in 1998. A tsunami was observed with heights of 1 cm in southern Australia.[22]	-	-
25[23]	Australia region offshore	6.4	10.0	I	-	-	-
26[24]	Italy, Assisi	5.4	10.0	VI	One person died from a heart attack and several buildings were damaged.	1	-
29[25]	Fiji, Levuka offshore	7.2	537.2	III	-	-	-

April

April

Strongest magnitude	7.0 Mw  Indonesia
Deadliest	5.8 Mw  Iran 12 deaths
Total fatalities	13
Number by magnitude
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	1
6.0–6.9	3

Date	Country and location	Mw	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Casualties
						Dead	Injured
1[26]	Indonesia, Mentawai Islands Offshore	7.0	55.7	VI	-	-	-
1[27]	Chile, Los Lagos offshore	6.7	9.0	V	-	-	-
3[28]	Italy, Assisi	5.2	10.0	VII	Five people were slightly injured and 300 houses were damaged or destroyed in Gualdo.	-	5
3[29]	Peru, Ucayali	6.6	164.6	V	-	-	-
4[30]	Turkey, Afyon	5.3	10.0	VI	Some minor damage occurred in the Afyon area.	-	-
10[31]	Iran, Qayen	5.8	33.0	VI	At least 12 people were killed, 10 were injured and more than 600 homes were severely damaged in the Birjand-Gonabad area.	12	10
12[32]	Slovenia, Tolmin	5.6	10.0	VIII	One person died of a heart attack at Bovec. Landslides and damaged buildings left 700 people homeless. Some damage also occurred in Austria.	1	-
13[33]	Turkey, Bingöl	5.3	33.0	VI	Eleven people were injured and several buildings damaged or destroyed at Karliova.	-	11
20[34]	Mexico, Guerrero	6.0	67.3	V	-	-	-

May

May

Strongest magnitude	7.5 Mw  Japan
Deadliest	6.6 Mw  Afghanistan 4,500 deaths
Total fatalities	4,605
Number by magnitude
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	1
6.0–6.9	4

Date	Country and location	Mw	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Casualties
						Dead	Injured
3[35]	Japan, Ryuku Islands offshore	7.5	33.0	V	A minor local tsunami was generated with recorded wave heights of 0.04 m on Ishigaki.	-	-
13[36]	Papua New Guinea, New Britain	6.6	61.4	VI	Some minor damage was reported in the Kokopo area.	-	-
16[37]	Fiji Islands offshore	6.9	586.1	I	-	-	-
22[38]	Bolivia, Cochabamba	6.6	24.0	VIII	The 1998 Bolivia earthquake destroyed 70% of the town of Aiquile. 105 people were killed and 150 people were injured.	105	150
28[39]	Egypt, Mediterranean Sea offshore	5.5	10.0	VI	One person was injured at Cairo.	-	1
28[40]	China, Xinjiang	5.6	33.0	VI	28 people were injured, more than 2,000 buildings were destroyed, an additional 3,000 were damaged and 5,000 head of cattle were killed in Xinjiang.	-	28
30[41]	Afghanistan, Badakhshan Province	6.6	30.0	VII	The May 1998 Afghanistan earthquake destroyed at least 30 villages, affecting 7,000 families and killing 4,500 people with 10,001 people injured.	4,500	10,001

June

June

Strongest magnitude	6.4 Mw  Russia
Deadliest	6.3 Mw  Turkey 145 deaths
Total fatalities	145
Number by magnitude
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	0
6.0–6.9	5

Date	Country and location	Mw	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Casualties
						Dead	Injured
1[42]	Russia, Kamchatka offshore	6.4	43.7	V	-	-	-
7[43]	Mexico, Chiapas	6.3	86.6	VI	-	-	-
18[44]	United Kingdom, Ascension Island region offshore	6.3	10.0	I	-	-	-
27[45]	Turkey, Adana	6.3	33.0	IX	The 1998 Adana–Ceyhan earthquake killed at least 145 people, left 1,500 people injured and many thousands homeless.	145	1,500
29[46]	Australia, Macquarie Island offshore	6.3	10.0	I	-	-	-

July

July

Strongest magnitude	7.0 Mw  Solomon Islands 7.0 Mw  Papua New Guinea
Deadliest	7.0 Mw  Papua New Guinea 2,700 deaths
Total fatalities	2,717
Number by magnitude
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	2
6.0–6.9	5

Date	Country and location	Mw	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Casualties
						Dead	Injured
4[47]	Turkey, Adana	5.4	33.0	VI	An apartment building collapsed, injuring 1,000 people.	-	1,000
9[48]	Portugal, Azores Islands offshore	6.2	10.0	VIII	Ten people were killed, 100 were injured and 1,000 were left homeless in the 1998 Azores Islands earthquake.	10	100
9[49]	Azerbaijan region	6.0	26.0	VI	Extensive damage occurred in areas from Astara to Yardimli.	-	-
9[50]	New Zealand, Kermadec Islands offshore	6.9	129.5	I	-	-	-
16[51]	Solomon Islands, Nendo offshore	7.0	110.2	VII	-	-	-
17[52]	Taiwan, Nantou County	5.7	12.6	VI	Five people were killed and 27 were injured. Damage and landslides occurred in Chiayi County.	5	27
17[53]	Papua New Guinea, Aitape offshore	7.0	10.0	VIII	The 1998 Papua New Guinea earthquake created a 15-meter (50 ft) high tsunami that left several villages completely destroyed and others severely damaged. While the earthquake itself did cause minor damage, the tsunami tragically claimed the lives of 2,700 people and injured thousands, making this the worst natural disaster in Papua New Guinea's history.	2,700	Thousands
28[54]	China, Xinjiang	5.2	33.0	VI	Several people were injured and 19 houses collapsed in Baicheng County.	-	Several
29[55]	Chile, Valparaíso	6.4	51.1	VI	Two people died from heart attacks in Santiago and four miners were injured at the Boton de Oro mine.	2	4
29[56]	Indonesia, Papua	6.7	33.0	VII	-	-	-

August

August

Strongest magnitude	7.2 Mw  Ecuador
Deadliest	7.2 Mw  Ecuador 6.4 Mw  China 3 deaths
Total fatalities	6
Number by magnitude
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	2
6.0–6.9	3

Date	Country and location	Mw	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Casualties
						Dead	Injured
2[57]	China, Xinjiang	5.6	10.0	V	Several homes were destroyed in Jiashi County, and two people were injured.	-	2
4[58]	Iran, Khorasan Province	5.3	33.0	V	Some damage occurred in Khorasan Province.	-	-
4[59]	Ecuador, Manabi	7.2	33.0	VIII	The 1998 Bahía de Caráquez earthquake damaged many buildings and disrupted communications. Three people were killed and 40 others were injured.	3	40
12[60]	United States, California	5.1	8.8	VI	Two people were injured in Santa Cruz County. Some damage to a church at San Juan Bautista and minor cracking of highway 101 in San Benito County.	-	2
15[61]	Italy, Lazio	4.8	10.0	VII	Some damage occurred at Antrodoco	-	-
15[62]	Japan, Nagano Prefecture	5.5	10.0	V	Damage occurred from a landslide in Gifu Prefecture.	-	-
20[63]	Japan, Bonin Islands offshore	7.1	440.5	IV	-	-	-
20[64]	United States, Alaska, Aleutian Islands offshore	6.3	33.0	I	-	-	-
23[65]	Nicaragua, Chinandega offshore	6.7	54.6	II	-	-
27[66]	China, Xinjiang	6.4	10.0	VII	Three people were killed, seven were injured, more than 3,600 houses were destroyed, 18,771 damaged and 159 livestock were killed in Jiashi County.	3	7
28[67]	Japan, Tokyo offshore	5.4	75.9	V	Two people were slightly injured in the Tokyo-Yokohama area.	-	2

September

September

Strongest magnitude	6.8 Mw  Philippines
Deadliest	6.6 Mw  Indonesia 5.5 Mw  FR Yugoslavia 1 death
Total fatalities	2
Number by magnitude
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	0
6.0–6.9	4

Date	Country and location	Mw	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Casualties
						Dead	Injured
2[68]	Philippines, Mindanao offshore	6.8	50.0	V	Objects fell from shelves in General Santos.	-	-
3[69]	Japan, Iwate	5.9	38.1	VIII	Eleven people were injured and landslides blocked two roads in the epicentral area.	-	11
3[70]	Chile, Coquimbo offshore	6.6	27.0	VI	Two people were injured in La Serena.	-	2
15[71]	Japan, Miyagi	5.1	50.4	IV	One person suffered minor injuries in Miyagi.	-	1
21[72]	Vanuatu, Torba offshore	6.4	33.0	VI	-	-	-
24[73]	Mongolia, Dundgovi	5.6	33.0	VII	Many houses were damaged in Mandalgovi.	-	-
28[74]	Indonesia, Java	6.6	151.6	V	One person was killed, with 38 houses destroyed and 62 others damaged in Malang.	1	-
29[75]	FR Yugoslavia	5.5	10.0	VIII	During the 1998 Mionica earthquake one person died from a heart attack, 17 people were injured, and many buildings were damaged.	1	17
30[76]	Albania, Kukës	5.3	10.0	VI	700 houses were damaged.	-	-

October

October

Strongest magnitude	6.6 Mw  Indonesia
Total fatalities	0
Number by magnitude
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	0
6.0–6.9	2

Date	Country and location	Mw	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Casualties
						Dead	Injured
5[77]	Iran, Ilam	5.4	38.6	IV	At least 100 houses were damaged in the Darreh Shahr area	-	-
8[78]	Peru, Arequipa	6.2	136.2	IV	Minor damage occurred in Arequipa.	-	-
10[79]	Indonesia, Sulawesi	5.9	33.0	VI	Many homes were damaged in Donggala.	-	-
18[80]	Nicaragua, Masaya	4.4	10.0	IV	Three people were injured, two houses were destroyed and 45 severely damaged in Ticuantepe.	-	3
26[81]	China, Yunnan	4.7	10.0	IV	28 people were injured and 700 houses were damaged in Lijiang.	-	28
28[82]	Indonesia, Sulawesi offshore	6.6	10.0	I	-	-

November

November

Strongest magnitude	7.7 Mw  Indonesia
Deadliest	7.7 Mw  Indonesia 41 deaths
Total fatalities	51
Number by magnitude
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	2
6.0–6.9	2

Date	Country and location	Mw	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Casualties
						Dead	Injured
8[83]	Indonesia, East Nusa Tenggara offshore	6.4	33.0	VI	-	-	-
9[84]	Indonesia, East Timor offshore	6.7	33.0	VI	-	-	-
9[85]		7.0	33.0	VII	-	-	-
13[86]	Iran, Fars	5.4	33.0	V	Five people were killed, 105 others were injured and at least 850 houses were damaged by the earthquake and landslides.	5	105
18[87]	Iran, Kerman	5.4	33.0	V	Damage occurred in Kerman.	-	-
19[88]	China, Yunnan	5.6	33.0	V	More than 28,000 houses were damaged in the earthquake, and five people were killed, with 1,543 others injured.	5	1,543
29[89]	Indonesia, North Maluku offshore	7.7	33.0	IX	41 people were killed and 171 people were injured in the 1998 North Maluku earthquake, with over 500 homes destroyed and over 700 others damaged.	41	171

December

December

Strongest magnitude	6.8 Mw  Tonga
Deadliest	5.7 Mw  Afghanistan 5 deaths
Total fatalities	5
Number by magnitude
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	0
6.0–6.9	2

Date	Country and location	Mw	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Casualties
						Dead	Injured
1[90]	China, Yunnan	4.5	10.0	V	84 people were injured and 21,400 houses were damaged, along with 472 schools.	-	84
6[91]	Indonesia, Sulawesi offshore	6.6	33.0	V	-	-	-
11[92]	Afghanistan, Hindu Kush	5.7	222.5	III	Five people died and seven were injured in Kabul.	5	7
27[93]	Tonga offshore	6.8	144.3	V	-	-	-

See also

• Earth sciences portal
• Lists of 20th-century earthquakes
• Lists of earthquakes by year

References

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2. "M 5.7 – 44 km NW of Zhangjiakou, China".
3. "M 6.4 – 101 km E of Pangoa, Peru".
4. "M 6.6 – 10 km SSW of San José El Ídolo, Guatemala".
5. "M 6.6 – 47 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile".
6. "M 6.7 – 149 km ENE of Labasa, Fiji".
7. "M 6.6 – 159 km ENE of Labasa, Fiji".
8. "M 6.5 – south of the Fiji Islands".
9. "M 7.1 – 34 km SSE of Antofagasta, Chile".
10. "M 6.4 – 2 km E of Benito Juárez, Mexico".
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13. "M 5.5 – 6 km S of Sogod, Philippines".
14. "M 6.8 – Reykjanes Ridge".
15. "M 6.5 – 126 km S of Amahai, Indonesia".
16. "M 6.4 – 46 km WSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan".
17. "M 6.1 – 9 km SSW of San José El Ídolo, Guatemala".
18. "M 6.6 – 52 km ESE of Kerman, Iran".
19. "M 5.6 – 84 km NE of Kashgar, China".
20. "M 6.7 – Auckland Islands, New Zealand region".
21. "M 8.1 – Balleny Islands region".
22. "Tsunami information". NGDC.
23. "M 6.4 – south of Australia".
24. "M 5.4 – 1 km E of Esanatoglia, Italy".
25. "M 7.2 – 178 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji".
26. "M 7.0 – 95 km W of Pariaman, Indonesia".
27. "M 6.7 – 131 km WSW of Corral, Chile".
28. "M 5.2 – 8 km E of Valfabbrica, Italy".
29. "M 6.6 – 43 km NE of San Fernando, Peru".
30. "M 5.3 – 4 km N of Dinar, Turkey".
31. "M 5.8 – 84 km ESE of B?rjand, Iran".
32. "M 5.6 – 5 km E of Kobarid, Slovenia".
33. "M 5.3 – 7 km SE of Karl?ova, Turkey".
34. "M 6.0 – 17 km ENE of Aratichanguío, Mexico".
35. "M 7.5 – 254 km SSE of Ishigaki, Japan".
36. "M 6.6 – 108 km SW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea".
37. "M 6.9 – south of the Fiji Islands".
38. "M 6.6 – 25 km NNW of Mizque, Bolivia".
39. "M 5.5 – 41 km E of Mersa Matruh, Egypt".
40. "M 5.6 – 13 km NNE of Zangguy, China".
41. "M 6.6 – 24 km E of Rust?q, Afghanistan".
42. "M 6.4 – 96 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia".
43. "M 6.3 – 2 km NNE of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico".
44. "M 6.3 – Ascension Island region".
45. "M 6.3 – 12 km S of Adana, Turkey".
46. "M 6.3 – west of Macquarie Island".
47. "M 5.4 – 12 km S of Adana, Turkey".
48. "M 6.2 – 12 km N of Horta, Portugal".
49. "M 6.0 – 10 km SE of Lerik, Azerbaijan".
50. "M 6.9 – Kermadec Islands, New Zealand".
51. "M 7.0 – 52 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands".
52. "M 5.7 – 31 km ESE of Pizitou, Taiwan".
53. "M 7.0 – 50 km WNW of Aitape, Papua New Guinea".
54. "M 5.2 – 119 km NE of Aksu, China".
55. "M 6.4 – 16 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile".
56. "M 6.7 – 192 km W of Abepura, Indonesia".
57. "M 5.6 – 87 km E of Kashgar, China".
58. "M 5.3 – 15 km SSW of Bojnurd, Iran".
59. "M 7.2 – 3 km E of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador".
60. "M 5.1 – 10 km SW of Ridgemark, California".
61. "M 4.8 – 3 km NE of Cittaducale, Italy".
62. "M 5.5 – 22 km WSW of Hotaka, Japan".
63. "M 7.1 – Bonin Islands, Japan region".
64. "M 6.3 – 196 km SE of Attu Station, Alaska".
65. "M 6.7 – 130 km SW of Corinto, Nicaragua".
66. "M 6.4 – 118 km E of Kashgar, China".
67. "M 5.4 – 14 km E of Kawasaki, Japan".
68. "M 6.8 – 123 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines".
69. "M 5.9 – 19 km W of Shizukuishi, Japan".
70. "M 6.6 – 66 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile".
71. "M 5.1 – 12 km E of Tendo, Japan".
72. "M 6.4 – 88 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu".
73. "M 5.6 – 61 km N of Mandalgovi, Mongolia".
74. "M 6.6 – 8 km WSW of Sumberpucung, Indonesia".
75. "M 5.5 – 12 km W of Ljig, Serbia".
76. "M 5.3 – 17 km S of Kukës, Albania".
77. "M 5.4 – 15 km WNW of Darreh Shahr, Iran".
78. "M 6.2 – 16 km SSE of Pucara, Peru".
79. "M 5.9 – 57 km N of Palu, Indonesia".
80. "M 4.4 – 6 km ESE of El Crucero, Nicaragua".
81. "M 4.7 – 91 km ENE of Lijiang, China".
82. "M 6.6 – 128 km ESE of Tondano, Indonesia".
83. "M 6.4 – 41 km SW of Ende, Indonesia".
84. "M 6.7 – 282 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste".
85. "M 7.0 – 278 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste".
86. "M 5.4 – 53 km WNW of Gerash, Iran".
87. "M 5.4 – 46 km E of Kerman, Iran".
88. "M 5.6 – 93 km ENE of Lijiang, China".
89. "M 7.7 – 264 km ESE of Luwuk, Indonesia".
90. "M 4.5 – 56 km SSW of Weining, China".
91. "M 6.6 – 138 km E of Laikit, Laikit II (Dimembe), Indonesia".
92. "M 5.7 – 42 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan".
93. "M 6.8 – 131 km WSW of Haveluloto, Tonga".