Updated September 9, 2022 |
Infoplease Staff
| Date | Location | Magnitude 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 12 | East of the Kuril Islands | 8.1 |
| Jan. 21 | Molucca Sea | 7.5 |
| April 1 | Solomon Islands | 8.1 |
| Aug. 15 | Peru | 8.0 |
| Sept. 13 | Sumatra, Indonesia | 8.4 |
| Nov. 14 | South America | 7.7 |
| Nov. 25 | Sumbawa region, Indonesia | 6.5 |
| Nov. 29 | Martinique region, Windward Islands | 7.4 |
| Dec. 9 | Minas Gerais, Brazil | 4.9 |
| Dec. 20 | Off east coast of the North Island, New Zealand | 6.6 |
NOTE: A major earthquake is defined here as having a magnitude of 7.0 or more.
1. Unless otherwise indicated, magnitudes listed are moment magnitudes, the newest, most uniformly applicable magnitude scale.
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