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091226: BANDA SEA hit by a 6.0 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
091224: PRIMOR'YE, RUSSIA
hit by a 6.3 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
091223: KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA
hit by a 6.0 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
091219: MALAWI hit by a 6.2 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
091219: TAIWAN hit by a 6.4 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
091214: BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
hit by a 6.0 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
091210: SEA OF OKHOTSK
hit by a 6.3 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
091209: SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
hit by a 6.0 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
091209: SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS hit by a 6.4 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
091203: SOUTHERN EAST PACIFIC RISE hit by a 6.0 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
091128: KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION
hit by a 6.0 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
091128: SOUTH OF SUMBAWA, INDONESIA
hit by a 6.0 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
091124: TONGA
hit by a 6.8 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
091122: KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION hit by a 6.2 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
091122: FIJI REGION
hit by a 6.4 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
091109: FIJI
hit by a 7.2 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
091108: SUMBAWA REGION, INDONESIA
hit by a 6.6 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
091105: MACQUARIE ISLAND REGION
hit by a 6.0 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
091102: SOUTH OF TONGA
hit by a 6.2 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
091030: RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN hit by a 6.8 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
091029: HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN
hit by a 6.2 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
091027: DRAKE PASSAGE hit by a 6.0 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
091025: SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS
hit by a 6.0 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
091024: BANDA SEA
hit by a 6.9 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
091023: SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS hit by a 6.0 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
091022: HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN
hit by a 6.2 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
091019: SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
hit by a 6.0 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
091016: 9 large earthquakes in 5 days ( Source: NEIC )
091008: 7 large earthquakes within 24 hours !!! ( Source: NEIC )
091004: MORO GULF, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES hit by a 6.6 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
091003: TAIWAN
hit by a 6.0 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
091002: TONGA hit by a 6.1 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090930 Dozens dead as tsunami slams Samoan islands
-- A huge emergency effort is under way in the Samoan islands after towering tsunami waves triggered by an 8.0 earthquake left dozens dead and entire villages flattened or submerged. "I thought it was the end of the world," a senior medical official in Pago Pago, the capital of American Samoa, told CNN... More
090924: OFF THE COAST OF JALISCO, MEXICO
hit by a 6.3 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090912: OFFSHORE CARABOBO, VENEZUELA hit by a 6.3 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090902: JAVA, INDONESIA
hit by a 7.0 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090830: SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
hit by a 6.6 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090828: NORTHERN QINGHAI, CHINA
hit by a 6.2 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090828: BANDA SEA
hit by a 6.8 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090817: SOUTHWESTERN RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN
hit by a 6.4 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090817: SOUTHWESTERN RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN
hit by a 6.7 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090816: KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA
hit by a 6.7 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090812: IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
hit by a 6.6 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090810: SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
hit by a 6.6 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090810: NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
hit by a 6.4 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090810: ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
hit by a 7.6 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090809: IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
hit by a 7.1 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090805: OFF WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, N.Z.
hit by a 6.1 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090805: SOUTHWESTERN RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN
hit by a 6.1 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090803: GULF OF CALIFORNIA
hit by a 6.2 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090803: GULF OF CALIFORNIA
hit by a 6.9 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090725: BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
hit by a 6.0 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090715: NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
hit by a 6.1 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090715: Major quake strikes off New Zealand (CNN) -- A major earthquake struck off the coast of New Zealand's South Island Wednesday night, rattling residents and prompting a tsunami warning that was later canceled.
The 7.8-magnitude quake generated a small, 6-inch tsunami in Jackson Bay, on the west coast of South Island and a 2-inch tsunami reported in the Tasman Sea to the north of the epicenter, according to the the U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.
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090713: TAIWAN REGION
hit by a 6.3 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090712: SOUTHERN PERU
hit by a 6.1 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090706: RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
hit by a 6.1 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090704: PANAMA
hit by a 6.0 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090703: GULF OF CALIFORNIA
hit by a 6.0 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090701: CRETE, GREECE
hit by a 6.4 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090616: BOUVET ISLAND REGION
hit by a 6.2 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090614: MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
hit by a 6.1 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090605: HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
hit by a 6.3 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090604: PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS REGION
hit by a 6.0 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090602: VANUATU
hit by a 6.3 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090528: Honduras earthquake leaves six dead
(CNN) -- At least six people were killed Thursday when a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Honduras, President Jose Manuel Zelaya told CNN en Español Thursday...
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090523: Powerful quake rocks islands off New Zealand: USGS
WELLINGTON (AFP) — A powerful 6.1-magnitude earthquake rocked the remote Kermadec islands north of New Zealand Sunday, seismologists said
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090515: Strong quake rattles New Zealand region -- (CNN) -- A 6.7-magnitude earthquake rocked New Zealand's remote Kermadec Islands region Saturday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey... More
090510: OFF THE COAST OF ECUADOR
hit by a 6.1 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090421: KURIL ISLANDS
hit by a 6.2 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090419: KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
hit by a 6.1 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090418: KURIL ISLANDS
hit by a 6.6 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090417: OFFSHORE TARAPACA, CHILE
hit by a 6.1 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090416: SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
hit by a 6.7 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090415: KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA
hit by a 6.4 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090407: KURIL ISLANDS
hit by a 6.9 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090406 Berlusconi pledges to re-house victims as quake toll hits 207
-- L'AQUILA, Italy (CNN) -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Tuesday pledged to build a new town to house the thousands of people left homeless by Monday's deadly earthquake in the country's Abruzzo region... More
090404: PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
hit by a 6.3 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090401: NEAR NORTH COAST OF NEW GUINEA, P.N.G.
hit by a 6.3 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090324: NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
hit by a 6.0 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090319: TONGA REGION
hit by a 7.6 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090306: NORTH OF SVALBARD
hit by a 6.5 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090222: KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
hit by a 6.0 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090218: KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION
hit by a 6.9 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090217: KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND
hit by a 6.0 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090215: NEAR THE COAST OF NORTHERN PERU
hit by a 6.2 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090212: KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
hit by a 6.3, 6.0, and 6.2 earthquake (or aftershocks) today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090211: KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
hit by a 6.0, and 7.2 earthquake (or aftershocks) today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090209: NEAR THE COAST OF NORTHERN PERU
hit by a 6.0 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090202: NEAR THE COAST OF CENTRAL PERU
hit by a 6.0 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090122: KEPULAUAN BARAT DAYA, INDONESIA
hit by a 6.2 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090122: NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
hit by a 6.0 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090121: SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS
hit by a 6.3 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090119: SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS
hit by a 6.3 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090119: SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS
hit by a 6.5 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090118: KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND
hit by a 6.4 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090115: 7.3 magnitude quake hits Kuril Islands
-- (CNN) — A 7.3 magnitude earthquake has been reported east of the KurilIslands in Asia.The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said no tsunami was expected. Link:
090115: SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS
hit by a 6.8 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090113: MID-INDIAN RIDGE
hit by a 6.0 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090108: COSTA RICA
hit by a 6.1 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090104: NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA
hit by a 6.0 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090103: NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA
hit by a 7.3 earthquake today. No details available. ( Source: NEIC )
090103: 7.6 earthquake strikes near West Papua, Indonesia
-- (CNN) -- A major earthquake struck Sunday near the northern coast of West Papua, Indonesia, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The magnitude-7.6 tremblor occurred about 4:43 a.m. (2:43 p.m. Saturday ET), about 95 miles (150 kilometers) west-northwest of Manokwari, Indonesia, and about 105 miles (170 kilometers) east-northeast of Sorong, two cities in the Indonesian province of West Papua.
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Please note that the above list is not complete as far as other earthquakes are concerned which are just as strong, but never catch the news because they occur in remote areas or don't cause casualties. Listed above are only the earthquakes that catch the international news.