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M>5 Earthquakes From Around the World

Magnitude 5 and greater earthquakes catalogued in the last week (168 hours). Magnitudes 6 and above are in red. (Some early events may be obscured by later ones on the maps.)

The most recent earthquakes are at the top of the list. Times are in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Click on the word "map" to see a ten-degree tall map displaying the earthquake. Click on an event's "DATE" to get additional text information.

Update time = Sat Oct 16 22:19:31 UTC 2004

    MAG    DATE     UTC-TIME    LAT     LON    DEPTH    region
           y/m/d     h:m:s      deg     deg     km
   
MAP 5.1  2004/10/16 10:04:38  33.494   45.926  45.1  IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION
MAP 5.0  2004/10/16 01:29:15 -46.394   33.682  10.0  PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS REGION
MAP 6.7  2004/10/15 04:08:50  24.507  122.671  96.5  TAIWAN REGION
MAP 5.0  2004/10/14 17:02:11 -22.536  173.161 102.0  SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS
MAP 5.2  2004/10/14 04:09:02  -9.437  114.269  40.0  SOUTH OF BALI, INDONESIA
MAP 5.8  2004/10/13 20:35:44  -6.054  130.548 117.2  BANDA SEA
MAP 5.5  2004/10/12 15:28:59 -17.077  174.410   4.6  FIJI REGION
MAP 5.7  2004/10/11 22:03:47 -14.838 -175.124  10.0  SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
MAP 5.8  2004/10/11 18:14:20 -17.186  167.783  25.0  VANUATU
MAP 5.1  2004/10/11 08:58:50  15.582  119.552  17.1  LUZON, PHILIPPINES
MAP 5.8  2004/10/11 06:37:13   5.395  126.462  23.6  MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
MAP 5.1  2004/10/11 05:09:36  31.184  135.360 501.5  SOUTHEAST OF SHIKOKU, JAPAN
MAP 5.5  2004/10/10 06:52:39  -6.671  130.426  62.2  BANDA SEA
MAP 5.0  2004/10/10 00:13:35 -60.629  -50.977  10.0  SCOTIA SEA
MAP 5.9  2004/10/09 23:38:22 -60.698  -50.922  10.0  SCOTIA SEA

Most recent earthquakes are at the top of this list.

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