Earthquakes in December 1959
9 earthquakes recorded worldwide at magnitude 2.5 and above, listed strongest first.
Events per day
Strongest earthquakes
- 7.0
M7.0 earthquake - South Sandwich Islands region
25 km deep
Extreme - 6.6
M6.6 earthquake - 34 km SSE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
27 km deep
Major - 6.6
M6.6 earthquake - 186 km NNW of Kilmia, Yemen
15 km deep
Major - 6.5
M6.5 earthquake near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka
40 km deep
Major - 6.4
M6.4 earthquake near Luwuk, Central Sulawesi
25 km deep
Major - 6.3
M6.3 earthquake - 94 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska
24 km deep
Major - 6.2
M6.2 earthquake - Balleny Islands region
10 km deep
Major - 6.1
M6.1 earthquake - Kermadec Islands region
35 km deep
Major - 6.1
M6.1 earthquake - Kermadec Islands region
35 km deep
Major