Earthquakes in May 1968
Events per day
Strongest earthquakes
- 8.2
M8.2 earthquake - 1968 Tokachi-Oki Earthquake
27 km deep
Extreme - 7.9
M7.9 earthquake near Shizunai-furukawachō, Hokkaido
31 km deep
Extreme - 7.5
M7.5 earthquake near Sentani, Papua
60 km deep
Extreme - 7.1
M7.1 earthquake near Richmond, Tasman District
23 km deep
Extreme - 7.0
M7.0 earthquake - 194 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia
33 km deep
Extreme - 7.0
M7.0 earthquake - Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
56 km deep
Extreme - 6.9
M6.9 earthquake - Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
60 km deep
Major - 6.7
M6.7 earthquake near Miyako, Iwate
25 km deep
Major - 6.7
M6.7 earthquake - 101 km WSW of Kurio, Japan
160 km deep
Major - 6.6
M6.6 earthquake near Kuji, Iwate
27 km deep
Major - 6.5
M6.5 earthquake near Miyako, Iwate
48 km deep
Major - 6.5
M6.5 earthquake - Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
22 km deep
Major - 6.4
M6.4 earthquake - Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
35 km deep
Major - 6.4
M6.4 earthquake - 191 km SSE of Hiroo, Japan
14 km deep
Major - 6.3
M6.3 earthquake - 184 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia
31 km deep
Major - 6.3
M6.3 earthquake - off the coast of Oregon
13 km deep
Major - 6.2
M6.2 earthquake - 173 km SSW of Galesong, Indonesia
619 km deep
Major - 6.2
M6.2 earthquake near Choshi, Chiba
30 km deep
Major - 6.2
M6.2 earthquake near Miyako, Iwate
35 km deep
Major - 6.1
M6.1 earthquake near Kuji, Iwate
36 km deep
Major - 6.1
M6.1 earthquake - 137 km SSE of Honchō, Japan
37 km deep
Major - 6.1
M6.1 earthquake near Miyako, Iwate
38 km deep
Major - 6.1
M6.1 earthquake near Shizunai-furukawachō, Hokkaido
33 km deep
Major - 6.1
M6.1 earthquake near Shizunai-furukawachō, Hokkaido
43 km deep
Major - 6.1
M6.1 earthquake near Shizunai-furukawachō, Hokkaido
30 km deep
Major - 6.1
M6.1 earthquake - 114 km SSE of Honchō, Japan
42 km deep
Major - 6.0
M6.0 earthquake near Kuji, Iwate
45 km deep
Major - 6.0
M6.0 earthquake near Xiulin, Taiwan
23 km deep
Major