Earthquakes in May 1989
Events per day
Strongest earthquakes
- 8.0
M8.0 earthquake - 1989 Macquarie Ridge Earthquake
10 km deep
Extreme - 7.1
M7.1 earthquake near Tarauacá, Acre
593 km deep
Extreme - 7.0
M7.0 earthquake - Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
44 km deep
Extreme - 6.4
M6.4 earthquake near Invercargill, Southland
23 km deep
Major - 6.3
M6.3 earthquake - 111 km E of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
19 km deep
Major - 6.3
M6.3 earthquake - Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
29 km deep
Major - 6.3
M6.3 earthquake - 23 km NE of Akutan, Alaska
104 km deep
Major - 6.3
M6.3 earthquake - south of the Fiji Islands
548 km deep
Major - 6.2
M6.2 earthquake near Daocheng, Jiangsu
14 km deep
Major - 6.1
M6.1 earthquake - Pacific-Antarctic Ridge
10 km deep
Major - 6.1
M6.1 earthquake near Tandai, Guadalcanal Province
24 km deep
Major - 6.0
M6.0 earthquake near Dogonbadan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad
31 km deep
Major - 6.0
M6.0 earthquake - Macquarie Island region
10 km deep
Major - 6.0
M6.0 earthquake - north of Macquarie Island
10 km deep
Major - 6.0
M6.0 earthquake - 166 km WNW of Neryungri, Russia
31 km deep
Major - 6.0
M6.0 earthquake - Mid-Indian Ridge
10 km deep
Major