Earthquakes in August 2008
Events per day
Strongest earthquakes
- 6.7
M6.7 earthquake - 221 km NE of Jumla, Nepal
12 km deep
Major - 6.5
M6.5 earthquake - west of Macquarie Island
10 km deep
Major - 6.4
M6.4 earthquake near Lae, Morobe Province
75 km deep
Major - 6.4
M6.4 earthquake near Contamana, Loreto
154 km deep
Major - 6.3
M6.3 earthquake - north of Ascension Island
12 km deep
Major - 6.3
M6.3 earthquake near Baykal’sk, Irkutsk Oblast
16 km deep
Major - 6.3
M6.3 earthquake - west of Macquarie Island
10 km deep
Major - 6.3
M6.3 earthquake - 285 km W of Tual, Indonesia
174 km deep
Major - 6.2
M6.2 earthquake near Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar
20 km deep
Major - 6.1
M6.1 earthquake - 101 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga
8 km deep
Major - 6.0
M6.0 earthquake near Panzhihua, Sichuan
11 km deep
Major - 6.0
M6.0 earthquake - 297 km NE of Port Mathurin, Mauritius
6 km deep
Major - 6.0
M6.0 earthquake near Yingjiang, Yunnan
10 km deep
Major - 6.0
M6.0 earthquake near Gubat, Bicol Region
10 km deep
Major - 6.0
M6.0 earthquake - central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
13 km deep
Major - 6.0
M6.0 earthquake near Bikou, Gansu
6 km deep
Major