Earthquakes in August 2017

122 earthquakes recorded worldwide at magnitude 2.5 and above, listed strongest first.

Events

122

Strongest

M6.6

north of Ascension Island

Busiest day

12 Aug

9 events

Daily average

3.9

Events per day

Strongest earthquakes

Showing the 100 strongest of 122.

6.6
M6.6 earthquake - north of Ascension Island
3346 d ago35 km deep Tsunami flag
Major
6.5
M6.5 earthquake near Zhongzhai, Gansu
3356 d ago9 km deep
Major
6.4
M6.4 earthquake - 195 km E of Levuka, Fiji
3345 d ago544 km deep
Major
6.4
M6.4 earthquake near Bengkulu, Bengkulu
3351 d ago31 km deep
Major
6.3
M6.3 earthquake near Pariaman, West Sumatra
3333 d ago43 km deep
Major
6.3
M6.3 earthquake - 110 km NE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
3337 d ago8 km deep Tsunami flag
Major
6.3
M6.3 earthquake near Bole, Xinjiang
3355 d ago20 km deep
Major
6.2
M6.2 earthquake near Balayan, Calabarzon
3353 d ago172 km deep
Major
5.8
M5.8 earthquake near Santa Rosa, Junin
3351 d ago32 km deep
Strong
5.8
M5.8 earthquake near Coquimbo, Coquimbo Region
3352 d ago9 km deep
Strong
5.8
M5.8 earthquake near Kokopo, East New Britain Province
3357 d ago31 km deep
Strong
5.8
M5.8 earthquake - 53 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands
3358 d ago70 km deep
Strong
5.8
M5.8 earthquake near Alabel, Soccsksargen
3359 d ago76 km deep
Strong
5.7
M5.7 earthquake - 158 km WNW of Naze, Japan
3348 d ago198 km deep
Strong
5.7
M5.7 earthquake - 137 km SW of Gataivai, Samoa
3349 d ago8 km deep
Strong
5.7
M5.7 earthquake - 154 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
3357 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake - 61 km NW of Aleneva, Alaska
3333 d ago63 km deep Tsunami flag
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake - Pacific-Antarctic Ridge
3350 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake near Camaná, Arequipa
3353 d ago41 km deep
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake - southeast Indian Ridge
3358 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake - 71 km WNW of Vinchina, Argentina
3363 d ago110 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake - north of Macquarie Island
3338 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake - 275 km NNE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
3346 d ago14 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake - southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
3354 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake - 55 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska
3355 d ago29 km deep Tsunami flag
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake - 61 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska
3355 d ago29 km deep Tsunami flag
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake - 155 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
3357 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake near Sanchez-Mira, Cagayan Valley
3335 d ago28 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake - 108 km NE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
3337 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake near Sentani, Papua
3349 d ago18 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake - 111 km E of Pangai, Tonga
3360 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake - 156 km NE of Neiafu, Tonga
3361 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake - southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
3362 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake near Colina, Santiago Metropolitan
3362 d ago92 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake near Kotamobagu, North Sulawesi
3332 d ago41 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - 139 km ENE of Santa Cruz das Flores, Portugal
3334 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - South Sandwich Islands region
3335 d ago35 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - 151 km SW of Vailoatai, American Samoa
3343 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake near Tapachula, Chiapas
3343 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake near Tiquisate, Escuintla
3343 d ago16 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - Kermadec Islands region
3348 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - 157 km SSW of Padang, Indonesia
3348 d ago21 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake near Nishinoomote, Kagoshima
3352 d ago21 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - South Sandwich Islands region
3352 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - southern East Pacific Rise
3355 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake near Bole, Xinjiang
3355 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake near Bodrum, Muğla
3356 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - Balleny Islands region
3357 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake near Vallenar, Atacama
3362 d ago41 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - south of the Kermadec Islands
3362 d ago12 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - North Atlantic Ocean
3362 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Rūdān, Hormozgan
3333 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Amami, Kagoshima
3334 d ago24 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - off the coast of Guerrero, Mexico
3334 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Yigo Village, Yigo
3334 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Bostānābād, East Azerbaijan
3336 d ago17 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - 257 km SSW of Trenggalek, Indonesia
3337 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - 207 km S of Punta de Burica, Panama
3338 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - Kermadec Islands region
3346 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - Ascension Island region
3347 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
3348 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
3348 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
3350 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Kokopo, East New Britain Province
3352 d ago38 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Iquique, Tarapacá
3352 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - 283 km SW of Labuan, Indonesia
3354 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Bole, Xinjiang
3355 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki
3363 d ago8 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - 27 km ESE of Adak, Alaska
3363 d ago61 km deep Tsunami flag
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Ishqoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan
3339 d ago111 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Rānyah, Sulaymaniyah
3341 d ago8 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - east of the North Island of New Zealand
3343 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Ica, Ica
3344 d ago80 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - South Sandwich Islands region
3345 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - 296 km W of Puerto Chacabuco, Chile
3346 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Atoyac de Álvarez, Guerrero
3346 d ago26 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - western Indian-Antarctic Ridge
3347 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Coquimbo, Coquimbo Region
3349 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - West Chile Rise
3349 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - West Chile Rise
3349 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
3350 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
3350 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - 65 km NNE of Isangel, Vanuatu
3351 d ago264 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - Ascension Island region
3351 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - Kermadec Islands region
3352 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - 208 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
3353 d ago62 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - 89 km E of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
3354 d ago81 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Yachiyo, Chiba
3354 d ago62 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - 47 km WSW of Attu Station, Alaska
3356 d ago39 km deep Tsunami flag
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Tame, Arauca Department
3356 d ago49 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Yomitan, Okinawa
3356 d ago30 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - Kermadec Islands region
3357 d ago35 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - 299 km NE of Georgetown, Saint Helena
3358 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near NIA Valencia, Northern Mindanao
3359 d ago21 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Ishigaki, Okinawa
3360 d ago60 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Churāchāndpur, Manipur
3362 d ago53 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - western Indian-Antarctic Ridge
3363 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Arawa, Bougainville
3363 d ago405 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Kokopo, East New Britain Province
3363 d ago36 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
3363 d ago10 km deep
Strong