Earthquakes Magnitude 7.0 and Greater in 2004
| Year | Month | Day | Time UTC |
Latitude | Longitude | Depth (km) |
Magnitude | Region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2004 | 01 | 03 | 16:23:21.0 | -22.253 | 169.683 | 22 | 7.1 | Southeast of the Loyalty Islands |
| 2 | 2004 | 02 | 05 | 21:05:02.8 | -3.615 | 135.538 | 17 | 7.0 | Papua, Indonesia |
| 3 | 2004 | 02 | 07 | 02:42:35.2 | -4.003 | 135.023 | 10 | 7.3 | Near the South Coast of Papua, Indonesia |
| 4 | 2004 | 07 | 15 | 04:27:14.7 | -17.656 | -178.760 | 566 | 7.1 | Fiji Region |
| 5 | 2004 | 07 | 25 | 14:35:19.0 | -2.427 | 103.981 | 582 | 7.3 | Southern Sumatra, Indonesia |
| 6 | 2004 | 09 | 05 | 10:07:07.8 | 33.059 | 136.635 | 14 | 7.2 | Near the South Coast of Western Honshu, Japan |
| 7 | 2004 | 09 | 05 | 14:57:18.6 | 33.184 | 137.071 | 10 | 7.4 | Near the South Coast of Honshu, Japan |
| 8 | 2004 | 10 | 09 | 21:26:53.6 | 11.422 | -86.665 | 35 | 7.0 | Near the coast of Nicaragua |
| 9 | 2004 | 11 | 11 | 21:26:41.1 | -8.152 | 124.868 | 10 | 7.5 | Kepulauan Alor, Indonesia |
| 10 | 2004 | 11 | 15 | 09:06:56.5 | 4.695 | -77.508 | 15 | 7.2 | Near the West Coast of Colombia |
| 11 | 2004 | 11 | 22 | 20:26:23.9 | -46.676 | 164.721 | 10 | 7.1 | Off West Coast of the South Island, N.Z. |
| 12 | 2004 | 11 | 26 | 02:25:03.3 | -3.609 | 135.404 | 10 | 7.1 | Papua, Indonesia |
| 13 | 2004 | 11 | 28 | 18:32:14.1 | 43.006 | 145.119 | 39 | 7.0 | Hokkaido, Japan Region |
| 14 | 2004 | 12 | 23 | 14:59:04.4 | -49.312 | 161.345 | 10 | 8.1 | North of Macquarie Island |
| 15 | 2004 | 12 | 26 | 00:58:53.4 | 3.295 | 95.982 | 30 | 9.1 | Off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra |
| 16 | 2004 | 12 | 26 | 04:21:29.8 | 6.910 | 92.958 | 39 | 7.1 | Nicobar Islands, India Region |
South Latitudes and West Longitudes are indicated by NEGATIVE numbers.
Source: USGS NEIC PDE catalog; Data are preliminary.
Frequency of Occurrence of Earthquakes
| Magnitude | Average Annually | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 and higher | 1 ¹ | |
| 7 - 7.9 | 17 ² | |
| 6 - 6.9 | 134 ² | |
| 5 - 5.9 | 1319 ² | |
| 4 - 4.9 | 13,000 (estimated) |
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| 3 - 3.9 | 130,000 (estimated) |
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| 2 - 2.9 | 1,300,000 (estimated) |
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¹ Based on observations since 1900.
² Based on observations since 1990. |
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