Earthquakes Magnitude 7.0 and Greater in 2005
| Year | Month | Day | Time UTC |
Latitude | Longitude | Depth (km) |
Magnitude | Region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2005 | 02 | 05 | 12:23:18.9 | 5.293 | 123.337 | 525 | 7.1 | Celebes Sea |
| 2. | 2005 | 03 | 02 | 10:42:12.2 | -6.527 | 129.933 | 202 | 7.1 | Banda Sea |
| 3. | 2005 | 03 | 28 | 16:09:36.5 | 2.085 | 97.108 | 30 | 8.6 | Northern Sumatra, Indonesia |
| 4. | 2005 | 06 | 13 | 22:44:33.9 | -19.987 | -69.197 | 116 | 7.8 | Tarapaca, Chile |
| 5. | 2005 | 06 | 15 | 02:50:54.1 | 41.292 | -125.953 | 16 | 7.2 | Off the Coast of Northern California |
| 6. | 2005 | 07 | 24 | 15:42:06.2 | 7.920 | 92.190 | 16 | 7.2 | Nicobar Islands, India Region |
| 7. | 2005 | 08 | 16 | 02:46:28.4 | 38.276 | 142.039 | 36 | 7.2 | Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan |
| 8. | 2005 | 09 | 09 | 07:26:43.7 | -4.539 | 153.474 | 90 | 7.6 | New Ireland Region, P.N.G. |
| 9. | 2005 | 09 | 26 | 01:55:37.6 | -5.678 | -76.398 | 115 | 7.5 | Northern Peru |
| 10. | 2005 | 10 | 08 | 03:50:40.8 | 34.539 | 73.588 | 26 | 7.6 | Pakistan |
| 11. | 2005 | 11 | 14 | 21:38:51.4 | 38.107 | 144.896 | 11 | 7.0 | Off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan |
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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