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Major Earthquakes around the World, 1999| Date | Location | Magnitude1 |
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| Jan. 19 | New Ireland, Papua New Guinea | 7.0 | | Feb. 6 | Santa Cruz Islands
(S. Pacific Sea) | 7.3 | | March 4 | Celebes Sea, Indonesia | 7.1 | | April 5 | New Britain, Papua New Guinea | 7.4 | | April 8 | E. Russia/N.E. China border | 7.1 | | May 10 | New Britain, Papua New Guinea | 7.1 | | May 16 | New Britain, Papua New Guinea | 7.1 | | Aug. 17 | Izmit region, western Turkey | 7.4 | | Sept. 20 | Taiwan | 7.7 | | Sept. 30 | Oaxaca, Mexico | 7.4 | | Oct. 16 | Southern California | 7.2 | | Nov. 12 | Bolu Province, northwest Turkey | 7.2 | | Nov. 15 | South Indian Ocean | 7.0 | | Nov. 19 | New Britain, P.N.G. | 7.0 | | Nov. 26 | Vanuatu | 7.5 | | Dec. 6 | Kodiak Island Region | 7.0 | | Dec. 11 | Luzon, Philippines | 7.3 |
NOTE: A major earthquake is defined here as having a magnitude of 7.0 or more. 1. Unless otherwise indicated, magnitudes listed are moment magnitudes, the newest, most uniformly applicable magnitude scale. Source: National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey.
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