Major Earthquakes around the World, 2008

Date	Location	Magnitude ¹
Jan. 5	Queen Charlotte Islands Region	6.6
Jan. 10	Off the coast of Oregon	6.4
Feb. 20	Simeulue, Indonesia	7.4
Feb. 24	Neveda	6.0
Feb. 25	Kepulauan Mentawai Region, Indonesia	7.0
March 21	Xinjiang-Xizang Border Region	7.2
April 9	Loyalty Islands	7.3
April 18	Illinois	5.2
May 12	China	7.9
June 13	Eastern Honshu, Japan	6.9
July 19	Honshu, Japan	7.0

Source: Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology:
Earthquake Events 2008: IRIS

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.

See also:

Frequency of Earthquakes Worldwide

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