Data Dump: Major Earthquakes During the Last Week

I'm putting together another post for this blog, which involved looking up how many earthquakes have been happening on Earth over the last wee. It's a fair number: a bit over 300 of magnitude 4.5 or greater around the world, plus those of magnitude 2.5 or above in the United States and surrounding areas.

That focus on America is, I think, understandable. I got my data from the USGS (United States Geological Survey). It'd be a little odd if they didn't focus a bit more closely on what was happening in the United States.

Anyway, here's that data:

Worldwide earthquakes with M4.5+ located by USGS and Contributing Agencies

(Earthquakes with M2.5+ within the United States and adjacent areas.)


(From United States Geological Survey, used w/o permission)

Update time = Sat Oct 3 16:25:03 UTC 2009
Magnitude	UTC Date-Time y/m/d h:m:s	Latitude Degrees	Longitude Degrees	Depth Km	Region
5.1	10/3/2009 15:36	27.991	127.788	80.4	RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN
5.2	10/3/2009 7:16	-16.881	-172.986	10	SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
5.2	10/3/2009 1:15	36.393	-117.877	0	CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
5.3	10/2/2009 22:38	-17.808	-172.59	44.3	TONGA REGION
5.1	10/2/2009 20:03	-17.157	-172.667	10	TONGA REGION
5.3	10/2/2009 15:53	-0.866	121.727	49.6	SULAWESI, INDONESIA
5.8	10/2/2009 15:47	-17.032	174.474	35.8	FIJI REGION
5.1	10/2/2009 13:49	39.463	95.584	10	GANSU, CHINA
5.4	10/2/2009 12:08	-16.419	-172.679	10	SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
5.4	10/2/2009 12:01	-15.363	-173.201	10	TONGA
5	10/2/2009 11:09	-14.773	-173.438	10	SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
5.3	10/2/2009 9:57	-6.113	151.415	47.8	NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
5.1	10/2/2009 2:46	-16.732	-172.3	10	SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
5	10/2/2009 2:23	-6.332	130.794	84.7	BANDA SEA
5.1	10/2/2009 1:55	-14.49	-173.371	10	SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
6.1	10/2/2009 1:07	-16.327	-173.48	10	TONGA
5.4	10/1/2009 20:55	-12.291	166.43	85.5	SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
5.3	10/1/2009 20:13	-15.55	-172.82	33	SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
5	10/1/2009 18:40	-14.995	-173.433	10	SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
5.4	10/1/2009 18:18	-15.064	-173.846	10	TONGA
5	10/1/2009 13:33	-15.446	-173.563	10	TONGA
5.4	10/1/2009 10:51	-17.2	-172.789	10	TONGA REGION
5	10/1/2009 10:01	36.388	-117.859	5.6	CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
5	10/1/2009 9:47	-16.27	-173.549	10	TONGA
5.1	10/1/2009 7:24	-15.373	-173.106	10	TONGA
5.7	10/1/2009 6:13	-15.229	-172.932	10	SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
5	10/1/2009 2:20	-2.465	101.342	10	SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
6.6	10/1/2009 1:52	-2.497	101.54	15	SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
5.2	10/1/2009 1:31	4.258	127.508	64.5	KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
5	10/1/2009 0:30	-16.443	-172.443	10	SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
5	9/30/2009 21:34	55.874	162.001	35	NEAR THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA
5	9/30/2009 21:22	-16.667	-173.827	10	TONGA
5.2	9/30/2009 19:43	-15.354	-173.454	10	TONGA
5.8	9/30/2009 19:03	-15.535	-69.254	253.9	LA PAZ, BOLIVIA
5.2	9/30/2009 18:04	-15.097	-177.276	10	FIJI REGION
5.2	9/30/2009 17:47	-15.453	-173.384	10	TONGA
5.4	9/30/2009 17:20	-23.049	169.516	31.2	SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS
5.1	9/30/2009 15:20	-15.087	-173.427	10	TONGA
5.3	9/30/2009 13:57	-16.637	-172.519	10	SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
5.3	9/30/2009 12:48	-6.277	151.402	56.8	NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
5.5	9/30/2009 10:38	-0.717	100.07	104.2	SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
7.6	9/30/2009 10:16	-0.725	99.856	81	SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
5	9/30/2009 9:05	-16.132	-172.861	10	SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
5.3	9/30/2009 8:24	-16.575	-172.685	10	SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
5.3	9/30/2009 5:24	-15.351	-173.38	10	TONGA
5	9/30/2009 4:03	-15.621	-173.351	10	TONGA
5	9/30/2009 2:47	-15.723	-173.142	10	TONGA
5	9/30/2009 2:29	-16.617	-173.038	10	TONGA
5.1	9/30/2009 1:39	-15.483	-173.383	10	TONGA
5.6	9/30/2009 1:39	4.914	126.727	72.2	KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
5.1	9/30/2009 1:09	-14.972	-173.612	10	SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
5.2	9/30/2009 1:05	-14.914	-173.245	10	SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
5.1	9/30/2009 0:40	-15.46	-172.931	10	SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
5	9/30/2009 0:11	-15.992	-172.243	10	SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
5.9	9/29/2009 23:45	-15.84	-172.531	10	SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
5.4	9/29/2009 23:32	-15.539	-173.322	10	TONGA
5.5	9/29/2009 23:11	-15.565	-173.365	10	TONGA
5.4	9/29/2009 22:36	27.835	127.8	7.7	RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN
5.1	9/29/2009 22:08	-15.345	-173.387	10	TONGA
5	9/29/2009 21:28	-17.205	-173.002	10	TONGA
5.2	9/29/2009 19:18	-16.879	-172.803	10	SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
5.1	9/29/2009 18:57	-16.1	-173.037	10	TONGA
5	9/29/2009 18:46	-14.953	-173.329	10	SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
5.5	9/29/2009 18:40	-15.34	-173.27	20.4	TONGA
5	9/29/2009 18:36	-15.306	-172.963	10	SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
5.2	9/29/2009 18:34	-14.92	-172.443	10	SAMOA ISLANDS
5.1	9/29/2009 18:29	-15.909	-173.208	10	TONGA
5.8	9/29/2009 18:21	-16.193	-172.982	10	SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
5.6	9/29/2009 18:19	-15.952	-171.611	10	SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
5.6	9/29/2009 18:08	-15.467	-172.092	10	SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
8	9/29/2009 17:48	-15.509	-172.034	18	SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
5	9/29/2009 6:01	30.939	83.485	10	WESTERN XIZANG
5.8	9/28/2009 19:22	27.938	127.867	1.7	RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN
5.1	9/28/2009 14:38	-6.125	152.202	31.9	NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
5.3	9/28/2009 12:13	-25.631	-13.823	10	SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
5.1	9/27/2009 15:16	2.671	125.733	107.1	KEPULAUAN SANGIHE, INDONESIA

(Data from United States Geological Survey, used w/o permission)

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