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Major Earthquakes around the World,
2007
| Date |
Location |
Magnitude 1 |
| Jan. 12 |
East of the Kuril Islands |
8.1 |
| Jan. 21 |
Molucca Sea |
7.5 |
| April 1 |
Solomon Islands |
8.1 |
| Aug. 15 |
Peru |
8.0 |
| Sept. 13 |
Sumatra, Indonesia |
8.4 |
| Nov. 14 |
South America |
7.7 |
| Nov. 25 |
Sumbawa region, Indonesia |
6.5 |
| Nov. 29 |
Martinique region, Windward Islands |
7.4 |
| Dec. 9 |
Minas Gerais, Brazil |
4.9 |
| Dec. 20 |
Off east coast of the North Island, New Zealand |
6.6 |
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.
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