Yesterday: 6.6 magnitude earthquake near Kokopo, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Biggest Earthquakes Near The Caribbean and Central America

The Caribbean and Central America has had: (M1.5 or greater)

  • 16 earthquakes in the past 24 hours
  • 64 earthquakes in the past 7 days
  • 308 earthquakes in the past 30 days
  • 3,037 earthquakes in the past 365 days

The largest earthquake in The Caribbean and Central America:

2001-01-13 17:33:32 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 60 km depth
Puerto El Triunfo, Usulután, El Salvador
1992-09-02 00:16:01 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 44 km depth
Corinto, Chinandega, Nicaragua
1979-12-12 07:59:03 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 24 km depth
Valdez, Esmeraldas, Ecuador
1943-07-29 03:02:17 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 15 km depth
San Antonio, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
1900-10-29 09:11:00 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 0 km depth
Guatire, Miranda, Venezuela
2020-01-28 19:10:24 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 14 km depth
Lucea, Hanover, Jamaica
2012-09-05 14:42:07 UTC 7.6 magnitude, 35 km depth
Hojancha, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
1991-04-22 21:56:51 UTC 7.6 magnitude, 10 km depth
Limón, Limón, Costa Rica
1958-01-19 14:07:28 UTC 7.6 magnitude, 27 km depth
Esmeraldas, Esmeraldas, Ecuador
2018-01-10 02:51:31 UTC 7.6 magnitude, 10 km depth
Barra Patuca, Gracias a Dios, Honduras
1974-10-08 09:50:58 UTC 7.5 magnitude, 47 km depth
Saint John’s, Saint John, Antigua and Barbuda
1976-02-04 09:01:43 UTC 7.5 magnitude, 5 km depth
Los Amates, Izabal, Guatemala
1946-08-04 17:51:10 UTC 7.5 magnitude, 15 km depth
Sabana de La Mar, Hato Mayor, Dominican Republic
1950-10-05 16:09:42 UTC 7.5 magnitude, 97 km depth
Cañas, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
1934-07-18 01:36:31 UTC 7.5 magnitude, 30 km depth
Punta de Burica, Chiriquí, Panama
1902-04-19 02:23:00 UTC 7.5 magnitude, 0 km depth
La Gomera, Escuintla, Guatemala
2007-11-29 19:00:20 UTC 7.4 magnitude, 156 km depth
Basse-Pointe, Martinique, Martinique
2014-10-14 03:51:34 UTC 7.3 magnitude, 40 km depth
Intipucá, La Unión, El Salvador
2009-05-28 08:24:46 UTC 7.3 magnitude, 19 km depth
French Harbor, Bay Islands, Honduras
2012-08-27 04:37:19 UTC 7.3 magnitude, 28 km depth
Puerto El Triunfo, Usulután, El Salvador
2012-09-30 16:31:35 UTC 7.3 magnitude, 170 km depth
San Agustín, Huila, Colombia
1990-03-25 13:22:55 UTC 7.3 magnitude, 22 km depth
Puntarenas, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
1974-07-13 01:18:22 UTC 7.3 magnitude, 12 km depth
Unión Chocó, Emberá, Panama
1953-03-19 08:27:52 UTC 7.3 magnitude, 128 km depth
Soufrière, Soufrière, Saint Lucia
1941-12-05 20:47:03 UTC 7.3 magnitude, 20 km depth
Golfito, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
1921-03-28 07:49:30 UTC 7.3 magnitude, 15 km depth
Texíguat, El Paraíso, Honduras
2018-08-21 21:31:46 UTC 7.3 magnitude, 154 km depth
Carúpano, Sucre, Venezuela
2004-11-15 09:06:56 UTC 7.2 magnitude, 15 km depth
Pizarro, Chocó, Colombia
1991-11-19 22:28:51 UTC 7.2 magnitude, 21 km depth
Santa Genoveva de Docorodó, Chocó, Colombia
1992-10-18 15:11:59 UTC 7.2 magnitude, 10 km depth
Murindó, Antioquia, Colombia

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