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Major Earthquakes around the World, 2001| Date | Location | Magnitude1 |
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| Jan. 1 | Mindanao, Philippines | 7.5 | | Jan. 9 | Vanuatu Islands | 7.0 | | Jan. 10 | Kodiak Island region, Alaska, U.S.A. | 7.1 | | Jan. 13 | Off coast of Central America | 7.7 | | Jan. 26 | Gujarat, India | 7.7 | | Feb. 13 | Southern Sumatera, Indonesia | 7.4 | | Feb. 24 | Northern Molucca Sea | 7.1 | | June 3 | Kermadec Islands, New Zealand | 7.2 | | June 23 | Near coast of Peru | 8.4 | | July 7 | Near coast of Peru | 7.6 | | Aug. 21 | East of North Island, N.Z. | 7.0 | | Oct. 12 | South of Mariana Islands | 7.0 | | Oct. 19 | Banda Sea | 7.5 | | Nov. 14 | Qinghai-Xinjiang, China | 7.8 | | Dec. 12 | South of Australia | 7.1 |
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. See also The Ten Largest Earthquakes of the Century and The Largest Earthquakes in the United States.
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