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Major Earthquakes around the World, 2002| Date | Location | Magnitude1 |
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| Jan. 2 | Vanuatu Islands | 7.3 | | March 3 | Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan | 7.4 | | March 5 | Mindanao, Philippines | 7.5 | | March 31 | Taiwan region | 7.1 | | April 26 | Mariana Islands | 7.1 | | June 28 | E. Russia-N.E. China Border Region | 7.3 | | Aug. 19 | Fiji Islands | 7.6 | | Aug. 19 | South of Fiji Islands | 7.7 | | Sept. 8 | Papua New Guinea | 7.6 | | Oct. 10 | Irian Jaya, Indonesia | 7.6 | | Nov. 2 | Sumatra, Indonesia | 7.4 | | Nov. 3 | Alaska | 7.9 | | Nov. 17 | Northwest of Kuril Islands | 7.3 |
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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