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Major Earthquakes around the World, 2003

Date	Location	Magnitude¹
Jan. 20	Solomon Islands	7.3
Jan. 22	Colima, Mexico	7.6
March 17	Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska	7.0
May 26	Near Honshu, Japan	7.0
May 26	Halmahera, Indonesia	7.0
June 20	Amazonas, Brazil	7.1
July 15	Carlsberg Ridge, Indian Ocean	7.6
Aug. 4	Scotia Sea, Canada	7.5
Aug. 21	South Island, New Zealand	7.2
Sept. 25	Hokkaido, Japan region	8.3
Sept. 25	Hokkaido, Japan region	7.4
Sept. 27	Southwestern Siberia, Russia	7.4
Oct. 31	Near Honshu, Japan	7.0
Nov. 17	Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands	7.8
Dec. 27	Southeast of the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia	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. Web: neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/2003/2003_stats.html

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