Major Earthquakes around the World, 2011

The following table lists the date, location, and magnitude of major earthquakes around the world during 2011.

Date	Location	Magnitude ¹
Jan. 1	Santiago del Estero, Argentina	7.0
Jan. 13	Loyalty Islands	7.0
Jan. 18	Pakistan	7.2
March 9	Honshu, Japan	7.2
March 11	Tohoku, Japan	9.0
March 11	Honshu, Japan	7.9
March 11	Honshu, Japan	7.7
April 7	Honshu, Japan	7.1
June 23	Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States	7.2
July 6	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand	7.6
July 10	Honshu, Japan	7.0
Aug. 20	Port Vila, Vanuatu	7.1
Sept. 3	Isangel, Vanuatu	7.0
Sept. 15	Ndoi Islands, Fiji	7.3
Oct. 21	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand	7.4
Oct. 23	Van, Turkey	7.2
Dec. 14	Lae, Papua New Guinea	7.1

Source: various

NOTE: A major earthquake is defined here as having a magnitude of 6.0 or more.

1. Unless otherwise indicated, magnitudes listed are moment magnitudes, the newest, most uniformly applicable magnitude scale.

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