1982M6+ · 87
Earthquakes of 1982
In 1982 the world had 87 earthquakes of magnitude 6 or more, 8 of them 7 or more; the strongest reached 7.3. 3,465 deaths were recorded. Each one with its place, depth, aftershocks and toll.
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8M7+ · M8+ 0
M7.3Strongest
3,465Deaths
Every earthquake of magnitude 6 or more · 1982
17Jan
2Feb
9Mar
4Apr
4May
9Jun
7Jul
6Aug
11Sep
2Oct
5Nov
11Dec
| Date | Where | Magnitude | Depth | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 January 1982 | off Japan | 6.7 | 22 km | |
| 3 January 1982 | Atlantic Ocean | 6.5 | 10 km | |
| 4 January 1982 | off Northern Mariana Islands | 6.1 | 590 km | |
| 4 January 1982 | off Tonga | 6.0 | 195 km | |
| 11 January 1982 | Philippines | 7.1 | 46 km | |
| 12 January 1982 | off Nicaragua | 6.0 | 6 km | |
| 13 January 1982 | off Papua New Guinea | 6.0 | 33 km | |
| 15 January 1982 | off Papua New Guinea | 6.0 | 33 km | |
| 18 January 1982 | off Greece | 6.8 | 10 km | |
| 20 January 1982 | off India | 6.3 | 19 km | |
| 20 January 1982 | off India | 6.2 | 27 km | |
| 23 January 1982 | China | 6.5 | 33 km | |
| 23 January 1982 | China | 6.0 | 33 km | |
| 24 January 1982 | off the Philippines | 6.4 | 37 km | |
| 25 January 1982 | off the United States | 6.1 | 60 km | |
| 28 January 1982 | off Chile | 6.1 | 33 km | |
| 30 January 1982 | off France | 6.0 | 63 km | |
| 20 February 1982 | off Solomon Islands | 6.8 | 36 km | |
| 20 February 1982 | off Japan | 6.5 | 18 km | |
| 4 March 1982 | off Fiji | 6.0 | 45 km | |
| 10 March 1982 | off South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands | 6.0 | 102 km | |
| 11 March 1982 | off Indonesia | 6.4 | 33 km | |
| 21 March 1982 | off Japan | 6.7 | 44 km | 110 |
| 25 March 1982 | Atlantic Ocean | 6.0 | 10 km | |
| 28 March 1982 | off New Zealand | 6.0 | 79 km | |
| 28 March 1982 | Peru | 6.1 | 95 km | 3 |
| 29 March 1982 | off Fiji | 6.3 | 33 km | |
| 29 March 1982 | off Indonesia | 6.0 | 187 km | |
| 6 April 1982 | off Guatemala | 6.5 | 65 km | |
| 12 April 1982 | off New Zealand | 6.1 | 35 km | |
| 16 April 1982 | off Samoa | 6.0 | 33 km | |
| 17 April 1982 | off the Philippines | 6.2 | 10 km | |
| 2 May 1982 | off New Zealand | 6.5 | 25 km | |
| 7 May 1982 | off South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands | 6.7 | 10 km | |
| 31 May 1982 | off Russia | 6.4 | 33 km | |
| 31 May 1982 | off Palau | 6.4 | 33 km | |
| 1 June 1982 | off Chile | 6.1 | 33 km | |
| 2 June 1982 | off Tonga | 6.4 | 33 km | |
| 7 June 1982 | Mexico | 6.9 | 41 km | |
| 7 June 1982 | Mexico | 7.0 | 34 km | 9 |
| 11 June 1982 | off Tonga | 6.3 | 123 km | |
| 19 June 1982 | off El Salvador | 7.3 | 73 km | 43 |
| 22 June 1982 | off Indonesia | 6.3 | 450 km | |
| 27 June 1982 | off Australia | 6.1 | 10 km | |
| 30 June 1982 | off Russia | 6.9 | 33 km | |
| 1 July 1982 | off the United States | 6.0 | 48 km | |
| 4 July 1982 | off Japan | 7.1 | 536 km | |
| 7 July 1982 | off Australia | 7.0 | 10 km | |
| 17 July 1982 | off Fiji | 6.2 | 37 km | |
| 23 July 1982 | off Japan | 7.1 | 37 km | |
| 23 July 1982 | off Japan | 6.2 | 31 km | |
| 31 July 1982 | off the United States | 6.4 | 38 km | |
| 5 August 1982 | off Vanuatu | 7.0 | 31 km | |
| 7 August 1982 | off Indonesia | 6.4 | 33 km | |
| 12 August 1982 | off Papua New Guinea | 6.5 | 45 km | |
| 17 August 1982 | off Libya | 6.4 | 31 km | |
| 19 August 1982 | off Panama | 6.8 | 10 km | |
| 26 August 1982 | off Ecuador | 6.1 | 70 km | |
| 3 September 1982 | off Russia | 6.1 | 33 km | |
| 3 September 1982 | off Samoa | 6.3 | 33 km | |
| 4 September 1982 | off Samoa | 6.3 | 33 km | |
| 4 September 1982 | off Tonga | 6.1 | 33 km | |
| 6 September 1982 | off Japan | 6.8 | 176 km | |
| 14 September 1982 | off Papua New Guinea | 6.4 | 37 km | |
| 15 September 1982 | Peru | 6.3 | 128 km | |
| 17 September 1982 | off Fiji | 6.2 | 546 km | |
| 20 September 1982 | off New Zealand | 6.1 | 33 km | |
| 21 September 1982 | off Papua New Guinea | 6.1 | 21 km | |
| 28 September 1982 | off Tonga | 6.4 | 40 km | |
| 5 October 1982 | off Vanuatu | 6.0 | 18 km | |
| 7 October 1982 | off Indonesia | 6.2 | 515 km | |
| 11 November 1982 | off Indonesia | 6.3 | 33 km | |
| 16 November 1982 | off Vanuatu | 6.1 | 27 km | |
| 18 November 1982 | Ecuador | 6.6 | 195 km | |
| 19 November 1982 | Peru | 6.7 | 14 km | |
| 21 November 1982 | off Russia | 6.3 | 35 km | |
| 3 December 1982 | off Vanuatu | 6.6 | 257 km | |
| 13 December 1982 | Yemen | 6.3 | 5 km | 2,800 |
| 16 December 1982 | Afghanistan | 6.6 | 36 km | 500 |
| 17 December 1982 | off Japan | 6.5 | 87 km | |
| 19 December 1982 | off Tonga | 7.2 | 33 km | |
| 20 December 1982 | off Tonga | 6.0 | 33 km | |
| 20 December 1982 | off Tonga | 6.3 | 32 km | |
| 20 December 1982 | off Tonga | 6.3 | 33 km | |
| 28 December 1982 | off Japan | 6.3 | 22 km | |
| 28 December 1982 | off the Philippines | 6.0 | 34 km | |
| 31 December 1982 | Chile | 6.0 | 118 km |