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

Major Earthquakes around the World, 2008 - Summary of the largest earthquakes in 2007.
Major Earthquakes around the World, 2007 - Summary of the largest earthquakes in 2007.
Major Earthquakes around the World, 2006 - Major Earthquakes around the World, 2006 Date Location Magnitude1 Jan. 2 East of the South Sandwich ...
Major Earthquakes around the World, 2001 - Major Earthquakes around the World, 2001 Date Location Magnitude1 Jan. 1 Mindanao, Philippines 7.5 ...
Major Earthquakes around the World, 2004 - Major Earthquakes around the World, 2004 Date Location Magnitude1 Jan. 3 Southeast of the Loyalty ...

24 X 7