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Largest earthquakes in or near Brazil on record since 1900 - list, stats and map

Overview

Updated: Mar 29, 2024 14:50 GMT -
Since 1900, Brazil has had 118 quakes of magnitudes above 5 and up to 7.6:
  • 12 quakes above magnitude 7
  • 28 quakes between magnitude 6 and 7
  • 78 quakes between magnitude 5 and 6
Latest: Mag. 5.0 Earthquake 20 km N of Marechal Thaumaturgo, Brazil -
Strongest: Mag. 7.6 Earthquake Peru-Brazil Border Region -
Number of quakes per year

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Showing quakes since 1900magnitude 5 or higher, within up to 50 km (31 mi) distance (118 quakes):
Largest earthquakes in or near Brazil on record since 1900 - list, stats and map
Date and TimeMag
Depth
Nearest VolcanoLocationDetailsMap
Mar 27, 09:16 am (Rio Branco)
Mar 27, 14:16 GMT
5.0

12 km
20 km N of Marechal Thaumaturgo, Brazil
I FELT IT - 1 report
Info
Sunday, January 28, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Jan 28, 04:38 am (Rio Branco)
Jan 28, 09:38 GMT
6.5

620 km
71 Km W of Tarauacá, Brazil 3 reportsInfo
Saturday, January 20, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Jan 20, 04:31 pm (Eirunepe)
Jan 20, 21:31 GMT
6.6

615 km
Ipixuna, Amazonas, Brazil, 138 km east of Cruzeiro do Sul, Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre 6 reportsInfo
Wednesday, April 5, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Apr 5, 2023 01:19 am (Rio Branco)
Apr 5, 2023 06:19 GMT
5.1

554 km
156 Km ESE of Marechal Thaumaturgo, Brazil Info
Friday, November 11, 2022 GMT (1 quake)
Nov 11, 2022 07:34 am (Rio Branco)
Nov 11, 2022 12:34 GMT
5.0

627 km
Western Brazil Info
Saturday, August 6, 2022 GMT (1 quake)
Aug 6, 2022 07:26 am (Manaus)
Aug 6, 2022 11:26 GMT
5.7

10 km
Western Brazil Info
Thursday, June 9, 2022 GMT (1 quake)
Jun 8, 2022 08:53 pm (Rio Branco)
Jun 9, 2022 01:53 GMT
5.0

616 km
Peru-Brazil Border Region Info
Wednesday, June 8, 2022 GMT (1 quake)
Jun 7, 2022 07:55 pm (Rio Branco)
Jun 8, 2022 00:55 GMT
6.5

622 km
Feijo, Brazil, 112 km southwest of Tarauaca, Tarauaca, Acre 1 reportInfo
Saturday, October 2, 2021 GMT (1 quake)
Oct 2, 2021 07:52 am (Rio Branco)
Oct 2, 2021 12:52 GMT
5.9

592 km
Peru-Brazil Border Region Info
Friday, May 14, 2021 GMT (1 quake)
May 14, 2021 03:42 pm (Belem)
May 14, 2021 18:42 GMT
5.1

10 km
Breves/PA, Brazil 4 reportsInfo
Thursday, September 19, 2019 GMT (1 quake)
Sep 19, 2019 04:42 pm (Santarem)
Sep 19, 2019 19:42 GMT
5.1

10 km
Altamira, Brazil, 322 km southwest of São Félix do Xingu, Para Info
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About these data
Estimated combined seismic energy released: 1 x 1017 joules (28959 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 2.5 x 107 tons of TNT or 1557.3 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

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