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Significant earthquakes on August 15th
M6.5+ events from the USGS catalog (1900–present).
8.6
1950 Assam-Tibet Earthquake
1950·Great·15 km deep
8.3
1918 Mindanao, Philippines Earthquake
1918·Great·20 km deep
7.7
50 km N of Sandia, Peru
1963·Great·550 km deep
7.2
38 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan
1959·Great·25 km deep
6.8
101 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
1958·Major·43 km deep
6.7
37 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines
1918·Major·15 km deep
6.7
168 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands
1920·Major·35 km deep
6.6
Komandorskiye Ostrova, Russia region
1975·Major·4 km deep
6.5
267 km NNW of Ponta do Sol, Cabo Verde
1941·Major·10 km deep
6.5
82 km ENE of Namie, Japan
1963·Major·35 km deep
6.5
50 km NNW of Vallenar, Chile
1987·Major·37 km deep