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Significant earthquakes on August 16th
M6.5+ events from the USGS catalog (1900–present).
7.9
19 km WNW of Palimbang, Philippines
1976·Great·33 km deep
7.8
State of Yap, Federated States of Micronesia
1911·Great·15 km deep
7.7
155 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
1995·Great·30 km deep
7.2
139 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
1995·Great·33 km deep
7.0
31 km SE of Falam, Myanmar
1938·Great·75 km deep
7.0
off the coast of Central America
1909·Major·16 km deep
6.9
121 km NNW of Jiangyou, China
1976·Major·16 km deep
6.7
75 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
1922·Major·45 km deep
6.7
25 km SSW of Kang?var, Iran
1958·Major·15 km deep
6.6
205 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
1995·Major·19 km deep
6.5
northern East Pacific Rise
1957·Major·15 km deep