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Significant earthquakes on August 18th
M6.5+ events from the USGS catalog (1900–present).
7.3
58 km SSE of Malango, Solomon Islands
1968·Great·543 km deep
7.3
148 km ESE of Altay, China
1931·Great·10 km deep
7.2
The 1959 Hebgen Lake, Montana Earthquake
1959·Great·12 km deep
7.1
37 km NW of Carahue, Chile
1974·Great·36 km deep
7.0
125 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan
1927·Great·20 km deep
6.9
South Sandwich Islands region
1930·Major·35 km deep
6.7
156 km W of Diego de Almagro, Chile
1964·Major·10 km deep
6.7
220 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia
1909·Major·15 km deep
6.6
186 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia
1994·Major·15 km deep
6.5
201 km SSE of Baubau, Indonesia
1912·Major·600 km deep
6.5
104 km SSE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
1939·Major·55 km deep