List of earthquakes in 2016
By magnitude
Listed are earthquakes with at least 7.0 magnitude.

List of earthquakes in 2016

Section Title: By magnitude
Table Section Text: Listed are earthquakes with at least 7.0 magnitude.

Rank	Magnitude	Death toll	Location	MMI	Depth (km)	Date

1	7.9	0	Papua New Guinea	VIII	103.2	December 17

2	7.8	676	Ecuador Ecuador	VIII	20.6	April 16

2	7.8	0	Indonesia Indonesia	III	24.0	March 2

2	7.8	2	New Zealand New Zealand	IX	22.0	November 14

2	7.8	1	Solomon Islands	VIII	41.0	December 8

6	7.7	0	Northern Mariana Islands	VI	212.4	July 29

7	7.6	0	Chile Chile	VIII	35.2	December 25

8	7.4	0	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	I	10.0	August 19

9	7.2	0	Russia	VI	163.2	January 30

9	7.2	0	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	VI	72.7	May 28

9	7.2	0	New Caledonia	V	9.9	August 12

12	7.1	0	United States Alaska, United States	VII	125.6	January 24

12	7.1	0	Ascension Island	I	10.0	August 29

14	7.0	41	Japan Japan	IX	10.0	April 15

14	7.0	0	Vanuatu	VII	27.2	April 28

14	7.0	0	New Zealand New Zealand	VI	19.0	September 1

Sentence(s)

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Ascension Island on August 29 at a depth of 10.0 km.

final_sentence: A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Ascension Island on August 29 at a depth of 10.0 km.