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earthquake An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in intensity, fr ...

s in 2004. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they resulted in significant damage or casualties, or were notable for some other reason. All dates are listed according to UTC time. The year 2004 had the most major earthquakes since 1999. In total, there were 16 magnitude 7.0+ earthquakes this year, 6 of them were in

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

. Most of the earthquake deaths in 2004 were caused by the magnitude 9.1–9.3 earthquake off the west coast of Sumatra in December. Most of the deaths were caused by a devastating tsunami that spread across the

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by t ...

. There were several other deadly and destructive earthquakes, including

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...

's largest earthquake to date, which caused 628 deaths. Japan was hit by a magnitude 6.6 earthquake, which caused 68 deaths and $28 billion in damages, making it the fourth costliest earthquake in history.

Compared to other years

Overall

By death toll

* Note: At least 10 dead

By magnitude

* Note: At least 7.0 magnitude

By month

January

* A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Bali,

on January 1 at a depth of . One person died and 29 were injured, with 6,000 buildings damaged throughout Bali and

Lombok Lombok is an island in West Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia. It forms part of the chain of the Lesser Sunda Islands, with the Lombok Strait separating it from Bali to the west and the Alas Strait between it and Sumbawa to the east. It is ...

. * A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck

Guerrero Guerrero is one of the 32 states that comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 81 municipalities and its capital city is Chilpancingo and its largest city is Acapulcocopied from article, GuerreroAs of 2020, Guerrero the pop ...

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

on January 1 at a depth of . Minor damage was caused in

and power outages occurred in

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital city, capital and primate city, largest city of Mexico, and the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North Amer ...

. * A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Southeast of the

Loyalty Islands The Loyalty Islands Province (French ''Province des îles Loyauté'') is one of three administrative subdivisions of New Caledonia encompassing the Loyalty Island (french: Îles Loyauté) archipelago in the Pacific, which are located northeast of ...

, New Caledonia on January 9 at a depth of . * A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the island of New Britain on January 9 at the depth of . * A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck Banska-Bystrica,

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

on January 10 at a depth of 5.0 km (3.1 mi). Minor damage was caused in

Slovenská Ľupča Slovenská Ľupča is the largest village in the Banská Bystrica District of central Slovakia. Geography The altitude of Slovenská Ľupča ranges from 370 to 699 metres, with the centre of the village lying at 378 metres. The municipality cove ...

. * A magnitude 4.5 earthquake offshore Algiers,

Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , relig ...

on January 10 at a depth of 10.0 km (6.2 mi). Three people were injured and additional damage was caused to buildings previously weakened by the

2003 Boumerdès earthquake The 2003 Boumerdès earthquake occurred on May 21 at in northern Algeria. The shock had a moment magnitude of 6.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). The epicentre of the earthquake was located near the town of Thénia in Boumer ...

. * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck

Levuka Levuka () is a town on the eastern coast of the Fijian island of Ovalau, in Lomaiviti Province, in the Eastern Division of Fiji. Prior to 1877, it was the capital of Fiji. At the census in 2007, the last to date, Levuka town had a population ...

, Fiji on January 11 at a depth of . * A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck

Kavieng Kavieng is the capital of the Papua New Guinean province of New Ireland and the largest town on the island of the same name. The town is located at Balgai Bay, on the northern tip of the island. As of 2009, it had a population of 17,248. Kavi ...

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

on January 15 at a depth of 10.0 km (6.2 mi). *A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the

Mid-Atlantic Ridge The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a mid-ocean ridge (a divergent or constructive plate boundary) located along the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, and part of the longest mountain range in the world. In the North Atlantic, the ridge separates the North ...

on January 16 at a depth of 10.0 km (6.2 mi). * A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck

Hihifo Hihifo is the main village on the island of Niuatoputapu in the Kingdom of Tonga. Hihifo (which means 'west' in the Tongan language) is situated on the west side of Niuatoputapu and is the main centre for public and government facilities that s ...

Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ...

on January 25 at a depth of . * A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Ambon Island,

at a depth of . * A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the Southeast Pacific Rise at a depth of 10.0 km (6.2 mi).

February

* A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Finca Blanco,

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co ...

on February 4 at a depth of , 4 People were injured. * A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Papua,

on February 5 at a depth of , 37 people were killed and 682 were injured. * A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Papua,

on February 7 at a depth of * A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck

Nabire Nabire is a town in the Indonesian province of Central Papua, at the western end of New Guinea. The town is the administrative seat of the Nabire Regency, and has been designated to be the administrative capital of the new province. It is served b ...

on February 8 at a depth of . * A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck

Madaba Governorate Madaba (Arabic مادبا) is one of the governorates of Jordan. It is located southwest of Amman, the capital of Jordan, and its capital is Madaba. The governorate is ranked 8th (of 12 governorates) by population and by area. It is bordered by ...

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

on February 11 at the depth of . Four people were injured and a landslide occurred at Ma'in. * A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, ...

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...

at the depth of . 24 people were killed and around 40 people were injured. * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck

Lata Lata (Hindi: लता) is a Hindu/Sanskrit Indian female given name, which means "creeper" and "vine". Lata may refer to: Notable people named Lata *Lata Bhatt (born 1954), Indian singer. * Lata (born 1975), Musician. *Lata Mangeshkar (1929–2 ...

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capit ...

on February 20 at a depth of . * A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the

South Sandwich Islands ) , anthem = "God Save the King" , song_type = , song = , image_map = South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in United Kingdom.svg , map_caption = Location of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in the southern Atlantic Oce ...

on February 21 at a depth of . * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck

Padang Padang () is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of West Sumatra. With a Census population of 1,015,000 as of 2022, it is the 16th most populous city in Indonesia and the most populous city on the west coast of Sumatra. Th ...

on February 22 at a depth of . * A magnitude 6.3 Earthquake struck

Mata-Utu Mata Utu (; ʻUvean: Matāutu, ) is the capital city of Wallis and Futuna, an overseas collectivity of France. It is located on the island of Uvéa (Uvea), in the district of Hahake, of which it is also the capital. It is one of two ports in Wa ...

Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna, officially the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands (; french: Wallis-et-Futuna or ', Fakauvea and Fakafutuna: '), is a French island collectivity in the South Pacific, situated between Tuvalu to the northwest, Fiji ...

at a depth of . * A magnitude 4.7 earthquake Burundi on February 24 at a depth of 10.0 km (6.2 mi). Three people were killed and 24 houses were destroyed in Ruyaga. * A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck

Al Hoceima Al Hoceima ( ber, translit=Lḥusima, label= Riffian-Berber, ⵍⵃⵓⵙⵉⵎⴰ; ar, الحسيمة; '' es, Alhucemas'') is a Riffian city in the north of Morocco, on the northern edge of the Rif Mountains and on the Mediterranean coast. It i ...

at the depth of . Between 628 and 631 people were killed and 926 were injured. * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Near

Macquarie island Macquarie Island is an island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, about halfway between New Zealand and Antarctica. Regionally part of Oceania and politically a part of Tasmania, Australia, since 1900, it became a Tasmanian State Reserve in 197 ...

on February 26 at a depth of . * A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the

Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label= Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It ...

- Réunion region on February 26 at the depth of .

March

* A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck Adiyaman Province,

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

on March 1 at a depth of . 6 people were killed and 2 people were injured. * A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck

Managua ) , settlement_type = Capital city , motto = , image_map = , mapsize = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Nicar ...

Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the countr ...

on March 2 at a depth of . * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the

Kermadec Islands The Kermadec Islands ( mi, Rangitāhua) are a subtropical island arc in the South Pacific Ocean northeast of New Zealand's North Island, and a similar distance southwest of Tonga. The islands are part of New Zealand. They are in total ar ...

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

on March 7 at a depth of . *A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the northern

on March 8 at the depth of . * magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the

on March 9 at a depth of . * A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck

on March 14 At a Depth . * A magnitude 6.1 Earthquake struck

Tupiza Tupiza is a city in Potosí Department, Bolivia. It is located at an elevation of about 2850 m. The population is 25,709 (2012 estimate). Tupiza and its environs are characterized by dramatic red escarpments which jut ruggedly skyward from the coa ...

, Bolivia on March 17 at a depth of . * A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Kastrí,

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...

on March 17 at a depth of . * A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck

Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Its border includes most of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a ...

, China on March 24 at a depth of . 100 people were injured and 38,000 buildings were damaged. * A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck

Erzurum Province Erzurum Province ( tr, Erzurum ili) is a province of Turkey in the Eastern Anatolia Region of the country. The capital of the province is the city of Erzurum. It is bordered by the provinces of Kars and Ağrı to the east, Muş and Bingöl to the ...

on March 26 at the depth of . 10 people were killed and 46 were injured. * A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck

on March 28 at the depth of . 12 people were injured and 50 buildings were damaged in 10 villages. * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck

Xizang The Tibet Autonomous Region or Xizang Autonomous Region, often shortened to Tibet or Xizang, is a province-level autonomous region of the People's Republic of China in Southwest China. It was overlayed on the traditional Tibetan regions of Ü ...

Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as Monpa, Taman ...

on March 27 At a depth of .

April

* A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Iwaki, Japan on April 3 at a depth of * A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the

Hindu Kush The Hindu Kush is an mountain range in Central and South Asia to the west of the Himalayas. It stretches from central and western Afghanistan, Quote: "The Hindu Kush mountains run along the Afghan border with the North-West Frontier Province ...

Region on April 5 at the depth of . At least three people died and five were injured. *A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the Chile Rise on April 8 at the depth of . * A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Near

Sola Sola is a municipality and a Seaside resort in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Jæren. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Solakrossen. Other villages include Tananger, Hål ...

Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (french: link=no, République de Vanuatu; bi, Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island country located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of no ...

at a depth of . * A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck

Bolu Province Bolu Province ( tr, ) is a province situated in north-western Turkey. It is located between the capital, Ankara and the largest city in the country, Istanbul. It covers an area of 7,410 km2 and the population is 311,810. The capital city ...

on April 13 at depth of 5.0 km (3.1 mi). Four people were injured in

Bolu Bolu is a city in Turkey, and administrative center of the Bolu Province. The population is 131,264 (2012 census). The city has been governed by mayor Tanju Özcan ( CHP) since local elections in 2019. It was the site of Ancient Claudiopolis ...

. * A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck

Kamchatka The Kamchatka Peninsula (russian: полуостров Камчатка, Poluostrov Kamchatka, ) is a peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about . The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk make up the peninsula's eastern and west ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

on April 14 at a depth of . * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Svalbard,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...

on April 14 at a depth of . * A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the

Savu Sea The Savu Sea (or the Sawu Sea) ( id, Laut Sawu, pt, Mar de Savu, tet, Tasi Savu) is a small sea within Indonesia named for the island of Savu (Sawu) on its southern boundary. It is bounded by Savu and Rai Jua to the south, the islands of ...

on April 23 at the depth of . * A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck La Cruz, Costa Rica on April 27 at a depth of 10.0 km (6.2 mi)

May

* A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck

Hualien City Hualien City (; Wade-Giles: Hua¹-lien² Shih⁴; Hokkien POJ: ''Hoa-lian-chhī'' or ''Hoa-liân-chhī'') is a county-administered city and the county seat of Hualien County, Taiwan. It is located on the east coast of Taiwan on the Pacific Oc ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

on May 1 at the depth of . Two people were killed and one injured by a rockslide in

Hualien County Hualien County ( Mandarin Wade–Giles: Hua¹-lien² Hsien⁴; Pīnyīn: ''Huālián Xiàn''; Hokkien POJ: ''Hoa-lian-koān'' or ''Hoa-liân-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Fâ-lièn-yen''; Amis: ''Kalingko'') is a county on the east coast of Taiwan. I ...

and a bridge collapsed at

Taroko National Park Taroko National Park () is one of the nine national parks in Taiwan and was named after the Taroko Gorge, the landmark gorge of the park carved by the Liwu River. The park spans Taichung Municipality, Nantou County, and Hualien County and is lo ...

. * A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the Bio-Bio Region,

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

on May 3 at the depth of . * A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck

Qinghai Qinghai (; alternately romanized as Tsinghai, Ch'inghai), also known as Kokonor, is a landlocked province in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. It is the fourth largest province of China by area and has the third smallest po ...

, China on May 4 at a depth of 13.5 km (8.4 mi). More than 3,100 houses were damaged and thousands of people were left homeless in

Delingha Delingha (; ), or Delhi ( SASM/GNC/SRC romanization of Mongolian: ''Delhi hot''), is the seat of the Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northern Qinghai province, China. It is located approximately southeast of the Da Qaidam Admi ...

. * A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck

Balochistan Balochistan ( ; bal, بلۏچستان; also romanised as Baluchistan and Baluchestan) is a historical region in Western and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastline. ...

on May 8 at a depth of 10.0 km (6.2 mi). One person was killed, thirty injured and minor damage was caused in

Quetta Quetta (; ur, ; ; ps, کوټه‎) is the tenth most populous city in Pakistan with a population of over 1.1 million. It is situated in south-west of the country close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is the capital of ...

. * A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck

on May 13 at a depth of 10 km (6.2 mi). * A magnitude 6.2 Earthquake struck

Hengchun Hengchun Township is a township located on the southern tip of the Hengchun Peninsula in Pingtung County, Taiwan. It is the southernmost township in Taiwan. Hengchun is also the only urban township in the southern part of Pingtung County. Hengch ...

on May 19 at a depth of . * A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Baladeh on May 28 at the depth of . 35 people were killed and 400 were injured. * A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Katsuura, Japan on May 29 at a depth of . * A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck

Sakhalin Sakhalin ( rus, Сахали́н, r=Sakhalín, p=səxɐˈlʲin; ja, 樺太 ''Karafuto''; zh, c=, p=Kùyèdǎo, s=库页岛, t=庫頁島; Manchu: ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ, ''Sahaliyan''; Orok: Бугата на̄, ''Bugata nā''; Nivkh ...

on May 30 at a depth of . 46 houses were damaged in

June

* A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the western

Indian Ridge Indian Ridge (22 March 1985 – 17 October 2006) was an Irish-bred British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He showed promising but unexceptional form as a two-year-old in 1987 when he won twice from four starts in minor races. He established ...

on June 9 at a depth of 10.0 km (6.2 mi). * A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck

Tabuk Tabuk may refer to: *Tabuk, Kalinga, the capital city of Kalinga province of the Philippines *Tabuk Province, a province of Saudi Arabia **Tabuk, Saudi Arabia Tabuk ( ar, تَبُوْك '), also spelled ''Tabouk'', is the capital city of the Tab ...

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...

on June 9 at a depth of 10.0 km (6.2 mi). Minor damage was observed in the epicentral area. * A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the

Kamchatka Peninsula The Kamchatka Peninsula (russian: полуостров Камчатка, Poluostrov Kamchatka, ) is a peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about . The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk make up the peninsula's eastern and w ...

on June 10 at the depth of . * A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck near the Prince of Wales Island on June 28 at the depth of .

July

* A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck

Doğubayazıt Doğubayazıt ( ku, Bazîd, ) is a district of Ağrı Province of Turkey, and it is the easternmost district of Turkey, lying near the border with Iran. Its elevation is 1625m and its area is 2,383 km². Doğubayazıt's population in 2010 was 115 ...

on July 2 at a depth of . Eighteen people were killed. * A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Jumla,

Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...

on July 11 at a depth of . * A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck

Kobarid Kobarid (; it, Caporetto, fur, Cjaurêt, german: Karfreit) is a settlement in Slovenia, the administrative centre of the Municipality of Kobarid. Kobarid is known for the 1917 Battle of Caporetto, where the Italian retreat was documented by Erne ...

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

on July 12 at the depth of . One person died and five others were injured by a rockslide at

Bovec Bovec ( or ; , german: Flitsch, fur, Plèz) is a town in the Littoral region in northwestern Slovenia, close to the border with Italy. It is the central settlement of the Municipality of Bovec. Geography Bovec is located from the capital Ljubl ...

. * A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck

Herat Province Herat ( Persian: ) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the north-western part of the country. Together with Badghis, Farah, and Ghor provinces, it makes up the north-western region of Afghanistan. Its primary city a ...

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

on July 18 at a depth of 10.0 km (6.2 mi). 150 houses were damaged in the western part of the province. * A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the

Fiji Islands Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...

on July 15 at the depth of . * A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck

Kawerau Kawerau is a town in the Bay of Plenty region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is situated 100 km south-east of Tauranga and 58 km east of Rotorua. It is the seat of the Kawerau District Council, and the only town in Kawerau Distri ...

on July 18 at a depth of . One person died, two people were injured and five houses were severely damaged at

Lake Rotoma A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...

. * A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck

Paktia Province Paktia (Pashto/Dari: – ''Paktyā'') is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the east of the country. Forming part of the larger Loya Paktia region, Paktia Province is divided into 15 districts and has a population of roughly ...

on July 18 at a depth of 10.0 km (6.2 mi). Two people were killed, forty were injured and hundreds of houses were destroyed in

Paktia Paktia (Pashto/Dari: – ''Paktyā'') is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the east of the country. Forming part of the larger Loya Paktia region, Paktia Province is divided into 15 districts and has a population of roughly 6 ...

. * A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Vernon,

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

on July 19 at a depth of . * A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Sumatra,

on July 27 at a depth of . * A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck

on July 30 at a depth of 5.0 km (3.1 mi). One person was killed and five were injured.

August

* A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the

Pacific-Antarctic Ridge The Pacific-Antarctic Ridge (PAR) is a divergent tectonic plate boundary located on the seafloor of the South Pacific Ocean, separating the Pacific Plate from the Antarctic Plate. It is regarded as the southern section of the East Pacific Rise ...

on August 1 at a depth of . * A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Mugla Province,

on August 4 at a depth of 10.0 km (6.2 mi). Fifteen people were injured in

Bodrum Bodrum () is a port city in Muğla Province, southwestern Turkey, at the entrance to the Gulf of Gökova. Its population was 35,795 at the 2012 census, with a total of 136,317 inhabitants residing within the district's borders. Known in ancient ...

. * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Nikolski,

Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S. ...

on August 7 at a depth of . * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the Hindu Kush region,

on August 10 at a depth of . Two people were injured in

Mansehra Mansehra is a city in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan and the headquarters of Mansehra District. It is the 71st largest city of Pakistan and 7th largest city in the province. The name of the city (written in Hindko, Urdu and Gojr ...

. * A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the C ...

, China on August 10 at a depth of . Four people died, nearly 600 were injured and 84,157 homes were damaged or destroyed. * A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck

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on August 11 at a depth of . One person was killed, eleven were injured and some damage was caused. * A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck

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on August 28 at a depth of .

September

* A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck off the southern coast of

Honshu , historically called , is the largest and most populous island of Japan. It is located south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyūshū across the Kanmon Straits. The island se ...

, Japan on September 5 at a depth of . Four people were injured in

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. This was a foreshock of the 7.4 earthquake several hours later. * A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off the southern coast of

, Japan on September 5 at the depth of and a Modified Mercalli Intensity of V (Moderate). Forty people were injured in

and a tsunami of around one metre (3 feet) was observed. * A magnitude 6.9 Earthquake struck the

on September 6 at a depth of . * A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Catamarca Province,

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on September 7 at the depth of , One person died and several others were injured and some damage to buildings was caused in Catamarca. * A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck

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, China on September 7 at a depth of 10.0 km (6.2 mi). Nineteen people were injured, 600 houses were destroyed and 3,800 damaged in Gansu. * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off

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on September 15 at a depth of . Power outages occurred in parts of

Central Luzon Central Luzon ( pam, (Reyun ning) Kalibudtarang Luzon, pag, (Rehiyon na) Pegley na Luzon, tgl, (Rehiyon ng) Gitnang Luzon, ilo, (Rehion/Deppaar ti) Tengnga ti Luzon), designated as Region III, is an administrative region in the Philippines, ...

. * A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck

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on September 21 at a depth of . Three people were injured and seventeen houses were damaged at

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. A railtrack was damaged in Svetlogorsk, while minor damage occurred in

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. Damage was estimated to have exceeded 140 million

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. * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Northern California on September 28 at a depth of . Minor damage was observed in Parkfield, San Miguel, and Shandon.

October

* A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck

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, Japan on October 6 at a depth of . One person was injured and two houses were damaged in

. * A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Golestan province,

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on October 7 at a depth of . Sixty people were injured. * A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck

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on October 8 at a depth of * A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off the coast of

on October 9 at the depth of . * A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck near

on October 15 at a depth of . Several people were injured and some damage was caused in

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. * A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck

, China on October 18 at a depth of . Twelve people were injured and 20,000 buildings were damaged. * A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the

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on October 23 at the depth of . 68 people were killed and 4,805 were injured. * A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the

on October 23 at the depth of . It was an aftershock of the 6.6 earthquake only 7 minutes prior. * A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the

at the depth of . * A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck

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, Japan on October 29 at a depth of .

November

* A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the

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on November 2 at the depth of * A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck off the coast of the island of

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on November 9 at the depth of . * A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Alor Island,

on November 11, at a depth of only . 23 people were killed. * A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the Fiji region on November 17 at the depth of . * A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck West Papua,

on November 26, at a depth of 32 people were killed, and over 200 were injured. * A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck just off the western coast of Colombia on November 15, at the depth of . Ten people were injured. * A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck

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on November 20 at the depth of . Eight people Were killed and 500 homes were destroyed. * A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Dominica on November 21, at a depth of . One person was killed and thirteen were injured. A small tsunami was generated. * A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck off the Southwestern coast of the South Island of New Zealand on November 22 at the depth of . * A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck Lombardy,

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on November 24 at a depth of . Nine people were injured and minor damage occurred in

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. * A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the

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on November 28 at the depth of . * A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck

, Japan on November 28 at a depth of . 24 people were injured and moderate damage occurred in

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December

* A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck Boumerdes on December 5 at the depth of 10 km (6.2 mi). 46 people were injured in

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. * A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck

on December 14 at the depth of . 2 people were injured in

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and another was injured in Haboro. Some buildings, roads and water lines were damaged at Tomamae. * A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off the southern coast of the Cayman Islands on December 14 at the depth of 10 km (6.2 mi). . * A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck

Muğla Province Muğla Province ( tr, , ) is a province of Turkey, at the country's south-western corner, on the Aegean Sea. Its seat is Muğla, about inland, while some of Turkey's largest holiday resorts, such as Bodrum, Ölüdeniz, Marmaris and Fethiye, ...

on December 20 at the depth of . 3 people were injured and several buildings were damaged and rockslides occurred at

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. * A magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck near

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on December 23, at a depth of 10 km (6.2 mi.), and a Modified Mercalli Intensity of V (Moderate). * A magnitude 9.1 earthquake struck Sumatra,

on December 26, at a depth of and a Modified Mercalli Intensity of IX (Violent), causing a destructive tsunami which killed at least 227,898 people, making it the deadliest tsunami ever recorded. The waves reached as far as

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. * A magnitude 7.2 Earthquake struck The Nicobar islands on December 26, at a depth of and a Modified Mercalli Intensity of VI (Strong). It is an aftershock of the magnitude 9.1 earthquake 3 hours prior. *Note: Due to cluttering, the aftershocks of the 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the west coast of Sumatra on December 26 was excluded.

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