Earthquakes in 2010 resulted in nearly 165,000 fatalities. Most of these were due to the

2010 Haiti earthquake A disaster, catastrophic Moment magnitude scale, magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake struck Haiti at 16:53 local time (21:53 UTC) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010. The epicenter was near the town of Léogâne, Ouest (department), Ouest department, a ...

, which caused an estimated 160,000 deaths, making it the 11th deadliest earthquake in recorded history. Other deadly quakes occurred in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

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 ...

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

. The

2010 Chile earthquake The 2010 Chile earthquake and tsunami ( es, Terremoto del 27F) occurred off the coast of central Chile on Saturday, 27 February at 03:34 local time (06:34 UTC), having a magnitude of 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale, with intense shaking la ...

registered 8.8 on the

moment magnitude scale The moment magnitude scale (MMS; denoted explicitly with or Mw, and generally implied with use of a single M for magnitude) is a measure of an earthquake's magnitude ("size" or strength) based on its seismic moment. It was defined in a 1979 pape ...

, ranking it as the 6th strongest earthquake since 1900. The

tsunami A tsunami ( ; from ja, 津波, lit=harbour wave, ) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other underwater explo ...

associated with the Chile earthquake caused tsunami advisories and warning across the entire

Ocean The ocean (also the sea or the world ocean) is the body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of the surface of Earth and contains 97% of Earth's water. An ocean can also refer to any of the large bodies of water into which the wo ...

rim, also known as the

Ring of Fire The Ring of Fire (also known as the Pacific Ring of Fire, the Rim of Fire, the Girdle of Fire or the Circum-Pacific belt) is a region around much of the rim of the Pacific Ocean where many volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur. The Ring o ...

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 5.4 earthquake struck Southern

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

on January 2 at a depth of . The earthquake left 20,000 homeless, and around 1,000 houses were damaged, 98 of which collapsed. * A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the

Mariana Islands The Mariana Islands (; also the Marianas; in Chamorro: ''Manislan Mariånas'') are a crescent-shaped archipelago comprising the summits of fifteen longitudinally oriented, mostly dormant volcanic mountains in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, betw ...

region on January 2 at a depth of . * A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the

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 capita ...

on January 3 at a depth of . * A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the

on January 3 at a depth of . Several people were injured, and many were left homeless by a tsunami, which reached heights of between 3 and 7 metres (10 and 23 ft). * A magnitude 6.8 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 January 5 at a depth of . * A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck the

on January 5. * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the

on January 5. * A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the

on January 9 at a depth of . * A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck

Eureka, California Eureka (Wiyot: ''Jaroujiji'', Hupa: ''do'-wi-lotl-ding'', Karuk: ''uuth'') is the principal city and county seat of Humboldt County in the Redwood Empire region of California. The city is located on U.S. Route 101 on the shores of Humboldt ...

on January 9 at a depth of . Dozens of injuries were reported, but no deaths have been confirmed. * A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck

Java Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's List ...

on January 10, killing one person. * A devastating magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

on January 12 at a depth of , killing around 160,000 people, and affecting millions. * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck

on January 12 at a depth of . * A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck

Guizhou Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to t ...

on January 10, killing 8 people. * A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck

Illapel Illapel () is a Chilean city, which is the capital of the Choapa Province, Coquimbo Region. It lies along the Illapel River and marks the country's narrowest point along a parallel (94 km). It is located to the east of Los Vilos. Administr ...

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 January 18. * A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Concepción on January 21. * A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck

Antofagasta Antofagasta () is a port city in northern Chile, about north of Santiago. It is the capital of Antofagasta Province and Antofagasta Region. According to the 2015 census, the city has a population of 402,669. After the Spanish American wars ...

on January 28. * A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck Eastern

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

on January 30, killing one person.

February

* A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the

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 February 1. * A magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurred in the South

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 th ...

on February 5. * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the

Kuril Islands The Kuril Islands or Kurile Islands (; rus, Кури́льские острова́, r=Kuril'skiye ostrova, p=kʊˈrʲilʲskʲɪjə ɐstrɐˈva; Japanese: or ) are a volcanic archipelago currently administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast in the ...

on February 6. * A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck off the coast of the

Yaeyama Islands The Yaeyama Islands (八重山列島 ''Yaeyama-rettō'', also 八重山諸島 ''Yaeyama-shotō'', Yaeyama: ''Yaima'', Yonaguni: ''Daama'', Okinawan: ''Yeema'', Northern Ryukyuan: ''Yapema'') are an archipelago in the southwest of Okinawa ...

on February 7. * A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck

American Samoa American Samoa ( sm, Amerika Sāmoa, ; also ' or ') is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the island country of Samoa. Its location is centered on . It is east of the International ...

on February 9. * A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck

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 February 13. * A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the

Banda Sea The Banda Sea ( id, Laut Banda, pt, Mar de Banda, tet, Tasi Banda) is one of four seas that surround the Maluku Islands of Indonesia, connected to the Pacific Ocean, but surrounded by hundreds of islands, including Timor, as well as the Halma ...

on February 15. * A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...

region at a depth of 573.8 km. * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck

on February 4, with minor injuries and damage. * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck

on February 22. * A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the

Ryukyu Islands The , also known as the or the , are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ōsumi, Tokara, Amami, Okinawa, and Sakishima Islands (further divided into the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands), with Yonaguni ...

on February 26, causing some damage and two injuries. A

warning was issued for the Okinawa prefecture. * A magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck

on February 27, with 525 confirmed deaths. A tsunami alert was waived over all countries of the Pacific Rim. * A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck

Salta Salta () is the capital and largest city in the Argentine province of the same name. With a population of 618,375 according to the 2010 census, it is also the 7th most-populous city in Argentina. The city serves as the cultural and economic ce ...

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

on February 28, killing 2 people. It is unknown whether it was related to the Chilean earthquake. * note: A number of large aftershocks were recorded following the magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile on February 27. In order to eliminate cluttering, the February aftershocks have not been included.

March

* A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck

Kaohsiung Kaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsi ...

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 March 3, resulting in at least 90+ injuries and minor damage. * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake stuck Valparaiso,

on March 4. * A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck

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 ...

on March 4, at a depth of 176 km. * A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Calama,

on March 4. * A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck

Talcahuano Talcahuano () (From Mapudungun ''Tralkawenu'', "Thundering Sky") is a port city and commune in the Biobío Region of Chile. It is part of the Greater Concepción conurbation. Talcahuano is located in the south of the Central Zone of Chile. Geo ...

on March 5. * A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck

on March 5. * A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck

Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...

on March 5. * A magnitude 6.3 earthquakes struck offshore the

Pitcairn Islands The Pitcairn Islands (; Pitkern: '), officially the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, is a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean that form the sole British Overseas Territory in the Pacific Ocean. The four isl ...

on March 7. * A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Elazığ, Turkey on March 8, killing 58 people. * A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the

on March 8. * A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Pichilemu,

on March 11. One person died of a heart attack. It struck as the new president was being inaugurated into office. * A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Pichilemu,

on March 11. * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Pichilemu,

on March 11. * A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Kepulauan Obi,

on March 14. * A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck off the 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 separ ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

on March 14. * A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Biobío,

on March 15. * A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck New Ireland,

on March 20. * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck

Mindoro Mindoro is the seventh largest and eighth-most populous island in the Philippines. With a total land area of 10,571 km2 ( 4,082 sq.mi ) and has a population of 1,408,454 as of 2020 census. It is located off the southwestern coast of Luz ...

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

on March 25. * A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck

Atacama The Atacama Desert ( es, Desierto de Atacama) is a desert plateau in South America covering a 1,600 km (990 mi) strip of land on the Pacific coast, west of the Andes Mountains. The Atacama Desert is the driest nonpolar desert in the w ...

on March 26. * A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the

Andaman Islands The Andaman Islands () are an archipelago in the northeastern Indian Ocean about southwest off the coasts of Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Region. Together with the Nicobar Islands to their south, the Andamans serve as a maritime boundary between th ...

on March 30.

April

* A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Biobío on April 2. * A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck the

Mexicali Valley Mexicali (; ) is the capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California. The city, seat of the Mexicali Municipality, has a population of 689,775, according to the 2010 census, while the Calexico–Mexicali metropolitan area is home to 1,000, ...

Baja California Baja California (; 'Lower California'), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California), is a state in Mexico. It is the northernmost and westernmost of the 32 federal entities of Mex ...

on April 4, killing 4 people and leaving more than 254 injured. * A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the

Molucca Sea The Molucca Sea (Indonesian: ''Laut Maluku'') is located in the western Pacific Ocean, around the vicinity of Indonesia, specifically bordered by the Indonesian Islands of Celebes (Sulawesi) to the west, Halmahera to the east, and the Sula Islan ...

on April 5. * A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck

on April 6. * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Northern

on April 7. * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck

on April 10. * A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck the

on April 11. * A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Dúrcal,

Granada Granada (,, DIN 31635, DIN: ; grc, Ἐλιβύργη, Elibýrgē; la, Illiberis or . ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the fo ...

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

on April 11. * A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Yushu,

on April 13, killing 2,968 people. * A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Yushu,

on April 14. * A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck eastern

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea). It is a simplified version of ...

on April 17. * A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Central

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 April 18, killing 11 people. * A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck

on April 21. * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Biobío,

on April 23. * A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck

on April 24. * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck

on April 26. * A magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurred in the

Bering Sea The Bering Sea (, ; rus, Бе́рингово мо́ре, r=Béringovo móre) is a marginal sea of the Northern Pacific Ocean. It forms, along with the Bering Strait, the divide between the two largest landmasses on Earth: Eurasia and The Ameri ...

on April 30. * A magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurred in the

on April 30.

May

* A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the

Bonin Islands The Bonin Islands, also known as the , are an archipelago of over 30 subtropical and tropical islands, some directly south of Tokyo, Japan and northwest of Guam. The name "Bonin Islands" comes from the Japanese word ''bunin'' (an archaic readi ...

on May 3. * A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Biobío on May 3. * A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Southern

, Indonesia on May 5. * A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck

Tacna Tacna was known for its mining industry; it had significant deposits of sodium nitrate and other resources. Its economic prosperity attracted a wave of immigrants from Italy. Today, their Italian Peruvian descendants live in the city and many of t ...

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

on May 6. * A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Northern Sumatra, Indonesia on May 9. * A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Northern

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

on May 14, killing 2 people. * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Northern

on May 19. * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred in the South Pacific Ocean on May 19. * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred in the South Pacific Ocean on May 19. * A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Central Peru on May 23. * A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Acre, Brazil on May 24. * A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the

Azores ) , motto =( en, "Rather die free than subjected in peace") , anthem= ( en, "Anthem of the Azores") , image_map=Locator_map_of_Azores_in_EU.svg , map_alt=Location of the Azores within the European Union , map_caption=Location of the Azores wi ...

on May 25. * A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit the

on May 26. * A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck

on May 27. * A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Vanuatu on May 27. * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck

Mindanao Mindanao ( ) ( Jawi: مينداناو) is the second-largest island in the Philippines, after Luzon, and seventh-most populous island in the world. Located in the southern region of the archipelago, the island is part of an island group of ...

on May 31. * A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck the

on May 31.

June

* A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

on June 1. * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck

on June 9. * A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck the

Nicobar Islands The Nicobar Islands are an archipelagic island chain in the eastern Indian Ocean. They are located in Southeast Asia, northwest of Aceh on Sumatra, and separated from Thailand to the east by the Andaman Sea. Located southeast of the Indian s ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

on June 12. * A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the coast Papua,

on June 16. * A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the coast near Papua,

on June 16, killing 17 and damaging hundreds of homes. * A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the coast near Papua,

on June 16. * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck 135 miles SSW of

L'Esperance Rock L'Esperance Rock, formerly known as French Rock and Brind Rock,(named after William Brind) is the southernmost islet in the Kermadec Islands, to the north of New Zealand. It is south of Curtis Island and northeast of East Cape on New Zealand ...

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 are ...

on June 17. * A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the

on June 18. * A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

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 June 23. * A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the

New Britain New Britain ( tpi, Niu Briten) is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea. It is separated from New Guinea by a northwest corner of the Solomon Sea (or with an island hop of Umboi the Dam ...

region of

on June 24. * A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the

on June 26. * A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck south of

Fiji 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 June 30. * A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck

Oaxaca Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of Mexico. It is ...

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 June 30, killing one person.

July

* A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck in the

region on July 2. * A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck near the east coast of

on July 4. * A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck south of the

on July 10. * A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Calama,

on July 12. * A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Bío Bío,

on July 14. * A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the Fox Islands,

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 July 18. * A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the New Britain Region,

on July 18. * A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the New Britain Region,

on July 18. * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the Fox Islands,

on July 18. * A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Southern

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

on July 20, killing 1 person. * A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the New Britain Region,

on July 20. * A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck

on July 21. * A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck

, on July 22. * A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck

on July 23. * A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck

on July 23. * A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck

on July 23. * A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck

on July 24. * A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck

on July 29. * A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck off the coast of

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 wes ...

on July 30. * A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Northeastern

on July 30.

August

* A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the

on August 3. * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck

on August 4. * A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck

on August 4. * A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the

Aleutian Islands The Aleutian Islands (; ; ale, Unangam Tanangin,”Land of the Aleuts", possibly from Chukchi language, Chukchi ''aliat'', "island"), also called the Aleut Islands or Aleutic Islands and known before 1867 as the Catherine Archipelago, are a cha ...

on August 4. * A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck

on August 4. * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the

on August 4. * A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck

on August 10. * A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck

Pastaza Province Pastaza () is a province in the Oriente of Ecuador located in the eastern jungle. The capital is Puyo, founded on May 12, 1899 and which has 36,700 inhabitants. The city is now accessible by paved roads, a recent development; the main road from ...

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

on August 12. * A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the

on August 13. * A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the

on August 14. * A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the

on August 14. * A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck

on August 15. * A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck

Réunion Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. It is located approximately east of the island ...

on August 16. * A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the

on August 16. * A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the

on August 18. * A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck

on August 20. * A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck

Jalisco Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...

on August 23. * A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck

Damghan Damghan ( fa, دامغان, translit=Dāmghān) is the capital of Damghan County, Semnan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 57,331, in 15,849 families. It is situated east of Tehran on the high-road to Mashad, at an elevatio ...

in northern

on August 27. This killed 3 people and also injured 40 others.

September

* A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck the

Andreanof Islands The Andreanof Islands ( ale, Niiĝuĝim tanangis, russian: Андреяновские острова) are a group of islands in the Aleutian Islands in southwestern Alaska. They are located at about 52° North and 172°57' to 179°09' West. Geogr ...

on September 3. * A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the

Canterbury Canterbury (, ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, situated in the heart of the City of Canterbury local government district of Kent, England. It lies on the River Stour, Kent, River Stour. ...

region of New Zealand's

South Island The South Island, also officially named , is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman ...

on September 4, killing 2 people. * A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck

on September 4. * A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck in the

region on September 7. * A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck

, on September 8. * A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck

Biobío Region The Biobío Region ( es, Región del Biobío ), is one of Chile's sixteen regions of Chile, regions (first-order administrative divisions). With a population of 1.5 million, thus being the third most populated region in Chile, it is divided int ...

, on September 9. * A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck

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 Provinc ...

on September 17. * A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck southern

on September 26, killing 1 person. * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake stuck near the south coast of Papua,

on September 26. * A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck near the south coast of Papua,

on September 29. * A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck near the south coast of Papua,

on September 29.

October

* A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the

on October 4. * A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the

, on October 8. * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the

, on October 8. * A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck

Halmahera Halmahera, formerly known as Jilolo, Gilolo, or Jailolo, is the largest island in the Maluku Islands. It is part of the North Maluku province of Indonesia, and Sofifi, the capital of the province, is located on the west coast of the island. Hal ...

on October 8. * A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

on October 10, killing 1 person. * A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck

on October 12. * A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the

Kepulauan Barat Daya The Barat Daya Islands ( id, Kepulauan Barat Daya) are a group of islands in the Maluku (province), Maluku province of Indonesia. The Indonesian phrase ''barat daya'' means 'south-west'. Geography These islands are located off the eastern end of ...

region of

on October 17. * A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck

Los Mochis Los Mochis () is a coastal city in northern Sinaloa, Mexico. It serves as the municipal seat of the municipality of Ahome. As of the 2010 census, the population was 362,613, which was 61 percent of the municipality's population. Los Mochis is th ...

in the Gulf of California,

, on October 21. * A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the

on October 25. * A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck

on October 25, killing 408 and leaving 303 people missing. * A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck

on October 25. * A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge on October 30.

November

* A magnitude 5.3

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, from ...

struck Kraljevo, Serbia on November 3, killing 2 and injuring over 100. * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck near the south coast of Papua,

on November 3. * A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck

on November 3. * A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck western Iran, injuring 100 people. * A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck the

Southeast Indian Ridge The Southeast Indian Ridge (SEIR) is a mid-ocean ridge in the southern Indian Ocean. A divergent tectonic plate boundary stretching almost between the Rodrigues Triple Junction () in the Indian Ocean and the Macquarie Triple Junction () in the ...

on November 10. * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred in the South

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

on November 21. * A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on November 23. * A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck the Bonin Islands, Japan on November 30.

December

* A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the

region on December 1. * A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the

region of

on December 2. * A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck the

region on December 8. * A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck

Bougainville Island Bougainville Island (Tok Pisin: ''Bogenvil'') is the main island of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, which is part of Papua New Guinea. It was previously the main landmass in the German Empire-associated North Solomons. Its land area is ...

on December 13. * A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Southeastern

on December 20, killing 11 and injuring 100+, also damaging 1,800+ homes. * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the

on December 15. * A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

on December 19, injuring 26 and causing extensive damage. * A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck

Region on December 21. * A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the

Region on December 22. * A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the

on December 23. * A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...

on December 24. * A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the South

Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

region near

on December 25. Four people were injured by a tsunami in Tanna, which had a maximum height of . * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck

on December 26. * A magnitude 6.3 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 December 28. * A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck

on December 29. * A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

on December 30. Three miners were killed by falling rocks.

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