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in 2005. 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. To prevent this list from becoming unmanageable, only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they are notable for some other reason.

Compared to other years

Overall

By death toll

By magnitude

By month

January

* Northern

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 ...

was struck by a magnitude 6.7 earthquake that occurred on January 1. * 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 ...

were struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on January 1. * The

were struck by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that occurred on January 2. * Macquarie Island was struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on January 3. * 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 ...

were struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on January 4. * The

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were struck by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that occurred on January 8. * Northern

was struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on January 9. * Gorgan, Iran was struck by a magnitude 5.4 earthquake that occurred on January 10. There were no fatalities, but at least 110 people were injured. * Western Turkey was struck by a magnitude 5.5 earthquake that occurred on January 10. One person was injured. * The central Mid-Atlantic Ridge was struck by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that occurred on January 12. * Papua New Guinea was struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on January 14. * The

Sunda Strait The Sunda Strait ( id, Selat Sunda) is the strait between the Indonesian islands of Java island, Java and Sumatra. It connects the Java Sea with the Indian Ocean. Etymology The strait takes its name from the Sunda Kingdom, which ruled the weste ...

was struck by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that occurred on January 15. *

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 ...

was struck by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake that occurred on January 16. * The Caroline Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.6 earthquake that occurred on January 16. * The Caroline Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on January 17. * Hokkaido was struck by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that occurred on January 18. * Honshu was struck by a magnitude 6.6 earthquake that occurred on January 19. A tsunami with a wave height of 30 cm was recorded. * Ecuador was struck by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that occurred on January 21. * The Solomon Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that occurred on January 22. *

Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...

was struck by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that occurred on January 23. One person was killed and four injured. * The

were struck by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that occurred on January 24. * Ecuador was struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on January 24. * Yunnan was struck by a magnitude 4.8 earthquake that occurred on January 25. Three people were injured. * – The Turkey– Iraq border was struck by a magnitude 5.9 earthquake that occurred on January 25. Two people killed and 22 injured. 80 buildings were damaged. * Northern

was struck by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake that occurred on January 26. * Ecuador was struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on January 28. * Ecuador was struck by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake that occurred on January 28.

February

* Java was struck by a magnitude 4.8 earthquake that occurred on February 2. One person killed and many injured. * 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 ...

were struck by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that occurred on February 2. * The

was struck by a magnitude 6.6 earthquake that occurred on February 5. * Mindanao was struck by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake that occurred on February 5. * Northern

was struck by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that occurred on February 5. * Papua New Guinea was struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on February 7. * Vanuatu was struck by a magnitude 6.7 earthquake that occurred on February 8. * Northern

was struck by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that occurred on February 9. * The Bonin Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that occurred on February 9. * The Loyalty Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that occurred on February 10. * – The Kyrgyzstan–

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 ...

border was struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on February 14. At least 6,000 homes destroyed or damaged. * Kepulauan Talaud was struck by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that occurred on February 15. * Honshu was struck by a magnitude 5.5 earthquake that occurred on February 15. Seven people were injured. * The southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge was struck by a magnitude 6.6 earthquake that occurred on February 16. *

was struck by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that occurred on February 19. * Central Iran was struck by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that occurred on February 22. 612 dead, 1,411 injured. 4 villages were completely destroyed, and 30% to 70% of buildings in more than 40 villages were reported damaged. * Papua New Guinea was struck by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that occurred on February 23. * Simeulue was struck by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that occurred on February 26.

March

* The Banda Sea was struck by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake that occurred on March 2. * Quetta was struck by a magnitude 4.9 earthquake that occurred on March 2, injuring 1 person. * Taiwan was struck by a magnitude 5.7 earthquake that occurred on March 5, injuring 2 people. * The Solomon Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on March 6. * Severnaya Zemlya was struck by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that occurred on March 6. * South Africa was struck by a magnitude 5.0 earthquake that occurred on March 9, killing 2 people and injuring 58. * Iran was struck by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that occurred on March 13. * India was struck by a magnitude 4.9 earthquake that occurred on March 14, injuring 16 people. *

Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...

was struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on March 17. * Tonga was struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on March 19. *

was struck by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that occurred on March 19. * Fukuoka was struck by a magnitude 6.6 earthquake that occurred on March 20, killing 1 person. *

Kyushu is the third-largest island of Japan's five main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands ( i.e. excluding Okinawa). In the past, it has been known as , and . The historical regional name referred to Kyushu and its surroun ...

was struck by a magnitude 6.6 earthquake that occurred on March 20. * Argentina was struck by a magnitude 6.9 earthquake that occurred on March 21. * Argentina was struck by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that occurred on March 21. * The Banda Sea was struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on March 26. *

was struck by a magnitude 8.7 earthquake that occurred on March 28, killing +1,000 people. * The

Nias region Nias ( id, Pulau Nias, Nias language: ''Tanö Niha'') (sometimes called Little Sumatra in English) is an island located off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Nias is also the name of the archipelago () of which the island is the centre, ...

was struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on March 28. * Simeulue was struck by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that occurred on March 30. *

was struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on March 30. *

was struck by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that occurred on March 31.

April

Svalbard Svalbard ( , ), also known as Spitsbergen, or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. North of mainland Europe, it is about midway between the northern coast of Norway and the North Pole. The islands of the group range ...

was struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on April 2. * The

was struck by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that occurred on April 3. * Northern

was struck by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that occurred on April 3. * Xizang was struck by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that occurred on April 7. *

Kepulauan Batu The Batu Islands are an archipelago of Indonesia located in the Indian Ocean, off the west coast of Sumatra, between Nias and Siberut. The three primary islands, of approximately equal size, are Pini, Tanahmasa, and Tanahbala. There are seventy- ...

was struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on April 8. * The Loyalty Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on April 8. * Kodiak Island was struck by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that occurred on April 9. *

Kepulauan Mentawai The Mentawai Islands Regency are a chain of about seventy islands and islets approximately off the western coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. They cover 6,033.76 km2 and had a population of 76,173 at the 2010 Census and 87,623 at the 2020 Census. Sib ...

was struck by a magnitude 6.7 earthquake that occurred on April 10. *

was struck by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that occurred on April 10. *

was struck by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that occurred on April 10. * Simeulue was struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on April 11. * Papua New Guinea was struck by a magnitude 6.6 earthquake that occurred on April 11. * Peru was struck by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that occurred on April 11. * The Loyalty Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that occurred on April 11. * The

was struck by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that occurred on April 16. *

was struck by a magnitude 5.5 earthquake that occurred on April 19, injuring 58. * Simeulue was struck by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake that occurred on April 28.

May

* Iran was struck by a magnitude 4.9 earthquake that occurred on May 3. * Panama was struck by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that occurred on May 5. *

was struck by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that occurred on May 10. * The Pacific–Antarctic Ridge was struck by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that occurred on May 12. * The

was struck by a magnitude 6.7 earthquake that occurred on May 14. * The Kermadec Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.6 earthquake that occurred on May 16. * The

were struck by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that occurred on May 18. * Tonga was struck by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake that occurred on May 18. * Northern

was struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on May 18. * The

was struck by a magnitude 6.9 earthquake that occurred on May 19. *

was struck by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that occurred on May 20. * – The Peru– Ecuador border was struck by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that occurred on May 21. * South Africa was struck by a magnitude 4.3 earthquake that occurred on May 23. Nineteen miners were injured in a mine collapse at Carletonville.

June

* Argentina was struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on June 2. * Papua New Guinea was struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on June 4, killing one person and destroying many houses. * Eastern Turkey was struck by a magnitude 5.6 earthquake that occurred on June 6, with five people seriously injured. * Simeulue was struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on June 8. * The

were struck by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that occurred on June 12. * California was struck by a magnitude 5.2 earthquake that occurred on June 12. Several small rockslides occurred on

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. * The Tarapacá Region was struck by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that occurred on June 13, killing 10 people. * The

Rat Islands The Rat Islands ( ale, Qax̂um tanangis, russian: Крысьи острова) are a group of American High islands, volcanic islands in the Aleutian Islands in southwestern Alaska, between Buldir Island and the Near Islands group to its west, ...

were struck by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that occurred on June 14. * California was struck by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake that occurred on June 15. A tsunami was generated with a maximum recorded wave height of 26 cm at Crescent City. * California was struck by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake that occurred on June 15. * Papua New Guinea was struck by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake that occurred on June 15. * Chile was struck by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that occurred on June 15. * California was struck by a magnitude 6.6 earthquake that occurred on June 17. * Mexico was struck by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake that occurred on June 27.

July

* Managua was struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on July 2. * The Prince Edward Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that occurred on July 4. * Indonesia was struck by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake that occurred on July 5. Many buildings were damaged. * South Africa was struck by a magnitude 2.7 earthquake that occurred on July 5. One miner was killed in Carletonville. * The west

Chile Rise The Chile Ridge, also known as the Chile Rise, is a submarine oceanic ridge formed by the divergent plate boundary between the Nazca Plate and the Antarctic Plate. It extends from the triple junction of the Nazca, Pacific, and Antarctic plates t ...

was struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on July 10. * The Kermadec Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that occurred on July 11. * The Kermadec Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that occurred on July 23. * Tokyo was struck by a magnitude 5.9 earthquake that occurred on July 23, injuring 27 people and damaging one building. * The

were struck by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake that occurred on July 24. Many buildings were damaged. * Heilongjiang was struck by a magnitude 5.0 earthquake that occurred on July 25, killing one person. * Dillon, Montana was struck by a magnitude 5.6 earthquake that occurred on July 25, with minor to moderate damage to dozens of buildings, and felt throughout much of the inter-mountain West. * The

Balleny Islands The Balleny Islands () are a series of uninhabited islands in the Southern Ocean extending from 66°15' to 67°35'S and 162°30' to 165°00'E. The group extends for about in a northwest-southeast direction. The islands are heavily glaciated an ...

were struck by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that occurred on July 30.

August

* Nicaragua was struck by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that occurred on August 3. * Yunnan was struck by a magnitude 5.2 earthquake that occurred on August 5, injuring 9 people. * Tonga was struck by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that occurred on August 6. * The Prince Edward Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake that occurred on August 7. *

was struck by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that occurred on August 7. * Vanuatu was struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on August 9. * Vanuatu was struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on August 9. * The Loyalty Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake that occurred on August 11. * The Northern Mariana Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that occurred on August 13. * Yunnan was struck by a magnitude 4.8 earthquake that occurred on August 13, injuring 26 people. * Honshu was struck by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake that occurred on August 16, injuring 39 people. * Honshu was struck by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake that occurred on August 16. * Honshu was struck by a magnitude 4.8 earthquake that occurred on August 21, injuring 2 people. * Honshu was struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on August 24. * The

Gulf of Aden The Gulf of Aden ( ar, خليج عدن, so, Gacanka Cadmeed 𐒅𐒖𐒐𐒕𐒌 𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒗𐒒) is a deepwater gulf of the Indian Ocean between Yemen to the north, the Arabian Sea to the east, Djibouti to the west, and the Guardafui Channe ...

was struck by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake that occurred on August 26. * Panama was struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on August 27. * Honshu was struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on August 30.

September

* The Celebes Sea was struck by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that occurred on September 4. * The Pacific–Antarctic Ridge was struck by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake that occurred on September 5. * New Ireland was struck by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake that occurred on September 9. * The Kuril Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on September 21. * Ethiopia was struck by a magnitude 5.5 earthquake that occurred on September 24. A 500-meter wide zone of tensional fissures and normal faults up to 3 km long was observed in the Dabbahu area. Displacement on some scarps was as much as 1 meter. Dabbahu Volcano began erupting, with the largest eruption occurring on September 26. An estimated 6,500 people were displaced, about 1,000 livestock were killed and roads and water facilities were damaged by the eruption. * Vanuatu was struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on September 25. * Loreto was struck by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake that occurred on September 26, killing 20 people and injuring 266 others. *

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 ...

was struck by a magnitude 6.6 earthquake that occurred on September 29. *

was struck by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake that occurred on September 29.

October

Moquegua Moquegua (, founded by the Spanish colonists as Villa de Santa Catalina de Guadalcázar del Valle de Moquegua) is a city in southern Peru, located in the Department of Moquegua, of which it is the capital. It is also capital of Mariscal Nieto Pr ...

was struck by a magnitude 5.3 earthquake that occurred on October 1, injuring 12 people. * Pakistan was struck by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake that occurred on October 8, killing +85,000. Felt in Afghanistan and India. It was the strongest earthquake in the region in more than a century. * Pakistan was struck by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake that occurred on October 8. *

Kashmir Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompas ...

was struck by a magnitude 5.2 earthquake that occurred on October 15, killing 2 people. Felt in Islamabad. * The Kuril Islands was struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on October 15. * Taiwan was struck by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that occurred on October 15. * Tokyo was struck by a magnitude 5.0 earthquake that occurred on October 16, injuring 2 people. * Honshu was struck by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that occurred on October 19. * İzmir was struck by a magnitude 5.9 earthquake that occurred in October 20, killing 2 people. *

Guangxi Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the People's Republic ...

was struck by a magnitude 4.2 earthquake that occurred on October 27, killing 1 person. * 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 P ...

was struck by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that occurred on October 29.

November

* The Bismarck Sea was struck by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that occurred on November 5. * Honshu was struck by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake that occurred on November 14. *

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was struck by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that occurred on November 17. * Simeulue was struck by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that occurred on November 19. * Unimak Island was struck by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake that occurred on November 20. *

was struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on November 21. * Papua New Guinea was struck by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake that occurred on November 22. * Jiangxi was struck by a magnitude 5.2 earthquake that occurred on November 26, killing 16 people. * Iran was struck by a magnitude 5.9 earthquake that occurred on November 27, killing 13 people. * The Northern Mariana Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that occurred on November 28. * Mindanao was struck by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that occurred on November 30.

December

* Honshu was struck by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that occurred on December 2. * –

Congo Congo or The Congo may refer to either of two countries that border the Congo River in central Africa: * Democratic Republic of the Congo, the larger country to the southeast, capital Kinshasa, formerly known as Zaire, sometimes referred to a ...

– Tanzania border was struck by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that occurred on December 5, killing 3 people. * The Kermadec Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that occurred on December 7. * Papua New Guinea was struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on December 8. * Papua New Guinea was struck by a magnitude 6.6 earthquake that occurred on December 11. * Hindu Kush was struck by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that occurred on December 12, killing 5 people. *

was struck by a magnitude 6.7 earthquake that occurred on December 13. * Uttarakhand was struck by a magnitude 5.1 earthquake that occurred on December 14, killing 1 person. * Honshu was struck by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that occurred on December 16. * The Federated States of Micronesia was struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on December 20. * The Molucca Sea was struck by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that occurred on December 21. * Panama was struck by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that occurred on December 21. * The Pacific–Antarctic Ridge was struck by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that occurred on December 22. * Ecuador was struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on December 23. * Honshu was struck by a magnitude 4.8 earthquake that occurred on December 24, injuring 1 person. * Panama was struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on December 30.

References

Significant Earthquakes of the World, 2005
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