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United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five ma ...
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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 ...

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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, from ...
s of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they result in damage and/or casualties, or are notable for some other reason. All dates are listed according to UTC time. Maximum intensities are indicated on the
Mercalli intensity scale The Modified Mercalli intensity scale (MM, MMI, or MCS), developed from Giuseppe Mercalli's Mercalli intensity scale of 1902, is a seismic intensity scale used for measuring the intensity of shaking produced by an earthquake. It measures the effe ...
. The year 2021 was a very active period for global seismicity, with 19 major earthquakes, three of which were over 8.0, and was also the most seismically active since
2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto ...
. There were a total of 2,476 fatalities, with the majority from a M 7.2 in Haiti. Fatalities occurred in every month of the year. Earthquake activity was lowest in June, while August was the most active and deadliest month. Major events also took place 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 ...
, Japan, China,
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 ...
,
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 Guate ...
and
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 ...
. A M 7.3 quake in China was the most intense event of the year (MMI X, ''Extreme''). A rare 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck
Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...
, Australia in September.


Compared to other years

{, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" , +Number of earthquakes worldwide for 2011–2021 !Magnitude ! 2011 !
2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...
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2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment ...
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2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...
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2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ...
! 2016 !
2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...
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2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...
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2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...
!
2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in ...
! style="background:#efefef;" , ''2021'' , - !8.0–9.9 , 1 , 2 , 2 , 1 , 1 , 0 , 1 , 1 , 1 , 0 , style="background:#efefef;" , 3 , - !7.0–7.9 , 19 , 14 , 17 , 11 , 18 , 16 , 6 , 16 , 9 , 9 , style="background:#efefef;" , 16 , - !6.0–6.9 , 187 , 117 , 123 , 143 , 124 , 127 , 104 , 118 , 135 , 112 , style="background:#efefef;" , 141 , - !5.0–5.9 , 2,486 , 1,546 , 1,460 , 1,580 , 1,413 , 1,550 , 1,447 , 1,671 , 1,484 , 1,319 , style="background:#efefef;" , 2,046 , - !4.0–4.9 , 13,129 , 10,955 , 11,877 , 15,817 , 13,777 , 13,700 , 10,544 , 12,782 , 11,897 , 12,216 , style="background:#efefef;" , 14,658 , - !Total , 15,822 , 12,635 , 13,480 , 17,552 , 15,336 , 15,397 , 12,102 , 14,589 , 13,530 , 13,654 , style="background:#efefef;" , 16,864 , -


By death toll

{, class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:100%;" !Rank !Death toll !Magnitude !Location ! MMI !Depth (km) !Date !Event , - , 1 , 2,248 , 7.2 , , {{Flag, Haiti,
Nippes Nippes (French) or Nip ( Haitian Creole) is one of the ten departments (the highest-level political subdivisions) of Haiti located in southern Haiti. It is the most recently created department, having been split from Grand'Anse in 2003. The c ...
, VIII (''Severe'') , 10.0 , {{dts, August 14 ,
2021 Haiti earthquake At 08:29:09 EDT on 14 August 2021, a magnitude7.2 earthquake struck the Tiburon Peninsula in the Caribbean nation of Haiti. It had a 10-kilometre-deep (6.2 mi) hypocenter near Petit-Trou-de-Nippes, approximately 150 kilometres (93  ...
, - , 2 , 105 , 6.2 , , {{Flag, Indonesia,
West Sulawesi West Sulawesi ( id, Sulawesi Barat) is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the western side of Sulawesi island. It covers an area of 16,787.18 km2, and its capital is Mamuju. The 2010 Census recorded a population of 1,158,651, while t ...
, VI (''Strong'') , 18.0 , {{dts, January 15 ,
2021 West Sulawesi earthquake An earthquake struck Majene Regency in the province of West Sulawesi, on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on 15 January 2021, at 02:28 WITA (18:28 UTC), with a moment magnitude of 6.2. This earthquake was felt as far away as Makassar, the ...
, - , 3 , 27 , 5.9 , , {{Flag, Pakistan,
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 coastl ...
, VII (''Very Strong'') , 9.0 , {{dts, October 6 ,
2021 Balochistan earthquake An earthquake struck Pakistan's province of Balochistan near the city of Harnai on 7 October 2021. The moment magnitude 5.9 quake struck in the early morning at 03:01 local time, killing at least 27, injuring 300, and leaving 15 missing. The eart ...
, - , 4 , 20 , 7.3 , {{Flag, China,
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 ...
, X (''Extreme'') , 10.0 , {{dts, May 21 ,
2021 Maduo earthquake The 2021 Maduo earthquake, also known as the 5.22 earthquake struck Madoi County in Qinghai Province, China on 22 May at 02:04 local time. The earthquake had a moment magnitude and surface-wave magnitude of 7.4. Highway bridges, roads and walls ...
, - , 5 , 13 , 7.0 , {{Flag, Mexico,
Guerrero Guerrero is one of the 32 states that comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in Municipalities of Guerrero, 81 municipalities and its capital city is Chilpancingo and its largest city is Acap ...
, VIII (''Severe'') , 20.0 , {{dts, September 7 , 2021 Guerrero earthquake , - , 6 , 12 , 7.5 , {{Flag, Peru, Loreto , VIII (''Severe'') , 112.5 , {{dts, November 28 ,
2021 Northern Peru earthquake A major earthquake struck northern Peru on November 28, 2021 05:52 a.m. local time with a magnitude of 7.5 on the moment magnitude scale between the Amazonas and Loreto departments of Peru. Preliminary intensities were said to be as high as VII ...
, - , 7 , 10 , 6.0 , , {{Flag, Indonesia,
East Java East Java ( id, Jawa Timur) is a province of Indonesia located in the easternmost hemisphere of Java island. It has a land border only with the province of Central Java to the west; the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean border its northern and so ...
offshore , V (''Moderate'') , 67.0 , {{dts, April 10 ,
2021 East Java earthquake An earthquake occurred on 10 April 2021 at 14:00 local time ( UTC+07:00) off the south coast of eastern Java. The epicenter of the earthquake is located 44 km south southwest of Gondanglegi Kulon in East Java province. Measuring 6.0 or 6.1 on t ...
, - Listed are earthquakes with at least 10 dead.


By magnitude

{, class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:100%;" , - ! Rank ! Magnitude ! Death toll ! Location ! MMI ! Depth (km) ! Date ! Event , - , 1 , 8.2 , 0 , {{Flag, United States,
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 ...
offshore,
Aleutian Islands The Aleutian Islands ( ; ; ale, Unangam Tanangin, "land of the Aleuts"; possibly from the Chukchi ''aliat'', or "island")—also called the Aleut Islands, Aleutic Islands, or, before 1867, the Catherine Archipelago—are a chain of 14 main, ...
, VII (''Very strong'') , 32.2 , {{dts, July 29 ,
2021 Chignik earthquake An earthquake occurred off the coast of the Alaska Peninsula on July 28, 2021, at 10:15 p.m. local time. The large megathrust earthquake had a moment magnitude () of 8.2 according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). A tsunami warning ...
, - , 2 , 8.1 , 0 , {{Flag, 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 ...
offshore , VIII (''Severe'') , 26.5 , {{dts, March 4 , 2021 Kermadec Islands earthquakes , - , 2 , 8.1 , 0 , {{Flag, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands offshore , VII (''Very strong'') , 22.8 , {{dts, August 12 ,
2021 South Sandwich Islands earthquakes The 2021 South Sandwich Islands earthquakes were a pair of powerful earthquakes, followed by about a thousand strong aftershocks which struck along the South Sandwich Trench in August 2021. The quakes measured 7.5 and 8.1 on the moment magnitude ...
, - , 4 , 7.7 , 0 , {{Flag, New Caledonia offshore, 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 o ...
, IV (''Light'') , 10.0 , {{dts, February 10 ,
2021 Loyalty Islands earthquake The 2021 Loyalty Islands earthquake was a 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck offshore between Vanuatu and New Caledonia on February 11, 2021 at 00:19 local time. It is the 4th largest earthquake of 2021. Tectonic setting Located about 415&n ...
, - , 5 , 7.5 , 12 , {{Flag, Peru, Loreto , VII (''Very Strong'') , 112.5 , {{dts, November 28 ,
2021 Northern Peru earthquake A major earthquake struck northern Peru on November 28, 2021 05:52 a.m. local time with a magnitude of 7.5 on the moment magnitude scale between the Amazonas and Loreto departments of Peru. Preliminary intensities were said to be as high as VII ...
, - , 5 , 7.5 , 0 , {{Flag, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands offshore , VI (''Strong'') , 63.3 , {{dts, August 12 ,
2021 South Sandwich Islands earthquakes The 2021 South Sandwich Islands earthquakes were a pair of powerful earthquakes, followed by about a thousand strong aftershocks which struck along the South Sandwich Trench in August 2021. The quakes measured 7.5 and 8.1 on the moment magnitude ...
, - , 7 , 7.4 , 0 , {{Flag, 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 ...
offshore , VII (''Very strong'') , 55.6 , {{dts, March 4 , 2021 Kermadec Islands earthquakes , - , 8 , 7.3 , 20 , {{Flag, China,
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 ...
, X (''Extreme'') , 10.0 , {{dts, May 21 ,
2021 Maduo earthquake The 2021 Maduo earthquake, also known as the 5.22 earthquake struck Madoi County in Qinghai Province, China on 22 May at 02:04 local time. The earthquake had a moment magnitude and surface-wave magnitude of 7.4. Highway bridges, roads and walls ...
, - , 8 , 7.3 , 1 , {{flag, Indonesia offshore,
Flores Sea The Flores Sea covers of water in Indonesia. The sea is bounded on the north by the island of Celebes and on the south by Sunda Islands of Flores and Sumbawa. Geography The seas that border the Flores Sea are the Bali Sea (to the west), Ja ...
, VI (''Strong'') , 18.4 , {{dts, December 14 ,
2021 Flores earthquake The 2021 Flores earthquake occurred 112 km, offshore, north of Maumere in the Flores Sea on December 14. The moment magnitude () of 7.3 according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). One person was killed and 97 others suffered injurie ...
, - , 8 , 7.3 , 0 , {{Flag, New Zealand, Gisborne offshore , VI (''Strong'') , 10.0 , {{dts, March 4 , - , - , 8 , 7.3 , 0 , {{flag, Indonesia, Maluku offshore , VII (''Very Strong'') , 166.9 , December 29 , - , - , 8 , 7.3 , 0 , {{Flag, Vanuatu region offshore , IV (''Light'') , 535.8 , {{dts, October 2 , - , - , 13 , 7.2 , 2,248 , {{Flag, Haiti,
Nippes Nippes (French) or Nip ( Haitian Creole) is one of the ten departments (the highest-level political subdivisions) of Haiti located in southern Haiti. It is the most recently created department, having been split from Grand'Anse in 2003. The c ...
, VIII (''Severe'') , 10.0 , {{dts, August 14 ,
2021 Haiti earthquake At 08:29:09 EDT on 14 August 2021, a magnitude7.2 earthquake struck the Tiburon Peninsula in the Caribbean nation of Haiti. It had a 10-kilometre-deep (6.2 mi) hypocenter near Petit-Trou-de-Nippes, approximately 150 kilometres (93  ...
, - , 14 , 7.1 , 3 , {{Flag, Japan, Miyagi offshore , VIII (''Severe'') , 49.9 , {{dts, February 13 ,
2021 Fukushima earthquake An intense and deadly seismic event struck offshore east of Tōhoku, Japan. The 7.3 or 7.1 earthquake occurred on a Saturday night at 23:07 JST (14:07 UTC) on 13 February at a focal depth of . It had a maximum JMA intensity of ''Shindo ...
, - , 14 , 7.1 , 1 , {{Flag, Philippines,
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 t ...
offshore , VII (''Very Strong'') , 65.6 , {{dts, August 11 ,
2021 Davao Oriental earthquake On August 12, 2021, at 01:46:12 PST, a strong 7.1 earthquake struck the island of Mindanao at a depth of . It perceived ''Intensity V'' on the PHIVOLCS Earthquake Intensity Scale. No damage or injuries were reported but a young man was killed ...
, - , 14 , 7.1 , 0 , {{Flag, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands offshore , IV (''Light'') , 6.0 , {{dts, August 22 , - , - , 17 , 7.0 , 13 , {{Flag, Mexico,
Guerrero Guerrero is one of the 32 states that comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in Municipalities of Guerrero, 81 municipalities and its capital city is Chilpancingo and its largest city is Acap ...
, VIII (''Severe'') , 12.6 , {{dts, September 8 , 2021 Guerrero earthquake , - , 17 , 7.0 , 0 , {{Flag, Japan, Miyagi offshore , VII (''Very strong'') , 54.0 , {{dts, March 20 ,
March 2021 Miyagi earthquake On March 20, 2021 at 18:09 JST (09:09 UTC). The magnitude 6.9 or 7.0 earthquake struck offshore east of Tōhoku, Japan at a depth of to . It had a maximum JMA intensity of ''Shindo'' 5+ while on the Mercalli intensity scale, it earned ...
, - , 17 , 7.0 , 0 , {{Flag, Indonesia,
North Sulawesi North Sulawesi ( id, Sulawesi Utara) is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the Minahasa Peninsula of Sulawesi, south of the Philippines and southeast of Sabah, Malaysia. It borders the Philippine province of Davao Occidental and Socc ...
offshore , VI (''Strong'') , 80.0 , {{dts, January 21 , - , - Listed are earthquakes with at least 7.0 magnitude.


By month


January

{{Infobox earthquakes in month , month=January , 9.0+ =0 , 8.0–8.9=0 , 7.0–7.9=1 , 6.0–6.9=11 , 5.0–5.9=136 , 4.0–4.9=1,021 , largest={{nowrap, 7.0 Mw {{flag, Indonesia , deadliest={{nowrap, 6.2 Mw {{flag, Indonesia
105 deaths , fatalities=105 {{clear {, class="wikitable sortable" style="border:1px black; margin-left:1em;" , + ! rowspan="2" , Date ! rowspan="2" style="width: 260px" , Country and location ! rowspan="2" , Mw ! rowspan="2" , Depth (km) ! rowspan="2" , MMI ! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" , Notes ! colspan="2" , Casualties , - !Dead !Injured , - , 3 , {{Flag, Indonesia,
Central Sulawesi Central Sulawesi (Indonesian: ''Sulawesi Tengah'') is a province of Indonesia located at the centre of the island of Sulawesi. The administrative capital and largest city is located in Palu. The 2010 census recorded a population of 2,635,009 fo ...
, {{cvt, 138, km northwest of
Kendari Kendari is the capital city of the Indonesian province of Southeast Sulawesi. With a population of 345,107 according to the 2020 census, it is the most populous city in the province, and the fourth most on Sulawesi. The city covers an area of , ...
, 5.0 , 10.0 , VI , Some buildings were damaged in the
Morowali Regency Morowali Regency is a regency of Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 5,472 km2 and the districts now within the regency had a combined population of 102,228 at the 2010 Census;Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. the r ...
. One person was injured. , - , 1 , - , 3 , {{Flag, United States,
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 ...
offshore,
Aleutian Islands The Aleutian Islands ( ; ; ale, Unangam Tanangin, "land of the Aleuts"; possibly from the Chukchi ''aliat'', or "island")—also called the Aleut Islands, Aleutic Islands, or, before 1867, the Catherine Archipelago—are a chain of 14 main, ...
, {{cvt, 231, km west southwest of
Adak Adak may refer to: Places *Adak Island, one of the Aleutian Islands ** Adak, Alaska, a town on the above island ** Adak Airport, airport serving the town ***Adak Army Airfield, original name of the airport (1942–c.1943) *** Davis Army Airfield, ...
, 6.1 , 21.0 , VI , - , - , - , - , 6 , {{Flag, New Zealand offshore,
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 ...
, 6.2 , 37.1 , IV , - , - , - , - , 6 , {{Flag, Croatia,
Sisak-Moslavina Sisak-Moslavina County ( hr, Sisačko-moslavačka županija) is a Croatian county in eastern Central Croatia and southwestern Slavonia. It is named after the city of Sisak and the region Moslavina just across the river Sava. According to 2021 c ...
, {{cvt, 3, km west southwest of
Petrinja Petrinja () is a town in central Croatia near Sisak in the historic region of Banovina. It is administratively located in Sisak-Moslavina County. On December 29, 2020, the town was hit by a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 , causing s ...
, 4.7 , 10.0 , VIII , It was an aftershock of the
2020 Petrinja earthquake At approximately 12:20 PM CET (11:20 UTC) on 29 December 2020, an earthquake of magnitude 6.4 (6.2 ) hit central Croatia, with an epicenter located roughly west-southwest of Petrinja. The maximum felt intensity was estimated at VIII (''Heavi ...
. Several buildings previously weakened by the December 29 event sustained additional damage. , - , - , - , 6 , {{Flag, Indonesia,
Gorontalo Gorontalo ( Gorontaloan: ''Hulontalo'') is a province of Indonesia on the island of Sulawesi. Located on the Minahasa Peninsula, Gorontalo was formerly part of the province of North Sulawesi until its inauguration as a separate province on 5 De ...
offshore, {{cvt, 53, km south southwest of
Gorontalo Gorontalo ( Gorontaloan: ''Hulontalo'') is a province of Indonesia on the island of Sulawesi. Located on the Minahasa Peninsula, Gorontalo was formerly part of the province of North Sulawesi until its inauguration as a separate province on 5 De ...
, 6.1 , 148.0 , IV , - , - , - , - , 8 , {{Flag, New Zealand offshore,
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 ...
, 6.3 , 224.0 , IV , - , - , - , - , 8 , {{Flag, Vanuatu,
Tafea Tafea is the southernmost of the six provinces of Vanuatu. The name is an acronym for the five main islands that make up the province: Tanna, Aneityum, Futuna, Erromango and Aniwa. History Unlike the other provinces of Vanuatu, the territoria ...
offshore, {{cvt, 146, km south southeast of
Isangel Isangel is a town in Vanuatu. Located on the island of Tanna, it is the provincial administrative capital of Tafea Province. Population The town has a population of about 1,200, most of them Melanesians; the major languages of the area are Len ...
, 6.1 , 113.0 , IV , - , - , - , - , 10 , {{Flag, Argentina,
Jujuy San Salvador de Jujuy (), commonly known as Jujuy and locally often referred to as San Salvador, is the capital and largest city of Jujuy Province in northwest Argentina. Also, it is the seat of the Doctor Manuel Belgrano Department. It lies near ...
, {{cvt, 32, km northwest of
San Antonio de los Cobres San Antonio de los Cobres is a small town of population 5,482 (per the 2001 INDEC census) in northwestern Argentina. It is the capital of the Los Andes Department of the Salta Province. Geography The town is known for its high elevation of app ...
, 6.1 , 217.0 , IV , - , - , - , - , 10 , {{Flag, Vanuatu,
Malampa Malampa is one of the six provinces of Vanuatu, located in the center of the country. It consists of three main islands: Malakula, Ambrym and Paama, and takes its name from the first syllable of their names. It includes a number of other islands ...
offshore, {{cvt, 50, km east of
Lakatoro Lakatoro is the capital of Malampa Province of the island country of Vanuatu. It is situated on the eastern shore of Malakula and is the largest settlement in that island. Lakatoro consists of a couple of retail shops, a supermarket, a local mar ...
, 6.1 , 160.0 , IV , - , - , - , - , 10 , {{Flag, Turkey,
Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, mak ...
, {{cvt, 11, km west of Kalecik , 4.3 , 10.0 , VII , Cracks appeared in several buildings. , - , - , - , 11 , {{flag, Mongolia, Khövsgöl, {{cvt, 30, km south southwest of Khankh , 6.7 , 10.0 , IX , The
2021 Khövsgöl earthquake The 2021 Khövsgöl earthquake was a magnitude 6.7 earthquake that occurred on January 12, 2021. It was located about 50 km south of the Russian border in the Khövsgöl Lake. Tectonic setting Mongolia has complicated tectonic and structural geol ...
was the strongest earthquake to hit
Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 millio ...
since 1967. A number of public buildings around
Khövsgöl lake Khövsgöl may refer to several locations in Mongolia: *Lake Khövsgöl *Khövsgöl Province Khövsgöl ( mn, Хөвсгөл) is the northernmost of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. The name is derived from Lake Khövsgöl. Geography and ...
and as far south as
Mörön Mörön ( mn, Мөрөн;, lit=river), also spelled Murun, is the administrative center of Khövsgöl Aimag (province) in northern Mongolia. Before 1933, Khatgal had been the aimag capital. It has 12,286 families and a population of 46,918, and ...
were damaged with cracked walls and broken windows. In Mörön, 59 people had to be treated for symptoms such as heart problems and high blood pressure.{{Cite web, title=Risklayer Explorer, url=https://www.risklayer-explorer.com/impact?page=2, website=risklayer.com , - , 59 , - , 14 , {{flag, Indonesia,
West Sulawesi West Sulawesi ( id, Sulawesi Barat) is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the western side of Sulawesi island. It covers an area of 16,787.18 km2, and its capital is Mamuju. The 2010 Census recorded a population of 1,158,651, while t ...
, {{cvt, 33, km south of Mamuju , 5.7 , 18.0 , VII , It was a foreshock of the 6.2 quake a few hours later. Two houses and an emergency center were damaged in Mamuju. One person sustained injuries. , - , 1 , - , 14 , {{Flag, Indonesia,
West Sulawesi West Sulawesi ( id, Sulawesi Barat) is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the western side of Sulawesi island. It covers an area of 16,787.18 km2, and its capital is Mamuju. The 2010 Census recorded a population of 1,158,651, while t ...
, {{cvt, 32, km south of Mamuju , 6.2 , 18.0 , VI , The
2021 West Sulawesi earthquake An earthquake struck Majene Regency in the province of West Sulawesi, on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on 15 January 2021, at 02:28 WITA (18:28 UTC), with a moment magnitude of 6.2. This earthquake was felt as far away as Makassar, the ...
caused widespread damage in
Mamuju Regency Mamuju Regency is a regency ( id, kabupaten Mamuju) of West Sulawesi province, Indonesia. The regency capital is at Karema, while Mamuju town is the capital of West Sulawesi. The population of the regency was 336,879 at the 2010 Census, but it w ...
, including hotel and hospital collapses. Landslides also occurred and various roads were blocked. 105 people died, more than 3,300 others injured, and three missing.{{Cite web , date=25 January 2021 , title=Indonesia, Earthquakes in West Sulawesi , url=http://adinet.ahacentre.org/reports/view/2114 , access-date=26 January 2021 , website=ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management , 105 , 3,369 , - , 15 , {{Flag, Iran, Hormozgan, {{cvt, 50, km northeast of Bandar-e Lengeh , 5.5 , 8.0 , VII , About 125 houses were damaged and 75 destroyed in
Bandar Kong Kong ( fa, كنگ, also Romanized as Kung and Gong; also known as Bandar-e Gong and Bandar-e Kong) is a city in the Central District of Bandar Lengeh County, Hormozgan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, ...
region, and one person was injured. , - , 1 , - , 16 , {{Flag, Algeria, Oran offshore, {{cvt, 20, km northwest of Oran , 3.2 , 40.0 , - , In Oran, an old building partially collapsed. , - , - , - , 19 , {{Flag, Argentina,
San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John, may refer to: Places Argentina * San Juan Province, Argentina * San Juan, Argentina, the capital of that province * San Juan, Salta, a village in Iruya, Salta Province * San Juan (Buenos Aires Underground), ...
, {{cvt, 28, km southwest of Pocito , 6.4 , 16.9 , VII , 30,000 buildings were damaged and 3,000 collapsed in San Juan province, power disruptions were reported as well as landslides and damaged roads. Twenty people were injured, one of them seriously. , - , 20 , - , 20 , {{flag, Austria,
Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...
, {{cvt, 3, km north northeast of
Ardning Ardning is a municipality in the district of Liezen in the Austrian state of Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styri ...
, 3.9 , 5.0 , V , Some damage was caused, such as cracks on walls and broken windows. A church was also damaged. , - , - , - , 21 , {{Flag, Indonesia,
North Sulawesi North Sulawesi ( id, Sulawesi Utara) is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the Minahasa Peninsula of Sulawesi, south of the Philippines and southeast of Sabah, Malaysia. It borders the Philippine province of Davao Occidental and Socc ...
offshore, {{cvt, 40, km northeast of
Talaud Islands The Talaud Islands (Indonesian: ''Kepulauan Talaud'') also spelled Talaur or Talaut, are a group of islands situated about 225 miles (360 km) northeast of Sulawesi, in Indonesia, north-east of the Sangihe Islands. The Talaud Islands are also ...
, 7.0 , 80.0 , VI , A few buildings in
Talaud Islands Regency The Talaud Islands Regency ( id, Kabupaten Kepulauan Talaud) is a regency of North Sulawesi province, Indonesia. The Talaud Islands form an archipelago situated to the north-east of Sulawesi, with a land area of 1,251.02 km2. It had a population o ...
were damaged. , - , - , - , 23 , {{Flag, China,
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 th ...
, {{cvt, 57, km southwest of Xunchang , 4.9 , 10.0 , VI , A hundred homes were damaged and four people were injured. , - , 4 , - , 23 , {{Flag, Spain,
Andalusia Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a "historical nationality". The ...
, {{cvt, 2, km west southwest of Santa Fe , 4.2 , 10.0 , V , It was part of an
earthquake swarm In seismology, an earthquake swarm is a sequence of seismic events occurring in a local area within a relatively short period. The time span used to define a swarm varies, but may be days, months, or years. Such an energy release is different f ...
. Some houses were slightly damaged in
Atarfe Atarfe is a Spanish city in the north central part of the Vega of Granada in the province of Granada, Andalusia. It borders the municipalities of Moclín, Colomera, Albolote, Maracena, Granada, Santa Fe, and Pinos Puente. By this village run the ...
. One elderly man was injured by a fallen chimney. , - , 1 , - , 23 , {{Flag, Antarctica offshore,
South Shetland Islands The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the nearest point of the South Orkney Islands. By the Antarctic Treaty of 195 ...
, 6.9 , 9.8 , V , Small tsunami waves were observed with a maximum height of 4 cm (1.6 in). A building was damaged at a Chilean scientific base in
Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest co ...
. , - , - , - , 24 , {{Flag, New Zealand,
Bay of Plenty The Bay of Plenty ( mi, Te Moana-a-Toi) is a region of New Zealand, situated around a bight of the same name in the northern coast of the North Island. The bight stretches 260 km from the Coromandel Peninsula in the west to Cape Runaw ...
, {{cvt, 16, km east of
Rotorua Rotorua () is a city in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. The city lies on the southern shores of Lake Rotorua, from which it takes its name. It is the seat of the Rotorua Lakes District, a territorial authority encompa ...
, 5.1 , 10.0 , VI , It is a part of an
earthquake swarm In seismology, an earthquake swarm is a sequence of seismic events occurring in a local area within a relatively short period. The time span used to define a swarm varies, but may be days, months, or years. Such an energy release is different f ...
. Ten buildings were damaged in
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 ...
. , - , - , - , 28 , {{Flag, Spain,
Andalusia Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a "historical nationality". The ...
, {{cvt, 2, km east northeast of
Chauchina Chauchina is a municipality in the province of Granada Granada is a province of southern Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of Albacete, Murcia, Almería, Jaén, Córdoba, Mála ...
, 4.3 , 10.0 , IV , It was part of an
earthquake swarm In seismology, an earthquake swarm is a sequence of seismic events occurring in a local area within a relatively short period. The time span used to define a swarm varies, but may be days, months, or years. Such an energy release is different f ...
. Light damage was caused to some houses in
Granada Granada (,, DIN: ; grc, Ἐλιβύργη, Elibýrgē; la, Illiberis or . ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the c ...
, including a roof collapse. , - , - , - , 31 , {{Flag, Guyana,
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Upper Takutu-Upper Esequibo (Region 9) is a region of Guyana. Venezuela claims the territory as part of Bolívar (state) in Esequiban Guyana. It borders the region of Potaro-Siparuni to the north, the region of East Berbice-Corentyne to the eas ...
, {{cvt, 82, km south southeast of Lethem , 5.5 , 5.4 , VIII , It was the strongest earthquake ever recorded in Guyana. lt was felt in the states of
Roraima Roraima (, ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil. Located in the country's North Region, it is the northernmost and most geographically and logistically isolated state in Brazil. It is bordered by the state of Pará to the southeast, Amazonas ...
and
Amazonas Amazonas may refer to: Places * Amazon River, known as ''Amazonas'' in Spanish and Portuguese *Amazonas (Brazilian state), Brazil * Amazonas Department, Colombia * Department of Amazonas, Peru * Amazonas (Venezuelan state), Venezuela Other uses * ...
in
Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
. Property damage was reported in
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Upper Takutu-Upper Esequibo (Region 9) is a region of Guyana. Venezuela claims the territory as part of Bolívar (state) in Esequiban Guyana. It borders the region of Potaro-Siparuni to the north, the region of East Berbice-Corentyne to the eas ...
. , - , -


February

{{Infobox earthquakes in month , month=February , 9.0+ =0 , 8.0–8.9=0 , 7.0–7.9=2 , 6.0–6.9=14 , 5.0–5.9=254 , 4.0–4.9=1,183 , largest={{nowrap, 7.7 Mw {{flag, New Caledonia , deadliest={{nowrap, 7.1 Mw {{flag, Japan
3 deaths , fatalities=5 {{clear {, class="wikitable sortable" style="border:1px black; margin-left:1em;" , + ! rowspan="2" , Date ! rowspan="2" style="width: 250px" , Country and location ! rowspan="2" , Mw ! rowspan="2" , Depth (km) ! rowspan="2" , MMI ! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" , Notes ! colspan="2" , Casualties , - !Dead !Injured , - , 3 , {{Flagicon, Chile West Chile Rise , 6.7 , 10.0 , IV , - , - , - , - , 3 , {{Flag, Indonesia,
West Sulawesi West Sulawesi ( id, Sulawesi Barat) is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the western side of Sulawesi island. It covers an area of 16,787.18 km2, and its capital is Mamuju. The 2010 Census recorded a population of 1,158,651, while t ...
, 37 km south southeast of Mamuju , 4.9 , 10.0 , VI , It was an aftershock of the
2021 West Sulawesi earthquake An earthquake struck Majene Regency in the province of West Sulawesi, on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on 15 January 2021, at 02:28 WITA (18:28 UTC), with a moment magnitude of 6.2. This earthquake was felt as far away as Makassar, the ...
. Further damage was caused and a 61-year-old man was killed. , 1 , - , - , 3 , {{Flag, Guinea,
Kindia Kindia (N’ko: ߞߌ߲ߘߌߦߊ߫) is the fourth largest city in Guinea, lying about 85 miles northeast of the nation's capital, Conakry. Its estimated population in 2008 was 181,126. Kindia serves as the capital and largest city of Kindia Prefect ...
, 41 km northwest of
Kindia Kindia (N’ko: ߞߌ߲ߘߌߦߊ߫) is the fourth largest city in Guinea, lying about 85 miles northeast of the nation's capital, Conakry. Its estimated population in 2008 was 181,126. Kindia serves as the capital and largest city of Kindia Prefect ...
, 5.0 , 10.0 , VI , More than 100 buildings were damaged in the
Kindia Kindia (N’ko: ߞߌ߲ߘߌߦߊ߫) is the fourth largest city in Guinea, lying about 85 miles northeast of the nation's capital, Conakry. Its estimated population in 2008 was 181,126. Kindia serves as the capital and largest city of Kindia Prefect ...
region, which resulted in the evacuation of some villages. The earthquake was likely caused by the damming of a new reservoir.{{Cite web, title=Damaging earthquakes in February 2021, url=https://www.risklayer-explorer.com/report/8, website=risklayer-explorer.com , - , - , - , 5 , {{Flag, Armenia, Gegharkunik, 9 km southwest of Vahan , 5.2 , 10.0 , VII , More than 270 buildings were damaged in the region. , - , - , - , 7 , {{Flag, Philippines, Davao,
Magsaysay Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay Sr. (August 31, 1907 – March 17, 1957) was a Filipino statesman who served as the seventh president of the Philippines, from December 30, 1953, until his death in an 1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash, aircraft disaster ...
, 6.0 , 10.0 , VIII , The 2021 Davao Del Sur earthquake caused moderate damage to 26 houses in
Davao del Sur Davao del Sur ( ceb, Habagatang Dabaw; ), officially the Province of Davao del Sur, is a province in the Philippines located in the Davao Region in Mindanao. Its capital is Digos City. Davao City is the largest city in terms of area and pop ...
, and fourteen people were injured by fallen objects. A power outage was reported in
Kidapawan Kidapawan, officially the City of Kidapawan ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Kidapawan; hil, Dakbanwa sang Kidapawan; Maguindanaon: ''Kuta nu Kidapawan'', Jawi: كوتا نو كيدڤاوان; Obo Monuvu: ''Ingod to Kidapawan''), is a 3rd class component c ...
. , - , 14 , - , 7 , {{Flag, Papua New Guinea,
Manus Manus may refer to: * Manus (anatomy), the zoological term for the distal portion of the forelimb of an animal (including the human hand) * ''Manus'' marriage, a type of marriage during Roman times Relating to locations around New Guinea * Man ...
offshore, 193 km southwest of
Lorengau Lorengau is the major town in Manus Province, Papua New Guinea. The town is located on the edge of Seeadler Harbour on Manus Island, in the Admiralty Islands, and in 2000 Lorengau was recorded to have a population of 5,829. History World War ...
, 6.3 , 10.0 , IV , - , - , - , - , 9 , {{Flag, Turkey,
Konya Konya () is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium (), although the Seljuks also called it D ...
, 15 km northwest of
Tuzlukçu Tuzlukçu is a town and district of Konya Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, tran ...
, 4.8 , 10.0 , VIII , Three houses in
Tuzlukçu Tuzlukçu is a town and district of Konya Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, tran ...
were damaged. , - , - , - , 10 , {{Flag, New Caledonia offshore, 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 o ...
, 6.1 , 11.0 , - , It was a foreshock of the 7.7 quake one hour later. , - , - , - , 10 , {{Flag, Indonesia,
Bengkulu Bengkulu is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the southwest coast of Sumatra. It was formed on 18 November 1968 by separating out the former Bencoolen Residency area from the province of South Sumatra under Law No. 9 of 1967 and was ...
offshore, 216 km south southwest of
Bengkulu Bengkulu is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the southwest coast of Sumatra. It was formed on 18 November 1968 by separating out the former Bencoolen Residency area from the province of South Sumatra under Law No. 9 of 1967 and was ...
, 6.3 , 10.0 , IV , - , - , - , - , 10 , rowspan=6, {{Flag, New Caledonia offshore, 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 o ...
, 6.1 , 10.0 , - , It was a foreshock of the 7.7 quake eighteen minutes later. , - , - , - , 10 , 7.7 , 10.0 , IV , The
2021 Loyalty Islands earthquake The 2021 Loyalty Islands earthquake was a 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck offshore between Vanuatu and New Caledonia on February 11, 2021 at 00:19 local time. It is the 4th largest earthquake of 2021. Tectonic setting Located about 415&n ...
triggered a
tsunami warning A tsunami warning system (TWS) is used to detect tsunamis in advance and issue the warnings to prevent loss of life and damage to property. It is made up of two equally important components: a network of sensors to detect tsunamis and a communica ...
for
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 List of islands of New Zealand, smaller islands. It is the ...
and
Polynesia Polynesia () "many" and νῆσος () "island"), to, Polinisia; mi, Porinihia; haw, Polenekia; fj, Polinisia; sm, Polenisia; rar, Porinetia; ty, Pōrīnetia; tvl, Polenisia; tkl, Polenihia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania, made up of ...
and a brief tsunami watch issued for
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 Internation ...
. A small tsunami was observed with wave heights reaching up to {{Convert, 0.78, m, ft, abbr=on in
Lenakel Lenakel is the largest town on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu. It has a population of 1,473. It is located on the west coast of the island near the administrative capital of Isangel and serves as a major port of entry. Language It is the cent ...
,
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 ...
. , - , - , - , 10 , 6.1 , 11.7 , - , rowspan=4, These were aftershocks of the 7.7 quake a few hours earlier. , - , - , - , 10 , 6.1 , 14.0 , - , - , - , - , 10 , 6.3 , 12.0 , III , - , - , - , 11 , 6.0 , 10.0 , - , - , - , - , 11 , {{Flag, Chile, Los Ríos, 38 km east southeast of
Panguipulli Panguipulli ( ; Mapudungun for "hill of the puma") is a city and commune in Valdivia Province, southern Chile, administered by the Municipality of Panguipulli. It is located on the western edge of Panguipulli Lake, and is on a moraine in the C ...
, 4.8 , 10.0 , IV , The moderate earthquake triggered rockslides in roads of the region and minor damage was reported, such as objects falling off shelves and walls. The shaking was felt in the cities of
Bariloche San Carlos de Bariloche, usually known as Bariloche (), is a city in the province of Río Negro, Argentina, situated in the foothills of the Andes on the southern shores of Nahuel Huapi Lake. It is located within the Nahuel Huapi National Par ...
and
San Martín de los Andes San Martín de los Andes is a city in the south-west of the , serving as the administration centre of the Lácar Department. Lying at the foot of the Andes, on the Lácar lake, it is considered one of the main tourism destinations in the province. ...
in
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, t ...
. , - , - , - , 12 , {{Flag, Tajikistan,
Gorno-Badakhshan Gorno-Badakhshan, officially the Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region,, abbr. / is an autonomous region in eastern Tajikistan, in the Pamir Mountains. It makes up nearly forty-five percent of the country's land area, but only two perce ...
, 37 km west of Murghob , 5.9 , 99.0 , IV , 128 buildings were damaged through
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 ...
,
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 ...
and
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental coun ...
. In the adjacent
Haripur Haripur can refer to: Bangladesh * Haripur, Bangladesh India * Haripur or Haripuram, a village in Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh * Haripur, Bardhaman, a town in Bardhaman district, West Bengal * Haripur, Chanditala-I, a village in Hooghl ...
district of Pakistan, a woman fell and died while she was running in a panic, and ten other people were injured. , 1 , 10 , - , 13 , {{flag, Armenia,
Ararat Ararat or in Western Armenian Ararad may refer to: Personal names * Ararat ( hy, Արարատ), a common first name for Armenian males (pronounced Ararad in Western Armenian) * Ararat or Araratian, a common family name for Armenians (pronounced A ...
, Hovtashen , 4.9 , 10.0 , VI , The earthquake was felt in the capital
Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and ...
, where more than 3,000 buildings were damaged. 27 people were injured. , - , 27 , - , 13 , {{Flag, Japan, Miyagi offshore, 72 km east northeast of
Namie is a town located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. the town has a population of 1,238 in 794 households, although the official registered population was 17,114 in 6853 households. The total area of the town is . The town was evacuated as a resul ...
, 7.1 , 44.1 , VIII , The
2021 Fukushima earthquake An intense and deadly seismic event struck offshore east of Tōhoku, Japan. The 7.3 or 7.1 earthquake occurred on a Saturday night at 23:07 JST (14:07 UTC) on 13 February at a focal depth of . It had a maximum JMA intensity of ''Shindo ...
caused power outages for 800,000 houses, damage to buildings and damage to a major expressway in
Fukushima may refer to: Japan * Fukushima Prefecture, Japanese prefecture **Fukushima, Fukushima, capital city of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan *** Fukushima University, national university in Japan *** Fukushima Station (Fukushima) in Fukushima, Fukushim ...
. Three people were confirmed dead, and 185 people were injured, 12 of them seriously. Maximum intensity on the JMA scale reached ''Shindo'' 6+. It was an aftershock of the
2011 Tōhoku earthquake Eleven or 11 may refer to: * 11 (number), the natural number following 10 and preceding 12 * one of the years 11 BC, AD 11, 1911, 2011, or any year ending in 11 Literature * ''Eleven'' (novel), a 2006 novel by British author David Llewellyn * ...
. , 3 , 185 , - , 16 , {{flag, Vanuatu, Shefa offshore, 77 km west of
Port Vila Port Vila (french: Port-Vila), or simply Vila (; french: Vila; bi, Vila ), is the capital and largest city of Vanuatu. It is located on the island of Efate. Its population in the last census (2009) was 44,040, an increase of 35% on the p ...
, 6.2 , 5.6 , IV , Cracks appeared in the dormitory of a school in Port Vila. , - , - , - , 17 , {{Flag, Greece, Central Region, 11 km north of Kamárai , 5.5 , 5.3 , VIII , Minor damage was reported in many houses. , - , - , - , 17 , {{Flag, Iran, Isfahan, 27 km northwest of
Yasuj Yasuj ( fa, ; also romanized as Yāsūj, Yasooj, and Yesūj; Luri: ''Jasuc'' or ''Jasyç'') is a city and capital of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 96,786, in 20,297 families. Yasuj is an ind ...
, 5.4 , 10.0 , VII , In the
2021 Sisakht earthquake The 2021 Sisakht earthquake which had a magnitude of 5.4 , struck 28 km northwest of Yasuj, Iran at around 18:35 ( UTC) on February 17. No deaths were reported however 63 people sustained injuries and extensive damage was observed in numerou ...
, 5,294 buildings were damaged and 1,206 destroyed. 88 people sustained injuries, most of them in
Yasuj Yasuj ( fa, ; also romanized as Yāsūj, Yasooj, and Yesūj; Luri: ''Jasuc'' or ''Jasyç'') is a city and capital of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 96,786, in 20,297 families. Yasuj is an ind ...
. , - , 88 , - , 17 , {{Flag, New Caledonia offshore, 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 o ...
, 6.1 , 12.6 , - , It was an aftershock of the 7.7 quake on February 10. , - , - , - , 18 , {{Flag, Vanuatu,
Tafea Tafea is the southernmost of the six provinces of Vanuatu. The name is an acronym for the five main islands that make up the province: Tanna, Aneityum, Futuna, Erromango and Aniwa. History Unlike the other provinces of Vanuatu, the territoria ...
offshore, 135 km south southwest of
Port Vila Port Vila (french: Port-Vila), or simply Vila (; french: Vila; bi, Vila ), is the capital and largest city of Vanuatu. It is located on the island of Efate. Its population in the last census (2009) was 44,040, an increase of 35% on the p ...
, 6.2 , 14.0 , IV , - , - , - , - , 18 , {{Flag, France,
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 ...
offshore, 158 km east southeast of
Alo Alo or ALO may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media * ''Alo'' (film), a 2003 Bengali drama * Alo Creevey, a fictional character in TV series ''Skins'' ** "Alo" (''Skins series 5'') ** "Alo" (''Skins series 6'') * Animal Liberation Orchestra, ...
, 6.1 , 3.7 , IV , - , - , - , - , 24 , {{Flag, Iran, Isfahan, 26 km northwest of
Yasuj Yasuj ( fa, ; also romanized as Yāsūj, Yasooj, and Yesūj; Luri: ''Jasuc'' or ''Jasyç'') is a city and capital of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 96,786, in 20,297 families. Yasuj is an ind ...
, 4.9 , 10.0 , V , It was an aftershock of the
2021 Sisakht earthquake The 2021 Sisakht earthquake which had a magnitude of 5.4 , struck 28 km northwest of Yasuj, Iran at around 18:35 ( UTC) on February 17. No deaths were reported however 63 people sustained injuries and extensive damage was observed in numerou ...
, further damage was caused, and 30 people were injured. , - , 30 , - , 26 , {{Flag, Indonesia,
North Maluku North Maluku ( id, Maluku Utara) is a province of Indonesia. It covers the northern part of the Maluku Islands, bordering the Pacific Ocean to the north, the Halmahera Sea to the east, the Molucca Sea to the west, and the Seram Sea to the sout ...
, 147 km south of
Sofifi Sofifi is a town on the west coast of the Indonesian island of Halmahera, and since 2010 has been the capital of the province of North Maluku. It is located in North Oba (''Oba Utara'') District of the city of Tidore Islands. At the 2020 Census, ...
, 5.0 , 10.0 , - , 456 buildings, including a hospital and several government buildings were damaged in
South Halmahera Regency South Halmahera Regency ( id, Kabupaten Halmahera Selatan) is a regency of North Maluku Province, Indonesia. It lies partly on Halmahera Island and partly on smaller islands to the west and south of Halmahera. It covers a land area of 8,779.320&nb ...
. Ten people were injured. , - , 10 , -


March

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3 deaths
5.1 {{M, w, link=y {{Flag, Colombia
3 deaths , fatalities=7 {{clear {, class="wikitable sortable" style="border:1px black; margin-left:1em;" ! rowspan="2" , Date ! rowspan="2" style="width: 220px" , Country and location ! rowspan="2" , Mw ! rowspan="2" , Depth (km) ! rowspan="2" , MMI ! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" , Notes ! colspan="2" , Casualties , - !Dead !Injured , - , 1 , {{Flag, Colombia,
Antioquia Antioquia is the Spanish form of Antioch. Antioquia may also refer to: * Antioquia Department, Colombia * Antioquia State, Colombia (defunct) * Antioquia District, Peru * Antioquia Railway The Antioquia Railway ( es, Ferrocarril de Antioquia) i ...
, 20 km southwest of Urrao , 5.1 , 10.0 , VI , Various houses were damaged and some destroyed in
Antioquia Antioquia is the Spanish form of Antioch. Antioquia may also refer to: * Antioquia Department, Colombia * Antioquia State, Colombia (defunct) * Antioquia District, Peru * Antioquia Railway The Antioquia Railway ( es, Ferrocarril de Antioquia) i ...
. One person died in
Medellín Medellín ( or ), officially the Municipality of Medellín ( es, Municipio de Medellín), is the second-largest city in Colombia, after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central re ...
after falling from a roof during the earthquake, while another died from a heart attack, and another died from a landslide at Retiro, and at least 6 people were injured. , 3 , 6 , - , 3 , {{Flag, Greece,
Thessalia Thessaly ( el, Θεσσαλία, translit=Thessalía, ; ancient Thessalian: , ) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thessa ...
, 10 km west northwest of Týrnavos , 6.3 , 8.0 , VIII , The
2021 Larissa earthquake On March 3, 2021, 12:16:09 ( UTC +2) the 2021 Larissa earthquake had a magnitude of 6.3 with an intensity of VIII (''Severe'') on the Mercalli Scale 9 kilometers west of Týrnavos, Greece. One person was confirmed dead with eleven other people ...
damaged at least a hundred homes and other buildings in the area, including churches, were damaged. A disabled man was rescued with serious head injuries after being trapped in his house in Mesochori and later died in the hospital, while 11 other people were slightly injured. , 1 , 11 , - , 4 , {{Flag, New Zealand, Gisborne offshore, 174 km northeast of Gisborne , 7.3 , 10.0 , VI , At least 27 buildings were damaged in Gisborne. A
tsunami warning A tsunami warning system (TWS) is used to detect tsunamis in advance and issue the warnings to prevent loss of life and damage to property. It is made up of two equally important components: a network of sensors to detect tsunamis and a communica ...
was issued for
Gisborne District Gisborne District or the Gisborne Region ( Māori: ''Te Tairāwhiti'' or ''Te Tai Rāwhiti'') is a local government area of northeastern New Zealand. It is governed by Gisborne District Council, a unitary authority (with the combined powers ...
from
Hicks Bay Wharekahika or Hicks Bay (officially Wharekahika / Hicks Bay) is a bay and coastal area in the Gisborne District of the North Island of New Zealand. It is situated 150 km east of Opotiki and 186 km north of Gisborne city, along State ...
to
Tokomaru Bay Tokomaru Bay is a small beachside community located on the isolated East Coast of New Zealand's North Island. It is 91 km north of Gisborne, on State Highway 35, and close to Mount Hikurangi. The district was originally known as Toka-a- ...
, along with nearby river estuaries, then lifted. Tsunami waves with heights up to 28 cm (11 in) were observed in
East Cape East Cape is the easternmost point of the main islands of New Zealand. It is located at the northern end of the Gisborne District of New Zealand's North Island. It can also refer to the broader Gisborne cape. East Cape was originally named "C ...
,
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 List of islands of New Zealand, smaller islands. It is the ...
. , - , - , - , 4 , {{Flag, Vanuatu, Torba offshore, 69 km north northeast of
Port Olry {{Infobox settlement , name = Port Olry , other_name = Saint Anne , native_name = , settlement_type = Village , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_caption = , pus ...
, 6.1 , 173.3 , IV , - , - , - , - , 4 , rowspan="3", {{Flag, 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 ...
offshore , 7.4 , 43.0 , VII , It was a foreshock of the 8.1 quake a few hours later. Tsunami waves with heights up to 31 cm (12 in) were observed in
Raoul Island Raoul Island (''Sunday Island'') is the largest and northernmost of the main Kermadec Islands, south south-west of 'Ata Island of Tonga and north north-east of New Zealand's North Island. It has been the source of vigorous volcanic activity ...
,
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 List of islands of New Zealand, smaller islands. It is the ...
. , - , - , - , 4 , 8.1 , 21.2 , VIII , The 2021 Kermadec Islands earthquake damaged some buildings and caused landslides on Raoul Island, it also triggered a
tsunami warning A tsunami warning system (TWS) is used to detect tsunamis in advance and issue the warnings to prevent loss of life and damage to property. It is made up of two equally important components: a network of sensors to detect tsunamis and a communica ...
for
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 List of islands of New Zealand, smaller islands. It is the ...
. Tsunami heights have been around 35–40 cm (14–16 in) at
East Cape East Cape is the easternmost point of the main islands of New Zealand. It is located at the northern end of the Gisborne District of New Zealand's North Island. It can also refer to the broader Gisborne cape. East Cape was originally named "C ...
and around 15–20 cm (5.9–7.9 in) at
Great Barrier Island Great Barrier Island ( mi, Aotea) lies in the outer Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand, north-east of central Auckland. With an area of it is the sixth-largest island of New Zealand and fourth-largest in the main chain. Its highest point, Mount Hobso ...
; 64 cm (25 in) waves were reported in
Norfolk Island Norfolk Island (, ; Norfuk: ''Norf'k Ailen'') is an external territory of Australia located in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia, directly east of Australia's Evans Head and about from Lord Howe Island. Together w ...
. A tsunami in
Port-Vila Port Vila (french: Port-Vila), or simply Vila (; french: Vila; bi, Vila ), is the capital and largest city of Vanuatu. It is located on the island of Efate. Its population in the last census (2009) was 44,040, an increase of 35% on the pr ...
,
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 ...
damaged a few boats and several people were injured.{{Cite web, title=New Zealand and Pacific island countries – Earthquake, url=https://reliefweb.int/report/new-zealand/new-zealand-and-pacific-island-countries-earthquake-dg-echo-partners-nema-nz-ptwc, website=reliefweb.int{{Better source needed, date=October 2021 , - , Several , - , 4 , 6.1 , 10.0 , III , It was an aftershock of the 8.1 quake one hour earlier. , - , - , - , 4 , {{Flag, Greece,
Thessalia Thessaly ( el, Θεσσαλία, translit=Thessalía, ; ancient Thessalian: , ) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thessa ...
, 12 km east of
Verdikoussa Verdikoussa ( el, Βερδικούσσα, ) is a village, a community and a municipal unit of the Elassona municipality. Before the 2011 local government it was an independent community. The 2011 census recorded 1,812 inhabitants in the village an ...
, 5.8 , 10.0 , VIII , It was an aftershock of the 6.3 quake the day before. Additional damage was caused, and some empty houses collapsed. , - , - , - , 4 , rowspan="3", {{Flag, 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 ...
offshore , 6.5 , 10.0 , III , rowspan="3", Those were aftershocks of the 8.1 quake a few hours earlier. , - , - , - , 5 , 6.3 , 17.0 , IV , - , - , - , 5 , 6.2 , 10.0 , III , - , - , - , 6 , {{Flag, New Zealand, Gisborne offshore, 179 km northeast of Gisborne , 6.3 , 13.0 , V , It was an aftershock of the 7.3 quake on March 4. , - , - , - , 6 , rowspan="3", {{Flag, 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 ...
offshore , 6.1 , 10.3 , IV , rowspan="3", Those were aftershocks of the 8.1 quake on March 4. , - , - , - , 6 , 6.2 , 10.0 , VI , - , - , - , 6 , 6.1 , 10.0 , VI , - , - , - , 6 , {{Flag, Peru,
Arequipa Arequipa (; Aymara and qu, Ariqipa) is a city and capital of province and the eponymous department of Peru. It is the seat of the Constitutional Court of Peru and often dubbed the "legal capital of Peru". It is the second most populated cit ...
, 17 km east southeast of Iray , 4.9 , 10.0 , VI , About 70
adobe Adobe ( ; ) is a building material made from earth and organic materials. is Spanish for '' mudbrick''. In some English-speaking regions of Spanish heritage, such as the Southwestern United States, the term is used to refer to any kind of ...
houses were damaged in Huambo district, and 10 were destroyed. Some landslides also blocked roads. , - , - , - , 10 , {{Flag, Iran, Razavi Khorasan , 4.7 , 10.0 , V , At least 15 homes were slightly damaged in villages near the epicenter. , - , - , - , 11 , {{Flag, Tanzania,
Mara Mara or MARA may refer to: Animals * Mara (mammal), a species of the cavy family *Mara the Lioness, in the movie ''Born Free'' Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Mara (''Doctor Who''), an evil being in two ''Doctor Who'' serials *Mara, ...
, 25 km south southwest of Tarime , 4.8 , 10.0 , V , Around 50 students were injured in a stampede caused by the earthquake in Kisii, in neighbouring
Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...
. , - , 50 , - , 14 , {{Flag, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands offshore,
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 ...
region , 6.0 , 10.0 , III , - , - , - , - , 14 , {{Flag, Iran, Hormozgan, 113 km northwest of
Minab Minab ( fa, ميناب, also Romanized as Mīnāb) is a city and capital of Minab County, Hormozgan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It ...
, 5.0 , 45.0 , III , Several buildings in
Faryab Faryab ( Dari: ) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, which is located in the north of the country bordering neighboring Turkmenistan. It has a population of about 1,109,223, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a tribal society. The ...
were slightly damaged as a result of the earthquake. , - , - , - , 14 , {{Flag, Turkmenistan, Ahal, 39 km southwest of
Bäherden Bäherden, formerly Baharly (2003-2018), is a city and the seat of Baherden District, Ahal Province, Turkmenistan. It lies on the northern rim of the Kopet Dag mountain range, south-west of the resort village of Archman. Etymology According to ...
, 4.5 , 10.0 , V , 65 buildings were damaged in the
Kopet Dag Mountains The Köpet Dag, Kopet Dagh, or Koppeh Dagh ( tk, Köpetdag; fa, کپه‌داغ), also known as the Turkmen-Khorasan Mountain Range, is a mountain range on the border between Turkmenistan and Iran that extends about along the border southeast o ...
. , - , - , - , 16 , {{Flag, Russia,
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 ...
offshore, 176 km south southeast of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy , 6.6 , 22.1 , V , - , - , - , - , 18 , {{Flag, Algeria, Bejaia offshore, 20 km north northeast of Bejaïa , 6.0 , 8.0 , VII , Around 2,000 buildings were damaged in 12 wilayas, with cracks in walls and collapsed buildings. Sixty people were injured while fleeing in a panic, and also by jumping through windows. A small tsunami was also observed, with heights of {{Convert, 6, cm, ft, abbr=on in the Balearic Islands.{{Cite web, title=Damaging earthquakes in March 2021, url=https://www.risklayer-explorer.com/report/13, website=risklayer-explorer.com , - , 60 , - , 19 , {{Flag, China,
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 people, ...
, 95 km northeast of
Nagqu Nagqu (also Naqu, Nakchu, or Nagchu; ; ) is a prefecture-level city in the north of the Chinese autonomous region of Tibet. On May 7, 2018, the former Nagqu Prefecture was officially declared the sixth prefecture-level city in Tibet after Lhasa, ...
, 5.7 , 8.0 , VII , Around 5,000 buildings were damaged in
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 � ...
, including some office blocks which suffered cracked walls. , - , - , - , 20 , {{Flag, Mexico,
Guerrero Guerrero is one of the 32 states that comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in Municipalities of Guerrero, 81 municipalities and its capital city is Chilpancingo and its largest city is Acap ...
, 7 km north of
Marquelia Marquelia is a city and seat of the municipality of Marquelia, in the state of Guerrero, south-western Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is ...
, 5.7 , 28.3 , VI , Two homes cracked in the municipality of
Ayutla de los Libres Ayutla de los Libres (Mixtec: Tatioo) is a city and seat of the municipality of Ayutla de los Libres, in the state of Guerrero, southern Mexico. Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Principales resultados por localidad 2005 (ITER). Re ...
. Another three residences had fractured walls. Trees were downed and a roof detached off of a structure. , - , - , - , 20 , {{Flag, Australia offshore, west of
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 19 ...
, 6.1 , 10.0 , II , - , - , - , - , 20 , {{Flag, Japan, Miyagi offshore, 27 km east northeast of
Ishinomaki is a city located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 138,538, and a population density of 250 persons per km2 in 61,919 households. The total area of the city is . Geography Ishinomaki is in northeastern Miy ...
, 7.0 , 54.0 , VII , The
March 2021 Miyagi earthquake On March 20, 2021 at 18:09 JST (09:09 UTC). The magnitude 6.9 or 7.0 earthquake struck offshore east of Tōhoku, Japan at a depth of to . It had a maximum JMA intensity of ''Shindo'' 5+ while on the Mercalli intensity scale, it earned ...
caused minor damage, and power outages for a few hundred houses. A tsunami advisory was issued for Miyagi, then canceled. Maximum intensity of ''Shindo'' 5+ was recorded. 11 people were injured. It was an aftershock of the
2011 Tōhoku earthquake Eleven or 11 may refer to: * 11 (number), the natural number following 10 and preceding 12 * one of the years 11 BC, AD 11, 1911, 2011, or any year ending in 11 Literature * ''Eleven'' (novel), a 2006 novel by British author David Llewellyn * ...
. , - , 11 , - , 21 , {{Flag, Germany,
Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...
, 3.1 km northwest of
Albstadt Albstadt () is the largest city in the district of Zollernalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the Swabian Jura mountains, about halfway between Stuttgart and Lake Constance. Geography Albstadt is spread across a variety ...
, 3.9 , 16.0 , - , Three buildings were damaged in
Albstadt Albstadt () is the largest city in the district of Zollernalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the Swabian Jura mountains, about halfway between Stuttgart and Lake Constance. Geography Albstadt is spread across a variety ...
. , - , - , - , 23 , {{Flag, Greece,
Western Macedonia Western Macedonia ( el, Δυτική Μακεδονία, translit=Ditikí Makedonía, ) is one of the thirteen Modern regions of Greece, regions of Greece, consisting of the western part of Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia. Located in north-western ...
, 20 km northeast of Kónitsa , 4.4 , 10.0 , II , The earthquake damaged four buildings in the nearby village of Samaria, including two churches and a school. , - , - , - , 23 , {{Flag, Mongolia, Govisumber, 45 km north of Choyr , 4.6 , 10.0 , V , The earthquake slightly damaged five houses in the nearby town of Bayantal. , - , - , - , 23 , {{Flag, China,
Xinjiang Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...
, 100 km northeast of
Aksu Aksu or Aqsu (Turkic: "white water") may refer to: People * Aksu Hanttu (born 1979), Finnish musician, record producer and sound engineer * Aksu (surname) Places Armenia * Akhsu, Armenia Azerbaijan * Agsu Rayon, a district of Azerbaijan ** Ags ...
, 5.3 , 10.0 , VII , Three people were killed and 65 houses were damaged, livestock sheds also collapsed. , 3 , - , -


April

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10 deaths , fatalities=12 {{clear {, class="wikitable sortable" style="border:1px black; margin-left:1em;" ! rowspan="2" , Date ! rowspan="2" style="width: 330px" , Country and location ! rowspan="2" , Mw ! rowspan="2" , Depth (km) ! rowspan="2" , MMI ! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" , Notes ! colspan="2" , Casualties , - !Dead !Injured , - , 1 , {{Flag, 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 ...
offshore , 6.5 , 20.0 , IV , It was an aftershock of the 8.1 quake on March 4. , - , - , - , 1 , {{Flag, Algeria,
Guelma Guelma ( ar, قالمة ''Qālima''; arq, ڨالمة; Algerian pronunciation: ) is the capital of Guelma Province and Guelma District, located in north-eastern Algeria, about 65 kilometers from the Mediterranean coast. Its location correspo ...
, 20 km west southwest of
Guelma Guelma ( ar, قالمة ''Qālima''; arq, ڨالمة; Algerian pronunciation: ) is the capital of Guelma Province and Guelma District, located in north-eastern Algeria, about 65 kilometers from the Mediterranean coast. Its location correspo ...
, 4.8 , 10.0 , VII , Some houses were badly damaged in
Guelma province Guelma Province ( ar, ولاية قالمة) is a province ('' wilaya'') in eastern Algeria. Its namesake is its seat and most populous municipality: Guelma. History Its civilians suffered heavy casualties during the 1945 Sétif massacre by th ...
, and rockslides occurred. , - , - , - , 1 , {{Flag, Tonga offshore, Fiji region , 6.0 , 595.0 , II , - , - , - , - , 3 , {{flag, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands offshore, east of
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 ...
, 6.6 , 10.0 , I , - , - , - , - , 4 , {{Flag, Namibia, Kunene, 68 km north northwest of
Khorixas Khorixas is a town of 6,000 inhabitants in southern Kunene Region, Namibia. It was the capital of the Damaraland bantustan before Namibia's independence. It is the administrative capital of Khorixas Constituency. Most of the inhabitants are fr ...
, 5.4 , 6.0 , VII , Some structural damage was reported, and many houses suffered cracks. , - , - , - , 5 , {{Flag, New Zealand, Gisborne offshore, 193 km northeast of Gisborne , 6.1 , 10.0 , V , It was an aftershock of the 7.3 quake on March 4. , - , - , - , 6 , {{Flag, Iraq,
Sulaymaniyah Sulaymaniyah, also spelled as Slemani ( ku, سلێمانی, Silêmanî, ar, السليمانية, as-Sulaymāniyyah), is a city in the east of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, not far from the Iran–Iraq border. It is surrounded by the Azmar, ...
, 6 km northeast of Baynjiwayn , 5.2 , 9.3 , VII , Some 302 houses were damaged in
Marivan Mariwan ( fa, مريوان; ) also known as Qale Marīvān - "Fort Marivan"; formerly, Dezhe Shahpur (Persian: دِژ شاهپور), also Romanized as Dezhe Shāhpūr and Dezhe Shapoor) is a town in – and the capital of – Marivan Co ...
, in neighbouring
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 Turkm ...
. Four people were injured. , - , 4 , - , 7 , {{Flag, 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 ...
offshore , 6.1 , 10.0 , III , It was an aftershock of the 8.1 quake on March 4. , - , - , - , 10 , {{Flag, Indonesia,
East Java East Java ( id, Jawa Timur) is a province of Indonesia located in the easternmost hemisphere of Java island. It has a land border only with the province of Central Java to the west; the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean border its northern and so ...
offshore, 45 km south of Sumberpucung , 6.0 , 67.0 , V , During the
2021 East Java earthquake An earthquake occurred on 10 April 2021 at 14:00 local time ( UTC+07:00) off the south coast of eastern Java. The epicenter of the earthquake is located 44 km south southwest of Gondanglegi Kulon in East Java province. Measuring 6.0 or 6.1 on t ...
, nearly 15,000 buildings, including a hospital, suffered significant damage. Ten people were confirmed dead (one of them later at a hospital) and more than 100 others were injured.{{Cite web, date=2021-04-30, title=Update Korban Gempa Malang: 10 Orang Meninggal, 2 Luka Berat dan 97 Luka Ringan, url=https://surabaya.liputan6.com/read/4546440/update-korban-gempa-malang-10-orang-meninggal-2-luka-berat-dan-97-luka-ringan, website=liputan6.com, language=id, access-date=2021-05-21 , 10 , 104 , - , 10 , {{Flag, Philippines offshore,
Celebes Sea The Celebes Sea, (; ms, Laut Sulawesi, id, Laut Sulawesi, fil, Dagat Selebes) or Sulawesi Sea, of the western Pacific Ocean is bordered on the north by the Sulu Archipelago and Sulu Sea and Mindanao Island of the Philippines, on the east b ...
, 168 km south southwest of
Sarangani Sarangani, officially the Province of Sarangani ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Sarangani; hil, Kapuoran sang Sarangani; Maguindanaon: ''Dairat nu Sarangani'', Jawi: دايرت نو سارڠني; fil, Lalawigan ng Sarangani), is a province in the Philipp ...
, 6.1 , 311.3 , III , - , - , - , - , 10 , {{Flag, Papua New Guinea,
Madang Madang (old German name: ''Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen'') is the capital of Madang Province and is a town with a population of 27,420 (in 2005) on the north coast of Papua New Guinea. It was first settled by the Germans in the 19th century. Hist ...
offshore, 195 km north of
Madang Madang (old German name: ''Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen'') is the capital of Madang Province and is a town with a population of 27,420 (in 2005) on the north coast of Papua New Guinea. It was first settled by the Germans in the 19th century. Hist ...
, 6.0 , 10.0 , IV , - , - , - , - , 18 , {{Flag, Iran,
Bushehr Bushehr, Booshehr or Bushire ( fa, بوشهر ; also romanised as ''Būshehr'', ''Bouchehr'', ''Buschir'' and ''Busehr''), also known as Bandar Bushehr ( fa, ; also romanised as ''Bandar Būshehr'' and ''Bandar-e Būshehr''), previously Antio ...
, 28 km north northeast of Bandar-e Genāveh , 5.8 , 8.0 , VIII , Nearly 300 homes were destroyed in Genaveh County, and six people were injured. , - , 6 , - , - , 18 , {{Flag, Taiwan, Hualien, 15 km south southwest of
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 O ...
, 5.8 , 12.0 , VIII , Minor damage including cracks and broken windows were reported in at least 27 schools. , - , - , - , 20 , {{Flag, Indonesia,
North Sumatra North Sumatra ( id, Sumatra Utara) is a province of Indonesia located on the northern part of the island of Sumatra. Its capital and largest city is Medan. North Sumatra is Indonesia's fourth most populous province after West Java, East Java ...
offshore, 255 km south of
Sinabang Sinabang is a town on the east coast of Simeulue Island, which lies off the western coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. Sinabang is the administrative seat (capital) of the Simeulue Regency, in Aceh Province of Indonesia and has a population of approx ...
, 6.1 , 9.0 , IV , - , - , - , - , 24 , {{Flag, Tonga, Ha'apai offshore, 223 km west northwest of
Pangai Pangai is the administrative capital village of the Haapai Group in Tonga. Town The village is on the western shore of Lifuka and has a population of 1,026. The village center is around the Catholic Church (''Siasi Katolika'')doublet earthquake __NOTOC__ In seismology, doublet earthquakes – and more generally, multiplet earthquakes – were originally identified as multiple earthquakes with nearly identical waveforms originating from the same location. They are now characterized as sing ...
. , - , - , - , 25 , {{Flag, Tonga,
Tongatapu Tongatapu is the main island of Tonga and the site of its capital, Nukualofa. It is located in Tonga's southern island group, to which it gives its name, and is the country's most populous island, with 74,611 residents (2016), 70.5% of the nation ...
offshore, 205 km west southwest of
Haveluloto Tongatapu is the main island of Tonga and the site of its capital, Nukualofa. It is located in Tonga's southern island group, to which it gives its name, and is the country's most populous island, with 74,611 residents (2016), 70.5% of the nation ...
, 6.5 , 246.0 , IV , - , - , - , 27 , {{Flag, Papua New Guinea,
East Sepik East Sepik is a province in Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Wewak. East Sepik has an estimated population of 433,481 people (2010 census) and is 43,426 km square in size. History Cherubim Dambui was appointed as East Sepik's first premier ...
offshore, 174 km east northeast of
Angoram Angoram is a town and seat of Angoram District in East Sepik Province in north-western Papua New Guinea. The area is noted for its rubber and cocoa plantations and the town is situated on the Sepik River. The town is served by Angoram Airport. It ...
, 6.1 , 10.0 , IV , - , - , - , - , 27 , {{Flag, Indonesia,
West Java West Java ( id, Jawa Barat, su, ᮏᮝ ᮊᮥᮜᮧᮔ᮪, romanized ''Jawa Kulon'') is a province of Indonesia on the western part of the island of Java, with its provincial capital in Bandung. West Java is bordered by the province of Bante ...
, 60 km west southwest of Banjar , 5.0 , 57.4 , IV , Two unoccupied homes in the
Sukabumi Regency Sukabumi Regency ( id, Kabupaten Sukabumi; Sundanese: ) is a regency ''(kabupaten)'' in southwestern Java, as part of West Java province of Indonesia. The regency seat is located in Palabuhan Ratu, a coastal district facing the Indian Ocean. Th ...
collapsed while five other houses were also at risk of collapsing. There were no casualties reported. , - , - , - , 28 , {{Flag, India,
Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...
, 9 km north northwest of
Dhekiajuli Dhekiajuli is a town and a municipal board in Sonitpur district in the state of Assam, India. Geography Dhekiajuli is located at . It has an average elevation of 100 metres (328 ft). There are several tea estates in its vicinity. Som ...
, 6.0 , 34.0 , VI , The 2021 Assam earthquake caused moderate damage, such as fallen walls and cracked buildings, was reported near the epicenter. Ten people were injured and two deaths (due to heart attacks) were reported in the districts of
Nagaon Nagaon (previously Nowgong; Assamese নগাঁও), is a town and a municipal board in Nagaon district in the Indian state of Assam. It is situated east of Guwahati. History This division was organised on the both banks of Kalang river b ...
and Kamrup. In neighbouring
Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountai ...
, structural damage was also observed and two people were injured. , 2 , 12 , - , 29 , {{Flag, 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 ...
offshore , 6.1 , 10.0 , III , It was an aftershock of the 8.1 quake on March 4. , - , - , - {{clear


May

{{Infobox earthquakes in month , month=May , 9.0+ =0 , 8.0–8.9=0 , 7.0–7.9=1 , 6.0–6.9=12 , 5.0–5.9=128 , 4.0–4.9=1,196 , largest=7.3 Mw {{flag, China , deadliest=7.3 Mw {{flag, China
20 deaths , fatalities=24 {{clear {, class="wikitable sortable" style="border:1px black; margin-left:1em;" ! rowspan="2" , Date ! rowspan="2" style="width: 235px" , Country and location ! rowspan="2" , Mw ! rowspan="2" , Depth (km) ! rowspan="2" , MMI ! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" , Notes ! colspan="2" , Casualties , - !Dead !Injured , - , 1 , {{Flag, Japan, Miyagi offshore, 38 km east southeast of
Ishinomaki is a city located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 138,538, and a population density of 250 persons per km2 in 61,919 households. The total area of the city is . Geography Ishinomaki is in northeastern Miy ...
, 6.9 , 47.3 , VII , Three people were injured by the strong shaking. , - , 3 , - , 2 , {{flag, Chile,
Coquimbo Coquimbo is a port List of cities in Chile, city, Communes of Chile, commune and Capital city, capital of the Elqui Province, located on the Pan-American Highway, in the Coquimbo Region of Chile. Coquimbo is situated in a valley south of La Seren ...
offshore, 31 km southwest of
Coquimbo Coquimbo is a port List of cities in Chile, city, Communes of Chile, commune and Capital city, capital of the Elqui Province, located on the Pan-American Highway, in the Coquimbo Region of Chile. Coquimbo is situated in a valley south of La Seren ...
, 5.8 , 33.0 , VI , Power outages were caused in the Coquimbo commune, near the epicenter and minor rockslides was observed. , - , - , - , 2 , {{Flag, Indonesia,
West Sumatra West Sumatra ( id, Sumatra Barat) is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the west coast of the island of Sumatra and includes the Mentawai Islands off that coast. The province has an area of , with a population of 5,534,472 at the 2020 cen ...
, 160 km south southwest of
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 ...
, 5.5 , 21.0 , V , An emergency room at a hospital in the
Mentawai Islands Regency 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. Si ...
suffered cracks.{{cite news , author1=Jeka Kampai , title=Hospital walls in Mentawai, West Sumatra Cracked due to the 5.7 M earthquake , url=https://news.detik.com/berita/d-5558620/dinding-rumah-sakit-di-mentawai-sumbar-retak-akibat-gempa-m-57?_ga=2.53917739.2090802352.1620483466-1729345767.1618060459 , access-date=May 8, 2021 , agency=detikNews , date=May 5, 2021 , language=id , - , - , - , 5 , {{Flag, Indonesia,
West Sumatra West Sumatra ( id, Sumatra Barat) is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the west coast of the island of Sumatra and includes the Mentawai Islands off that coast. The province has an area of , with a population of 5,534,472 at the 2020 cen ...
, 137 km south southwest of
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 ...
, 5.7 , 23.1 , V , The earthquake caused further damage at the same hospital, affected by May 2 event. Several electric generators were affected, resulting in power outages. , - , - , - , 7 , {{Flag, Australia offshore, west of
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 19 ...
, 6.0 , 10.0 , - , - , - , - , - , 7 , {{Flagicon, Iran
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 Turkm ...
, Kordestan, 27 km north northwest of
Paveh Paveh ( fa, Pâveh, ku, Pawe , پاوە, also Romanized as Pāveh, Pawah, and Pāweh) is a city and capital of Paveh County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. It is located in a region called Hawraman. The first language spoken by the population ...
, 4.4 , 10.0 , - , Fifty homes were damaged and one collapsed in
Sarvabad Sarvabad ( fa, سروآباد, ku, Sewllawa, also Romanized as Sarvābād; also known as Sarrābād, Saulāwa, and Sūlāveh) is a city in Kurdistan Province. At the 2006 census, its population was 3,707, in 955 families. The city is populated b ...
. , - , - , - , 7 , {{Flag, Fiji, Lau offshore , 6.1 , 378.6 , III , - , - , - , - , 12 , {{Flag, El Salvador,
Sonsonate Sonsonate () is a city and municipality of El Salvador. It is the capital of the department of Sonsonate; on the Sensunapan River and the Pan-American Highway from San Salvador to the Pacific port of Acajutla, south. Pop. (2007), about 71,541. ...
offshore, 55 km southwest of
Acajutla Acajutla is a seaport city in Sonsonate Department, El Salvador. The city is located at on the Pacific coast of Central America and is El Salvador's principal seaport from which a large portion of the nation's exports of coffee, sugar, and Ba ...
, 6.0 , 22.0 , IV , - , - , - , - , 12 , {{Flagicon, Mauritius{{Flagicon, Réunion
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 incl ...
- Reunion region , 6.7 , 10.0 , III , - , - , - , - , 12 , {{Flag, Peru,
Ica ICA or ica may refer to: Places * Ica, Peru, a city in southern Peru ** Ica Province, containing the city *** Ica Region, containing the province ** Ica River, passing through the city * Içá River, Brazil, also known as the Putumayo River, ...
, 1 km southeast of Pampa de Tate , 5.5 , 34.3 , V , Twelve buildings were damaged in
Ica ICA or ica may refer to: Places * Ica, Peru, a city in southern Peru ** Ica Province, containing the city *** Ica Region, containing the province ** Ica River, passing through the city * Içá River, Brazil, also known as the Putumayo River, ...
. , - , - , - , 13 , {{Flag, Panama, Chiriquí offshore, 151 km south southeast of
Punta de Burica Punta is an Afro-indigenous dance and cultural music originating in the Caribbean Island of Saint Vincent And The Grenadines by the Garifuna people before being exiled from the island. Which is also known as Yurumei. It has African and Araw ...
, 6.0 , 10.0 , IV , - , - , - , - , 13 , {{Flag, Japan, Miyagi offshore, 73 km east northeast of
Namie is a town located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. the town has a population of 1,238 in 794 households, although the official registered population was 17,114 in 6853 households. The total area of the town is . The town was evacuated as a resul ...
, 6.0 , 32.0 , IV , It was an aftershock of the
2021 Fukushima earthquake An intense and deadly seismic event struck offshore east of Tōhoku, Japan. The 7.3 or 7.1 earthquake occurred on a Saturday night at 23:07 JST (14:07 UTC) on 13 February at a focal depth of . It had a maximum JMA intensity of ''Shindo ...
. Maximum intensity was recorded as ''Shindo'' 4 on the JMA seismic intensity scale. , - , - , - , 14 , {{Flag, Indonesia,
North Sumatra North Sumatra ( id, Sumatra Utara) is a province of Indonesia located on the northern part of the island of Sumatra. Its capital and largest city is Medan. North Sumatra is Indonesia's fourth most populous province after West Java, East Java ...
offshore, 260 km south of
Sinabang Sinabang is a town on the east coast of Simeulue Island, which lies off the western coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. Sinabang is the administrative seat (capital) of the Simeulue Regency, in Aceh Province of Indonesia and has a population of approx ...
, 6.7 , 11.0 , IV , - , - , - , - , 15 , {{Flag, Italy,
Umbria it, Umbro (man) it, Umbra (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = , demographics1_info1 = , ...
, 1 km southeast of Cipolleto , 4.1 , 10.8 , - , Several houses and a church suffered cracks in walls. , - , - , - , 17 , {{Flag, Iran,
North Khorasan North Khorasan Province ( fa, استان خراسان شمالی, ''Ostān-e Khorāsān-e Shomālī'') is a province located in northeastern Iran. Bojnord is the capital of the province. The counties of North Khorasan Province are Shirvan Cou ...
, 55 km west southwest of
Bojnurd Bojnord ( fa, ; also romanized Bojnūrd, Bujnūrd, Bojnoord, Bojnord or Bujnurd), known in the Middle Ages as Buzanjird, is the capital city of North Khorasan Province, Iran. It is about from Tehran. and It is located 237 km away from Mashhad, ...
, 5.4 , 10.0 , VII , Some buildings suffered damage and 25 people were injured. , - , 25 , - , 18 , {{Flag, Nepal, Gandaki, 35 km east of
Pokhara Pokhara ( ne, पोखरा, ) is a metropolitan city in Nepal, which serves as the capital of Gandaki Province. It is the second most populous city of Nepal after Kathmandu, with 518,452 inhabitants living in 101,669 households in 2021. ...
, 5.3 , 10.0 , V , Around two dozen houses were damaged, and six people suffered injuries. , - , 6 , - , 19 , Southern
East Pacific Rise The East Pacific Rise is a mid-ocean rise (termed an oceanic rise and not a mid-ocean ridge due to its higher rate of spreading that results in less elevation increase and more regular terrain), a divergent tectonic plate boundary located alon ...
, 6.7 , 10.0 , I , - , - , - , - , 19 , {{Flag, China,
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 ...
, 24 km west of Dali , 4.6 , 10.0 , - , It was a foreshock of the
2021 Dali earthquake On May 21, 2021, a 6.1 magnitude earthquake strucked the Dali City, Yunnan, China, at a depth of 10.0 km. Three people died during the quake, while another 32 were injured. The earthquake was referred by the Chinese media as the 5.21 earthquake ...
. More than 1,300 homes were damaged. , - , - , - , 21 , {{Flag, China,
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 ...
, 28 km northwest of Dali , 6.1 , 9.0 , VIII , The
2021 Dali earthquake On May 21, 2021, a 6.1 magnitude earthquake strucked the Dali City, Yunnan, China, at a depth of 10.0 km. Three people died during the quake, while another 32 were injured. The earthquake was referred by the Chinese media as the 5.21 earthquake ...
caused some buildings to collapse, trapping people under the rubble, and others were damaged. Three people were killed and 32 others injured.{{cite news , author1=CCTV News , title=The magnitude 6.4 earthquake in Yangbi, Yunnan has killed 3 people and injured 27 , url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_12798111 , access-date=May 21, 2021 , agency=The Paper , date=May 21, 2021 , editor=Zhou Zijing , 3 , 32 , - , 21 , {{Flag, China,
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 ...
, 388 km southwest of
Xining Xining (; ), alternatively known as Sining, is the capital of Qinghai province in western China and the largest city on the Tibetan Plateau. The city was a commercial hub along the Northern Silk Road's Hexi Corridor for over 2000 years, and ...
, 7.3 , 10.0 , X , Several bridges in Maduo County were severely damaged and collapsed during the
2021 Maduo earthquake The 2021 Maduo earthquake, also known as the 5.22 earthquake struck Madoi County in Qinghai Province, China on 22 May at 02:04 local time. The earthquake had a moment magnitude and surface-wave magnitude of 7.4. Highway bridges, roads and walls ...
. Nineteen people sustained minor injuries. Unconfirmed reports that 20 people were killed, with more than 300 injured. This earthquake was the largest to strike China since the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. The earthquake was assigned X on the
China seismic intensity scale The China seismic intensity scale (CSIS) is a national standard in the People's Republic of China used to measure seismic intensity. Similar to EMS-92 on which CSIS drew reference, seismic impacts are classified into 12 degrees of intensity, or ...
by the
China Earthquake Administration The China Earthquake Administration (CEA), () is mandated by the ''Law of the People's Republic of China on Protecting Against and Mitigating Earthquake Disasters of PRC'' to enforce the earthquake administration in the nation under the administrati ...
.{{cite news , last1=Tang Guorong , title=The Ministry of Emergency Management released the intensity map of the Qinghai Maduo M7.4 earthquake , url=https://www.bjnews.com.cn/detail/162219821014341.html , access-date=21 September 2021 , agency=Beijing News , language=zh{{cite journal , author1=Wenkai Chen , author2=Dun Wang , author3=Can Zhang , author4=Qiang Yao , author5=Hongjun Si , title=Estimating seismic intensity maps of the 2021 Mw 7.3 Madoi, Qinghai and Mw 6.1 Yangbi, Yunnan, China earthquakes , journal=Journal of Earth Science , date=2021 , volume=33 , issue=4 , pages=839–846 , doi=10.1007/s12583-021-1586-9 , s2cid=247246109 , url=http://en.earth-science.net/en/article/doi/10.1007/s12583-021-1586-9 , 0-20 , 19-300 , - , 21 , {{Flag, France,
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 ...
offshore, 253 km south southeast of
Alo Alo or ALO may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media * ''Alo'' (film), a 2003 Bengali drama * Alo Creevey, a fictional character in TV series ''Skins'' ** "Alo" (''Skins series 5'') ** "Alo" (''Skins series 6'') * Animal Liberation Orchestra, ...
, 6.5 , 10.0 , VII , - , - , - , - , 21 , {{Flag, Indonesia,
East Java East Java ( id, Jawa Timur) is a province of Indonesia located in the easternmost hemisphere of Java island. It has a land border only with the province of Central Java to the west; the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean border its northern and so ...
, 29 km south southwest of Sumberpucung , 5.7 , 107.9 , IV , More than 600 buildings were damaged in
East Java East Java ( id, Jawa Timur) is a province of Indonesia located in the easternmost hemisphere of Java island. It has a land border only with the province of Central Java to the west; the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean border its northern and so ...
, including 14 public health clinics and seven Mosques. Three people were injured. , - , 3 , - , 22 , {{Flag, China,
Shaanxi Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see § Name) is a landlocked province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichuan (SW), Gansu (W), Ning ...
, 3.6 , 17.0 , - , Some houses near the epicentre suffered minor damage.{{Cite web, title=22. Mai, 1:59 Uhr: Erdbeben (M3.6) Shaanxi, China, date=May 22, 2021 , url=https://erdbebennews.de/2021/05/22-mai-159-uhr-erdbeben-m3-6-shaanxi-china/, language=de , - , - , - , 23 , {{Flag, Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Nord-Kivu North Kivu (french: link=no, Nord-Kivu) is a province bordering Lake Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its capital is Goma. North Kivu borders the provinces of Ituri to the north, Tshopo to the northwest, Maniema to the ...
, 2 km northeast of
Goma Goma is the capital of North Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located on the northern shore of Lake Kivu, next to the Rwandan city of Gisenyi. The lake and the two cities are in the Albertine Rift, the w ...
, 4.5 , 10.0 , IV , Two houses collapsed and many others were damaged in
Rubavu Rubavu District is one of the seven districts of the country district (''akarere'') in Western Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Gisenyi, It has a large beach resort and border city. It has a total surface area of 388.3 Km2. Geography The dist ...
, Rwanda. , - , - , - , 24 , {{Flag, Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Nord-Kivu North Kivu (french: link=no, Nord-Kivu) is a province bordering Lake Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its capital is Goma. North Kivu borders the provinces of Ituri to the north, Tshopo to the northwest, Maniema to the ...
, 9 km north of
Goma Goma is the capital of North Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located on the northern shore of Lake Kivu, next to the Rwandan city of Gisenyi. The lake and the two cities are in the Albertine Rift, the w ...
, 4.7 , 10.0 , - , Several buildings collapsed in
Goma Goma is the capital of North Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located on the northern shore of Lake Kivu, next to the Rwandan city of Gisenyi. The lake and the two cities are in the Albertine Rift, the w ...
. One person was killed in
Rubavu Rubavu District is one of the seven districts of the country district (''akarere'') in Western Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Gisenyi, It has a large beach resort and border city. It has a total surface area of 388.3 Km2. Geography The dist ...
, Rwanda. , 1 , - , - , 25 , {{flag, Rwanda, Western Province, 19 km northeast of
Gisenyi Gisenyi, historically rendered as Kisenyi, is a city in Rubavu district in Rwanda's Western Province. Gisenyi is contiguous with Goma, the city across the border in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Overview The city features a resort o ...
, 4.7 , 10.0 , VIII , Houses, schools, and roads were damaged in the
Rubavu District Rubavu District is one of the seven districts of the country district (''akarere'') in Western Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Gisenyi, It has a large beach resort and border city. It has a total surface area of 388.3 Km2. Geography The distri ...
of Rwanda. In neighboring
Goma Goma is the capital of North Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located on the northern shore of Lake Kivu, next to the Rwandan city of Gisenyi. The lake and the two cities are in the Albertine Rift, the w ...
,
Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
, the earthquake flattened several buildings and three children were injured by falling debris. , - , 3 , - , 31 , {{flag, United States,
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 ...
, 73 km north of Chickaloon , 6.1 , 43.9 , VI , Minor damage was reported in Greater Anchorage, such as objects falling off shelves. , - , - , -


June

{{Infobox earthquakes in month , month=June , 9.0+ =0 , 8.0–8.9=0 , 7.0–7.9=0 , 6.0–6.9=2 , 5.0–5.9=104 , 4.0–4.9=1,092 , largest={{nowrap, 6.5 Mw {{flag, New Zealand , deadliest= {{nowrap, 5.0 Mw {{flag, Democratic Republic of the Congo
2 deaths , fatalities= 3 {{clear {, class="wikitable sortable" style="border:1px black; margin-left:1em;" ! rowspan="2" , Date ! rowspan="2" style="width: 235px" , Country and location ! rowspan="2" , Mw ! rowspan="2" , Depth (km) ! rowspan="2" , MMI ! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" , Notes ! colspan="2" , Casualties , - !Dead !Injured , - , 1 , {{Flag, Argentina,
San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John, may refer to: Places Argentina * San Juan Province, Argentina * San Juan, Argentina, the capital of that province * San Juan, Salta, a village in Iruya, Salta Province * San Juan (Buenos Aires Underground), ...
, 23 km northwest of San Agustín de Valle Fértil , 4.8 , 44.8 , V , Slight damage was caused in
San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John, may refer to: Places Argentina * San Juan Province, Argentina * San Juan, Argentina, the capital of that province * San Juan, Salta, a village in Iruya, Salta Province * San Juan (Buenos Aires Underground), ...
. , - , - , - , 3 , {{Flag, Indonesia offshore,
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 Isla ...
, 132 km west southwest of
Ternate Ternate is a city in the Indonesian province of North Maluku and an island in the Maluku Islands. It was the ''de facto'' provincial capital of North Maluku before Sofifi on the nearby coast of Halmahera became the capital in 2010. It is off th ...
, 6.2 , 26.0 , IV , - , - , - , - , 7 , {{flag, Philippines ,
Western Visayas Western Visayas ( hil, Kabisay-an Nakatundan; tl, Kanlurang Kabisayaan or ''Kanlurang Visayas'') is an administrative region in the Philippines, numerically designated as Region VI. It consists of six provinces (Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimara ...
, 18 km west southwest of Jayubó , 4.7 , 10.0 , VI , Various houses sustained major damage in
Valderrama, Antique Valderrama, officially the Municipality of Valderrama ( krj, Banwa kang Valderrama; hil, Banwa sang Valderrama; tl, Bayan ng Valderrama), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Antique, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a ...
due to massive cracks and fissures that formed during the event and aftershocks. , - , - , - , 10 , {{flag, Democratic Republic of Congo,
South Kivu South Kivu (''Jimbo la Kivu Kusini'' in Swahili), (french: Sud-Kivu) is one of 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its capital is Bukavu. History South Kivu Province was created from Sud-Kivu District in 1989, when the ex ...
, 87 km southwest of Kabare , 5.0 , 10.0 , V , Various old houses collapsed in Bukavu district, trapping some people under the rubble. Two children were killed by a falling wall, and three prisoners were injured. , 2 , 3 , - , 10 , {{Flag, China,
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 ...
, 23 km southwest of
Longquan Longquan () is a county-level city and former county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Lishui in southwestern Zhejiang Province, China, located on the upper reaches of the Ou River and bordering Fujian province to the sou ...
, 5.0 , 10.0 , VII , Two people were injured and more than 2,000 houses were damaged. , - , 2 , - , 12 , {{Flag, China,
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 ...
, 68 km southeast of
Myitkyina Myitkyina (, ; (Eng; ''mitchinar'') Jinghpaw: ''Myitkyina'', ) is the capital city of Kachin State in Myanmar (Burma), located from Yangon, and from Mandalay. In Burmese it means "near the big river", and Myitkyina is on the west bank of the ...
,
Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
, 4.9 , 10.0 , - , Over 130 buildings were damaged in five cities. , - , - , - , 14 , {{Flag, Philippines
Northern Mindanao Northern Mindanao ( tl, Hilagang Mindanao; ceb, Amihanang Mindanao; Maranao: ''Pangotaraan Mindanao'') is an administrative region in the Philippines, designated as Region X. It comprises five provinces: Bukidnon, Camiguin, Misamis Occidental ...
, 5 km northwest of
Don Carlos ''Don Carlos'' is a five-act grand opera composed by Giuseppe Verdi to a French-language libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle, based on the dramatic play '' Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien'' (''Don Carlos, Infante of Spain'') by Fried ...
, 5.7 , 5.9 , VII , Several buildings and homes in Kadingilan, suffered cracks on walls, some of them previously damaged by the 5.9 earthquake on November 18, 2019. , - , - , - , 16 , {{Flag, Indonesia, Maluku offshore, 71 km east southeast of
Amahai Amahai is a village on the south coast of the Indonesian island of Seram, to the south of Masohi Masohi is a coastal town on the Indonesian island of Seram. It is the capital of the Central Maluku Regency (Kebupaten Maluku Tengah). It was the s ...
, 5.9 , 7.0 , VI , Homes in three villages were damaged by the earthquake. Further damage was caused by a {{convert, 50, cm, ft, abbr=on high tsunami. The tsunami was determined to have been triggered by an underwater landslide. , - , - , - , 16 , {{Flag, China,
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 ...
, 5.5 , 10.0 , VII , Four homes sustained cracks in walls. , - , - , - , 20 , {{Flag, 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 ...
offshore , 6.5 , 25.0 , IV , It was an aftershock of the 8.1 quake on March 4. , - , - , - , 23 , {{Flag, Peru, Cañete offshore, 11 km west southwest of
Mala Mala may refer to: Comics * Mala (Amazon), an Amazon from Wonder Woman's side of the DC Universe * Mala (Kryptonian), a villain from Superman's corner of the DC Universe Films and television * ''Mala'' (1941 film), a Bollywood drama film * , ...
, 5.9 , 50.1 , VII , During the
2021 Mala earthquake The 2021 Mala earthquake, with a Richter magnitude of 6.0 and moment magnitude of 5.9, struck on June 22, 2021, at 21:54:18 local time ( UTC-5) with an epicenter off the coast of Mala in the department of Lima. Following the main event, there wer ...
,
Jorge Chávez International Airport Jorge Chávez International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional Jorge Chávez) is Peru's main international and domestic airport. It is located in Callao, northwest from Lima Center, the nation's capital city and from the district of Mira ...
sustained minor damage when ceiling tiles fell from the roof. Several homes collapsed in Mala and a number of people fainted and fell from the stairs due to the shaking. A 6-year-old boy died of a heart attack while evacuating and 20 others suffered injuries. , 1 , 20 , - , 23 , {{Flag, Argentina, Mendoza, 26 km west northwest of Mendoza , 4.6 , 19.0 , IV , Some houses were damaged and one collapsed in Las Heras, roads were also cut by rockslides. , - , - , - , 24 , {{Flag, Afghanistan, 2013,
Parwan Parwan (Dari: ), also spelled Parvan, is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. It has a population of about 751,000. The province is multi-ethnic and mostly rural society. The province is divided into ten districts. The town of Imam Abu Hanif ...
, 10 km southwest of
Charikar Imam Abu Hanifa ( fa, امام ابو حنیفه), historically known as Charikar ( Persian: چاریکار) but renamed by Talibans recently to Imam Abu Hanifa, is the main town of the Koh Daman Valley and the capital of Parwan Province in northe ...
, 5.1 , 16.2 , V , 22 people were injured in
Kabul Kabul (; ps, , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into 22 municipal districts. Ac ...
when fleeing in panic. , - , 22 , - , 26 , {{Flag, France,
Grand Est Grand Est (; gsw-FR, Grossa Oschta; Moselle Franconian/ lb, Grouss Osten; Rhine Franconian: ''Groß Oschte''; german: Großer Osten ; en, "Great East") is an administrative region in Northeastern France. It superseded three former administ ...
, 2 km southeast of
Hœrdt Hœrdt (; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Geography Hœrdt is positioned between Strasbourg and Haguenau, a short distance to the south-east of Brumath. The commune is traversed by departmen ...
, 4.1 , 2.5 , IV , Cracks were reported in walls and roof tiles were damaged. , - , - , - , 26 , {{Flag, Turkey,
Bingöl Bingöl ( diq, Çolig; ku, Çewlik; hy, Ճապաղջուր, translit=Chapaghjur) is a city in Eastern Turkey and the capital of Bingöl Province. Etymology One of the historical names for the city, ''Bingöl'' literally means ''thousand lake ...
, 8 km east of
Yayladere Yayladere ( ku, Xolxol) is a town and seat of Yayladere District of Bingöl Province in Turkey. The mayor is Sabri Akyürek ( CHP). The town is populated by Kurds of the Şadiyan tribe and had a population of 1,020 in 2021. Neighborhoods The ...
, 5.4 , 3.1 , VI , Several houses in four villages were damaged in
Elazığ Elazığ () is a city in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey, and the administrative centre of Elazığ Province and Elazığ District. It is located in the uppermost Euphrates valley. The plain on which the city extends has an altitude of . ...
, and an elderly woman was injured. , - , 1 , - , 27 , {{Flag, Indonesia,
Yogyakarta Yogyakarta (; jv, ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠ ; pey, Jogjakarta) is the capital city of Special Region of Yogyakarta in Indonesia, in the south-central part of the island of Java. As the only Indonesian royal city still ruled by a monarchy, ...
offshore, 55 km southeast of Pundong , 5.1 , 85.5 , V , Several homes were damaged in
Gunungkidul Gunungkidul Regency is a Regency (Indonesia), regency in the southeast part of the province of Yogyakarta Special Region, Indonesia. It is located on the island of Java. The regency (the name of which means South Mountains in Javanese language, Jav ...
. , - , - , - , 29 , {{Flag, Cuba,
Artemisa Artemisa () is a municipality and city in Cuba, formerly part of La Habana Province. According to a law approved by the Cuban National Assembly in August 2010, Artemisa became the capital city of the newly formed Artemisa Province, which compr ...
, 5 km east of Soroa , 4.7 , 10.0 , VI , Some houses suffered damage and a hospital had to be evacuated. , - , - , -


July

{{Infobox earthquakes in month , month=July , 9.0+=0 , 8.0–8.9=1 , 7.0–7.9=0 , 6.0–6.9=11 , 5.0–5.9=134 , 4.0–4.9=1,151 , largest= {{nowrap, 8.2 Mw {{flag, United States , deadliest= 5.7 {{M, w, link=y {{flag, Tajikistan
5 deaths , fatalities= 6 {{clear {, class="wikitable sortable" style="border:1px black; margin-left:1em;" ! rowspan="2" , Date ! rowspan="2" style="width: 190px" , Country and location ! rowspan="2" , Mw ! rowspan="2" , Depth (km) ! rowspan="2" , MMI ! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" , Notes ! colspan="2" , Casualties , - !Dead !Injured , - , 2 , {{Flag, Fiji region , 6.1 , 599.6 , II , - , - , - , - , 4 , {{Flagicon, Chile
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 eas ...
,
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 ...
offshore, 89 km west of
Vallenar Vallenar is a city and commune in Atacama Region, Chile. It is the capital of the Huasco Province and is located in the valley of the Huasco River. Vallenar has 52,000 inhabitants. Its main activities are farming and mining. It was founded as ...
, 6.0 , 22.0 , VI , - , - , - , - , 7 , {{Flag, Laos,
Sainyabuli Sainyabuli, ( lo, ໄຊຍະບູລີ; alternatively spelled ''Xaignabouli'', ''Xayaburi'', or ''Xayaboury'') is the capital of Sainyabuli Province, Laos. It lies on Route 4 which along with Route 13 connects it to Luang Prabang, roughly ...
, 53 km northeast of Chiang Klang,
Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...
, 4.7 , 10.0 , IV , In Nan province,
Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...
, a local school suffered cracks on one of its supporting beams. , - , - , - , 8 , {{Flag, United States,
California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the ...
, 32 km south southwest of
Smith Valley Smith Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lyon County, Nevada, United States. The population was 1,603 at the 2010 census. Geography Smith Valley is located in southwestern Lyon County at (38.819204, -119.355912), occupying the valle ...
, 6.0 , 7.5 , VII , The earthquake triggered rockslides in
California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the ...
and
Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a state in the Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the 7th-most extensive, ...
. It is the largest earthquake to strike California since the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake two years prior. , - , - , - , 10 , {{flag, Indonesia offshore,
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 Isla ...
, 215 km northwest of
Tobelo Tobelo is a town and a district on the eastern Indonesian island of Halmahera. It is the capital of the regency (''kabupaten'') of North Halmahera, part of the province of North Maluku. The town was formalised as the capital of North Halmahera in ...
, 6.1 , 43.6 , IV , - , - , - , - , 10 , {{flag, Tajikistan,
Districts under Central Government Jurisdiction tg, Ноҳияҳои тобеи ҷумҳурӣ , native_name_lang = , other_name = ناحیه های تابع جمهوری , settlement_type = Region , image_skyline = , ...
, 18 km east southeast of
Rasht Rasht ( fa, رشت, Rašt ; glk, Rəšt, script=Latn; also romanized as Resht and Rast, and often spelt ''Recht'' in French and older German manuscripts) is the capital city of Gilan Province, Iran. Also known as the "City of Rain" (, ''Ŝahre B ...
, 5.7 , 12.8 , VII , Five people were killed, thirty others sustained injuries, and at least 20 houses destroyed in two villages during the
2021 Rasht earthquake On July 10 2021, a 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck 20 km southeast of the Rasht Valley in Tajikistan. Tectonic setting Tajikistan lies within the complex zone of collision between the Indian Plate and the Eurasian Plate. The dominant structures i ...
. , 5 , 30 , - , 13 , {{Flag, Taiwan,
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 ...
offshore, 8 km southeast of
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 O ...
, 5.2 , 10.0 , III , Some minor damage was reported in
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 O ...
, including a wall collapse. , - , - , - , 17 , {{flag, Panama, Chiriquí offshore, 130 km south of
Punta de Burica Punta is an Afro-indigenous dance and cultural music originating in the Caribbean Island of Saint Vincent And The Grenadines by the Garifuna people before being exiled from the island. Which is also known as Yurumei. It has African and Araw ...
, 6.1 , 9.1 , IV , It was a foreshock of the 6.7 earthquake on July 21. , - , - , - , 18 , {{Flag, Iran,
Bushehr Bushehr, Booshehr or Bushire ( fa, بوشهر ; also romanised as ''Būshehr'', ''Bouchehr'', ''Buschir'' and ''Busehr''), also known as Bandar Bushehr ( fa, ; also romanised as ''Bandar Būshehr'' and ''Bandar-e Būshehr''), previously Antio ...
, 49 km north of
Borazjan Borazjan ( fa, برازجان; also Romanized as Borāzjān ; also known as Borazdjan and Borāzjūn) is a city in the Central District of Dashtestan County, Bushehr province, Iran, and serves as capital of the county. At the 2006 census, its ...
, 5.4 , 9.0 , VII , Some damage was caused in towns near the epicentre, such as
Kazerun Kazeroon ( fa, کازرون, also Romanized as Kāzerūn, Kāzeroūn, and Kazeroon; also known as Kasrun) is a city and capital of Kazeroon County, Fars Province, Iran. In 2016, as the fifth big city in the province, its population was 96,683. ...
. , - , - , - , 21 , {{Flag, Papua New Guinea, website=United States Geological Survey, date=July 21, 2021 offshore,
Bismarck Sea The Bismarck Sea (, ) lies in the southwestern Pacific Ocean within the nation of Papua New Guinea. It is located northeast of the island of New Guinea and south of the Bismarck Archipelago. It has coastlines in districts of the Islands Region, ...
, 150 km southwest of
Lorengau Lorengau is the major town in Manus Province, Papua New Guinea. The town is located on the edge of Seeadler Harbour on Manus Island, in the Admiralty Islands, and in 2000 Lorengau was recorded to have a population of 5,829. History World War ...
, 6.0 , 8.7 , IV , - , - , - , - , 21 , {{flag, Peru,
Cajamarca Cajamarca (), also known by the Quechua name, ''Kashamarka'', is the capital and largest city of the Cajamarca Region as well as an important cultural and commercial center in the northern Andes. It is located in the northern highlands of Peru ...
, 7 km south southeast of
San Ignacio San Ignacio (the Spanish language name of St. Ignatius (disambiguation), St. Ignatius) is a common toponym in parts of the world where that language is or was spoken: Argentina * San Ignacio, Argentina, Misiones Province * San Ignacio Miní, a ...
, 4.9 , 31.9 , VI , 16 buildings were destroyed and 45 others were damaged in the districts of San Ignacio and Tabaconas. A 12-year old girl was injured and 50 people were left homeless. , - , 1 , - , 21 , {{flag, Panama, Chiriquí offshore, 68 km south of
Punta de Burica Punta is an Afro-indigenous dance and cultural music originating in the Caribbean Island of Saint Vincent And The Grenadines by the Garifuna people before being exiled from the island. Which is also known as Yurumei. It has African and Araw ...
, 6.7 , 10.0 , VI , Power was cut in
Puerto Armuelles Puerto Armuelles is a city and corregimiento on Panama's Pacific coast in western Chiriquí Province adjacent to Costa Rica. It is the seat of the Barú District and the second-largest city in Chiriqui province with a population nearly 25,000. ...
, and at least one house was damaged. , - , - , - , 23 , {{flag, Philippines,
Calabarzon Calabarzon (), formally known as the Southern Tagalog Mainland, is an administrative region in the Philippines, designated as Region IV-A. The region comprises five provinces: Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Quezon, and Rizal; and one highly urba ...
offshore, 17 km south of
Calatagan Calatagan, officially the Municipality of Calatagan ( tgl, Bayan ng Calatagan), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 58,719 people. Calatagan comprises the C ...
, 6.7 , 110.0 , V , Some homes were badly damaged and walls were destroyed. A landslide occurred near
Calatagan Calatagan, officially the Municipality of Calatagan ( tgl, Bayan ng Calatagan), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 58,719 people. Calatagan comprises the C ...
and some items were knocked off shelves in convenience stores. A sinkhole appeared beside a house in a barangay in Taal after the earthquake. , - , - , - , 24 , {{Flag, Greece,
Crete Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cypru ...
, 4 km west of Thrapsano , 4.7 , 10.0 , VI , Some minor damage was caused in
Arkalochori Arkalochori ( el, Αρκαλοχώρι) is a town and a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Minoa Pediada, of which it is a municipal unit. The m ...
, such as cracks on walls and shattered windows. , - , - , - , 24 , {{Flag, 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 ...
offshore , 6.1 , 10.0 , III , It was an aftershock of the M8.1 quake on March 4. , - , - , - , 26 , {{Flag, Indonesia,
Central Sulawesi Central Sulawesi (Indonesian: ''Sulawesi Tengah'') is a province of Indonesia located at the centre of the island of Sulawesi. The administrative capital and largest city is located in Palu. The 2010 census recorded a population of 2,635,009 fo ...
offshore, 97 km west northwest of
Luwuk Luwuk is the capital of Banggai Regency, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Its area is 72.82 km2 following boundary changes in 2012 and 2015. There used to be an oil industry in the region. At the 2020 census it had a total population of 34,849 in ...
, 6.3 , 11.0 , VI , Power outages were caused and many residents evacuated due to fear of a potential tsunami. An elderly man died of shock during the earthquake. Two homes were seriously damaged while in another five, damage was moderate. Damage was also reported in one school and three worship locations. , 1 , - , - , 29 , {{Flag, United States,
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 ...
offshore,
Aleutian Islands The Aleutian Islands ( ; ; ale, Unangam Tanangin, "land of the Aleuts"; possibly from the Chukchi ''aliat'', or "island")—also called the Aleut Islands, Aleutic Islands, or, before 1867, the Catherine Archipelago—are a chain of 14 main, ...
, 105 km southeast of Perryville , 8.2 , 35.0 , VII , The
2021 Chignik earthquake An earthquake occurred off the coast of the Alaska Peninsula on July 28, 2021, at 10:15 p.m. local time. The large megathrust earthquake had a moment magnitude () of 8.2 according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). A tsunami warning ...
was the largest earthquake of 2021; it was also the largest earthquake in the
United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five ma ...
since the
1965 Rat Islands earthquake The 1965 Rat Islands earthquake occurred at 05:01 UTC, on 4 February (19:01, 3 February local time). It had a magnitude of 8.7 and triggered a tsunami of over 10 m on Shemya Island, but caused very little damage. Tectonic setting The Rat Island ...
. Moderate damage was reported, with homes shifted from their foundations and cracks in walls. A small tsunami measuring at 21.3 cm (0.7 ft) was recorded in
Old Harbor Old Harbor ( Alutiiq: ''Nuniaq''; russian: italic=yes, Старая Гавань) is a city in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 218, down from 237 in 2000. Geography According to the United Sta ...
,
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 ...
. This was the 7th largest earthquake in
US history The history of the lands that became the United States began with the arrival of the first people in the Americas around 15,000 BC. Numerous indigenous cultures formed, and many saw transformations in the 16th century away from more densel ...
. , - , - , - , 29 , {{Flag, Myanmar,
Sagaing Sagaing (, ) is the former capital of the Sagaing Region of Myanmar. It is located in the Irrawaddy River, to the south-west of Mandalay on the opposite bank of the river. Sagaing with numerous Buddhist monasteries is an important religious and m ...
, 46 km northeast of
Shwebo Shwebo ( my, ရွှေဘိုမြို့ ) is a city in Sagaing Region, Burma, 110 km north-west of Mandalay between the Irrawaddy and the Mu rivers. The city was the origin of the Konbaung Dynasty, established by King Alaungpaya i ...
, 5.5 , 10.0 , VII , A brick wall collapsed in Yae Oo town of the
Sagaing Division Sagaing Region ( my, စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Sagaing Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30' north and lon ...
. In the
Chanayethazan Township Chanayethazan Township ( my, ချမ်းအေးသာစံ မြို့နယ်, ) is a township located in downtown Mandalay, Myanmar. The township is bounded by Aungmyethazan Township and the Mandalay Palace in the north, and Patheing ...
of
Mandalay Mandalay ( or ; ) is the second-largest city in Myanmar, after Yangon. Located on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, 631km (392 miles) (Road Distance) north of Yangon, the city has a population of 1,225,553 (2014 census). Mandalay was fo ...
, a monastery partially collapsed. , - , - , - , 30{{Cite web, date=30 July 2021, title=M 6.2 - 9 km ESE of Sullana, Peru, publisher=United States Geological Survey, access-date=30 July 2021, url= https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000f0qr/executive , {{Flag, Peru,
Piura Piura is a city in northwestern Peru located in the Sechura Desert on the Piura River. It is the capital of the Piura Region and the Piura Province. Its population was 484,475 as of 2017. It was here that Spanish Conqueror Francisco Pizarro ...
, 9 km east southeast of
Sullana SullanaRegional Tourism Office of Piuraciudad de Sullana. Consulted on July 8, 2009. is the capital of the Sullana Province, in the north-western coastal plains of Peru on the Chira valley. Location Sullana is located at 04°53' south latitude a ...
, 6.2 , 34.4 , VII , Moderate damage was reported near the epicenter, where various old houses were damaged, as well as Piura Cathedral. A total of 721 residents suffered injuries. Two adults and a child had serious injuries after falling from height. Six houses collapsed and 181 more were damaged. , - , 721


August

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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 ...

2,248 deaths, fatalities=2,250 {{clear {, class="wikitable sortable" style="border:1px black; margin-left:1em;" , + ! rowspan="2" , Date ! rowspan="2" style="width: 310px" , Country and location ! rowspan="2" , Mw ! rowspan="2" , Depth (km) ! rowspan="2" , MMI ! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" , Notes ! colspan="2" , Casualties , - !Dead !Injured , - , 2 , {{Flag, Indonesia, West Papua offshore, 182 km northeast of
Tual Tual (Indonesian: ''Kota Tual'') is a city in Maluku Province of Indonesia located within the Kei Islands. In 2007, it was separated from the rest of the Kei Islands, which form the Southeast Maluku Regency to form an independent city. The city ...
, 6.0 , 10.0 , IV , - , - , - , - , 3 , {{flag, India,
Andaman and Nicobar Islands The Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a union territory of India consisting of 572 islands, of which 37 are inhabited, at the junction of the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. The territory is about north of Aceh in Indonesia and separated ...
offshore, 339 km south southeast of
Port Blair Port Blair () is the capital city of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a union territory of India in the Bay of Bengal. It is also the local administrative sub-division ('' tehsil'') of the islands, the headquarters for the district of South A ...
, 6.1 , 10.0 , IV , - , - , - , - , 4 , {{Flag, China, Guangxi, 58 km southeast of
Baise City Baise (; local pronunciation: ), or Bose, is the westernmost prefecture-level city of Guangxi, China bordering Vietnam as well as the provinces of Guizhou and Yunnan. The city has a population of 4.3 million, of which 1.4 million live in the ur ...
, 4.5 , 13.8 , - , 500 houses and some roads were damaged in
Debao County Debao (, zhuang: ) is a county of western Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Baise City. Economy Bauxite mining is a major industry in Debao County. To facilitate the transportation of the ore, a 72-km single-track electrified ...
. Electricity was also disrupted. , - , - , - , 11 , {{Flag, Indonesia,
North Sumatra North Sumatra ( id, Sumatra Utara) is a province of Indonesia located on the northern part of the island of Sumatra. Its capital and largest city is Medan. North Sumatra is Indonesia's fourth most populous province after West Java, East Java ...
, 11 km southeast of
Padangsidempuan Padangsidempuan (sometimes written as Padangsidimpuan or Padang Sidempuan) is a city in North Sumatra, Indonesia, and the former capital of South Tapanuli Regency, which surrounds the city. It has an area of 159.28 km² and a population of 178 ...
, 4.8 , 10.0 , II , Two buildings were damaged in the
North Padang Lawas Regency North Padang Lawas (''Padang Lawas Utara'') is a regency in North Sumatra province of Indonesia. It has an area of 3,918.05 km2, and had a population of 223,049 at the 2010 census and 260,720 at the 2020 census.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, ...
. , - , - , - , 11 , {{Flag, Philippines, Davao offshore, 63 km east of Pondaguitan , 7.1 , 65.6 , VII , The
2021 Davao Oriental earthquake On August 12, 2021, at 01:46:12 PST, a strong 7.1 earthquake struck the island of Mindanao at a depth of . It perceived ''Intensity V'' on the PHIVOLCS Earthquake Intensity Scale. No damage or injuries were reported but a young man was killed ...
caused minor damage and triggered a tsunami reaching up to {{cvt, 6.1, cm, ft, abbr=on in
Bitung Bitung is a city on the northern coast of the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. It is in the province of North Sulawesi, and faces Lembeh Island (which forms two districts of the city) and the Lembeh Strait, which is known for its colourful marin ...
,
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 ...
. A 20-year-old man died after being hit by falling coconuts. , 1 , - , - , 12 , rowspan="5", {{Flag, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands offshore,
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 ...
region , 7.5 , 47.2 , VI , rowspan="2", The
2021 South Sandwich Islands earthquakes The 2021 South Sandwich Islands earthquakes were a pair of powerful earthquakes, followed by about a thousand strong aftershocks which struck along the South Sandwich Trench in August 2021. The quakes measured 7.5 and 8.1 on the moment magnitude ...
were some of the largest earthquakes in the
Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the "Old World" of Afr ...
. A tsunami warning was issued, but later cancelled, with waves reaching heights of {{cvt, 75, cm, ft, abbr=on in
South Georgia Island South Georgia ( es, Isla San Pedro) is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It lies around east of the Falkland Islands. Stretching in the eas ...
. The tsunami was also observed as far away as
Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, In recognized minority languages of Portugal: :* mwl, República Pertuesa is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula, in Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Macaronesian ...
and
Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
. , - , - , - , 12 , 8.1 , 55.7 , VII , - , - , - , 12 , 6.7 , 35.0 , - , rowspan="3", These were aftershocks of the 8.1 earthquake an hour earlier. , - , - , - , 12 , 6.1 , 35.0 , IV , - , - , - , 12 , 6.0 , 35.0 , IV , - , - , - , 12 , {{Flag, Russia,
Kemerovo Oblast Kemerovo Oblast — Kuzbass (russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть — Кузба́сс, translit=Kemerovskaya oblast — Kuzbass, ), also known simply as Kemerovo Oblast (russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть, label=non ...
, 34 km northeast of Karagayla , 5.0 , 10.0 , V , Five buildings were damaged in
Novokuznetsk Novokuznetsk ( rus, Новокузнецк, p=nəvəkʊzˈnʲɛt͡sk; literally: "new smith's", cjs, Аба-тура, ''Aba-tura'') is a city in Kemerovo Oblast (Kuzbass) in south-western Siberia, Russia. It is the second largest city in the obl ...
. , - , - , - , 12 , {{Flag, Spain,
Andalusia Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a "historical nationality". The ...
, 3 km southwest of Santa Fe , 4.6 , 10.0 , VII , It was the strongest earthquake to hit the region since 1984. One house partially collapsed, and cracks in walls appeared in some others. , - , - , - , 13 , {{flag, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands offshore,
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 ...
region , 6.1 , 10.0 , IV , It was an aftershock of the 8.1 earthquake 16 hours earlier. , - , - , - , 14 , {{Flag, United States,
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 ...
offshore,
Aleutian Islands The Aleutian Islands ( ; ; ale, Unangam Tanangin, "land of the Aleuts"; possibly from the Chukchi ''aliat'', or "island")—also called the Aleut Islands, Aleutic Islands, or, before 1867, the Catherine Archipelago—are a chain of 14 main, ...
, 117 km southeast of Perryville , 6.9 , 21.0 , V , It was an aftershock of the 8.2 earthquake on July 29. , - , - , - , 14 , {{Flag, Haiti,
Nippes Nippes (French) or Nip ( Haitian Creole) is one of the ten departments (the highest-level political subdivisions) of Haiti located in southern Haiti. It is the most recently created department, having been split from Grand'Anse in 2003. The c ...
, 13 km south southeast of Petit Trou de Nippes , 7.2 , 10.0 , VIII , The
2021 Haiti earthquake At 08:29:09 EDT on 14 August 2021, a magnitude7.2 earthquake struck the Tiburon Peninsula in the Caribbean nation of Haiti. It had a 10-kilometre-deep (6.2 mi) hypocenter near Petit-Trou-de-Nippes, approximately 150 kilometres (93  ...
was the largest to strike the country since the
1842 Cap-Haïtien earthquake The 1842 Cap-Haïtien earthquake occurred at 17:00 local time (21:00 UTC) on 7 May. It had an estimated magnitude of 8.1 on the scale and triggered a destructive tsunami. It badly affected the northern coast of Haiti and part of what is now the ...
. Enormous damage was caused with more than 138,000 buildings completely destroyed, especially in
Les Cayes Les Cayes ( , ), often referred to as Aux Cayes (; ht, Okay), is a commune and seaport in the Les Cayes Arrondissement, in the Sud department of Haiti, with a population of 71,236. Due to its isolation from the political turmoil of the capital ...
and
Nippes Nippes (French) or Nip ( Haitian Creole) is one of the ten departments (the highest-level political subdivisions) of Haiti located in southern Haiti. It is the most recently created department, having been split from Grand'Anse in 2003. The c ...
. 2,248 people were killed, 12,763 others were injured and 329 people remained missing. It is the deadliest earthquake of 2021.{{cite news , title=Haiti: Earthquake Situation Report No. 4 (7 September 2021) , url=https://reliefweb.int/report/haiti/haiti-earthquake-situation-report-no-4-7-september-2021 , access-date=10 September 2021 , agency=
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is a United Nations (UN) body established in December 1991 by the General Assembly to strengthen the international response to complex emergencies and natural disaste ...
, publisher=
ReliefWeb ReliefWeb is a humanitarian information portal founded in 1996. The portal now hosts more than 720,000 humanitarian situation reports, press releases, evaluations, guidelines, assessments, maps and infographics. The portal is an independent vehi ...
, date=7 September 2021
, 2,248 , 12,763 , - , 16 , rowspan="2", {{Flag, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands offshore,
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 ...
region , 6.9 , 14.0 , IV , rowspan="2", These were aftershocks of the 8.1 earthquake on August 12. , - , - , - , 17 , 6.1 , 47.1 , IV , - , - , - , 18 , {{Flag, Vanuatu, Sanma offshore, 16 km north of
Port Olry {{Infobox settlement , name = Port Olry , other_name = Saint Anne , native_name = , settlement_type = Village , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_caption = , pus ...
, 6.9 , 89.5 , VII , - , - , - , - , 18 , rowspan="3" , {{Flag, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands offshore,
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 ...
region , 6.0 , 28.0 , IV , rowspan="3" , These were aftershocks of the 8.1 earthquake on August 12. , - , - , - , 22 , 6.6 , 11.0 , IV , - , - , - , 22 , 7.1 , 14.0 , IV , - , - , - , 24 , {{Flag, Russia,
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 ...
offshore, 223 km southwest of
Severo-Kurilsk Severo-Kurilsk (russian: Се́веро-Кури́льск; ja, 柏原, ''Kashiwabara'') is a town and the administrative center of Severo-Kurilsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located in the northern part of the Kuril Islands, on the is ...
, 6.0 , 31.0 , IV , - , - , - , - , 24 , {{Flag, Honduras, Santa Bárbara, 11 km north northeast of Pinalejo , 5.2 , 7.8 , VI , Several buildings, including a school and a hospital, were damaged in
Santa Rita Santa Rita may refer to: * Rita of Cascia (1381–1457), Catholic saint *Associação Atlética Santa Rita, a Brazilian football (soccer) club *Santa Rita de Cássia FC, an Angolan football (soccer) club Places Belize * Santa Rita, Corozal, a Ma ...
and
San Pedro Sula San Pedro Sula () is the capital of Cortés Department, Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country in the Sula Valley, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean Sea. With a population of 671 ...
. , - , - , - , 26 , {{Flag, Indonesia,
Central Sulawesi Central Sulawesi (Indonesian: ''Sulawesi Tengah'') is a province of Indonesia located at the centre of the island of Sulawesi. The administrative capital and largest city is located in Palu. The 2010 census recorded a population of 2,635,009 fo ...
offshore, 113 km east northeast of
Poso Poso ( Old Spelling: ''Posso'') is the administrative capital of Poso Regency, Indonesia. It is the main port and transportation hub for the central-southern coast of Central Sulawesi. Its urban area consists of three districts, Poso Kota, North ...
, 5.7 , 8.0 , VII , A collapsing house crushed one person to death, while 39 people suffered injuries. At least 297 houses suffered damage. , 1 , 39 , - , 31 , {{Flag, Tanzania,
Shinyanga Shinyanga, also known as Shinyanga Mji in the local Swahili language, is a city in northern Tanzania. The city is the location of the regional headquarters of Shinyanga Region as well as the district headquarters of Shinyanga Urban District. T ...
, 33 km northeast of Masumbwe , 4.8 , 10.0 , V , Cracks were observed in walls of some houses, and one person suffered injuries. , - , 1 , - , 31 , {{Flag, 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 ...
offshore, 989 km south southwest of 'Ohonua, Tonga , 6.4 , 16.0 , IV , It was an aftershock of the 8.1 quake on March 4. , - , - , - , 31 , {{Flag, Turkey, Kütahya Province, Kütahya, 19 km west of İhsaniye , 5.1 , 10.0 , V , Heavy damage was reported in 15 homes in Altıntaş. Bricks were dislodged and fell from a balcony and chimneys. The earthquake destroyed a barn and caused solar panels on a roof to explode. , - , - , -


September

{{Infobox earthquakes in month, month=September, 9.0+=0, 8.0–8.9=0, 7.0–7.9=1, 6.0–6.9=8, 5.0–5.9=133, 4.0–4.9=1,183, largest=7.0 {{M, w, link=y {{Flag, Mexico, deadliest=7.0 {{M, w, link=y {{Flag, Mexico
13 deaths, fatalities=17 {{clear {, class="wikitable sortable" style="border:1px black; margin-left:1em;" , + ! rowspan="2" , Date ! rowspan="2" style="width: 310px" , Country and location ! rowspan="2" , Mw ! rowspan="2" , Depth (km) ! rowspan="2" , MMI ! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" , Notes ! colspan="2" , Casualties , - !Dead !Injured , - , 3 , {{Flag, China,
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 th ...
, 44 km southeast of Xunchang , 5.0 , 10.0 , III , 147 buildings were damaged, and 26 people were left homeless. , - , - , - , 7 , {{flag, Tonga, Haʻapai offshore, 185 km west northwest of
Pangai Pangai is the administrative capital village of the Haapai Group in Tonga. Town The village is on the western shore of Lifuka and has a population of 1,026. The village center is around the Catholic Church (''Siasi Katolika'')Guerrero Guerrero is one of the 32 states that comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in Municipalities of Guerrero, 81 municipalities and its capital city is Chilpancingo and its largest city is Acap ...
, 3 km northeast of Acapulco , 7.0 , 20.0 , VIII , The 2021 Guerrero earthquake damaged or destroyed 8,700 buildings.{{cite news , author1=Sergio Ocampo Arista , title=Otorgan declaratoria de emergencia a Guerrero por sismo , url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2021/09/09/estados/otorgan-declaratoria-de-emergencia-a-guerrero-por-sismo/ , access-date=10 September 2021 , agency=La Jornada , location=Chilpancingo, Mexico , language=es One person was killed in Coyuca de Benítez by a falling pole, and another in Acapulco. Four more people died of heart attacks.{{cite news , author1=Heidi Nieves , title=Mueren tres prestadores de servicios turísticos tras el sismo , url=https://www.elsoldeacapulco.com.mx/local/mueren-tres-prestadores-de-servicios-turisticos-tras-el-sismo-temblor-muerte-danos-afectaciones-7193864.html , trans-title= Three tourism service providers die after the earthquake, access-date=9 September 2021 , agency=El Sol de Acapulco , date=8 September 2021 , language=es Around twenty people were also injured. A seventh, indirect fatality occurred on September 9 in Acapulco due to a traffic accident.{{cite news , title=Atropellan y matan a comerciante en la carretera Acapulco-Pinotepa , url=https://ahoraguerrero.mx/atropellan-y-matan-a-comerciante-en-la-carretera-acapulco-pinotepa , access-date=10 September 2021 , agency=Ahora Guerrero , date=9 September 2021 A landside on September 10 in Cerro del Chiquihuite, Mexico City killed five more people, caused one injury and left two missing.{{cite news , author1=Pablo Ferri , author2=Alejandro Santos Cid , title=Al menos dos muertos y 10 desaparecidos en Tlalnepantla tras un derrumbe en el cerro Chiquihuite, trans-title= At least two dead and 10 missing in Tlalnepantla after a collapse on the Chiquihuite hill , url=https://elpais.com/mexico/2021-09-10/un-derrumbe-en-el-cerro-del-chiquihuite-sepulta-una-decena-de-casas-en-tlalnepantla.html , access-date=11 September 2021 , agency=El País , date=10 September 2021 , location=Tlalnepantla de Baz, Mexico{{cite news , title=Autoridades del Edomex confirmaron una mujer y sus dos hijos continúan desaparecidos tras el derrumbe en el Cerro del Chiquihuite, trans-title= Edomex authorities confirmed a woman and her two children are still missing after the collapse in the Cerro del Chiquihuite , url=https://lopezdoriga.com/nacional/tres-personas-desaparecidas-derrumbe-cerro-chiquihuite/ , access-date=12 September 2021 , agency=EFE , publisher=López-Dóriga Digital , date=12 September 2021 , language=es The suspected cause of the landslide was heavy rainfall and the quake which weakened soils on the hill.{{cite news , last1=Verza , first1=María , title=At least 1 dead, 10 missing in landslide near Mexico City , url=https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-mexico-caribbean-mexico-city-8d45dd91716a0c549de4d4f81880b191 , access-date=11 September 2021 , work=Associated Press , date=11 September 2021 A 14-year-old girl died from her injuries due to a collapsed wall on September 11.{{cite news , author1=Ana Castro , title=Muere joven en Acapulco por caída de un muro durante sismo , url=https://www.debate.com.mx/estados/Sismo-cobra-otra-vida-en-Acapulco-muere-joven-que-sobrevivio-a-la-caida-de-un-muro-20210911-0297.html , access-date=12 September 2021 , agency=El Debate (Mexico), El Debate , date=11 September 2021{{cite news , title=FGJEM confirma que cuerpo hallado en Cerro del Chiquihuite es de Mía de tres años , trans-title= FGJEM confirms that the body found in Cerro del Chiquihuite is Mia's three years old , url=https://headtopics.com/mx/fgjem-confirma-que-cuerpo-hallado-en-cerro-del-chiquihuite-es-de-m-a-de-tres-anos-21788672 , access-date=15 September 2021 , agency=Noticias de última hora , date=15 September 2021 , 13 , 23 , - , 13 , {{Flag, Iran, Razavi Khorasan Province, Razavi Khorasan, 38 km east northeast of Quchan , 5.1 , 10.0 , V , 861 buildings were damaged in 42 villages around the epicenter. Between 23 and 25 people are suspected to have been injured during the quake. , - , 23-25 , - , 13 , {{Flag, Argentina, Salta Province, Salta, 79 km northwest of
San Antonio de los Cobres San Antonio de los Cobres is a small town of population 5,482 (per the 2001 INDEC census) in northwestern Argentina. It is the capital of the Los Andes Department of the Salta Province. Geography The town is known for its high elevation of app ...
, 6.2 , 193.4 , IV , - , - , - , - , 13 , {{Flag, Indonesia,
North Maluku North Maluku ( id, Maluku Utara) is a province of Indonesia. It covers the northern part of the Maluku Islands, bordering the Pacific Ocean to the north, the Halmahera Sea to the east, the Molucca Sea to the west, and the Seram Sea to the sout ...
, 153 km south of
Sofifi Sofifi is a town on the west coast of the Indonesian island of Halmahera, and since 2010 has been the capital of the province of North Maluku. It is located in North Oba (''Oba Utara'') District of the city of Tidore Islands. At the 2020 Census, ...
, 4.6 , 10.0 , - , One building was damaged in Bancan. , - , - , - , 15 , {{Flag, China,
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 th ...
, 52 km west southwest of Yongchuan District, Yongchuan , 5.4 , 7.5 , VII , The 2021 Luxian earthquake killed three and left 146 injured. Some 29,000 homes in Lu County were damaged, an additional 7,800 had collapsed or were badly damaged. Services on the Mianyang–Luzhou high-speed railway were suspended. The earthquake was assigned VIII on the
China seismic intensity scale The China seismic intensity scale (CSIS) is a national standard in the People's Republic of China used to measure seismic intensity. Similar to EMS-92 on which CSIS drew reference, seismic impacts are classified into 12 degrees of intensity, or ...
by the China Earthquake Administration, Sichuan Earthquake Administration. , 3 , 146 , - , 18 , {{Flag, United States,
California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the ...
, 2 km east of Carson, California, Carson , 4.3 , 11.9 , VI , Light damage was caused, such as items falling off shelves in convenience stores. The earthquake also caused a power outage in an oil refinery in Carson. , - , - , - , 18 , {{Flag, Papua New Guinea, Oro Province, Oro, 117 km south southeast of Popondetta , 5.3 , 20.3 , VI , The quake caused flooding which destroyed some food gardens and a bridge. , - , - , - , 19 , {{Flag, Peru, Arequipa Department, Arequipa, 5 km southeast of Huambo , 4.6 , 10.0 , IV , Six homes were damaged in Arequipa. , - , - , - , 19 , {{Flag, Iran, Isfahan, 41 km northwest of
Yasuj Yasuj ( fa, ; also romanized as Yāsūj, Yasooj, and Yesūj; Luri: ''Jasuc'' or ''Jasyç'') is a city and capital of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 96,786, in 20,297 families. Yasuj is an ind ...
, 4.3 , 10.0 , II , It was an aftershock of the
2021 Sisakht earthquake The 2021 Sisakht earthquake which had a magnitude of 5.4 , struck 28 km northwest of Yasuj, Iran at around 18:35 ( UTC) on February 17. No deaths were reported however 63 people sustained injuries and extensive damage was observed in numerou ...
. Ten buildings were damaged in
Yasuj Yasuj ( fa, ; also romanized as Yāsūj, Yasooj, and Yesūj; Luri: ''Jasuc'' or ''Jasyç'') is a city and capital of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 96,786, in 20,297 families. Yasuj is an ind ...
. , - , - , - , 20 , {{Flag, Russia,
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 ...
offshore , 6.1 , 25.0 , IV , - , - , - , - , 21 , {{Flag, Chile, Biobío Region, Biobío offshore, 81 km northwest of Arauco Province, Arauco , 6.4 , 12.5 , V , - , - , - , - , 21 , {{Flag, Australia,
Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...
, 38 km south of Mount Buller , 5.9 , 10.0 , VII , The 2021 Mansfield earthquake was one of the strongest earthquakes to hit mainland Australia. Power outages occurred and buildings were damaged in Melbourne. One person was injured by falling debris.{{cite news , author1=Byron Kaye , author2=Renju Jose , author3=Sonali Paul , author4=Shubham Kalia , author5=Michael Perry , author6=Shri Navaratnam , title=Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes near Melbourne, tremors rattle southeast Australia , url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/earthquake-magnitude-56-strikes-near-melbourne-australia-gfz-2021-09-22/ , access-date=22 September 2021 , work=Reuters , date=22 September 2021 , - , 1 , - , 22 , {{Flag, Nicaragua, Chinandega Department, Chinandega offshore, 78 km southwest of Jiquilillo , 6.5 , 30.7 , V , - , - , - , - , 24 , {{Flag, United States,
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 ...
offshore,
Aleutian Islands The Aleutian Islands ( ; ; ale, Unangam Tanangin, "land of the Aleuts"; possibly from the Chukchi ''aliat'', or "island")—also called the Aleut Islands, Aleutic Islands, or, before 1867, the Catherine Archipelago—are a chain of 14 main, ...
, 184 km west southwest of
Adak Adak may refer to: Places *Adak Island, one of the Aleutian Islands ** Adak, Alaska, a town on the above island ** Adak Airport, airport serving the town ***Adak Army Airfield, original name of the airport (1942–c.1943) *** Davis Army Airfield, ...
, 6.1 , 39.6 , V , - , - , - , - , 27 , {{Flag, Greece,
Crete Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cypru ...
, 7 km northwest of Heraklion, Thrapsanón , 6.0 , 8.7 , VIII , The 2021 Arkalochori earthquake was the largest in Greece since the 2021 Larissa earthquake, event in March. More than 5,000 buildings were damaged and landslides occurred in Heraklion. A village was destroyed with only two buildings surviving. A man was killed and 35 people were injured. , 1 , 35 , - , 28{{Cite web, title=Gempa 3,0 SR Brebes Akibatkan 23 Rumah Rusak dan Retakan 150 Meter di Kawasan Perbukitan, url=https://jateng.inews.id/amp/berita/gempa-30-sr-brebes-akibatkan-23-rumah-rusak-dan-retakan-150-meter-di-kawasan-perbukitan, website=jateng.inews.id, date=September 28, 2021 , {{Flag, Indonesia, Central Java, 9 km north northwest of Bumiayu, Brebes, Bumiayu , 3.0 , 10.0 , - , At least 23 houses in 2 districts of Brebes Regency were damaged, 4 of them seriously. A hill suffered a 150-meter crack. , - , - , - , 28 , {{Flag, Greece,
Crete Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cypru ...
, 9 km southwest of Heraklion, Arkalochóri , 5.3 , 10.0 , V , It was an aftershock of the 6.0 earthquake a day earlier. Further damage was caused, and some damaged homes collapsed. , - , - , - , - , 29 , {{Flag, Argentina, Mendoza, 32 km east southeast of San Martín, Mendoza, San Martín , 4.9 , 30.0 , VI , Some houses were damaged or destroyed in Rivadavia, Mendoza, Rivadavia. , - , - , - , 29 , {{Flagicon, Japan Japan, Niigata Prefecture, Niigata offshore, 241 km northwest of Nanao, Ishikawa, Nanao , 6.1 , 367.7 , III , - , - , - , - , 29 , {{Flagicon, Philippines Philippines, Soccksargen, 20 km southeast of Lake Sebu, South Cotabato, Lake Sebu , 4.0 , 5.0 , - , Several houses, schools, and other buildings were damaged in T'Boli. At least four hot springs also appeared after the earthquake. , - , - , -


October

{{Infobox earthquakes in month , month = October , largest = 7.3 {{M, w, link=y {{flag, Vanuatu , deadliest = 5.9 {{M, w, link=y {{flag, Pakistan
27 deaths , fatalities = 31 , 9.0+ = 0 , 8.0−8.9 = 0 , 7.0−7.9 = 1 , 6.0−6.9 = 10 , 5.0−5.9 = 102 , 4.0−4.9 = 1,035 {{clear {, class="wikitable sortable" style="border:1px black; margin-left:1em;" , + ! rowspan="2" , Date ! rowspan="2" style="width: 310px" , Country and location ! rowspan="2" , Mw ! rowspan="2" , Depth (km) ! rowspan="2" , MMI ! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" , Notes ! colspan="2" , Casualties , - !Dead !Injured , - , 1 , {{Flag, Iran,
Bushehr Bushehr, Booshehr or Bushire ( fa, بوشهر ; also romanised as ''Būshehr'', ''Bouchehr'', ''Buschir'' and ''Busehr''), also known as Bandar Bushehr ( fa, ; also romanised as ''Bandar Būshehr'' and ''Bandar-e Būshehr''), previously Antio ...
, 24 km north of Bushehr, Genāveh , 4.9 , 10.0 , VI , Three people were injured. , - , 3 , - , 2 , {{Flag, Vanuatu region offshore , 7.3 , 535.8 , IV , - , - , - , - , 2 , Central Indian Ridge, Mid-Indian Ridge , 6.0 , 10.0 , - , - , - , - , - , 2 , {{Flag, Philippines, Mimaropa, 10 km northeast of Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro, Tuban , 5.4 , 9.4 , VII , The walls of five homes collapsed, with damage totaling Philippine peso, ₱208,000. , - , - , - , 4 , {{Flag, Iran, Khuzestan Province, Khuzestan, 56 km northeast of Chelgard, Masjed Soleymān , 5.5 , 10.0 , VII , At least 20 people were injured and 3,318 buildings were damaged; 59 destroyed in Chelgard. , - , 8 , - , 4 , {{Flag, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands offshore,
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 ...
region , 6.2 , 10.0 , IV , It was an aftershock of the 8.1 earthquake on August 12. , - , - , - , - , 5 , {{Flag, Japan, Iwate Prefecture, Iwate offshore, 48 km north northeast of Miyako, Iwate, Miyako , 5.7 , 55.0 , V , Three people had minor injuries and at least one building was damaged. , - , 3 , - , - , 6 , {{Flag, Croatia, Split-Dalmatia County, 10 km east of Otok, Split-Dalmatia County, Otok , 4.9 , 10.0 , VI , 65 buildings were damaged in Split, Croatia, Split. A minor landslide was reported in Trilj. , - , - , - , 6 , {{Flag, Pakistan, Balochistan, Pakistan, Balochistan, 14 km north northeast of Harnai , 5.9 , 9.0 , VII , At least 27 people were killed, 15 missing and 300 injured during the
2021 Balochistan earthquake An earthquake struck Pakistan's province of Balochistan near the city of Harnai on 7 October 2021. The moment magnitude 5.9 quake struck in the early morning at 03:01 local time, killing at least 27, injuring 300, and leaving 15 missing. The eart ...
. Around 70 buildings in Harnai collapsed, burying people. Some of the injured in critical condition were rushed to a hospital. , 27 , 300 , - , 6 , {{Flag, Argentina, Salta Province, Salta, 21 km northeast of El Galpón, Salta, El Galpón , 5.0 , 10.0 , IV , Some damage was caused in supermarkets, and two people were hospitalized. , - , 2 , - , 7 , {{Flag, Japan, Chiba Prefecture, Chiba, 4 km west southwest of Chiba (city), Chiba , 5.9 , 62.0 , VII , The 2021 Chiba earthquake caused minor damage and power outages in the epicentral area, and at least 51 people were injured. There were two instances of building fires.{{Cite web, title=千葉5.9直下型強震!東京都震度五 311以來最有感地震, url=https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E5%8D%83%E8%91%895-9%E7%9B%B4%E4%B8%8B%E5%9E%8B%E5%BC%B7%E9%9C%87-%E6%9D%B1%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD%E9%9C%87%E5%BA%A6%E4%BA%94-311%E4%BB%A5%E4%BE%86%E6%9C%80%E6%9C%89%E6%84%9F%E5%9C%B0%E9%9C%87-050842666.html, access-date=2022-09-25, website=tw.news.yahoo.com, language=zh A maximum intensity of Shindo 5+ was recorded. It was the strongest earthquake to strike Tokyo since 2011. , - , 51 , - , 8 , {{Flag, Iran, Khuzestan Province, Khuzestan, 59 km northeast of Chelgard, Masjed Soleymān , 5.1 , 10.0 , IV , Three people were injured when fleeing in panic. , - , 3 , - , 9 , {{Flag, Peru, Arequipa, 4 km northwest of Madrigal, Peru, Madrigal , 5.7 , 14.2 , VI , More than 144 buildings were damaged. , - , - , - , 9 , {{Flag, Vanuatu region offshore , 6.9 , 520.4 , III , It was an aftershock of the 7.3 earthquake on October 2. , - , - , - , 10 , {{Flag, Pakistan,
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 coastl ...
, 6 km south of Harnai , 4.5 , 10.0 , III , It was an aftershock of the
2021 Balochistan earthquake An earthquake struck Pakistan's province of Balochistan near the city of Harnai on 7 October 2021. The moment magnitude 5.9 quake struck in the early morning at 03:01 local time, killing at least 27, injuring 300, and leaving 15 missing. The eart ...
. Six people were injured and there was additional damage. , - , 6 , - , 10 , {{Flag, United States, Hawaii offshore, 29 km south of Naalehu, Hawaii, Naalehu , 6.2 , 35.1 , VII , This was the strongest earthquake in the US state since the 2018 Hawaii earthquake. It was likely related to oceanic plate stresses rather than volcanic activity. In Naalehu, objects fell off shelves and cracks appeared in drywalls.{{cite news , last=Schenfeld , first=Nikki , title='The house started shaking violently,' Naalehu residents and experts describe 6.2 earthquake, url=https://www.khon2.com/local-news/the-house-started-shaking-violently-naalehu-residents-and-experts-describe-6-2-earthquake/?ipid=promo-link-block2 , access-date=23 August 2022 , work=KHON-TV , language=en Rockfalls were also reported in the Halemaʻumaʻu, Halemaʻumaʻu Crater. , - , - , - , 11 , {{Flag, United States,
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 ...
offshore, 114 km east of Chignik , 6.9 , 69.1 , VIII , It was an aftershock of the 8.2 earthquake on July 29. , - , - , - , 11 , {{Flag, India, Karnataka, 7 km northeast of Shahabad, Gulbarga, Shahabad , 4.3 , 10.0 , IV , A hundred buildings were damaged and ten destroyed in Kalaburagi. , - , - , - , 12 , {{Flag, Greece,
Crete Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cypru ...
, Palekastro , 6.4 , 10.0 , VIII , The 2021 Lasithi earthquake struck near the coast of
Crete Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cypru ...
, causing damage to the town hall of Sitia and a church to collapse. , - , - , - , 13 , {{Flag, Argentina, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Santa Cruz, 2 km northeast of El Calafate , 5.4 , 10.0 , VII , Cracks in walls and roads at El Calafate city. Rockslides were also reported. , - , - , - , 14 , {{Flag, Philippines, Bicol Region, Bicol, 4 km northwesr of Naga, Camarines Sur, Naga , 4.2 , 7.0 , - , Minor damage to government buildings was reported in three towns in Camarines Sur. It was the first in a swarm of earthquakes that affected the province in mid-October, 2021.{{Cite web, title=Reports of 'minor cracks, eroded soil' follow swarm of quakes in Cam Sur, url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1503526/reports-of-minor-cracks-eroded-soil-follow-swarm-of-quakes-in-cam-sur/amp, website=newsinfo.inquirer.net, language=en , - , - , - , 14 , {{Flag, China, Inner Mongolia, 180 km west northwest of Tongliao , 4.4 , 10.0 , - , 958 buildings were damaged in Ar Horqin Banner. At least 1,000 people were affected. , - , - , - , 15 , {{Flag, Solomon Islands, Isabel Province, Isabel offshore, 146 km west southwest of Buala , 6.4 , 22.6 , VI , Two houses were destroyed and 23 others damaged in Nggatokae, Gatokae Island. One person was injured after the canteen of a school collapsed. , - , 1 , - , 15 , {{Flag, Indonesia, Bali, 16 km north northeast of Banjar Wangsian , 4.7 , 10.0 , VIII , After the 2021 Bali earthquake, four people were killed by a landslide at Kintamani, Bali, Kintamani. A three-year-old girl was killed by falling debris. 73 people were injured, seven of which sustained broken bones. At least 70 collapsed homes were among the several hundred buildings affected. , 4 , 73 , - , 16 , {{Flag, Iran, Kerman Province, Kerman , 16 km south of Kian Shahr, Shahrak-e Pābedānā , 4.8 , 10.0 , - , At least 3,530 buildings were damaged. There were reports of collapsed walls and broken windows in Bob-Tangol and in Taleqan, Kerman, Taleghani. , - , - , - , 18 , {{Flag, Vanuatu, Torba offshore, 67 km west northwest of Sola, Vanuatu, Sola , 6.2 , 96.5 , V , - , - , - , - , 21 , {{Flag, Tonga offshore, south of the Fiji, Fiji Islands , 6.1 , 497.2 , II , - , - , - , - , 22 , {{Flag, Indonesia,
East Java East Java ( id, Jawa Timur) is a province of Indonesia located in the easternmost hemisphere of Java island. It has a land border only with the province of Central Java to the west; the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean border its northern and so ...
offshore, 53 km southwest of Dampit , 4.9 , 72.9 , IV , Several buildings were damaged in Blitar. The earthquake also destroyed a local mosque. , - , - , - , 22 , {{Flag, Indonesia, Central Java, 15 km west of Salatiga , 2.9 , 10.0 , - , It is the largest earthquake in a swarm related to Mount Telomoyo.{{Cite web, title=Delapan Gempa Goyang Ambarawa Pagi Ini, Berpusat di Sekitar Gunung Telomoyo, language=id, url=https://amp.suara.com/tekno/2021/10/23/105412/delapan-gempa-goyang-ambarawa-pagi-ini-berpusat-di-sekitar-gunung-telomoyo, website=suara.com, date=23 October 2021 Several buildings were damaged. , - , - , - , 24 , {{Flag, Taiwan, Yilan County, Taiwan, Yilan, 21 km south southeast of Yilan City, Yilan , 6.2 , 64.5 , VI , A woman 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 ...
was injured by falling rocks. The Taipei Metro was temporarily suspended. , - , 1 , - , 29 , {{Flag, Albania, Dibër District, Dibër, 9 km northeast of Bulqizë , 4.7 , 10.0 , VI , At least 16 homes were damage. , - , - , -


November

{{Infobox earthquakes in month , month = November , largest = 7.5 {{M, w, link=y {{flag, Peru , deadliest = 7.5 {{M, w, link=y {{flag, Peru
12 deaths , fatalities = 14 , 9.0+ = 0 , 8.0−8.9 = 0 , 7.0−7.9 = 1 , 6.0−6.9 = 17 , 5.0−5.9 = 116 , 4.0−4.9 = 1,084 {{clear {, class="wikitable sortable" style="border:1px black; margin-left:1em;" , + ! rowspan="2" , Date ! rowspan="2" style="width: 310px" , Country and location ! rowspan="2" , Mw ! rowspan="2" , Depth (km) ! rowspan="2" , MMI ! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" , Notes ! colspan="2" , Casualties , - !Dead !Injured , - , 1 , {{Flag, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands offshore,
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 ...
region , 6.0 , 22.0 , IV , It was an aftershock of the 8.1 earthquake on August 12. , - , - , - , 1 , {{Flag, Indonesia,
North Sumatra North Sumatra ( id, Sumatra Utara) is a province of Indonesia located on the northern part of the island of Sumatra. Its capital and largest city is Medan. North Sumatra is Indonesia's fourth most populous province after West Java, East Java ...
offshore, 255 km south of
Sinabang Sinabang is a town on the east coast of Simeulue Island, which lies off the western coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. Sinabang is the administrative seat (capital) of the Simeulue Regency, in Aceh Province of Indonesia and has a population of approx ...
, 6.0 , 15.3 , IV , - , - , - , - , 4 , {{Flag, Indonesia, Maluku, 65 km northeast of
Amahai Amahai is a village on the south coast of the Indonesian island of Seram, to the south of Masohi Masohi is a coastal town on the Indonesian island of Seram. It is the capital of the Central Maluku Regency (Kebupaten Maluku Tengah). It was the s ...
, 5.7 , 18.0 , VI , At least 26 homes in the Central Maluku Regency were damaged. , - , - , - , 4 , {{Flag, Pakistan, Sind, 22 km southeast of Sujawal District, Jati , 4.9 , 10.0 , III , Cracks appeared in some buildings in Lakhpat, in neighboring
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 ...
. , - , - , - , 6 , {{Flag, Indonesia,
North Sulawesi North Sulawesi ( id, Sulawesi Utara) is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the Minahasa Peninsula of Sulawesi, south of the Philippines and southeast of Sabah, Malaysia. It borders the Philippine province of Davao Occidental and Socc ...
offshore, 154 km of
Gorontalo Gorontalo ( Gorontaloan: ''Hulontalo'') is a province of Indonesia on the island of Sulawesi. Located on the Minahasa Peninsula, Gorontalo was formerly part of the province of North Sulawesi until its inauguration as a separate province on 5 De ...
, 6.0 , 39.9 , V , - , - , - , - , 8 , {{Flag, Turkey, Konya Province, Konya, 22 km southeast of Derbent, Konya, Derbent , 5.1 , 10.0 , V , Three buildings were destroyed and 151 were damaged in Kızılören, Küçükmuhsine Sefaköy and Tepekent. Two people were injured after falling from stairs. , - , 2 , - , 9 , {{Flag, Nicaragua, Carazo (department), Carazo offshore, 61 km south of Managua, Masachapa , 6.3 , 35.0 , V , - , - , - , - , 10 , {{Flag, Japan, Ryukyu Islands offshore, 184 km southeast of Hirara, Okinawa, Hirara , 6.6 , 10.0 , IV , A tsunami was observed, with a maximum height of {{Cvt, 31, cm, ft, abbr=on. , - , - , - , 10 , {{Flag, Indonesia, Papua (province), Papua offshore, 182 km southwest of Nabire , 6.0 , 10.0 , V , - , - , - , - , 14 , rowspan="2", {{Flag, Iran, Hormozgan, 63 km north northwest of Bandar Abbas , 6.0 , 7.0 , VII , rowspan="2", The 2021 Hormozgan earthquakes, spaced a few minutes apart can be considered as a
doublet earthquake __NOTOC__ In seismology, doublet earthquakes – and more generally, multiplet earthquakes – were originally identified as multiple earthquakes with nearly identical waveforms originating from the same location. They are now characterized as sing ...
. Two people died, one by a falling utility pole, the other while fleeing his home. Ninety-eight people suffered injuries, nine of them with heart attacks and broken limbs. A number of homes were destroyed in Bandar Abbas and landslides occurred in the Geno Biosphere Reserve. , rowspan="2", 2 , rowspan="2", 98 , - , 14 , 6.4 , 10.0 , IX , - , 15 , South Indian Ocean , 6.0 , 10.0 , - , - , - , - , - , 16 , {{Flag, Netherlands, Groningen (province), Groiningen, Garrelsweer , 3.2 , 3.0 , - , Nearly 800 buildings suffered minor damage, 598 of them in Garrelsweer. , - , - , - , 18 , {{Flag, Papua New Guinea, New Ireland Province, New Ireland offshore, 189 km southeast of Kokopo , 6.2 , 36.3 , IV , - , - , - , - , 19 , {{Flag, Turkey, Erzurum Province, Erzurum, 24 km northwest of Karayazı , 5.1 , 9.0 , VII , 172 houses collapsed in several villages near the epicentre. Four people were injured. , - , 4 , - , 20 , {{Flag, Azerbaijan, Shirvan, 12 km northeast of Shamakhi , 5.0 , 10.0 , VI , A house was damaged in Agsu (city), Agsu. , - , - , - , 22 , {{Flag, Dominican Republic, Puerto Plata province, Puerto Plata, 5 km southeast of Río Grande, Dominican Republic, Río Grande , 4.5 , 10.0 , V , At least 16 schools suffered minor damage in the form of cracks in walls. , - , - , - , 23 , {{Flag, Ecuador, Pichincha Province, Pichincha, 5 km west northwest of Oyambarillo , 4.9 , 3.8 , V , Some damage was caused to houses in Quito. However, no casualties were reported. , - , - , - , 25 , {{Flag, Solomon Islands, Santa Cruz Islands offshore, 75 km east of Lata, Solomon Islands, Lata , 6.1 , 39.9 , VII , - , - , - , - , 26 , {{Flag, Myanmar, Chin State, Chin, 19 km north northwest of Hakha , 6.2 , 42.5 , VIII , In Hakha, Myanmar, the ceiling of a church partially collapsed. In Bangladesh, one person was injured after jumping off the second floor of a building at Chittagong University, and a four-storey apartment tilted to its side and struck a neighbouring building in Chawkbazar Thana. , - , 5 , - , 28 , {{Flag, Peru, Loreto region, Loreto, 42 km north northwest of Barranca District, Datem del Marañón, Barranca , 7.5 , 112.5 , VIII , The
2021 Northern Peru earthquake A major earthquake struck northern Peru on November 28, 2021 05:52 a.m. local time with a magnitude of 7.5 on the moment magnitude scale between the Amazonas and Loreto departments of Peru. Preliminary intensities were said to be as high as VII ...
caused around 2,592 buildings, including seven churches to collapse in Peru, where two people lost their lives; one by falling wood, the other from a heart attack, and 126 people were injured. Some damage was also reported in neighbouring Ecuador. On November 29, a bus crashed due to a landslide and fell of a cliff in Bongará Province, killing ten and injuring seven others. Three people were injured in the La Jalca District, and 70% of the homes were damaged, according to the district's mayor. Many of the homes damaged were constructed of mud and stone.{{cite news , title=Terremoto en Amazonas: Reportan tres heridos y viviendas afectadas en varias provincias y zonas del Perú, trans-title=Earthquake in Amazonas: Three injured and affected homes are reported in several provinces and areas of Peru , url=https://www.infobae.com/america/peru/2021/11/28/terremoto-en-amazonas-heridos-muertos-viviendas-afectadas-damnificados-sismo-peru-reporte-indeci-coen-defensa-civil/ , access-date=28 November 2021 , agency=Infobae , date=28 November 2021 , language=es , 12 , 136 , - , 28{{Cite web, title=Earthquake of magnitude 3.6 recorded near Vellore in Tamil Nadu, url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2021/nov/29/earthquake-of-magnitude-36-recorded-near-tns-vellore-2389498.html, website=newindianexpress.com , {{Flag, India, Tamil Nadu , 3.6 , 25.0 , - , Despite its small magnitude, the earthquake had slightly damaged a house in Vellore. , - , - , - , 29 , {{Flag, Japan, Izu Islands offshore, 484 km southeast of Katsuura, Chiba, Katsuura , 6.3 , 6.1 , III , - , - , - , - , 30 , {{Flag, Papua New Guinea, New Ireland Province, New Ireland offshore, 112 km southeast of Kavieng , 6.3 , 10.0 , V , - , - , - , - , 30 , {{Flag, Papua New Guinea, New Ireland Province, New Ireland offshore, 113 km northwest of Rabaul , 6.1 , 10.0 , IV , It was an aftershock of the 6.3 earthquake a minute earlier. , - , -


December

{{Infobox earthquakes in month , month = December , largest = 7.3 {{M, w, link=y {{flag, Indonesia
Two events , deadliest = 7.3 {{M, w, link=y {{flag, Indonesia
1 death , fatalities = 1 , 9.0+ = 0 , 8.0−8.9 = 0 , 7.0−7.9 = 2 , 6.0−6.9 = 12 , 5.0−5.9 = 153 , 4.0−4.9 = 928 {{clear {, class="wikitable sortable" style="border:1px black; margin-left:1em;" , + ! rowspan="2" , Date ! rowspan="2" style="width: 260px" , Country and location ! rowspan="2" , Mw ! rowspan="2" , Depth (km) ! rowspan="2" , MMI ! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" , Notes ! colspan="2" , Casualties , - !Dead !Injured , - , 3 , {{Flag, Japan, Kansai region, Kansai, 9 km southwest of Gobō, Wakayama, Gobō , 5.2 , 11.3 , VI , Two homes suffered minor damage and broken windows were reported in Wakayama (city), Wakayama. Five people were injured. , - , 5 , - , 3 , {{Flag, Chile, Easter Island offshore, 295 km west southwest of Hanga Roa , 6.1 , 10.0 , III , - , - , - , - , 3 , {{Flag, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands offshore,
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 ...
region , 6.0 , 9.9 , III , It was an aftershock of the 8.1 earthquake on August 12. , - , - , - , 4 , {{Flag, Indonesia offshore, Philippine Sea, 259 km north of
Tobelo Tobelo is a town and a district on the eastern Indonesian island of Halmahera. It is the capital of the regency (''kabupaten'') of North Halmahera, part of the province of North Maluku. The town was formalised as the capital of North Halmahera in ...
, 6.0 , 174.3 , IV , - , - , - , - , 5 , {{Flag, Peru, Department of Lambayeque, Lambayeque, 14 km west northwest of Mochumi District, Mochumi , 4.1 , 60.0 , - , One house collapsed and nine others were damaged in the Incahuasi District. Two people were left homeless. , - , - , - , 5 , {{Flag, Turkey, Van, Turkey, Van, 22 km southeast of Erciş, Ercis , 4.9 , 10.1 , VII , At least five buildings were damaged in Van, Turkey, Van. , - , - , - , 6 , {{Flag, China,
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 ...
, 297 km southwest of
Xining Xining (; ), alternatively known as Sining, is the capital of Qinghai province in western China and the largest city on the Tibetan Plateau. The city was a commercial hub along the Northern Silk Road's Hexi Corridor for over 2000 years, and ...
, 4.8 , 10.0 , VI , At least 120 buildings were damaged in Maqên County, Dawu. , - , - , - , 7{{Cite web, title=广西横县夜晚突发地震,瞬间吓跑狗子,瓦片从屋檐脱落一地狼藉, language=zh, url=https://www.toutiao.com/video/7038961198850638368/?traffic_source=&in_ogs=&utm_source=&source=search_tab&utm_medium=wap_search&original_source=&in_tfs=&channel=&enter_keyword=%E5%B9%BF%E8%A5%BF%E6%A8%AA%E5%8E%BF%E5%9C%B0%E9%9C%87%E8%A7%86%E9%A2%91, date=7 December 2021, website=toutiao.com , {{Flag, China, Guangxi , 3.0 , 10.0 , - , Some minor damage was caused in Hengzhou, Guangxi, Hengxian County, like falling tiles. , - , - , - , 9 , {{Flag, Japan, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kagoshima offshore, 119 km north northeast of Naze, Kagoshima, Naze , 6.0 , 7.0 , V , - , - , - , - , 9 , {{Flag, Poland, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Lower Silesia, 6 km east southeast of Polkowice , 4.0 , 5.0 , IV , Five miners were injured in the Lubin mine. , - , 5 , - , 11 , {{Flag, Chile,
Coquimbo Coquimbo is a port List of cities in Chile, city, Communes of Chile, commune and Capital city, capital of the Elqui Province, located on the Pan-American Highway, in the Coquimbo Region of Chile. Coquimbo is situated in a valley south of La Seren ...
, 39 km north of La Serena, Chile, La Serena , 5.7 , 53.3 , V , Some rockfalls were reported in the region, causing some road damage. , - , - , - , 11 , {{Flag, Indonesia, Barat Daya Islands offshore, 248 km northeast of Lospalos, Timor Leste , 5.4 , 13.0 , VI , It was a foreshock of the 7.3 earthquake on December 29. Seventeen buildings were damaged and six destroyed in Damar Island. , - , - , - , 12 , {{Flag, Australia offshore, west of
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 19 ...
, 6.6 , 10.0 , - , - , - , - , - , 14 , {{Flag, Indonesia offshore,
Flores Sea The Flores Sea covers of water in Indonesia. The sea is bounded on the north by the island of Celebes and on the south by Sunda Islands of Flores and Sumbawa. Geography The seas that border the Flores Sea are the Bali Sea (to the west), Ja ...
, 112 km north of Maumere , 7.3 , 18.4 , VI , The
2021 Flores earthquake The 2021 Flores earthquake occurred 112 km, offshore, north of Maumere in the Flores Sea on December 14. The moment magnitude () of 7.3 according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). One person was killed and 97 others suffered injurie ...
damaged at least 346 homes in Selayar Islands Regency of South Sulawesi. Three school buildings, two mosques, two places of worship and a village office were also damaged. Ninety-seven people were injured, seven of which when falling in a panic caused by a
tsunami warning A tsunami warning system (TWS) is used to detect tsunamis in advance and issue the warnings to prevent loss of life and damage to property. It is made up of two equally important components: a network of sensors to detect tsunamis and a communica ...
. A very small tsunami was observed, measuring at {{convert, 7, cm, abbr=on. On December 23, an elderly man died in the hospital due to severe head injuries after being hit by falling debris from the earthquake. , 1 , 97 , - , 14 , {{Flag, South Korea, Jeju Province, Jeju offshore, 52 km southwest of Aewol , 4.6 , 10.0 , VI , At least four buildings received minor damage on Jeju Island. It is the strongest earthquake to hit South Korea since a magnitude 4.7 earthquake in 2018. , - , - , - , 15 , {{Flag, Indonesia,
East Java East Java ( id, Jawa Timur) is a province of Indonesia located in the easternmost hemisphere of Java island. It has a land border only with the province of Central Java to the west; the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean border its northern and so ...
offshore, 36 km southeast of Kencong , 4.8 , 10.0 , VI , Some 29 houses suffered damage, while one collapsed in Jember Regency. Four people were injured. , - , 4 , - , 16 , {{Flag, Indonesia, Barat Daya Islands offshore, 247 km northeast of Lospalos, Timor Leste , 5.6 , 10.0 , VI , Eight buildings were damaged in Damar Island. , - , - , - , 16 , {{Flag, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands offshore,
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region , 6.0 , 15.0 , III , It was an aftershock of the 8.1 earthquake on August 12. , - , - , - , 18 , {{Flag, South Africa offshore, Prince Edward Islands region , 6.0 , 10.0 , - , - , - , - , - , 19 , {{Flag, Fiji, Bua Province, Bua offshore, 88 km west of Labasa , 6.2 , 10.0 , VI , - , - , - , - , 19 , {{Flag, Laos, Sainyabuli province, 53 km northwest of
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, 5.5 , 10.0 , VII , In
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, the main Buddha image of the Wat Phumin, Phumin Temple in Mueang Nan District, which sustained damage from a magnitude 6.2 earthquake two years prior, suffered further damage. Some tiles on the roof of the temple's chapel also fell off. , - , - , - , 20 , {{Flag, Argentina, Salta Province, Salta, 40 km north of Burruyacú , 5.0 , 10.0 , IV , Several buildings were damaged in Rosario de la Frontera, including a school and a nursing home. , - , - , - , 20 , {{Flag, United States,
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offshore, 7 km north of Petrolia, California, Petrolia , 6.2 , 12.5 , VII , Some minor damage was reported, such as cracks in roads and broken glass. The earthquake also triggered a number of small landslides, and brought down a factory roof. , - , - , - , 21 , {{Flag, Haiti, Grand'Anse (department), Grand'Anse, 9 km west southwest of Corail, Grand'Anse, Corail , 4.4 , 12.5 , V , It is an aftershock of the
2021 Haiti earthquake At 08:29:09 EDT on 14 August 2021, a magnitude7.2 earthquake struck the Tiburon Peninsula in the Caribbean nation of Haiti. It had a 10-kilometre-deep (6.2 mi) hypocenter near Petit-Trou-de-Nippes, approximately 150 kilometres (93  ...
. Additional damage was caused, and 150 people were injured, most of them were students in a school in
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. , - , 150 , - , 22 , {{Flag, Mexico, Jalisco, offshore, 217 km southwest of La Cruz de Loreto , 6.0 , 10.0 , IV , - , - , - , - , 23 , {{Flag, Morocco, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, 4 km west northwest of Imzouren , 4.8 , 10.0 , VI , Extensive damage was reported in Al Hoceïma, such as collapsed walls. , - , - , - , 23{{Cite web, title=Experts to study Vellore earthquakes as buildings suffer structural damage, url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/india/story/expert-study-on-vellore-earthquake-tremor-1892734-2021-12-27, website=indiatoday.in , {{Flag, India, Andhra Pradesh , 3.5 , 10.0 , - , Around forty houses suffered cracks in Tamil Nadu. , - , - , - , 24 , {{Flag, Laos, Phongsaly Province, 86 km north northwest of Phongsali , 5.7 , 10.0 , VII , Some 250 homes were damaged or destroyed in Laos. In
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, China, 7,018 homes were damaged and 174 were had collapsed. The wall of a school collapsed and the ceiling of an office building fell. Ten people were injured. , - , 10 , - , 26 , {{Flag, Fiji, Lau offshore, 140 km east of Levuka , 6.1 , 626.5 , II , - , - , - , - , - , 27 , {{Flag, Pakistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, 60 km southeast of Gilgit , 5.2 , 10.0 , V , Nine people were injured and at least 450 homes were destroyed at the Roundu District of Skardu. Water and power services were also disrupted. , - , 9 , - , 28 , {{Flag, Algeria, Skikda Province, Skikda, 15 km south southwest of Skikda , 4.3 , 11.6 , III , Various buildings suffered material damage in Skikda. , - , - , - , 29 , {{Flag, Indonesia, Maluku offshore, 121 km northeast of Lospalos, Timor Leste , 7.3 , 166.9 , VII , Twelve homes were damaged and two destroyed in the Maluku Barat Daya Regency. Seven buildings were destroyed and landslides occurred in East Timor,{{cite news , title=SSCP supports 2,576 USD to seven families affected by Earthquake in Venilale, url=http://www.tatoli.tl/en/2022/01/10/sscp-supports-2576-usd-to-seven-families-affected-by-earthquake-in-venilale/, access-date=21 June 2022 , agency=Tatoli , date=10 January 2022 , language=en while six buildings were damaged in Darwin, Australia, Darwin, Australia. , - , - , -


See also

* {{Portal-inline, Earth sciences * List of earthquakes 2021–2030 * Lists of 21st-century earthquakes * :Lists of earthquakes by year, Lists of earthquakes by year * Lists of earthquakes


References

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