Earthquake & Tsunami Events
2006
SEPTEMBER
Rare Earthquake Shakes Hong Kong
AUGUST
6.1, Indonesia
6.1, Indonesian Island of Sumbawa
5.9, Mendoza, Argentina
Scientists Record 51 Earthquakes Near Mayon
6.4, New Zealand, Too Deep For Tsunami
Unusual Swarm of Quakes in Ohio
JULY
Two More Earthquakes Hit Mount St. Helens
Quake Victims Struck By Landslide (Kashmir)
Death Toll From Indonesia Tsunami at 327
JUNE
5.9, Off India's Nicobar Islands
6.0, Anchorage, Alaska
6.0, Quake Fiji Islands
5.1, South Africa
5.2 Mozambique
Los Angeles Study Shows Fault Overdue for Quake
6.0 Nicobar Islands, India Region
MAY
Powerful Earthquake Kills Over 3,000 in Indonesia
Earthquake Shakes Panama-Costa-Rica Border
Earthquakes Continue to Rock Russia's Far East
8.0, Tonga, Tsunami Warning Issued
APRIL
6.1, Simeulue, Indonesia
At Least 28 Injured in 2 Moderate Quakes in Pakistan
Some 15,000 Families Homeless In Iran Earthquake
Strong Earthquake In Kermadecs
6.4, Eastern Taiwan
MARCH
6.1 Earthquake in Kepulauan Talaud, Indonesia
Three Quakes in Iran Kill at Least 66, Injure 1,200
6.0, Fiji Region
6.0, Near North Coast of New Guinea, Papua New Guinea
6.2, Vanuatu
6.4, Mid - Indian Ridge
6.1, Tonga
FEBRUARY
Moderate Quake Jolts Northern Pakistan
5.2, Gulf of Mexico
300 Earthquakes Registered on Karymsky Volcano on Kamchatka
Moderate Earthquake Shakes Eastern Turkey
Earthquake Exceeding 5 pts Registered off Kamchatka Shores
Seven-Point Earthquake Hits Georgia (Russia)
Magnitude 4.6 Earthquake Hits Near Yellowstone
6.0, Andamans
Powerful Earthquake Strikes Near Fiji Islands
JANUARY
6.9, Greece
2005
DECEMBER
6.0, South of Panama
6.2, State of Yap, Micronesia
6.3, Molucca Sea
6.0, South of Panama
6.1, Eastern New Guinea
6.3, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
Quake Felt Across Central and East Africa
6.8, Lake Tanganyika Region, Congo-Tanzania
NOVEMBER
6.0 Earthquake Injures 7 People in Pakistan
JULY
7.6, Nicobar Islands (Near India)
6.0, Tokyo, Japan
5.6, Indonesia's Aceh
Minor Earthquake of 3.6 Magnitude Rattles South Central Utah
Experts Say Arkansas May Have Earthquake
Earthquake Damages Nine Buildings in South Central Timor
MAY
5.5, Peru-Ecuador Border
6.2, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
Earthquake Pushes up Cluster of 10 New Islands Near Sumatra
Scientists Say NW Overdue for Giant Earthquake
4.9, Western Japan
5.4, Off Indonesia's Aceh Province
Tsunami Could Strike Australia in Next Decade
MARCH
Quake Hits Coast Off Sumatra
5.5, Bingöl
5.4, Indian Archipelago
3.4, Santa Monica Bay
Dozens Injured in Quake Off Coast of Japan
6.3, Tonga
6.3, Fiji Region
4.9, Offshore, Northern California
Two Quakes Shake Taiwan
Series of Small Earthquakes Wake up Granite Falls, Washington
3,800+ Quakes Within 72 Hours Off NW Coast
Seven Quakes Jolt Taiwan, 2 Injured
Two Quakes Near North Pole: 6.3 and 5.4
Sea Floor Earthquakes Signal Eruption Off Vancouver Island
New Banda Sea Quake Measures 7.5 Magnitude
FEBRUARY
5.4 Quake Jolts Tokyo, 19 Hurt
6.0, Southern Xinjiang, China
4.9, 5.5, Southeastern Alaska
Central U.S. Warned of Larger Earthquakes To Come
4.2, Arkansas
7.1, Philippines
Homes Damaged As 2 Quakes Jolt Indonesia
6.3, Northern Mananas and Guam
JANUARY
5.8, Ionian Sea, 195 Miles West of Athens
5.5, Eastern Turkey, 2 Killed
6.0-6.5 - Yakutia
Moderate Undersea Earthquake Rumbles Ocean Bottom of Nova Scotia
Turkish Earthquakes Kill 2, Injure 22
6.2, Indonesia's Sulawesi
6.2, Parts of Indonesia's Sulawesi Island
5.6, Ecuador
6.3, 75 miles SW of Nicobar Islands, India
5.5, 610 miles SW of Diego Garcia
6.1, 85 miles SW of Turkey, 90 miles ESE of Greece
5.2, 4.5, Alaska Aleutians
5.1, Argentina
3.5, Dead Sea, Jerusalem
5.9, Southern Philippines
Earthquake in Wellington and Upper South Island
6.6, Off Micronesia
Oregon Well Records Quakes Around Globe
6.3, Japan's Hokkaido
6.2, Oceania, No Tsunami Threat
Earthquake Jolts Kumamoto Prefecture
Earthquakes Rearranging Earth's Map
5.1, Turkey's Aegean Coast
New Quake Rocks Banda Aceh
Vibrations Still Being Recorded After Indian Ocean Earthquake
Agency Records 1,500 Aftershocks After Asia Quake
6.2, Indonesian Waters
Shock Waves From Earthquake That Sparked Tsunamis Felt in Missouri
2004
DECEMBER
Myanmar, Northern Thailand Rocked by Earthquake
9.0+ Earthquake Strikes Beneath Indian Ocean, Massive Tsunami
(20-Foot Tidal Waves Hit 8 Asian Countries, Death Toll 150,000+ - Largest Quake in 40 Years!)
5.1 Earthquake Hits Turkish Coast
Earthquake Shakes the North of Buryatia Republic, No Casualties Reported
5.2, Taiwan
6.7, Cayman Islands Region
6.8, Honduras
Cayman Islands Shaken by Strongest Earthquake Since 1900
5.8, Japan's Hokkaido Island
Quake Hits Portugal, No Damage Reported
Strong Earthquake Shakes El Salvador
5.7, U.S. Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico
Strong Earthquake Rocks Southern Japan
5.8, Indonesia's Java Island
Moderate Earthquake Jolts Fukushima
7.2, Te Anau
7.0, Japanese Island of Hokkaido
Three Magnitude 3.0 Quakes Hit Mount St. Helens
5.4, Western Germany
NOVEMBER
7.1, Northern Japan, Triggers Tsunami
Earthquake Splits Dome on Mount St. Helens
7.2, Paupa, Indonesia
5.2, Northern Italy
6.0, Fiji Islands
7.3, New Zealand
Small Quake Hits Orange County (Near Los Angeles)
6.0, Dominica, Guadeloupe
6.1, Off Guatemala Coast
Quake Rattles Costa Rica
Minor Quake Hits Monterey County
Quake Shakes Tasmania
Earthquake Rocks Aceh Province, Indonesia
4.7, Romania
7.2, Columbia
Quake Swarm (20+) Shakes Scotland
Aftershocks Rattle Indonesia Island (Alor) Hit By Earthquake, 19 Killed
6.0, Taiwan
6.3, Northern Japanese Island of Hokkaido
7.3, Kepulauan, Alor, Indonesia, 16 Dead
9 Additional Earthquakes, 5.0+
Quake Hits Ocean Near E. Timor, 6 Dead
Quake in Northern Japan
3.2, Mt. Rainier
Strong Earthquake Shakes Northern Japan
5.3, Palu City, Causing Panic in Capital of Central Sulawesi Province
3.5, Parts of Northeastern Iranian Province of Golestan
6.7, Awakens Canadians at 2 a.m. on Vancouver Island
OCTOBER
Quake Hits Tibet, China
6.0, Northern Japan
Japan Quake Kills 18, 1,500 Injured
6.8, Aftershocks, Hit Japan, 5 Dead
China Quake Destroys 20,000 Homes, No Deaths
Quake Hits Northeastern Iranian Cities
Japan Shaken By Strong Offshore Quake
Strong Quake Rattles Taiwan
7.1, West Coast of Nicaragua
SEPTEMBER
5.0, Central California
6.0, Central California, North of Paso Robles, From SF to LA
5.0+ Quake In Poland (in Russian Kaliningrad region)
3.7, Eastern Kentucky
3.6, Indiana