List of earthquakes in 2003

This is a list of earthquakes in 2003. Only earthquakes 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 (Coordinated Universal Time) time.

By death toll

 * Note: At least 10 dead

By magnitude

 * Note: At least 7.0 magnitude

January

 * 🇫🇯 Fiji was struck by a magnitude 6.5 quake that occurred on January 4 at a depth of 378.0 km.
 * 🇵🇭 Luzon was struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on January 6 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇫🇯 Fiji was struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on January 9 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇵🇬 New Ireland was struck by a magnitude 6.7 quake that occurred on January 10 at a depth of 71.9 km.
 * The coast of Oregon was struck by a magnitude 6.3 quake that occurred on January 16 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands was struck by a magnitude 7.3 quake that occurred on January 20 at a depth of 33.0 km.
 * 🇬🇹 The coast of Guatemala was struck by a magnitude 6.5 quake that occurred on January 21 at a depth of 24.0 km. One person was killed.
 * 🇲🇽 The coast of Colima was struck by a magnitude 7.6 quake that occurred on January 21 at a depth of 24.0 km. At least 29 people were killed, 300 were injured and 10,000 were made homeless. 2,005 houses were destroyed and 6,615 were damaged.
 * 🇹🇷 Eastern Turkey was struck by a magnitude 6.1 quake that occurred on January 27 at a depth of 10.0 km. One person was killed.
 * The Prince Edward Islands region was struck by a magnitude 6.4 quake that occurred on January 27 at a depth of 10.0 km.

February

 * 🇵🇬 New Britain was struck by a magnitude 6.3 quake that occurred on February 10 at a depth of 33.0 km.
 * 🇵🇬 The coast of New Guinea was struck by a magnitude 6.2 quake that occurred on February 12 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇵🇭 Samar was struck by a magnitude 6.3 quake that occurred on February 15 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * The Unimak Island region was struck by a magnitude 6.6 quake that occurred on February 19 at a depth of 19.0 km.
 * 🇫🇷 The Vosges department was struck by a magnitude 5,4 quake that occurred on February 22 at Saint-Dié-des-Vosges.
 * 🇨🇳 Southern Xinjiang was struck by a magnitude 6.3 quake that occurred on February 24 at a depth of 11.0 km. 261 people were killed, more than 2,000 people were injured and more than 8,800 families were made homeless. Tremors were felt in Kashgar.
 * 🇨🇳 Southern Xinjiang was struck by a magnitude 5.4 quake that occurred on February 25 at a depth of 10.0 km. Five people were killed.

March

 * 🇮🇩 The coast of Papua was struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on March 1 at a depth of 28.1 km.
 * The southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge was struck by a magnitude 6.2 quake that occurred on March 2 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇮🇩 Banda Sea was struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on March 9 at a depth of 45.9 km.
 * 🇮🇩 Halmahera was struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on March 10 at a depth of 93.8 km.
 * 🇵🇬 New Ireland was struck by a magnitude 6.8 quake that occurred on March 11 at a depth of 40.2 km.
 * The Gulf of California was struck by a magnitude 6.4 quake that occurred on March 12 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇮🇩 The coast of Papua was struck by a magnitude 6.3 quake that occurred on March 14 at a depth of 33.0 km.
 * 🇹🇴 Tonga was struck by a magnitude 6.4 quake that occurred on March 14 at a depth of 274.9 km.
 * 🇷🇺 The coast of Kamchatka Peninsula was struck by a magnitude 6.1 quake that occurred on March 15 at a depth of 30.2 km.
 * The Rat Islands were struck by a magnitude 7.1 quake that occurred on March 17 at a depth of 33.0 km.
 * The Rat Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.2 quake that occurred on March 17 at a depth of 33.0 km.
 * 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands was struck by a magnitude 6.2 quake that occurred on March 19 at a depth of 33.5 km.
 * 🇮🇩 The Flores region was struck by a magnitude 6.5 quake that occurred on March 25 at a depth of 33.0 km. Four people were killed.
 * 🇹🇴 Tonga was struck by a magnitude 6.2 quake that occurred on March 28 at a depth of 41.2 km.
 * 🇦🇫 The Hindu Kush region was struck by a magnitude 5.9 quake the occurred on March 29 at a depth of 114.1 km. One person was killed.
 * 🇮🇩 Seram was struck by a magnitude 6.2 quake that occurred on March 30 at a depth of 33.0 km.
 * 🇵🇬 New Britain was struck by a magnitude 6.2 quake that occurred on March 31 at a depth of 46.8 km.

April

 * The northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge was struck by a magnitude 6.3 quake that occurred on April 2 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇦🇫 Badakhshan was struck by a magnitude 4.6 quake that occurred on April 10 at a depth of 33.0 km. About 200 houses were destroyed and landslides occurred in Yaka Bagh.
 * 🇵🇦 The coast of Panama was struck by a magnitude 6.2 quake that occurred on April 11 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇨🇳 Northern Qinghai was struck by a magnitude 6.4 quake that occurred on April 17 at a depth of 14.0 km.
 * The Bouvet Island region was struck by a magnitude 6.5 quake that occurred on April 17 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇷🇺 The Kuril Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.1 quake that occurred on April 24 at a depth of 43.8 km.
 * 🇻🇺 Vanuatu was struck by a magnitude 6.3 quake that occurred on April 27 at a depth of 77.4 km.
 * 🇧🇷 Acre was struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on April 27 at a depth of 559.9 km.
 * 🇷🇺 The Kuril Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on April 29 at a depth of 62.5 km.

May

 * 🇹🇷 Eastern Turkey was struck by a magnitude 6.4 quake that occurred on May 1 at a depth of 10.0 km. 177 people were killed, more than 1,000 injured and extensive damage across the Bingöl area. Tremors were felt in much of eastern Turkey.
 * 🇹🇴 Tonga was struck by a magnitude 6.2 quake that occurred on May 3 at a depth of 33.0 km.
 * 🇳🇿 The Kermadec Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.7 quake that occurred on May 4 at a depth of 62.4 km.
 * 🇸🇧 The Santa Cruz Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on May 4 at a depth of 33.0 km.
 * 🇳🇿 The Kermadec Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.4 quake that occurred on May 4 at a depth of 45.6 km.
 * 🇮🇩 Halmahera was struck by a magnitude 6.4 quake that occurred on May 5 at a depth of 123.6 km.
 * 🇮🇩 Kepulauan Talaud was struck by a magnitude 6.2 quake that occurred on May 5 at a depth of 56.0 km.
 * The Prince Edward Islands region was struck by a magnitude 6.3 quake that occurred on May 9 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇮🇩 The Molucca Sea was struck by a magnitude 6.1 quake that occurred on May 11 at a depth of 30.2 km.
 * 🇻🇺 Vanuatu was struck by a magnitude 6.3 quake that occurred on May 12 at a depth of 33.0 km.
 * The North Atlantic Ocean was struck by a magnitude 6.7 quake that occurred on May 14 at a depth of 41.5 km.
 * 🇮🇩 Java was struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on May 14 at a depth of 79.1 km.
 * 🇫🇯 Fiji was struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on May 19 at a depth of 563.8 km.
 * 🇲🇽 The coast of Colima was struck by a magnitude 6.1 quake that occurred on May 19 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇩🇿 Northern Algeria was struck by a magnitude 6.8 quake that occurred on May 21 at a depth of 12.0 km. At least 2,266 people were killed, 10,000 were injured, 26,000 housing units were damaged or destroyed and 160,000 were made homeless.
 * 🇯🇵 The coast of Honshu was struck by a magnitude 7.0 quake that occurred on May 26 at a depth of 68.0 km.
 * 🇮🇩 Halmahera was struck by a magnitude 7.0 quake that occurred on May 26 at a depth of 31.0 km. One person was killed.
 * 🇵🇭 The Moro Gulf was struck by a magnitude 6.9 quake that occurred on May 26 at a depth of 565.8 km.
 * 🇩🇿 Northern Algeria was struck by a magnitude 5.8 quake that occurred on May 27 at a depth of 8.0 km. Nine people were killed.
 * 🇲🇺-🇫🇷 The Mauritius-Réunion region was struck by a magnitude 6.2 quake that occurred on May 28 at a depth of 10.0 km.

June

 * 🇵🇪 The coast of Peru was struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on June 3 at a depth of 33.0 km.
 * 🇵🇬 New Britain was struck by a magnitude 6.6 quake that occurred on June 7 at a depth of 33.0 km.
 * 🇹🇼 Taiwan was struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on June 10 at a depth of 44.5 km.
 * 🇵🇬 Bougainville Island was struck by a magnitude 6.3 quake that occurred on June 12 at a depth of 186.3 km.
 * The Rat Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.5 quake that occurred on June 15 at a depth of 20.0 km.
 * 🇷🇺 Kamchatka Peninsula was struck by a magnitude 6.9 quake that occurred on June 16 at a depth of 174.8 km.
 * 🇧🇷 Amazonas was struck by a magnitude 7.1 quake that occurred on June 20 at a depth of 558.1 km.
 * 🇨🇱 Coquimbo was struck by a magnitude 6.8 quake that occurred on June 20 at a depth of 33.0 km.
 * The Rat Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.9 quake that occurred on June 23 at a depth of 20.0 km.
 * 🇮🇷 Western Iran was struck by a magnitude 4.6 quake that occurred on June 24 at a depth of 33.0 km. One person was killed.
 * 🇵🇭 Masbate was struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on June 26 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇵🇬 The Bismarck Sea was struck by a magnitude 6.3 quake that occurred on June 28 at a depth of 10.0 km.

July

 * 🇮🇩 The Celebes Sea was struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on July 1 at a depth of 635.4 km.
 * 🇵🇭 Samar was struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on July 1 at a depth of 33.0 km.
 * 🇹🇴 Tonga was struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on July 3 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇵🇬 New Britain was struck by a magnitude 6.1 quake that occurred on July 4 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇮🇷 Southern Iran was struck by a magnitude 5.8 quake that occurred on July 10 at a depth of 10.0 km. One person was killed.
 * 🇨🇦 The Haida Gwaii region was struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on July 12 at a depth of 20.0 km.
 * 🇮🇷 Fars Province was struck by a magnitude 4.2 quake that occurred on July 12 at a depth of 10.0 km. Several people were injured in Darreh Shor.
 * 🇵🇬 New Ireland was struck by a magnitude 6.5 quake that occurred on July 15 at a depth of 33.0 km.
 * The Carlsberg Ridge was struck by a magnitude 7.6 quake that occurred on July 15 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇲🇽 The coast of Jalisco was struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on July 17 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇵🇬 New Britain was struck by a magnitude 6.4 quake that occurred on July 21 at a depth of 189.6 km.
 * 🇨🇳 Yunnan was struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on July 21 at a depth of 10.0 km. 16 people were killed.
 * 🇻🇺 The Vanuatu was struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on July 22 at a depth of 33.0 km.
 * 🇵🇬 New Ireland was struck by a magnitude 6.4 quake that occurred on July 25 at a depth of 24.0 km.
 * 🇯🇵 Honshu was struck by a magnitude 6.1 quake that occurred on July 25 at a depth of 6.0 km.
 * 🇮🇳-🇧🇩 The India-Bangladesh border region was struck by a magnitude 5.7 quake that occurred on July 26 at a depth of 10.0 km. Two people were killed.
 * 🇫🇯 Fiji was struck by a magnitude 6.6 quake that occurred on July 27 at a depth of 212.9 km.
 * 🇷🇺 Primorye was struck by a magnitude 6.8 quake that occurred on July 27 at a depth of 470.3 km.
 * 🇧🇴 Chuquisaca was struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on July 27 at a depth of 345.3 km.

August

 * The Scotia Sea was struck by a magnitude 7.6 quake that occurred on August 4 at a depth of 10.0 km. Minor damage was caused in the Orcadas Base on Laurie Island.
 * 🇮🇩 Halmahera was struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on August 11 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇦🇺 Macquarie Island was struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on August 11 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇮🇳 The Andaman Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on August 11 at a depth of 100.2 km.
 * 🇬🇷 Greece was struck by a magnitude 6.2 quake that occurred on August 14 at a depth of 8.0 km.
 * 🇬🇷-🇦🇱 The Greece-Albania region was struck by a magnitude 6.3 quake that occurred on August 14 at a depth of 10.0 km. At least fifty people were injured, some buildings and infrastructure were damaged and landslides were reported in Lefkada.
 * 🇨🇳 Eastern Nei Mongol was struck by a magnitude 5.4 quake that occurred on August 16 at a depth of 24.4 km. Four people were killed.
 * 🇳🇿 South Island was struck by a magnitude 7.2 quake that occurred on August 21 at a depth of 28.0 km.
 * 🇬🇹 Guatemala was struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on August 25 at a depth of 100.0 km.
 * The southern East Pacific Rise was struck by a magnitude 6.2 quake that occurred on August 28 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇮🇩 Kepulauan Barat Daya was struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on August 28 at a depth of 409.2 km.
 * 🇻🇺 Vanuatu was struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on August 30 at a depth of 137.0 km.
 * 🇷🇺 Primorye was struck by a magnitude 6.2 quake that occurred on August 31 at a depth of 481.1 km.

September

 * 🇹🇴 Tonga was struck by a magnitude 6.4 quake that occurred on September 2 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * The central East Pacific Rise was struck by a magnitude 6.1 quake that occurred on September 6 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇫🇷 The Loyalty Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.4 quake that occurred on September 7 at a depth of 33.0 km.
 * 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands was struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on September 11 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇵🇬 New Britain was struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on September 12 at a depth of 50.4 km.
 * 🇲🇲 Myanmar was struck by a magnitude 6.6 quake that occurred on September 21 at a depth of 10.0 km. Ten people were killed.
 * Ascension Island was struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on September 21 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic was struck by a magnitude 6.4 quake that occurred on September 22 at a depth of 10.0 km. 3 people were killed.
 * 🇯🇵 Hokkaido was struck by a magnitude 8.3 quake that occurred on September 25 at a depth of 27.0 km. One indirect fatality was reported.
 * 🇯🇵 Hokkaido was struck by a magnitude 7.4 quake that occurred on September 25 at a depth of 33.0 km.
 * 🇯🇵 Hokkaido was struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on September 26 at a depth of 33.0 km.
 * 🇷🇺 Siberia was struck by a magnitude 7.3 quake that occurred on September 27 at a depth of 16.0 km. Three people were killed.
 * 🇷🇺 Siberia was struck by a magnitude 6.4 quake that occurred on September 27 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇯🇵 Hokkaido was struck by a magnitude 6.5 quake that occurred on September 29 at a depth of 25.0 km.
 * The Scotia Sea was struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on September 30 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇳🇿 The Kermadec Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.4 quake that occurred on September 30 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇳🇿 The Kermadec Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on September 30 at a depth of 33.0 km.

October

 * 🇷🇺 Siberia was struck by a magnitude 6.7 quake that occurred on October 1 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇼🇸 Samoa was struck by a magnitude 6.2 quake that occurred on October 7 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇯🇵 Hokkaido was struck by a magnitude 6.7 quake that occurred on October 8 at a depth of 32.0 km.
 * 🇵🇭 The Philippines was struck by a magnitude 6.2 quake that occurred on October 9 at a depth of 33.0 km.
 * 🇫🇯 Fiji was struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on October 13 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇫🇯 Fiji was struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on October 15 at a depth of 582.6 km.
 * 🇨🇳 Yunnan was struck by a magnitude 5.6 quake that occurred on October 16 at a depth of 33.0 km. Three people were killed.
 * 🇵🇬 Bougainville Island was struck by a magnitude 6.4 quake that occurred on October 17 at a depth of 133.0 km.
 * 🇮🇩 The Molucca Sea was struck by a magnitude 6.4 quake that occurred on October 18 at a depth of 33.0 km.
 * 🇵🇬 New Guinea was struck by a magnitude 6.3 quake that occurred on October 22 at a depth of 53.5 km.
 * 🇨🇳 The Gansu-Qinghai border region was struck by a magnitude 5.8 quake that occurred on October 25 at a depth of 10.0 km. Nine people were killed.
 * 🇵🇬 New Britain was struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on October 28 at a depth of 65.0 km.
 * 🇯🇵 The coast of Honshu was struck by a magnitude 7.0 quake that occurred on October 31 at a depth of 10.0 km.

November

 * 🇳🇿 The coast of South Island was struck by a magnitude 6.4 quake that occurred on November 2 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇨🇴 The coast of Colombia was struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on November 5 at a depth of 33.0 km.
 * 🇻🇺 Vanuatu was struck by a magnitude 6.6 quake that occurred on November 6 at a depth of 113.7 km.
 * The central Mid-Atlantic Ridge was struck by a magnitude 6.6 quake that occurred on November 9 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇳🇿 The Kermadec Islands was struck by a magnitude 6.1 quake that occurred on November 11 at a depth of 33.0 km.
 * 🇳🇿 The Kermadec Islands was struck by a magnitude 6.1 quake that occurred on November 11 at a depth of 33.0 km.
 * 🇯🇵 The Volcano Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on November 11 at a depth of 101.0 km.
 * 🇮🇩 The Molucca Sea was struck by a magnitude 6.2 quake that occurred on November 12 at a depth of 33.0 km.
 * 🇯🇵 The coast of Honshu was struck by a magnitude 6.4 quake that occurred on November 12 at a depth of 384.9 km.
 * 🇦🇺 Macquarie Island was struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on November 13 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇨🇳 Gansu was struck by a magnitude 5.1 quake that occurred on November 13 at a depth of 10.0 km. One person was killed.
 * 🇻🇺 Vanuatu was struck by a magnitude 6.1 quake that occurred on November 14 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇨🇳 The Sichuan-Yunnan-Guizhou region was struck by a magnitude 5.6 quake that occurred on November 14 at a depth of 33.0 km. Four people were killed.
 * The Rat Islands was struck by a magnitude 7.8 quake that occurred on November 17 at a depth of 33.0 km.
 * 🇵🇭 Samar was struck by a magnitude 6.5 quake that occurred on November 18 at a depth of 35.0 km. One person was killed.
 * 🇵🇬 New Britain was struck by a magnitude 6.6 quake that occurred on November 25 at a depth of 35.0 km.

December

 * 🇰🇿-🇨🇳 The Kazakhstan-Xinjiang region was struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on December 1 at a depth of 10.0 km. 11 people were killed.
 * 🇷🇺 Komandorskiye Ostrova was struck by a magnitude 6.7 quake that occurred on December 5 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * The Andreanof Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.2 quake that occurred on December 9 at a depth of 33.0 km.
 * Virginia was struck by a magnitude 4.5 quake that occurred on December 9 at a depth of 10.0 km. Slight damage was caused in Bremo Bluff and Kents Store.
 * 🇹🇼 Taiwan was struck by a magnitude 6.8 quake that occurred on December 10 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * The central Mid-Atlantic Ridge was struck by a magnitude 6.6 quake that occurred on December 21 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * California was struck by a magnitude 6.6 quake that occurred on December 22 at a depth of 7.6 km. Two people were killed.
 * 🇵🇦-🇨🇷 The Panama-Costa Rica region was struck by a magnitude 6.5 quake that occurred on December 25 at a depth of 33.0 km. Two people were killed.
 * 🇳🇿 The Kermadec Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on December 25 at a depth of 34.6 km.
 * 🇫🇷 The Loyalty Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.5 quake that occurred on December 25 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇫🇷 The Loyalty Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.0 quake that occurred on December 25 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇮🇷 Iran was struck by a magnitude 6.6 quake that occurred on December 26 at a depth of 10.0 km. 26,271 people were killed, 20,000 were injured, 60,000 were made homeless and much of the city of Bam was destroyed. A 2,000-year-old UNESCO world heritage site, the Arg-é Bam, was nearly completely destroyed by the earthquake.
 * 🇫🇷 The Loyalty Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.8 quake that occurred on December 26 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇫🇷 The Loyalty Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.1 quake that occurred on December 27 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇫🇷 The Loyalty Islands were struck by a magnitude 7.3 quake that occurred on December 27 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇫🇷 The Loyalty Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.7 quake that occurred on December 27 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇫🇷 The Loyalty Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.3 quake that occurred on December 27 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇯🇵 Hokkaido was struck by a magnitude 6.1 quake that occurred on December 29 at a depth of 33.0 km.