List of earthquakes in 2013

This is a list of earthquakes in 2013. 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 time. This year was quite busy with 17 events above magnitude 7 and two above magnitude 8, in Kamchatka and Santa Cruz Islands. Deadly quakes struck Pakistan, Philippines, China and Iran.

By death toll

 * Note: At least 10 dead

By magnitude

 * Note: At least 7.0 magnitude

January

 * A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off the coast of southeast Alaska on January 5 at a depth of 9.9 km.
 * A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge on January 15 at a depth of 10 km.
 * 🇮🇩 A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck northern Sumatra, on January 21 at depth of 12 km, killing one person, injuring 15 others, and damaging 71 buildings.
 * 🇰🇿 A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Kegen, Kazakhstan on January 28 at a depth of 10 km. No damage was reported in Kazakhstan, but at least 156 houses were destroyed and 636 others were damaged in Kyrgyzstan, while in Xinjiang, China, 216 houses collapsed and 7,458 buildings were damaged.
 * 🇨🇱 A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck north-central Chile on January 30 at a depth of 45.7 km. One person died of a heart attack, windows broke, rockfalls occurred and some walls were damaged or collapsed in Vallenar and in Copiapo.
 * 🇸🇧 A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the Santa Cruz Islands on January 30 at a depth of 10 km.
 * 🇸🇧 A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Santa Cruz Islands on January 31 at a depth of 9.2 km.

February

 * Note: A number of large aftershocks were recorded following the 2013 Solomon Islands earthquake, Which had a magnitude of 8.0 on February 6. In order to eliminate cluttering, only aftershocks above 6.5 will be included.
 * 🇸🇧 A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the Santa Cruz Islands on February 1, at a depth of 9.3 km.
 * 🇸🇧 A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the Santa Cruz Islands on February 1, at a depth of 19.9 km.
 * 🇸🇧 A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the Santa Cruz Islands on February 1, at a depth of 22 km.
 * 🇯🇵 A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Hokkaido, Japan on February 2, at a depth of 107 km. Thirteen people were slightly injured, and some damage was caused in Kushiro and Obihiro.
 * 🇸🇧 A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Santa Cruz Islands on February 2, at a depth of 10 km.
 * 🇸🇧 A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Santa Cruz Islands on February 6, at a depth of 10 km.
 * 🇸🇧 A magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Santa Cruz Islands on February 6, at a depth of 28.7 km. The earthquake generated an 11 m (36 ft) tsunami, which destroyed several coastal villages, killing at least 13.
 * 🇸🇧 A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Santa Cruz Islands on February 6, at a depth of 10.1 km.
 * 🇸🇧 A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Santa Cruz Islands on February 6, at a depth of 10.1 km.
 * 🇸🇧 A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Santa Cruz Islands on February 7, at a depth of 10 km.
 * 🇸🇧 A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Santa Cruz Islands on February 8, at a depth of 18 km.
 * 🇸🇧 A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Santa Cruz Islands on February 8, at a depth of 21 km.
 * 🇨🇴 A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Colombia on February 9 at a depth of 153.8 km. Fifteen people were injured and 82 houses collapsed, with 1,896 others damaged.
 * 🇸🇧 A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Santa Cruz Islands on February 9, at a depth of 15.7 km.
 * 🇷🇺 A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Far Eastern Federal District on February 14, at a depth of 9.9 km.
 * 🇵🇭 A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck south of Mindanao in the Philippines, at a depth of 98.2 km.
 * 🇮🇹 A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck Lazio, Italy on February 16 at a depth of 10.7 km. One person died of a heart-attack and many buildings were damaged.
 * 🇦🇷 A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Argentina, at a depth of 585.8 km on February 22.


 * 🇵🇪 A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Peru, at a depth of 7.9 km on February 22. At least 31 people were injured, 28 homes collapsed or were left uninhabitable and over 80 others were damaged.

March

 * 🇷🇺 A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck the Kuril Islands on March 1 at a depth of 40.9 km.
 * 🇷🇺 A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck the Kuril Islands on March 1 at a depth of 31.7 km.
 * 🇵🇬 A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on March 11 at a depth of 28.9 km.
 * A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the South Sandwich Islands on March 19 at a depth of 31.3 km
 * 🇫🇯 A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Fiji on March 24 at a depth of 10 km.
 * 🇬🇹 A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Guatemala on March 25 at a depth of 189.0 km.
 * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Taiwan on March 27 at a depth of 20.7 km, killing one person.

April

 * 🇯🇵 A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Japan on April 1 at a depth of 12.5 km.
 * 🇷🇺 A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Russia on April 5 at a depth of 561.9 km.
 * 🇮🇩 A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Papua on April 6 at a depth of 66 km. Three people were killed by landslides in Tolikara Regency.
 * 🇮🇷 A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Iran on April 9 at a depth of 10 km, killing at least 35 people and injuring 850 others.
 * 🇭🇳 A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck Honduras on April 10 at a depth of 3.5 km. A total of 12 houses were destroyed and 66 others, along with two schools, were damaged. 43 people were evacuated.
 * 🇯🇵 A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Japan on April 12 at a depth of 14.0 km. At least 28 people were injured, 450 houses were damaged and items falling off shelves in stores were reported.
 * 🇻🇺 A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Vanuatu on April 13 at a depth of 270.7 km.
 * 🇵🇬 A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on April 14 at a depth of 35.3 km.
 * 🇮🇷 A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Iran on April 16 at a depth of 82 km. According to Pakistani authorities, 39 people lost their lives in the Panjgur and Mashkeel areas of Balochistan Province, which borders Iran. One fatality was reported from Iran, while a total of 117 were injured across the two countries.
 * 🇵🇬 A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on April 16 at a depth of 13 km.
 * 🇷🇺 A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck the Kuril Islands on April 19 at a depth of 122.3 km.
 * 🇷🇺 A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck south of the Kuril Islands on April 19 at a depth of 18.6 km.
 * 🇮🇩 A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck Central Java on April 19 at a depth of 9.9 km. Two people were injured and 311 buildings were damaged.
 * A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Western Sichuan on April 20 at a depth of 12.3 km. Over 193 people were killed, 24 are missing, and at least 12,211 were injured, more than 968 of them seriously.
 * 🇷🇺 A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the Kuril Islands on April 20 at a depth of 20.2 km.
 * 🇯🇵 A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Japan on April 21 at a depth of 424.1 km.
 * 🇲🇽 A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck western Mexico on April 21 at a depth of 70 km. One building collapsed and several others, including a school were damaged in Guacamayas. Power outages also occurred in Mexico City.
 * 🇵🇬 A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on April 23 at a depth of 16.3 km.
 * 🇦🇫 A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Afghanistan on April 24 at a depth of 40 miles with an epicentre 11 km from Mehtar Lam, the capital of the province, 18 people were killed in the tremors and more than 100 were injured.
 * 🇳🇿 A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Kermadec Islands on April 26 at a depth of 349.0 km.

May

 * 🇮🇳 A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck Jammu and Kashmir, India on May 1 at a depth of 10 km. Two people were killed by landslides.
 * 🇮🇷 A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the Strait of Hormuz, Iran on May 11 at a depth of 14 km. One child was killed by the quake.
 * 🇹🇴 A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Tonga on May 11 at a depth of 205.4 km.
 * 🇲🇵 A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck the Northern Mariana Islands on May 14 at a depth of 601.8 km.
 * 🇯🇵 A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck offshore Fukushima, Japan on May 18 at a depth of 34 km.
 * 🇨🇱 A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Aysén, Chile on May 20 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇷🇺 A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Kamchatka, Russia on May 21 at a depth of 15.1 km.
 * 🇷🇺 A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Kamchatka, Russia on May 21 at a depth of 36.7 km.
 * 🇹🇴 A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Tonga on May 23 at a depth of 171.4 km.
 * 🇹🇴 A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Tonga on May 23 at a depth of 154.1 km.
 * 🇷🇺 A magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck the Sea of Okhotsk, Russia on May 24 at a depth of 608.9 km. At least seventeen buildings were damaged in Samara, one of them severely. It was felt 4000 mi away in Moscow and as far away as Serbia.
 * 🇷🇺 A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the Sea of Okhotsk, Russia on May 24 at a depth of 623.0 km.

June

 * 🇹🇼 A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Taiwan, on June 2 at a depth of 20.0 km, killing 4 people including a mountain climber by falling rocks.
 * 🇸🇧 A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the Solomon Islands, on June 5 at a depth of 64.7 km.
 * 🇨🇽 A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck 176 km east of Christmas Island, on June 13 at a depth of 9.7 km.
 * 🇳🇿 A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand on June 15 at a depth of 172.4 km.
 * 🇬🇷 A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck offshore Crete, Greece, on June 15 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇳🇮 A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Nicaragua, on June 15 at a depth of 35.8 km. One person died of a heart-attack and six buildings, including a church were destroyed damaged.
 * A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, on June 24 at a depth of 10.0 km.

July

 * 🇮🇩 A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Aceh, Indonesia on July 2 at a depth of 10.0 km, killing 35 people, leaving 8 missing, and injuring 276.
 * 🇵🇬 A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea, on July 4 at a depth of 72.0 km.
 * 🇮🇩 A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck offshore Sumatra, Indonesia, on July 6 at a depth of 19.7 km.
 * 🇵🇬 A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea, on July 7 at a depth of 386.3 km.
 * 🇵🇬 A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea, on July 7 at a depth of 62.0 km.
 * A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, on July 15 at a depth of 31.3 km.
 * 🇵🇬 A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea, on July 16 at a depth of 44.3 km.
 * 🇵🇪 A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Arequipa, Peru, on July 17 at a depth of 6.6 km. Three people were injured and 111 houses were destroyed, with 580 others damaged.
 * 🇳🇿 A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck 20 km east of Seddon, New Zealand on July 21 at a depth of 17 km. The earthquake was preceded by a series of foreshocks, including a 5.7 and 5.8.  Four people were injured in Wellington 55 km away.
 * A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck southeastern Gansu, China on July 21 at a depth of 9.8 km. At least 95 people were killed and more than 1,000 others injured, with more than 9,000 houses collapsing.
 * 🇿🇦 A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the southwestern Indian Ocean, off of Marion Island in the Prince Edward Islands group, on July 22 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇻🇺 A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Vanuatu, on July 26 at a depth of 132.6 km.
 * A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, on July 26 at a depth of 10.0 km.

August

 * 🇮🇩 A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Maluku, on August 12 at a depth of 92.0 km.
 * 🇳🇿 A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the Kermadec Islands, on August 12 at a depth of 325.2 km.
 * 🇵🇪 A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck offshore of Peru, on August 12 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇨🇴 A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck offshore of Colombia, on August 13 at a depth of 12.0 km.
 * 🇳🇿 A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Seddon, New Zealand, 70 km south west of the capital Wellington, on August 16 at a depth of 8 km (5 mi). The USGS, however, listed this quake as 6.5.
 * A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck offshore of Indian Ridge, on August 17 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇲🇽 A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Mexico, on August 21 at a depth of 20 km.
 * 🇳🇿 A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck northwest of Raoul Island, New Zealand, on August 28 at a depth of 488.6 km.
 * A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, on August 30 at a depth of 33.5 km.
 * 🇨🇳 A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Yunnan, China, on August 31 at a depth of 9.8 km, killing 5 people.

September

 * 🇮🇩 A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Indonesia, on September 1 at a depth of 132.1 km.
 * 🇨🇦 A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck British Columbia, Canada, on September 3 at a depth of 5.5 km.
 * 🇯🇵 A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Japan, on September 4 at a depth of 407.0 km.
 * A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck the Andreanof group of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, on September 4 at a depth of 39.9 km.
 * A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Andreanof group of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, on September 4 at a depth of 32.8 km. This was an aftershock of the 6.5 earthquake.
 * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, on September 5 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇲🇽 A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck southeast of Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas, on September 6 at a depth of 9 km.
 * 🇬🇹 A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Guatemala, on September 7 at a depth of 67.0 km, killing one person.
 * A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the Andreanof group of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, on September 15 at a depth of 22.3 km. This was an aftershock of the magnitude 6.5 earthquake on September 4.
 * 🇮🇩 A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Indonesia, on September 21 at a depth of 536.8 km.
 * 🇵🇰 A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Pakistan, on September 24 at a depth of 15.0 km. The earthquake killed 825 people and wounded hundreds more.
 * 🇵🇪 A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Peru, on September 25 at a depth of 40.0 km. The earthquake killed at least 3 people.
 * 🇵🇰 A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Pakistan, on September 28 at a depth of 14.8 km and killed 22 people.
 * 🇳🇿 A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck the Kermadec Islands, on September 30 at a depth of 42.1 km.

October

 * 🇷🇺 A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the Sea of Okhotsk, on October 1 at a depth of 578.2 km.
 * 🇫🇷 A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the Île Amsterdam, on October 4 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the Mariana Islands, on October 6 at a depth of 104.0 km.
 * 🇨🇱 A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Chile, on October 6 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇳🇿 A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the Kermadec Islands, on October 12 at a depth of 146.5 km.
 * 🇻🇪 A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Venezuela, on October 12 at a depth of 79.4 km.
 * 🇬🇷 A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Greece, on October 12 at a depth of 36.2 km.
 * 🇵🇭 A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the province of Bohol of the Philippines, on October 15 at a depth of 19.0 km below Sagbayan on Bohol Island. The earthquake killed at least 222 people and injured 976.
 * 🇵🇬 A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Panguna, Papua New Guinea, on October 16 at a depth of 54.1 km.
 * 🇲🇽 A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Mexico, on October 16 at a depth of 11.9 km.
 * 🇮🇩 A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Indonesia, on October 22 at a depth of 48.3 km. The earthquake killed an old man, two others people were injured, 159 houses and two religious buildings were damaged.
 * A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, on October 24 at a depth of 26.1 km.
 * 🇯🇵 A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Japan, on October 25 at a depth of 26.1 km.
 * A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Balleny Islands, on October 29 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇨🇱 A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Chile, on October 30 at a depth of 17.9 km.
 * 🇹🇼 A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Taiwan, on October 31 at a depth of 12.0 km.

November

 * 🇨🇱 A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Chile, on November 1 at a depth of 29.0 km.
 * 🇹🇴 A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Tonga, on November 2 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇷🇺 A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Russia, on November 12 at a depth of 47.2 km.
 * 🇦🇶 A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the Scotia Sea, on November 14 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇦🇶 A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck the Scotia Sea, on November 16 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇦🇶A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck the Scotia Sea, on November 17 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇮🇩 A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Indonesia, on November 19 at a depth of 38.8 km.
 * 🇲🇵 A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Northern Mariana Islands, on November 19 at a depth of 511.0 km.
 * 🇨🇳 A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck China, on November 22 at a depth of 10.0 km. At least 60,000 houses were damaged and 67,000 were evacuated.
 * 🇫🇯 A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Fiji, on November 23 at a depth of 377.1 km.
 * A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the South Atlantic Ocean off the Falkland Islands, on November 25 at a depth of 10.0 km.
 * 🇮🇷 A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Iran, on November 28 at a depth of 16.4 km. The earthquake killed at least 7 people and another 30 were injured.

December

 * 🇮🇩 A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Indonesia, on December 1 at a depth of 9.9 km.
 * 🇮🇩 A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Indonesia, on December 1 at a depth of 20.0 km.
 * 🇷🇺 A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Russia, on December 8 at a depth of 28.0 km.
 * 🇲🇵 A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Northern Mariana Islands, on December 17 at a depth of 9.0 km.