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This is a list of earthquakes in 2012 . Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they result in damage or casualties, or are notable for some other reason. All dates are listed according to UTC time.
Compared to other years
Number of Earthquakes Worldwide for 2002–2012
Magnitude Ranging Between
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
8.0–9.9
0
1
2
1
2
4
0
1
1
1
2
7.0–7.9
13
14
14
10
9
14
12
16
21
19
15
6.0–6.9
127
140
141
140
142
178
168
144
151
204
129
5.0–5.9
1201
1203
1515
1693
1712
2074
1768
1896
1963
2271
1412
Total
1341
1358
1672
1844
1865
2270
1948
2057
2136
2495
1558
Note that an increase in detected earthquake numbers does not necessarily represent an increase in earthquakes per se. Population increase, habitation spread, and advances in earthquake detection technology all contribute to higher earthquake numbers being recorded over time. USGS's Earthquake Myths has more information.
For exact dates and live earthquakes please visit USGS and EMSC web sites
Overall By death toll Note : At least 10 casualtiesBy magnitude
Rank
Magnitude
Death toll
Location
Depth (km)
Date
1
8.6
10
Aceh Province , Indonesia
22.9
April 11
2
8.2
0
Aceh Province , Indonesia
16.4
April 11
3
7.8
0
Haida Gwaii , Canada
17.5
October 28
4
7.7
0
Sea of Okhotsk , Russia
625.9
August 14
5
7.6
1
Samar , Philippines
33
August 31
6
7.6
0
Guanacaste Province , Costa Rica
40.8
September 5
7
7.4
2
Oaxaca , Mexico
20
March 20
8
7.4
0
El Salvador
20.3
August 27
9
7.4
139 [1] Guatemala and Mexico
41.6
November 7
10
7.3
0
Colombia
170
September 30
11
7.3
3
Honshu , Japan
36.1
December 7
12
7.2
1
Sumatra , Indonesia
20.5
January 11
13
7.1
1
Talca , Chile
30
March 25
14
7.1
0
Vanuatu
23.1
February 2
15
7.0
0
Cook Strait , New Zealand
236.1
July 3
Note : At least 7.0 magnitudeBy month January January Strongest magnitude 7.2 Mw , Indonesia Deadliest 0 7.0–7.9 1 6.0–6.9 9 5.0–5.9 163
Izu Islands , Japan, on January 1, at a depth of 348.5 km.[2] Santa Cruz Islands , on January 8, at a depth of 38.9 km.[3] Sumatra , Indonesia on January 11, at a depth of 20.5 km.[4] South Shetland Islands , Antarctica on January 15, at a depth of 10.0 km.[5] South Shetland Islands , Antarctica on January 15, at a depth of 14.8 km.[6] Chiapas , Mexico on January 21, at a depth of 79.5 km.[7] South Sandwich Islands region on January 22, at a depth of 13 km.[8] Biobío Region , Chile on January 23, at a depth of 29.7 km.[9] Fiji on January 24, at a depth of 582.8 km.[10] Peru on January 30, at a depth of 39.2 km.[11] February February Strongest magnitude 7.1 Mw , Vanuatu Deadliest 113 7.0–7.9 1 6.0–6.9 11 5.0–5.9 174
Efate , Vanuatu on February 2, at a depth of 23.1 km. This was later followed by a magnitude 6.0 aftershock, at a depth of 21.7 km.[12] Isangel , Vanuatu on February 5, at a depth of 163.4 km.[13] Efate , Vanuatu on February 5, at a depth of 10.3 km.[14] magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck near island of Negros , and Cebu , Philippines on February 6, at a depth of 20 km, killing 113 people.[15] [16] Negros , on February 6, at a depth of 15 km.[17] Quepos , on February 13, at a depth of 11 km.[18] Honshū , on February 14, at a depth of 10 km.[19] Kirakira , on February 14, at a depth of 54.7 km.[20] Oregon , on February 15, at a depth of 10 km.[21] [22] Siberia , Russia on February 26, at a depth of 11.7 km.[23] March March Strongest magnitude 7.4 Mw , Mexico Deadliest 4 7.0–7.9 2 6.0–6.9 11 5.0–5.9 116
[24] Añatuya , on March 5, at a depth of 550 km.[25] New Delhi , on March 5, at a depth of 10 km injuring at least 15 people.New Delhi , on March 13, at a depth of 5 km eight days after a 5.2 earthquake in the same region.Isangel , on March 9, at a depth of 31.7 km.[26] [27] magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck offshore Chiba Prefecture , Japan , on March 14, at a depth of 9.5 km.[28] [29] [30] magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Oaxaca , Mexico, on March 20, at a depth of 20 km, killing 2 people.[31] New Guinea , Papua New Guinea on March 21, at a depth of 105.9 km.[32] Talca , on March 25, at a depth of 34.8 km.[33] [34] Acapulco and Clipperton Island , on March 26, at a depth of 9 km.[35] [36] April April Strongest magnitude 8.6 Mw , Indonesia Deadliest 11 8.0–8.9 2 7.0–7.9 0 6.0–6.9 17 5.0–5.9 165
magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck near Cuajinicuilapa , Mexico on April 2, at a depth of 9.1 km.[37] [38] magnitude 8.6 earthquake hit Indonesia, off northern Sumatra , on April 11 at a depth of 22.9 km followed by several aftershocks including an 8.2.[39] [1] Taiwan on April 11 at a depth of 10 km.magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit Mexico, near Michoacán , on April 11, at a depth of 20 km.[40] Baja California , Mexico on April 12 followed by a strong aftershock of 6.9.[41] Argentina and Chile , on April 14, at a depth of 9.9 km.[42] Isangel , Vanuatu, on April 14 at a depth of 8.0 km.[43] Sumatra , Indonesia, on April 15 at a depth of 15.2 km.[44] Valparaíso , on April 17, at a depth of 37 km.[45] [46] Lae , on April 17 at a depth of 208.2 km.[47] South Sandwich Islands , on April 17 at a depth of 1 km.[48] Papua , Indonesia, on April 21 at a depth of 29.8 km.[49] Neiafu , on April 28, at a depth of 129.4 km.[50] May May Strongest magnitude 6.7 Mw , Argentina Deadliest 31 6.0–6.9 9 5.0–5.9 99
Chiapas in Mexico on May 1, at a depth of 14 km.[51] Azerbaijan on May 7, at a depth of 23 km. Two people lost their lives — one was crushed by a wall, while the other had a heart attack.[52] Tajikistan on May 12, at a depth of 10 km. One person was killed.[1] Peru -Chile border on May 14, at a depth of 98.3 km.[53] New Britain region of Papua New Guinea on May 16, at a depth of 154 km.[54] Aisén Region of Chile on May 18, at a depth of 10 km.[55] [56] magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Emilia region on May 20, at a depth of 5.1 km.[57] [58] Honshū Japan on May 20, at a depth of 15 km.[59] magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck 24 km west of Bulgaria 's capital Sofia on May 22, at a depth of 9.4 km. A woman who suffered a heart attack was the only indirect fatality.[60] Hokkaido Japan on May 23, at a depth of 40.7 km.[61] Tromsø Norway on May 24, at a depth of 8.8 km.[62] Iwo Jima , in the Bonin Islands region of Japan on May 26, at a depth of 472.6 km.[63] Santiago del Estero , Argentina on May 28, at a depth of 588 km.[64] magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Medolla , Italy on May 29, at a depth of 9.6 km. Twenty people died.[65] June June Strongest magnitude 6.4 Mw ,Panama Japan Deadliest 79 6.0–6.9 10 5.0–5.9 88
Yacuiba , Bolivia and 54 km north-northeast of Tartagal, Salta , Argentina on 2 June, at a depth of 519.6 km.[66] [67] David , Panama on 4 June, at a depth of 7 km.[68] David , Panama on 4 June, at a depth of 5.9 km.[69] Arequipa , Peru on 7 June, at a depth of 99.7 km.[70] Two earthquakes measuring 5.4 and 5.7 struck Afghanistan on June 11, collapsing buildings and triggering landslides, one of which buried the village of Sayi Hazara.[71] [72] [73] Ofunato , Japan on 18 June, at a depth of 36 km.[74] Macquarie Island Australia, on June 22, at a depth of 9.9 km.[75] Kamchatka on June 24, at a depth of 17 km.[76] Sichuan –Yunnan border region of China on June 24, at a depth of 9.3 km (5.8 miles). At least four people died, and more than 150 others were injured.[77] [78] Xinjiang on June 30, at a depth of 10 km.[79] July July Strongest magnitude 7.0 Mw (USGS: 6.3),New Zealand Deadliest 2 7.0–7.9 1 6.0–6.9 10 5.0–5.9 98
magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck New Zealand, near the Cook Strait , on 3 July at 22:36 NZST, at a depth of 236.1 km. The USGS, however, listed this quake as 6.3.[80] [81] Vanuatu , on July 6, at a depth of 162.7 km.[82] [83] Kurilsk , Russia, on July 8, at a depth of 20 km.[84] Kuril Islands on July 20, at a depth of 22.7 km.[85] Kuril Islands on July 20.[86] A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck Yangzhou on July 20, at a depth of 13.9 km. 1 death is confirmed.[87] Simeulue , Indonesia, on July 25, at a depth of 22 km. One man died while fleeing his home.[88] Solomon Islands , on July 25, at a depth of 22.9 km.[89] Rodrigues ,976 km (606 mi) ENE of Mauritius on July 26, at a depth of 9.8 km.[90] New Ireland , Papua New Guinea on July 26, at a depth of 43.4 km.[91] Ocos ) and felt in Chiapas , México on July 29, 2012 at a depth of 35.5 km.[92] August August Strongest magnitude 7.7 Mw , Russia Deadliest 313 7.0–7.9 3 6.0–6.9 10 5.0–5.9 112
Peru on August 2, at a depth of 143.3 km.[93] New Ireland , Papua New Guinea , on August 2, at a depth of 70.6 km.[94] Nikolski, Alaska on August 10, at a depth of 13.1 km.[95] magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit Iran, near Ahar , on August 11, at a depth of 9.9 km.[96] magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit Iran, near Tabriz , on August 11, at a depth of 9.8 km.[97] [98] Hotan , Xinjiang on August 12, at a depth of 11 km.[99] [100] Sea of Okhotsk on August 14, at a depth of 625.9 km.[101] Sulawesi , Indonesia, on August 18, at a depth of 19.9 km, killing six people.[102] Papua New Guinea , on August 19, at a depth of 77.3 km.[103] Molucca Sea , on August 26, at a depth of 91.9 km.[104] El Salvador , on August 26, at a depth of 20.3 km.[105] Jan Mayen , on August 30, at a depth of 9.9 km.[106] magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck offshore the Philippines , near Guiuan, Samar on August 31, at a depth of 33 km. One person was killed and another injured.[107] September September Strongest magnitude 7.6 Mw , Costa Rica Deadliest 83 7.0–7.9 2 6.0–6.9 7 5.0–5.9 111
[108] Sola, Vanuatu , on September 5, at a depth of 17.6 km.[109] magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Nicoya Peninsula in the province of Guanacaste , Costa Rica, on September 5, at a depth of 35 km.[110] Two quakes measuring 5.6 struck China's Yunnan Province on September 7, at a depth of 9.9 km. At least 81 deaths and 821 injuries were reported, with more than 20,000 homes damaged.[111] [112] Papua , Indonesia, on September 8, at a depth of 14.1 km.[113] Kuril Islands , Russia, on September 9, at a depth of 58.7 km.[114] [115] Mexico , on September 26, at a depth of 10.1 km.[116] Alaska , on September 26, at a depth of 9.9 km.[117] Oaxaca , on September 29, at depth of 20 km.[118] [119] October October Strongest magnitude 7.8 Mw , Canada Deadliest 1 7.0–7.9 1 6.0–6.9 13 5.0–5.9 103
Miyako , on October 2, at depth of 9.7 km.[120] Mexico in the Gulf of California , on October 8, at depth of 9.9 km.[121] Indonesia in the Banda Sea , on October 8, at depth of 34.7 km.[122] Balleny Islands , Antarctica on October 9, at depth of 10.2 km.[123] Los Andes , on October 11.Dobo , on October 12, at depth of 24.7 km.[124] Celebes Sea on October 17, at depth of 337.4 km.[125] [126] Vanuatu , on October 21, at depth of 35.6 km.[127] [128] Izu Islands , Japan , on October 23, at depth of 446 km.[129] New Caledonia , on October 23, at a depth of 127 km.[130] Costa Rica on October 24, at depth of 20.1 km.[131] Mormanno , Italy , on October 25, at depth of 3.8 km. 1 indirect death was reported, along with moderate damage.[132] magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Haida Gwaii region, Canada , on October 28 at a depth of 20 km. This was later followed by a magnitude 6.3 aftershock, at a depth of 8.2 km, and a magnitude 6.2 aftershock on October 29, at a depth of 10 km.[133] [134] [135] November November Strongest magnitude 7.4 Mw , Guatemala Deadliest 77 7.0–7.9 1 6.0–6.9 14 5.0–5.9 85
Java , Indonesia, on November 1, at depth of 142 km.[136] Burgos , Philippines, on November 2, at depth of 54.5 km.[137] Carlsberg Ridge , In the Yemen's maritime territory, on November 6, at depth of 10.2 km.[138] magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off the coast of Guatemala , near Mexico, on November 7, at depth of 41.6 km, with 39 people dead.[1] [139] [140] Vancouver Island region, Canada , on November 8, at a depth of 16.6 km.[141] magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck near Shwebo, Myanmar , on November 11, at a depth of 9.8 km, with at least 38 dead or missing.[142] [143] Shwebo , Myanmar , on November 11, at a depth of 9.8 km.[144] Guatemala , near Mexico, on November 11, at depth of 27 km.[145] Gulf of Alaska , United States , on November 12, at depth of 12 km.[146] Aisén Region , Chile , on November 13, at a depth of 9.7 km.[147] Vallenar , Chile , on November 14, at a depth of 61.8 km.[148] Guerrero , Mexico , on November 15, at a depth of 60.9 km.[149] Kuril Islands , Russia , on November 16, at a depth of 29.1 km.[150] Tonga , on November 17, at a depth of 9.8 km.[151] December December Strongest magnitude 7.3 Mw , Japan Deadliest 12 7.0–7.9 2 6.0–6.9 9 5.0–5.9 98
Vanuatu on December 2, at a depth of 34.1 km.[152] magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Zohan , Iran on December 5, at a depth of 5.6 km, with 9 people dead or missing.[153] [154] magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck off the coast of Honshu , Japan on December 7, at a depth of 36.1 km. A small tsunami of 1m was recorded.[155] [156] Honshu , Japan on December 7, at a depth of 29.2 km.[157] North Island of New Zealand on December 7, at a depth of 167.2 km.[158] Banda Sea near Indonesia on December 10, at a depth of 159.3 km.[159] [160] Baja California near Ensenada on December 14, at a depth of 10.1 km.[161] [162] New Britain region, Papua New Guinea on December 15, at a depth of 52 km.[163] Sulawesi , Indonesia on December 17, at a depth of 18.5 km.[164] Vanuatu on December 21, at a depth of 207.9 km.[165] Papua New Guinea on December 29, at a depth of 10.1 km.[166]
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Indonesia Magnitude 8.6
East Azerbaijan Province, Iran (Magnitude 6.4) 306 fatalities
Guatemala and Mexico
Visayas, Philippines
Yunnan Province, China
Baghlan province, Afghanistan
near Shwebo, Myanmar
Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Haida Gwaii, Canada
Sea of Okhotsk, Russia
Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
El Salvador
Colombia
Honshu, Japan
Talca, Chile
Vanuatu
Cook Strait, New Zealand
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Izu Islands, Japan, on January 1, at a depth of 348.5 km.[2]
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Santa Cruz Islands, on January 8, at a depth of 38.9 km.[3]
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia on January 11, at a depth of 20.5 km.[4]
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck off the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica on January 15, at a depth of 10.0 km.[5]
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck off the coast of Chiapas, Mexico on January 21, at a depth of 79.5 km.[7]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the South Sandwich Islands region on January 22, at a depth of 13 km.[8]
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Biobío Region, Chile on January 23, at a depth of 29.7 km.[9]
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck near Fiji on January 24, at a depth of 582.8 km.[10]
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck near the coast of Central Peru on January 30, at a depth of 39.2 km.[11]
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck near island of Efate, Vanuatu on February 2, at a depth of 23.1 km. This was later followed by a magnitude 6.0 aftershock, at a depth of 21.7 km.[12]
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck near island of Negros, and Cebu, Philippines on February 6, at a depth of 20 km, killing 113 people.[15][16]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck west coast of Quepos, on February 13, at a depth of 11 km.[18]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Oregon, on February 15, at a depth of 10 km.[21]
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck southwestern Siberia, Russia on February 26, at a depth of 11.7 km.[23]
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck off New Caledonia on the March 3, at a depth of 15.2 km.[24]
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck northern Sasowa, near Añatuya, on March 5, at a depth of 550 km.[25]
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck the Indian capital of New Delhi, on March 5, at a depth of 10 km injuring at least 15 people.
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea, near Kimbe, New Britain, on March 14, at a depth of 47.8 km.[29]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck maritime territory of Mexico, between Acapulco and Clipperton Island, on March 26, at a depth of 9 km.[35]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck near the southeast coast of Taiwan on April 11 at a depth of 10 km.
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hit Tonga, near Neiafu, on April 28, at a depth of 129.4 km.[50]
Argentina
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck the western part of Azerbaijan on May 7, at a depth of 23 km. Two people lost their lives — one was crushed by a wall, while the other had a heart attack.[52]
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Tajikistan on May 12, at a depth of 10 km. One person was killed.[1]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Emilia region on May 20, at a depth of 5.1 km.[57] Seven people died and over 50 others were injured.[58]
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck 24 km west of Bulgaria's capital Sofia on May 22, at a depth of 9.4 km. A woman who suffered a heart attack was the only indirect fatality.[60]
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit 600 km northwest of Tromsø Norway on May 24, at a depth of 8.8 km.[62]
Panama
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean 346 km south of David, Panama on 4 June, at a depth of 7 km.[68]
Two earthquakes measuring 5.4 and 5.7 struck Afghanistan on June 11, collapsing buildings and triggering landslides, one of which buried the village of Sayi Hazara.[71] 75 people were reported dead as a result of the landslide.[72]
A magnitude 6.0 quake struck 24 km northwest of Macquarie Island Australia, on June 22, at a depth of 9.9 km.[75]
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck the Sichuan–Yunnan border region of China on June 24, at a depth of 9.3 km (5.8 miles). At least four people died, and more than 150 others were injured.[77][78]
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck New Zealand, near the Cook Strait, on 3 July at 22:36 NZST, at a depth of 236.1 km. The USGS, however, listed this quake as 6.3.[80][81]
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck 386 km (240 mi) NE of Rodrigues,976 km (606 mi) ENE of Mauritius on July 26, at a depth of 9.8 km.[90]
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit Iran, near Ahar, on August 11, at a depth of 9.9 km.[96]
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck offshore El Salvador, on August 26, at a depth of 20.3 km.[105]
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck near Isnos, Colombia, on September 30, at a depth of 170 km.[119]
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the Balleny Islands, Antarctica on October 9, at depth of 10.2 km.[123]
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Haida Gwaii region, Canada, on October 28 at a depth of 20 km. This was later followed by a magnitude 6.3 aftershock, at a depth of 8.2 km, and a magnitude 6.2 aftershock on October 29, at a depth of 10 km.[133][134][135]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Carlsberg Ridge, In the Yemen's maritime territory, on November 6, at depth of 10.2 km.[138]
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck near Shwebo, Myanmar, on November 11, at a depth of 9.8 km, with at least 38 dead or missing.[142]