List of earthquakes in 2010

Earthquakes in 2010 resulted in nearly 165,000 fatalities. Most of these were due to the 2010 Haiti earthquake, which caused an estimated 160,000 deaths, making it the 8th deadliest earthquake in recorded history. Other deadly quakes occurred in China, Indonesia or Turkey. The 2010 Chile earthquake registered 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale, ranking it as the 6th strongest earthquake since 1900. The tsunami associated with the Chile earthquake caused tsunami advisories and warning across the entire Pacific Ocean rim, also known as the Ring of Fire.

Compared to other years

Overall

By death toll

• <small>Note: At least 10 dead</small>

By magnitude

• <small>Note: At least 7.0 magnitude</small>

By month

January

February

• <small>Note: Eleven aftershocks with magnitudes of 6.0 or higher were recorded in February following the magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile on February 27. In order to eliminate cluttering, the February aftershocks have not been included.</small>

March

April

May

June

• A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Costa Rica on June 1.
• A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Vanuatu on June 9.
• A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck the Nicobar Islands, India on June 12.
• A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the coast Papua, Indonesia on June 16.
• A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the coast near Papua, Indonesia on June 16, killing 17 and damaging hundreds of homes.
• A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the coast near Papua, Indonesia on June 16.
• A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck 135 miles SSW of L'Esperance Rock, Kermadec Islands on June 17.
• A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Kuril Islands on June 18.
• A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck Quebec, Canada on June 23.
• A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the New Britain region of Papua New Guinea on June 24.
• A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the Solomon Islands on June 26.
• A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck south of Fiji on June 30.
• A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Oaxaca, Mexico, on June 30, killing one person.

July

• A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck in the Vanuatu region on July 2.
• A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck near the east coast of Honshu on July 4.
• A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck south of the Mariana Islands on July 10.
• A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Calama, Chile on July 12.
• A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Bío Bío, Chile on July 14.
• A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the Fox Islands, Alaska on July 18.
• A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the New Britain Region, Papua New Guinea on July 18.
• A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the New Britain Region, Papua New Guinea on July 18.
• A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the Fox Islands, Alaska on July 18.
• A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Southern Iran on July 20, killing 1 person.
• A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the New Britain Region, Papua New Guinea on July 20.
• A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Indonesia on July 21.
• A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Vanuatu, on July 22.
• A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Mindanao, Philippines on July 23.
• A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Mindanao, Philippines on July 23.
• A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Mindanao, Philippines on July 23.
• A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Mindanao, Philippines on July 24.
• A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Mindanao, Philippines on July 29.
• A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck off the coast of Kamchatka, Russia on July 30.
• A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Northeastern Iran on July 30.

August

• A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the Molucca Sea on August 3.
• A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Tonga on August 4.
• A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on August 4.
• A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the Aleutian Islands, Alaska on August 4.
• A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck New Britain, Papua New Guinea on August 4.
• A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the Kuril Islands on August 4.
• A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Vanuatu on August 10.
• A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Pastaza Province in Ecuador on August 12.
• A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the Mariana Islands on August 13.
• A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Mariana Islands on August 14.
• A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the Mariana Islands on August 14.
• A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck New Britain, Papua New Guinea on August 15.
• A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Réunion on August 16.
• A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Fiji on August 16.
• A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the Mariana Islands on August 18.
• A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on August 20.
• A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Jalisco, Mexico on August 23.
• A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Damghan in northern Iran on August 27. This killed 3 people and also injured 40 others.

September

• A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck the Andreanof Islands, Alaska on September 3.
• A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island on September 4, killing 2 people.
• A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Tonga on September 4.
• A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on September 7.
• A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Vanuatu, on September 8.
• A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Biobío Region, Chile, on September 9.
• A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Hindu Kush, Afghanistan on September 17.
• A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck southern Iran on September 26, killing 1 person.
• A magnitude 6.0 earthquake stuck near the south coast of Papua, Indonesia on September 26.
• A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck near the south coast of Papua, Indonesia on September 29.
• A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck near the south coast of Papua, Indonesia on September 29.

October

• A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the Ryukyu Islands, Japan on October 4.
• A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the Andreanof Islands, Alaska, on October 8.
• A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the Andreanof Islands, Alaska, on October 8.
• A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Halmahera, Indonesia on October 8.
• A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Pakistan on October 10, killing 1 person.
• A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Tonga on October 12.
• A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the Kepulauan Barat Daya region of Indonesia on October 17.
• A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Los Mochis in the Gulf of California, Mexico, on October 21.
• A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the Molucca Sea on October 25.
• A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Sumatra, Indonesia on October 25, killing 408 and leaving 303 people missing.
• A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Sumatra, Indonesia on October 25.
• A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge on October 30.

November

• A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Kraljevo, Serbia on November 3, killing 2 and injuring over 100.
• A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck near the south coast of Papua, Indonesia on November 3.
• A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Tonga on November 3.
• A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck western Iran, injuring 100 people.
• A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck the Southeast Indian Ridge on November 10.
• A magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred in the South Pacific Ocean on November 21.
• A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on November 23.
• A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck the Bonin Islands, Japan on November 30.

December

• A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the Fiji region on December 1.
• A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the New Britain region of Papua New Guinea on December 2.
• A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck the South Sandwich Islands region on December 8.
• A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea on December 13.
• A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Southeastern Iran on December 20, killing 11 and injuring 100+, also damaging 1,800+ homes.
• A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the Molucca Sea on December 15.
• A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck Ethiopia on December 19, injuring 26 and causing extensive damage.
• A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Bonin Islands, Japan Region on December 21.
• A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the Bonin Islands, Japan Region on December 22.
• A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the Aleutian Islands, Alaska on December 23.
• A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck Puerto Rico on December 24.
• A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the South Pacific region near Vanuatu on December 25. Four people were injured by a tsunami in Tanna, which had a maximum height of .
• A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Vanuatu on December 26.
• A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck Christchurch, New Zealand, on December 26.
• A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the Fiji islands on December 28.
• A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Vanuatu on December 29.
• A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck Poland on December 30. Three miners were killed by falling rocks.

See also

• Lists of 21st-century earthquakes

References