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Approximate epicenters of the earthquakes in 2025
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Strongest magnitude | 7.6 Mw ![]() | ||
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Deadliest | 7.1 Mw ![]() 126-400 deaths | ||
Total fatalities | 129–403 | ||
Number by magnitude | |||
9.0+ | 0 | ||
8.0–8.9 | 0 | ||
7.0–7.9 | 2 | ||
6.0–6.9 | 8 | ||
5.0–5.9 | 236 | ||
4.0–4.9 | 1,728 | ||
← 2024 |
This is a list of earthquakes in 2025. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they result in significant damage and/or casualties. All dates are listed according to UTC time. The maximum intensities are based on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale. Earthquake magnitudes are based on data from the USGS.
Magnitude | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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8.0–9.9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7.0–7.9 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 2 |
6.0–6.9 | 127 | 131 | 104 | 118 | 135 | 111 | 141 | 117 | 128 | 89 | 8 |
5.0–5.9 | 1,413 | 1,549 | 1,446 | 1,671 | 1,484 | 1,314 | 2,055 | 1,599 | 1,633 | 1,411 | 236 |
4.0–4.9 | 13,776 | 13,700 | 11,541 | 12,785 | 11,899 | 12,513 | 15,069 | 14,022 | 14,451 | 12,603 | 1,728 |
Total | 15,335 | 15,396 | 13,098 | 14,591 | 13,528 | 13,938 | 17,284 | 15,749 | 16,231 | 14,113 | 1,974 |
Rank | Death toll | Magnitude | Location | MMI | Depth (km) | Date | Event |
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1 | 126–400 | 7.1 | ![]() |
IX (Violent) | 10.0 | January 7 | 2025 Tibet earthquake |
Listed are earthquakes with at least 10 dead.
Rank | Magnitude | Death toll | Location | MMI | Depth (km) | Date | Event |
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1 | 7.6 | 0 | ![]() |
V (Moderate) | 10.0 | February 8 | - |
2 | 7.1 | 126–400 | ![]() |
IX (Violent) | 10.0 | January 7 | 2025 Tibet earthquake |
Listed are earthquakes with at least 7.0 magnitude.
Strongest magnitude | 7.1 Mw ![]() |
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Deadliest | 7.1 Mw ![]() 126–400 deaths |
Total fatalities | 129–403 |
Number by magnitude | |
9.0+ | 0 |
8.0–8.9 | 0 |
7.0–7.9 | 1 |
6.0–6.9 | 6 |
5.0–5.9 | 147 |
4.0–4.9 | 1187 |
Date | Country and location | Mw | Depth (km) | MMI | Notes | Casualties | |
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Dead | Injured | ||||||
1[1] | ![]() |
6.1 | 83.0 | IV | - | - | - |
2[2] | ![]() |
4.8 | 10.0 | VI | Six people injured, 7,599 buildings damaged and railway services disrupted in Yinchuan.[3][4] | - | 6 |
2[5] | ![]() |
4.8 | 10.0 | VI | One building severely damaged, a balcony collapsed and several structures damaged in the Yinchuan area.[6] | - | - |
2[7] | ![]() |
6.1 | 99.0 | V | Landslides and power and water outages occurred in the epicentral area.[8][9] | - | - |
3[10] | ![]() |
5.5 | 10.0 | IX | 2 | Several | |
4[11] | ![]() |
5.7 | 8.0 | VIII | |||
5[12] | ![]() |
6.2 | 46.0 | VI | Two people injured, more than 10 homes and several buildings damaged and landslides in the San Salvador-Usulután area.[13][14] | - | 2 |
6[15] | ![]() |
5.2 | 10.0 | VI | At least 200 homes destroyed and 300 others damaged in Farashband County.[16] | - | - |
7[17] | ![]() |
7.1 | 10.0 | IX | 126–400 | 351 | |
7[18] | ![]() |
5.0 | 10.0 | V | One home collapsed in the Bima area.[19] | - | - |
12[20] | ![]() |
6.2 | 34.0 | VI | Two people injured by wall collapses in Chinicuila.[21] More than 25 homes and several buildings damaged in the Apatzingán-Coalcomán-Tamazula de Gordiano area. Landslides blocked a road between Colima and Manzanillo.[22][23][24] | - | 2 |
13[25] | ![]() |
5.0 | 89.5 | V | One person injured and one home collapsed in El Guabo.[26] More than 141 structures damaged in the Guayaquil area.[27] | - | 1 |
13[28] | ![]() |
6.8 | 39.0 | VI | Four people injured in the Aira-Miyazaki-Saiki area.[29][30] Two buildings, water pipes and roads damaged[31][29] and a 20 cm (7.9 in) tsunami observed in Miyazaki Prefecture.[32] | - | 4 |
13[33] | ![]() |
5.0 | 10.0 | VI | Aftershocks of the 7.1 event on January 7. Several homes destroyed in Tingri County.[34] | - | - |
13[35] | ![]() |
5.1 | 10.0 | V | - | - | |
13[36] | ![]() |
4.6 | 10.0 | V | Several homes damaged or destroyed in ten villages in the Dehram area.[37] | - | - |
15[38] | ![]() |
4.9 | 12.0 | IV | One home severely damaged in Bima.[39] | - | - |
16[40] | ![]() |
3.2 | 16.0 | - | One home destroyed and several others damaged in Jember Regency.[41] | - | - |
17[42] | ![]() |
4.3 | 72.8 | - | One home collapsed and several others damaged in Sukabumi Regency.[43][44] | - | - |
19[45] | ![]() |
4.6 | 10.0 | VI | Several walls collapsed and several houses damaged in Terceira.[46] | - | - |
20[47] | ![]() |
6.0 | 10.0 | VI | - | 50 | |
22[48] | ![]() |
5.7 | 9.0 | VII | Thirty-one people injured, 23 houses destroyed and at least 947 others damaged in Southern Leyte.[49][50] One road damaged and landslides occurred in the Liloan-San Francisco-Saint Bernard area.[51][52][53] | - | 31 |
23[54] | ![]() |
5.4 | 47.9 | V | Fifteen students injured, 48 structures including Zamboanga International Airport damaged and power outages in the Siocon-Zamboanga City area.[55][56][57] | - | 15 |
24[58] | ![]() |
5.0 | 10.0 | VI | One home destroyed in East Kolaka Regency and one hospital damaged in Kolaka Regency.[59][60] | - | - |
25[61] | ![]() |
5.1 | 10.0 | VI | Aftershock of the 6.0 event on January 20. One person injured in Nansi, the walls of several homes and a school collapsed, many others damaged and power outages in the Dongshan area.[62][63][64] | - | 1 |
25[65] | ![]() |
5.2 | 10.0 | VI | Aftershock of the 6.0 event on January 20. One home destroyed in Nansi; at least 10 others and a school damaged and power outages in the Dongshan area.[66] | - | - |
27[67] | ![]() |
3.1 | 10.3 | - | One person killed and 11 others injured at a mine in the Radlin area.[68] | 1 | 11 |
29[69] | ![]() |
5.0 | 9.2 | VII | Three homes destroyed and 169 structures damaged in East Kolaka Regency.[70] | - | - |
30[71] | ![]() |
5.1 | 10.0 | V | Aftershock of the 6.0 event on January 20. Part of the façade of a building collapsed and damaged two cars in Tainan.[72] | - | - |
31[73] | ![]() |
5.5 | 10.0 | VI | Three people hospitalized, four structures damaged and power outages in the Quito-Tena-El Chaco-Quijos area.[74] | - | 3 |
Strongest magnitude | 7.6 Mw ![]() |
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Total fatalities | 0 |
Number by magnitude | |
9.0+ | 0 |
8.0–8.9 | 0 |
7.0–7.9 | 1 |
6.0–6.9 | 2 |
5.0–5.9 | 89 |
4.0–4.9 | 541 |
Date | Country and location | Mw | Depth (km) | MMI | Notes | Casualties | |
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Dead | Injured | ||||||
3[75] | ![]() |
4.8 | 10.0 | VII | Three people injured, the roof of a factory collapsed[76] and five structures damaged in Meknassy.[77] | - | 3 |
4[78] | ![]() |
5.3 | 10.0 | VII | Strongest event of an earthquake swarm. One shelter destroyed, some older buildings damaged and rockfalls in Santorini.[79][80][81] | - | - |
7[82] | South of the Fiji islands | 6.0 | 59.2 | - | - | - | - |
8[83] | ![]() |
7.6 | 10.0 | V | Some buildings cracked and power outages in parts of Honduras and Belize.[84] A 3 cm (0.1 ft) high tsunami observed at Isla Mujeres, Mexico.[85] | - | - |
11[86] | ![]() |
4.6 | 10.0 | V | Some people injured, numerous homes and three churches damaged in the Posedarje-Vinjerac-Pag area.[87] | - | Some |
14[88] | ![]() |
6.0 | 10.0 | VII | - | - |