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.
Compared to other years
Number of Earthquakes Worldwide for 2000–2013
Magnitude Ranging Between
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
8−9.9
1
1
0
1
2
1
2
4
0
1
1
1
2
2
7−7.9
14
15
13
14
14
10
9
14
12
16
21
19
13
11
6−6.9
146
121
127
140
141
140
142
178
168
144
151
204
120
75
5−5.9
1344
1224
1201
1203
1515
1693
1712
2074
1768
1896
1963
2271
1313
808
Total
1505
1361
1341
1358
1672
1844
1865
2270
1948
2057
2136
2495
1448
900
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.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off the coast of southeast Alaska on January 5 at a depth of 9.9 km (6.2 mi).[5][6]
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge on January 15 at a depth of 10 km (6.2 mi).[7]
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck northern Sumatra, on January 21 at depth of 12 km (7.5 mi), killing one person and injuring 15 others.[8]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Kegen, Almaty Province on January 28 at a depth of 10 km (6.2 mi).[9]
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck north-central Chile on January 30 at a depth of 45.7 km (28.4 mi).[10] One person died of a heart attack.[11]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the Santa Cruz Islands on January 30 at a depth of 10 km (6.2 mi).[12]
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Santa Cruz Islands on January 31 at a depth of 9.2 km (5.7 mi).[13]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off the coast of southeast Alaska on January 31 at a depth of 9.7 km (6.0 mi). This was an aftershock of the magnitude 7.5 earthquake on January 5.[14]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the Santa Cruz Islands on February 1, at a depth of 9.3 km.[15]
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the Santa Cruz Islands on February 1, at a depth of 19.9 km.[16]
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the Santa Cruz Islands on February 1, at a depth of 22 km.[17]
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Japan on February 2, at a depth of 107 km.[18]
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Santa Cruz Islands on February 2, at a depth of 10 km.[19]
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Santa Cruz Islands on February 6, at a depth of 10 km.[20]
A magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Santa Cruz Islands on February 6, at a depth of 28.7 km.[21] The earthquake generated a 1.5 m (5 ft) tsunami, which destroyed several coastal villages, killing at least 13.[22]
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Santa Cruz Islands on February 6, at a depth of 10.1 km.[23]
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Santa Cruz Islands on February 6, at a depth of 10.1 km.[24]
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Santa Cruz Islands on February 6, at a depth of 10.1 km.[25]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Santa Cruz Islands on February 6, at a depth of 10.1 km.[26]
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Santa Cruz Islands on February 7, at a depth of 9.8 km.[27]
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Santa Cruz Islands on February 7, at a depth of 10 km.[28]
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Santa Cruz Islands on February 7, at a depth of 10 km.[29]
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Santa Cruz Islands on February 8, at a depth of 18 km.[30]
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Santa Cruz Islands on February 8, at a depth of 21 km.[31]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Japan on April 1 at a depth of 12.5 km (7.8 mi).[49]
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Russia on April 5 at a depth of 561.9 km (349.1 mi).[50]
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Papua on April 6 at a depth of 66 km (41 mi).[51]
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Iran on April 9 at a depth of 10 km (6.2 mi), killing at least 37 people and injuring 850 others.[52][53]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Vanuatu on April 13 at a depth of 270.7 km (168.2 mi).[54]
A 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit western Japan near Awaji island in the Seto Inland Sea south-west of the city of Kobe early on April 13, injuring at least 24 people and destroying some houses.[55]
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on April 14 at a depth of 35.3 km (21.9 mi).[56]
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Iran on April 16 at a depth of 82 km (51 mi).[57] According to Pakistani authorities, 34 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.[58]
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on April 16 at a depth of 13 km (8.1 mi).[59]
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck the Kuril Islands on April 19 at a depth of 122.3 km (76.0 mi).[60]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck south of the Kuril Islands on April 19 at a depth of 18.6 km (11.6 mi).[61]
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Western Sichuan on April 20 at a depth of 12.3 km (7.6 mi). Over 193 people were killed, 24 are missing, at least 12.211 are injured, more than 968 of them seriously, and the data is still being updated.[1][2][3][62][63]
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the Kuril Islands on April 20 at a depth of 20.2 km (12.6 mi).[64]
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Japan on April 21 at a depth of 424.1 km (263.5 mi).[65]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck western Mexico on April 21 at a depth of 70 km (43 mi).[66]
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on April 23 at a depth of 16.3 km (10.1 mi).[67]
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Afghanistan on April 24 at a depth of 40 miles with an epicentre 11 km (6.8 mi) from Mehtar Lam, the capital of the province, 18 people were killed in the tremors and more than 100 were injured.[68][69]
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Kermadec Islands on April 26 at a depth of 349.0 km (216.9 mi).[70]
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Taiwan, on June 2 at a depth of 20.0 km (12.4 mi), killing 4 people including a mountain climber by falling rocks.[86][87][88][89]
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the Solomon Islands, on June 5 at a depth of 64.7 km (40.2 mi).[90]
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck 176 km (109 mi) east of Christmas Island, on June 13 at a depth of 9.7 km (6.0 mi).[91]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the Kermadec Islands, on June 15 at a depth of 172.4 km (107.1 mi).[92]
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Greece, on June 15 at a depth of 10.0 km (6.2 mi).[93]
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Nicaragua, on June 15 at a depth of 35.8 km (22.2 mi).[94]
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, on June 24 at a depth of 10.0 km (6.2 mi).[95]
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck southeastern Gansu, on July 22 at a depth of 9.8 km (6.1 mi).[109] At least 95 people were killed and more than 1,000 others injured, with more than 9,000 houses collapsing.[110]
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 (6.2 mi).[111]
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Vanuatu, on July 26 at a depth of 132.6 km (82.4 mi).[112]
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Indonesia, on September 1 at a depth of 132.1 km (82.1 mi).[128]
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea, on September 2 at a depth of 49.4 km (30.7 mi).[129]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck British Columbia, Canada, on September 3 at a depth of 5.5 km (3.4 mi).[130]
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Japan, on September 4 at a depth of 407.0 km (252.9 mi).[131]
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, on September 4 at a depth of 39.9 km (24.8 mi).[132]
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, on September 4 at a depth of 32.8 km (20.4 mi). This was an aftershock of the 6.5 earthquake.[133]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, on September 5 at a depth of 10.0 km (6.2 mi).[134]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Costa Rica, on September 5 at a depth of 18.0 km (11.2 mi).[135]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck southeast of Batan Island in the Philippines, on September 6 at a depth of 178.1 km (110.7 mi).[136]
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck southeast of Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas, on September 6 at a depth of 9 km (5.6 mi).[137]
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Guatemala, on September 7 at a depth of 67.0 km (41.6 mi), killing one person.[138][139]
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, on September 15 at a depth of 22.3 km (13.9 mi). This was an aftershock of the magnitude 6.5 earthquake on September 4.[140]
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Indonesia, on September 21 at a depth of 536.8 km (333.6 mi).[141]
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Russia
Magnitude 8.3
Balochistan, Pakistan
Sichuan, China
Bushehr Province, Iran
Aceh, Indonesia
Santa Cruz Islands
Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan
Craig, Alaska
Tonga
Papua New Guinea
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Kegen, Almaty Province on January 28 at a depth of 10 km (6.2 mi).[9]
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck north-central Chile on January 30 at a depth of 45.7 km (28.4 mi).[10] One person died of a heart attack.[11]
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Colombia on February 9 at a depth of 153.8 km.[32]
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck south of Mindanao in the Philippines, at a depth of 98.2 km.[36]
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the Kermadec Islands, at a depth of 34.1 km on February 18.[37]
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Fiji on March 24 at a depth of 10 km (6.2 mi).[45]
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Guatemala on March 25 at a depth of 189.0 km (117.4 mi).[46]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Taiwan on March 27 at a depth of 20.7 km (12.9 mi), killing one person.[47][48]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Japan on April 1 at a depth of 12.5 km (7.8 mi).[49]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Vanuatu on April 13 at a depth of 270.7 km (168.2 mi).[54]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck western Mexico on April 21 at a depth of 70 km (43 mi).[66]
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck Jammu and Kashmir on May 1 at a depth of 10 km (6.2 mi). Two people were killed by landslides.[71]
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Northern Mariana Islands on May 14 at a depth of 601.8 km (373.9 mi).[75]
Christmas Island
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Greece, on June 15 at a depth of 10.0 km (6.2 mi).[93]
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Nicaragua, on June 15 at a depth of 35.8 km (22.2 mi).[94]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Peru, on July 17 at a depth of 6.6 km (4.1 mi).[103]
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 (6.2 mi).[111]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck British Columbia, Canada, on September 3 at a depth of 5.5 km (3.4 mi).[130]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Costa Rica, on September 5 at a depth of 18.0 km (11.2 mi).[135]