Significant Earthquakes of 2003

• January 11, 2003, Kazerun, Nurabad, IranM5.2 · 650 houses destroyed
• January 20, 2003, Honiara, San Cristobal, Solomon IslandsM7.3 · tsunami
• January 22, 2003, Villa DE Alvarez, Colima, Tecoman, Jalisco, MexicoM7.5 · 29 deaths · $116.3 million · 2,005 houses destroyed · tsunami
• January 23, 2003, Dompu, Sumbawa Island, IndonesiaM5.5
• January 26, 2003, Spinello, Santa Sofia, Bagno Di Romagna, ItalyM4.7
• January 27, 2003, Saglamtas, Pulumur, TurkeyM6.1 · 1 death
• February 13, 2003, Urumqi, N. Xinjiang, ChinaM5.3
• February 15, 2003, Dimasalang, Luzon, PhilippinesM5.8
• February 15, 2003, Masbate, Dimasalang, PhilippinesM6.3 · tsunami
• February 22, 2003, Big Bear City, California, United StatesM5.2
• February 22, 2003, Edigen, Baccarat, Colmar, Thann, Germany, FranceM5
• February 24, 2003, Bachu, S. Xinjiang, ChinaM6.3 · 261 deaths · 71,000 houses destroyed
• February 25, 2003, Bachu, S. Xinjiang, ChinaM5.4 · 5 deaths
• March 21, 2003, Caracas, Cilimus, Sampora, Java, IndonesiaM4.6
• March 22, 2003, Albstadt, GermanyM4.7
• March 25, 2003, Phuentsholing, BhutanM5.5
• March 25, 2003, Reo, Flores, IndonesiaM6.5 · 4 deaths
• April 10, 2003, Izmir, Seferihisar, TurkeyM5.7
• April 11, 2003, Alessandria, ItalyM5 · $561 million
• April 17, 2003, Delingha, Qinghai Province, ChinaM6.4 · 45 houses destroyed
• April 29, 2003, Fort Payne,gaylesville,valley Head, Alabama, United StatesM4.6
• May 1, 2003, Bingol, TurkeyM6.4 · 177 deaths · 718 houses destroyed
• May 4, 2003, Yopurga, S. Xinjiang, ChinaM5.8 · 1 death · 1,600 houses destroyed
• May 21, 2003, Algiers, Boumerdes, Reghia, Thenia, AlgeriaM6.8 · 2,287 deaths · $5 billion · 19,000 houses destroyed · tsunami
• May 26, 2003, Iwate, Miyagi, Yamagata, Akita, Honshu, JapanM7 · $233 million
• May 26, 2003, Morotai, Berebere, Daruba, IndonesiaM7 · 1 death · 28 houses destroyed
• May 27, 2003, Algiers, Boumerdes, Reghaia, AlgeriaM5.7 · 9 deaths · tsunami
• June 6, 2003, Bardwell, Kentucky, United StatesM4
• June 9, 2003, Gonnoi, Larisa, GreeceM5.2
• June 20, 2003, San Juan, Ovalle, Coquimbo, Argentina, ChileM6.8
• July 3, 2003, Yakhak, Bashirabad, Butehgaz, Northeastern, IranM5.2
• July 10, 2003, Gajjiabad, Southern, IranM5.8 · 1 death · $21.6 million · 3,500 houses destroyed
• July 15, 2003, Felt IN Maldives, Indian OceanM7.6
• July 21, 2003, Yunnan Province, ChinaM5.9 · 16 deaths · $75 million · 264,878 houses destroyed
• July 25, 2003, Miyagi, Iwate, Honshu, JapanM5.5 · $411 million
• July 26, 2003, Buldan, Western, TurkeyM4.5
• July 26, 2003, Buldan, Western, TurkeyM5.4 · 1 house destroyed
• July 26, 2003, Rangamati, BangladeshM5.7 · 2 deaths · 500 houses destroyed
• August 4, 2003, Laurie Is, South Orkney Islands, Scotia Sea, AntarcticaM7.6 · tsunami
• August 11, 2003, Wasile, Halmahera, IndonesiaM6
• August 13, 2003, Colon, Panama CityM5.4
• August 14, 2003, Lefkada, Preveza, GreeceM6.3 · tsunami
• August 16, 2003, Lindong, Tianshan, Nei Mongol, ChinaM5.4 · 4 deaths · 7,900 houses destroyed
• August 18, 2003, Bomi,medog,nyingchi, Tibet (Xizang Province), ChinaM5.5
• August 21, 2003, Dunedin,invercargill,te Anau,fiordland, New ZealandM7.2 · tsunami
• September 14, 2003, Loiano, Monghidoro, Monzuno, ItalyM5.3
• September 20, 2003, Tokyo, Honshu, JapanM5.7
• September 21, 2003, Bangkok, Taungdwingyi, Thailand, MyanmarM6.6 · 7 deaths
• September 22, 2003, Puerto Plata, Santiago, Dominican RepublicM6.4 · 3 deaths
• September 25, 2003, Hokkaido, JapanM8.3 · 2 deaths · $90 million · tsunami
• September 27, 2003, Kosh-Agach, Ust'-Ulagan, Ongudai, Shebalino, RussiaM7.3 · 3 deaths · $10.6 million · 300 houses destroyed
• September 29, 2003, Kosh-Agach, RussiaM4.4
• September 29, 2003, Christchurch, New ZealandM4.8
• October 1, 2003, Kosh-Agach, Barnaul, Gorno-Altaysk, RussiaM6.7
• October 15, 2003, Atsugi, Near S Coast Honshu, JapanM5.2
• October 16, 2003, Moca, Santiago, Dominican RepublicM4.5
• October 16, 2003, Dayao, Yunnan Province, ChinaM5.6 · 3 deaths · 12,000 houses destroyed
• October 25, 2003, Minle, Shandan, Gansu Province, ChinaM5.8 · 9 deaths · $40 million · 10,000 houses destroyed
• October 31, 2003, East Coast Honshu, JapanM7 · tsunami
• November 13, 2003, Jone, Lintan, Minxian, Gansu Province, ChinaM5.1 · 1 death · 10 houses destroyed
• November 14, 2003, Ludian, Zhaotong, Yunnan Province, ChinaM5.6 · 4 deaths · 600 houses destroyed
• November 17, 2003, Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United StatesM7.8 · tsunami
• November 18, 2003, Can-Avid, Samar, PhilippinesM6.5 · 1 death · 1 house destroyed
• November 26, 2003, Ludian, Yunnan Province, ChinaM4.7 · 2,000 houses destroyed
• December 1, 2003, Zhaosu, Xinjiang, ChinaM6 · 11 deaths · 769 houses destroyed
• December 5, 2003, Flores, Ruteng, IndonesiaM4.9
• December 10, 2003, T'Ai-Tung, Kao-Hsiun, TaiwanM6.8
• December 11, 2003, Masjed-E- Soleyman, Western, IranM5 · 1 house destroyed
• December 17, 2003, Povadiya, BulgariaM4.4 · 10 houses destroyed
• December 22, 2003, Paso Robles,templeton,atascadero, California, United StatesM6.6 · 2 deaths · $263 million · 40 houses destroyed
• December 25, 2003, Puerto Armuelles, Panama-Costa RicaM6.5 · 2 deaths
• December 26, 2003, Bam, Baravat, Southeastern, IranM6.6 · 31,000 deaths · $500 million
• December 27, 2003, Loyalty Islands, New CaledoniaM7.3 · tsunami

Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24.