Significant Earthquakes of 2004

• January 1, 2004, Bali, Lombok, IndonesiaM5.8 · 1 death · $12 million · 6,000 houses destroyed
• January 1, 2004, Guerrero, Mexico CityM6.1
• January 3, 2004, Loyalty Islands, New CaledoniaM7.1 · tsunami
• January 10, 2004, Slovensko L'Upca, SlovakiaM2.2
• January 10, 2004, Algiers, Boumerdes, Northern, AlgeriaM4.4
• January 14, 2004, Firuzabad, Southern, IranM5.2
• January 28, 2004, Seram, IndonesiaM6.7 · tsunami
• February 4, 2004, Chiriqui, Panama-Costa RicaM6.1
• February 5, 2004, Nabire, IndonesiaM7 · 37 deaths · $1 million · 2,678 houses destroyed
• February 7, 2004, Nabire, IndonesiaM7.3
• February 11, 2004, Jerusalem, Petah-Tiqwa, Ma'In, Israel, JordanM5.3 · tsunami
• February 14, 2004, Balakot, Batgram, Mansehra, PakistanM5.4 · 24 deaths · 1,420 houses destroyed
• February 16, 2004, Padangpanjang, Sumatra, IndonesiaM5.1 · 5 deaths
• February 22, 2004, Pesisir Selatan, Sumatra, IndonesiaM6
• February 24, 2004, Ruyaga, BurundiM4.7 · 3 deaths · 24 houses destroyed
• February 24, 2004, Al Hoceima, Imzourene, Beni Abdallah, MoroccoM6.4 · 628 deaths · $400 million · 2,539 houses destroyed
• March 1, 2004, Kalamata, Southern, GreeceM5.2
• March 24, 2004, Bayan Ul Hot, Uliastai, Nei Mongol, ChinaM5.4 · $74 million · 38,000 houses destroyed
• March 25, 2004, Erzurum, TurkeyM5.6 · 10 deaths · 45 houses destroyed
• March 28, 2004, Askale, TurkeyM5.6 · 50 houses destroyed
• April 5, 2004, Kabul, Samangan, Pakistan, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM6.5 · 3 deaths
• April 9, 2004, Padang, Sumatra, IndonesiaM5.4
• April 16, 2004, Bali, IndonesiaM5.5
• April 23, 2004, Kupang, Timor, IndonesiaM6.7
• May 1, 2004, Taroko Gorge National Park, Hualien, TaiwanM5.2 · 2 deaths
• May 3, 2004, Canete, ChileM6.6
• May 4, 2004, Delingha, Qinghai Province, ChinaM5.4
• May 8, 2004, Kazerun, IranM5 · 4 houses destroyed
• May 8, 2004, Quetta, PakistanM4.5 · 1 death
• May 19, 2004, Tubigon, Bohol Island, PhilippinesM4.1
• May 28, 2004, Mazandaran, Qazvin, Tehran, IranM6.3 · 35 deaths · $165 million · 3,880 houses destroyed
• May 30, 2004, Sakhalin, Yuzhno, Sakhalinsk, RussiaM4.9
• June 9, 2004, Western, Saudi ArabiaM4.6
• June 15, 2004, Carahue, Imperial, Temuco, ChileM5.9
• July 1, 2004, Dogubeyazit, TurkeyM5.1 · 18 deaths
• July 12, 2004, Bovec, Kobarid, SloveniaM5.2 · 1 death
• July 14, 2004, Herat, AfghanistanM4.6
• July 18, 2004, Rotorua, Tauranga, North Island, New ZealandM5.4 · 1 death
• July 18, 2004, Paktia Province, AfghanistanM5.2 · 2 deaths
• July 30, 2004, Dogubeyazit, TurkeyM4 · 1 death
• August 4, 2004, Bodrum, TurkeyM5.6
• August 10, 2004, Ludian, Yunnan Province, ChinaM5.4 · 4 deaths · $50 million · 18,556 houses destroyed
• August 11, 2004, Elazig, Sivrice, TurkeyM5.7 · 1 death
• September 5, 2004, Kyoto, W Coast, Honshu, JapanM7.2 · tsunami
• September 5, 2004, Kyoto, Wakayama, Sakai, W Coast, Honshu, JapanM7.4 · tsunami
• September 7, 2004, Catamarca, ArgentinaM6.1 · 1 death
• September 7, 2004, Gansu Province, ChinaM5.2 · 600 houses destroyed
• September 21, 2004, Kaliningrad, Svetlogorsk, Suwalki, Russia, PolandM4.8
• September 28, 2004, Parkfield, San Miguel, Central, California, United StatesM6
• October 1, 2004, Chinandega, Leon, NicaraguaM5.6
• October 7, 2004, Golestan, IranM5.6
• October 15, 2004, T'Ao-Yuan, TaiwanM6.6
• October 18, 2004, Baoshan, Yunnan Province, ChinaM4.4 · 20,000 houses destroyed
• October 23, 2004, Niigata Prefecture, Honshu, JapanM6.6 · 68 deaths · $28 billion · 3,175 houses destroyed
• October 27, 2004, Niigata Prefecture, Honshu, JapanM5.9 · 1 house destroyed
• October 27, 2004, Northern, Bucharest, Braila, Bulgaria, RomaniaM5.8
• November 2, 2004, Vancouver Island, CanadaM6.6 · tsunami
• November 4, 2004, Antikythira, Crete, GreeceM5.2
• November 8, 2004, Niigata Prefecture, Honshu, JapanM5.5
• November 11, 2004, Kepulauan Alor, IndonesiaM7.5 · 34 deaths · 781 houses destroyed · tsunami
• November 15, 2004, Bajo Baudo, Buenaventura, Cerrito, ColombiaM7.2 · 154 houses destroyed
• November 19, 2004, Western IranM4.8
• November 20, 2004, San Jose, Parrita, Quepos, Costa RicaM6.4 · 8 deaths · 526 houses destroyed
• November 21, 2004, Basse-Terre, Les Saintes, GuadeloupeM6.3 · 1 death · $155 million · tsunami
• November 22, 2004, Khorramabad, Pol-E Dokhtar, IranM5
• November 22, 2004, Invercargill, Southland, Otago, New ZealandM7.1 · tsunami
• November 24, 2004, Brescia, Northern, ItalyM5.1
• November 26, 2004, Nabire, IndonesiaM7.1 · 32 deaths · $55 million · 328 houses destroyed
• November 28, 2004, Bekkai, Kushiro, Nemouro, Hokkaido, JapanM7 · tsunami
• December 1, 2004, Boumerdas, AlgeriaM4.5
• December 2, 2004, Mayaro, Trinidad, Trinidad and TobagoM5.8
• December 5, 2004, Zemmouri, AlgeriaM4.5
• December 5, 2004, Emmendingen, Freiburg Im Breisgau, GermanyM4.8
• December 6, 2004, Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanM6.8
• December 9, 2004, Hailakandi, Cachar, IndiaM5.4
• December 14, 2004, Obiro, Haboro, Tomamae, Hokkaido, JapanM5.8
• December 20, 2004, Marmaris, TurkeyM5.4
• December 23, 2004, Macquarie Island, AustraliaM8.1 · tsunami
• December 26, 2004, Off West Coast, Aceh, Sumatra, IndonesiaM9.1 · 227,899 deaths · $10 billion · 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.