Significant Earthquakes of 2005

• January 10, 2005, Gorgan, IranM5.4
• January 19, 2005, East Coast Honshu, JapanM6.6 · tsunami
• January 20, 2005, North Island, New ZealandM5.3
• January 23, 2005, Palu, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM6.3 · 1 death
• January 24, 2005, Puerto Lopez, Salango, Near West Coast, EcuadorM6.1
• January 25, 2005, Hakkari, TurkeyM5.9 · 2 deaths
• January 25, 2005, Simao, Yunnan Province, ChinaM4.8
• January 29, 2005, La Paca, Zarcilla DE Ramos, SpainM4.4
• February 2, 2005, Garut, Java, IndonesiaM4.8 · 1 death
• February 14, 2005, Wushi, Xinjiang Province, ChinaM6.1 · 6,000 houses destroyed
• February 14, 2005, GuadeloupeM5.8 · tsunami
• February 15, 2005, Khaspur, IndiaM5.1
• February 22, 2005, Zarand, Kerman Province, IranM6.4 · 612 deaths · 8,000 houses destroyed
• March 2, 2005, Quetta, PakistanM4.9
• March 9, 2005, Klerksdorp, Stilfontein, South AfricaM4.3 · 2 deaths
• March 12, 2005, Cat, Karliova, TurkeyM5.6
• March 13, 2005, Saravan, IranM6
• March 14, 2005, Bingol Province, Eastern, TurkeyM5.8
• March 14, 2005, Kolhapur, Ratnagiri, Satara, Maharashtra, IndiaM4.9
• March 15, 2005, Dhebewadi, Maharashtra, IndiaM4.3
• March 20, 2005, Fukuoka, Genkai, Kyushu, JapanM6.6 · 1 death · 65 houses destroyed
• March 28, 2005, SW, Sumatera, IndonesiaM8.6 · 1,319 deaths · $37.4 million · 300 houses destroyed · tsunami
• April 10, 2005, Padang, IndonesiaM6.7 · tsunami
• June 13, 2005, Tarapaca, ChileM7.7 · 11 deaths · $5.1 million · 544 houses destroyed
• June 15, 2005, Off Coast Northern, California, United StatesM7.2 · tsunami
• July 5, 2005, Gunungsitoli, Nias Island, Sumatra, IndonesiaM6.7
• July 9, 2005, Donggala, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM5.9 · 6 houses destroyed
• July 10, 2005, Tropoje, AlbaniaM5.2
• July 18, 2005, Timor Tengah Utara, Timor, IndonesiaM5.3
• July 23, 2005, Tokyo, Honshu, JapanM5.9 · 1 house destroyed
• July 24, 2005, Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands, IndiaM7.2
• July 25, 2005, Daqing, ChinaM4.7 · 1 death
• July 26, 2005, Dillon, Silver Star, Twin Bridges, Montana, United StatesM5.6
• July 30, 2005, Bahcekaradalak, Sirapinar, Yeniyapanseyhli, TurkeyM5.3
• August 5, 2005, Huize, Yunnan Province, ChinaM4.8 · 3,700 houses destroyed
• August 5, 2005, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamM4.5
• August 9, 2005, Firuzabad, IranM5.1
• August 13, 2005, Wenshan, Yunnan Province, ChinaM4.5
• August 14, 2005, Tarapaca, ChileM5.8
• August 14, 2005, Maharashtra, IndiaM4.4
• August 16, 2005, East Coast Honshu, JapanM7.2 · 1 house destroyed · tsunami
• August 16, 2005, Uttarkahi, Uttaranchal, IndiaM4.4
• August 30, 2005, Ambeghar, Dicholi, Kisrule, Maharashtra, IndiaM4.7
• September 9, 2005, New Ireland, Papua New GuineaM7.7
• September 24, 2005, Dabbahu, EthiopiaM5.6
• September 26, 2005, Lamas, Chachapoyas, Moyobamba, Tarapota, PeruM7.5 · 5 deaths
• October 1, 2005, Moquegua, PeruM5.3 · 300 houses destroyed
• October 8, 2005, Muzaffarabad, Uri, Anantnag, Baramula, PakistanM7.6 · 76,213 deaths · $6.7 billion
• October 20, 2005, Izmir, TurkeyM5.9 · 1 death
• October 24, 2005, Baeza, EcuadorM4.8
• October 27, 2005, Guangxi Province, ChinaM4.2 · 1 death
• October 31, 2005, Northern PeruM5.4 · 20 houses destroyed
• November 14, 2005, East Coast Honshu, JapanM7 · tsunami
• November 26, 2005, Jiujiang, Ruichang, Jiangxi, ChinaM5.2 · 16 deaths · 150,000 houses destroyed
• November 26, 2005, Doganyol, TurkeyM4.4
• November 27, 2005, Qeshm, ZirangM6 · 13 deaths
• December 5, 2005, Kalemie, CongoM6.8 · 6 deaths · 300 houses destroyed
• December 12, 2005, Tili, Jalalabad, Badakhshan, AfghanistanM6.5 · 5 deaths · 100 houses destroyed
• December 14, 2005, Jausari, Chamoli, Nandprayag, IndiaM5.3 · 1 death · 1 house destroyed
• December 24, 2005, Akhisar, TurkeyM4.3

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.