Significant Earthquakes of 2008

• January 1, 2008, Osh, KyrgyzstanM5.6 · 5,385 houses destroyed
• January 5, 2008, Colomba, Flores, Costa Cuca, GuatemalaM5.6
• January 7, 2008, Manokwari,, New Guinea, IndonesiaM5.9
• January 9, 2008, Oran, AlgeriaM4.6 · 1 death
• January 12, 2008, Rangamati, Bangladesh, India-BangladeshM5
• January 22, 2008, Gunungsitoli, Nias Island, Sumatra, IndonesiaM6.1 · 1 death
• February 3, 2008, Bukavu, CongoM5.9 · 47 deaths · $7 million · 99 houses destroyed
• February 6, 2008, West Bengal, IndiaM4.3 · 1 death
• February 9, 2008, Baja California, MexicoM5.1
• February 13, 2008, Nasirabad, IranM4.9
• February 14, 2008, Gisenyi, RwandaM4.9 · 1 death · $100 million
• February 15, 2008, Baalbec, Lebanon-SyriaM5
• February 20, 2008, Aceh Province, Sumatera, IndonesiaM7.4 · 3 deaths
• February 21, 2008, Wells, Nevada, United StatesM6 · $8.4 million · 3 houses destroyed
• February 25, 2008, Padang, Sumatra, IndonesiaM6.5 · tsunami
• February 27, 2008, Lincolnshire, England, United KingdomM4.8 · $68 million
• February 29, 2008, Sobral, BrazilM4.3
• March 9, 2008, Gujarat, IndiaM4.5
• March 20, 2008, Xinjiang Province, ChinaM7.2 · 2,200 houses destroyed
• March 29, 2008, Off Coast, PeruM5.3 · 5 houses destroyed
• April 9, 2008, Loyalty Islands, New CaledoniaM7.3 · tsunami
• April 15, 2008, GuatemalaM6.1
• April 18, 2008, West Salem, Illinois, United StatesM5.3
• April 26, 2008, Fallon, Nevada, United StatesM5
• April 28, 2008, Vanuatu IslandsM6.4 · tsunami
• May 1, 2008, Lorestan, Boroujerd, IranM4.5
• May 7, 2008, E Coast, Honshu, JapanM6.8
• May 12, 2008, Sichuan Province, ChinaM7.9 · 87,652 deaths · $86 billion · 5,360,000 houses destroyed · tsunami
• May 21, 2008, Alcantaras, Brazil
• May 24, 2008, Meta, Quetame, ColombiaM5.6 · 6 deaths
• May 25, 2008, Sichuan Province, ChinaM6 · 8 deaths · 400,000 houses destroyed
• May 26, 2008, Panama-Costa RicaM5.6
• May 27, 2008, Sichuan Province, ChinaM5.7 · 20,000 houses destroyed
• May 29, 2008, Reykjavik, IcelandM6.3
• June 6, 2008, Oran, AlgeriaM5.5 · 1 death
• June 6, 2008, Manpur, IndiaM3.8
• June 8, 2008, Achaia, Ileia, GreeceM6.3 · 2 deaths · 1,156 houses destroyed
• June 13, 2008, Tokyo, Honshu, JapanM6.9 · 23 deaths · tsunami
• July 1, 2008, Oxapampa, Huancabamba, Central, PeruM5.5 · 60 houses destroyed
• July 3, 2008, Katkan, NE, IranM5
• July 5, 2008, Sea of Okhotsk, RussiaM7.7
• July 8, 2008, Arequipa, PeruM6.2 · 1 death
• July 19, 2008, Off East Coast of Honshu Island, JapanM6.9 · tsunami
• July 23, 2008, N, Honshu, JapanM6.8 · 1 death
• July 24, 2008, Sichuan Province, ChinaM5.6 · 1 death · 1,200 houses destroyed
• July 29, 2008, Los Angeles, California, United StatesM5.4
• August 1, 2008, Sichuan Province, ChinaM5.7 · 540 houses destroyed
• August 5, 2008, Sichuan Province, ChinaM6 · 4 deaths
• August 11, 2008, Cariaco-Cumana, VenezuelaM5.2
• August 15, 2008, Legaspi, Luzon, PhilippinesM6
• August 19, 2008, Yunnan Province, ChinaM5 · 5 houses destroyed
• August 21, 2008, Yunnan Province, ChinaM6 · 5 deaths
• August 25, 2008, North Island, New ZealandM5.5
• August 25, 2008, Tibet (Xizang Province), ChinaM6.7
• August 26, 2008, South, Atlantic OceanM5 · tsunami
• August 27, 2008, Lake Baykal (Baikal), RussiaM6.2 · $83.5 million
• August 30, 2008, Sichuan Province, ChinaM5.9 · 43 deaths · 392,000 houses destroyed
• September 3, 2008, Adiyaman, TurkeyM4.1
• September 9, 2008, Southern, Sumatra, IndonesiaM5.4 · 2 deaths
• September 10, 2008, Hormozgan Province, IranM6.1 · 7 deaths
• September 11, 2008, Hokkaido, JapanM6.8 · tsunami
• September 16, 2008, Maharashtra, IndiaM5 · 1 death
• October 5, 2008, Nura, KyrgyzstanM6.6 · 74 deaths
• October 6, 2008, Tibet (Xizang Province), ChinaM6.3 · 9 deaths
• October 11, 2008, Chechnya, Caucasus, RussiaM5.7 · 13 deaths
• October 28, 2008, Quetta, PakistanM6.4 · 215 deaths · 3,487 houses destroyed
• October 29, 2008, Ziarat, PakistanM6.4
• November 10, 2008, Qinghai Province, ChinaM6.3 · $4 million
• November 16, 2008, Minahassa Peninsula, IndonesiaM7.3 · 6 deaths · tsunami
• November 19, 2008, Paso Canoa, David, Puerto Armuelles, PanamaM6.1
• November 22, 2008, Karvina, Czech RepublicM4.1 · 2 deaths
• December 7, 2008, Southern IranM5.4
• December 9, 2008, Sichuan Province, ChinaM4.5 · 2 deaths
• December 10, 2008, Potrerillos, ArgentinaM4.1
• December 25, 2008, MyanmarM4.7 · 30 houses destroyed
• December 25, 2008, Simao, Yunnan Province, ChinaM4.8 · 30 houses destroyed
• December 29, 2008, Mansehra, Shangla, Afghanistan, PakistanM5.8

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.