Significant Earthquakes of 2010

• January 2, 2010, TajikistanM5.1 · $1.5 million · 98 houses destroyed
• January 3, 2010, Solomon IslandsM6.6 · tsunami
• January 3, 2010, Solomon IslandsM7.1 · 16 houses destroyed · tsunami
• January 5, 2010, Solomon IslandsM6.8 · tsunami
• January 10, 2010, Off Coast Northern, California, United StatesM6.5 · $43 million
• January 10, 2010, Garut, Java, IndonesiaM5.1 · 1 death
• January 12, 2010, Port-Au-Prince, HaitiM7 · 316,000 deaths · $8 billion · 97,294 houses destroyed · tsunami
• January 15, 2010, Cariaco, VenezuelaM5.5
• January 16, 2010, Arrjan, Khuzestan, IranM5
• January 17, 2010, Guizhou Province, ChinaM4.4 · 7 deaths
• January 30, 2010, Moxi, Sichuan Province, ChinaM4.7 · 1 death · 200 houses destroyed
• February 25, 2010, Yunnan Province, ChinaM4.8
• February 26, 2010, Tori Shima, Okinawa, JapanM7 · tsunami
• February 27, 2010, Maule, Concepcion, Talcahuano, ChileM8.8 · 558 deaths · $30 billion · tsunami
• February 27, 2010, Salta, ArgentinaM6.3 · 2 deaths
• March 4, 2010, Kao-Hsiung, TaiwanM6.3 · $1 billion
• March 8, 2010, Okcular, Yukari Demirci, Elazig Province, TurkeyM6.1 · 51 deaths · 287 houses destroyed
• March 11, 2010, Rancagua, ChileM6.9 · tsunami
• March 30, 2010, Diglipur, Andaman Islands, IndiaM6.7
• April 4, 2010, Baja California, MexicoM7.2 · 2 deaths · $1.1 billion
• April 6, 2010, Sumatra, IndonesiaM7.8 · 64 houses destroyed · tsunami
• April 13, 2010, Yushu, Qinghai Province, ChinaM6.9 · 2,968 deaths · $500 million · 15,000 houses destroyed
• April 18, 2010, Samangan Province, AfghanistanM5.6 · 11 deaths · 2,000 houses destroyed
• April 20, 2010, Kalgoorlie, AustraliaM5.2 · $39 million
• May 1, 2010, Chamoli, IndiaM4.5
• May 6, 2010, Tacna, PeruM6.2
• May 9, 2010, Simeulue Island, N. Sumatra, IndonesiaM7.2
• May 14, 2010, Beni Yellman, Northern, AlgeriaM5.2 · 2 deaths
• May 16, 2010, Lares, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, US TerritoriesM5.8
• May 27, 2010, Vanuatu IslandsM7.2 · tsunami
• May 29, 2010, Anatahan Region, N. Mariana Islands, US TerritoriesM4.4 · tsunami
• June 12, 2010, Little Nicobar Island, IndiaM7.5 · tsunami
• June 15, 2010, Ocotillo, California, United StatesM5.8
• June 16, 2010, Japen, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, IndonesiaM7 · 17 deaths · 2,556 houses destroyed
• June 18, 2010, Diglipur, Andaman Islands, IndiaM5.9
• June 22, 2010, Tauli, IndiaM5.2
• June 23, 2010, Val-Des-Bois, Gracefield, Quebec, CanadaM5.2
• June 30, 2010, San Andres Huaxpaltepec, MexicoM6.2 · 1 death
• July 18, 2010, New Britain, Papua New GuineaM7.3 · tsunami
• July 20, 2010, Farsinaj, IranM5.8 · 1 death
• July 23, 2010, Moro Gulf, Celebes Sea, PhilippinesM7.6
• July 30, 2010, Torbet-I-Heydariyeh, IranM5.4
• August 10, 2010, Vanuatu IslandsM7.2 · tsunami
• August 12, 2010, Manta, Guayaquil, Loja, EcuadorM7.1
• August 13, 2010, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, US TerritoriesM6.9 · tsunami
• August 27, 2010, Damghan-Torud, IranM5.7 · 3 deaths · 700 houses destroyed
• August 29, 2010, Ningang, Ziaojia, Sichuan Province, ChinaM4.9
• September 3, 2010, Christchurch, New ZealandM7 · $6.5 billion
• September 6, 2010, Christchurch, South Island, New ZealandM5
• September 6, 2010, Porangahau, North Island, New ZealandM5.1
• September 7, 2010, Canterbury, South Island, New ZealandM5
• September 10, 2010, Narayanganj, BangladeshM4.8
• September 27, 2010, Shiraz, IranM5.8 · 1 death
• October 10, 2010, Khanpur, Haripur, PakistanM5.2 · 1 death
• October 25, 2010, Sumatra, IndonesiaM7.8 · 431 deaths · $39 million · 700 houses destroyed · tsunami
• November 3, 2010, Kraljevo, Serbia, Balkans NWM5.5 · 2 deaths · 1,000 houses destroyed
• November 6, 2010, Dorud-Razan, IranM4.9
• November 12, 2010, Quetta, PakistanM4.7
• December 16, 2010, Jima, Hosa'Ina, Shenk'Ola, Wenjela, EthiopiaM5.1
• December 19, 2010, Luther, Oklahoma, United StatesM3.7
• December 20, 2010, Kerman, IranM6.5 · 7 deaths
• December 21, 2010, Bonin Islands, JapanM7.4 · tsunami
• December 25, 2010, Vanuatu IslandsM7.3 · tsunami
• December 25, 2010, Christchurch, New ZealandM4.5

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.