Significant Earthquakes of 2015

• January 14, 2015, Leshan, Sichuan Province, ChinaM5.3
• February 16, 2015, Honshu, JapanM6.7 · tsunami
• February 19, 2015, Vanuatu IslandsM6.4 · tsunami
• February 20, 2015, Yunnan Province, ChinaM4.5
• February 21, 2015, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and HerzegovinaM3.7 · 4 deaths
• February 22, 2015, Shawan, Xinjiang Province, ChinaM5.1 · $14.7 million
• February 26, 2015, Battagram, PakistanM5.4
• February 28, 2015, Cabanaconde, Caylloma, Arequipa, PeruM4.8 · 64 houses destroyed
• March 1, 2015, Cangyuan, Gengma, Yunnan Province, ChinaM5.2 · $15 million · 220 houses destroyed
• March 8, 2015, Kosjeric, Serbia, Balkans NWM4.4
• March 10, 2015, Antioquia, Santander, ColombiaM6.2 · 180 houses destroyed
• March 14, 2015, Fuyang, Anhui Province, ChinaM4.6 · 2 deaths · 155 houses destroyed
• March 29, 2015, Papua New GuineaM7.5 · tsunami
• April 20, 2015, Taipei, TaiwanM6.4 · 1 death
• April 25, 2015, Kathmandu, India, China, Bangladesh, NepalM7.8 · 8,957 deaths · $6 billion · 498,852 houses destroyed
• May 2, 2015, S. of, Honshu, JapanM5.7 · tsunami
• May 5, 2015, Papua New GuineaM7.5 · tsunami
• May 12, 2015, Dolakha, NepalM7.3 · 117 deaths
• May 30, 2015, Bonin Islands [chichijima Island], JapanM7.8
• June 4, 2015, Lahad,datu,kanak, Sabah, MalaysiaM6 · 18 deaths
• June 28, 2015, Kokrajhar, IndiaM5.1
• July 3, 2015, Hotan, S. Xinjiang, ChinaM6.4 · 3 deaths · 3,000 houses destroyed
• July 3, 2015, Mindanao, PhilippinesM6.1 · 1 death
• July 10, 2015, Solomon IslandsM6.7 · tsunami
• July 18, 2015, Solomon IslandsM7 · tsunami
• July 24, 2015, Abbottabad, PakistanM5.1 · 3 deaths · 3 houses destroyed
• July 27, 2015, Papua, IndonesiaM7 · 1 death · 1 house destroyed
• July 27, 2015, Alaska, United StatesM6.9 · tsunami
• July 29, 2015, Unguia, Colombia, Colombia-PanamaM5.9
• August 7, 2015, Bukavu, RwandaM5.8 · 3 deaths
• August 9, 2015, Alegria, El SalvadorM4.5
• September 16, 2015, Central, ChileM8.3 · 15 deaths · $600 million · 2,305 houses destroyed · tsunami
• September 24, 2015, Sorong, IndonesiaM6.6
• October 17, 2015, Galpon, ArgentinaM5.8 · 2 deaths · 15 houses destroyed
• October 26, 2015, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM7.5 · 399 deaths · $109 million · 29,230 houses destroyed
• November 4, 2015, Alor, East Nusa Tenggara, IndonesiaM6.5 · $9 million
• November 7, 2015, Merida, VenezuelaM5.3 · 1 death · 33 houses destroyed
• November 11, 2015, La Serena, ChileM6.9 · tsunami
• November 13, 2015, Kyusyu Island, JapanM6.7 · tsunami
• November 17, 2015, Lefkada, Kefalonia, Ithaca, GreeceM6.5 · 2 deaths · 1 house destroyed · tsunami
• November 17, 2015, Osh, KyrgyzstanM5.6 · $12 million · 222 houses destroyed
• November 18, 2015, Solomon IslandsM6.8 · tsunami
• November 22, 2015, Merida, VenezuelaM5.1 · 1 death
• November 24, 2015, Peru-BrazilM7.6
• November 24, 2015, Peru-BrazilM7.6
• December 7, 2015, TajikistanM7.2 · 2 deaths · $5 million · 500 houses destroyed
• December 17, 2015, Cocotitlan, MexicoM6.6 · 2 deaths
• December 25, 2015, Afghanistan, PakistanM6.3 · 4 deaths

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.