Significant Earthquakes of 2016

• January 3, 2016, Impahl, IndiaM6.7 · 13 deaths · $75 million
• January 16, 2016, Buru, Ambalau Island, Maluku, IndonesiaM5.6 · 1 death
• January 24, 2016, Kenai, Alaska, United StatesM7.1 · 4 houses destroyed
• January 25, 2016, Melilla, MoroccoM6.3 · 1 death · tsunami
• February 5, 2016, Tainan, TaiwanM6.4 · 117 deaths · $700 million
• March 2, 2016, Sumatra, IndonesiaM7.8 · tsunami
• April 3, 2016, Vanuatu IslandsM6.9 · tsunami
• April 10, 2016, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, AfghanistanM6.6 · 6 deaths
• April 13, 2016, Assam, Bangladesh, India, MyanmarM6.9 · 2 deaths
• April 15, 2016, Kumamoto, Oita, JapanM7 · 273 deaths · $20 billion · 43,386 houses destroyed
• April 16, 2016, Manabi, Esmeraldas, Near West Coast, EcuadorM7.8 · 663 deaths · $3.3 billion · 6,998 houses destroyed · tsunami
• April 28, 2016, Vanuatu IslandsM7 · tsunami
• May 11, 2016, Tibet (Xizang Province), ChinaM5.2
• May 17, 2016, Shimen, Yunnan Province, ChinaM4.8 · 2 deaths · $60 million
• May 18, 2016, Manabi Province, EcuadorM6.9 · 1 death
• May 28, 2016, Mihoub, Medea, AlgeriaM5.4
• June 1, 2016, Pesisir Selatan, Sumatra, IndonesiaM6.6 · 1 death
• June 7, 2016, Ternate Island, Maluku, IndonesiaM6.3
• July 1, 2016, Rasht, TajikistanM5 · 31 houses destroyed
• July 29, 2016, Northern Mariana Islands, US TerritoriesM7.7
• July 31, 2016, West Nusa Tenggara, Sumbawa Island, IndonesiaM5.6
• July 31, 2016, Guangxi Province, ChinaM4.9
• August 12, 2016, Loyalty Islands, New CaledoniaM7.2 · tsunami
• August 15, 2016, Arequipa, PeruM5.5 · 9 deaths · 605 houses destroyed
• August 19, 2016, South Sandwich Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsM7.4 · tsunami
• August 20, 2016, Off East Coast Honshu, JapanM6 · tsunami
• August 24, 2016, Accumoli, Arquata, Amatrice, ItalyM6.2 · 299 deaths · $5 billion
• August 24, 2016, Chauk, MyanmarM6.8 · 4 deaths · $10 million
• September 1, 2016, Gisborne, New ZealandM7 · tsunami
• September 10, 2016, Rakai, Lake Victoria, Uganda, TanzaniaM5.9 · 23 deaths · $458 million · 1,172 houses destroyed
• September 11, 2016, Macedonia, Balkans NW, North MacedoniaM5.1 · $10 million
• September 12, 2016, Gyeongju, South KoreaM5.4 · 1 death · $21 million
• September 23, 2016, Ukavu, Risuzi, Congo, RwandaM4.8 · 8 deaths · 22 houses destroyed
• September 28, 2016, Leon, NicaraguaM5.5 · 1 death · 6 houses destroyed
• October 1, 2016, Mansehra, Naran, PakistanM5.4 · 1 death
• October 21, 2016, Kurayoshi, JapanM6.2 · $100 million · 2 houses destroyed
• October 26, 2016, Visso, Ussita, ItalyM6.1 · 1 death
• October 30, 2016, Norcia, ItalyM6.6 · 2 deaths · $200 million
• November 7, 2016, Cushing, Oklahoma, United StatesM5 · $20 million
• November 13, 2016, Amberley, New ZealandM7.8 · 2 deaths · $3.9 billion · tsunami
• November 21, 2016, Near E Coast Honshu, JapanM6.9 · tsunami
• November 24, 2016, NicaraguaM6.9 · tsunami
• November 25, 2016, Kashgar, Xinjiang Province, ChinaM6.6 · 1 death · $5.5 million
• November 27, 2016, Mount Ama Dablam, Charikharka, NepalM5.4 · 1 death · 2 houses destroyed
• November 29, 2016, Rudna, PolandM4.2 · 8 deaths
• December 1, 2016, Puno, Lampa, PeruM6.2 · 1 death · 8 houses destroyed
• December 1, 2016, Paraiso, Turrialba, Costa RicaM5.3
• December 6, 2016, Pidie Jaya, Aceh, Sumatra, IndonesiaM6.5 · 104 deaths · $100 million · 245 houses destroyed
• December 8, 2016, Solomon IslandsM7.8 · 1 death · 191 houses destroyed · tsunami
• December 8, 2016, Urumqi, N. Xinjiang, ChinaM6 · 1 death · $135 million
• December 9, 2016, Solomon IslandsM6.9 · tsunami
• December 17, 2016, New Britain New Ireland, Papua New GuineaM7.9 · tsunami
• December 19, 2016, Esmeraldas, EcuadorM5.4 · 3 deaths · 10 houses destroyed
• December 25, 2016, ChileM7.6 · 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.