Significant Earthquakes of 2018

• January 4, 2018, Berane, Montenegro, Balkans NWM5.1
• January 6, 2018, Kermanshah, IranM5
• January 8, 2018, Groningen, The NetherlandsM3.4
• January 10, 2018, HondurasM7.5 · tsunami
• January 11, 2018, Kermanshah, IranM5.5
• January 14, 2018, Yauca, PeruM7.1 · 2 deaths · 259 houses destroyed · tsunami
• January 23, 2018, Banten, Java, IndonesiaM5.9 · 1 death
• January 23, 2018, Kodiak Island, Alaska, United StatesM7.9 · tsunami
• January 31, 2018, Baluchistan, Afghanistan, PakistanM6.2 · 2 deaths
• January 31, 2018, Pastaza, EcuadorM5.2 · 1 death
• February 6, 2018, Hualien, TaiwanM6.4 · 17 deaths · 4 houses destroyed
• February 16, 2018, Oaxaca, MexicoM7.2 · 14 deaths · $100 million
• February 25, 2018, S Highlands, Hela, Indonesia, Papua New GuineaM7.5 · 145 deaths · $290 million
• February 28, 2018, S Highlands, Papua New GuineaM6.1 · 1 death
• March 4, 2018, S Highlands, Papua New GuineaM6 · 11 deaths
• March 4, 2018, Breckenridge, Enid, Oklahoma, United StatesM4.2
• March 6, 2018, S Highlands, Hela, Papua New GuineaM6.7 · 25 deaths · 1 house destroyed
• March 29, 2018, Khatlon, TajikistanM5.7
• April 1, 2018, Kermanshah, IranM5
• April 3, 2018, Merida, VenezuelaM4.9
• April 7, 2018, Hela, Papua New GuineaM6.3 · 4 deaths
• April 8, 2018, Shimane Prefecture, JapanM5.7
• April 10, 2018, Muccia, ItalyM4.7
• April 18, 2018, Banjarnegara, Java, IndonesiaM4.5 · 3 deaths
• April 24, 2018, Adiyaman, TurkeyM5.2
• May 2, 2018, Sisakht, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, IranM5.3
• May 3, 2018, West Rand, South AfricaM2.1 · 7 deaths
• May 4, 2018, Puna District, Hawaiian Islands, United StatesM6.9 · $370 million · 716 houses destroyed · tsunami
• May 5, 2018, Jastrzebie-Zdroj, Silesian, PolandM4.1 · 5 deaths
• May 6, 2018, La Union, San Miguel, El SalvadorM5.4 · 11 houses destroyed
• May 6, 2018, S. of, Honshu, JapanM5.4 · tsunami
• May 9, 2018, Takhar, Pakistan, AfghanistanM6.2
• May 15, 2018, Mayotte, ComorosM5.9
• May 27, 2018, Ningjiang, Jilin Province, ChinaM5.3
• June 5, 2018, Shaki-Zaqatala, AzerbaijanM5.3 · 1 death
• June 12, 2018, Pasto, ColombiaM4.9 · 2 deaths · 1 house destroyed
• June 13, 2018, Madura Island, Java, IndonesiaM4.6
• June 17, 2018, Osaka, JapanM5.5 · 5 deaths · $7 billion
• July 21, 2018, Solok, Sumatra, IndonesiaM5.2 · 1 death · 2 houses destroyed
• July 22, 2018, Kermanshah, IranM5.8
• July 28, 2018, Lombok Island, IndonesiaM6.4 · 17 deaths · 5,448 houses destroyed · tsunami
• August 5, 2018, Lombok Island, IndonesiaM6.9 · 560 deaths · $509 million · tsunami
• August 9, 2018, Lombok Island, IndonesiaM5.9 · 6 deaths
• August 12, 2018, Yuxi, Yunnan Province, ChinaM5 · $74 million
• August 19, 2018, Lombok Island, IndonesiaM6.3 · 2 deaths · tsunami
• August 19, 2018, Lombok Island, IndonesiaM6.9 · 11 deaths
• August 19, 2018, Fiji IslandsM8.2 · tsunami
• August 21, 2018, Sucre, Trinidad, VenezuelaM7.3 · 5 deaths · tsunami
• August 25, 2018, Kermanshah, IranM6 · 2 deaths
• August 29, 2018, Loyalty Islands, New CaledoniaM7.1 · tsunami
• September 5, 2018, Hokkaido, JapanM6.6 · 44 deaths · $2 billion
• September 6, 2018, Fiji IslandsM7.9
• September 7, 2018, Kerman, IranM5.6 · 1 death
• September 8, 2018, Mojiang Hani, Yunnan Province, ChinaM5.7
• September 12, 2018, West Bengal, IndiaM5.3 · 1 death
• September 28, 2018, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM7.5 · 4,340 deaths · $1.5 billion · 3,673 houses destroyed · tsunami
• September 28, 2018, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM6.1 · 1 death
• October 7, 2018, Port-Dex-Paix, HaitiM5.9 · 18 deaths · $75 million · 2,102 houses destroyed
• October 10, 2018, Madura Island, Java, IndonesiaM6 · 4 deaths
• October 16, 2018, Loyalty Islands, New CaledoniaM6.5 · tsunami
• October 25, 2018, Zakynthos, Strofades, Ionian Sea, GreeceM6.8 · tsunami
• November 14, 2018, Mamasa, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM5.5 · 7 deaths · 8 houses destroyed
• November 25, 2018, Kurdistan, Kermanshah, Iraq, IranM6.3 · 1 death
• November 28, 2018, Baghlan, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM4.9
• November 30, 2018, Anchorage, Alaska, United StatesM7.1 · $150 million · 2 houses destroyed
• December 5, 2018, Loyalty Islands, New CaledoniaM7.5 · tsunami
• December 15, 2018, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu IslandsM5.4
• December 16, 2018, Yibin, Sichuan, ChinaM5.3 · $7.3 million · 15 houses destroyed
• December 20, 2018, Off Kamchatka, RussiaM7.3 · tsunami
• December 22, 2018, Mozambique, ZimbabweM5.6 · 600 houses destroyed
• December 26, 2018, Catania, Sicily, ItalyM5 · $115 million · 15 houses destroyed

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.