Significant Earthquakes of 2021

• January 14, 2021, Mamuju, Majene, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM6.2 · 105 deaths · $58.7 million · 1,150 houses destroyed
• January 15, 2021, Hormozgan Province, IranM5.5
• January 19, 2021, San Juan Province, ArgentinaM6.4 · $250 million
• January 23, 2021, South Shetland Islands, Scotia Sea, AntarcticaM6.9 · tsunami
• February 10, 2021, Loyalty Islands, New CaledoniaM7.7 · tsunami
• February 12, 2021, Haripur, Tajikistan, PakistanM5.9 · 1 death
• February 13, 2021, Off Fukushima, JapanM7.1 · 1 death · $7.7 billion · 798 houses destroyed · tsunami
• February 17, 2021, Esfahan, Kohgiluyeh, Boyer-Ahmad, IranM5.4 · 2 deaths · $10 million
• March 1, 2021, Medellin, Betulia, ColombiaM5.1 · 2 deaths
• March 3, 2021, Tyrnavos, Larisa, GreeceM6.3 · $10 million
• March 4, 2021, Gisborne, New ZealandM7.3 · tsunami
• March 4, 2021, S Of, Raoul, Kermadec Islands, New ZealandM7.4 · tsunami
• March 4, 2021, Sse of Raoul Island, Kermadec IslandsM8.1 · tsunami
• March 18, 2021, Bejaia, AlgeriaM6 · tsunami
• March 20, 2021, Honshu Island, JapanM7 · $550 million
• March 23, 2021, Aksu, Xingjiang, ChinaM5.4 · 3 deaths
• April 10, 2021, Lumajang, Malang, Java, IndonesiaM6 · 10 deaths · 85 houses destroyed
• April 28, 2021, Assam, IndiaM6 · 2 deaths
• May 21, 2021, Yangbi, Yongping, Yunnan Province, ChinaM6.1 · 3 deaths · $49 million
• May 21, 2021, Qinghai Province, ChinaM7.3 · 20 deaths
• May 25, 2021, Rubavu, Congo, RwandaM4.7 · 32 deaths · 5,000 houses destroyed
• June 10, 2021, South Kivu, CongoM5 · 2 deaths
• June 16, 2021, Maluku, IndonesiaM5.8 · tsunami
• June 23, 2021, Mala, Canete, PeruM5.8 · 1 death · 6 houses destroyed
• July 10, 2021, Rasht, Tojikobod, TajikistanM5.8 · 5 deaths
• July 29, 2021, Alaska Peninsula, United StatesM8.2 · tsunami
• July 30, 2021, Piura, PeruM6.2 · 42 houses destroyed
• August 11, 2021, Mindanao, PhilippinesM7.1 · 1 death · tsunami
• August 12, 2021, South Sandwich Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsM7.5
• August 12, 2021, South Sandwich Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsM8.1 · tsunami
• August 14, 2021, HaitiM7.2 · 2,248 deaths · $1.6 billion · 53,815 houses destroyed · tsunami
• August 26, 2021, Tojo Una-Una, Central Sulawesi, IndonesiaM5.5 · 1 death
• September 8, 2021, Guerrero, MexicoM7 · 3 deaths · $200 million · tsunami
• September 15, 2021, Luxian (Lu), Sichuan Province, ChinaM5.4 · 3 deaths · $250 million · 809 houses destroyed
• September 21, 2021, Melbourne, AustraliaM5.9
• September 27, 2021, Crete, GreeceM6 · 1 death · 772 houses destroyed
• October 6, 2021, Balochistan Province, PakistanM5.9 · 42 deaths
• October 12, 2021, Crete, GreeceM6.4 · tsunami
• October 15, 2021, Karangasem, Bangli, Bali, IndonesiaM5.1 · 3 deaths · 366 houses destroyed
• November 14, 2021, Hormozgan Province, IranM6.3 · 2 deaths · $165 million
• November 28, 2021, Amazonas, PeruM7.5 · 448 houses destroyed
• December 14, 2021, Flores Region, IndonesiaM7.3 · 470 houses destroyed · 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.