Significant Earthquakes of 2022

• January 2, 2022, Yunnan Province, ChinaM5.4 · $51 million
• January 7, 2022, Qinghai, Gansu, ChinaM6.6 · $510 million
• January 11, 2022, Damietta, Paphos, Egypt, CyprusM6.6 · 3 deaths
• January 14, 2022, Pandeglang, Banten, IndonesiaM6.6 · 395 houses destroyed
• January 17, 2022, Qadis, Badghis, AfghanistanM5.3 · 28 deaths · $400,000 · 800 houses destroyed
• January 24, 2022, Nippes, HaitiM5.3 · 2 deaths · 190 houses destroyed
• January 29, 2022, Kermadec Islands, New ZealandM6.5 · tsunami
• February 16, 2022, Baja Verapaz, Guatemala, QuezaltenangoM6.2 · 3 deaths · 2 houses destroyed
• February 25, 2022, Pasaman, West Pasaman, W Sumatra, IndonesiaM6.1 · 27 deaths · $1 million · 103 houses destroyed
• March 16, 2022, Off Fukushima, JapanM7.3 · 4 deaths · $8.8 billion · 217 houses destroyed · tsunami
• March 22, 2022, Hualien, T'Ait-Tung, TaiwanM6.7 · $1.5 million
• March 27, 2022, Esmeraldas, EcuadorM5.8 · 1 death · 779 houses destroyed
• March 30, 2022, Loyalty Islands, New CaledoniaM6.9 · tsunami
• March 31, 2022, Loyalty Islands, New CaledoniaM7 · tsunami
• April 5, 2022, Xingwen, ChinaM4.6
• April 22, 2022, Mostar, Stolac, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and HerzegovinaM5.7 · 1 death
• April 23, 2022, Jastrzebie-Zdroj, Silesian, PolandM2.8 · 10 deaths
• May 6, 2022, Khuzdar, PakistanM5.1 · 100 houses destroyed
• May 12, 2022, Lima, Callao, Chilca, PeruM5.4 · 2 deaths · 4 houses destroyed
• May 24, 2022, Takhar, AfghanistanM4.9 · 2 deaths
• May 25, 2022, Oaxaca, MexicoM5.5 · tsunami
• May 26, 2022, Puno, PeruM7.2 · 2 houses destroyed
• June 1, 2022, Sichuan Province, ChinaM5.8 · 4 deaths
• June 9, 2022, Sichuan Province, ChinaM5.9
• June 21, 2022, Paktika Province, Pakistan, AfghanistanM6 · 1,039 deaths · $120 million · 1,900 houses destroyed
• July 1, 2022, Hormozgan Province, IranM6 · 5 deaths · $142 million
• July 5, 2022, Kemerovo, RussiaM4.3 · 2 deaths
• July 12, 2022, Moquegua, Arequipa, PeruM5.5 · 5 houses destroyed
• July 14, 2022, Guayas, EcuadorM5.7 · 1 death
• July 18, 2022, Hawst, Paktiya, AfghanistanM5.2 · 600 houses destroyed
• July 25, 2022, Ecuador, ColombiaM5.7 · 1 house destroyed
• July 27, 2022, Abra, Luzon, PhilippinesM7 · 11 deaths · $48.5 million · 856 houses destroyed · tsunami
• September 4, 2022, Kunar, Laghman, Nangarhar, AfghanistanM5.1 · 8 deaths
• September 5, 2022, Sichuan Province, ChinaM6.6 · 118 deaths · $835 million · 243 houses destroyed
• September 10, 2022, Morobe, Eastern Highlands, Papua New GuineaM7.6 · 21 deaths · $15 million · 1,076 houses destroyed
• September 18, 2022, Hualien, TaiwanM6.9 · 1 death · $3.7 million
• September 19, 2022, Michoacan, Colima, Jalisco, MexicoM7.6 · 2 deaths · $25 million · 800 houses destroyed · tsunami
• September 22, 2022, Mexico City, MichoacanM6.8 · 3 deaths · tsunami
• September 30, 2022, Sumatra, IndonesiaM5.9 · 2 deaths · 1,323 houses destroyed
• October 5, 2022, Khoy, West Azerbaijan, IranM5.6 · 112 houses destroyed
• October 5, 2022, Piura, PeruM5.8 · 1 death · 7 houses destroyed
• October 25, 2022, Abra, Luzon, PhilippinesM6.4 · $1.4 million · 434 houses destroyed
• November 4, 2022, Izmir, TurkeyM4.8 · 2 deaths
• November 8, 2022, Sudurpashchim Province, NepalM5.7 · 6 deaths · 924 houses destroyed
• November 11, 2022, Tonga IslandsM7.3 · tsunami
• November 18, 2022, Sumatra, IndonesiaM6.9 · tsunami
• November 21, 2022, Cianjur, W Java, IndonesiaM5.6 · 635 deaths · $256 million · 13,633 houses destroyed
• November 22, 2022, Honiara, Solomon IslandsM7 · tsunami
• November 23, 2022, Duzce, TurkeyM6.1 · 2 deaths
• November 30, 2022, Taupo, New ZealandM5.3 · tsunami
• December 20, 2022, Humboldt County, California, United StatesM6.4 · 2 deaths · $250 million · 150 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.