Significant Earthquakes of 2023

46 earthquakes

Every significant earthquake NOAA records in 2023. Every quake the USGS located in 2023.

Map

The significant earthquakes of 2023. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.

Every earthquake

January 9, 2023, Banda Sea, IndonesiaM7.6 · 1 death · 37 houses destroyed · tsunami
January 18, 2023, Azarbaijan, IranM5.7 · $50 million · 370 houses destroyed
January 24, 2023, Sudurpashchim Province, Uttar Pradesh, Nepal, IndiaM5.6 · 4 deaths
January 28, 2023, Khvoy (Khoy), IranM5.9 · 3 deaths · $255 million · 370 houses destroyed
February 6, 2023, Kahramanmaras, Syria, TurkeyM7.8 · 56,697 deaths · $43 billion · 542,461 houses destroyed · tsunami
February 6, 2023, Turkey, SyriaM7.5 · tsunami
February 9, 2023, Jayapura, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, IndonesiaM5.1 · 4 deaths · 15 houses destroyed
February 20, 2023, Turkey, SyriaM6.3 · 6 deaths · tsunami
February 27, 2023, NW, Malatya, Syria, TurkeyM5.2 · 2 deaths · 31 houses destroyed
March 7, 2023, Davao, Mindanao, PhilippinesM6 · $3.1 million · 896 houses destroyed
March 16, 2023, Kermadec IslandsM7 · tsunami
March 18, 2023, Tumbes, Azuay, El Oro, Guayas, Peru, EcuadorM6.8 · 15 deaths · 291 houses destroyed
March 21, 2023, Laghman, Pakistan, AfghanistanM6.5 · 19 deaths · 22 houses destroyed
March 22, 2023, Sughd, TajikistanM5.8
April 2, 2023, East Sepik, Papua New GuineaM7 · 8 deaths · 876 houses destroyed
April 24, 2023, Mentawai Islands, Sumatra, IndonesiaM7.1 · tsunami
April 24, 2023, S of, Kermadec IslandsM7.1 · tsunami
May 2, 2023, Yunnan Province, ChinaM5.3 · $65 million
May 5, 2023, Ishikawa, Toyama, Honshu, JapanM6.2 · 1 death · 3 houses destroyed · tsunami
May 10, 2023, Hihifo, TongaM7.6
May 19, 2023, Loyalty Islands, New CaledoniaM7.7 · tsunami
May 20, 2023, Loyalty Islands, New CaledoniaM7.1 · tsunami
June 6, 2023, HaitiM4.9 · 4 deaths
June 7, 2023, Maubin, Ayeyarwady, MyanmarM4.8 · 3 deaths
June 13, 2023, Kishtwar, Kashmir, IndiaM5
June 16, 2023, La Laigne, Charente-Maritime, FranceM4.8 · $440 million
June 30, 2023, Yogyakarta, Java, IndonesiaM5.8 · 1 death · 3 houses destroyed
July 16, 2023, Alaska Peninsula, United StatesM7.2 · 1 death · tsunami
August 5, 2023, Pingyuan, Shangdong Province, ChinaM5.4 · 213 houses destroyed
August 6, 2023, Sigi, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM5.3 · 14 houses destroyed
August 17, 2023, Bogota, Boyaca, Cundinamarca, Meta,, ColombiaM6.3 · 2 deaths · $30 million · 20 houses destroyed
September 8, 2023, Marrakech, Safi, MoroccoM6.8 · 2,946 deaths · $7 billion · 19,096 houses destroyed
October 3, 2023, Dipayal, NepalM5.7 · 1 death · 334 houses destroyed
October 5, 2023, Izu Islands, JapanM6.1 · tsunami
October 6, 2023, Izu Islands, JapanM6.1 · tsunami
October 7, 2023, Herat, AfghanistanM6.3 · 1,482 deaths · $50 million · 10,002 houses destroyed
October 7, 2023, Madang, Papua New GuineaM6.9 · 200 houses destroyed
October 8, 2023, Izu Islands, JapanM4.9 · tsunami
October 11, 2023, Herat, AfghanistanM6.3 · 3 deaths
October 15, 2023, Herat, AfghanistanM6.3 · 4 deaths
November 3, 2023, Jajarkot, Rukum West, NepalM5.7 · 154 deaths · $20 million · 26,557 houses destroyed
November 17, 2023, Davao, Mindanao, PhilippinesM6.7 · 11 deaths · $29.3 million · 602 houses destroyed
November 22, 2023, Maewo, Vanuatu IslandsM6.7 · tsunami
December 2, 2023, E, Mindanao, PhilippinesM7.6 · 3 deaths · $22.6 million · 390 houses destroyed · tsunami
December 7, 2023, Tanna Island, VanuatuM7.1 · tsunami
December 18, 2023, Jishishan, Gansu Province, ChinaM5.9 · 151 deaths · $2 billion · 15,000 houses destroyed

Sources

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.