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2006 Java earthquake
The 2006 Java earthquake was a magnitude 7.8 earthquake beneath the Java trench whose tsunami killed more than 600 people along Java's southern coast on 17 July 2006.
2006 Yogyakarta earthquake
The 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake was a shallow magnitude 6.3 earthquake that struck Yogyakarta and Central Java, Indonesia, on 27 May 2006, killing about 5,700 people and destroying hundreds of thousands of houses.
2007 Peru earthquake
The 2007 Peru earthquake was a magnitude 8.0 subduction earthquake that struck off central Peru on 15 August 2007, devastating Pisco, Chincha Alta, and Ica and killing about 600 people.
2008 Balochistan earthquake
The 2008 Balochistan earthquake was a magnitude 6.4 doublet that struck the Ziarat and Pishin districts of western Pakistan on 28 and 29 October 2008, killing about 165 people.
2008 Sichuan earthquake
The 2008 Sichuan earthquake, also called the Wenchuan earthquake (汶川大地震), was a magnitude 7.9 earthquake that struck Wenchuan County, Sichuan, China on May 12, 2008, killing 69,227 people.
2009 L'Aquila earthquake
The 2009 L'Aquila earthquake was a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that struck L'Aquila in Abruzzo, central Italy, on 6 April 2009, killing about 300 people and damaging thousands of buildings.
2009 Padang earthquake
The 2009 Padang earthquake was a magnitude 7.6 earthquake that struck off Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, on 30 September 2009, killing 1,117 people and damaging over 279,000 houses.
2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami
The 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami was a magnitude 8.1 earthquake near the Tonga Trench that struck on September 29, 2009, killing at least 192 people in Samoa, American Samoa, and Tonga.
2009 West Java earthquake
The 2009 West Java earthquake was a magnitude 7.0 offshore earthquake that struck south of Tasikmalaya, Indonesia, on 2 September 2009, killing at least 80 people and damaging over 190,000 houses.
2010 Chile earthquake
The 2010 Chile earthquake was a magnitude 8.8 megathrust earthquake that struck offshore the Maule region of central Chile on February 27, 2010, killing 521 people and generating a destructive tsunami.
2010 Haiti earthquake
The 2010 Haiti earthquake, also called the January 12 earthquake, was a magnitude 7.0 quake striking near Port-au-Prince on January 12, 2010, killing an estimated 222,750 people.
2010 Yushu earthquake
The 2010 Yushu earthquake was a magnitude 7.1 strike-slip earthquake that struck Yushu County, Qinghai Province, China, on April 14, 2010, killing 2,698 people and leaving 270 missing.
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami (東北地方太平洋沖地震)
The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, also known as the Great East Japan Earthquake, was a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011, triggering a deadly tsunami.
2011 Van earthquakes
The 2011 Van earthquakes were a damaging sequence in Van Province, eastern Turkey, beginning with a magnitude 7.1 earthquake on 23 October 2011 that killed 644 people.
2011 Virginia earthquake
The 2011 Virginia earthquake, also called the Mineral earthquake, was a magnitude 5.8 quake near Mineral, Virginia, on August 23, 2011, the largest in the eastern US since 1886.
2012 East Azerbaijan earthquakes
The 2012 East Azerbaijan earthquakes, also called the Ahar-Varzaghan doublet, were two strong quakes near Ahar and Varzaghan, Iran, on 11 August 2012 that killed over 300 people.
2013 Awaran earthquake
The 2013 Awaran earthquake, also called the 2013 Balochistan earthquake, was a magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck Awaran in Balochistan, Pakistan, on 24 September 2013.
2013 Bohol earthquake
The 2013 Bohol earthquake, locally called the Great Bohol Earthquake, was a magnitude 7.2 quake that struck Bohol in the central Philippines on October 15, 2013.
2013 Sichuan earthquake
The 2013 Sichuan earthquake, also called the Lushan earthquake, struck Lushan County, Sichuan, China, on 20 April 2013 with magnitude 6.6, killing 196 people and injuring 13,484.
2014 Ludian earthquake
The 2014 Ludian earthquake was a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that struck Ludian County, Yunnan Province, China, on 3 August 2014, killing 617 people and triggering a large landslide.
2015 Hindu Kush earthquake
The 2015 Hindu Kush earthquake was a magnitude 7.5 earthquake that struck northeastern Afghanistan on 26 October 2015 at about 210 km depth, killing several hundred people across the region.
2016 Aceh earthquake
The 2016 Aceh earthquake was a magnitude 6.5 strike-slip earthquake that struck Pidie Jaya Regency on the north coast of Aceh, Indonesia, on 7 December 2016, killing 103 people and destroying about 3,000 buildings.
2016 Central Italy earthquake
The 2016 Central Italy earthquake was a seismic sequence in the central Apennines beginning August 24, 2016 with a magnitude 6.0 quake near Amatrice that killed 299 people.
2016 Ecuador earthquake
The 2016 Ecuador earthquake, also called the Pedernales earthquake, was a magnitude 7.8 megathrust earthquake that struck offshore northern Ecuador on April 16, 2016, killing 663 people and displacing about 80,000.
2016 Kaikōura earthquake
The 2016 Kaikōura earthquake was a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck near Culverden, New Zealand, on 14 November 2016, rupturing over a dozen faults and killing two people.
2016 Kumamoto earthquakes
The 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes (平成28年熊本地震) were a sequence of shallow inland earthquakes that struck Kumamoto Prefecture on Kyushu, Japan, beginning on April 14, 2016, and culminating in a magnitude 7.3 mainshock that killed 276 people.
2017 Iran–Iraq earthquake
The 2017 Iran–Iraq earthquake, also known as the Ezgeleh or Sarpol-e Zahab earthquake, was a magnitude 7.3 quake that killed roughly 630 people on 12 November 2017.
2017 Mexico City earthquake
The 2017 Mexico City earthquake was a magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck central Mexico on September 19, 2017, collapsing dozens of buildings in the capital and killing several hundred people.
2018 Lombok Island earthquake
The 2018 Lombok earthquake was a sequence of destructive earthquakes that struck Lombok, Indonesia, in July and August 2018, killing more than 550 people and displacing over 400,000.
2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami
The 2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami was a magnitude 7.5 earthquake in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, on 28 September 2018, followed by a deadly tsunami in Palu.