List of earthquakes in 2008

Earthquakes in 2008

Approximate epicenters of the earthquakes in 2008

5.0−5.9 magnitude
6.0−6.9 magnitude

7.0−7.9 magnitude
8.0+ magnitude

Strongest
magnitude

Sichuan earthquake
7.9 M_w

Deadliest

Sichuan earthquake
7.9 M_w (87,587 deaths)

Total fatalities

88011

Number by magnitude

9.0+

8.0−8.9

7.0−7.9

6.0−6.9

168

5.0−5.9

1768

← 2007

2009 →

Earthquakes in 2008 resulted in about 88,011 fatalities. The 2008 Sichuan earthquake was the deadliest with 87,587 fatalities, and also the largest at 7.9 on the moment magnitude scale. Other significant earthquakes struck Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Russia, Japan, Colombia, and other parts of China.

Compared to other years

Number of Earthquakes Worldwide for 2000–2010
Magnitude Ranging Between	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
8.0–9.9	1	1	0	1	2	1	2	4	0	1	1
7.0–7.9	14	15	13	14	14	10	9	14	12	16	21
6.0–6.9	146	121	127	140	141	140	142	178	168	144	151
5.0–5.9	1344	1224	1201	1203	1515	1693	1712	2074	1768	1896	1963
Total	1505	1361	1341	1358	1672	1844	1865	2270	1948	2057	2136

Note that an increase in detected earthquake numbers does not necessarily represent an increase in earthquakes per se. Population increase, habitation spread, and advances in earthquake detection technology all contribute to higher earthquake numbers being recorded over time. USGS's Earthquake Myths has more information.

For exact dates and live earthquakes please visit USGS and EMSC web sites

Overall

By death toll

Rank	Death toll	Magnitude	Location	Date
7000100000000000000♠1	7004875870000000000♠87,587	7000790000000000000♠7.9	Sichuan	000000002016-05-12-0000May 12
7000200000000000000♠2	7002215000000000000♠215	7000640000000000000♠6.4	Balochistan	000000002016-10-29-0000October 29
7000300000000000000♠3	7001750000000000000♠75	7000660000000000000♠6.6	Nuna	000000002016-10-05-0000October 5
7000400000000000000♠4	7001440000000000000♠44^[1]	7000590000000000000♠5.9	Lake Kivu	000000002016-02-03-0000February 3
7000500000000000000♠5	7001430000000000000♠43^[1]	7000610000000000000♠6.1	Panzhihua	000000002016-08-30-0000August 30
7000600000000000000♠6	7001230000000000000♠23^[2]	7000690000000000000♠6.9	Tōhoku region	000000002016-06-13-0000June 13
7000700000000000000♠7	7001130000000000000♠13	7000580000000000000♠5.8	Chechnya	000000002016-10-11-0000October 11
7000800000000000000♠8	7001110000000000000♠11	7000590000000000000♠5.9	El Calvario	000000002016-05-24-0000May 24
7000900000000000000♠9	7001100000000000000♠10	7000640000000000000♠6.4	Damxung	000000002016-10-06-0000October 6

Note: At least 10 dead

By magnitude

Rank	Magnitude	Death toll	Location	Date
7000100000000000000♠1	7000790000000000000♠7.9	7004875870000000000♠87,587	Sichuan	000000002016-05-12-0000May 12
7000200000000000000♠2	7000770000000000000♠7.7	5000000000000000000♠0	Sea of Okhotsk	000000002016-07-05-0000July 5
7000300000000000000♠3	7000740000000000000♠7.4	7000300000000000000♠3	Simeulue	000000002016-02-20-0000February 20
7000300000000000000♠3	7000740000000000000♠7.4	7000600000000000000♠6	Sulawesi	000000002016-11-16-0000November 16
7000500000000000000♠5	7000730000000000000♠7.3	5000000000000000000♠0	Sea of Okhotsk	000000002016-05-12-0000May 12
7000500000000000000♠5	7000730000000000000♠7.3	5000000000000000000♠0	Loyalty Islands	000000002016-04-09-0000April 9
7000700000000000000♠7	7000720000000000000♠7.2	5000000000000000000♠0	Sumatra	000000002016-02-25-0000February 25
7000700000000000000♠7	7000720000000000000♠7.2	5000000000000000000♠0	Xinjiang	000000002016-03-20-0000March 20
7000900000000000000♠9	7000710000000000000♠7.1	5000000000000000000♠0	Macquarie Island	000000002016-04-12-0000April 12
7001100000000000000♠10	7000700000000000000♠7.0	5000000000000000000♠0	South Sandwich Islands	000000002016-06-30-0000June 30
7001100000000000000♠10	7000700000000000000♠7.0	5000000000000000000♠0	Honshu, Japan	000000002016-07-19-0000July 19
7001100000000000000♠10	7000700000000000000♠7.0	5000000000000000000♠0	Kermadec Islands	000000002016-09-29-0000September 29

Note: At least 7.0 Magnitude

By month

January

January
Number by magnitude
Strongest magnitude	6.6 Canada
Deadliest	2
6.0−6.9	14
5.0−5.9	110

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on January 1.^[3]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Sumatra, Indonesia on January 4.^[4]
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Haida Gwaii, Canada on January 5.^[5]
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Haida Gwaii, Canada on January 5.^[6]
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Greece on January 6.^[7]
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Tibet, China on January 9.^[8]
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck Northern Algeria on January 9, killing 1 person.^[1]
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Haida Gwaii, Canada on January 9.^[9]
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck off the coast of Oregon on January 10.^[10]
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Fiji on January 15.^[11]
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the Molucca Sea on January 20.^[12]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Tonga on January 22.^[13]
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Tonga on January 22.^[14]
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Sumatra, Indonesia on January 22, killing 1 person.^[1]^[15]
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Banda Sea on January 30.^[16]

February

February
Number by magnitude
Strongest magnitude	7.4 Indonesia
Deadliest	49
7.0−7.9	2
6.0−6.9	18
5.0−5.9	146

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Lake Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo on February 3, killing 44 people.^[17]
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Tarapaca, Chile on February 4.^[18]
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck West Bengal, India on February 6, killing 1 person.^[1]
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake occurred in the Northern Atlantic Ocean on February 8.^[19]
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the South Sandwich Islands on February 10.^[20]
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Oaxaca, Mexico on February 12.^[21]
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Rwanda on February 14, killing 1 person.^[1]
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Southern Greece on February 14.^[22]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Nevada on February 21.^[23]
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck the South Shetland Islands on February 23.^[24]
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Sumatra, Indonesia on February 20, killing 3 people.^[25]
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Sumatra, Indonesia on February 25.^[26]
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Lincolnshire, Great Britain on February 27, injuring 1 person.

March

March
Number by magnitude
Strongest magnitude	7.2 China
Deadliest	0
7.0−7.9	1
6.0−6.9	14
5.0−5.9	147

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Mentawai Islands Regency, Indonesia on March 3.^[27]
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck the Kuril Islands on March 3.^[27]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck offshore Luzon, Philippines on March 3.^[27]
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck offshore Samar, Philippines on March 3.^[28]
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Vanuatu on March 12.^[29]
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Vanuatu on March 12.^[27]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the Prince Edward Islands on March 13.^[27]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck offshore the Ogasawara Islands on March 14.^[27]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck offshore Simeulue, Indonesia on March 15.^[27]
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Kermadec Islands on March 18.^[27]
A magnitude 6.1 earthquakes struck offshore Mindanao, Philippines on March 20.^[27]
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Xinjiang, China on March 20.^[30]
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Aleutian Islands on March 22.^[27]
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Tarapacá Region, Chile on March 24.^[27]
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck offshore Simeulue, Indonesia on March 29.^[27]

April

April
Number by magnitude
Strongest magnitude	7.3 Vanuatu
Deadliest	0
7.0−7.9	2
6.0−6.9	19
5.0−5.9	163

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck New Caledonia on April 9.^[27]
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck New Caledonia on April 9.^[27]
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck New Caledonia on April 9.^[31]
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck New Caledonia on April 9.^[27]
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck New Caledonia on April 11.^[27]
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Macquarie Island on April 12.^[32]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the South Sandwich Islands on April 14.^[27]
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck offshore Guatemala on April 15.^[27]
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the Aleutian Islands on April 15.^[27]
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the Aleutian Islands on April 16.^[33]
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck Illinois on April 18.
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Fiji on April 18.^[27]
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Maluku, Indonesia on April 19.^[27]
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck New Caledonia on April 19.^[27]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Maluku, Indonesia on April 19.^[27]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Taiwan on April 23.^[27]
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurred in the south Atlantic Ocean on April 24.^[27]
A swarm of earthquakes, the largest being a magnitude 4.7 on April 26, struck Nevada from April 15 to April 26.
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Auckland Island on April 26.^[27]
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the South Sandwich Islands on April 28.^[27]
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck New Caledonia on April 28.^[27]
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck New Caledonia on April 28.^[27]

May

May
Number by magnitude
Strongest magnitude	7.9 China
Deadliest	87606
7.0−7.9	1
6.0−6.9	12
5.0−5.9	175

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the Aleutian Islands on May 2.^[34]
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Japan on May 7, injuring 6 people.^[35]^[36]
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Guam on May 9.^[37]
A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Sichuan, China on May 12, killing 69,195 people and leaving 18,392 people missing, and causing widespread damage.
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Colombia on May 24, killing 11 people.
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Sichuan, China on May 25, killing 8 people.^[1]
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Iceland on May 29, injuring 30 people.

June

June
Number by magnitude
Strongest magnitude	7.0 South Sandwich Islands
Deadliest	23
7.0−7.9	1
6.0−6.9	15
5.0−5.9	166

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Northern Algeria on June 6, killing one person.^[1]
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Greece on June 8, killing 2 people.^[38]
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Honshu, Japan on June 13, killing 13 people.^[35]^[39]
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck Sichuan, China, killing 2 people.^[1]
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Tonga on June 26.^[40]
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the Andaman Islands on June 27.^[41]
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the South Sandwich Islands on June 30.^[42]

July

July
Number by magnitude
Strongest magnitude	7.7 Russia
Deadliest	4
7.0−7.9	2
6.0−6.9	12
5.0−5.9	124

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Kamchatka on July 5.^[43]
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Southern Peru on July 8, killing one person.^[1]
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Greece on July 15, killing one person.
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck offshore Eastern Honshu, Japan on July 19.^[44]
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the Santa Cruz Islands on July 19.^[45]
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Eastern Honshu, Japan on July 23, killing one person.^[1]
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Sichuan, China on July 24, killing one person.^[1]
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Southern California on July 29.

August

August
Number by magnitude
Strongest magnitude	6.7 China
Deadliest	54
6.0−6.9	16
5.0−5.9	153

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the Banda Sea on August 4.^[27]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Sichuan, China on August 5, killing 4 people.^[1]
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck offshore Antarctica on August 9.^[27]
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck offshore Antarctica on August 9.^[27]
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Andaman Islands on August 10.^[27]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred in the South Atlantic Ocean on August 11.^[27]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the Philippines on August 15.^[27]
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Samoa on August 19.^[27]
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Yingjiang, China on August 21, killing 5 people.
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck offshore Rodrigues, Mauritius on August 22.^[27]
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Tibet, China on August 25.^[27]
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Peru on August 26.^[27]
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Irkutsk, Russia on August 27.^[27]
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurred in the South Atlantic Ocean on August 28.^[27]
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on August 31.^[27]
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Sichuan, China on August 30, killing 43 people.
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Sichuan, China on August 31, killing 2 people.^[1]

September

September
Number by magnitude
Strongest magnitude	7.0 New Zealand
Deadliest	10
7.0−7.9	1
6.0−6.9	11
5.0−5.9	138

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Vanuatu on September 8.^[46]
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Southern Sumatra, Indonesia on September 9.^[1]
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Iran on September 10, killing 7 people.^[1]
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Halmahera, Indonesia on September 11.^[47]
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Hokkaido, Japan on September 11.^[48]
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck Maharashtra, India on September 16, killing 1 person.^[1]
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the Kermadec Islands on September 29.^[49]

October

Nura (6.6, October 5)
Damxung (6.4, October 6)
Chechnya (5.8, October 11)
Balochistan (6.4, October 29)

November

Sulawesi (7.3, November 16)

December

Skåne County (4.3, December 16)
Papudo (6.8, December 18)
Parma (5.2, December 23)

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↑ "Magnitude 6.9 - NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE". Earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
↑ "Magnitude 6.6 - SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION". Earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
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← Earthquakes in 2008 →

February	Lake Kivu (5.9, Feb 3)† Lincolnshire (5.2, Feb 27)

April	Illinois (5.4, Apr 18)

May	Sichuan (8.0, May 12)†‡ El Calvario (5.9, May 24) Iceland (6.3, May 29)

June	Peloponnese (6.5, Jun 8) Iwate (7.2, Jun 14)

July	Dodecanese (6.4, Jul 15) Chino Hills (5.5, Jul 29)

August	Yingjiang (6.0, Aug 21) Panzhihua (~6, Aug 30)†

September	Bandar Abbas (6.1, Sep 10)

October	Kyrgyzstan (6.6, Oct 5)† Damxung (6.4, Oct 6) Chechnya (5.8, Oct 11) Pakistan (6.4, Oct 29)†

November	Sulawesi (7.3, Nov 16)

December	Skåne County (4.3, Dec 16) Parma (5.2, Dec 28)

† indicates earthquake resulting in at least 30 deaths ‡ indicates the deadliest earthquake of the year

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