List of earthquakes in 2000

This is a list of earthquakes in 2000. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they result in significant damage and/or casualties. All dates are listed according to UTC time. The maximum intensities are based on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale. Earthquake magnitudes are based on data from the USGS and the ISC. Fifteen earthquakes ≥M7 occurred within the year, along with one ≥M8 event.

In a busy year with 16 major quakes, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia were hit particularly hard, with 7 of the 16 major quakes striking both countries; the largest earthquake of the year, measuring 8.0–8.2, struck Papua New Guinea's Bismarck Archipelago, while the year's deadliest earthquake, a 7.9 event, killed 141 people in Indonesia's Bengkulu province. The total death toll for earthquakes in 2000 was 227, much lower than previous and later years. Other notable and deadly earthquakes occurred in Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, China, Turkey and Nicaragua.

Compared to other years

Overall By death toll Rank Death toll Magnitude Location MMI Depth (km) Date Event Indonesia, Bengkulu offshore 2000 Enggano earthquake Indonesia, Central Sulawesi offshore VII (Very strong)26.02000 Banggai Islands earthquake Azerbaijan, Baku offshore 2000 Baku earthquake Turkmenistan, Balkan 2000 Turkmenistan earthquake Listed are earthquakes with at least 10 dead.

By magnitude Rank Magnitude Death toll Location MMI Depth (km) Date Event Papua New Guinea, East New Britain offshore 2000 New Ireland earthquakes Indonesia, Bengkulu offshore 2000 Enggano earthquake Cocos Islands offshore 2000 Wharton Basin earthquake Papua New Guinea, East New Britain offshore 2000 New Ireland earthquakes Papua New Guinea, East New Britain 2000 New Ireland earthquakes Japan, Volcano Islands offshore - Indonesia, Bengkulu offshore - Indonesia, Central Sulawesi offshore 2000 Banggai Islands earthquake Japan, Bonin Islands offshore - Tonga, Niuatoputapu offshore - Argentina, Jujuy - Vanuatu region offshore - Argentina, Santiago del Estero - Vanuatu, Sanma - Papua New Guinea, Autonomous Region of Bougainville offshore - Turkmenistan, Balkan 2000 Turkmenistan earthquake Listed are earthquakes with at least 7.0 magnitude.

By month January

+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured1West of Macquarie Island offshore6.010.0 - - - -1, Quebec, north-northeast of Notre-Dame-du-Lac4.718.0VI - -3, Mizoram, south-southwest of Saiha4.633.0IVAt least 100 homes damaged in Moheshkhali, Bangladesh. - -5, Temotu offshore, south-southwest of Lata6.133.0VI - - -6, Alaska offshore, west-southwest of Elfin Cove6.11.0I - - -6, Ilocos offshore, west of Aloleng6.233.0VIAftershock of the 1999 Luzon earthquake. - -8, Guadalcanal offshore, southeast of Malango6.433.0IXMinor damage in Honiara. - -8, Antofagasta, north-northeast of Antofagasta6.436.0VIIIPower outages in the Calama area. - -8, Niuatoputapu offshore, south-southwest of Hihifo7.2183.4VI - - -9Fiji region offshore6.533.0 - - - -11, Liaoning, northwest of Xiuyan5.110.0VIThirty people injured, 3,600 homes destroyed and 8,800 others damaged in Liaoning Province. -3013, Lau offshore, east-northeast of Levuka6.2535.0 - - - -14, Yunnan, east of Dali5.933.0VIII72,52815Fiji region offshore6.0632.8 - - - -19, Badakhshan, east-southeast of Farkhar6.0206.9IV - - -20, Oregon offshore, west-northwest of Bandon6.110.0 - - - -26, Niuatoputapu offshore, south of Hihifo6.333.0 - - - -26, Yunnan, south of Zhongshu4.933.0IVTwo people injured and roads and houses damaged in the Mile-Qiubei area. -228, Sakhalin offshore, south of Shikotan6.861.1VIITwo people injured in Nemuro, Japan. -228, Okinawa offshore, north-northwest of Hirara6.0193.9 - - - -

February

+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured2, Razavi Khorasan, east of Bardaskan5.333.0VIIIOne person killed, 15 injured, 100 houses destroyed and 300 others damaged in the Bardaskan-Kashmar area.1156, East New Britain, east-southeast of Kimbe6.633.0VIII - - -7, Mpumalanga, northwest of Mhlambanyatsi, Eswatini4.55.0VIOne person injured, moderate damage and landslides in the Mbabane-Manzini area. -113, Primorsky offshore, east of Slavyanka6.0513.6 - - - -14, Düzce, southwest of Devrek4.910.0V Some buildings destroyed in Mengen, Bolu and telecommunications disrupted in Zonguldak Province. - -25Vanuatu region offshore7.133.0IV - - -26 offshore, north-northwest of Yigo Village6.2132.2VSeveral people injured, power outages and water facilities disrupted in Yona and minor damage to a school in Sånta Rita-Sumai. -Several26, Guna Yala, southeast of Narganá6.165.0V Several buildings damaged in Panama City. - -28, Lau offshore, east-northeast of Levuka6.0538.0 - - - -29southern East Pacific Rise6.010.0 - - - -29, Tafea offshore, east-southeast of Port Vila6.033.0V - - -

March

+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured3, Maluku offshore, northeast of Lospalos, Timor-Leste6.4141.9V - - -3, Southern Highlands, south-southwest of Ialibu6.610.0VIII - - -4West of Macquarie Island6.410.0 - - - -5South of Australia6.110.0 - - - -12, Maharashtra, southeast of Mākhjan5.033.0VISeveral houses destroyed and some buildings damaged at Dahivadi district. - -12, Chiapas, east-southeast of Plan de Ayala6.362.0VISome damage in Quezaltenango and San Marcos, Guatemala. - -28, Volcano Islands offshore7.6126.5I - - -

April

+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured3, North Sulawesi offshore, south of Sarangani, Philippines6.2150.0 - - - -6, Maharashtra, southeast of Mākhjan4.910.0VITwo people injured and 150 homes damaged in the Koynanagar-Kolhapur area. - 27, Rodrigues offshore, northeast of Port Mathurin6.310.0 - - - -18, Tongatapu offshore, west-northwest of Haveluloto6.0220.7I - - -21, Alaska offshore, west-southwest of Adak6.033.0I - - -23, Santiago del Estero, northwest of Añatuya7.0608.5I - - -23, Santiago del Estero, northwest of Añatuya6.1609.8 -Aftershock of the 7.0 event eight hours prior. - -28, Mbeya, north-northeast of Masoko4.310.0IVAt least 700 homes damaged or destroyed in the epicentral area. - -

May

+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured2 region offshore6.055.0 - - - -4, Central Sulawesi offshore, east of Luwuk7.626.0VII542704, Lau offshore, east of Levuka6.5515.8 - - - -5, Temotu offshore, south-southwest of Lata6.312.0VI - - -7, Malatya, northeast of Sincik4.55.4VI One person injured and 200 homes damaged in the Doğanyol-Pütürge area. -18, West New Britain offshore, north of Kimbe6.1502.0 - - - -12, Osmaniye, west-southwest of Toprakkale4.710.0VISome people injured and buildings damaged in the Osmaniye area. -Some12, Jujuy, north of San Antonio de los Cobres7.2225.0VIOne person killed at the Mantoverde mine in Atacama, Chile.1 -12, Badakhshan, north-northwest of Parun6.3107.7V - - -14, Southeast Sulawesi offshore, east-southeast of Kendari6.333.0IXSome buildings damaged in the Kendari area. - -17, Taichung, north-northeast of Puli5.410.0VIIThree people killed, 13 injured and landslides in Taichung County.31321, Svalbard and Jan Mayen offshore, north-northeast of Olonkinbyen6.010.0 - - - -26, Yap offshore, northwest of Fais6.033.0 - - - - June

+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured2, Oregon offshore, west of Yachats6.210.0 - - - -3, Chiba, southeast of Narutō6.262.3VIOne person injured in Ichikawa and 40 structures damaged in the Tako-Togane-Yōkaichiba-Ōamishirasato area. -14, Bengkulu offshore, south of Bengkulu7.933.0VI1412,5854, Bengkulu offshore, south of Bengkulu7.635.0VIIAftershock of the 2000 Enggano earthquake. - -4, Balochistan, north-northwest of Kharan6.033.0IX - - -6, Çankırı, northwest of Orta6.010.0VIIITwo people killed, 80 others injured and 4,600 homes damaged in the Çerkeş-Çubuk-Orta area.2806, Bengkulu offshore, south-southwest of Pagar Alam6.233.0VIIAftershock of the 2000 Enggano earthquake. - -6, Gansu, north-northwest of Baiyin5.610.0VIIITwenty people injured and buildings damaged in the Baiyin area. -206, Fukui offshore, northwest of Mikuni5.910.0VI Three people injured and 29 structures damaged in the Fukui-Ishikawa area. -36, Kagoshima offshore, southeast of Koshima6.433.0V - - -7, Kachin, north-northeast of Sarupathar, India6.333.0IXMany buildings damaged in Liuku, China. - -6, Bengkulu offshore, south-southwest of Bengkulu6.733.0VIIAftershock of the 2000 Enggano earthquake. One person killed and 600 buildings damaged in Lahat Regency.1 -9, East New Britain offshore, south-southeast of Kokopo6.333.0VI - - -9, Bengkulu offshore, southwest of Pagar Alam6.033.0VIIAftershock of the 2000 Enggano earthquake. - -9, Makira-Ulawa offshore, south of Kirakira6.133.0V - - -9, Izu Islands offshore6.3485.3 - - - -10, Nantou, east-southeast of Puli6.433.0IXAftershock of the 1999 Jiji earthquake. Two people died of heart attacks and 36 others injured in Nantou County. Landslides and rockslides blocked many highways in central Taiwan.23611western Indian-Antarctic Ridge 6.610.0 - - - -14south of the Fiji Islands6.4604.6 - - - -14, North Sulawesi offshore, southeast of Pondaguitan6.389.5IV - - -14, Nadroga-Navosa offshore, west of Nadi6.033.0 - - - -15, Kagoshima offshore, east-southeast of Koshima6.110.0I - - -15, Santiago, east-southeast of Puente Alto6.4120.2VIPower outages occurred in the Curicó-Rancagua-Santiago-Valparaíso area and landslides in Maipo. - -17, Southern, east of Selfoss6.510.0IX -118 offshore7.910.0II - -21, Southern, east-northeast of Selfoss6.510.0IX -Several25, Kagoshima offshore, south of Kushima6.010.0VII - - -

July

+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured1, Izu islands, south-southeast of Shimoda6.110.0IX1Several6, Granada, southwest of Granada5.433.0VIII7427, Istanbul offshore, west of İçmeler4.28.8VIOne person died from a heart attack and 34 others injured in the Gebze-Kartal area.13411, Alaska offshore, south-southwest of Larsen Bay6.542.9VIMinor damage on Kodiak Island. - -11, Lower Austria, west of Moosbrunn5.310.0VIIMinor damage in the Burgenland-Niederoesterreich area. - -12, West Java, northeast of Caringin5.433.0VIISix people injured and 200 houses damaged in Bogor Regency; four buildings damaged in Bandung Regency; four people injured, 1,717 homes destroyed, 6,183 others, 136 schools, 127 mosques, 91 office buildings, an irrigation building and a hospital damaged in Sukabumi Regency; one building damaged in Banten. -1015, Izu islands offshore, southeast of Shimoda6.110.0IX -1016, Cagayan Valley offshore, south-southeast of Basco6.433.0VIIISix people injured, many houses and a church damaged and utilities disrupted in the Basco area. A landslide blocked a highway near Mount Iraya. -616, Milne Bay offshore, southeast of Kandrian6.610.0VI - - -16, Highland Papua, southwest of Abepura5.833.0VIIIAn airport control tower and several other buildings damaged in the epicentral area. - -16, Torba offshore, northwest of Sola6.133.0 - - - -19, Badakhshan, south of Jurm6.3141.4IVTwo people killed by the collapse of a three-story building in Peshawar, Pakistan.2 -20, Ibaraki offshore, east-southeast of Hitachi6.047.1VI - - -21, Puntarenas offshore, south-southeast of Sámara6.433.0VI - - -28, Kaohsiung, south-southeast of Lugu5.733.0VIIOne person injured and two buildings destroyed by rockslides in Nantou County. Rockslides blocked a highway in Chiayi County. -130, Izu islands offshore, south-southeast of Shimoda6.510.0VIII -131 region offshore6.210.0 - - - -31, Kermadec Islands offshore6.210.0 - - - -

August