List of earthquakes in 2004

This is a list of earthquakes in 2004. 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 United States Geological Survey. The year 2004 had the most major earthquakes since 1999. In total, there were 16 magnitude 7.0+ earthquakes this year, including six in Indonesia. The vast majority of the earthquake-related deaths in 2004 were caused by the magnitude 9.1–9.3 earthquake off the west coast of Sumatra in December, more specifically a devastating tsunami triggered by the earthquake that impacted coastlines across the Indian Ocean. There were several other deadly and destructive earthquakes, including in other areas of Indonesia, Morocco, Japan, Iran, Pakistan and Turkey.

Compared to other years

By death toll Rank Death toll Magnitude Location MMI Depth (km) Date Event 1 227,898 9.1 , Aceh offshore 30.0 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami 2 631 6.4 , Al Hoceïma 12.2 2004 Al Hoceima earthquake 3 68 6.6 , Niigata 13.0 2004 Chūetsu earthquake 4 54 6.3 , Mazandaran 17.0 2004 Baladeh earthquake 5 37 7.0 Indonesia, Papua 16.6 February 2004 Nabire earthquakes 6 34 7.5 , East Nusa Tenggara offshore 10.0 2004 Alor earthquake 7 32 7.1 Indonesia, Papua 24.0 November 2004 Nabire earthquake 8 24 5.5 , Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 11.0 2004 Battagram earthquake 9 18 5.1 , Ağrı 5.0 2004 Doğubayazıt earthquake 10 10 5.6 , Erzurum 10.0 - Listed are earthquakes with at least 10 dead.

By magnitude Rank Magnitude Death toll Location MMI Depth (km) Date Event 1 9.1 227,898 , Aceh offshore 30.0 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami28.10 offshore, Tasman Sea10.02004 Tasman Sea earthquake37.534, East Nusa Tenggara offshore10.02004 Alor earthquake47.40, Wakayama offshore10.0 -57.30, South Sumatra582.1 -57.30, Papua10.0February 2004 Nabire earthquakes77.20, Chocó offshore15.0 -77.20, Andaman and Nicobar Islands offshore39.2 -77.20, Wakayama offshore14.0 -107.132, Papua10.0November 2004 Nabire earthquake107.10, Southland offshore10.0 -107.10, Lau offshore565.5 -107.10, Loyalty Islands offshore22.0 -147.00 Japan, Hokkaido offshore39.0 -147.00, Carazo offshore35.0 -147.037, Papua16.6February 2004 Nabire earthquakes Listed are earthquakes with at least 7.0 magnitude.

By month January

+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured1, Bali offshore, NE of Amlapura5.844.5VIISeven people injured and 4,000 buildings damaged across Bali. One person killed, 22 injured and 2,000 buildings damaged in Lombok. 1291, Guerrero, SW of Petatlán6.129.4VIMinor damage to buildings in Guerrero and power outages occurred in Mexico City. - -3, Loyalty Islands offshore, ESE of Tadine6.010.0 -Aftershocks of the 7.3 event on December 27, 2003. - -3, Loyalty Islands offshore, ESE of Tadine6.110.0 - - -3, Loyalty Islands offshore, ESE of Tadine6.410.0 - - -3, Loyalty Islands offshore, ESE of Tadine7.110.0V - -3, Loyalty Islands offshore, ESE of Tadine6.110.0 - - -9, West New Britain, NW of Kandrian6.357.7VIII - - -10, Banská Bystrica offshore, ENE of Banská Bystrica2.25.0IMinor damage in Slovenská Ľupča. - -10, Boumerdès offshore, NNW of Boumerdès4.510.0V Aftershock of the 2003 Boumerdès earthquake. Three-hundred people injured and additional damage to previously weakened buildings in the Algiers-Boumerdès area. -30011South Indian Ocean6.25.3 - - - -11, Lau offshore, SE of Levuka6.0673.1 - - - -15, New Ireland offshore, SSE of Kavieng6.210.0V - - -16Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge6.210.0 - - - -25, Niua offshore, SSW of Hihifo6.7129.8I - - -28, Maluku offshore, NW of Ambon6.717.4VIA local tsunami was observed at Namlea. - -29Southern East Pacific Rise6.110.0 - - - -

February

+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured1, Chiriquí, S of Finca Blanco6.110.0IX Four people injured, one bridge collapsed and three homes damaged in Chiriquí Province. -45, Papua, S of Nabire7.016.6VIII376827, Papua, SW of Nabire7.310.0X - -8, Papua, SSW of Nabire6.725.7X - -11, Madaba, SE of Mitzpe Yeriho, Palestine5.326.7VII Four people injured and a landslide occurred in Ma'in. Minor damage to buildings in Jerusalem, Petah Tikva and Tel Aviv, Israel, and Nablus, Palestine. -414, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, ENE of Battagram5.511.0VIII246316, West Sumatra, S of Payakumbuh5.155.8VII Five people killed, seven others injured and more than 100 houses damaged in Padang Panjang.5720, Temotu offshore, SE of Lata6.084.0 - - - -21 east of the South Sandwich Islands6.610.0 - - - -22, West Sumatra offshore, SSE of Padang6.042.0V One person injured, four homes destroyed and many others damaged in South Pesisir Regency. -123, Niua offshore, SSE of Mata Utu, Wallis and Futuna6.331.0 - - - -24, Muramvya, SSW of Muramvya4.710.0VI Three people killed and 24 homes collapsed in Ruyaga.3 -24, Al Hoceïma, SSW of Tirhanimîne6.40.0IX63192625, Al Hoceïma, WNW of Tirhanimîne5.310.1VII Aftershocks of the 2004 Al Hoceima earthquake. Three people killed and several previously weakened homes destroyed in the epicentral area. 3 -26, Al Hoceïma, W of Tirhanimîne5.010.8VI 26 Mauritius–Réunion region offshore6.310.0 - - - -26, Macquarie Island offshore6.010.0 - - - -

March

+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured1, Peloponnese, ESE of Arfará5.69.4VIIBalconies collapsed, many buildings damaged and landslides in Kalamata. - -1, Adıyaman, NE of Çelikhan3.85.0V Six people killed and two others injured after a house collapsed in Çelikhan.622, Managua offshore, SW of Masachapa6.228.0VII Foreshock of the 7.0 event on October 9. - -7 offshore, south of the Kermadec Islands6.07.0 - - - -8Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge6.010.0 - - - -9 offshore, south of the Kermadec Islands6.218.4 - - - -12, Niua offshore, WNW of Hihifo6.0271.5 - - - -14, Niua offshore, SE of Hihifo6.112.0 - - - -17, Potosi, NNE of Tupiza6.1289.8III - - -17, Crete offshore, WSW of Kastri6.124.5VI - - -18, ʻEua offshore, SSW of ʻOhonua6.210.0 - - - -24, Inner Mongolia, NE of Xilinhot5.518.8VIIAt least 100 people injured and 38,000 buildings damaged in the Bayan Ul Hot-Uliastai area. Damage estimated at US$74 million ($ billion in ). -10025, Erzurum, E of Aşkale5.610.0VIITen people killed, 46 others injured and 45 buildings damaged or destroyed in Erzurum Province.104627, Tibet Autonomous Region, NW of Nagqu6.08.0VIII - - -28, Erzurum, ESE of Aşkale5.65.0VIITwelve people injured, 50 buildings in 10 villages damaged or destroyed and many livestock killed in Aşkale. -12

April

+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured3, Ibaraki offshore, ESE of Hitachi6.031.0VOne person injured in Naka. - 15, Ha‘apai offshore, SSE of Pangai6.210.0 - - - -5, Badakhshan, SSE of Jurm6.6187.1IVTwo people killed in Kabul and another in Shahr-e Bozorg. Five people injured in Pakistan. 3 58West Chile Rise6.210.0 - - - -9, Torba offshore, NNW of Sola6.5228.4IV - - -11, Papua, SSW of Abepura6.220.0IX - - -11, Hokkaido offshore, E of Kushiro6.141.8VI - - -13, Bolu, ESE of Bolu4.15.0VI Four people injured after jumping from buildings in Bolu. -414, Vavaʻu offshore, NW of Neiafu6.0143.5 - - - -14, Kamchatka offshore, S of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy6.251.3III - - -14, Svalbard and Jan Mayen offshore, ENE of Olonkinbyen6.012.2I - - -15, Torba offshore, ENE of Isangel6.310.0VII - - -16 South of Tonga6.010.0 - - - -16, Bengkulu offshore, SSW of Pagar Alam6.044.5IV - - -22, Shefa offshore, WNW of Port Vila6.010.0VII - - -23, Manus offshore, SSW of Lorengau6.035.0 - - - -23, East Nusa Tenggara offshore, WNW of Naisano Dua6.765.8VI Some buildings damaged in Kupang. - -24, ʻEua offshore, SSE of ʻOhonua6.18.0 - - - -27, Shefa offshore, W of Port Vila6.010.0VI - - -29, Guanacaste offshore, SW of La Cruz6.210.0VII - - -

May

+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured1, Hualien, N of Hualien City5.244.6VII Two people killed and another injured by a rockslide in Hualien County and a bridge collapsed at Taroko National Park.213, Biobío, N of Cañete6.621.0IX Minor damage and power outages in Cañete. - -4, Qinghai, SSW of Laojunmiao5.513.5VIMore than 3,100 houses damaged and thousands of people left homeless in Delingha. - -7, Loyalty Islands offshore, E of Tadine6.314.0 - Aftershock of the 7.3 event on December 27, 2003. - -8, Fars, S of Nūrābād5.066.7IV Four buildings destroyed and six others damaged in the Kazerun-Qaemiyeh area. - -8, Balochistan, ESE of Quetta4.510.0VOne person killed, 30 others injured and minor damage to buildings in Quetta. 13011, North Sumatra offshore, SW of Sibolga6.121.0VII - - -13, New Ireland offshore, S of Kavieng6.410.0VI - - -19, Taitung, NE of Hengchun6.220.0IX - - -28, Mazandaran, SSE of Nowshahr6.317.0VIII5440029, Chiba offshore, SE of Katsuura6.516.0I - - -30, Sakhalin, SSE of Chekhov4.913.7VIAt least 46 homes damaged in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. - -

June

+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured2 offshore, south of the Kermadec Islands6.243.1 - - - -9Western Indian-Antarctic Ridge6.410.0 - - - -10, Kamchatka, ENE of Atlasovo6.9188.6V - - -15, Araucanía, S of Carahue6.137.8VII Minor damage and power outages in the Carahue-Nueva Imperial-Temuco area. - -25, Maluku offshore, WSW of Tual6.170.5II - - -28, Alaska offshore, WSW of Craig6.819.9VI - - -29, Guanacaste offshore, SSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua6.39.0II - - -30, North Sulawesi offshore, S of Tomohon6.390.8VI - - -

July

+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured1, Auckland Islands offshore6.210.0 - - - -1, Iğdır, SSW of Iğdır5.15.0VII18328, Sakhalin offshore, NE of Kurilsk6.4128.5I - - -8Southern East Pacific Rise6.010.0 - - - -11, Tibet Autonomous Region, NE of Jumla, Nepal6.213.0IXTwo homes slightly damaged in Lunggar Township. - -11South Pacific Ocean6.112.0 - - - -12, Gorizia, NE of Kobarid5.27.7VIIOne person killed and five others injured by a rockslide in Bovec. Some homes destroyed and others damaged at Kobarid.1514, Herat, SE of Qarah Bāgh4.610.0VAt least 150 homes damaged in western Herat Province. - -15, Lau offshore, ENE of Levuka7.1565.5 - - - -16Pacific-Antarctic Ridge6.210.0 - - - -18, Bay of Plenty, WNW of Kawerau5.610.0VIStrongest event of an earthquake swarm. One person killed and two homes destroyed by a landslide near Ōpōtiki, another killed by a falling tree and two injured in the Rotorua-Tauranga area. Five houses heavily damaged at Lake Rotomā. Landslides occurred on the highway between Lake Rotoiti and Lake Rotomā.2218, Paktia, SE of Gardez5.210.0VIITwo people killed, 40 injured and hundreds of homes destroyed in Paktia Province.24019, British Columbia offshore, SW of Vernon6.423.7VI - - -22, Okinawa offshore, E of Nago6.120.9VI - - -25, South Sumatra, SSE of Jambi City7.3582.1IV - - -28, West Papua offshore, WNW of Manokwari6.513.4IX - - -30, Ağrı, SSW of Doğubayazıt4.85.0VIIAftershock of the 2004 Doğubayazıt earthquake. One person killed, five others injured and some homes damaged in Doğubayazıt.15

August

+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured1Pacific-Antarctic Ridge6.010.0 - - - -4, Mugla offshore, NE of Datça5.610.0VIIFifteen people injured in Bodrum. -158, Alaska offshore, SE of Nikolski6.08.0 - - - -10, Badakhshan, S of Jurm6.0207.0IVTwo people injured in Mansehra, Pakistan. -210, Yunnan, ESE of Zhaotong5.46.3VIIFour people killed, 600 others injured, more than 120,000 homeless, 18,556 homes destroyed, 65,601 others and 22 reservoirs damaged in Ludian County. 460011, Elazığ, SSW of Sivrice5.77.4VIIIOne person killed, 11 others injured and several homes damaged in the Elazığ-Sivrice area.11118, Cauca, ESE of Paispamba5.126.5V One person killed, two others injured, 30 homes destroyed and 50 others damaged in the epicentral area. 1228, Maule, ESE of Teno6.55.0IX Power outages occurred in Cauquenes, Curicó, San Javier and Talca. - -

September