Recent Earthquakes Worldwide

Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff Updated by an Factmonster Editor on February 21, 2017

The following table lists the number of earthquakes that occur worldwide each year, including the earthquake magnitude and numbers of deaths.

Magnitude	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
8.0–9.9	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	4	0	1	1
7.0–7.9	14	15	13	14	14	10	10	14	12	16	22
6.0–6.9	158	126	130	140	141	140	142	172	166	144	150
5.0–5.9	1,345	1,243	1,218	1,203	1,515	1,693	1,712	1,885	1,537	1,896	1,983
4.0–4.9	8,045	8,084	8,584	8,462	10,888	13,917	12,838	12,275	11,943	6,805	10,383
3.0–3.9	4,784	6,151	7,005	7,624	7,932	9,191	9,990	9,876	11,138	2,905	4,321
2.0–2.9	3,758	4,162	6,419	7,727	6,316	4,636	4,027	3,593	3,542	3,014	4,623
1.0–1.9	1,026	944	1,137	2,506	1,344	26	18	43	16	26	39
0.1–0.9	5	1	10	134	103	0	2	2	0	1	0
No magnitude	No magnitude	3,120	2,938	2,937	3,608	2,939	864	828	1,829	17	24
Total	22,256	23,534	27,454	31,419	31,194	30,478	29,568	29,671	30,183	14,825	21,546
Estimated deaths	231	21,357	1,685	33,819	284,010	82,364	6,605	712	88,011	1,790	320,129

Source: National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey. Web: neic.usgs.gov/neis/eqlists/eqstats.html

Magnitude	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
8.0–9.9	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	2	0
7.0–7.9	12	11	23	15	13	22	21	20	14	23
6.0–6.9	115	105	104	141	161	185	160	125	113	123
5.0–5.9	1,635	1,469	1,541	1,449	1,542	1,327	1,223	1,118	979	1,106
4.0–4.9	4,493	4,372	5,196	5,034	4,544	8,140	8,794	7,938	7,303	7,042
3.0–3.9	2,457	2,952	4,643	4,263	5,000	5,002	4,869	4,467	5,945	5,521
2.0–2.9	2,364	2,927	3,068	5,390	5,369	3,838	2,388	2,397	4,091	4,201
1.0–1.9	474	801	887	1,177	779	645	295	388	805	715
0.1–0.9	0	1	2	9	17	19	1	4	10	5
No magnitude	5,062	3,878	4,084	3,997	1,944	1,826	2,186	3,415	2,426	2,096
Total	16,612	16,516	19,548	21,476	19,371	21,007	19,938	19,872	21,688	20,832
Estimated deaths	51,916	2,326	3,814	10,036	1,038	7,949	419	2,907	8,928	22,711

Source: National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey. Web: neic.usgs.gov/neis/eqlists/eqstats.html

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