List of earthquakes in 2004

Earthquakes in 2004
4.0–5.9 magnitude; 6.0–6.9 magnitude;	7.0–7.9 magnitude; 8.0+ magnitude;
Strongest magnitude	Mw 9.1 Indonesia
Deadliest	Mw 9.1 Indonesia; 227,898 deaths
Total fatalities	228,854
Number by magnitude
9.0+	1
8.0–8.9	1
7.0–7.9	14
6.0–6.9	141
5.0–5.9	1,511
4.0–4.9	10,880
	← 2003 2005 →

Strongest magnitudeM_w 9.1

Indonesia

DeadliestM_w 9.1

Indonesia
227,898 deaths

Total fatalities228,854

9.0+1

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.

Magnitude	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
8.0–9.9	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	2	4	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
7.0–7.9	18	15	14	13	14	14	10	9	14	12	16	23	19	15	17	11	18	16	6	16	9	9	16	11	19	10	15	2
6.0–6.9	117	145	122	126	139	141	139	142	178	167	143	150	187	117	123	143	127	131	104	117	135	112	138	116	128	89	129	30
5.0–5.9	1,057	1,334	1,212	1,170	1,212	1,511	1,694	1,726	2,090	1,786	1,912	2,222	2,494	1,565	1,469	1,594	1,425	1,561	1,456	1,688	1,500	1,329	2,070	1,599	1,633	1,408	1,984	394
4.0–4.9	7,004	7,968	7,969	8,479	8,455	10,880	13,893	12,843	12,081	12,294	6,817	10,135	13,130	10,955	11,877	15,817	13,776	13,700	11,541	12,785	11,899	12,513	15,069	14,022	14,450	12,668	16,023	2,499
Total	8,296	9,462	9,319	9,788	9,823	12,551	15,738	14,723	14,367	14,261	8,891	12,536	15,831	12,660	13,491	17,573	15,351	15,411	13,113	14,614	13,555	13,967	17,297	15,749	16,231	14,176	18,152	2,925

Rank	Death toll	Magnitude	Location	MMI	Depth (km)	Date	Event
1	227,898	9.1	Indonesia, Aceh offshore	IX (Violent)	30.0	December 26	2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
2	631	6.4	Morocco, Al Hoceïma	IX (Violent)	12.2	February 24	2004 Al Hoceima earthquake
3	68	6.6	Japan, Niigata	XII (Extreme)	13.0	October 23	2004 Chūetsu earthquake
4	54	6.3	Iran, Mazandaran	VIII (Severe)	17.0	May 28	2004 Baladeh earthquake
5	37	7.0	Indonesia, Papua	VIII (Severe)	16.6	February 5	February 2004 Nabire earthquakes
6	34	7.5	Indonesia, East Nusa Tenggara offshore	X (Extreme)	10.0	November 11	2004 Alor earthquake
7	32	7.1	Indonesia, Papua	VIII (Severe)	24.0	November 26	November 2004 Nabire earthquake
8	24	5.5	Pakistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	VIII (Severe)	11.0	February 13	2004 Battagram earthquake
9	18	5.1	Turkey, Ağrı	VII (Very strong)	5.0	July 2	2004 Doğubayazıt earthquake
10	10	5.6	Turkey, Erzurum	VII (Very strong)	10.0	March 25	-

Rank	Magnitude	Death toll	Location	MMI	Depth (km)	Date	Event
1	9.1	227,898	Indonesia, Aceh offshore	IX (Violent)	30.0	December 26	2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
2	8.1	0	New Zealand offshore, Tasman Sea	V (Moderate)	10.0	December 23	2004 Tasman Sea earthquake
3	7.5	34	Indonesia, East Nusa Tenggara offshore	X (Extreme)	10.0	November 11	2004 Alor earthquake
4	7.4	0	Japan, Wakayama offshore	VI (Strong)	10.0	September 5	-
5	7.3	0	Indonesia, South Sumatra	IV (Light)	582.1	July 25	-
5	7.3	0	Indonesia, Papua	X (Extreme)	10.0	February 7	February 2004 Nabire earthquakes
7	7.2	0	Colombia, Chocó offshore	VIII (Severe)	15.0	November 15	-
7	7.2	0	India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands offshore	VI (Strong)	39.2	December 26	-
7	7.2	0	Japan, Wakayama offshore	VI (Strong)	14.0	September 5	-
10	7.1	32	Indonesia, Papua	VIII (Severe)	10.0	November 26	November 2004 Nabire earthquake
10	7.1	0	New Zealand, Southland offshore	V (Moderate)	10.0	November 23	-
10	7.1	0	Fiji, Lau offshore	I (Not felt)	565.5	July 15	-
10	7.1	0	New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands offshore	V (Moderate)	22.0	January 3	-
14	7.0	0	Japan, Hokkaido offshore	VIII (Severe)	39.0	November 29	-
14	7.0	0	Nicaragua, Carazo offshore	VIII (Severe)	35.0	October 9	-
14	7.0	37	Indonesia, Papua	VIII (Severe)	16.6	February 6	February 2004 Nabire earthquakes

Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Casualties
Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Dead	Injured
1^[1]	Indonesia, Bali offshore, 24 km (15 mi) NE of Amlapura	5.8	44.5	VII^[2]	Seven people injured and 4,000 buildings damaged across Bali. One person killed, 22 injured and 2,000 buildings damaged in Lombok.	1	29
1^[3]	Mexico, Guerrero, 24 km (15 mi) SW of Petatlán	6.1	29.4	VI	Minor damage to buildings in Guerrero and power outages occurred in Mexico City.	-	-
3^[4]	New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands offshore, 211 km (131 mi) ESE of Tadine	6.0	10.0	-	Aftershocks of the 7.3 event on December 27, 2003.	-	-
3^[5]	New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands offshore, 185 km (115 mi) ESE of Tadine	6.1	10.0	-		-	-
3^[6]	New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands offshore, 198 km (123 mi) ESE of Tadine	6.4	10.0	-		-	-
3^[7]	New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands offshore, 202 km (126 mi) ESE of Tadine	7.1	10.0	V^[2]		-	-
3^[8]	New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands offshore, 232 km (144 mi) ESE of Tadine	6.1	10.0	-		-	-
9^[9]	Papua New Guinea, West New Britain, 22 km (14 mi) NW of Kandrian	6.3	57.7	VIII^[2]	-	-	-
10^[10]	Slovakia, Banská Bystrica offshore, 5 km (3.1 mi) ENE of Banská Bystrica	2.2	5.0	I	Minor damage in Slovenská Ľupča.	-	-
10^[11]	Algeria, Boumerdès offshore, 10 km (6.2 mi) NNW of Boumerdès	4.5	10.0	V^[2]	Aftershock of the 2003 Boumerdès earthquake. Three-hundred people injured and additional damage to previously weakened buildings in the Algiers-Boumerdès area.	-	300
11^[12]	South Indian Ocean	6.2	5.3	-	-	-	-
11^[13]	Fiji, Lau offshore, 280 km (170 mi) SE of Levuka	6.0	673.1	-	-	-	-
15^[14]	Papua New Guinea, New Ireland offshore, 109 km (68 mi) SSE of Kavieng	6.2	10.0	V^[2]	-	-	-
16^[15]	Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge	6.2	10.0	-	-	-	-
25^[16]	Tonga, Niua offshore, 105 km (65 mi) SSW of Hihifo	6.7	129.8	I	-	-	-
28^[17]	Indonesia, Maluku offshore, 107 km (66 mi) NW of Ambon	6.7	17.4	VI	A local tsunami was observed at Namlea.	-	-
29^[18]	Southern East Pacific Rise	6.1	10.0	-	-	-	-

Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Casualties
Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Dead	Injured
1^[19]	Panama, Chiriquí, 2 km (1.2 mi) S of Finca Blanco	6.1	10.0	IX^[2]	Four people injured, one bridge collapsed and three homes damaged in Chiriquí Province.	-	4
5^[20]	Indonesia, Papua, 28 km (17 mi) S of Nabire	7.0	16.6	VIII	Further information: February 2004 Nabire earthquakes	37	682
7^[21]	Indonesia, Papua, 89 km (55 mi) SW of Nabire	7.3	10.0	X^[2]		-	-
8^[22]	Indonesia, Papua, 38 km (24 mi) SSW of Nabire	6.7	25.7	X^[2]		-	-
11^[23]	Jordan, Madaba, 21 km (13 mi) SE of Mitzpe Yeriho, Palestine	5.3	26.7	VII^[2]	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.	-	4
14^[24]	Pakistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 20 km (12 mi) ENE of Battagram	5.5	11.0	VIII	Further information: 2004 Battagram earthquake	24	63
16^[25]	Indonesia, West Sumatra, 27 km (17 mi) S of Payakumbuh	5.1	55.8	VII^[2]	Five people killed, seven others injured and more than 100 houses damaged in Padang Panjang.	5	7
20^[26]	Solomon Islands, Temotu offshore, 120 km (75 mi) SE of Lata	6.0	84.0	-	-	-	-
21^[27]	east of the South Sandwich Islands	6.6	10.0	-	-	-	-
22^[28]	Indonesia, West Sumatra offshore, 69 km (43 mi) SSE of Padang	6.0	42.0	V	One person injured, four homes destroyed and many others damaged in South Pesisir Regency.	-	1
23^[29]	Tonga, Niua offshore, 171 km (106 mi) SSE of Mata Utu, Wallis and Futuna	6.3	31.0	-	-	-	-
24^[30]	Burundi, Muramvya, 14 km (8.7 mi) SSW of Muramvya	4.7	10.0	VI^[2]	Three people killed and 24 homes collapsed in Ruyaga.	3	-
24^[31]	Morocco, Al Hoceïma, 11 km (6.8 mi) SSW of Tirhanimîne	6.4	0.0	IX	Further information: 2004 Al Hoceima earthquake	631	926
25^[32]	Morocco, Al Hoceïma, 15 km (9.3 mi) WNW of Tirhanimîne	5.3	10.1	VII^[2]	Aftershocks of the 2004 Al Hoceima earthquake. Three people killed and several previously weakened homes destroyed in the epicentral area.^[31]	3	-
26^[33]	Morocco, Al Hoceïma, 20 km (12 mi) W of Tirhanimîne	5.0	10.8	VI^[2]		3	-
26^[34]	Mauritius–Réunion region offshore	6.3	10.0	-	-	-	-
26^[35]	Australia, Macquarie Island offshore	6.0	10.0	-	-	-	-

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Number by magnitude
Strongest magnitude	M_w 7.1 New Caledonia
Deadliest	M_w 5.8 Indonesia 1 death
Total fatalities	1
9.0+	0
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	1
6.0–6.9	13
5.0–5.9	129
4.0–4.9	764

Number by magnitude
Strongest magnitude	M_w 7.3 Indonesia
Deadliest	M_w 6.4 Morocco 631 deaths
Total fatalities	703
9.0+	0
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	2
6.0–6.9	9
5.0–5.9	101
4.0–4.9	723

Number by magnitude
Strongest magnitude	M_w 6.2 Nicaragua M_w 6.2 Tonga
Deadliest	M_w 5.6 Turkey 10 deaths
Total fatalities	16
9.0+	0
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	0
6.0–6.9	10
5.0–5.9	110
4.0–4.9	757

Number by magnitude
Strongest magnitude	M_w 6.7 Indonesia
Deadliest	M_w 6.6 Afghanistan 3 deaths
Total fatalities	3
9.0+	0
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	0
6.0–6.9	19
5.0–5.9	101
4.0–4.9	826

Number by magnitude
Strongest magnitude	M_w 6.6 Chile
Deadliest	M_w 6.3 Iran 54 deaths
Total fatalities	57
9.0+	0
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	0
6.0–6.9	7
5.0–5.9	115
4.0–4.9	1,010

Number by magnitude
Strongest magnitude	M_w 6.9 Russia
Total fatalities	0
9.0+	0
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	0
6.0–6.9	8
5.0–5.9	80
4.0–4.9	835

Number by magnitude
Strongest magnitude	M_w 6.5 Chile
Deadliest	M_w 5.4 China 4 deaths
Total fatalities	6
9.0+	0
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	0
6.0–6.9	4
5.0–5.9	90
4.0–4.9	854

Number by magnitude
Strongest magnitude	M_w 7.4 Japan
Deadliest	M_w 6.4 Argentina 1 death M_w 5.4 Indonesia 1 death
Total fatalities	2
9.0+	0
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	2
6.0–6.9	13
5.0–5.9	110
4.0–4.9	927

Number by magnitude
Strongest magnitude	M_w 7.0 Nicaragua
Deadliest	M_w 6.6 Japan 68 deaths
Total fatalities	68
9.0+	0
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	1
6.0–6.9	12
5.0–5.9	110

Number by magnitude
Strongest magnitude	M_w 7.5 Indonesia
Deadliest	M_w 7.5 Indonesia 34 deaths
Total fatalities	75
9.0+	0
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	5
6.0–6.9	18
5.0–5.9	152
4.0–4.9	1,185

v t e ← Earthquakes in 2004 →
February	Nabire (7.0 & 7.3, Feb 5 & 7) † Battagram (5.5, Feb 14) Al Hoceima (6.3, Feb 24) †
May	Baladeh (6.3, May 28) †
July	Doğubayazıt (5.1, July 2)
October	Chūetsu (6.8, Oct 23) †
November	Alor Island (7.5, Nov 11) Les Saintes (6.3, Nov 21) Nabire (7.1, Nov 26) †
December	Tasman Sea (8.1, Dec 23) Sumatra–Andaman (9.1–9.3, Dec 26) † ‡
† indicates earthquake resulting in at least 30 deaths ‡ indicates the deadliest earthquake of the year

Number by magnitude
Strongest magnitude	M_w 9.1 Indonesia
Deadliest	M_w 9.1 Indonesia 227,898 deaths
Total fatalities	227,899
9.0+	1
8.0–8.9	1
7.0–7.9	1
6.0–6.9	20
5.0–5.9	323
4.0–4.9	1,340

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