List of earthquakes in 2001

This is a list of earthquakes in 2001. 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. Fourteen earthquakes ≥M7 occurred within the year, along with one ≥M8 event.

Throughout the year, earthquakes killed 21,465 people; the vast majority of the fatalities were attributed to an unusually powerful Mw 7.7 earthquake intraplate earthquake that struck the Indian state of Gujarat. Early in the year, two earthquakes struck El Salvador, killing nearly 1,300 people and causing damage across the entire country. The largest event of the year, a Mw 8.4 earthquake, struck off Peru's southern coast and triggered a large tsunami. Other notable earthquakes struck Japan, the United States and China. Compared to other years

Overall

By death toll Rank Death toll Magnitude Location MMI Depth (km) Date India, Gujarat El Salvador, La Libertad offshore El Salvador, Cuscatlán Peru, Arequipa offshore Note: At least 10 fatalities

By magnitude Rank Magnitude Death toll Location MMI Depth (km) Date Peru, Arequipa offshore China, Qinghai El Salvador, La Libertad offshore India, Gujarat Peru, Arequipa offshore Indonesia, Southeast Sulawesi offshore Philippines, Davao offshore Indonesia, Bengkulu offshore New Zealand, Kermadec Islands offshore New Zealand, Gisborne offshore Vanuatu, Sanma offshore south of Australia Indonesia, North Maluku offshore Guam offshore Papua New Guinea, West New Britain Note: At least 7.0 magnitude

By month

January

+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured1, Davao offshore, southeast of Lukatan7.533.0VIII - - -1, Davao offshore, southeast of Lukatan6.833.0VII Aftershock of the 7.5 event nearly two hours earlier. - -2, Davao offshore, southeast of Lukatan6.433.0VII Aftershock of the 7.5 event a day prior. - -2, Malkira-Ulawa offshore, southeast of Kirakira6.033.0VII - - -9, Sanma offshore, northeast of Port Olry7.1103.0VII - - -10, Alaska offshore, south of Old Harbor6.936.4VIII - - -11, British Columbia offshore, southwest of Port McNeill6.010.0 - - - -13, La Libertad offshore, south-southwest of Puerto El Triunfo7.760.0VIII9525,56515Mid-Indian Ridge6.410.0 - - - -16, Bengkulu offshore, west-southwest of Bengkulu6.033.0VForeshock of the 6.9 event eight seconds later. - -16, Bengkulu offshore, west-southwest of Bengkulu6.928.0VI - - -19, Chiapas, north-northeast of Hidalgo6.093.2V - - -19, Temotu, south-southeast of Lata6.350.0VII - - -19 east of the South Sandwich Islands6.033.0 - - - -26, Gujarat, northwest of Bhachau7.716.0XII 20,023166,95129, West Papua offshore, west-northwest of Manokwari6.233.0IX - - -

February

+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured1, Alaska offshore, west-southwest of Adak6.033.0I - - -8, Gujarat, west-northwest of Rapar5.110.0VIIAftershock of the 2001 Gujarat earthquake. At least 40 people injured in the epicentral area. -4013, Cuscatlán, south of Cojutepeque6.610.0IX3153,39913, Bengkulu offshore, south-southeast of Bengkulu7.436.0VII - - -14, Eastern offshore, south of Nadi6.110.0V - - -14, Eastern offshore, south-southwest of Suva6.210.0V - - -16, West Nusa Tenggara offshore, north of Pototano6.1521.0IV - - -17, British Columbia offshore, south-southwest of Hydaburg, United States6.220.0VObjects knocked from shelves in the Massett-Daajing Giids-Skidegate area. - -17, San Salvador, east-northeast of Tonacatepeque4.110.0VIOne person killed, three others injured, additional damage and landslides in the epicentral area.1318, Prince Edward Islands region offshore6.010.0 - - - -19, Phongsaly, west of Điện Biên Phủ, Vietnam4.910.0VIISeveral people injured and many buildings damaged in the Điện Biên Phủ area, Vietnam. -Several23, Sichuan, southwest of Kangding5.633.0VIIIThree people killed, 109 injured and 60,000 homes destroyed in Kangding and Yajiang counties.3 10924, North Maluku offshore, west-northwest of Ternate7.135.0VII - - -24, North Maluku offshore, northwest of Ternate6.235.0 -Aftershock of the 7.1 event almost seven hours prior. - -25, Badakhshan, south of Jurm6.2202.5V - - -26, Sakhalin offshore, east of Korsakov6.1392.0I - - -28, Tafea offshore, east of Tadine6.710.0 - - - -28, Tafea offshore, east-southeast of Tadine6.310.0 -Aftershock of the 6.7 event 35 minutes earlier. - -28, Usulután, south of Zacatecoluca6.165.3V Landslides occurred in central and western El Salvador. - -28, Washington, south-southeast of Longbranch6.851.8VIII 1400

March

+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured6Macquarie Island region offshore6.410.0 - - - -7 offshore, northeast of Georgetown6.010.0 - - - -14, Gorontalo, west of Gorontalo6.0109.4V - - -15, Nicobar Islands offshore6.033.0VII - - -15, Valparaíso offshore, west-northwest of La Ligua6.037.0VII - - -19, Maluku offshore, south-southwest of Ambon6.533.0VII - - -23, Sakhalin Oblast offshore, east-northeast of Shikotan6.033.0III - - -24, Hiroshima offshore, south-southwest of Kure6.850.0IX2288

April

+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured3, Shizuoka, northeast of Mori5.433.0VIIEight people injured, furniture overturned and windows and water pipes broken in Shizuoka Prefecture. -84, Maluku offshore, northwest of Tual6.433.0VII - - -7, Kermadec Islands offshore6.233.0 - - - -9, Valparaíso offshore, west-northwest of Valparaíso6.711.0V - - -12, Yunnan, southwest of Dali5.610.0VIIITwo people killed, 190 injured, 30,000 houses destroyed and landslides blocked roads in Shidian County.219013, South Sandwich Islands offshore6.226.0 - - - -14, Izu Islands offshore6.010.0 - - - -19, Western offshore, northwest of Gizo6.012.0VIForeshocks of the 6.7 event later that day. - -19, Western offshore, south-southeast of Panguna, Papua New Guinea6.220.0VI - -19, Western offshore, south-southeast of Panguna, Papua New Guinea6.717.0VII - - -26, Hokkaido offshore, southeast of Nemuro6.086.0VI - - -28 region offshore 6.9351.8I - - -29, Colima offshore, south-southwest of El Naranjo6.210.0VI - - -

May

+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured7Pacific-Antarctic Ridge6.210.0 - - - -8, San Vicente, south of San Vicente5.710.0VIII One person killed at Conchagua, La Unión. At least 84 homes destroyed, 70 damaged and landslides in the epicentral area.1 -9, Makira-Ulawa offshore, west-northewest of Kirakira6.367.9V - - -19, Eastern offshore, west-northwest of Haveluloto, Tonga6.0386.7 - - - -20, Colima offshore, southwest of El Colomo6.333.0VIII - - -23, Sichuan, northeast of Lijiang5.533.0VII One person killed and 39 injured in Yanyuan County, Sichuan. One person killed and 566 others injured, 27 of them serious, in Ninglang Yi Autonomous County, Yunnan. Eleven reservoirs, four power plants and six bridges damaged in the epicentral area.260525, Sakhalin offshore, south-southeast of Kuril’sk6.733.0VI - - -25, Special Region of Yogyakarta, northwest of Srandakan6.3143.1VSeveral people injured in Surakarta and minor damage in Yogyakarta. -Several26 region offshore6.4406.5 - - - -28, Maluku offshore, south-southwest of Tual6.033.0VI - - -29, Erzurum, south of Pasinler4.833.0V Two people injured and three buildings damaged in the Erzurum area. -229, Autonomous Region of Bougainville offshore, south-southwest of Panguna6.414.0VI - - -

June

+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured1, Parwan, east-northeast of Jabal os Saraj5.062.1VI Four people killed, 20 injured and several houses destroyed in Parwan Province.4203, Kermadec Islands offshore7.2178.1I - - -5, Morobe, northwest of Bulolo6.410.0IX One person injured, 40 houses damaged or destroyed and landslides occurred in the epicentral area. -15, Morobe, north-northwest of Bulolo6.010.0VIII Aftershock of the 6.4 event six hours earlier. - -7, Yunnan, southwest of Dali4.633.0VI Thirteen people injured and several houses destroyed in Shidian County. -1314, Yilan offshore, southeast of Yilan5.932.1VII Four people injured in Taipei and another in Yilan. Some damage occurred in Taipei and in other parts of northeastern Taiwan. -514, Alaska offshore, west-southwest of Adak6.518.0V - - -15, Pagan region offshore6.033.0 - - - -15, Al Mahrah offshore, north-northwest of Kilmia6.010.0 - - - -16, Niua offshore, north-northeast of Hihifo6.010.0 - - - -19, Antofagasta, east-northeast of San Pedro de Atacama6.0146.6V - - -21, Grand Est, east-northeast of Cocheren4.21.0VOne person killed in a mining incident in Lorraine.1 -23, Arequipa offshore, south-southwest of Atico8.433.0VIII1453,81223, Arequipa offshore, south-southwest of Quilca6.133.0VIIAftershock of the 2001 southern Peru earthquake. - -24, Sakhalin offshore, south-southeast of Kuril’sk6.033.0III - - -25, Osmaniye, south-southeast of Kadirli5.55.0VIIAt least 130 people injured and 66 buildings damaged in Osmaniye Province. -13026, Arequipa offshore, west-southwest of Pacocha6.724.0VIIIAftershock of the 2001 southern Peru earthquake. - -26Central East Pacific Rise6.110.0 - - - -28, West Java, south-southeast of Majalengka5.036.9VIIDozens of people injured, 1,644 structures destroyed and 5,659 structures damaged in Majalengka Regency. -Dozens29, Potosí, west of Potosí6.1273.9III - - -

July

+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured1, New Ireland, east of Kokopo6.128.0VIII - - -4 offshore6.5290.0I - - -4, Tongatapu offshore, west-southwest of Haveluloto6.5184.6 - - - -4, Cochabamba, east-northeast of Colomi6.233.0IX - - -5, Arequipa offshore, south of Achanizo6.662.0VIIAftershock of the 2001 southern Peru earthquake. About 300 previously-weakened buildings destroyed in the epicentral area. - -7, Arequipa offshore, southwest of Punta de Bombón7.633.0IXAftershock of the 2001 southern Peru earthquake. One person killed and 30 injured in Arequipa. Hundreds of buildings weakened by the previous earthquakes collapsed. A large boulder fell and blocked the Pan-American Highway. Some power outages in the epicentral area and in Arica, Chile.1308, East New Britain offshore, east-southeast of Kimbe6.210.0 - - - -10, Erzurum, south-southwest of Pasinler5.433.0VII At least 46 people injured and 17 buildings damaged in the Erzurum area. -4614, Yunnan, northeast of Yuxi4.633.0VI Two people injured, 150 houses and some schools damaged or destroyed in Jiangchuan County. -216, Bagmati, north-northwest of Kathmandu5.033.0VII One person injured and one house collapsed in Dhading District. -117, South Tyrol, north-northeast of Rifiano4.710.0VIThree people killed by landslides near Gargazon and the Ulten Valley, and one person died of a heart attack at Bolzano. Three people injured and minor damage in the Merano area.4322, Maluku offshore, northwest of Tual6.033.0VII - - -24, Tarapacá, northeast of Iquique6.433.0IXOne person killed and another injured in Huara; two injured in Chiapa. Power interrupted and water lines broken at Cerro Colorado mine.1324, Valparaíso offshore, north of Viña del Mar5.433.0VIFour people injured in Viña del Mar, two in Valparaíso and another in Quintero. -726, Central Greece offshore, west-northwest of Skyros6.510.0VIIIAt least 100 buildings damaged in Skyros, including the Monastery of Saint George. The main water supply system was damaged and falling debris from a castle destroyed 30 cars. - -28, Alaska, south of Kokhanok6.6131.8VI - - -

August