This is a list of earthquakes in 2022. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they result in significant damage and/or casualties, or are notable for some other reason. All dates are listed according to UTC time. Maximum intensities are based on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
The year 2022 was moderately active for earthquakes, with eleven major events, the majority of them occurring in Oceania. Three deadly events occurred in Afghanistan, with the deadliest event of the year killing over 1,100 in the eastern part of the country near Pakistan. The largest earthquakes occurred in Papua New Guinea and Mexico, with both events measuring 7.6. Deadly events also struck Indonesia, China, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and Poland.
Compared to other years +Number of earthquakes worldwide for 2012–2022Magnitude201220132014201520162017201820192020202120228.0–9.92211011103 07.0–7.914171118166169916 116.0–6.9117123143127131104118135111141 1175.0–5.91,5461,4601,5801,4131,5501,4471,6711,4841,3152,046 1,6034.0–4.910,95511,87715,81713,77713,70010,54412,78211,89712,13514,643 13,707Total12,63513,48017,55215,33615,39712,10214,58913,53013,57216,849 15,438
By death toll RankDeath tollMagnitudeLocationMMIDepth (km)DateEvent11,1636.0, Khost4.0 June 2022 Afghanistan earthquake2335–6355.6, West Java10.02022 West Java earthquake3936.6, Sichuan12.02022 Luding earthquake4305.3, Badghis11.4January 2022 Afghanistan earthquakes5276.1, West Sumatra4.92022 Sumatra earthquake6217.6, Morobe116.02022 Papua New Guinea earthquake7185.1, Kunar10.0September 2022 Afghanistan earthquake8117.0, Cordillera33.72022 Luzon earthquake9102.7, Silesian Voivodeship5.0 — Listed are earthquakes with at least 10 dead.
By magnitude Rank Magnitude Death toll Location MMI Depth (km) Date Event17.621, Morobe 116.02022 Papua New Guinea earthquake17.62, Michoacán26.92022 Michoacán earthquake37.34, Fukushima offshore 41.02022 Fukushima earthquake37.30, Vava'u offshore37.0 —57.20, Puno237.0 —67.011, Cordillera33.72022 Luzon earthquake67.00, Guadalcanal offshore14.0 —67.00, Tafea offshore 137.0 —67.00, Loyalty Islands offshore 10.0 —67.00South of the Fiji Islands660.0 —67.00 region offshore587.2 — Listed are earthquakes with at least 7.0 magnitude.
By month January
+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured2, Yunnan, east of Shangri-La5.410.0VIThirty people were injured, two of whom are in critical condition, and 7,904 homes were damaged and 1,500 destroyed in Ninglang County. —303, Torba offshore, northwest of Sola6.0104.0IV — — —3, Hualien offshore, east of Hualien City6.219.0IVFifteen buildings sustained minor damage in Taipei, such as cracks on walls and tiles falling off walls and ceilings. Power and water services were both disrupted. A car was damaged in Yilan after being hit by a rockfall. — —4 offshore, Banda Sea, east of Katabu6.0544.0II — — —6, León offshore, south of Corinto6.117.0V — — —7, Lima, northwest of Cocachacra5.695.8V Some damage was caused in Lima, where twelve buildings were destroyed and rockslides occurred. 39 people were injured, one of them seriously, after jumping and falling from a balcony. — 397, Qinghai, southwest of Jinchang6.613.0IX — 99, Western Macedonia, north northwest of Florina5.513.5VII In Florina, the facades of buildings fell, cracks on masonry houses appeared, an old uninhabited house in the village of Agia Paraskevi collapsed, and glass windows were shattered. Cracks were reported in a hundred buildings in Bitola, North Macedonia. Two people were injured. Seventeen buildings were also damaged in eastern Albania. — 29, North Maluku, south southwest of Tobelo5.410.0VIIThree people were injured. — 310, Kermadec Islands offshore, northeast of Whangārei6.27.0V — — —10, Sulaymaniyah, east of Jamjamāl4.510.0VISeveral buildings were damaged in Chamchamal District. — —11, Paphos offshore, west northwest of Polis6.621.0VI 3 111, Alaska, Fox Islands offshore, southeast of Nikolski6.820.0VI Spaced an hour apart, these two earthquakes formed a mainshock-aftershock sequence. The first earthquake triggered a tsunami which was observed with heights of . — —11, Alaska, Fox Islands offshore, southeast of Nikolski6.619.0V – —14, Banten offshore, southwest of Labuan6.633.0VIAt least 226 buildings were destroyed, and at least 3,078 buildings, including 51 schools, 21 mosques, and eight offices were damaged in Pandeglang Regency. A mosque, a hospital, and a wall in East Jakarta mayor's office were cracked. A number of buildings in the Ujung Kulon National Park were damaged or destroyed. In Banten, ten people were injured by falling debris, two of whom are in critical condition. — 1014, Shkodër, southeast of Fushë-Arrëz4.310.0VI39 buildings were damaged in Pukë, including a school, a hospital and a museum. The damage is estimated at 5 million euros. — —15, Kerman, northeast of Kerman4.710.0VIIIAt least five buildings were damaged in Kerman, and two people were injured. —216, Bougainville offshore, west southwest of Panguna6.1379.0III — — —17, Badhgis, east of Qala i Naw4.910.0 –304917, Badghis, east of Qala i Naw5.311.4VI17, Kayseri, northwest of Sarıoğlan4.910.0VIICracks appeared in walls of several houses and some livestock were killed by collapsing sheds. Two people were injured after fleeing in panic. —221, Ōita offshore, south southeast of Saiki6.440.0VIIPower outages occurred in Saiki and water pipes were damaged, flooding roads. At least 13 people were injured, two of them seriously. — 1322, North Sulawesi offshore, southeast of Sarangani, Philippines6.021.0VIAt least two houses and a church were damaged in Talaud Islands Regency. A construction worker suffered serious injuries after jumping off a building due to panic. — 122, Alaska, Fox Islands offshore, south of Unalaska6.229.0VI — — —23, East Azerbaijan, west northwest of Tabriz4.010.0VIIIn Tabriz, cracks appeared in the walls of at least five buildings. One person was injured after a fall. — 124, Nippes, south of Anse-à-Veau5.310.0VITwo people were killed; one in Fonds-des-Nègres by a landslide, the other in Anse-à-Veau by a collapsing wall. Fifty-two people were injured. At least 227 houses were destroyed and 937 were damaged in Nippes. The pair of earthquakes are aftershocks of the 2021 Haiti earthquake.25224, Nippes offshore, east of Anse-à-Veau5.110.0VI24, Western Australia, west of Wagin4.97.4VPart of an earthquake swarm. Around twenty buildings had minor damage, such as cracks in walls and ceilings. — —25 offshore, South Sandwich Islands region6.011.0III — — —27, Ha'apai offshore, west northwest of Pangai6.26.2IV – — —28, Chiriquí offshore, southwest of Arenas6.08.0III — — —29, Kermadec Islands offshore, northeast of Whangārei6.58.0IVA small tsunami was reported at Boat Cove station on Raoul Island, with heights of around . — —
February
+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured1, Maluku offshore, northeast of Lospalos, Timor Leste6.0119.0IV — — —3, Loreto, northwest of Barranca6.5110.0VIEighty houses and seven public buildings were damaged in the Barranca District, while two buildings suffered minor damage in Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador. — —4, Banten offshore, west southwest of Pelabuhanratu5.245.9VIA school in Lebak Regency was damaged by landslides. — —4Southeast Indian Ridge6.310.0 — — — —5, Badakhshan, southwest of Ashkāsham5.8212.0IVTwo miners were killed by a landslide in Badakhshan Province. Five houses were destroyed and fifty were damaged in Peshawar, Pakistan, where one person was killed and the minaret of a famous Sufi shrine was tilted.3 —7, Silesia, east southeast of Katowice4.210.0VIIThree miners were injured by falling rocks. —38Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge6.210.0 — — — —13, Lori, west southwest of Metsavan5.310.0VIFifty buildings were damaged in Armenia, where power outages occurred. In Georgia, cracks appeared in the walls of 21 buildings. In Turkey, two people suffered injuries, and minor damage was caused. It was the largest earthquake in Armenia since 1988. — 213 offshore, southwest of Merizo Village6.015.0III — — —16, Escuintla, southwest of Nueva Concepción6.260.0VI 3 216South of the Fiji Islands6.8535.0III — — —21 offshore, Balleny Islands region6.314.0IV — — —22, Jujuy, west of Abra Pampa6.0251.0IV — — —23, Bolívar, southwest of Santa Rosa del Sur5.550.7V A school was damaged in Santa Rosa del Sur. — —25, West Sumatra, north northwest of Bukittinggi6.14.9VIII 27 457
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