User:Jarda2020/List of earthquakes in 2023

January
Strongest magnitude	5.6 Mw United States
Deadliest	-
Total fatalities	0
Number by magnitude
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	0
6.0–6.9	0
5.0–5.9	6
4.0–4.9	34

Earthquakes in 2023
4.0–5.9 magnitude; 6.0–6.9 magnitude;	7.0–7.9 magnitude; 8.0+ magnitude;
Strongest magnitude	5.6 Mw United States
Deadliest	-
Total fatalities	0
Number by magnitude
9.0+	0
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	0
6.0–6.9	0
5.0–5.9	6
4.0–4.9	34
	← 2022 2024 →

This is a list of earthquakes in 2023. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they result in damage or casualties, or are notable for some other reason. All dates are listed according to UTC time. The maximum intensities would be based on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale, and all data are sourced from the United States Geological Survey.

Compared to other years[edit]

Number of earthquakes worldwide for 2013–2023
Magnitude	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
8.0–9.9	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0
7.0–7.9	14	17	11	18	16	6	16	9	9	3	0
6.0–6.9	117	123	143	127	131	104	118	135	111	68	0
5.0–5.9	1,546	1,460	1,580	1,413	1,550	1,447	1,671	1,484	1,315	770	6
4.0–4.9	10,955	11,877	15,817	13,777	13,700	10,544	12,782	11,897	12,135	6,100	34
Total	12,635	13,480	17,552	15,336	15,397	13,102	14,589	13,530	13,572	6,941	40

By death toll[edit]

Rank	Death toll	Magnitude	Location	MMI	Depth (km)	Date	Event
1

By magnitude[edit]

Rank	Magnitude	Death toll	Location	MMI	Depth (km)	Date	Event
1

Listed are earthquakes with at least 7.0 magnitude.

By month[edit]

January[edit]


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]	United States, California offshore, 15 km (9.3 mi) west southwest of Ferndale	5.6	17.9	VIII	It was an aftershock of the 2022 Ferndale earthquake. Broken windows, large cracks in buildings and power outages were reported in Humboldt County. Some houses were badly damaged after being shaken from their foundations.^[2]	2	17

References[edit]

^ National Earthquake Information Center (1 January 2023). "M 5.6 - 12km WSW of Ferndale, CA". United States Geological Survey.
^ "Earthquake: Magnitude 5.6 quake hits Northern California days after deadly temblor". The Los Angeles Times. 1 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.

[1] National Earthquake Information Center (1 January 2023). "M 5.6 - 12km WSW of Ferndale, CA". United States Geological Survey.

[2] "Earthquake: Magnitude 5.6 quake hits Northern California days after deadly temblor". The Los Angeles Times. 1 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.

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v t e ← Earthquakes in 2022 →
January	Qinghai, China (6.6, Jan 8) Cyprus (6.6, Jan 11) Badghis, Afghanistan (5.3, Jan 17) †
February	Escuintla, Guatemala (6.2, Feb 16) Sumatra, Indonesia (6.2, Feb 25)
March	Fukushima, Japan (7.3, Mar 16)
April	Strupići, Bosnia and Herzegovina (5.7, Apr 22)
May	Chilca, Peru (5.4, May 12)
June	Ya'an, China (5.8, Jun 1) Durand Line, Afghanistan (6.2, Jun 22) † ‡
July	Bandar e-Lengeh, Iran (6.0, 5.7, 6.0, Jul 1) Luzon, Philippines (7.0, Jul 27)
September	Eastern Afghanistan (5.1, Sep 4) Sichuan, China (6.6, Sep 5) † Papua New Guinea (7.6, Sep 11) Taitung, Taiwan 6.5, Sep 17 6.9, Sep 18 Michoacán, Mexico (7.7, Sep 19)
October	West Azerbaijan (5.6, Oct 5)
November	Doti, Nepal (5.7, Nov 8) West Java, Indonesia (5.6, Nov 21) † Düzce, Turkey (6.1, Nov 23)
December	Ferndale, California (6.4, Dec 20)
† indicates earthquake resulting in at least 30 deaths ‡ indicates the deadliest earthquake of the year Dates for all earthquakes are in UTC

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