Major Earthquakes around the World, 2005
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
| Date | Location | Magnitude1 |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 5 | Celebes Sea | 7.1 |
| March 2 | Banda Sea | 7.1 |
| March 28 | Northern Sumatra, Indonesia | 8.7 |
| June 13 | Tarapaca, Chile | 7.8 |
| June 15 | Off coast of northern California | 7.2 |
| July 24 | Nicobar Islands, India | 7.3 |
| Aug. 16 | Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan | 7.2 |
| Sept. 9 | New Ireland Region, Papua New Guinea | 7.7 |
| Sept. 26 | Northern Peru | 7.5 |
| Oct. 8 | Pakistan | 7.6 |
| Nov. 14 | Off coast of Honshu, Japan | 7.0 |
NOTE: A major earthquake is defined here as having a magnitude of 7.0 or more.
1. Unless otherwise indicated, magnitudes listed are moment magnitudes, the newest, most uniformly applicable magnitude scale.
Source: National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey. Web: neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/mag7.html
See also The Ten Largest Earthquakes of the Century and The Largest Earthquakes in the United States.
