The following is a list of significant earthquakes from 2021–2030, listing earthquakes of magnitude 7 and above, or which caused human fatalities. Deaths due to earthquake-caused tsunamis are included.

For lists of earthquakes by country, which may include smaller and less destructive events than those listed here, see Lists of earthquakes by country.

2021

Date Time (UTC) Place Lat. Long. Fatalities Magnitude Comments Source January 14, 2021 18:28 Sulawesi, Indonesiasee 2021 West Sulawesi earthquake -2.976 118.9011056.2 Mw (USGS) Centred 32km south of Mamuju, Indonesia, at a depth of 18.0km. January 21, 2021 12:23 Pulau–Pulau Talaud, Indonesia 5.007 127.51707.0 Mw (USGS) Centred 210km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines, at a depth of 95.8km. February 3, 2021 08:25 Sulawesi, Indonesia -3.009 118.96414.9 Mb (USGS) Centred 37km SSE of Mamuju, Indonesia, at a depth of 10.0km. February 10, 2021 13:19 Southeast of the Loyalty Islands see 2021 Loyalty Islands earthquake -23.054 171.60107.7 Mw (USGS) Centred 418km WNW of Tadine, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, at a depth of 10.0km. February 12, 2021 17:01 Tajikistan–Xinjiang border region 38.132 73.56915.9 Mw (USGS) Centred 35km west of Murghob, Tajikistan, at a depth of 91.6km. February 13, 2021 14:07 Near the east coast of Honshu, Japan see 2021 Fukushima earthquake 37.745 141.74917.1 Mw (USGS) Centred 72km ENE of Namie, Japan, at a depth of 49.9km. March 1, 2021 22:57 Northern Colombia 6.239 -76.09835.1 Mw (USGS) Centred 9km SSE of Urrao, Colombia, at a depth of 10.0km. March 3, 2021 10:16 Greece see 2021 Larissa earthquake 39.755 22.17616.3 Mw (USGS) Centred 9km west of Týrnavos, Greece, at a depth of 8.0km. March 4, 2021 13:27 Off the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand -37.563 179.44407.3 Mw (USGS) Centred 174km NE of Gisborne, New Zealand, at a depth of 20.8km. March 4, 2021 17:41 Kermadec Islands, New Zealand see 2021 Kermadec Islands earthquakes -29.665 -177.83407.4 Mw (USGS) Centred 970km NNE of 'Ohonua, ʻEua, Tonga, at a depth of 53.1km. 19:28 -29.735 -177.2828.1 Mw (USGS) Centred 962.5km NNE of 'Ohonua, ʻEua, Tonga, at a depth of 26.5km. March 20, 2021 09:09 Near the east coast of Honshu, Japan see March 2021 Miyagi earthquake 38.475 141.60707.0 Mw (USGS) Centred 27km ENE of Ishinomaki, Japan, at a depth of 54.0km. March 23, 2021 21:14 Southern Xinjiang, China 41.812 81.15535.4 Mw (USGS) Centred 100km NE of Aksu, China, at a depth of 10.0km. April 10, 2021 07:00 Java, Indonesia see 2021 East Java earthquake -8.562 112.519106.0 Mw (USGS) Centred 44km SSW of Gongdanglegi Kulon, Indonesia, at a depth of 82.3km. April 28, 2021 02:21 Assam, India see 2021 Assam earthquake 26.782 92.43626.0 Mw (USGS) Centred 9km NNW of Dhekiajuli, India, at a depth of 34.0km. May 21, 2021 13:48 Yunnan, China see 2021 Dali earthquake 25.761 100.00836.1 Mw (USGS) Centred 28km NW of Dali, China, at a depth of 10.0km. May 21, 2021 18:04 Southern Qinghai, China see 2021 Maduo earthquake 34.586 98.255207.3 Mw (USGS) Centred 389.4km NE of Xining, Qinghai, China, at a depth of 10.0km. May 24, 2021 08:37 Lac Kivu region, Congo–Rwanda–Uganda -1.591 29.22914.7 Mb (USGS) Centred 9km north of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, at a depth of 10.0km. The fatality is a Rwandan. June 10, 2021 08:54 Lake Tanganyika region, Democratic Republic of the Congo -3.086 28.25925.0 Mw (USGS) Centred 87km SW of Kabare, Democratic Republic of the Congo, at a depth of 10.0km. June 23, 2021 02:54 Near the coast of central Peru see 2021 Mala earthquake -12.687 -76.72115.8 Mw (USGS) Centred 10km WSW of Mala, Peru, at a depth of 50.6km. July 10, 2021 02:14 Afghanistan–Tajikistan border region see 2021 Rasht earthquake 38.959 70.57255.8 Mw (USGS) Centred 18km ESE of Rasht, Tajikistan, at a depth of 16.6km. July 26, 2021 12:09 Sulawesi, Indonesia -0.748 121.93126.3 Mw (USGS) Centred 99km WNW of Luwuk, Indonesia, at a depth of 11.0km. July 29, 2021 06:15 Alaska Peninsula, United States see 2021 Chignik earthquake 55.325 -157.84108.2 Mw (USGS) Centred 104km SE of Perryville, Alaska, United States, at a depth of 32.2km. August 11, 2021 17:46 Mindanao, Philippines see 2021 Davao Oriental earthquake 6.455 126.74217.1 Mw (USGS) Centred 63km east of Pondaguitan, Philippines, at a depth of 65.6km. August 12, 2021 18:32 South Sandwich Islands region see 2021 South Sandwich Islands earthquakes -57.596 -25.18707.5 Mw (USGS) Centred 2453.5km SSW of Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, Tristan da Cunha, Saint Helena, at a depth of 63.3km. 18:35 -58.416 -25.3218.1 Mw (USGS) Centred 2536.1km SSW of Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, Tristan da Cunha, Saint Helena, at a depth of 48.3km. August 14, 2021 12:29 Haiti region see 2021 Haiti earthquake 18.434 -73.4822,248 dead329 missing7.2 Mw (USGS) Centred 13km SSE of Petit Trou de Nippes, Haiti, at a depth of 10.0km. August 22, 2021 21:33 South Sandwich Islands region see 2021 South Sandwich Islands earthquakes -60.291 -24.89507.1 Mw (USGS) Centred 2545.2km east of Tolhuin, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, at a depth of 14.0km. August 26, 2021 02:14 Sulawesi, Indonesia -0.854 121.52315.5 Mw (USGS) Centred 104km NE of Poso, Indonesia, at a depth of 8.0km. September 8, 2021 01:47 Near the coast of Guerrero, Mexico see 2021 Guerrero earthquake 16.982 -99.773137.0 Mw (USGS) Centred 20.7km NE of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico, at a depth of 20.0km. September 15, 2021 20:33 Sichuan–Chongqing border region see 2021 Luxian earthquake 29.182 105.39135.4 Mw (USGS) Centred 52km WSW of Yongchuan, China, at a depth of 10.0km. September 27, 2021 06:17 Crete, Greece see 2021 Arkalochori earthquake 35.252 25.26016.0 Mw (USGS) Centred 7km NNW of Thrapsanón, Greece, at a depth of 8.7km. October 2, 2021 06:29 Vanuatu region -21.104 174.89507.3 Mw (USGS) Centred 452.5km SW of Nadi, Western, Fiji, at a depth of 535.8km. October 6, 2021 22:01 Pakistan see 2021 Balochistan earthquake 30.220 68.014425.9 Mwb (USGS) Centred 15.2km NNE of Harnai, Balochistan, Pakistan, at a depth of 9.0km. October 15, 2021 20:18 Bali region, Indonesia see 2021 Bali earthquake -8.328 115.46544.7 Mw (USGS) Centred 16km NNE of Banjar Wangsian, Indonesia, at a depth of 10.0km. November 14, 2021 12:07 Southern Iran see 2021 Hormozgan earthquakes 27.721 56.06526.0 Mwb (USGS) Centred 62km NNW of Bandar Abbas, Iran, at a depth of 7.0km. 12:08 27.736 56.0776.3 Mb (USGS) Centred 64km NNW of Bandar Abbas, Iran, at a depth of 10.0km. November 28, 2021 10:52 Northern Peru see 2021 Northern Peru earthquake -4.490 -76.846127.5 Mw (USGS) Centred 42km NNW of Barranca, Peru, at a depth of 112.5km. December 14, 2021 03:20 Flores Sea see 2021 Flores earthquake -7.630 122.23117.3 Mw (USGS) Centred 112km north of Maumere, Indonesia, at a depth of 16.1km. December 29, 2021 18:25 Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia -7.592 127.58107.3 Mw (USGS) Centred 121km NNE of Lospalos, Timor Leste, at a depth of 166.9km.

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