Major Earthquakes around the World, 2004
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
| Date | Location | Magnitude1 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 3 | Southeast of the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia | 7.1 |
| Feb. 5 | Papua, Indonesia | 7.0 |
| Feb. 7 | Near the south coast of Papua, Indonesia | 7.3 |
| July 15 | Fiji Region | 7.1 |
| July 25 | Southern Sumatra, Indonesia | 7.3 |
| Sept. 5 | Near the south coast of western Honshu, Japan | 7.2 |
| Sept. 5 | Near the south coast of Honshu, Japan | 7.4 |
| Nov. 11 | Kepulauan Alor, Indonesia | 7.5 |
| Nov. 15 | West Coast, Colombia | 7.2 |
| Nov. 22 | West Coast, South Island, New Zealand | 7.1 |
| Nov. 26 | Papua, Indonesia | 7.1 |
| Nov. 28 | Hokkaido, Japan | 7.0 |
| Dec. 23 | Macquarie Island, Antarctica | 8.1 |
| Dec. 26 | Nicobar Islands, India | 7.1 |
| Dec. 26 | West Coast, N.Sumatra, Indonesia | 9.0 |
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.
See also The Ten Largest Earthquakes of the Century and The Largest Earthquakes in the United States.
