List of earthquakes in 2018
This is a list of earthquakes in 2018. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they result in damage and/or casualties, or are notable for other reasons. All dates are listed according to UTC time. Maximum intensities are indicated on the Mercalli [intensity scale] and are sourced from United States Geological Survey ShakeMap data. In a busy year with 17 major quakes, Indonesia was hit particularly hard. More than 500 people died in 5 [August 2018 Lombok earthquake|Lombok] in August and a 2018 Sulawesi [earthquake and tsunami|major earthquake struck the Palu region] in September, with more than 4,000 casualties caused mainly by liquefaction and a tsunami. Other deadly events took place in Papua New Guinea, Japan, Haiti, Taiwan and Mexico. The strongest quake with a magnitude of 8.2 occurred in Fiji, at a great depth of.