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Major Earthquakes around the World, 2000| Date | Location | Magnitude1 |
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| Jan. 8 | Tonga Islands | 7.2 | | Feb. 25 | Vanuatu Islands region | 7.1 | | March 28 | Volcano Islands, Japan region | 7.6 | | April 23 | Santiago del Estero Province,
Argentina | 7.0 | | May 4 | Minahassa Peninsula,
Sulawesi, Indonesia | 7.6 | | May 12 | Jujuy Province, Argentina | 7.2 | | June 4 | Sumatra, Indonesia | 7.9 | | June 18 | South Indian Ocean | 7.8 | | Aug. 6 | Bonin Islands, Japan Region | 7.3 | | Nov. 16 | New Ireland, Papua New Guinea | 8.0 | | Nov. 16 | New Ireland, Papua New Guinea | 7.6 | | Nov. 17 | New Ireland, Papua New Guinea | 7.5 | | Dec. 6 | Turkmenistan | 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. See also The Ten Largest Earthquakes of the Century and The Largest Earthquakes in the United States.
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