List of earthquakes in Brazil

This is a list of earthquakes in Brazil. Only large earthquakes are included, unless they cause damage and/or casualties. Intensities is measured in the Mercalli intensity scale. Depths are given in kilometers.

List of earthquakes

Date	Location	Mw	MMI	Fatalities	Injuries	Depth	Notes	Ref.
2024-06-18	Minas Gerais	4.3	V			11.4	Minor damage	[1]
2023-04-05	Acre	5.1				560.1		[2]
2022-06-08	Acre	6.5				622.7		[3]
2020-08-30	Bahia	4.6	VI			10.0	Minor damage	[4]
2019-01-05	Acre	6.8	III			570.4		[5] [6]
2017-09-18	Paraná	4.5				53.0	Minor damage	[7]
2017-01-03	Maranhão	4.5	V			10.0	Minor damage	[8] [9]
2012-05-19	Minas Gerais	4.1	V			10.0	Six homes destroyed	[10]
2010-10-08	Goiás	5.0	VI			10.0	Minor damage in Porangatu	[11]
2008-04-23	São Paulo offshore	5.2	IV			10.0	Largest in state since 1922 / Hospital damaged	[12] [13] [14]
2008-02-29	Ceará	4.3				10.0	Minor damage	[15]
2007-12-09	Minas Gerais	4.9	VI	1	6	10.0	Minor damage	[16]
2003-06-20	Acre	7.1	IV			558.1		[17]
1989-03-26	Rio Grande do Norte	4.4	VII			10.0	Minor damage	[18]
1989-03-10	Rio Grande do Norte	5.0	VI			10.0	Minor damage	[19]
1986-11-30	Rio Grande do Norte	5.1	VII			5.0	4,348 buildings damaged, more than 10,000 dislocated	[20]
1983-08-05	Amazonas	5.6	VII			23.0	Minor damage in Manaus	[21]
1980-11-20	Ceara	5.1	VII			10.0	488 houses damaged	[22] [23]
1967-02-15	Tarauacá	7.0				600.4		[24]
1963-11-09	Tarauacá	7.6				590.7		[25]
1955-01-31	Mato Grosso	6.3				15.0	Rare event	[26]
1922-01-27	São Paulo	5.1	VI	1		Unknown	Buildings damaged	[27]
Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.

References

1. "M 4.7 – 11 km NE of Frutal, Brazil Brazil". United States Geological Survey.
2. "M 6.5 – 107 km SSW of Tarauacá, Brazil, Brazil". United States Geological Survey.
3. "M 6.5 – 107 km SSW of Tarauacá, Brazil, Brazil". United States Geological Survey.
4. "M 4.6 – 3 km WSW of Mutuípe, Brazil". United States Geological Survey.
5. "Strong 6.8-magnitude earthquake hits western Brazil". BNO News. 2019-01-05. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
6. "M 6.8 – 90 km W of Tarauacá, Brazil". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
7. "Paraná registra dois terremotos na madrugada e moradores relatam susto na web". ultimosegundo.ig.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 18 September 2017.
8. "M 4.5 – Maranhao, Brazil". United States Geological Survey.
9. "Earthquake in northern Brazil" (in German). 3 January 2017.
10. "M 4.1 – 14 km WSW of Montes Claros, Brazil". United States Geological Survey.
11. "M 5.0 – 50 km S of Porangatu, Brazil". United States Geological Survey.
12. "Tremor foi o maior em São Paulo desde 1922". folha.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Folha de São Paulo. 2008-04-23. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
13. "M 5.2 – 211 km SSE of Guarujá, Brazil". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
14. "Tremor de 5,2 graus atingiu SP, RJ, PR e SC na noite de ontem". Migalhas. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
15. "M 4.3 – 1 km S of Sobral, Brazil". United States Geological Survey.
16. "M 4.9 – 16 km WNW of Itacarambi, Brazil". United States Geological Survey.
17. "M7.1 – Amazonas, Brazil". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
18. "M 4.4 – Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil". United States Geological Survey.
19. "M 5.0 – 20 km ENE of São Paulo do Potengi, Brazil". United States Geological Survey.
20. "M 5.1 – 7 km NE of João Câmara, Brazil". United States Geological Survey.
21. "M 5.6 – 28 km NNW of Codajás, Brazil". United States Geological Survey.
22. "M 5.1 – 32 km SE of Chorozinho, Brazil". United States Geological Survey.
23. Barbosa, Honório (19 November 2020). "Terremoto de Pacajus- o maior tremor registrado no Norte e Nordeste- completa 40 anos". diariodonordeste.verdesmares.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-04-02.
24. "M 7.0 – 124 km SSW of Tarauacá, Brazil". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
25. "M 7.6 – 132 km SW of Tarauacá, Brazil". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
26. "M 6.3 – Mato Grosso, Brazil". United States Geological Survey. January 31, 1955. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
27. da Silveira, Evanildo (27 January 2022). "O terremoto que apavorou São Paulo há 100 anos". BBC. Retrieved 25 March 2022.