Significant Earthquakes of 1859
Every significant earthquake NOAA records in 1859.
Map
The significant earthquakes of 1859. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
Every earthquake
- March 22, 1859, Pichincha, Ecuador
- April 12, 1859, Central, Italy
- June 2, 1859, Erzurum, Turkey
- June 11, 1859, Shemakha (Semacha), Azerbaijan
- June 28, 1859, N. Moluccas Islands, Indonesia
- July 20, 1859, Lonthor Island, Indonesia
- July 29, 1859, Sulawesi, Indonesia
- August 21, 1859, Imbros (Imroz), Lemnos, Turkey
- August 22, 1859, Italy
- August 25, 1859, La Union, Honduras, El Salvador
- September 24, 1859, Half Moon Bay, California, United States
- September 25, 1859, Neira I, Lonthor I, Indonesia
- October 5, 1859, Chile
- October 20, 1859, S. Java Sea, Indonesia
- November 22, 1859, Circular Head, Tasmania, Australia
- December 9, 1859, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua
- December 17, 1859, Manado, Belang, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24.