Significant Earthquakes of 1920

• January 3, 1920, Patlanala, Cozautlan, Puebla, Veracruz, MexicoM7.8 · 648 deaths
• January 29, 1920, N. Moluccas Islands, Indonesiatsunami
• February 2, 1920, New Britain, Papua New GuineaM7.7 · tsunami
• February 20, 1920, Gori, Tiflis, Caucasus, GeorgiaM6.2 · Deaths: many
• June 5, 1920, TaiwanM8.2 · 5 deaths · 273 houses destroyed
• August 20, 1920, Off Coast Central, ChileM7 · tsunami
• September 7, 1920, Carrara,garfagnana, ItalyM5.8 · 1,400 deaths
• September 20, 1920, Loyalty Islands, New CaledoniaM8.1 · tsunami
• November 26, 1920, Tepelene, Dragoti, Peshtani, Maricaj, AlbaniaM6.2 · 200 deaths
• December 16, 1920, Gansu Province, Shanxi Province, ChinaM8.3 · 235,502 deaths · $25 million · tsunami
• December 17, 1920, Mendoza, ArgentinaM6.7 · 400 deaths
• December 18, 1920, Elbasan, Peqin, Albania, North MacedoniaM6 · Deaths: many · tsunami

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.