Significant Earthquakes of 1927

• January 1, 1927, California, Mexico, United StatesM5.8 · 1 death · $3 million · tsunami
• January 24, 1927, North Sea, NorwayM5.5 · tsunami
• January 24, 1927, Port Vila, VanuatuM7.1 · tsunami
• March 7, 1927, SW, Honshu, JapanM7.3 · 3,022 deaths · $40 million · 15,594 houses destroyed · tsunami
• March 14, 1927, Xundian, Yunnan Province, ChinaM6 · Deaths: some
• March 20, 1927, Xinping, Yunnan Province, ChinaM5 · 7 deaths
• April 14, 1927, Mendoza, Chile, ArgentinaM7.4
• April 17, 1927, Southern Italy
• May 15, 1927, Serbia, Balkans NWM5.9
• May 22, 1927, Gansu Province, ChinaM7.7 · 40,912 deaths · 26,674 houses destroyed
• June 20, 1927, Northern Italy
• June 26, 1927, Sebastopol, Crimea, UkraineM6 · tsunami
• July 1, 1927, Oetylos (Laconia), GreeceM7.3
• July 11, 1927, Damiya, Israel, JordanM6.3 · 268 deaths · tsunami
• August 5, 1927, Sanriku, JapanM6.9 · tsunami
• August 14, 1927, Slovenia, Balkans NW
• August 16, 1927, Central, Italy
• August 18, 1927, Kashima, JapanM6.9 · tsunami
• August 24, 1927, TaiwanM6.8 · 30 deaths · 200 houses destroyed
• September 11, 1927, Sebastopol, Crimea, UkraineM6.8 · 11 deaths · tsunami
• September 16, 1927, Sebastopol, Crimea, UkraineM4.9 · tsunami
• September 24, 1927, Sebastopol, Crimea, UkraineM5.7
• October 17, 1927, Southern Italy
• October 24, 1927, SE Alaska, Alaska, United StatesM7.1 · tsunami
• October 30, 1927, Northern Italy
• November 4, 1927, Off Coast, S, California, United StatesM7.3 · tsunami
• November 15, 1927, Northern Italy
• November 21, 1927, Southern, ChileM7.1 · tsunami
• November 23, 1927, Northern Italy
• November 24, 1927, Fumin, Yunnan Province, ChinaM5.5 · Deaths: many
• December 1, 1927, Donggala, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM6.2 · 50 deaths · tsunami
• December 28, 1927, Kamchatka, RussiaM7.5 · 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.