Significant Earthquakes of 1936
Every significant earthquake NOAA records in 1936. Every quake the USGS located in 1936.
Map
The significant earthquakes of 1936. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
Every earthquake
- January 9, 1936, Colombia
- February 7, 1936, Gansu Province, China
- April 1, 1936, Guangxi Province, China
- April 1, 1936, Talaud Islands, Indonesia
- April 26, 1936, Sichuan Province, China
- May 22, 1936, San Luis, Argentina
- June 30, 1936, Komandorsky Island, Russia
- June 30, 1936, Abiz, Sarbisheh, Iran
- July 3, 1936, South Korea
- July 13, 1936, Taltal, Chile
- August 1, 1936, Gansu Province, China
- August 17, 1936, Yunnan Province, China
- August 22, 1936, Taiwan
- August 23, 1936, Banda Aceh,lhok Sukon,lhoksemawe, Indonesia
- September 9, 1936, Tapanuli, Karo, N Sumatera, Indonesia
- November 2, 1936, Sanriku, Japan
- November 11, 1936, S, Xinjiang Weiwuer Zizhiqu Province, China
- November 13, 1936, Near Kamchatka, Russia
- December 19, 1936, San Vicente, El Salvador
- December 27, 1936, Nii Jima, Japan
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.