Significant Earthquakes of 1948
Every significant earthquake NOAA records in 1948. Every quake the USGS located in 1948.
Map
The significant earthquakes of 1948. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
Every earthquake
- January 24, 1948, Panay, Iloilo City, Antique, Philippines
- February 9, 1948, Dodecanese Islands, Greece
- March 1, 1948, Seram, Indonesia
- March 28, 1948, Sucre, Bolivia
- April 17, 1948, Tokaido, Japan
- April 22, 1948, Vasiliki (Leukas), Greece
- May 7, 1948, Northern Italy
- May 11, 1948, Arequipa,moquegua,tacna,torata,quellaveco, Peru
- May 14, 1948, Alaska Peninsula, Alaska, United States
- May 23, 1948, Shandong Province, China
- May 25, 1948, Sichuan Province, China
- May 28, 1948, Canete, Peru
- June 2, 1948, Off Northwest Coast, Indonesia
- June 27, 1948, Yunnan Province, China
- June 28, 1948, Fukui, Japan
- June 30, 1948, Tsoukalades-Kalamitsi (Leukas), Greece
- August 25, 1948, Salta, Argentina
- September 8, 1948, Tonga Islands
- October 5, 1948, Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan
- October 8, 1948, Guizhou Province, China
- December 4, 1948, Maria Madre Island, Mexico
- December 26, 1948, Antofagasta, Chile
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.