Significant Earthquakes of 1949

• January 27, 1949, Kamchatka, Russiatsunami
• February 9, 1949, Off West Coast, Greecetsunami
• February 23, 1949, Xinjiang Province, ChinaM7.3 · 21 deaths · 1,010 houses destroyed
• March 4, 1949, Hindu-Kush, West Punjab, AfghanistanM7.5
• April 13, 1949, Washington, United StatesM7 · 8 deaths · $25 million · tsunami
• April 20, 1949, Angol, Traiguen, ChileM7.3 · 57 deaths · tsunami
• April 24, 1949, Makhl-E-Nakhoda,bandar Abbas,bazaar, IranM6.3
• May 9, 1949, Banda Aceh, IndonesiaM6.7 · tsunami
• July 10, 1949, TajikistanM7.4 · 3,500 deaths
• July 23, 1949, Karaburun, Chios, Oenoussae, Turkey, GreeceM6.5 · 7 deaths · 534 houses destroyed · tsunami
• August 5, 1949, Tungurahua, EcuadorM6.5 · 6,000 deaths · $7.5 million
• August 6, 1949, Tonga IslandsM6.9
• August 17, 1949, Karliova, TurkeyM6.8 · 320 deaths
• August 22, 1949, Queen Charlotte Islands, CanadaM8.1 · tsunami
• September 5, 1949, N Luzon, PhilippinesM6.4 · tsunami
• September 15, 1949, Central, Italy
• October 19, 1949, Bismarck Sea, Papua New GuineaM7.5 · tsunami
• November 13, 1949, Sichuan Province, ChinaM5.5 · Deaths: some
• November 17, 1949, Southern, California, United States$9 million
• December 17, 1949, Tierra del Fuego, ChileM7.8 · 1 death · tsunami
• December 17, 1949, Tierra del Fuego, ChileM7.8 · 3 deaths · tsunami
• December 29, 1949, E, Luzon, PhilippinesM7.2 · 16 deaths · 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.