Significant Earthquakes of 1950
Every significant earthquake NOAA records in 1950. Every quake the USGS located in 1950.
Map
The significant earthquakes of 1950. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
Every earthquake
- January 19, 1950, Bushire, Iran
- January 30, 1950, Southern, Chile
- February 2, 1950, Yunnan Province, China
- February 4, 1950, Turkey
- February 28, 1950, Sea of Okhotsk, Russia
- March 7, 1950, Brazil
- March 14, 1950, N. New Zealand
- April 30, 1950, Panama
- May 16, 1950, Peru
- May 21, 1950, Cusco, Peru
- June 19, 1950, Gresik, Java, Indonesia
- July 9, 1950, Anboledas, Colombia
- August 3, 1950, El Tocuyo, Venezuela
- August 5, 1950, Ecuador
- August 15, 1950, India-China
- September 13, 1950, Yunnan Province, China
- October 5, 1950, Costa Rica-Nicaragua
- October 8, 1950, Seram, Indonesia
- October 23, 1950, San Marcos, Guatemala
- November 2, 1950, Banda Sea, Indonesia
- November 8, 1950, Solomon Sea, Solomon Islands
- November 17, 1950, Guerrero, Mexico
- December 2, 1950, Vanuatu Islands
- December 9, 1950, Chile-Argentina
- December 10, 1950, Ica,chimbote,huaraz,cajamarca,cuzco,moquegua, Peru
- December 14, 1950, Acapulco, Mexico
- December 14, 1950, Tonga Islands
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.