Significant Earthquakes of 1951
Every significant earthquake NOAA records in 1951. Every quake the USGS located in 1951.
Map
The significant earthquakes of 1951. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
Every earthquake
- February 17, 1951, Papua New Guinea
- February 22, 1951, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
- March 19, 1951, Philippines
- May 6, 1951, Jucuapa, El Salvador
- May 16, 1951, Peru
- July 9, 1951, Miahiatlan, Oaxaca, Mexico
- August 3, 1951, Potosi, Gulf of Fonseca, Nicaragua
- August 6, 1951, Jinotega, Gulf of Fonseca, Nicaragua
- August 8, 1951, Southern Italy
- August 13, 1951, Kursunlu, Turkey
- August 15, 1951, Terminal Island, California, United States
- August 21, 1951, Hawaii, United States
- October 22, 1951, Taiwan
- November 18, 1951, Tibet (Xizang Province), China
- November 24, 1951, Taiwan
- December 8, 1951, Southern Indian Ocean
- December 21, 1951, Yunnan Province, China
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.