Significant Earthquakes of 1953

• January 15, 1953, Lar, IranM5.5 · 13 deaths
• January 25, 1953, HaitiM5.7 · 2 deaths
• February 12, 1953, Torud, IranM6.6 · 970 deaths · 1,800 houses destroyed
• February 15, 1953, Lima, PeruM5.5 · tsunami
• March 17, 1953, Kuril Islands, RussiaM5.8 · tsunami
• March 18, 1953, Yenice, Onon, TurkeyM7.3 · 1,070 deaths · $3.6 million
• April 1953, Khan-E-Zenyan,khatiri, Iran1 death
• April 23, 1953, Solomon Islands, Papua New GuineaM7.4 · $13,000 · tsunami
• May 3, 1953, Yunnan Province, ChinaM5
• May 6, 1953, Chillan, Concepcion, ChileM7.6 · 9 deaths · $500 million · tsunami
• May 31, 1953, Puerto Plata, Dominican RepublicM7.2 · tsunami
• June 18, 1953, Edirne, Turkey37 deaths
• July 2, 1953, Vanuatu IslandsM7.5
• August 9, 1953, Ithaki, Cephalonia, Lefkada, Ionian Islands, GreeceM6.3 · tsunami
• August 11, 1953, Asprogerakas (Kephallenia), GreeceM6.8 · tsunami
• August 12, 1953, Lixouri-Argostoli (Kephallenia), GreeceM7.2 · 476 deaths · $100 million · 30,439 houses destroyed · tsunami
• September 10, 1953, Paphos, CyprusM6.3 · 40 deaths · 500 houses destroyed · tsunami
• September 14, 1953, Fiji IslandsM6.4 · 8 deaths · tsunami
• November 4, 1953, Solomon IslandsM7.5 · tsunami
• November 25, 1953, Kashima, JapanM7.4 · 1 death · tsunami
• December 7, 1953, Northern, ChileM7.4 · 3 deaths · $7.3 million
• December 12, 1953, Peru-EcuadorM7.4 · 6 deaths · 200 houses destroyed · 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.