Significant Earthquakes of 1955
Every significant earthquake NOAA records in 1955. Every quake the USGS located in 1955.
Map
The significant earthquakes of 1955. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
Every earthquake
- January 18, 1955, Off the Coast near LA Vela, Venezuela
- January 25, 1955, Terminal Island, California, United States
- February 18, 1955, Quetta, Pakistan
- February 27, 1955, Kermadec Islands
- March 31, 1955, Lanao,ozamiz,cotabato, Mindanao, Philippines
- April 4, 1955, Managua, Nicaragua
- April 13, 1955, Southern Greece
- April 14, 1955, Sichuan Province, China
- April 15, 1955, Xinjiang Province, China
- April 19, 1955, Drakia-Agria (Magnesia), Greece
- April 19, 1955, Chile
- April 21, 1955, Aegean Sea, Greece
- April 24, 1955, Xinjiang Province, China
- May 17, 1955, Little Nicobar Island, India
- June 7, 1955, Yunnan Province, China
- July 16, 1955, Samos, Soke, Aydin, Greece, Turkey
- July 20, 1955, Colombia-Ecuador
- September 1, 1955, Costa Rica
- September 8, 1955, Fauro Island, Solomon Islands
- September 12, 1955, Nile Delta, Egypt
- September 23, 1955, Yunnan Province, China
- October 1, 1955, Sichuan Province, China
- October 9, 1955, Mungui,la Union Prov,arequipa,toro,cotahuasi, Peru
- October 10, 1955, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
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.