Significant Earthquakes of 1956
Every significant earthquake NOAA records in 1956. Every quake the USGS located in 1956.
Map
The significant earthquakes of 1956. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
Every earthquake
- January 8, 1956, Guerrero, Mexico
- January 8, 1956, Chile
- January 10, 1956, Tonga Islands
- January 12, 1956, Hungary
- January 16, 1956, Ecuador
- January 24, 1956, Puerto Samoza, Nicaragua
- January 31, 1956, Ilirska Bistrica,koseze, Slovenia, Balkans NW
- February 20, 1956, Eskisehir, Turkey
- March 2, 1956, North Island, New Zealand
- March 5, 1956, NE. Hokkaido Island, Japan
- March 16, 1956, Litani, Lebanon
- April 19, 1956, Spain
- May 23, 1956, Fiji Islands
- June 9, 1956, Kabul, Afghanistan
- July 9, 1956, Dodecanese, Greece
- July 9, 1956, Aegean Sea, Greece
- July 16, 1956, Myanmar
- July 18, 1956, Banda Sea, Indonesia
- July 21, 1956, Anjar, Bhuj, Gandhidham, Kandla, India
- August 12, 1956, Izu Peninsula, Japan
- August 19, 1956, Shanxi Province, China
- October 11, 1956, Kuril Islands, Russia
- October 24, 1956, Off Coast, Nicaragua
- October 31, 1956, Bastak, Iran
- November 2, 1956, Volos-Agria (Magnesia), Greece
- December 18, 1956, Antofagasta, Chile
- December 31, 1956, Hebei 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.