Significant Earthquakes of 1960

• January 13, 1960, Arequipa,chuquibamba,caraveli,cotahuasi, PeruM7.8 · 63 deaths · tsunami
• January 15, 1960, Lima,nazca,ica,huancavelic,palpa,huaitara, PeruM7.1
• February 2, 1960, Gansu Province, ChinaM5.3
• February 21, 1960, Melouza, AlgeriaM5.6 · 47 deaths
• February 29, 1960, Agadir, MoroccoM5.9 · 13,100 deaths · $120 million · tsunami
• March 20, 1960, Sanriku, JapanM7.5 · tsunami
• March 23, 1960, Sanriku, JapanM6.7 · tsunami
• April 13, 1960, Jilin Province, ChinaM5.8 · 29 houses destroyed
• April 24, 1960, Lar, IranM5.9 · 420 deaths · $20 million
• April 29, 1960, Una-Una Island, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia50 houses destroyed
• May 21, 1960, Central, ChileM8.2 · Deaths: few · tsunami
• May 22, 1960, Puerto Montt, Valdivia, ChileM9.5 · 2,226 deaths · $1 billion · 58,622 houses destroyed · tsunami
• May 26, 1960, Greece-AlbaniaM6.5 · 8 deaths
• June 11, 1960, W. Solomon Sea, Papua New GuineaM6.6 · tsunami
• July 29, 1960, Sanriku, JapanM6.7 · tsunami
• July 30, 1960, Ecuador11 deaths
• August 27, 1960, Northern India
• September 22, 1960, Lake Tanganyika, CongoM6.6 · 24 deaths
• October 7, 1960, Panay, Philippines3 deaths
• November 1, 1960, Concepcion, ChileM7.4 · Deaths: few · tsunami
• November 9, 1960, Sichuan Province, ChinaM6.8
• November 20, 1960, PeruM6.7 · 66 deaths · $550,000 · 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.