Significant Earthquakes of 1961

37 earthquakes

Every significant earthquake NOAA records in 1961. Every quake the USGS located in 1961.

Map

The significant earthquakes of 1961. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.

Every earthquake

January 10, 1961, Kamchatka, RussiaM6.6
January 16, 1961, Kashima, Japantsunami
January 16, 1961, Kashima, Japantsunami
January 16, 1961, Kashima, Japantsunami
February 4, 1961, IndiaM7.6
February 12, 1961, Kuril Islands, Russiatsunami
February 26, 1961, Miyazaki, JapanM7.3 · 2 deaths · 170 houses destroyed · tsunami
March 7, 1961, Kermadec IslandsM7.5
March 7, 1961, Hubei Province, ChinaM4.9 · 25 houses destroyed
March 16, 1961, Endeh, Flores, IndonesiaM6.5 · 2 deaths
March 24, 1961, Sicily, Italy15 deaths
April 4, 1961, Terminal Island, California, United States$4.5 million
April 13, 1961, Xinjiang, ChinaM6.8 · 53 houses destroyed
May 21, 1961, New South Wales, AustraliaM5.6 · $530,000
May 23, 1961, TurkeyM6.4 · tsunami
June 1, 1961, Karakore, EthiopiaM6.2 · 160 deaths
June 11, 1961, Dehkuyeh,khaneh,lar,shagheb,nokhriz,bighu, IranM6.4 · 61 deaths · 500 houses destroyed
June 11, 1961, Yunnan Province, ChinaM5.8 · 5,740 houses destroyed
June 12, 1961, Bac Giang, Hai Duong, VietnamM5.7
June 16, 1961, Northeastern ColombiaM6.5 · tsunami
June 27, 1961, Iran5 deaths
June 27, 1961, Yunnan Province, ChinaM6 · 11,400 houses destroyed
July 18, 1961, Ryukyu Islands, Japantsunami
July 23, 1961, Vanuatu IslandsM7.3 · tsunami
August 1, 1961, Solomon IslandsM6.4 · tsunami
August 11, 1961, SE. Hokkaido Island, Japantsunami
August 17, 1961, Kuril Islands, RussiaM6.7
August 19, 1961, W Coast, Honshu, JapanM7.3 · 10 deaths
August 31, 1961, PeruM7.5
September 1, 1961, South Sandwich Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsM7.5
September 5, 1961, South Sandwich Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsM7.7
September 8, 1961, South Sandwich Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsM7.7
October 1, 1961, Gansu Province, ChinaM5.7 · 10 houses destroyed
October 14, 1961, Iran2 deaths
October 18, 1961, Valdivia, Curico, ChileM6.5 · Deaths: few · tsunami
November 15, 1961, SE. Hokkaido Island, Japantsunami
December 20, 1961, Eje Cafetero, ColombiaM6.8 · 23 deaths

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.