Significant Earthquakes of 1962

• January 7, 1962, Croatia, Balkans NWM5.9 · 4 deaths
• January 11, 1962, Croatia, Balkans NWM6.1 · 1 death · 2,290 houses destroyed · tsunami
• February 14, 1962, Central, ChileM7.3
• February 18, 1962, Gafour,oum-Zid,el Akhouat, TunisiaM5.3
• March 12, 1962, Costa Rica-PanamaM6.8 · tsunami
• March 18, 1962, AlbaniaM6 · 15 deaths
• March 18, 1962, Guangdong Province, ChinaM6.1 · 1 death · 1,200 houses destroyed
• April 1, 1962, Mussavieh, IranM5.8 · 20 deaths
• April 12, 1962, Sanriku, JapanM7.2 · tsunami
• April 18, 1962, Casma,huaraz,quiruvilca,trujillo, PeruM6.4 · 4 deaths
• April 23, 1962, SE. Hokkaido Island, Japantsunami
• April 23, 1962, Yunnan Province, ChinaM5.5
• April 25, 1962, Correncon,chateau-Bernard,le Gua,rencurel, FranceM5.3
• April 30, 1962, Sendai, Honshu, JapanM6.8 · 1 death
• May 11, 1962, Southern MexicoM7 · 4 deaths · tsunami
• May 19, 1962, Southern MexicoM7.2 · 3 deaths · tsunami
• May 21, 1962, Off Coast of Honshu Island, JapanM5.7 · tsunami
• May 21, 1962, Qinghai Province, ChinaM6.8
• May 28, 1962, Aegean Sea, GreeceM4.5 · tsunami
• June 11, 1962, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and HerzegovinaM6.3 · $40 million
• June 24, 1962, Yunnan Province, ChinaM6.2 · 2,550 houses destroyed
• July 26, 1962, PanamaM7.4
• July 30, 1962, Mistrato, Manizales, ColombiaM6.8 · 47 deaths
• August 19, 1962, Xinjiang, ChinaM6.4
• August 21, 1962, Southern ItalyM6.1 · 16 deaths
• August 28, 1962, Southern GreeceM6.8 · 1 death
• August 30, 1962, Utah, United StatesM5.8 · $1 million
• September 1, 1962, Buyin-Zara, IranM7.2 · 12,225 deaths · $30 million · 21,310 houses destroyed
• September 4, 1962, Igdir, TurkeyM5.5 · 1 death
• September 14, 1962, Balikesir, Aegean Sea, Turkey, GreeceM5.5
• October 5, 1962, Torbat Heydariyeh, Akhmedabad, IranM5 · 6 deaths
• November 6, 1962, Gahkom,golruiyeh,patkuiyeh,laigazan,ganj, IranM5.5
• December 17, 1962, Ningxia, ChinaM5.5
• December 21, 1962, Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United StatesM6.5 · 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.