Significant Earthquakes of 1963

28 earthquakes

Every significant earthquake NOAA records in 1963. Every quake the USGS located in 1963.

Map

The significant earthquakes of 1963. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.

Every earthquake

February 13, 1963, Taipei, Hsinch, TaiwanM7.3 · 15 deaths · tsunami
February 21, 1963, Barce (Al Marj), LibyaM5.4 · 300 deaths · $5 million
March 24, 1963, Karkhaneh, IranM6 · 5,000 houses destroyed
March 28, 1963, Southern Italy
March 31, 1963, Hendojan, IranM5 · 4 deaths · 100 houses destroyed
April 19, 1963, Qinghai Province, ChinaM7
April 23, 1963, Yunnan Province, ChinaM6
May 9, 1963, Leon, NicaraguaM5.5
May 18, 1963, Bali, IndonesiaM6
May 19, 1963, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Balkans NWM4.9
June 21, 1963, Heilongjiang Province, ChinaM5.8
June 30, 1963, Western Iran
July 26, 1963, Skopje, Macedonia, Balkans NW, North MacedoniaM6 · 1,070 deaths · $1 billion
July 29, 1963, Gahkom,laigazan,patkuiyeh,golruiyeh,ganj, IranM5.2 · 5 deaths · 350 houses destroyed
August 15, 1963, Southern PeruM7.7
August 29, 1963, Xinjiang, ChinaM6.5 · 1 death · 40 houses destroyed
September 2, 1963, SW, Kashmir, IndiaM5.3 · 80 deaths
September 15, 1963, Solomon IslandsM7.5
September 17, 1963, Solomon IslandsM7.5
September 18, 1963, Cinarcik, Yalova, TurkeyM6.2 · 1 death · 7 houses destroyed · tsunami
September 24, 1963, Huayllacayan,cajacay,malyas,malvas,huaraz, PeruM7 · 1 death · tsunami
October 12, 1963, Kuril Islands, RussiaM7.1 · tsunami
October 13, 1963, Kuril Islands, RussiaM8.5 · tsunami
October 20, 1963, Kuril Islands, RussiaM7.9 · tsunami
November 4, 1963, Banda Sea, IndonesiaM8.3
November 9, 1963, Acre, BrazilM7.6
December 16, 1963, Labuhan, Menes, Ponorogo, Java, IndonesiaM6.6 · tsunami
December 18, 1963, Tonga TrenchM7.5 · tsunami

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.