Significant Earthquakes of 1966

33 earthquakes

Every significant earthquake NOAA records in 1966. Every quake the USGS located in 1966.

Map

The significant earthquakes of 1966. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.

Every earthquake

January 31, 1966, Yunnan Province, ChinaM5.1
February 5, 1966, Central, GreeceM6.3 · 1 death · $4 million · 450 houses destroyed
February 5, 1966, Yunnan Province, ChinaM6.5
February 13, 1966, Yunnan Province, ChinaM6.2
March 6, 1966, Hebei Province, ChinaM5.2 · 11 houses destroyed
March 7, 1966, Varto, Mus, TurkeyM6 · 10 deaths
March 7, 1966, Hebei Province, ChinaM6.5 · 8,064 deaths
March 12, 1966, TaiwanM8 · 7 deaths · tsunami
March 19, 1966, Hebei Province, ChinaM5.6
March 20, 1966, Kichwamba, Bondibogyo, Tanzania, Dr Congo, UgandaM6.6 · 157 deaths · $1.5 million
March 22, 1966, Hebei Province, ChinaM7.6 · Deaths: many
March 26, 1966, Hebei Province, ChinaM6.2
April 20, 1966, Hebei Province, ChinaM5.3 · 22 houses destroyed
April 26, 1966, Tashkent, Uzbekistan10 deaths · $300 million
May 2, 1966, TurkeyM4.8
June 15, 1966, Guadalcanal, Solomon IslandsM7.1 · tsunami
June 27, 1966, Nepal-IndiaM6.3 · 80 deaths · $1 million · 5,200 houses destroyed
July 3, 1966, Mus, Turkey14 deaths
July 12, 1966, Black Sea, RussiaM5.5 · tsunami
July 12, 1966, Bagici, TurkeyM4.6 · 12 deaths
August 15, 1966, Northern IndiaM5.6 · 15 deaths
August 19, 1966, Varto, TurkeyM6.8 · 2,394 deaths · $20 million
September 1, 1966, Southern, GreeceM5.5 · 1 death · $14 million · 180 houses destroyed
September 4, 1966, ColombiaM5.3 · 6 deaths · 200 houses destroyed
September 19, 1966, VenezuelaM5
September 19, 1966, Yunnan Province, ChinaM5.4
September 28, 1966, Yunnan Province, ChinaM6.4
October 2, 1966, Jilin Province, ChinaM5.2
October 17, 1966, Lima,huacho,huaura, Chancay,supe,san Nicolas, PeruM8.1 · 110 deaths · $35 million · tsunami
October 29, 1966, Central, GreeceM5.7 · 1 death
December 28, 1966, Taltal, Catalina, ChileM7.8 · 3 deaths · $400,000 · tsunami
December 31, 1966, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon IslandsM7.8 · tsunami
December 31, 1966, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon IslandsM7.2 · 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.