Significant Earthquakes of 1968

• January 4, 1968, Managua, NicaraguaM4.6 · $2 million
• January 15, 1968, Sicily, ItalyM6 · 216 deaths · $320 million
• January 25, 1968, Sicily, ItalyM5.1 · 8 deaths
• January 29, 1968, Kuril Islands, RussiaM7.3 · tsunami
• February 12, 1968, New Ireland, Papua New GuineaM7.8
• February 19, 1968, St Eustratios, Aegean Sea, GreeceM7.2 · 22 deaths · $600,000 · 500 houses destroyed · tsunami
• February 21, 1968, Kyushu, JapanM6.3 · 3 deaths
• February 23, 1968, Pereiro, BrazilM4.6 · 1 death
• February 25, 1968, El Alen (Babord), AlgeriaM4.9 · 1 death · 100 houses destroyed
• February 28, 1968, AzoresM7.6
• March 20, 1968, Homa Bay, Usiri, Got Kokech, KenyaM4.6 · 1 death
• April 1, 1968, Kyushu, Shikoku, JapanM7.5 · 1 death · tsunami
• April 18, 1968, Liguria, ItalyM4.6 · tsunami
• April 29, 1968, Maku,shah Bandalu,qurta Bolagh,qondeqli, IranM5.6 · 38 deaths · $1 million · 1,000 houses destroyed
• May 2, 1968, Siyah,cheshmeh,zavieh,takht-E-Ravan-E-Sofla, Iran
• May 16, 1968, Off East Coast of Honshu Island, JapanM8.2 · 52 deaths · $131 million · 1,218 houses destroyed · tsunami
• May 16, 1968, Off Coast of Honshu Island, JapanM7.5 · tsunami
• May 23, 1968, NW Coast, South Island, New ZealandM7.1 · 3 deaths · $3 million
• May 28, 1968, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, IndonesiaM7.7
• June 9, 1968, Zangezur, ArmeniaM5
• June 12, 1968, Sanriku, JapanM7.2 · tsunami
• June 19, 1968, San Martin,moyobamba,yantalo,rioja,lamas, PeruM6.8 · 15 deaths · $100,000
• June 23, 1968, Ghalegh Seyed,khesht,konar Takhteh, IranM5.3
• July 25, 1968, S Of, Raoul, Kermadec IslandsM7.3 · tsunami
• August 1, 1968, Manila, Luzon, PhilippinesM7.3 · 270 deaths · $8 million · tsunami
• August 2, 1968, Oaxaca, Guerrero, MexicoM7.3 · 18 deaths · $2.4 million · tsunami
• August 5, 1968, Seikaido-Nankaido, Japantsunami
• August 10, 1968, Manado, Celebes, Molucca Islands, IndonesiaM7.6 · tsunami
• August 14, 1968, Tambu,coast of Mapaga, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM7.4 · 200 deaths · 800 houses destroyed · tsunami
• August 31, 1968, Dasht-E-Bayaz, IranM7.1 · 10,488 deaths · $35 million · 12,000 houses destroyed
• September 1, 1968, Zangezur, ArmeniaM5
• September 1, 1968, Ferdow, IranM6.2 · 700 deaths · 1,500 houses destroyed
• September 3, 1968, Bartin, Amasra, Cakraz, TurkeyM6.6 · 24 deaths · 2,000 houses destroyed · tsunami
• September 20, 1968, Carupano, VenezuelaM6.5 · 3 deaths · tsunami
• September 24, 1968, TurkeyM5.1 · 2 deaths
• September 25, 1968, S Chiapas, Mexico-GuatemalaM6.1 · 20 deaths · tsunami
• October 7, 1968, Bonin Islands, JapanM7.5
• October 14, 1968, Meckering, Northam, Cunderdin, York, AustraliaM6.8 · $2.6 million
• October 23, 1968, N Coast, Wewak, Dagua, Papua New GuineaM7.5
• November 3, 1968, Montenegro, Balkans NWM5.3 · 1 death · $38.6 million
• December 5, 1968, Dodecanese Islands, GreeceM6.1 · 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.