Significant Earthquakes of 1969

31 earthquakes

Every significant earthquake NOAA records in 1969. Every quake the USGS located in 1969.

Map

The significant earthquakes of 1969. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.

Every earthquake

January 3, 1969, NE Khurasan Province, IranM5.5 · 50 deaths · 100 houses destroyed
January 5, 1969, Santa Isabel Island, Solomon IslandsM7.5
January 19, 1969, Hokkaido, JapanM7.6
January 30, 1969, Talaud Islands, Mindanao, Visayan, IndonesiaM7.5
February 11, 1969, Wushi, Xinjiang Province, ChinaM6.3 · 4 deaths
February 23, 1969, Parasanga, Paletoang, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM7 · 664 deaths · 1,287 houses destroyed · tsunami
February 28, 1969, Canary Is, Rabat, Sale, Spain, Portugal, MoroccoM7.8 · 25 deaths · tsunami
March 23, 1969, Demirci, Gordes, Sindirgi, TurkeyM5.6
March 28, 1969, Alasehir, Sarigol, Kiraz, TurkeyM6.5 · 53 deaths
March 29, 1969, Sardo, EthiopiaM6.2 · 40 deaths · $320,000
March 31, 1969, Beni-Souef, Al-Qahirah (Cairo), EgyptM7 · 2 deaths · 107 houses destroyed · tsunami
April 3, 1969, Southern, AlbaniaM5.5 · 1 death
April 21, 1969, Ryukyu Islands, Japantsunami
April 30, 1969, Demirci, Western Anatolia, Istanbul, TurkeyM5.1
July 18, 1969, Bohai Sea, ChinaM7.4 · 10 deaths · 15,190 houses destroyed · tsunami
July 24, 1969, Lampa-Junin,huaytapallana, PeruM5.9
July 25, 1969, Yangjiang County, Guangdong Province, ChinaM6.4 · 3,000 deaths · 10,762 houses destroyed
August 2, 1969, Bismarck Sea, Papua New GuineaM5.4 · tsunami
August 11, 1969, Perugia, ItalyM4.7
August 11, 1969, Shikotan Island, Kurilskiye, RussiaM8.2 · tsunami
September 14, 1969, Xinjiang Province, ChinaM5.5 · 10 houses destroyed
September 29, 1969, Cape Province, South AfricaM6.3 · 12 deaths · $24 million
October 1, 1969, Huaytapallana, Lampa, Chilifruta, PeruM6.6 · 130 deaths · $5 million
October 2, 1969, Santa Rosa, California, United StatesM4.8 · 1 death · $8.4 million
October 5, 1969, Tulbagh, South AfricaM5.8
October 26, 1969, Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and HerzegovinaM6 · 14 deaths · $50 million
October 27, 1969, Kakasi, Jablan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and HerzegovinaM6.4 · 9 deaths
November 21, 1969, Off NW Coast Sumatera, IndonesiaM7.7
November 22, 1969, Off Kamchatka, RussiaM7.3 · tsunami
December 17, 1969, Sasquisili, Pujili, Latacunga, EcuadorM4.2
December 25, 1969, Grand Bourg, GuadeloupeM7.2 · 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.