Significant Earthquakes of 1970

32 earthquakes

Every significant earthquake NOAA records in 1970. Every quake the USGS located in 1970.

Map

The significant earthquakes of 1970. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.

Every earthquake

January 4, 1970, Hanoi, Yunnan Province, Vietnam, ChinaM7.1 · 15,621 deaths
January 10, 1970, Mindanao, PhilippinesM7.6 · tsunami
February 5, 1970, Odiongan, Luzon, Romblon I, Tablas I, PhilippinesM7.1 · 3 deaths
February 14, 1970, Panao,chaclla,quero,ayllamarca,la Linda, PeruM5.4 · 12 deaths
March 6, 1970, Potosi, BoliviaM4.6 · 2 deaths
March 11, 1970, Andreanof Islands, Alaska, United StatesM6 · tsunami
March 14, 1970, Badalan,qeris,batchi,dizeh,pesak,hesar, IranM4.8 · 5 deaths
March 23, 1970, Broach, IndiaM5.4 · 26 deaths
March 28, 1970, Gediz, TurkeyM7.2 · 1,086 deaths · $55.6 million · 8,229 houses destroyed
April 7, 1970, Luzon, PhilippinesM7.3 · 15 deaths · tsunami
April 23, 1970, Demirci, Manisa, TurkeyM5.7 · 150 houses destroyed
May 14, 1970, Dagestan, RussiaM6.7 · 31 deaths · tsunami
May 14, 1970, Dagestan, RussiaM6.1
May 31, 1970, Northern, Pisco, Chiclayo, PeruM7.9 · 66,794 deaths · $530 million · tsunami
June 5, 1970, Alma-Ata, KazakhstanM6.6 · 5,000 houses destroyed
June 11, 1970, Macquarie Island, AustraliaM7.6
June 14, 1970, Southern, ChileM6 · tsunami
June 19, 1970, Northern, ChileM6.4 · tsunami
June 24, 1970, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Colombia, CanadaM7.5
July 2, 1970, Sivas, TurkeyM4.9 · 1 death · 150 houses destroyed
July 25, 1970, Seikaido, JapanM7 · tsunami
July 30, 1970, Karnaveh, Marev, IranM6.7 · 220 deaths · $8 million · 2,000 houses destroyed
July 31, 1970, Juin Province Felt Argentina to Mexico City, PeruM7.1 · 1 death
August 11, 1970, Solomon IslandsM7.5
September 7, 1970, Knin, Croatia, Balkans NWM5.5
September 26, 1970, Bahia Solano, ColombiaM6.6 · $400,000 · 104 houses destroyed
September 28, 1970, New ZealandM5.1 · tsunami
September 30, 1970, Basco, Sabtang, Batan Islands, PhilippinesM6 · 3 houses destroyed · tsunami
October 31, 1970, Madang, Papua New GuineaM7.3 · 18 deaths · $1.8 million · 800 houses destroyed · tsunami
November 28, 1970, Northern, ChileM6 · tsunami
December 4, 1970, Black Sea, RussiaM5.1 · tsunami
December 10, 1970, S, N, Ecuador, PeruM7.6 · 82 deaths · $6 million

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.