Significant Earthquakes of 1972

• January 4, 1972, TaiwanM7.6
• January 25, 1972, TaiwanM7.5 · 1 death · 5 houses destroyed · tsunami
• January 25, 1972, TaiwanM7.7
• February 4, 1972, Central, Ancona, ItalyM4.8 · 1 death
• February 10, 1972, Deh Kohneh,sa'Dabad,borazjan, IranM4.5
• February 29, 1972, Hachijojima, Tokyo, S of Honshu, JapanM7.2 · tsunami
• March 20, 1972, Juanjui, PeruM6.1 · 12 deaths · $20 million · 500 houses destroyed
• April 10, 1972, Qir,karzin, Jahrom, Firuzabad, IranM6.6 · 5,374 deaths
• April 24, 1972, Hualien, TaiwanM6.9 · 4 deaths
• April 25, 1972, Mindoro, Luzon, Manila, PhilippinesM7.2
• June 8, 1972, Central, ChileM6.6 · tsunami
• June 11, 1972, Celebes Sea, IndonesiaM7.8
• June 21, 1972, Ancona, ItalyM4.4 · 2 deaths · $300 million
• June 24, 1972, Sarsangi, Narin Counties, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM6.1 · 11 deaths
• July 2, 1972, Mishan-E-Markazi,talkhab,mishan Sofla, IranM5.3
• July 30, 1972, Sitka, Juneau, Alaska, United StatesM7.6 · tsunami
• August 17, 1972, W. Solomon SeaM7.1 · tsunami
• September 3, 1972, Tangir, Gupis, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, PakistanM6.2 · 100 deaths · 1,000 houses destroyed
• September 7, 1972, Laboirie, Arceau, Saint-Pierre D'Oleron, FranceM5.3
• September 13, 1972, Corinthia, Arcadia, GreeceM6
• September 17, 1972, Lixouri, Chavriata, Damoulianata,kouvalata, GreeceM6.3 · 40 houses destroyed
• November 2, 1972, Tanna, Anatom, Loyalty Islands, New CaledoniaM7
• December 2, 1972, Mindanao, Davao, PhilippinesM7.4 · tsunami
• December 4, 1972, S of Honshu, Hachijojima, JapanM7.4 · tsunami
• December 23, 1972, Managua, NicaraguaM6.2 · 10,000 deaths · $3 billion
• December 29, 1972, Central, ChileM5.4 · 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.