Significant Earthquakes of 1974

• January 5, 1974, Lima, Yauyos, PeruM6.3 · 10 deaths
• January 31, 1974, Solomon IslandsM7 · tsunami
• February 1, 1974, Izmir, TurkeyM5.2 · 2 deaths
• February 1, 1974, Solomon IslandsM7.1 · tsunami
• April 18, 1974, NE, Cepita, San Andreas, ColombiaM5 · 4 deaths
• April 22, 1974, Jiangsu Province, ChinaM5.5
• May 8, 1974, Nakagi, JapanM6.5 · 27 deaths · 134 houses destroyed · tsunami
• May 10, 1974, Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces, Chao-T'Ung, ChinaM7.1 · 20,000 deaths
• June 12, 1974, VenezuelaM6.1 · 5 deaths · $2.5 million
• June 20, 1974, Kozjansko, Slovenia, Balkans NWM4.5
• July 1, 1974, Los Toldos, ArgentinaM5.9
• July 4, 1974, MongoliaM6.7
• July 13, 1974, Bogota, Cali, Pereira, ColombiaM7.3 · 11 deaths · 50 houses destroyed
• August 3, 1974, Kakiota, Mito, Tokyo, Honshu, JapanM5.7 · 2 deaths
• August 18, 1974, La Union, Valdivia, ChileM7.1 · tsunami
• September 23, 1974, GabonM6.2
• September 27, 1974, Hokkaido, Kuril-Japan, RussiaM6.7 · tsunami
• October 3, 1974, Lima, Callao, PeruM8.1 · 78 deaths · $10 million · tsunami
• October 8, 1974, Antigua and Barbuda, St KittsM7.4
• December 2, 1974, Sarchahan,saadatabad,gahkom,siruiyeh, IranM5.4
• December 28, 1974, Balakot, Patan, PakistanM6.2 · 5,300 deaths · $3.3 million · 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.