Significant Earthquakes of 1976

35 earthquakes

Every significant earthquake NOAA records in 1976. Every quake the USGS located in 1976.

Map

The significant earthquakes of 1976. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.

Every earthquake

January 13, 1976, Kopasker, IcelandM6.4
January 14, 1976, Kermadec IslandsM7.8
January 14, 1976, Kermadec IslandsM7.9 · tsunami
January 21, 1976, Kuril Islands, RussiaM7 · tsunami
February 4, 1976, Chimaltenango, Guatemala CityM7.5 · 23,000 deaths · $2.1 billion · 255,000 houses destroyed · tsunami
March 13, 1976, GuatemalaM5.1 · 4 deaths
March 19, 1976, Shamagan Province, Hindu-Kush, AfghanistanM5.5 · 49 deaths · 1,137 houses destroyed
March 25, 1976, TurkeyM4.8 · 2 deaths
April 8, 1976, Gazli, UzbekistanM7
April 9, 1976, Esmeraldos, EcuadorM6.7 · 10 deaths · $4 million
April 29, 1976, TurkeyM5.5 · 4 deaths
May 6, 1976, NW, Slovenia, NE, Balkans NW, ItalyM6.5 · 978 deaths · $3.6 billion
May 17, 1976, Gazli, Bukhara, UzbekistanM7 · $85 million
May 29, 1976, Lungling-Lushi, Yunnan Province, ChinaM7.3 · Deaths: some
May 29, 1976, Lungling-Lushi, Yunnan Province, ChinaM7.4 · Deaths: some
June 7, 1976, Mexico CityM6.4
June 25, 1976, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, IndonesiaM7.1 · 6,000 deaths
July 11, 1976, Darien, PanamaM6.7 · 5 deaths · tsunami
July 14, 1976, Bali, IndonesiaM6.5 · 573 deaths · $195 million
July 26, 1976, Lahad,datu,kanak, Sabah, MalaysiaM6.2
July 27, 1976, Tangshan, NE, ChinaM7.5 · 242,769 deaths · $5.6 billion
July 28, 1976, Tangshan, NE, ChinaM7.4 · Deaths: some
August 16, 1976, S, Mindanao, PhilippinesM8 · 8,000 deaths · $134 million · tsunami
August 17, 1976, Mindanao, PhilippinesM6.8 · Deaths: few
August 19, 1976, Denizli, TurkeyM4.9 · 4 deaths
September 11, 1976, Northeastern, ItalyM5.5 · 5 deaths
September 15, 1976, Northeastern, ItalyM6 · 11 deaths
September 15, 1976, Italy-Balkans NWM5.9
October 29, 1976, Jayawijaya, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, IndonesiaM7.1 · 133 deaths
November 7, 1976, Khorasan Province, IranM6 · 17 deaths
November 24, 1976, Muradiye, TurkeyM7 · 5,000 deaths · $60 million
November 27, 1976, Khorog, Afghanistan, TajikistanM6.1
November 30, 1976, Pozo Almonte, Oficina Victoria, Arica, ChileM7.3 · 1 death
December 8, 1976, South AfricaM5.2 · 4 deaths
December 27, 1976, Sadal,dalak Dashi,ab-E-Garm,siah Cheshmeh, Iran, Turkey1 death

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.