Significant Earthquakes of 1977

25 earthquakes

Every significant earthquake NOAA records in 1977. Every quake the USGS located in 1977.

Map

The significant earthquakes of 1977. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.

Every earthquake

January 26, 1977, Kayubihi,banjar Antugan Jehem, Bali, IndonesiaM5.2
January 31, 1977, TajikistanM5.9
March 4, 1977, Bucharest, RomaniaM7.5 · 1,641 deaths · $2 billion
March 8, 1977, Sumatera,sinurat,talu, IndonesiaM6
March 18, 1977, Manila, Luzon, PhilippinesM7.3 · 1 death · $100,000 · 14 houses destroyed
March 21, 1977, Bandar Abbas, IranM6.7 · 167 deaths · 1,500 houses destroyed
March 25, 1977, TurkeyM4.9 · 30 deaths
April 2, 1977, Apia, Samoa IslandsM7.6 · tsunami
April 6, 1977, Naghan,ardal,jaghdan,dastgerd,kordan,sarmur, IranM6 · 366 deaths · 2,100 houses destroyed
April 20, 1977, Solomon IslandsM7.5
April 20, 1977, Solomon IslandsM7.6 · tsunami
April 20, 1977, Solomon IslandsM6.8 · 34 deaths · tsunami
April 21, 1977, Solomon IslandsM8.1 · 18 deaths · tsunami
May 26, 1977, Azarbaijan, IranM5.4 · 3 deaths
May 28, 1977, Siah Cheshmeh,mukhur,zolul,dalik Dashi, Iran, Turkey6 deaths
June 22, 1977, Tonga TrenchM7.2 · 1 death · $1.2 million · tsunami
July 16, 1977, Trstenik,bela,tenetise, Slovenia, Balkans NWM4.6
August 19, 1977, Sunda Islands, IndonesiaM8.3 · 189 deaths · $1.2 million · tsunami
August 28, 1977, Admiralty Islands, Papua New GuineaM5.5 · tsunami
August 31, 1977, Apartado, Medellin, ColombiaM6.5 · 3 deaths
October 10, 1977, Tonga TrenchM7.2 · tsunami
November 3, 1977, Velingrad, RomaniaM5.1
November 9, 1977, Gorgan, IranM4.9
November 23, 1977, Mendoza, San Juan Province, ArgentinaM7.5 · 65 deaths · $80 million
December 19, 1977, Bab-Tangol, IranM5.9 · 584 deaths

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.