Significant Earthquakes of 1978

34 earthquakes

Every significant earthquake NOAA records in 1978. Every quake the USGS located in 1978.

Map

The significant earthquakes of 1978. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.

Every earthquake

January 14, 1978, Tokkaido, Oshima, JapanM6.6 · 25 deaths · 85 houses destroyed · tsunami
February 9, 1978, S of, Kermadec IslandsM7.7
February 15, 1978, TurkeyM4.5 · 525 houses destroyed
February 20, 1978, Ofunato, Tohoku, JapanM6.1
March 11, 1978, Sicily, ItalyM5 · 2 deaths
March 16, 1978, Quetta, Nushki, PakistanM5.9 · 1 death
March 19, 1978, Acapulco, MexicoM6.6 · 1 death
March 22, 1978, Kuril Islands, RussiaM6.7 · tsunami
March 22, 1978, Kuril Islands, RussiaM6.6 · tsunami
March 23, 1978, Kuril Islands, RussiaM6.8 · tsunami
March 23, 1978, Kuril Islands, RussiaM7.5 · tsunami
March 24, 1978, Kuril Islands, RussiaM7.6 · tsunami
March 24, 1978, Alma-Ata, KazakhstanM7.1
April 13, 1978, Brus, Serbia, Balkans NWM5.7
April 15, 1978, Sicily, ItalyM5.7 · 5 deaths · 400 houses destroyed
May 23, 1978, Thessaloniki, Volvi, Langadas, GreeceM5.6
June 3, 1978, Hiroshima, S Honshu, JapanM4.9
June 12, 1978, Sanriku, JapanM7.7 · 28 deaths · $865 million · tsunami
June 14, 1978, Mindanao Island, PhilippinesM6.9 · tsunami
June 20, 1978, Thessaloniki, GreeceM6.4 · 50 deaths · $250 million · tsunami
July 23, 1978, TaiwanM7.4 · tsunami
July 29, 1978, Patzun, GuatemalaM4.5 · 17 deaths
August 3, 1978, Copiapo-Taltai, Northern, ChileM7
August 13, 1978, Southern, California, United StatesM5.8 · $15 million
August 14, 1978, SpainM4.4 · tsunami
September 3, 1978, GermanyM5.3 · $150 million
September 16, 1978, Tabas, IranM7.4 · 20,000 deaths · $50 million · 15,000 houses destroyed
October 7, 1978, Hongseong, South KoreaM5 · 17 houses destroyed
November 1, 1978, Dushanbe, Andizhan, Tajikistan, UzbekistanM6.8
November 4, 1978, Rasht, Siahbil, IranM6.3 · 26 deaths · $1.2 million · 541 houses destroyed
November 29, 1978, Oaxaca, MexicoM7.7 · 9 deaths · tsunami
December 6, 1978, Kuril Islands, RussiaM7.5
December 14, 1978, Masjed-E-Soleyman, IranM6.1 · 76 deaths
December 23, 1978, Pintung, TaiwanM7 · 2 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.