Significant Earthquakes of 1981

• January 18, 1981, E. Honshu Island, JapanM6.9 · tsunami
• January 19, 1981, Jayawijaya Mts, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, IndonesiaM6.7 · 305 deaths · $5 million
• January 23, 1981, Sichuan Province, ChinaM6.8 · 150 deaths · $5 million · 2,992 houses destroyed
• February 14, 1981, Southern ItalyM4.6 · 12 deaths · $500,000
• February 24, 1981, Athens-Eastern Gulf of Corinth, GreeceM6.7 · 22 deaths · $812 million · 8,000 houses destroyed · tsunami
• March 4, 1981, Athens-Corinth-Khalis, GreeceM6.4 · 1 death · tsunami
• March 10, 1981, Preveza, GreeceM5.6 · 2 deaths · 150 houses destroyed
• April 18, 1981, Ayacucho, PeruM4.8 · 8 deaths
• April 26, 1981, Westmorland,calipatria, California, United StatesM6 · $1.5 million
• May 25, 1981, W of North Island, New ZealandM7.6 · tsunami
• June 11, 1981, Golbaft, SE, IranM6.6 · 1,400 deaths · $5 million
• June 22, 1981, Central, PeruM5.2 · 10 deaths · $5 million
• July 23, 1981, Urumiyeh, IranM5.8 · 10 deaths
• July 28, 1981, SE, Kerman, IranM7 · 3,000 deaths · $1 billion
• August 13, 1981, Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and HerzegovinaM5.5 · $5 million
• September 1, 1981, Pago Pago, Apia, American SamoaM7.7 · Deaths: few · tsunami
• September 12, 1981, Gilgit, PakistanM5.9 · 220 deaths · $5 million
• October 16, 1981, Off Central Coast, Las Cruces, ChileM7.5 · 1 death
• October 18, 1981, Venezuela-N ColombiaM5.4 · 15 deaths · $5 million
• October 25, 1981, Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan, MexicoM7.3 · 3 deaths · tsunami
• November 14, 1981, Aswan, EgyptM5.3 · 11 houses destroyed
• December 12, 1981, Central, PakistanM4 · 6 deaths · 45 houses destroyed
• December 19, 1981, Lesbos, Skiros, Aegean Sea, GreeceM7.5

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.