Significant Earthquakes of 1982

• January 9, 1982, Maine, New Brunswick, USA, CanadaM5.2
• January 11, 1982, Virac, Catanduanes, PhilippinesM7.1 · tsunami
• January 11, 1982, Caribou, Haynesville, Presque Isle, Canada, MaineM4.5
• January 12, 1982, Ampala, Masaya, HondurasM6
• January 20, 1982, Little Nicobar Island, IndiaM6.3
• February 10, 1982, Java, Sukabumi, IndonesiaM5.5 · $3.5 million
• February 24, 1982, Northern Sumatera, IndonesiaM5.4 · tsunami
• March 11, 1982, Sumbawa Island Region, IndonesiaM6.4 · tsunami
• March 21, 1982, Hokkaido, Urakawa, Hiroo, JapanM6.7 · 110 deaths · $1 million · tsunami
• March 28, 1982, Coast, Lunahuana, Lima, Huancayo, PeruM6.1 · 3 deaths · $5 million
• March 28, 1982, Chiapas, MexicoM3.5 · 1,879 deaths · $3.3 million
• April 14, 1982, Gansu Province, ChinaM4.6
• June 7, 1982, Guererro, Orziba, Oaxaca, Guadalupe, MexicoM7 · 9 deaths
• June 15, 1982, Garze, Sichuan Province, ChinaM5.5 · 10 deaths
• June 19, 1982, San Salvador, Guatemala, El SalvadorM7.3 · 43 deaths · $5 million
• July 23, 1982, Ibaraki, JapanM6.8 · tsunami
• August 5, 1982, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon IslandsM7.5
• August 6, 1982, Ruteng, Flores Islands, IndonesiaM5.6
• September 29, 1982, Honduras-Guatemala-El SalvadorM5.1 · 3 deaths
• October 17, 1982, Perugia, ItalyM4.4 · $35 million
• November 16, 1982, Bier, Berat, Lushnje, Albania, Balkans NW, North MacedoniaM5.5 · 1 death · $5 million
• December 13, 1982, Dhamar, YemenM6 · 2,800 deaths · $2 billion
• December 16, 1982, Northeastern, AfghanistanM6.6 · 500 deaths · $1 million
• December 19, 1982, Tonga TrenchM7.7 · tsunami
• December 25, 1982, Eastern, Flores Island, IndonesiaM5.9 · 13 deaths · $1.5 million · 1,875 houses destroyed · tsunami
• December 28, 1982, S. of Honshu Island, JapanM6.1 · 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.