Significant Earthquakes of 1983

• January 17, 1983, Ionian Sea, GreeceM7.2 · tsunami
• January 24, 1983, Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, MexicoM6.7
• February 13, 1983, Wuqua S, Xinjiang Weiwuer Zizhiqu Province, ChinaM6.2
• February 25, 1983, Skopje, Macedonia, Balkans NW, North MacedoniaM4.7 · 12 deaths · $500,000
• February 26, 1983, Garm, Khazora, TajikistanM5.2
• March 12, 1983, Banda Sea, IndonesiaM6.5 · tsunami
• March 18, 1983, New Ireland, Papua New GuineaM7.6 · tsunami
• March 23, 1983, Vonitsa, GreeceM6.2 · 160 houses destroyed
• March 25, 1983, Tehran, Damavond, Amoi, IranM4.9 · 30 deaths · $5 million
• March 31, 1983, SW, Popayan, ColombiaM4.9 · 350 deaths · $410.9 million
• April 2, 1983, Kum-Dag, TurkmenistanM4.6 · $5 million
• April 3, 1983, W, SE, Panama, Costa RicaM7.5 · 6 deaths · $1 million · tsunami
• April 4, 1983, Banda Aceh, Sumatera, IndonesiaM6.6 · Deaths: few · $1 million
• April 5, 1983, Wuqua, Xinjiang Weiwuer Zizhiqu Province, ChinaM5.6 · Deaths: few
• April 12, 1983, Chimbote, PeruM6.5 · 10 deaths · $500,000
• April 22, 1983, Bangkok, ThailandM5.9
• May 2, 1983, Central, Coalinga, California, United StatesM6.2 · $31 million · 500 houses destroyed
• May 26, 1983, Akita, Honshu, JapanM7.7 · 104 deaths · $800 million · tsunami
• June 9, 1983, Noshiro, JapanM5.9 · tsunami
• June 21, 1983, N. Honshu Island, JapanM6.9 · tsunami
• June 24, 1983, VietnamM6.3 · Deaths: few
• July 3, 1983, San Jose, Costa RicaM6.2 · 2 deaths · $5 million
• July 5, 1983, NW, Biga, Erdek, Istanbul, TurkeyM6.1 · 5 deaths
• July 12, 1983, Prince William Sound, Alaska, United StatesM6.1 · $1 million
• July 22, 1983, NW, Zanjin, IranM5 · 4 deaths · $5 million · 75 houses destroyed
• August 6, 1983, Ziarat, PakistanM4.2 · 25 houses destroyed
• August 6, 1983, Aegean Sea, GreeceM7 · tsunami
• August 8, 1983, S Coast, Honshu, JapanM5.3 · 1 death
• August 17, 1983, Luzon, PhilippinesM6.5 · 16 deaths · $2.2 million · tsunami
• August 17, 1983, Near East Coast of Kamchatka, RussiaM6.5 · tsunami
• September 10, 1983, Serbia, Balkans NWM5.1
• October 3, 1983, Miyakejima, Oshima, JapanM6
• October 4, 1983, Copoapo-Chanaral, Northern, ChileM7.3 · 5 deaths · $1 million · 40 houses destroyed · tsunami
• October 16, 1983, Tolitoli, Minahassa, Celebes, IndonesiaM6 · 20 houses destroyed
• October 25, 1983, Central Sulawesi, IndonesiaM6.1 · 2 deaths · 20 houses destroyed
• October 28, 1983, Borah Peak, Challis, Mackay, Idaho, United StatesM7.3 · 2 deaths · $12.5 million
• October 30, 1983, Erzurum, Kars, Khorasan, Pasinler, Narman, TurkeyM6.9 · 1,342 deaths · $25 million
• October 30, 1983, Tottori, Yonango, JapanM5.2
• November 6, 1983, E, Heze-Dongming, Shandong Province, ChinaM5.3 · 34 deaths · $5 million · 3,300 houses destroyed
• November 8, 1983, BelgiumM5 · 2 deaths · $50 million
• November 9, 1983, N, Parma, ItalyM5
• November 16, 1983, Kapapala, Hawaii, United StatesM6.7 · $6.5 million
• November 30, 1983, Diego Garcia, Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean, UK TerritoriesM7.6 · tsunami
• December 22, 1983, Ulawun, Rabaul, Papua New GuineaM6.4 · 10 deaths · $25 million
• December 22, 1983, Gaoual-Koumbia, GuineaM6.2 · 443 deaths · $8 million · 4,000 houses destroyed
• December 30, 1983, Kabul, Samangan, Pakistan, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM7.2 · 26 deaths · $3 million

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.