Significant Earthquakes of 1985

• January 10, 1985, Kosrae Is, Caroline Is, Micronesiatsunami
• January 26, 1985, West Central, Mendoza, LA Ligua, ArgentinaM6 · 6 deaths · $5 million · 12,500 houses destroyed
• February 2, 1985, S, Firuzabad-Jahrom, IranM5.3 · 1 death · 1,500 houses destroyed
• March 3, 1985, Central Coast, San Antonio, Valparaiso, ChileM8 · 180 deaths · $1.5 billion · tsunami
• March 16, 1985, GuadeloupeM6.3 · tsunami
• March 17, 1985, Valparaiso, Vina del Mar, ChileM6.6 · 1 death
• March 18, 1985, Pagadian, Zamboanga, PhilippinesM6.5 · 2 deaths · 30 houses destroyed
• April 9, 1985, Near Central Coast, Santiago-Valparaiso, ChileM7.5 · 2 deaths
• April 13, 1985, Denpasar, Bali, IndonesiaM6.2 · tsunami
• April 18, 1985, Yunnan Province, ChinaM5.8 · 23 deaths · $1 million
• April 24, 1985, Benguet Province, Baguio, Luzon, PhilippinesM6.1 · 6 deaths
• April 30, 1985, Magnisia, GreeceM5.5 · 7 houses destroyed
• May 10, 1985, Bialla, Piona, New Britain, Papua New GuineaM7.1 · 1 death · $1 million
• July 3, 1985, Rabaul, New Britain, Papua New GuineaM7.2 · $1 million · tsunami
• July 24, 1985, Ubekendt Island, GreenlandM3 · tsunami
• July 29, 1985, Chitral, Swat, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM6.6 · 5 deaths · $2 million
• August 21, 1985, Chimbote, Coast, PeruM6.1 · 60 houses destroyed
• August 23, 1985, Wuqua-Shufu, S Xinjiang, ChinaM7.5 · 71 deaths · $5 million
• September 15, 1985, Enarotali, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, IndonesiaM6.3 · 10 deaths
• September 19, 1985, Mexico City, MichoacanM8.1 · 9,500 deaths · $4 billion · tsunami
• September 21, 1985, Mexico City, SW CoastM7.6 · Deaths: some · tsunami
• September 27, 1985, Honiara, Guadacanal, Solomon IslandsM6.9
• September 28, 1985, Demir Kapija-Negotino, Macedonia, Balkans NW, North MacedoniaM5 · 500 houses destroyed
• October 11, 1985, San Miguel Upsantan, GuatemalaM4.5 · 500 houses destroyed
• October 13, 1985, Kaptolyuk, Kayrakkum, Gafurov, TajikistanM5.9 · 29 deaths · $200 million
• October 27, 1985, Annaba-Setif-Souk, AlgeriaM5.9 · 6 deaths
• November 7, 1985, Erzurum, Kars, Agri, Artvin, TurkeyM4.2 · 113 houses destroyed
• November 17, 1985, Manokwari, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, IndonesiaM7.1
• November 28, 1985, Vanuatu IslandsM7.6
• December 16, 1985, Rivas, Masaya, NicaraguaM6
• December 21, 1985, Vanuatu IslandsM7.6
• December 25, 1985, Sicily, ItalyM4.3 · 1 death

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.