Significant Earthquakes of 1988
Every significant earthquake NOAA records in 1988. Every quake the USGS located in 1988.
Map
The significant earthquakes of 1988. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
Every earthquake
- January 3, 1988, Lingwu, China
- January 9, 1988, Tirana, Ulcinj-Bar, Albania
- January 22, 1988, Tennant Creek, Australia
- January 22, 1988, Tennant Creek, Australia
- February 5, 1988, Taltal, Chile
- February 6, 1988, Tipura-Assam, Sylhet, India, Bangladesh
- March 6, 1988, Anchorage, Gulf of Alaska, Alaska, United States
- March 30, 1988, Deh Dasht, Bahbahan, Iran
- June 19, 1988, San Jose, Calapan, Mindoro, Philippines
- June 24, 1988, Laoag, Luzon, Philippines
- July 5, 1988, Kandrian, Arawe, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- July 20, 1988, Hualien, Su-Hua, Taiwan
- August 6, 1988, Gauhati, Sibsagar, Imphal, Myanmar (Burma), India
- August 10, 1988, San Cristobal, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
- August 11, 1988, S, Mamasani, Bushehr, Nurabad, Iran
- August 20, 1988, Kathmandu, Bihar, Nepal-India
- September 6, 1988, Kaiapit (Landslide Generated), Papua New Guinea
- September 25, 1988, Roshtkala, Khorog, Tajikistan
- October 16, 1988, Kilini, Vartholomion, Ionian Sea, Greece
- October 31, 1988, Blida, Medea-Algiers, Algeria
- November 3, 1988, S Palin, San Vicente Pacaya, Guatemala
- November 3, 1988, Catano, Mona Passage, Puerto Rico, US Territories
- November 6, 1988, Yunnan Province, China
- November 6, 1988, Yunnan Province, China
- November 10, 1988, E, Qinzhou-Fangcheng, Nanning, China
- November 12, 1988, St Andrew, Jacks Hill, Jamaica
- November 17, 1988, Catarman, Catbalogan, Samar, Philippines
- November 21, 1988, Sao Miguel Island, Azores
- November 25, 1988, Saguenay, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- December 7, 1988, Leninakan, Spitak, Kirovakan, Armenia
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.