Significant Earthquakes of 1990

• February 8, 1990, Bohol, Cebu, Cagayan DE Oro, Camiguin, PhilippinesM6.6 · 6 deaths · $900,000 · tsunami
• February 20, 1990, Near S. Coast of Honshu, JapanM6.4 · tsunami
• February 28, 1990, S, Claremont, Covina, California, United StatesM5.5 · $12.7 million
• March 3, 1990, Fiji IslandsM7.6
• March 4, 1990, Kalat, Quetta, Mastung, PakistanM6.1 · 11 deaths · $1 million
• March 25, 1990, Puntarenas, San Jose, Costa RicaM7.3 · 8 houses destroyed · tsunami
• March 25, 1990, Pamir Mountains, TajikistanM6.3
• March 26, 1990, Santiago, PhilippinesM5.5 · 1 death
• April 2, 1990, Manchester, Liverpool, United KingdomM4.7
• April 5, 1990, Saipan, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, US TerritoriesM7.5 · tsunami
• April 17, 1990, Wuqia County, S Xinjiang, ChinaM6.2
• April 18, 1990, Bolaang-Gorontalo, Minahassa Peninsula, IndonesiaM7.6 · 3 deaths
• April 18, 1990, Hanna, IranM4.7
• April 26, 1990, Ganghe-Xinghai, Qinghai Province, ChinaM6.9 · 126 deaths · $58.4 million · 66,800 houses destroyed
• May 5, 1990, Potenza, ItalyM5.4 · 2 deaths
• May 13, 1990, Dannevirke, Wellington, New ZealandM6.3
• May 20, 1990, Nakura, Juba, Maya, Uganda, South SudanM7.1 · 31 deaths
• May 24, 1990, Juba, Kapenguria, South SudanM7
• May 30, 1990, Moyabamba-Riojo, PeruM6.5 · 200 deaths · $1 million
• May 30, 1990, Bucharest, Braila, Brasov, RomaniaM6.7 · 14 deaths · $23.7 million
• May 31, 1990, Kishinev, Cis, RomaniaM6.1
• June 8, 1990, Santiago DE Puriscal, Costa RicaM4.6
• June 9, 1990, N, Rioja, Moyobamba, Iquitos, PeruM4.9 · 1 death · 14 houses destroyed
• June 14, 1990, Culasi, Panay, PhilippinesM7.1 · 4 deaths
• June 14, 1990, Ust, Zaysan, KazakhstanM6.8 · 1 death · 3,000 houses destroyed
• June 17, 1990, Baluchistan, PakistanM6.3
• June 20, 1990, Rasht, Qazvin, Zanjan, Rudbar, Manjil, IranM7.3 · 40,000 deaths · $7.2 billion · 100,000 houses destroyed · tsunami
• June 21, 1990, Lowshan, Manjil, IranM5.6 · 20 deaths
• July 6, 1990, W, Kuningan, Majalenga, Java, IndonesiaM4.8 · 10,300 houses destroyed
• July 13, 1990, Pik Lenina, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM5.6 · 43 deaths
• July 16, 1990, Baguio, Cabanatuan, Dagupan, PhilippinesM7.8 · 2,412 deaths · $369.6 million · tsunami
• July 18, 1990, Cameli, Denizli, TurkeyM5.1
• July 27, 1990, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu IslandsM6.4
• August 3, 1990, Akkal, Ust, KazakhstanM6.1 · 500 houses destroyed
• August 11, 1990, Pamasqui, Quito, EcuadorM4.4 · 4 deaths
• September 23, 1990, W. of Bonin Islands, Izu Is., JapanM6.5 · tsunami
• September 26, 1990, Welkom, South AfricaM4.2 · 2 deaths
• September 27, 1990, Zaysan, KazakhstanM4.5
• October 18, 1990, Charletonville, South AfricaM4 · 10 deaths
• October 20, 1990, Tianzhu, Gansu Province, ChinaM5.8 · 4 deaths · 87,000 houses destroyed
• October 25, 1990, Chitral, Mardan, Malakand, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM6 · 11 deaths
• November 6, 1990, S, Darab, IranM6.5 · 22 deaths · $232.3 million · 1,445 houses destroyed
• November 15, 1990, N Sumatera, Blangkejeren, Kutacane, IndonesiaM6.8 · 1 death · $2.1 million
• November 27, 1990, Titograd, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balkans NW, Bosnia and HerzegovinaM5.6
• December 1, 1990, Uzgen, KyrgyzstanM4.6
• December 13, 1990, Carlentini, Sicily, ItalyM5.3 · 19 deaths · $500 million · tsunami
• December 13, 1990, Hualien, Taipei, TaiwanM6.2 · 2 deaths
• December 13, 1990, Hua-Lien, TaiwanM6.3 · tsunami
• December 21, 1990, Edhessa, Kilkis, GreeceM5.9 · 1 death
• December 22, 1990, Alajuela, Santiago DE Puriscal, Costa RicaM5.7 · 2 deaths · $19.5 million
• December 30, 1990, New Britain, Papua New GuineaM7.5

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.