Significant Earthquakes of 1994

• January 3, 1994, Gonghe, Qinghai Province, ChinaM5.7 · 56 houses destroyed
• January 16, 1994, Reading, Felt to Canada, Pennsylvania, United StatesM4.6
• January 17, 1994, Northridge, California, United StatesM6.7 · 57 deaths · $40 billion · 40,000 houses destroyed · tsunami
• January 21, 1994, Kau, IndonesiaM7 · 9 deaths · tsunami
• February 3, 1994, Afton, Wyoming, United StatesM5.8
• February 5, 1994, Fort Portal, Kasese, Zambia, UgandaM6.2 · 9 deaths · $70 million
• February 12, 1994, Vanuatu IslandsM7 · tsunami
• February 15, 1994, Southern Sumatera, Liwa, Lampung, IndonesiaM6.9 · 207 deaths · $170.5 million · 6,000 houses destroyed
• February 23, 1994, Sistan, IranM6.1 · 6 deaths · $1.4 million · 300 houses destroyed
• March 1, 1994, Firuzabad, Southern, IranM6.1 · 2 deaths
• March 2, 1994, Saint-Louis du Nord, HaitiM5.4 · 4 deaths
• March 9, 1994, Fiji IslandsM7.6
• April 8, 1994, Off East Coast of Honshu Island, JapanM6.4 · tsunami
• May 1, 1994, Tashiak, Termiz, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM6.1 · 160 deaths
• May 24, 1994, TaiwanM6.5 · tsunami
• June 2, 1994, Java, IndonesiaM7.8 · 238 deaths · $2.2 million · 1,500 houses destroyed · tsunami
• June 3, 1994, Java, IndonesiaM6.6 · tsunami
• June 4, 1994, Java, IndonesiaM6.5 · tsunami
• June 5, 1994, Chi-Lung, I-Lan, Taipei, Nan-Ao, TaiwanM6.4 · 1 death
• June 5, 1994, Java, IndonesiaM6.1 · tsunami
• June 6, 1994, Cauca, Huila, ColombiaM6.8 · 650 deaths · $2.4 million · 200 houses destroyed
• June 9, 1994, Arequipa, Felt IN N and S America, Bolivia-PeruM8.2 · 5 deaths
• June 18, 1994, Christchurch, South Island, New ZealandM6.8
• June 20, 1994, Firuzabad, Shiraz, IranM5.9 · 3 deaths
• July 13, 1994, Vanuatu IslandsM7.2 · tsunami
• August 6, 1994, New South Wales, AustraliaM5.3 · $30 million
• August 18, 1994, Mascara, AlgeriaM5.9 · 171 deaths
• September 1, 1994, Honeydew, North, California, United StatesM7 · tsunami
• September 16, 1994, Taiwan RegionM6.7 · 1 death · tsunami
• September 17, 1994, Rabaul, New Britain, Papua New GuineaM4.6 · tsunami
• October 4, 1994, Hokkaido, Kuril Islands, Japan, RussiaM8.3 · 11 deaths · tsunami
• October 8, 1994, Halmahera, IndonesiaM6.8 · 1 death · tsunami
• October 9, 1994, Kuril Islands, RussiaM7.3 · tsunami
• November 14, 1994, Mindoro, PhilippinesM7.1 · 81 deaths · $3.7 million · 1,530 houses destroyed · tsunami
• December 26, 1994, Eureka, Samoa, Arcata, Blue Lake, California, United StatesM5.5 · $2.1 million
• December 28, 1994, Honshu, JapanM7.8 · 3 deaths · $170.4 million · tsunami
• December 31, 1994, Guangxi Province, Guandong Province, ChinaM5.3 · 1,100 houses destroyed

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.