Significant Earthquakes of 1995

31 earthquakes

Every significant earthquake NOAA records in 1995. Every quake the USGS located in 1995.

Map

The significant earthquakes of 1995. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.

Every earthquake

January 16, 1995, Kobe, Awaji-Shima, Nishinomiya, SW Honshu, JapanM6.9 · 6,434 deaths · $100 billion · 186,175 houses destroyed · tsunami
January 19, 1995, Bogota, Manizales, Miraflores, ColombiaM6.5 · 7 deaths · 512 houses destroyed
February 5, 1995, Christchurch, North Island, S Island, New ZealandM7.1
February 8, 1995, Cali, Pereira, Armenia, Calarca, ColombiaM6.4 · 45 deaths · $50 million · 2,000 houses destroyed
February 23, 1995, Paphos, Nicosia, Arodhes, Peristerona, CyprusM5.9 · 2 deaths · $4.3 million · 70 houses destroyed
March 19, 1995, Irian Jaya Region, IndonesiaM6.9
April 1, 1995, Niigata Prefecture, Sado, JapanM5.4
April 7, 1995, Pago Pago, Niue, Apia, American SamoaM7.4 · tsunami
April 21, 1995, Samar, PhilippinesM7.2 · tsunami
April 21, 1995, Samar, PhilippinesM6.8 · tsunami
May 13, 1995, Grevena-Kozani, Thessaloniki, Yugoslavia, GreeceM6.6 · $450 million · 12,000 houses destroyed · tsunami
May 14, 1995, Timor, Dili, Maliana, Maubara, IndonesiaM6.9 · 11 deaths · tsunami
May 16, 1995, Port-Vila, Noumea, Vanuatu, New CaledoniaM7.7 · tsunami
May 27, 1995, Neftegorsk, Okha, Moskalvo, Sakhalin Is, RussiaM7.1 · 1,989 deaths · $300 million · tsunami
June 15, 1995, Aiyion, Eratini, GreeceM6.5 · 26 deaths · $660 million · tsunami
July 11, 1995, Lancang, Menglian, Thailand, Yunnan Province, China, MyanmarM6.8 · 11 deaths · $36.1 million · 100,000 houses destroyed
July 21, 1995, Gansu, Yongdeng, Baiyin, Dingxi, Jingtai, ChinaM5.6 · 14 deaths · 4,500 houses destroyed
July 30, 1995, Antofagasta, Calama, Mejillones, ChileM8 · 3 deaths · $1.8 million · 115 houses destroyed · tsunami
August 16, 1995, Rabaul, Kokopo, New Britain, Papua New GuineaM7.7 · tsunami
September 14, 1995, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Puebla, Mexico CityM7.4 · 3 deaths · tsunami
October 1, 1995, Dinar, Evciler, TurkeyM6.4 · 95 deaths · $205.8 million · 5,100 houses destroyed
October 3, 1995, Quito, EcuadorM7 · 2 deaths · 83 houses destroyed
October 6, 1995, Fairbanks North Star County, Alaska, United StatesM6
October 6, 1995, Sumatera, Jambi Province, IndonesiaM6.8 · 84 deaths · 17,600 houses destroyed
October 9, 1995, Jalisco, Manzanillo, San Patricio Melaque, MexicoM8 · 50 deaths · tsunami
October 18, 1995, Ryuku Is., JapanM7.1 · tsunami
October 19, 1995, Ryuku Is., JapanM6.8 · tsunami
October 23, 1995, Wuding, Yunnan Province, ChinaM6.2 · 81 deaths · $80 million · 200 houses destroyed
November 1, 1995, Near Central Coast, ChileM6.7 · tsunami
November 22, 1995, Nuwaybi, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, EgyptM7.2 · 11 deaths · tsunami
December 3, 1995, Iturup, Matua, Kunashir, Kuril Islands, RussiaM7.9 · tsunami

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.