Significant Earthquakes of 1996

19 earthquakes

Every significant earthquake NOAA records in 1996. Every quake the USGS located in 1996.

Map

The significant earthquakes of 1996. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.

Every earthquake

January 1, 1996, Minahassa Peninsula, Tolitoli, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM7.9 · 9 deaths · $1.2 million · 400 houses destroyed · tsunami
February 3, 1996, Lijiang, Yunnan Province, ChinaM6.6 · 322 deaths · $506 million · 959,000 houses destroyed
February 17, 1996, Biak, Supiori, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, IndonesiaM8.2 · 164 deaths · $4.2 million · 5,043 houses destroyed · tsunami
February 21, 1996, Chimbote, Callao, Northern, PeruM7.5 · 12 deaths · 15 houses destroyed · tsunami
February 25, 1996, Off Coast of Guerrero, MexicoM7.1 · tsunami
March 19, 1996, Artux, Jiashi, Bachu, Kashi, S. Xinjiang, ChinaM6.3 · 24 deaths · $24 million · 15,314 houses destroyed
March 28, 1996, Cotopaxi, Pastaza, Tungurahua, Ambato, EcuadorM5.9 · 27 deaths · $7 million
April 29, 1996, Bougainville Island, Solomon IslandsM7.2 · 1 death
May 3, 1996, Baotou, Beijing, Hohhot, Nei Mongol, ChinaM6 · 23 deaths
June 10, 1996, Andreanof Islands, Alaska, United StatesM7.9 · tsunami
June 10, 1996, Andreanof Islands, Alaska, United StatesM7.3 · tsunami
September 4, 1996, Honshu Island, JapanM5.7 · tsunami
September 5, 1996, Ston, Slano, Croatia, Balkans NWM6
September 5, 1996, Easter Island Region, ChileM6.9 · tsunami
September 5, 1996, Taiwan RegionM6.8 · tsunami
October 18, 1996, Kyushu Island, JapanM6.6 · tsunami
October 19, 1996, Kyushu Island, JapanM6.7 · tsunami
November 12, 1996, Chincha Alta, Acari, Nazca, Marcona, PeruM7.7 · 14 deaths · 4,006 houses destroyed · tsunami
December 2, 1996, Kyushu, JapanM6.7 · 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.