Significant Earthquakes of 1997

• January 9, 1997, Dzhergetal, Koshtebe, Kazarman, KyrgyzstanM5.8
• January 11, 1997, Michoacan, Arteaga, MexicoM7.2 · 1 death
• January 12, 1997, Berat, Ura Vajgurore, Gramsh, Cerrik, AlbaniaM4.7
• January 21, 1997, Jiashi County, Southern Xinjiang, ChinaM5.9 · 12 deaths · 14,000 houses destroyed
• February 4, 1997, Bojnurd, Shirvan, Esfarayen, IranM6.5 · 88 deaths · $30 million · 5,500 houses destroyed
• February 27, 1997, Harnai-Sibi, Quetta, PakistanM7.1 · 60 deaths · 500 houses destroyed
• February 28, 1997, Ardabil, IranM6.1 · 1,100 deaths · $76 million · 12,000 houses destroyed
• March 1, 1997, S. Xinjiang, Jiashi County, Kashi, ChinaM5.6 · 2 deaths · 4,000 houses destroyed
• March 19, 1997, Bajaur, Chitral, PakistanM4.9 · 15 deaths
• March 26, 1997, Kyushu, Kagoshima, JapanM6.1
• April 5, 1997, S. Xinjiang, Jiashi County, ChinaM5.9 · 3,000 houses destroyed
• April 6, 1997, S. Xinjiang, ChinaM6
• April 11, 1997, S. Xinjiang, Bachu, Shule, Yingjisha, ChinaM6.2 · 9 deaths · 2,000 houses destroyed
• April 21, 1997, Santa Cruz Islands, Vanuatu, Solomon IslandsM7.7 · 7 houses destroyed · tsunami
• April 22, 1997, Tobago, Trinidad and TobagoM6.7 · $25 million · 3 houses destroyed
• April 23, 1997, Guam, US TerritoriesM6.5
• May 10, 1997, Birjand, Ghaen, Afghanistan, IranM7.2 · 1,728 deaths · $100 million · 10,533 houses destroyed
• May 13, 1997, Hindu-Kush, Malakand-Peshawar, AfghanistanM6.4 · 1 death
• May 21, 1997, Jabalpur, Southern, IndiaM5.8 · 56 deaths · $143 million · 8,546 houses destroyed
• May 21, 1997, Galicia, Portugal, SpainM5.4 · 2 deaths
• June 25, 1997, Birjand, Qayen, IranM5.9 · 100 houses destroyed
• July 9, 1997, Cariaco-Cumana, VenezuelaM7 · 81 deaths · $81 million · tsunami
• July 21, 1997, Avgold'S Hartebeestfontein Mine, South AfricaM5 · 15 deaths
• August 20, 1997, N. Sumatera, Aceh, Banda Aceh, Medan, IndonesiaM6
• September 26, 1997, Marche, Umbria, Central, ItalyM5.7
• September 26, 1997, Marche, Umbria, Central, ItalyM6 · 14 deaths · $4.5 billion · 80,000 houses destroyed
• September 28, 1997, Sulawesi, Parepare, IndonesiaM5.9 · 20 deaths · $1.1 million · 650 houses destroyed
• September 30, 1997, S, Honshu, JapanM6.2 · tsunami
• October 14, 1997, Tonga IslandsM7.7 · tsunami
• October 15, 1997, Pueblo Nuevo, Coquimbo, LA Chimba, ChileM7.1 · 8 deaths · $48 million · 5,000 houses destroyed
• November 8, 1997, Tibet (Xizang Province), ChinaM7.5
• November 18, 1997, Ionian Sea, Amalias, Gargalianoi, Kalamai, GreeceM6.6
• November 21, 1997, Chittagong, Bangladesh, India-BangladeshM6.1 · 23 deaths · 1 house destroyed
• November 25, 1997, Minahassa Peninsula,gorontalo, Sulawesi, IndonesiaM7
• December 5, 1997, Ust-Kamchatsk, Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, RussiaM7.8 · tsunami

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.