Significant Earthquakes of 1998

31 earthquakes

Every significant earthquake NOAA records in 1998. Every quake the USGS located in 1998.

Map

The significant earthquakes of 1998. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.

Every earthquake

January 10, 1998, Shangyi-Zhangbei, Hebei, Northeastern, ChinaM5.7 · 70 deaths · $285.5 million · 70,000 houses destroyed
January 10, 1998, Quezaltenango, San Marcos, Solola, GuatemalaM6.6
February 3, 1998, Oaxaca, San Agustin, San Francisco, MexicoM6.3
February 4, 1998, Dushanbe, Rostaq, Tajikistan, AfghanistanM5.9 · 2,323 deaths · 8,094 houses destroyed
February 20, 1998, Yar Husain, Astor, Afghanistan-TajikistanM6.4 · 1 death · 35 houses destroyed
March 14, 1998, Golbaf, Baft, Kerman, IranM6.6 · 5 deaths · 2,000 houses destroyed
March 19, 1998, Artux, Kashgar, Southern Xinjiang, ChinaM5.6 · 400 houses destroyed
March 25, 1998, Balleny Islands, AntarcticaM8.1 · tsunami
April 3, 1998, Gualdo, Tadino-Nocera Umbra, Central, ItalyM5.2 · 300 houses destroyed
April 10, 1998, Birjand, Gonabad, IranM5.8 · 12 deaths · 600 houses destroyed
April 12, 1998, Bovec, Kobarid, Arnoldstein, Slovenia, AustriaM5.7 · 1 death
May 3, 1998, TaiwanM7.5 · tsunami
May 22, 1998, Aiquile, Totora, Central, BoliviaM6.6 · 105 deaths
May 28, 1998, Southern Xinjiang, ChinaM5.6 · 2,000 houses destroyed
May 30, 1998, Badakhshan, Takhar, AfghanistanM6.6 · 4,700 deaths · $10 million
May 30, 1998, Sanriku, JapanM6.2 · tsunami
June 27, 1998, Adana, Ceyhan, TurkeyM6.3 · 145 deaths · $550 million · 1,700 houses destroyed
July 9, 1998, Faial, Pico, Terceira, AzoresM6.2 · 10 deaths · $72 million · 1,500 houses destroyed
July 9, 1998, Astara, Bilasuvar, Imisli, Armenia-Azerbaijan-IranM6
July 17, 1998, Chia-I, Tainan, Hualien, Kao-Hsiung, TaiwanM5.7 · 5 deaths
July 17, 1998, Sissano, Papua New GuineaM7 · 1,636 deaths · tsunami
August 4, 1998, Bahia DE Caraquez, Canoa, EcuadorM7.2 · 3 deaths
August 27, 1998, Jiashi, Southern Xinjiang, ChinaM6.4 · 3 deaths · 3,600 houses destroyed
September 28, 1998, Jawa, Malang, Blitar, Bantur, IndonesiaM6.6 · 1 death · 38 houses destroyed
September 29, 1998, Belgrade, Ljig, Valjevo, Serbia, Balkans NWM5.5 · 1 death
September 30, 1998, Kukes, Peshkopi, AlbaniaM5.3 · 700 houses destroyed
October 5, 1998, Darreh Shahr, Pol-E-Dokhtar, Western, IranM5.4
November 13, 1998, Bigherd-Khonj, Southern, IranM5.4 · 5 deaths
November 19, 1998, Huaping, Lijiang, Ninglag, Sichuan Province, ChinaM5.6 · 5 deaths · $70 million · 12,000 houses destroyed
November 29, 1998, Mangole, Manado, Taliabu, IndonesiaM7.7 · 41 deaths · $200 million · 1,000 houses destroyed · tsunami
December 1, 1998, Yunnan Province Southeastern, ChinaM4.5 · $22.6 million · 21,872 houses destroyed

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.