Earthquakes in 1996Approximate epicenters of the earthquakes in 1996
|
| Strongest magnitude | 8.2 Indonesia |
|---|
| Deadliest | 6.6 China
322 deaths |
|---|
| Total fatalities | 582 |
|---|
|
| 9.0+ | 0 |
|---|
|
This is a list of earthquakes in 1996. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they result in damage or casualties, or are notable for some other reason. All dates are listed according to UTC time.
By death toll
By magnitude
| Rank
|
Magnitude
|
Death toll
|
Location
|
MMI
|
Depth (km)
|
Date
|
| 1
|
8.2
|
166
|
Indonesia, Biak Region offshore
|
VIII (Severe)
|
33.0
|
February 17
|
| 2
|
7.9
|
0
|
United States, Alaska, Aleutian Islands offshore
|
VII (Very Strong)
|
33.0
|
June 10
|
| 2
|
7.9
|
9
|
Indonesia, Sulawesi offshore
|
X (Extreme)
|
24.0
|
January 1
|
| 2
|
7.9
|
0
|
Indonesia, Flores Sea offshore
|
IV (Light)
|
587.3
|
June 17
|
| 5
|
7.7
|
14
|
Peru, Nazca offshore
|
VIII (Severe)
|
33.0
|
November 12
|
| 6
|
7.4
|
0
|
Fiji Region offshore
|
II (Weak)
|
550.2
|
August 5
|
| 7
|
7.3
|
0
|
United States, Alaska, Aleutian Islands offshore
|
VII (Very Strong)
|
26.3
|
June 10
|
| 8
|
7.2
|
0
|
Russia, Kuril Islands offshore
|
VI (Strong)
|
42.6
|
February 7
|
| 8
|
7.2
|
0
|
Fiji Region offshore
|
I (Not Felt)
|
110.9
|
April 16
|
| 8
|
7.2
|
1
|
Papua New Guinea, Bougainville Island offshore
|
VIII (Severe)
|
44.0
|
April 29
|
| 11
|
7.1
|
0
|
Philippines, Eastern Visayas offshore
|
VI (Strong)
|
33.0
|
June 11
|
| 11
|
7.1
|
0
|
Mexico, Oaxaca offshore
|
VII (Very Strong)
|
21.1
|
February 25
|
| 13
|
7.0
|
0
|
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
|
I (Not Felt)
|
10.0
|
June 2
|
| 13
|
7.0
|
0
|
Indonesia, Sulawesi offshore
|
VIII (Severe)
|
33.0
|
July 22
|
By month
January
January| Strongest magnitude | 7.9 Mw Indonesia |
|---|
| Deadliest | 7.9 Indonesia 9 deaths |
|---|
| Total fatalities | 9 |
|---|
|
| 8.0–8.9 | 0 |
|---|
| 7.0–7.9 | 1 |
|---|
| 6.0–6.9 | 8 |
|---|
| Date
|
Country and location
|
Mw
|
Depth (km)
|
MMI
|
Notes
|
Casualties
|
| Dead
|
Injured
|
| 1[1]
|
Tonga offshore, 65 km S of Pangai
|
6.0
|
33.0
|
I
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 1[2]
|
Indonesia offshore, 181 km North of Palu
|
7.9
|
24.0
|
X
|
The 1996 Sulawesi earthquake damaged 350 buildings and created a tsunami up to 4 m (13 ft), 9 people were Killed and 67 people were injured.
|
9
|
67
|
| 1[3]
|
Russia, 106 km Northeast of Yelizovo
|
6.6
|
33.0
|
VII
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 8[4]
|
Russia, Sakhalinskaya Oblast
|
5.6
|
7.8
|
VII
|
Fourteen houses were damaged at Okha.
|
-
|
-
|
| 17[5]
|
Indonesia, Papua Region
|
6.1
|
109.1
|
V
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 22[6]
|
South Sandwich Islands region
|
6.2
|
10.1
|
I
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 27[7]
|
Philippines, Surigao del Sur
|
6.0
|
33.0
|
V
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 30[8]
|
New Zealand, Kermadec Islands offshore
|
6.1
|
14.2
|
I
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 30[9]
|
New Zealand, Kermadec Islands offshore
|
6.4
|
33.0
|
IV
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 31[10]
|
Russia, Kuril Islands
|
6.0
|
20.6
|
III
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
February
February| Strongest magnitude | 8.2 Mw Indonesia |
|---|
| Deadliest | 6.6 China 322 deaths |
|---|
| Total fatalities | 495 |
|---|
|
| 8.0–8.9 | 1 |
|---|
| 7.0–7.9 | 3 |
|---|
| 6.0–6.9 | 3 |
|---|
| Date
|
Country and location
|
Mw
|
Depth (km)
|
MMI
|
Notes
|
Casualties
|
| Dead
|
Injured
|
| 1[11]
|
Russia, offshore, 93 km Northeast of Otrada
|
6.2
|
170.0
|
V
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 3[12]
|
China, 47 km North of Lijiang
|
6.6
|
11.1
|
X
|
The 1996 Lijiang earthquake left over 1 million buildings damaged or destroyed, this left 322 people dead and 16,925 injured, about 3,000 of them seriously.
|
322
|
16,925
|
| 7[13]
|
Indonesia, Central Sulawesi
|
6.1
|
13.8
|
VI
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 7[14]
|
Russia, Offshore, 158 km east of Kamchatka
|
7.2
|
42.6
|
VI
|
Some damage was reported.
|
-
|
-
|
| 7[15]
|
Russia, Offshore, 176 km SE of Kuril’sk
|
6.0
|
33.0
|
II
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 9[16]
|
Papua New Guinea, 89 km NNW of Lae
|
6.1
|
68.5
|
V
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 12
|
Indonesia, offshore, 232 km SW of Waingapu
|
6.1
|
8.0
|
I
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 16[17]
|
North of Ascension Island
|
6.6
|
10.6
|
I
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 16[18]
|
Tonga, offshore, 96 km NE of Hihifo
|
6.0
|
33.0
|
I
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 16[19]
|
Japan, offshore, 123 km East of Namie
|
6.7
|
40.8
|
VI
|
At least 4 people were Injured.
|
-
|
4
|
| 17[20]
|
Indonesia, offshore, 101 km Northeast of Biak
|
8.1
|
33.0
|
IX
|
The 1996 Biak earthquake caused severe damage mostly by a 7-meter (23 ft) high tsunami, 166 people were Killed and 423 people were injured.
|
166
|
423
|
| 21[21]
|
Peru, Ancash offshore
|
7.5
|
10.0
|
VI
|
7 people were killed and 2 more people were injured due to a tsunami off the coast after the 1996 Chimbote earthquake.
|
7
|
2
|
| 25[22]
|
Mexico, Oaxaca offshore
|
7.1
|
21.1
|
VII
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
March
March| Strongest magnitude | 6.8 United States |
|---|
| Deadliest | 6.0 Mw Ecuador 27 deaths |
|---|
| Total fatalities | 51 |
|---|
|
| 8.0–8.9 | 0 |
|---|
| 7.0–7.9 | 0 |
|---|
| 6.0–6.9 | 6 |
|---|
| Date
|
Country and location
|
Mw
|
Depth (km)
|
MMI
|
Notes
|
Casualties
|
| Dead
|
Injured
|
| 3[23]
|
Nicaragua, Managua offshore
|
6.6
|
33.0
|
VI
|
Doublet earthquake, some buildings were damaged in Managua.
|
-
|
-
|
| 3[24]
|
6.7
|
33.0
|
VII
|
-
|
-
|
| 17[25]
|
Vanuatu, Port-Olry offshore
|
6.7
|
164.4
|
V
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 19[26]
|
China, Xinjiang
|
6.3
|
28.2
|
VI
|
At least 24 people were killed, 128 were injured and more than 15,314 houses were damaged or destroyed in Artux.
|
24
|
128
|
| 22[27]
|
United States, Alaska, Rat Islands offshore
|
6.8
|
20.4
|
I
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 28[28]
|
Ecuador, Cotopaxi
|
6.0
|
33.0
|
VI
|
At least 27 people were killed, about 100 were injured, several thousand were left homeless and considerable damage and destruction to homes occurred.
|
27
|
100
|
April
May
June
July
July| Strongest magnitude | 7.0 Indonesia |
|---|
| Total fatalities | 0 |
|---|
|
| 8.0–8.9 | 0 |
|---|
| 7.0–7.9 | 1 |
|---|
| 6.0–6.9 | 11 |
|---|
| Date
|
Country and location
|
Mw
|
Depth (km)
|
MMI
|
Notes
|
Casualties
|
| Dead
|
Injured
|
| 6[43]
|
Mariana Islands region
|
6.2
|
241.1
|
I
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 15[44]
|
Northern Mariana Islands, Pagan region
|
6.3
|
176.5
|
I
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 15[45]
|
Mexico, Guerrero
|
6.8
|
18.3
|
VI
|
Felt strongly in Acapulco and Mexico City.
|
-
|
-
|
| 16[46]
|
Russia, Kamchatka Peninsula
|
6.5
|
33.0
|
I
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 16[47]
|
Indonesia, Palu, Central Sulawesi
|
6.6
|
33.0
|
VI
|
Some damage in Tolitoli.
|
-
|
-
|
| 20[48]
|
Greece, Dodecanese Islands
|
6.2
|
33.0
|
V
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 22[49]
|
Indonesia, Palu, Central Sulawesi
|
7.0
|
33.0
|
VI
|
Some damage in Tolitoli.
|
-
|
-
|
| 23[50]
|
South of the Fiji Islands
|
6.5
|
33.0
|
I
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 23[51]
|
South of the Fiji Islands
|
6.2
|
33.0
|
I
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 25[52]
|
Southern East Pacific Rise
|
6.1
|
10.0
|
I
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 28[53]
|
Indonesia, Palu, Central Sulawesi
|
6.0
|
33.0
|
V
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 30[54]
|
Philippines, Sabang
|
6.1
|
33.0
|
V
|
Some damage in Palawan.
|
-
|
-
|
August
August| Strongest magnitude | 7.4 Fiji |
|---|
| Deadliest | 0 |
|---|
| Total fatalities | 0 |
|---|
|
| 8.0–8.9 | 0 |
|---|
| 7.0–7.9 | 1 |
|---|
| 6.0–6.9 | 12 |
|---|
| Date
|
Country and location
|
Mw
|
Depth (km)
|
MMI
|
Notes
|
Casualties
|
| Dead
|
Injured
|
| 2[55]
|
Solomon Islands, Kirakira
|
6.9
|
33.0
|
VI
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 5[56]
|
Tonga, 104 km NE of Hihifo
|
6.7
|
41.2
|
III
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 5[57]
|
Ecuador, Salinas
|
6.3
|
33.0
|
VI
|
Felt in Guayas and Manabi Provinces.
|
-
|
-
|
| 5[58]
|
Fiji
|
7.4
|
550.2
|
II
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 10[59]
|
Papua New Guinea, Kokopo
|
6.2
|
33.0
|
VI
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 10[60]
|
Japan, Akite Prefecture
|
6.0
|
10.0
|
VI
|
Six people injured in northeastern Yamagata Prefecture. Four people injured and fifteen houses damaged in Miyagi Prefecture.
|
-
|
10
|
| 11[61]
|
Vanuatu, 107 km WNW of Sola
|
6.1
|
99.8
|
V
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 12[62]
|
Molucca Sea
|
6.0
|
42.3
|
I
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 15[63]
|
Vanuatu, 99 km NW of Sola
|
6.2
|
33.0
|
V
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 19[64]
|
Alaska, Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands
|
6.0
|
33.0
|
III
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 19[65]
|
South Indian Ocean
|
6.1
|
10.0
|
I
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 22[66]
|
Flores Sea
|
6.0
|
595.7
|
I
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 27[67]
|
Mid-Indian Ridge
|
6.0
|
10.0
|
I
|
|
|
|
September
September| Strongest magnitude | 6.9 Chile |
|---|
| Deadliest | 0 |
|---|
| Total fatalities | 0 |
|---|
|
| 8.0–8.9 | 0 |
|---|
| 7.0–7.9 | 0 |
|---|
| 6.0–6.9 | 13 |
|---|
| Date
|
Country and location
|
Mw
|
Depth (km)
|
MMI
|
Notes
|
Casualties
|
| Dead
|
Injured
|
| 4[68]
|
Costa Rica, Quepos
|
6.2
|
32.5
|
VI
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 5[69]
|
Easter Island region
|
6.9
|
10.0
|
I
|
Local tsunami generated with maximum recorded wave heights (peak-to-trough) of 18 cm on Easter Island.
|
-
|
-
|
| 5[70]
|
Easter Island region
|
6.2
|
10.0
|
I
|
Aftershock from the 6.9 the hour prior
|
-
|
-
|
| 5[71]
|
Croatia, Ston–Slano
|
6.0
|
10.0
|
VII
|
Several people injured, 2,000 left homeless and extensive damage (VIII) in the Ston-Slano area, Croatia.
|
-
|
2
|
| 5[72]
|
Taiwan, Lan Yun
|
6.8
|
20.0
|
VI
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 6[73]
|
Solomon Sea
|
6.2
|
33.0
|
V
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 9[74]
|
Chile, Coquimbo Region
|
6.0
|
39.0
|
VI
|
Some adobe houses damaged in the epicentral area.
|
-
|
-
|
| 11[75]
|
Japan, Chiba Prefecture
|
6.2
|
55.0
|
VI
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 14[76]
|
Solomon Islands, Lata
|
6.4
|
72.7
|
VI
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 20[77]
|
Philippines, Surigao del Sur
|
6.4
|
33.0
|
VI
|
Foreshock to the 6.6 three hours later.
|
-
|
-
|
| 20[78]
|
Philippines, Surigao del Sur
|
6.6
|
33.0
|
VI
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 20[79]
|
Philippines, Surigao del Sur
|
6.1
|
33.0
|
V
|
An aftershock to the 6.6 earlier in the day.
|
-
|
-
|
| 28[80]
|
Philippines, Surigao del Norte
|
6.3
|
234.8
|
IV
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
October
October| Strongest magnitude | 6.9 Fiji |
|---|
| Deadliest | 6.8 Cyprus |
|---|
| Total fatalities | 2 |
|---|
|
| 8.0–8.9 | 0 |
|---|
| 7.0–7.9 | 0 |
|---|
| 6.0–6.9 | 14 |
|---|
| Date
|
Country and location
|
Mw
|
Depth (km)
|
MMI
|
Notes
|
Casualties
|
| Dead
|
Injured
|
| 1[81]
|
Owen Fracture Zone
|
6.4
|
10.0
|
I
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 2[82]
|
Eastern Samar
|
6.4
|
33.0
|
VI
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 2[83]
|
Russia, Kuril Islands
|
6.0
|
33.0
|
I
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 6[84]
|
Canada, Vancouver
|
6.2
|
10.0
|
I
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 8[85]
|
Southeast Indian Ocean Ridge
|
6.1
|
10.0
|
I
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 9[86]
|
Cyprus
|
6.8
|
33.0
|
VI
|
One person died of a heart attack and twenty others injured on Cyprus. One person killed in Egypt. Felt in Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
|
2
|
20
|
| 10[87]
|
Indonesia, North Sumatra
|
6.3
|
33.0
|
VI
|
Felt as far away as Malaysia.
|
-
|
-
|
| 12[88]
|
Papua New Guinea, Bouganville
|
6.1
|
33.0
|
VI
|
Foreshock to the 6.8 two days later.
|
-
|
-
|
| 14[89]
|
Papua New Guinea, Bouganville
|
6.8
|
24.0
|
VI
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 17[90]
|
Philippines, Davao Occidental
|
6.0
|
116.8
|
IV
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 18[91]
|
Japan, Kagoshima Prefecture
|
6.6
|
10.0
|
VII
|
Local tsunami generated with wave heights up to 17 cm recorded on Tanega-shima.
|
-
|
-
|
| 19[92]
|
Japan, Miyazaki Prefecture
|
6.7
|
22.0
|
VII
|
Tsunami generated with recorded wave heights of 110 cm at Miyazaki, 40 cm at Nichinan and 14 cm on Tanega-shima. Minor tsunami also observed on Shikoku.
|
-
|
-
|
| 19[93]
|
Fiji region
|
6.9
|
590.8
|
I
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 24[94]
|
Russia, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
|
6.1
|
19.9
|
VII
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
November
November| Strongest magnitude | 7.7 Peru |
|---|
| Deadliest | 7.7 Peru |
|---|
| Total fatalities | 14 |
|---|
|
| 8.0–8.9 | 0 |
|---|
| 7.0–7.9 | 1 |
|---|
| 6.0–6.9 | 17 |
|---|
| Date
|
Country and location
|
Mw
|
Depth (km)
|
MMI
|
Notes
|
Casualties
|
| Dead
|
Injured
|
| 4[95]
|
Colombia, Choco
|
6.3
|
14.0
|
VII
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 5[96]
|
New Zealand, Kermadec Island Region
|
6.8
|
369.4
|
V
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 5[97]
|
Philippines, Surigao del Nortel
|
6.0
|
33.0
|
V
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 6[98]
|
Japan, Bonin Islands
|
6.6
|
9.0
|
I
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 7[99]
|
Philippines, Surigao del Nortel
|
6.1
|
33.0
|
V
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 11[100]
|
New Zealand, Kermadec Island Region
|
6.2
|
33.0
|
I
|
Aftershock from the 6.8 six days prior.
|
-
|
-
|
| 11[101]
|
Myanmar, Magway
|
6.0
|
80.0
|
V
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 12[102]
|
Peru, Ica
|
7.7
|
33.0
|
VII
|
At least 14 people killed, 560 injured and 12,000 homeless from Chincha Alta to Acari. Over 4,000 houses damaged or destroyed at Nazca. Tsunami generated with maximum recorded wave heights (peak-to-trough) of 25 cm at Callao, Peru; 35 cm at Arica and 21 cm at Caldera, Chile.
|
14
|
560
|
| 13[103]
|
Peru, Ica
|
6.1
|
33.0
|
VI
|
An aftershock of the 7.7 the day prior.
|
-
|
-
|
| 13[104]
|
Peru, Ica
|
6.0
|
33.0
|
V
|
An aftershock of the 7.7 the day prior.
|
-
|
-
|
| 14[105]
|
Solomon Islands
|
6.0
|
109.2
|
I
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 14[106]
|
Tonga region
|
6.2
|
191.6
|
I
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 16[107]
|
France, Wallis and Futuna
|
6.0
|
33.0
|
I
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 17[108]
|
Nicaragua, Rivas
|
6.0
|
33.0
|
V
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 17[109]
|
Fiji region
|
6.1
|
591.6
|
I
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 19[110]
|
India, Ladakh
|
6.9
|
33.0
|
VII
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 20[111]
|
Japan, Izu Islands
|
6.1
|
33.0
|
III
|
Felt in Tokyo.
|
-
|
-
|
| 28[112]
|
Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
|
6.3
|
10.0
|
I
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
December
December| Strongest magnitude | 6.7 Japan |
|---|
| Deadliest | 0 |
|---|
| Total fatalities | 0 |
|---|
|
| 8.0–8.9 | 0 |
|---|
| 7.0–7.9 | 0 |
|---|
| 6.0–6.9 | 10 |
|---|
| Date
|
Country and location
|
Mw
|
Depth (km)
|
MMI
|
Notes
|
Casualties
|
| Dead
|
Injured
|
| 1[113]
|
New Zealand, Kermadec Island Region
|
6.2
|
355.8
|
I
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 2[114]
|
Japan, Miyazaki Prefecture
|
6.7
|
49.2
|
VI
|
Local tsunami observed with maximum recorded wave heights (peak-to-trough) of 21 cm in the Nichinan-Aburatsu area and 4 cm in the Hyuga-Hososhima area.
|
-
|
-
|
| 3[115]
|
Tonga region
|
6.2
|
32.7
|
I
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 9[116]
|
Indonesia, West Java
|
6.1
|
50.9
|
V
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 9[117]
|
Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
|
6.0
|
10.0
|
I
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 10[118]
|
Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
|
6.7
|
10.0
|
I
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 22[119]
|
Japan, Hokkaido
|
6.5
|
226.5
|
IV
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 26[120]
|
Indonesia, Papua
|
6.3
|
33.0
|
VI
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 30[121]
|
Indonesia, Maluku
|
6.0
|
33.0
|
V
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| 31[122]
|
Mexico, Chiapas
|
6.4
|
99.5
|
VI
|
Felt as far as Mexico City.
|
-
|
-
|
List
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