List of earthquakes in 1995

Earthquakes in 1995

class=notpageimage| Approximate epicenters of the earthquakes in 1995 4.0–5.9 magnitude 6.0–6.9 magnitude 7.0–7.9 magnitude 8.0+ magnitude
Strongest magnitude	8.0 Mw Mexico y Chile
Deadliest	6.9 Mw Japan 6,433 deaths
Total fatalities	8,911
Number by magnitude
9.0+	0
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This is a list of earthquakes in 1995. 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

Rank	Death toll	Magnitude	Location	MMI	Depth (km)	Date
1	6,433	6.9	Japan, Hyōgo	XI (Extreme)	21.9	January 16
2	1,989	7.1	Russia, Sakhalin	IX (Violent)	11.0	May 27
3	101	6.2	Turkey, Afyon	VIII (Severe)	33.0	October 1
4	84	6.8	Indonesia, Jambi	VIII (Severe)	29.8	October 7
5	81	6.2	China, Sichuan	VI (Strong)	10.0	October 23
6	49	8.0	Mexico, Colima	VIII (Severe)	40.0	October 9
7	42	6.4	Colombia, Chocó	V (Moderate)	73.5	February 8
8	28	6.5	Greece, Central Greece	VIII (Severe)	14.2	June 15
9	14	5.6	China, Gansu	VI (Strong)	12.8	July 21
10	11	6.9	East Timor offshore	VIII (Severe)	11.2	May 14
10	11	6.8	Myanmar, Shan	VII (Very strong)	12.5	July 11
12	10	7.2	Egypt, South Sinai offshore	VIII (Severe)	18.0	November 22

By magnitude

Rank	Magnitude	Death toll	Location	MMI	Depth (km)	Date
1	8.0	49	Mexico, Colima	VIII (Severe)	40.0	October 4
1	8.0	3	Chile, Antofagasta	VII (Very strong)	46.0	July 30
3	7.9	0	Russia, Kuril Islands offshore	V (Moderate)	33.0	December 3
4	7.7	0	Papua New Guinea, Bougainville offshore	VII (Very strong)	30.1	August 16
4	7.7	0	New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands offshore	III (Weak)	20.2	May 16
6	7.4	3	Mexico, Guerrero	VII (Very strong)	23.0	September 14
6	7.4	0	Tonga, Niuas offshore	V (Moderate)	21.2	April 7
8	7.2	10	Egypt, South Sinai offshore	VIII (Severe)	18.0	November 22
8	7.2	0	Mexico, Chiapas offshore	VI (Strong)	159.3	October 21
8	7.2	0	Papua New Guinea, Bougainville offshore	VII (Very strong)	33.0	August 16
8	7.2	0	New Zealand, Kermadec Islands offshore	VI (Strong)	35.3	July 3
8	7.2	0	Philippines, Eastern Visayas offshore	VII (Very strong)	20.7	April 21
13	7.1	0	Indonesia, Banda Sea offshore	VI (Strong)	141.9	December 25
13	7.1	0	Japan, Kagoshima offshore	VII (Very strong)	28.4	October 18
13	7.1	0	Northern Mariana Islands offshore	I (Not felt)	594.9	August 23
13	7.1	1,989	Russia, Sakhalin	IX (Violent)	11.0	May 27
13	7.1	0	Philippines, Eastern Visayas offshore	VII (Very strong)	16.0	May 5
13	7.1	0	New Zealand, Gisborne offshore	VII (Very strong)	21.1	February 5
19	7.0	3	Ecuador, Morona-Santiago	VIII (Severe)	24.4	October 3
19	7.0	0	Japan, Aomori	VII (Very strong)	26.9	January 6

By month

January

January

Strongest magnitude	7.0 Mw  Japan
Deadliest	6.9 Mw  Japan 6,434 deaths
Total fatalities	6,434
Number by magnitude
9.0+	0
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	1
6.0–6.9	14

Date	Country and location	Mw	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Casualties
						Dead	Injured
4	Southern East Pacific Rise	6.0	10.0	-	-	-	-
5[1]	Russia, Perm, 7 km southwest of Solikamsk	4.8	10.0	VI	The earthquake severely damaged a mine, and caused subsidence in Solikamsk.	-	-
6[2]	Japan, Iwate offshore, 63 km southeast of Hachinohe	7.0	26.9	VII	At least 29 people were injured in Aomori and Iwate Prefectures and about 5,000 homes lost water services in the region.	-	29
7[3]	Japan, Iwate offshore, 76 km north northeast of Miyako	6.0	32.0	VI	-	-	-
9[4]	Japan, Ibaraki offshore, 48 km east northeast of Hasaki	6.0	33.3	IV	-	-	-
12[5]	Russia, Sakhalin, 38 km northeast of Shikotan	6.0	34.9	-	-	-	-
14[6]	Papua New Guinea, East New Britain, 103 km south southwest of Kokopo	6.0	62.2	V	-	-	-
16[7]	United States, Alaska offshore, Rat Islands, 298 km (185 mi) west southwest of Adak	6.3	33.0	-	-	-	-
16[8]	Japan, Kobe, 8 km south of Akashi	6.9	17.9	XI	The Great Hanshin Earthquake caused severe and widespread damage, particularly in Kobe. Nearly 400,000 buildings and other infrastructures were damaged beyond repair and many collapsed while fires were triggered which raged in different areas. The quake claimed the lives of 6,434 people while another 43,792 were injured and another 310,000 displaced. Total damage was an estimated $200 billion (USD). It is the deadliest earthquake of 1995 and one of the costliest natural disasters.	6,434	43,792
17[9]	Fiji Region	6.3	633.5	-	-	-	-
19[10]	Colombia, Cauca, 16 km east southeast of Páez	6.5	17.3	VI	Five people are killed and multiple are injured, 20 buildings are damaged in the Bogota area. 520 buildings are either damaged or collapsed in the Boyaca and Casanare departments.	5	14
21[11]	Indonesia, North Maluku offshore, 155 km northwest of Tobelo	6.2	42.2	-	-	-	-
21[12]	Russia, Sakhalin offshore, 46 km south of Shikotan	6.3	58.9	V	-	-	-
22[13]	Colombia, Cauca, 9 km east of Páez	5.7	21.3	VI	Caused damage to houses in the eastern Boyaca department.	-	-
24[14]	Iran, Hormozgan, 76 km west northwest of Bandar Abbas	5.0	33.0	IV	Eleven people were injured in the Bandar Abbas area, some houses sustained damage.	-	11
24[15]	Papua New Guinea, Bouganville Island offshore, 119 km west northwest of Panguna	6.2	24.5	V	-	-	-
27[16]	Indonesia, Central Papua offshore, 164 km southwest of Nabire	6.8	22.3	VI	-	-	-
29[17]	United States, Washington, 3 km west southwest of Des Moines	5.0	15.4	-	Damage reported in Auburn and Tacoma.	-	-
29[18]	Turkey, Erzurum, 10 km south southwest of Aşkale	5.2	31.1	-	Fifty-eight houses are reported damaged in the Aşkale area.	-	-

February

Strongest magnitude	7.1 Mw  New Zealand
Deadliest	6.4 Mw  Colombia 42 deaths
Total fatalities	46
Number by magnitude
9.0+	0
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	1
6.0–6.9	16

February

Date	Country and location	Mw	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Casualties
						Dead	Injured
2[19]	Papua New Guinea, Kandrian-Gloucester, 83 km west of Kandrian	6.0	57.8	V	-	-	-
3[20]	Balleny Islands, offshore	6.4	10.0	-	-	-	-
5[21]	Panama, Puntarenas offshore, 137 km south of Punta Burica	6.0	11.7	-	-	-	-
5[22]	New Zealand, North Island offshore, 118 km north northeast of Gisborne	7.1	21.1	VII	-	-	-
8[23]	Colombia, Valle de Cauca, 24 km northwest of Darien.	6.4	73.5	VI	Main article: 1995 Choco earthquake	42	400
10[24]	New Zealand, North Island offshore, 102 km north northeast of Gisborne	6.5	28.3	VI	-	-	-
10[25]	Chile, Tarapaca, 148 km east northeast of Iquique	5.6	118.2	IV	Damage reported in the Iquique area.	-	-
11[26]	Colombia, San Andres, 14 km east of San Andrés.	5.7	10.7	VI	Damage to tall buildings, power outages on Isla de San Andres	-	-
13[27]	New Zealand, North Island offshore, 125 km east northeast of Ōpōtiki	6.0	28.2	VI	-	-	-
13[28]	Indonesia, Halmahera offshore, 223 km south of Sofifi	6.3	14.2	VI	-	-	-
13[29]	Indonesia, Halmahera offshore, 226 km south of Sofifi	6.3	17.2	VII	-	-	-
13[30]	Indonesia, Halmahera offshore, 227 km south of Sofifi	6.7	14.2	VIII	-	-	-
14[31]	Chile, El Loa, 72 km southeast of San Pedro de Atacana	6.0	147.4	-	-	-	-
19[32]	Philippines, 90 km east southeast of Sarangi	6.0	75.8	-	-	-	-
19[33]	United States, California, 126 km west of Ferndale	6.6	4.6	V	-	-	-
21[34]	Russia, Sakhalin offshore, 297 km east northeast of Kurilsk	6.2	31.5	-	-	-	-
23[35]	Japan, Iwate offshore, 147 km east of Miyako	6.2	9.1	-	-	-	-
23[36]	Taiwan, Hualien County, 17 km north of Hualien City	6.2	40.9	V	Two people killed and 14 injured after a bus was struck by a landslide	2	14
23[37]	Japan, Iwate offshore, 140 km east of Miyako	6.1	33.0	-	-	-	-
23[38]	Cyprus, Paphos District, 10 km northwest of Neo Chorio	5.9	10.0	VII	Main article: 1995 Paphos earthquake	2	5

March

Strongest magnitude	6.9 Mw  Indonesia
Total fatalities	0
Number by magnitude
9.0+	0
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	0
6.0–6.9	8

March

Date	Country and location	Mw	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Casualties
						Dead	Injured
6[39]	Indonesia, North Kalimantan offshore, 98 km southeast of Tarakan	6.1	16.7	VI	-	-	-
8[40]	Guadeloupe, Basse-Terre, offshore 164 km east of Beauséjour	6.2	8.1	-	-	-	-
12[41]	Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, 105 km east of Madang	6.0	217.0	IV	-	-	-
14[42]	United States, Alaska, 70 km east southeast of King Cove	6.2	35.1	IV	-	-	-
19[43]	Indonesia, Central Papua offshore, 110 km south southwest of Nabire	6.1	19.2	VII	-	-	-
19[44]	Indonesia, Central Papua offshore, 100 km south southwest of Nabire	6.9	33.0	VII	Damage to buildings in the Ayam and Fakfak regions	-	-
25[45]	Solomon Islands, Nendo Island, 46 km southeast of Lata	6.2	79.4	-	-	-	-
26[46]	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	6.3	48.4	-	-	-	-
26[47]	United States, Alaska, 65 km east southeast of King Cove	5.5	38.2	V	Items thrown off shelves at Cold Bay.	-	-
26[48]	Ecuador, Guayas, 13 km north northwest of Naranjito	5.6	90.6	IV	Damage in the Guaranda area.	-	-

April

March

Strongest magnitude	7.4 Mw  Tonga
Total fatalities	0
Number by magnitude
9.0+	0
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	0
6.0–6.9	8

Date	Country and location	Mw	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Casualties
						Dead	Injured
7[49]	Tonga, Niuatoputapu offshore, 88 km north northeast of Hihifo	7.4	21.2	V	-	-	-
21[50]	Philippines, Samar, 10 km east of Dapdap	7.2	20.7	VII	Damage sustained in Borongan and Sulat	-	-

Kozani–Grevena earthquake

There was a 6.6 M_w earthquake that occurred in the states of Kozani and Grevena, Greece on May 13, 1995.^[51]

Neftegorsk earthquake

The 1995 Neftegorsk earthquake was a 7.1 M_w (7.3 M_S) earthquake that devastated the town of Neftegorsk in northern Sakhalin Island, Russia on May 27, 1995, at 23:03 Russian time (13:03 UTC).^[52]

Neftegorsk was nearly destroyed completely by the earthquake. Approximately 2,000 of the 3,176 residents in the town were killed.^[53]

Myanmar–China earthquake

The 1995 Myanmar–China earthquake occurred on July 11 at 21:46 UTC in Shan State, Myanmar, near the border with Yunnan. It measured M_s  7.3 and was assigned a maximum intensity of VIII. At least 11 people died and 136 were injured.^[54] This was one of a few earthquakes ever successfully predicted, and is attributed to saving many lives.

Antofagasta earthquake

The 1995 Antofagasta earthquake was an earthquake with a strength of 8.0 M_w^[55] registered on July 30, 1995, at 05:11 UTC (01:11 local time). Its epicenter was located near off the coast in the Chilean Sea near Antofagasta, affecting coastal areas of Antofagasta Region.

Guerrero earthquake

The 1995 Guerrero earthquake occurred on September 14, 1995, at 14:04 UTC (08:04 local time). This earthquake had a magnitude of 7.4 M_w, with the epicenter being located in the state of Guerrero, Mexico. Three people were reported dead. In the rural part of southeast Guerrero, many houses with adobe of poor quality suffered heavier damage.^[56] The intensity in Copala reached MM VII.^[57] The earthquake could be felt strongly along the coast from Michoacán to Chiapas.^[58]

Colima-Jalisco earthquake

The 1995 Colima–Jalisco earthquake was an 8.0 M_w earthquake which occurred on October 9, 1995, at 15:36 UTC, off the coast of Jalisco, Mexico, with least 49 people dead and 100 more injured. The earthquake triggered a tsunami, which affected a 200 km coast.^[59] The Cihuatlan-Manzanillo area, Colima, was more severely affected than other areas. The earthquake was felt in Mexico City and in high-rise buildings in Dallas and Houston.^[60]

Chiapas earthquake

The 1995 Chiapas earthquake occurred on October 20, 1995, at 20:38 local time (October 21, 1995 at 02:38 UTC). The epicenter was located in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, near Tuxtla Gutiérrez.^[61] It had a magnitude of M_w 7.1,^[58] or M_L 6.5.^[62] Building damage was reported. Around 70 people were reported injured. In Tuxtla Gutiérrez, telephone and electricity services were momentarily interrupted.^[63]

Wuding earthquake

The 1995 Wuding earthquake occurred on October 23, 1995, at 22:46 UTC (October 24, 1995 at 06:46 local time). The epicenter was located near Fenduo Village (芬多村), Fawo Township (发窝乡) of the Wuding County, Yunnan, China. The magnitude of the earthquake was put at M_w 6.2, or M_s 6.5. 53 people were reported dead and 13,903 people injured.^[64] Many houses and public buildings were damaged, including the Fawo Middle School (发窝中学) and the Fawo Township Office.^[65]

Gulf of Aqaba earthquake

The 1995 Gulf of Aqaba earthquake was a 7.1 magnitude earthquake that occurred on November 22, 1995, at 04:15 local time, in the eastern part of Egypt. At least 8 people were killed and 30 were injured in the epicentral region. Damage occurred in many parts of northeastern Egypt as far as Cairo. One person was killed and two slightly injured at Al Bad, Saudi Arabia. Some damage occurred at Jerusalem, Israel and Aqaba, Jordan.^[66]

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