List of earthquakes in 1998

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This is a list of earthquakes in 1998. 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. Maximum intensities are indicated on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale, and all data are sourced from the United States Geological Survey.

Earthquakes in 1998
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Approximate epicenters of the earthquakes in 1998
Strongest magnitude8.1 Mw Antarctica
Deadliest6.6 Mw Afghanistan
4,500 deaths
Total fatalities9,934
Number by magnitude
9.0+0
8.0–8.91
7.0–7.911
6.0–6.9204
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1999 →

By death toll

Rank Magnitude Death toll Location MMI Depth (km) Date Event
1 6.6 4,500 Afghanistan, Hindu Kush VIII (Severe) 30.0 May 30 May 1998 Afghanistan earthquake
2 7.0 2,700 Papua New Guinea, Aitape offshore VIII (Severe) 10.0 July 17 1998 Papua New Guinea earthquake
3 5.9 2,323 Afghanistan, Hindu Kush VIII (Severe) 33.0 February 4 February 1998 Afghanistan earthquake
4 6.3 145 Turkey, Adana IX (Violent) 33.0 June 27 1998 Adana–Ceyhan earthquake
5 6.6 105 Bolivia, Cochabamba VIII (Severe) 24.0 May 22 1998 Aiquile earthquake
6 5.7 70 China, Inner Mongolia VIII (Severe) 30.3 January 10 1998 Zhangbei–Shanyi earthquake
7 7.7 41 Indonesia, North Maluku offshore IX (Violent) 33.0 November 29 1998 North Maluku earthquake
8 5.8 12 Iran, Qayen VIII (Severe) 33.0 April 10 -
9 6.2 10 Portugal, Azores Islands offshore VIII (Severe) 10.0 July 9 1998 Azores Islands earthquake

At least 10 dead.

By magnitude

Rank Magnitude Death toll Location MMI Depth (km) Date
1 8.1 0 Antarctica, Balleny Islands offshore I (Not felt) 10.0 March 25
2 7.7 41 Indonesia, North Maluku offshore IX (Violent) 33.0 November 29
3 7.5 0 Japan, Ishigaki offshore V (Moderate) 33.0 May 3
3 7.5 0 New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands offshore I (Not felt) 100.6 January 4
5 7.2 0 Fiji, Levuka offshore III (Weak) 537.2 March 29
5 7.2 3 Ecuador, Bahía de Caráquez X (Extreme) 33.0 August 4
7 7.1 1 Chile, Antofagasta VIII (Severe) 42.0 January 30
7 7.1 0 Japan, Bonin Islands offshore IV (Light) 440.5 August 20
9 7.0 2,700 Papua New Guinea, Aitape offshore VIII (Severe) 10.0 July 17
9 7.0 0 Solomon Islands, Lata offshore VII (Very strong) 110.2 July 16
9 7.0 0 Indonesia, Sumatra offshore VIII (Severe) 55.7 April 1
9 7.0 0 Indonesia, Banda Sea offshore VIII (Severe) 33.0 November 9

By month

January

January
Strongest magnitude7.5 Mw New Caledonia
Deadliest5.7 Mw China
70 deaths
Total fatalities71
Number by magnitude
8.0–8.90
7.0–7.92
6.0–6.96
Date Country and location Mw Depth (km) MMI Notes Casualties
Dead Injured
4 New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands offshore 7.5 100.6 I - - -
10 China, Inner Mongolia 5.7 30.3 VIII 70 11,500
10 Peru, Madre De Dios 6.4 33.0 IX - - -
10 Guatemala, Suchitepequez 6.6 33.0 VII Twenty-four people injured in Guatemala and three in El Salvador. Several homes destroyed in Solola; some buildings damaged, landslides and power outages in Quezaltenango and San Marcos Departments. - 27
12 Chile, Coquimbo 6.6 34.8 VIII - - -
12 Fiji Region offshore 6.7 23.4 VI An example of a Doublet earthquake - -
14 6.6 33.0 V - -
27 Fiji Islands offshore 6.5 610.1 I - - -
30 Chile, Antofagasta 7.1 42.0 VIII One person died from a heart attack and a few poorly constructed buildings suffered minor damage in Antofagasta. 1 -

February

February
Strongest magnitude6.8 Mw Iceland
Deadliest5.9 Mw Afghanistan
2,323 deaths
Total fatalities2,324
Number by magnitude
8.0–8.90
7.0–7.90
6.0–6.94
Date Country and location Mw Depth (km) MMI Notes Casualties
Dead Injured
3 Mexico, Oaxaca 6.4 33.0 VIII Moderate damage in San Agustin. - -
4 Afghanistan, Hindu Kush region 5.9 30.0 VIII 2,323 818
11 Philippines, Leyte 5.5 56.8 IV Six people injured, a fishing pier destroyed, 11 buildings damaged, roads cracked and water pipes damaged at Sogod. - 6
16 Iceland, Reykjanes Ridge offshore 6.8 10.0 I - - -
19 Indonesia, Maluku offshore 6.5 33.0 VIII - - -
20 Afghanistan, Hindu Kush region 6.4 235.6 IV One person killed and 11 injured in Pakistan. An earthquake-induced avalanche destroyed 35 houses, including a mosque, left 300 people homeless and killed several dozen livestock in Kashmir. 1 11

March

March
Strongest magnitude8.1 Mw Antarctica
Deadliest6.6 Mw Iran
5 deaths
Total fatalities6
Number by magnitude
8.0–8.91
7.0–7.91
6.0–6.94
Date Country and location Mw Depth (km) MMI Notes Casualties
Dead Injured
3 Guatemala region 6.1 62.8 VII Landslides blocked some highways and electrical cables damaged in Nahuala. - -
14 Iran, Kerman 6.6 9.0 IX Five people Killed, 50 injured, 10,000 homeless, 2,000 houses damaged or destroyed and 1,200 livestock killed in Golbaf. 5 50
19 China, Xinjiang 5.6 33.0 VII 400 homes destroyed and some livestock were killed in the epicentral area. - -
20 New Zealand, Auckland Islands offshore 6.7 10.0 I - - -
25 Antarctica, Balleny Islands offshore 8.1 10.0 I The 1998 Balleny Islands earthquake is believed to be the largest instrumentally recorded earthquake in this area to date, and the largest earthquake in 1998. A tsunami was observed with heights of 1 cm in southern Australia. - -
25 Australia region offshore 6.4 10.0 I - - -
26 Italy, Assisi 5.4 10.0 VII One person died from a heart attack and several buildings damaged in the epicentral area. 1 -
29 Fiji, Levuka offshore 7.2 537.2 III - - -

April

April
Strongest magnitude7.0 Mw Indonesia
Deadliest5.8 Mw Iran
12 deaths
Total fatalities13
Number by magnitude
8.0–8.90
7.0–7.91
6.0–6.93
Date Country and location Mw Depth (km) MMI Notes Casualties
Dead Injured
1 Indonesia, Mentawai Islands Offshore 7.0 55.7 VIII - - -
1 Chile, Los Lagos offshore 6.7 9.0 V - - -
3 Italy, Assisi 5.2 10.0 VII Five people injured and 300 houses damaged or destroyed in Gualdo. - 5
3 Peru, Ucayali 6.6 164.6 V - - -
4 Turkey, Afyon 5.3 10.0 VI Some minor damage occurred in the Afyon area. - -
10 Iran, Qayen 5.8 33.0 VIII At least 12 people killed, 10 injured and more than 600 homes severely damaged in the Birjand-Gonabad area. 12 10
12 Slovenia, Tolmin 5.6 10.0 VIII One person died of a heart attack at Bovec. Landslides and damaged buildings left 700 people homeless. Some damage in Austria. 1 -
13 Turkey, Bingöl 5.3 33.0 VII Eleven people were injured and several buildings damaged or destroyed at Karliova. - 11
20 Mexico, Guerrero 6.0 67.3 V - - -

May

May
Strongest magnitude7.5 Mw Japan
Deadliest6.6 Mw Afghanistan
4,500 deaths
Total fatalities4,605
Number by magnitude
8.0–8.90
7.0–7.91
6.0–6.94
Date Country and location Mw Depth (km) MMI Notes Casualties
Dead Injured
3 Japan, Ryuku Islands offshore 7.5 33.0 V A minor local tsunami was generated with recorded wave heights of 0.04 m on Ishigaki. - -
13 Papua New Guinea, New Britain 6.6 61.4 VIII Minor damage in the Kokopo area. - -
16 Fiji Islands offshore 6.9 586.1 I - - -
22 Bolivia, Cochabamba 6.6 24.0 VIII 105 150
28 Egypt, Mediterranean Sea offshore 5.5 10.0 VI One person injured in Cairo. - 1
28 China, Xinjiang 5.6 33.0 VII Twenty-eight people injured, more than 2,000 buildings destroyed, an additional 3,000 damaged and 5,000 head of cattle killed in Xinjiang. - 28
30 Afghanistan, Badakhshan Province 6.6 30.0 VIII 4,500 10,001

June

June
Strongest magnitude6.4 Mw Russia
Deadliest6.3 Mw Turkey
145 deaths
Total fatalities145
Number by magnitude
8.0–8.90
7.0–7.90
6.0–6.95
Date Country and location Mw Depth (km) MMI Notes Casualties
Dead Injured
1 Russia, Kamchatka offshore 6.4 43.7 VII - - -
7 Mexico, Chiapas 6.3 86.6 VI - - -
18 United Kingdom, Ascension Island region offshore 6.3 10.0 I - - -
27 Turkey, Adana 6.3 33.0 IX The 1998 Adana–Ceyhan earthquake killed at least 145 people, left 1,500 people injured and many thousands homeless. 145 1,500
29 Australia, Macquarie Island offshore 6.3 10.0 I - - -

July

July
Strongest magnitude7.0 Mw Solomon Islands
7.0 Mw Papua New Guinea
Deadliest7.0 Mw Papua New Guinea
2,700 deaths
Total fatalities2,717
Number by magnitude
8.0–8.90
7.0–7.92
6.0–6.95
Date Country and location Mw Depth (km) MMI Notes Casualties
Dead Injured
4 Turkey, Adana 5.4 33.0 VII At least 1,000 people injured and one building collapsed in Adana. - 1,000
9 Portugal, Azores Islands offshore 6.2 10.0 VIII 10 100
9 Azerbaijan region 6.0 26.0 VII Extensive damage occurred in Astara and Yardimli. - -
9 New Zealand, Kermadec Islands offshore 6.9 129.5 I - - -
16 Solomon Islands, Nendo offshore 7.0 110.2 VII - - -
17 Taiwan, Nantou County 5.7 12.6 VIII Five people killed, 27 others injured, damage and landslides in Chiayi County. 5 27
17 Papua New Guinea, Aitape offshore 7.0 10.0 VIII 2,700 Thousands
28 China, Xinjiang 5.2 33.0 VI Several people injured and 19 houses collapsed in Baicheng County. - Several
29 Chile, Valparaíso 6.4 51.1 VI Two people died from heart attacks in Santiago and four miners injured at the Boton de Oro mine. 2 4
29 Indonesia, Papua 6.7 33.0 VIII - - -

August

August
Strongest magnitude7.2 Mw Ecuador
Deadliest7.2 Mw Ecuador
6.4 Mw China 3 deaths
Total fatalities6
Number by magnitude
8.0–8.90
7.0–7.92
6.0–6.93
Date Country and location Mw Depth (km) MMI Notes Casualties
Dead Injured
2 China, Xinjiang 5.6 10.0 VIII Two people injured and several homes destroyed in Jiashi County. - 2
4 Iran, Khorasan province 5.3 33.0 V Some damage occurred in Khorasan province. - -
4 Ecuador, Manabi 7.2 33.0 X 3 40
12 United States, California 5.1 8.8 VII Two people injured in Santa Cruz County. Some damage to a church at San Juan Bautista and minor cracking of highway 101 in San Benito County. - 2
15 Italy, Lazio 4.8 10.0 VII Some damage in Antrodoco - -
15 Japan, Nagano Prefecture 5.5 10.0 VII Damage due to a landslide in Gifu Prefecture. - -
20 Japan, Bonin Islands offshore 7.1 440.5 IV - - -
20 United States, Alaska, Aleutian Islands offshore 6.3 33.0 I - - -
23 Nicaragua, Chinandega offshore 6.7 54.6 V - -
27 China, Xinjiang 6.4 10.0 VIII Three people killed, seven injured, more than 3,600 houses destroyed, 18,771 damaged and 159 livestock killed in Jiashi County. 3 7
28 Japan, Tokyo offshore 5.4 75.9 V Two people were slightly injured in the Tokyo-Yokohama area. - 2

September

September
Strongest magnitude6.8 Mw Philippines
Deadliest6.6 Mw Indonesia
5.5 Mw FR Yugoslavia 1 death
Total fatalities2
Number by magnitude
8.0–8.90
7.0–7.90
6.0–6.94
Date Country and location Mw Depth (km) MMI Notes Casualties
Dead Injured
2 Philippines, Mindanao offshore 6.8 50.0 VI Objects fell from shelves in General Santos. - -
3 Japan, Iwate 5.9 38.1 VIII Eleven people injured and landslides blocked two roads in the epicentral area. - 11
3 Chile, Coquimbo offshore 6.6 27.0 VIII Two people injured in La Serena. - 2
15 Japan, Miyagi 5.1 50.4 VII One person injured in Miyagi. - 1
21 Vanuatu, Torba offshore 6.4 33.0 VII - - -
24 Mongolia, Dundgovi 5.6 33.0 VII Many homes damaged in Mandalgovi. - -
28 Indonesia, Java 6.6 151.6 VII One person killed, 38 homes destroyed and 62 others damaged in Malang. 1 -
29 FR Yugoslavia 5.5 10.0 VIII 1 17
30 Albania, Kukës 5.3 10.0 VI 700 houses damaged in the epicentral area. - -

October

October
Strongest magnitude6.6 Mw Indonesia
Total fatalities0
Number by magnitude
8.0–8.90
7.0–7.90
6.0–6.92
Date Country and location Mw Depth (km) MMI Notes Casualties
Dead Injured
5 Iran, Ilam 5.4 38.6 IV At least 100 houses damaged in the Darreh Shahr area - -
8 Peru, Arequipa 6.2 136.2 IV Minor damage in Arequipa. - -
10 Indonesia, Sulawesi 5.9 33.0 VIII Many homes damaged in Donggala. - -
10 6.0 33.0 VIII
18 Nicaragua, Masaya 4.4 10.0 VI Three people injured, two homes destroyed and 45 severely damaged in Ticuantepe. - 3
26 China, Yunnan 4.7 10.0 VI 28 people injured and 700 houses damaged in Lijiang. - 28
28 Indonesia, Sulawesi offshore 6.6 10.0 VI - -

November

November
Strongest magnitude7.7 Mw Indonesia
Deadliest7.7 Mw Indonesia
41 deaths
Total fatalities51
Number by magnitude
8.0–8.90
7.0–7.92
6.0–6.92
Date Country and location Mw Depth (km) MMI Notes Casualties
Dead Injured
8 Indonesia, East Nusa Tenggara offshore 6.4 33.0 VI - - -
9 Indonesia, East Timor offshore 6.7 33.0 VIII - - -
9 7.0 33.0 VIII - - -
13 Iran, Fars 5.4 33.0 VII Five people killed, 105 others injured and 850 houses damaged by the earthquake and landslides. 5 105
18 Iran, Kerman 5.4 33.0 V Damage to buildings in Kerman. - -
19 China, Yunnan 5.6 33.0 VIII Five people killed, 1,543 others injured and over 28,000 houses damaged in the epicentral area. 5 1,543
29 Indonesia, North Maluku offshore 7.7 33.0 IX 41 people were killed and 171 people were injured in the 1998 North Maluku earthquake, with over 500 homes destroyed and over 700 others damaged. 41 171

December

December
Strongest magnitude6.8 Mw Tonga
Deadliest5.7 Mw Afghanistan
5 deaths
Total fatalities5
Number by magnitude
8.0–8.90
7.0–7.90
6.0–6.92
Date Country and location Mw Depth (km) MMI Notes Casualties
Dead Injured
1 China, Yunnan 4.5 10.0 V 84 people injured and 21,400 houses damaged, along with 472 schools. - 84
6 Indonesia, Sulawesi offshore 6.6 33.0 VI - - -
11 Afghanistan, Hindu Kush 5.7 222.5 III Five people killed and seven others injured in Kabul. 5 7
27 Tonga offshore 6.8 144.3 V - - -

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