This is a list of earthquakes in 1958. Only magnitude 6.0 or greater earthquakes appear on the list. Lower magnitude events are included if they have caused death, injury or damage. Events that occurred in remote areas are excluded from the list unless they generated significant media interest. All dates are listed according to UTC time. Not the most active year with only 8 earthquakes reaching above magnitude 7.0. The largest event was a magnitude 8.3 earthquake in Russia in November, and another equally sized event in Alaska. Ecuador and Peru also saw fairly high activity. 1958 had only 368 deaths. Most of this total came from earthquakes in Iran and Ecuador.

Overall

By death toll

Rank Death toll Magnitude Location MMI Depth (km) Date 1 , Lorestan Province 2 , Esmeraldas Province 3 , Ryukyu Islands 4 , Arequipa Region 5 , off the coast of Esmeraldas Province Note: At least 10 casualties

By magnitude

Rank Magnitude Death toll Location MMI Depth (km) Date 1 , Kuril Islands, Russia 1 , southeast Alaska 3 , Esmeraldas Province 4 , Puno Region 5 , Ryukyu Islands 6 , central Alaska = 7 , Arequipa Region = 7 , Kuril Islands, Russia Note: At least 7.0 magnitude

Notable events

January

+DateCountry and location Mw Depth (km) MMINotes Casualties Dead Injured , Rat Islands, Alaska 6.5 121.0 , Arequipa Region 7.0 64.0 28 people were killed and some damage was caused. 28 , Vanuatu 6.2 35.0 , Esmeraldas Province 7.6 27.5 115 people were killed in the 1958 Ecuador-Colombia earthquake. 111 died in the earthquake and another 4 in a tsunami. 46 were injured and many homes were destroyed. 115 46 , off the coast of Esmeraldas Province 6.8 27.5 Aftershock. , off the east coast of 6.0 25.0 , southern Kuril Islands, Russia 6.1 140.0 , eastern Kamchatka, Russia 6.4 30.0 , Cook Inlet, Alaska 6.4 52.0 6.1 35.0 , Solomon Islands 6.3 30.0

February

+DateCountry and location Mw Depth (km) MMINotes Casualties Dead Injured , off the coast of Esmeraldas Province 6.9 15.0 22 people were killed and major damage was caused in this large aftershock of the 1958 Ecuador-Colombia earthquake. 22 , off the coast of Esmeraldas Province 6.3 25.0 Aftershock. , off the coast of Esmeraldas Province 6.3 25.0 Aftershock. , Sichuan Province 6.0 25.0 Some homes were destroyed. , off the west coast of Mindoro 6.0 20.0 , Andreanof Islands, Alaska 6.0 40.1 , Kuril Islands, Russia 6.0 35.0 , off the east coast of Honshu 6.1 35.0 , Badakhshan Province 6.6 200.3 , off the south coast of Java 6.0 35.0 , Bonin Islands 6.5 410.0 , Bayankhongor Province 6.2 15.0

March

+DateCountry and location Mw Depth (km) MMINotes Casualties Dead Injured , Ryukyu Islands 7.2 35.0 At least 51 people were killed and 101 were injured. 51+ 101+ , off the east coast of 6.2 20.0 , Chin State 6.0 50.0 , Baghlan Province 6.1 35.0 , Badakhshan Province 6.6 184.4

April

+DateCountry and location Mw Depth (km) MMINotes Casualties Dead Injured , off the southeast coast of New Britain, Papua and New Guinea 6.2 35.0 , central Alaska 7.1 15.0 Some damage was caused by the 1958 Huslia earthquake. , off the east coast of Honshu 6.8 10.0 , off the east coast of Honshu 6.5 15.0 Aftershock. , Bayankhongor Province 6.9 30.0 , Kuril Islands, Russia 6.5 137.9 , Gulf of California 6.3 15.0 , Ryukyu Islands 6.0 35.0 , Esmeraldas Province 6.8 25.0 , Esmeraldas Province 6.6 25.0 Aftershock. , Esmeraldas Province 6.1 25.0 Aftershock. , East New Britain Province, Papua and New Guinea 6.1 35.0 , southern Sumatra 6.5 180.6 , Junin Region 6.3 35.0 , Badakhshan Province 6.0 185.0 , Antofagasta Region 6.0 113.4

May

+DateCountry and location Mw Depth (km) MMINotes Casualties Dead Injured , Vanuatu 6.2 210.0 , Salta Province 6.4 180.6 , Cordoba Province, Argentina 6.6 200.0 rowspan="2"| Doublet earthquake. , Cordoba Province, Argentina 6.8 185.7 , Fox Islands (Alaska) 6.4 25.0 , Vanuatu 6.3 45.0 rowspan="2"| Doublet earthquake. , Vanuatu 6.2 45.0 , Amazonas Region 6.2 45.8 , Fox Islands (Alaska) 6.1 130.0 , Fox Islands (Alaska) 6.1 130.0 , Vanuatu 6.9 35.0

June

+DateCountry and location Mw Depth (km) MMINotes Casualties Dead Injured , Vanuatu 6.2 20.0 Aftershock. , Kuril Islands, Russia 6.2 50.0 , Bulgan Province 6.1 15.0 , off the north coast of Papua and New Guinea 6.8 30.0 , eastern Kamchatka 6.6 125.9 , Arequipa Region 6.5 161.9 , Dodecanese Islands 6.2 109.4

July

+DateCountry and location Mw Depth (km) MMINotes Casualties Dead Injured , Andreanof Islands, Alaska 6.0 25.0 , south of Mindanao 6.0 55.0 , southeast Alaska 7.8 10.0 5 people were killed in the 1958 Lituya Bay, Alaska earthquake and megatsunami. Some homes were destroyed with costs being around $100,000 (1958 rate). 5 , Tarapaca Region 6.0 55.0 , Masvingo Province, Rhodesia and Nyasaland 6.0 0.0 Unknown depth. , Papua (province) 6.5 158.3 , Halmahera Sea 6.5 45.0 , Kuril Islands, Russia 6.2 45.0 , Puno Region 7.5 612.4 Some damage was caused. , Papua (province) 6.0 100.0

August

+DateCountry and location Mw Depth (km) MMINotes Casualties Dead Injured , Banda Sea 6.4 147.2 6.2 25.0 , Molucca Sea 6.5 47.5 , Andreanof Islands, Alaska 6.3 35.0 , eastern Kamchatka 6.8 43.0 , Minahassa Peninsula 6.9 177.7 , Andreanof Islands, Alaska 6.1 25.0 , Lorestan Province 6.7 15.0 132 , Vanuatu 6.3 25.0 , Ionian Sea 6.3 15.0 , Gulf of California 6.0 15.0

September

+DateCountry and location Mw Depth (km) MMINotes Casualties Dead Injured , off the coast of Chiapas 6.2 100.0 , Santiago Metropolitan Region 6.8 15.0 7 people were killed and major damage was caused. 7 , off the east coast of Mindanao 6.0 35.0 , Amur Oblast, Russia 6.5 15.0 , Badakhshan Province 6.1 150.0 , off the west coast of Bougainville Island, Papua and New Guinea 6.2 35.0 , Guangxi Province 5.8 0.0 Some homes were destroyed. Unknown depth.

October

+DateCountry and location Mw Depth (km) MMINotes Casualties Dead Injured , East New Britain Province, Papua and New Guinea 6.3 35.0 , Jujuy Province 6.0 220.0 , west of the Ryukyu Islands 6.8 256.7 , south of Java 6.0 55.0 8 people were killed and another 1,856 were injured. 95 homes were destroyed and another 206 were damaged. 8 1,856 , off the east coast of mainland Papua and New Guinea 6.5 170.0 , western Xizang Province 6.3 15.0 , Rat Islands, Alaska 6.6 30.0

November

+DateCountry and location Mw Depth (km) MMINotes Casualties Dead Injured , west of New Ireland (island), Papua and New Guinea 6.3 15.0 , Vanuatu 6.2 25.0 , Kuril Islands, Russia 8.3 35.0 At least 51 people were injured in the 1958 Kuril Islands earthquake. Some damage was caused. 51+ , Kuril Islands, Russia 7.0 35.0 Aftershock. , Kuril Islands, Russia 6.1 45.0 Aftershock. , Tanimbar Islands 6.4 88.6 , Kuril Islands, Russia 6.6 84.6 Aftershock.

December

+DateCountry and location Mw Depth (km) MMINotes Casualties Dead Injured , Babuyan Islands 6.1 30.0 , Badakhshan Province 6.2 96.6 , off the north coast of North Island 6.6 290.8 , Gulf of California 6.1 15.0 , Xinjiang Province 6.4 20.0 , East New Britain Province, Papua and New Guinea 6.2 38.9 , Uttaranchal 6.1 15.0

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