List of earthquakes in 1998

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.

By death toll Rank Magnitude Death toll Location MMI Depth (km) Date Event16.64,500, Hindu Kush30.0 May 1998 Afghanistan earthquake27.02,700, Aitape offshore 10.01998 Papua New Guinea earthquake35.92,323, Hindu Kush33.0February 1998 Afghanistan earthquake46.3145, Adana33.01998 Adana–Ceyhan earthquake56.6105, Cochabamba24.01998 Aiquile earthquake65.770, Inner Mongolia30.31998 Zhangbei–Shanyi earthquake77.741, North Maluku offshore IX (Violent)33.01998 North Maluku earthquake85.812, Qayen33.0 -96.210, Azores Islands offshore 10.01998 Azores Islands earthquake At least 10 dead.

By magnitude Rank Magnitude Death toll Location MMI Depth (km) Date18.10 Antarctica, Balleny Islands offshore 10.027.741 Indonesia, North Maluku offshore 33.037.50, Ishigaki offshore 33.037.50, Loyalty Islands offshore 100.657.20, Levuka offshore 537.257.23 Ecuador, Bahía de Caráquez33.077.11, Antofagasta42.077.10, Bonin Islands offshore 440.597.02,700 Papua New Guinea, Aitape offshore 10.097.00, Lata offshore 110.297.00, Sumatra offshore 55.797.00, Banda Sea offshore 33.0

By month January

+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured4, Loyalty Islands offshore 7.5100.6I - - -10, Inner Mongolia5.730.3VIII 7011,50010, Madre De Dios6.433.0IX - - -10, Suchitepequez6.633.0VIITwenty-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. -2712, Coquimbo6.634.8VIII - - -12 Fiji Region offshore6.723.4VIAn example of a Doublet earthquake - -146.633.0V - -27 Fiji Islands offshore 6.5610.1I - - -30, Antofagasta7.142.0VIIIOne person died from a heart attack and a few poorly constructed buildings suffered minor damage in Antofagasta.1 -

February

+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured3, Oaxaca6.433.0VIIIModerate damage in San Agustin. - -4, Hindu Kush region 5.930.0VIII2,32381811, Leyte5.556.8IVSix people injured, a fishing pier destroyed, 11 buildings damaged, roads cracked and water pipes damaged at Sogod. -616, Reykjanes Ridge offshore 6.810.0I - - -19, Maluku offshore 6.533.0VIII - - -20, Hindu Kush region 6.4235.6IVOne 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.111

March

+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured3 region 6.162.8VIILandslides blocked some highways and electrical cables damaged in Nahuala. - -14, Kerman6.69.0IXFive people Killed, 50 injured, 10,000 homeless, 2,000 houses damaged or destroyed and 1,200 livestock killed in Golbaf.55019, Xinjiang5.633.0VII400 homes destroyed and some livestock were killed in the epicentral area. - -20, Auckland Islands offshore 6.710.0I - - -25, Balleny Islands offshore8.110.0IThe 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 region offshore 6.410.0I - - -26 Italy, Assisi5.410.0VIIOne person died from a heart attack and several buildings damaged in the epicentral area.1 -29, Levuka offshore 7.2537.2III - - -

April

+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured1, Mentawai Islands Offshore 7.055.7VIII - - -1, Los Lagos offshore 6.79.0V - - -3 Italy, Assisi5.210.0VIIFive people injured and 300 houses damaged or destroyed in Gualdo. -53, Ucayali6.6164.6V - - -4, Afyon5.310.0VISome minor damage occurred in the Afyon area. - -10, Qayen5.833.0VIIIAt least 12 people killed, 10 injured and more than 600 homes severely damaged in the Birjand-Gonabad area.121012, Tolmin5.610.0VIIIOne person died of a heart attack at Bovec. Landslides and damaged buildings left 700 people homeless. Some damage in Austria.1 -13, Bingöl5.333.0VIIEleven people were injured and several buildings damaged or destroyed at Karliova. -1120, Guerrero6.067.3V - - -

May

+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured3, Ryuku Islands offshore 7.533.0VA minor local tsunami was generated with recorded wave heights of 0.04 m on Ishigaki. - -13, New Britain6.661.4VIIIMinor damage in the Kokopo area. - -16 Fiji Islands offshore 6.9586.1I - - -22, Cochabamba6.624.0VIII10515028 , Mediterranean Sea offshore 5.510.0VIOne person injured in Cairo. -128, Xinjiang5.633.0VIITwenty-eight people injured, more than 2,000 buildings destroyed, an additional 3,000 damaged and 5,000 head of cattle killed in Xinjiang. -2830, Badakhshan Province6.630.0VIII4,50010,001

June

+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured1, Kamchatka offshore 6.443.7VII - - -7, Chiapas6.386.6VI - - -18, Ascension Island region offshore 6.310.0I - - -27, Adana6.333.0IXThe 1998 Adana–Ceyhan earthquake killed at least 145 people, left 1,500 people injured and many thousands homeless.1451,50029, Macquarie Island offshore 6.310.0I - - -

July

+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured4, Adana5.433.0VIIAt least 1,000 people injured and one building collapsed in Adana. -1,0009, Azores Islands offshore 6.210.0VIII101009 region6.026.0VIIExtensive damage occurred in Astara and Yardimli. - -9, Kermadec Islands offshore 6.9129.5I - - -16, Nendo offshore 7.0110.2VII - - -17, Nantou County5.712.6VIIIFive people killed, 27 others injured, damage and landslides in Chiayi County.52717, Aitape offshore 7.010.0VIII2,700Thousands28, Xinjiang5.233.0VISeveral people injured and 19 houses collapsed in Baicheng County. -Several29, Valparaíso6.451.1VITwo people died from heart attacks in Santiago and four miners injured at the Boton de Oro mine.2429, Papua6.733.0VIII - - -

August

+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured2, Xinjiang5.610.0VIIITwo people injured and several homes destroyed in Jiashi County. -24, Khorasan province5.333.0VSome damage occurred in Khorasan province. - -4, Manabi7.233.0X34012, California5.18.8VIITwo 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. -215 Italy, Lazio4.810.0VIISome damage in Antrodoco - -15, Nagano Prefecture5.510.0VIIDamage due to a landslide in Gifu Prefecture. - -20, Bonin Islands offshore 7.1440.5IV - - -20, Alaska, Aleutian Islands offshore 6.333.0I - - -23, Chinandega offshore 6.754.6V - -27, Xinjiang6.410.0VIIIThree people killed, seven injured, more than 3,600 houses destroyed, 18,771 damaged and 159 livestock killed in Jiashi County.3728, Tokyo offshore 5.475.9VTwo people were slightly injured in the Tokyo-Yokohama area. -2

September

+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured2, Mindanao offshore6.850.0VIObjects fell from shelves in General Santos. - -3, Iwate5.938.1VIIIEleven people injured and landslides blocked two roads in the epicentral area. -113, Coquimbo offshore 6.627.0VIIITwo people injured in La Serena. -215, Miyagi5.150.4VIIOne person injured in Miyagi. -121, Torba offshore 6.433.0VII - - -24, Dundgovi5.633.0VIIMany homes damaged in Mandalgovi. - -28, Java6.6151.6VIIOne person killed, 38 homes destroyed and 62 others damaged in Malang.1 -295.510.0VIII11730, Kukës5.310.0VI700 houses damaged in the epicentral area. - -

October

+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured5, Ilam5.438.6IVAt least 100 houses damaged in the Darreh Shahr area - -8, Arequipa6.2136.2IVMinor damage in Arequipa. - -10, Sulawesi5.933.0VIIIMany homes damaged in Donggala.--10 6.033.0VIII18, Masaya4.410.0VIThree people injured, two homes destroyed and 45 severely damaged in Ticuantepe. -326, Yunnan4.710.0VI28 people injured and 700 houses damaged in Lijiang. -2828, Sulawesi offshore 6.610.0VI - -

November

+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured8, East Nusa Tenggara offshore 6.433.0VI - - -9, East Timor offshore 6.733.0VIII - - -97.033.0VIII - - -13, Fars5.433.0VIIFive people killed, 105 others injured and 850 houses damaged by the earthquake and landslides.510518, Kerman5.433.0VDamage to buildings in Kerman. - -19, Yunnan5.633.0VIIIFive people killed, 1,543 others injured and over 28,000 houses damaged in the epicentral area.51,54329, North Maluku offshore 7.733.0IX41 people were killed and 171 people were injured in the 1998 North Maluku earthquake, with over 500 homes destroyed and over 700 others damaged.41171

December

+DateCountry and locationMwDepth (km)MMINotesCasualtiesDeadInjured1, Yunnan4.510.0V84 people injured and 21,400 houses damaged, along with 472 schools. -846, Sulawesi offshore 6.633.0VI - - -11, Hindu Kush5.7222.5IIIFive people killed and seven others injured in Kabul.5727 offshore 6.8144.3V - - -

See also

Lists of 20th-century earthquakes Lists of earthquakes by year

References