List of earthquakes in 1962

Earthquakes in 1962
4.0–5.9 magnitude; 6.0–6.9 magnitude;	7.0–7.9 magnitude; 8.0+ magnitude;
Strongest	United Kingdom, Fiji (Magnitude 7.5) May 21
Deadliest	Iran Qazvin Province, Iran (Magnitude 7.0) September 1 12,225 deaths
Total fatalities	12,332
Number by magnitude
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This is a list of earthquakes in 1962. 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 which occurred in remote areas will be excluded from the list as they wouldn't have generated significant media interest. All dates are listed according to UTC time. Maximum intensities are indicated on the Mercalli intensity scale and are sourced from United States Geological Survey (USGS) ShakeMap data. The year was characterized by fairly moderate activity. The largest of 10 magnitude 7.0 + earthquakes measured 7.5 and struck Fiji. Iran had the deadliest event with over 12,000 deaths in September. Apart from this there was few other deaths from earthquakes. Colombia had the most with 47 in July.

Strongest

United Kingdom, Fiji (Magnitude 7.5) May 21

Deadliest

Iran Qazvin Province, Iran (Magnitude 7.0) September 1 12,225 deaths

Total fatalities12,332

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Rank	Death toll	Magnitude	Location	MMI	Depth (km)	Date
1	12,225	7.0	Iran, Qazvin Province	IX (Violent)	15.0	September 1
2	47	6.5	Colombia, Choco Department	VI (Strong)	64.0	July 30
3	16	6.2	Italy, Campania	VI (Strong)	20.0	August 21
4	15	6.1	Albania, Fier County	VII (Very strong)	26.4	March 18

Rank	Magnitude	Death toll	Location	MMI	Depth (km)	Date
1	7.5	0	United Kingdom, Fiji	I (Not felt)	390.0	May 21
= 2	7.3	0	northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge	I (Not felt)	10.0	March 17
= 2	7.3	0	Japan, off the east coast of Honshu	VI (Strong)	28.0	April 12
= 3	7.2	0	Panama, south of	VII (Very strong)	25.0	July 26
= 3	7.2	0	Argentina, Santiago del Estero Province	I (Not felt)	588.7	December 9
= 4	7.1	0	Chile, Araucania Region	IX (Violent)	30.0	February 14
= 4	7.1	0	Japan, off the east coast of Hokkaido	VII (Very strong)	60.0	April 23
= 4	7.1	0	Indonesia, Barat Daya Islands	VII (Very strong)	30.2	May 15
= 5	7.0	4	Mexico, Guerrero	VIII (Severe)	25.0	May 11
= 5	7.0	12,225	Iran, Qazvin Province	IX (Violent)	15.0	September 1

Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Casualties
Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Dead	Injured
4^[1]^[2]	Japan, off the south coast of Honshu	6.2	50.0	VI
5^[3]	Indonesia, off the west coast of Sumatra	6.0	30.1
7^[4]^[5]^[6]	Yugoslavia, Dalmatia, Croatia	6.2	15.0	VIII	In the first of the 1962 Makarska earthquakes, 4 people were killed and some damage was caused. A few days later another event struck in an example of a doublet earthquake.	4
8^[7]^[8]	Dominican Republic, Peravia Province	6.5	35.6	VII
9^[9]^[10]	Japan, off the southeast coast of Hokkaido	6.0	49.0	V
11^[11]^[12]^[13]	Yugoslavia, Dalmatia, Croatia	6.2	15.0	IX	In the second of the 1962 Makarska earthquakes, 2 people died and 2,290 homes collapsed.	1
25^[14]	United Kingdom, Makira, Solomon Islands	6.0	45.0
26^[15]	Greece, southwest of Crete	6.0	25.0

Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Casualties
Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Dead	Injured
3^[16]^[17]	Indonesia, off the north coast of Papua (province)	6.3	23.0	VI
14^[18]^[19]^[20]	Chile, Araucania Region	7.1	30.0	IX	Some damage was caused.
20^[21]^[22]	Japan, off the southeast coast of Hokkaido	6.1	50.7	V
20^[23]^[24]	Burma, Kachin State	6.3	35.0	VI
27^[25]^[26]	Chile, Bio-Bio Region	6.2	25.0	VI

Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Casualties
Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Dead	Injured
7^[27]	United States, Northern Mariana Islands	6.9	635.0
11^[28]^[29]	Philippines, east of Mindanao	6.3	44.6	V
12^[30]^[31]^[32]	Panama, south of	6.5	25.0	VII	Some damage was caused.
17^[33]	northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge	7.3	10.0
18^[34]^[35]	New Hebrides, Vanuatu	6.0	15.0	VI
18^[36]^[37]^[38]	Albania, Fier County	6.1	26.4	VII	15 people were killed and some damage was caused.	15
18^[39]^[40]^[41]	China, Guangdong Province	6.0	15.0	VIII	1 person was killed and another 2 were injured. 1,200 homes were destroyed.	1	2
19^[42]	Indonesia, Gulf of Tomini	6.0	145.3
22^[43]^[44]	Australia, off the north coast of Papua and New Guinea	6.4	35.0	VIII
24^[45]	Australia, Madang Province, Papua and New Guinea	6.0	117.8
26^[46]^[47]	Chile, off the coast of Los Lagos Region	6.2	30.9	VI

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Number by magnitude
Strongest	6.5 M_w Dominican Republic
Deadliest	6.2 M_w Yugoslavia 4 deaths
Total fatalities	5
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	0
6.0–6.9	8

Number by magnitude
Strongest	7.1 M_w Chile
Total fatalities	0
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	1
6.0–6.9	4

Number by magnitude
Strongest	7.3 M_w northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Deadliest	6.1 M_w Albania 15 deaths
Total fatalities	16
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	1
6.0–6.9	10

Number by magnitude
Strongest	7.3 M_w Japan
Deadliest	6.4 M_w Peru 9 deaths
Total fatalities	15
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	2
6.0–6.9	6
5.0–5.9	1

Number by magnitude
Strongest	7.5 M_w United Kingdom
Deadliest	7.0 M_w Mexico 4 deaths
Total fatalities	7
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	3
6.0–6.9	7

Number by magnitude
Strongest	6.5 M_w Japan
Total fatalities	0
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	0
6.0–6.9	4
5.0–5.9	1

Number by magnitude
Strongest	7.2 M_w Panama
Deadliest	6.5 M_w Colombia 47 deaths
Total fatalities	47
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	1
6.0–6.9	6

Number by magnitude
Strongest	6.8 M_w Chile
Deadliest	6.2 M_w Italy 16 deaths
Total fatalities	17
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	0
6.0–6.9	8
5.0–5.9	1

Number by magnitude
Strongest	7.0 M_w Iran
Deadliest	7.0 M_w Iran 12,225 deaths
Total fatalities	12,225
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	1
6.0–6.9	6

Number by magnitude
Strongest	6.5 M_w Taiwan
Total fatalities	0
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	0
6.0–6.9	4

Number by magnitude
Strongest	6.2 M_w 2 events
Total fatalities	0
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	0
6.0–6.9	2
5.0–5.9	1

Number by magnitude
Strongest	7.2 M_w Argentina
Total fatalities	0
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	1
6.0–6.9	8
5.0–5.9	1