This is a list of earthquakes in 1986. 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.
Due to the 1986 Malatya earthquake, 15 people were killed, another 100 were injured and 4,000 houses were damaged in the
Dogansehir-
Golbasi area. All houses were damaged in
Kapıdere. Slight damage was caused to houses around the cities of
Adıyaman and
Elbistan. Some dangerous cracks appeared in the arch of
Sürgü Dam. Slight damage was caused to railroads in the epicentral area.
Largest event of 1986. Slight damage was caused in
Atka and
Adak. Small tsunamis were observed, with the largest of them hitting Adak, which measured 175 cm high.[57]
It is an aftershock of the 6.1 event on May 5. Further damage was observed in
Surgu, where one person was killed and 15 others were injured. Additional cracks appeared in the
Sürgü Dam, and landslides blocked a road between
Erkenek and
Adıyaman.
Damage was observed throughout the highlands of Papua New Guinea.
Submarine cables from
Madang to
Guam and Madang to
Cairns were damaged. Preliminary estimate of damage approximately 500,000
U.S. dollars.
The 1986 North Palm Springs earthquake injured 40 people in the
North Palm Springs area and caused property damage estimated at $6 million. The most serious damage occurred at the Devers
substation of
Southern California Edison Company. Also some residences in the Whitewater Canyon area were badly damaged. Damage occurred at
Angelus Oaks,
Desert Hot Springs, North Palm Springs,
Palm Desert,
Palm Springs and
Yucca Valley. Overall sixteen business structures and four houses were destroyed; 102 houses (mostly mobile homes) and 117 business structures were damaged to some degree. The earthquake disrupted electrical and telephone service, broke water lines and gas lines, and caused failure of two pumping stations in the
Metropolitan Water District.
29 people were injured, one of them seriously and at least 50 buildings were damaged in the
Newport Beach-
San Diego area. Preliminary estimate of damage was 720 thousand dollars. Some damage also occurred in
Tijuana, in neighboring
Mexico.
The 1986 Vrancea earthquake caused extensive damage in Romania, where a church collapsed. In neighboring
Moldova, (then part of the
Soviet Union as the
Moldovian Soviet Socialist Republic), at least two people died and at least 558 were injured. However, there were unconfirmed reports of at least 100 people were killed when an apartment partially collapsed in
Chisinau, and 50 laborers who died when they were crushed by piles of rubble in
Bucharest. Tremors were felt in many parts of
Europe, from
Poland to
Italy.
The 1986 Kalamata earthquake caused major damage in southern Greece, especially in the city of
Kalamata. At least twenty people were killed, about were 300 injured, 2,500 were left homeless and 1,500 buildings were damaged or destroyed.
Deadliest event of 1986. The 1986 San Salvador earthquake caused severe damage in the country's capital,
San Salvador. As a result of this event, at least a thousand people died, 10,000 were injured, and 200,000 were left homeless. Some damage was also observed in
Tegucigalpa, the capital of neighboring
Honduras.
This is a list of earthquakes in 1986. 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.
Due to the 1986 Malatya earthquake, 15 people were killed, another 100 were injured and 4,000 houses were damaged in the
Dogansehir-
Golbasi area. All houses were damaged in
Kapıdere. Slight damage was caused to houses around the cities of
Adıyaman and
Elbistan. Some dangerous cracks appeared in the arch of
Sürgü Dam. Slight damage was caused to railroads in the epicentral area.
Largest event of 1986. Slight damage was caused in
Atka and
Adak. Small tsunamis were observed, with the largest of them hitting Adak, which measured 175 cm high.[57]
It is an aftershock of the 6.1 event on May 5. Further damage was observed in
Surgu, where one person was killed and 15 others were injured. Additional cracks appeared in the
Sürgü Dam, and landslides blocked a road between
Erkenek and
Adıyaman.
Damage was observed throughout the highlands of Papua New Guinea.
Submarine cables from
Madang to
Guam and Madang to
Cairns were damaged. Preliminary estimate of damage approximately 500,000
U.S. dollars.
The 1986 North Palm Springs earthquake injured 40 people in the
North Palm Springs area and caused property damage estimated at $6 million. The most serious damage occurred at the Devers
substation of
Southern California Edison Company. Also some residences in the Whitewater Canyon area were badly damaged. Damage occurred at
Angelus Oaks,
Desert Hot Springs, North Palm Springs,
Palm Desert,
Palm Springs and
Yucca Valley. Overall sixteen business structures and four houses were destroyed; 102 houses (mostly mobile homes) and 117 business structures were damaged to some degree. The earthquake disrupted electrical and telephone service, broke water lines and gas lines, and caused failure of two pumping stations in the
Metropolitan Water District.
29 people were injured, one of them seriously and at least 50 buildings were damaged in the
Newport Beach-
San Diego area. Preliminary estimate of damage was 720 thousand dollars. Some damage also occurred in
Tijuana, in neighboring
Mexico.
The 1986 Vrancea earthquake caused extensive damage in Romania, where a church collapsed. In neighboring
Moldova, (then part of the
Soviet Union as the
Moldovian Soviet Socialist Republic), at least two people died and at least 558 were injured. However, there were unconfirmed reports of at least 100 people were killed when an apartment partially collapsed in
Chisinau, and 50 laborers who died when they were crushed by piles of rubble in
Bucharest. Tremors were felt in many parts of
Europe, from
Poland to
Italy.
The 1986 Kalamata earthquake caused major damage in southern Greece, especially in the city of
Kalamata. At least twenty people were killed, about were 300 injured, 2,500 were left homeless and 1,500 buildings were damaged or destroyed.
Deadliest event of 1986. The 1986 San Salvador earthquake caused severe damage in the country's capital,
San Salvador. As a result of this event, at least a thousand people died, 10,000 were injured, and 200,000 were left homeless. Some damage was also observed in
Tegucigalpa, the capital of neighboring
Honduras.