This is a list of earthquakes in 1996. 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.

By death toll

By magnitude

By month

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March

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May

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July

List

* 1996 Sulawesi earthquake (M7.9, Jan 1) *

1996 Lijiang earthquake The 1996 Lijiang earthquake occurred at 19:14 on 3 February near Lijiang City, Yunnan in southwestern China. The shock measured 6.6 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Earthquake According to au ...

(M7.0, Feb 3) *

1996 Biak earthquake The 1996 Biak earthquake, or the Irian Jaya earthquake, occurred on 17 February at near Biak Island, Indonesia. The earthquake, which occurred on the New Guinea Trench, had a moment magnitude of 8.2 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Vi ...

(M8.1, Feb 17) *

1996 Chimbote earthquake The 1996 Chimbote earthquake occurred on February 21 at about 130 km off the coast of northern Peru, near the Peru–Chile Trench. The earthquake had a moment magnitude () of 7.5 and occurred at depth. Geology The mechanism inferred fr ...

(M7.4, Feb 21) *

1996 Baotou earthquake The 1996 Baotou earthquake () occurred on May 3, 1996, at 11:32 local time (03:32 UTC). The epicenter was located near Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China. It had a magnitude of 6.4. The earthquake killed 26 people, injured 453, and left 196,633 hom ...

(M6.4, May 3) * 1996 Nazca earthquake (M7.5, Nov 12)

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