List of earthquakes in 1956
By magnitude
Note: At least 7.0 magnitude

List of earthquakes in 1956

Section Title: By magnitude
Table Section Text: Note: At least 7.0 magnitude

Rank	Magnitude	Death toll	Location	Depth (km)	Date

1	7.7	56	Greece Dodecanese Islands, Greece	20.0	July 9

2	7.6	0	Fiji Fiji	419.1	May 23

3	7.5	0	Japan Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan	66.1	September 29

4	7.3	0	Japan Izu Islands, Japan	484.1	February 18

4	7.3	100	Afghanistan Baghlan Province, Afghanistan	25.0	June 9

4	7.3	0	Russia Kuril Islands, Russia	100.4	October 11

5	7.2	0	Indonesia Banda Sea, Indonesia	136.8	July 18

6	7.1	0	Nicaragua off the west coast of Nicaragua	35.0	October 24

7	7.0	0	Tonga south of Tonga	35.0	January 10

7	7.0	0	Ecuador Manabí Province, Ecuador	20.0	January 16

7	7.0	0	Fiji south of Fiji	198.0	December 27

Sentence(s)

A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the Izu Islands in Japan on 18 February at a depth of 484.1 km.

final_sentence: A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the Izu Islands in Japan on 18 February at a depth of 484.1 km.