List of earthquakes

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The following is a list of major earthquakes.

1 USGS list of significant earthquakes
2 Other earthquakes not listed by the USGS
3 Recent earthquakes not listed above
4 Largest earthquakes by magnitude
5 Deadliest earthquakes on record
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] USGS list of significant earthquakes

This is a list of significant earthquakes as listed by the USGS. For other ancient or recent earthquakes not listed here, see the tables below.

Date	Time‡	Place	Lat.	Long.	Fatalities	M	M_X† (M reference)
January 23, 1556		Shaanxi, China see Shaanxi Earthquake	34.5	109.7	830,000	~8
August 17, 1668		Anatolia, Turkey	40	36	8,000	~8
January 26, 1700		Cascadia subduction zone see Cascadia Earthquake				~9	M (Satake et al, 1996)
November 1, 1755	10:16	Lisbon, Portugal see 1755 Lisbon earthquake	36	-11	c. 80,000	~8.7	M_I (Johnston, 1996)
December 16, 1811	8:00	New Madrid, Missouri, USA see New Madrid Earthquake	36.6	-89.6		~8.1	M_I (Johnston, 1996)
January 23, 1812	15:00	New Madrid, Missouri, USA	36.6	-89.6		~7.8	M_I (Johnston, 1996)
February 7, 1812	9:45	New Madrid, Missouri, USA	36.6	-89.6		~8	M_I (Johnston, 1996)
June 2, 1823	8:00	south flank of Kilauea, Hawaii, USA	19.3	-155		~7	M_I (Klein and Wright, 2000)
June 10, 1836	15:30	south San Francisco Bay region, California, USA	36.9	-121.5		~6.5	M_I (Bakun, 1999)
June 1838		San Francisco Peninsula, California, USA	37.3	-123.2		~6.8	M_I (Bakun, 1999)
January 5, 1843	2:45	Marked Tree, Arkansas, USA	35.5	-90.5		~6.3	M_I (Johnston, 1996)
January 9, 1857	16:24	Fort Tejon, California (San Andreas fault from Parkfield to Wrightwood) see Fort Tejon earthquake			1	~7.9	M (Grant and Sieh, 1993; Stein and Hanks, 1998)
December 16, 1857	21:00	Naples, Italy	40.3	16	11,000	~6.9	M_I
October 8, 1865	20:46	San Jose, California, USA	37.2	121.9		~6.5	M_I (Bakun, 1999)
April 3, 1868	2:25	Hilea, southeast Hawaii, Hawaii, USA	19.2	-155.5	77	~7.9	M_I (Klein and Wright, 2000)
October 21, 1868	15:53	Hayward, California, USA, Hayward Fault Zone	37.7	-122.1	30	~6.8	M_I (Bakun, 1999)
February 20, 1871	8:42	Molokai, Hawaii, USA	21.2	-156.9		~6.8	M_I (Klein and Wright, 2000)
March 26, 1872	10:30	Owens Valley, California, USA see 1872 Lone Pine earthquake	36.5	-118	27	~7.6	M (Beanland and Clark, 1994)
December 15, 1872	5:40	north Cascades, Washington, USA	47.9	-120.3		~7.3	M_I (Malone and Bor, 1979; Rogers et al., 1983)
November 23, 1873	5:00	California-Oregon coast	42.2	-124.2		~7.3	M_I (Bakun, 2000)
August 31, 1886	2:51	Charleston, South Carolina, USA	32.9	-80	60	~7.3	M_I (Johnston, 1996)
April 24, 1890	11:36	Corralitos, California, USA	37	121.8		~6.3	M_I (Bakun, 1999)
October 27, 1891	21:38	Mino-Owari, Japan	35.6	136.6	7,273	~8	M_S
April 19, 1892	10:50	Vacaville, California, USA	38.5	-121.8	1	~6.4	M_I (Bakun, 1999)
April 21, 1892	17:43	Winters, California, USA	38.6	-122		~6.4	M_I (Bakun, 1999)
October 31, 1895	11:08	Charleston, Missouri, USA	37	-89.4		~6.6	M_I (Johnston, 1996)
June 15, 1896	19:32	Sanriku, Japan	39.5	144		~8.5	M
June 12, 1897	11:06	Assam, India	26	91	1,500	~8.3
June 20, 1897	20:14	Calaveras Fault, California, USA	37	-121.6		~6.3	M_I (Bakun, 1999)
March 31, 1898	7:43	Mare Island, California, USA	38.1	122.4		~6.3	M_I (Bakun, 1999)
April 15, 1898	7:07	Mendocino County, California, USA	39.3	-123.9		~6.8	M_I (Bakun, 2000)
September 4, 1899	0:22	Cape Yakataga, Alaska, USA	60	-142		7.9	M_S
September 10, 1899	21:41	Yakutat Bay, Alaska, USA	60	-142		8	M_S
October 9, 1900	12:28	Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA	57.1	-153.5		7.7	M_S
March 3, 1901	7:45	Parkfield, California, USA	36.2	-120.7		6.4	M_S (Abe, 1988)
August 27, 1904	21:56	Fairbanks, Alaska, USA	64.7	-148.1		7.3	M_S
July 9, 1905	9:40	Mongolia	49	99		8.4	M
January 31, 1906	15:36	Colombia-Ecuador	1	-81.5	1,000	8.8	M
April 18, 1906	13:12	San Francisco, California (San Andreas fault from Cape Mendocino to San Juan Bautista) see San Francisco earthquake of 1906			3,000	7.8	M (Bakun, 1999)
August 17, 1906	0:40	Valparaíso, Chile	-33	-72	20,000	8.2	M
December 28, 1908	4:20	Messina, Italy	38.3	15.6	70,000	7.2	M_S
July 1, 1911	22:00	Calaveras fault, California, USA	37.39	-121.8		6.5	M_S
October 3, 1915	6:52	Pleasant Valley, Nevada, USA	40.5	-117.5		7.1	M (Stover and Coffman, 1993)
October 11, 1918	14:14	Puerto Rico	18.47	-67.63	116	7.5	M_S (McCann, 1985)
December 6, 1918	8:41	Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada	49.62	-125.92		7	M_L (Gutenberg and Richter, 1954: Rogers, 1983)
December 16, 1920	12:05	Ningxia-Gansu, China	36.6	105.32	200,000	8.6	M_S
January 31, 1922	13:17	offshore, Cape Mendocino, California, USA	40.7	-125.55		7.3	M_G-R (Ellsworth, 1990)
March 10, 1922	11:21	Parkfield, California, USA	35.9	120.9		6.1	M (Bakun and McEvilly, 1984)
January 22, 1923	9:04	offshore, Cape Mendocino, California, USA	40.49	-125.32		7.2	M_G-R (Ellsworth, 1990)
September 1, 1923	2:58	Kanto, Japan see Great Kantō earthquake	35.4	139.08	143,000	7.9	M
March 1, 1925	2:19	Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada	47.76	-69.84		6.3	M (Bent, 1992)
June 28, 1925	1:21	Clarkston Valley, Montana, USA	46.32	-111.52		6.6	M (Dosier, 1989)
June 29, 1925	14:42	Santa Barbara, California, USA	34.3	-119.8	13	6.8	M (Stein and Hanks, 1998)
October 22, 1926	12:35	Monterey Bay, California, USA	36.62	-122.35		6.1	M_G-R (Ellsworth, 1990)
October 22, 1926	13:35	Monterey Bay, California, USA	36.55	-122.18		6.1	M_G-R (Ellsworth, 1990)
March 7, 1927	9:27	Tango, Japan	35.8	134.92	3,020	7.6	M_S
May 22, 1927	22:32	Tsinghai, China	37.39	102.31	200,000	7.9	M_S
November 4, 1927	13:51	offshore Lompoc, California, USA	34.92	-121.03		7.1	M (Stein and Hanks, 1998)
November 18, 1929	20:32	Grand Banks, Newfoundland, Canada	44.69	-56.01		7.3	M (Bent, 1995)
December 21, 1932	6:10	Cedar Mountain, Nevada, USA	38.51	-118.08		7.2	M
March 2, 1933	17:31	Sanriku, Japan	39.22	144.62	2,990	8.4	M
March 11, 1933	1:54	Long Beach, California, USA see Long Beach earthquake of 1933	33.6	-118	115	6.4	M (Hauksson & Gross, 1991)
November 20, 1933	23:21	Baffin Bay, Canada	73	-69.98		7.4	M (Stein et al. 1979)
January 15, 1934	8:43	Bihar, India	27.55	87.09	10,700	8.1	M (Chen and Molnar, 1977)
June 8, 1934	4:47	Parkfield, California, USA	35.9	-120.9		6.1	M (Bakun and McEvilly, 1984)
November 1, 1935	6:03	Timiskaming, Quebec, Canada	48.89	-79		6.2	M (Bent, 1996)
July 22, 1937	17:09	Salcha, Alaska, USA	64.49	-146.85		7.3	M_S
January 23, 1938	8:32	Maui, Hawaii, USA	20.96	-156.18		6.8	M_S (Klein and Wright, 2000)
November 10, 1938	20:18	Shumagin Islands, Alaska, USA	55.33	-158.37		8.2	M
December 26, 1939	23:57	Erzincan, Turkey	39.77	39.53	32,700	7.8	M_S
May 19, 1940	4:36	Imperial Valley, California, USA	32.73	-115.5	9	7.1	M (Ellsworth, 1990)
December 7, 1944	4:35	Tonankai, Japan	33.75	136	1,223	8.1	M
April 1, 1946	12:28	Unimak Island, Alaska, USA	52.75	-163.5	165	7.3	M_S (Stover and Coffman, 1993)
June 23, 1946	17:13	Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada	49.75	-124.5		7.3	M_L (Gutenberg and Richter, 1954: Rogers, 1983)
August 4, 1946	17:51	Dominican Republic	19.25	-69	100	8	M_S (Abe, 1981)
December 20, 1946	19:19	Nankaidō, Japan	32.5	134.5	1,330	8.1	M
October 16, 1947	2:09	Fairbanks, Alaska, USA	64.2	-148.3		7.2	M
April 13, 1949	19:55	Olympia, Washington, USA see Nisqually Earthquake	47.1	-122.7	8	7.1	M_L (Baker and Langston, 1987)
August 22, 1949	4:01	Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada	53.62	-133.27		8.1	M_S (Gutenberg and Richter, 1954)
August 15, 1950	14:09	Assam-Tibet	28.5	96.5	1,526	8.6	M
August 21, 1951	10:57	Kona, Hawaii, USA	19.5	-155.95		6.9	M_S (Klein and Wright, 2000)
July 21, 1952	11:52	Kern County, California, USA	34.95	-119.05	12	7.3	M (Stein and Hanks, 1998)
November 4, 1952	16:58	Kamchatka, Russia see Kamchatka earthquakes	52.76	160.06		9	M
March 29, 1954	6:17	Spain	37.03	-3.51		7.9	M
July 6, 1954	11:13	Rainbow Mountain, Nevada, USA	39.42	-118.53		6.6	M (Ellsworth, 1990)
August 24, 1954	5:51	Stillwater, Nevada, USA	39.58	-118.45		6.8	M (Ellsworth, 1990)
December 16, 1954	11:07	Fairview Peak, Nevada, USA	39.32	-118.2		7.1	M (Ellsworth, 1990)
December 16, 1954	11:11	Dixie Valley, Nevada, USA	39.5	-118		6.8	M (Ellsworth, 1990)
October 24, 1955	4:10	Concord, California, USA	38	-122.1	1	5.4	M_L (Bolt and Miller, 1975)
March 9, 1957	14:22	Andreanof Islands, Alaska, USA see 1957 Andreanof Islands Earthquake	51.56	-175.39		9.1	M
December 4, 1957	3:37	Govi-Altai Province, Mongolia	45.15	99.21	30	8.1	M
April 7, 1958	15:30	Huslia, Alaska, USA	65.94	-156.37		7.3	M
July 10, 1958	6:15	Fairweather, Alaska, USA comment caused megatsunami in Lituya Bay, Alaska	58.37	-136.66	5	7.7	M
August 18, 1959	6:37	Hebgen Lake, Montana, USA	44.6	-110.64	28	7.3	M (Dosier, 1985)
February 29, 1960	23:40	Agadir, Morocco (see 1960 Agadir earthquake)	30.5	-9.3	10,000	5.7	M
May 22, 1960	19:11	Valdivia, Chile see Great Chilean Earthquake	-38.24	-73.05	5,700	9.5	M
March 28, 1964	3:36	Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA see Good Friday Earthquake	61.02	-147.65	125	9.2	M
June 16, 1964	4:01	Niigata, Japan	38.43	139.23	26	7.5	M
February 4, 1965	5:01	Rat Islands, Alaska, USA	51.21	-178.5		8.7	M
April 29, 1965	15:28	Seattle-Tacoma, Washington, USA see Nisqually Earthquake	47.32	-122.33	7	6.5	M_L (Algermissen and Harding, 1965)
June 28, 1966	4:26	Parkfield, California, USA	35.88	-120.49		6.1	M (Tsai and Aki, 1969)
September 12, 1966	16:41	Truckee, California, USA	39.38	-120.22		5.9	M (Tsai and Aki, 1970)
December 10, 1967	22:51	Koyna, India	17.39	73.77		6.3	M (Langston, 1976)
October 2, 1969	6:19	Santa Rosa, California, USA	38.3	-122.76	1	5.7	M_L (Bolt and Miller, 1975)
May 31, 1970	20:23	Peru	-9.25	-78.84	66,000	7.9	M
July 31, 1970	17:08	Colombia	-1.49	-72.56		8	M_S
February 9, 1971	14:00	Sylmar, California, USA see Sylmar earthquake	34.4	-118.39	65	6.7	M (Heaton, 1982)
February 4, 1975	11:36	Haicheng, China	40.72	122.73	10,000	7	M (Cipar, 1979)
August 1, 1975	20:20	Oroville, California, USA	39.5	-121.39		5.8	M
November 29, 1975	14:47	south flank of Kilauea, Hawaii, USA	19.45	-155.03	2	7.2	M_S (Klein and Wright, 2000)
February 4, 1976	9:01	Guatemala	15.3	-89.14	23,000	7.5	M
July 27, 1976	19:42	Tangshan, China see Tangshan earthquake	39.61	117.89	242,419*	7.6	M
August 6, 1979	17:05	Coyote Lake, California, USA	37.11	-121.52		5.7	M (Ellsworth, 1990)
October 15, 1979	23:17	Imperial Valley, California, USA	32.82	-115.65		6.4	M (Hartzell and Heaton, 1983)
January 24, 1980	19:00	Livermore, California, USA	37.71	-121.73		5.8	M (Bolt et al., 1981)
May 25, 1980	16:33	Mammoth Lakes, California, USA	37.6	-118.83		6.1	M (Ellsworth, 1990)
May 25, 1980	16:49	Mammoth Lakes, California, USA	37.65	-118.9		5.9	M_L (Ellsworth, 1990)
May 25, 1980	19:44	Mammoth Lakes, California, USA	37.55	-118.82		5.8	M (Ellsworth, 1990)
May 27, 1980	14:50	Mammoth Lakes, California, USA	37.48	-118.8		6	M (Ellsworth, 1990)
November 8, 1980	10:27	Gorda Plate, California, USA	41.12	-124.67		7.2	M (Ellsworth, 1990)
May 2, 1983	23:42	Coalinga, California, USA	36.23	-120.32		6.5	M (Ellsworth, 1990)
October 28, 1983	14:06	Borah Peak, Idaho, USA	44.09	-113.8	2	7	M (PDE Monthly Listing)
November 16, 1983	16:13	Kaoiki, Hawaii, USA	19.44	155.38		6.7	M (PDE Monthly Listing)
April 24, 1984	21:15	Morgan Hill, California, USA	37.3	-121.71		6.2	M (PDE Monthly Listing)
November 23, 1984	18:08	Round Valley, California, USA	37.45	-118.6		5.7	M (Ellsworth, 1990)
September 19, 1985	13:17	Michoacán, Mexico see Great Mexican Earthquake	18.44	-102.36	9,500	8	M (PDE Monthly Listing)
December 23, 1985	5:16	Nahanni, Northwest Territories, Canada	62.16	-124.31		6.8	M (Wetmiller et al., 1988)
May 7, 1986	22:47	Andreanof Islands, Alaska, USA	51.56	-174.81		8	M (PDE Monthly Listing)
July 8, 1986	9:20	north Palm Springs, California, USA	33.97	-116.78		6.1	M (Hartzell, 1989)
July 21, 1986	14:42	Chalfant Valley, California, USA	37.53	-118.43		6.2	M (Ellsworth, 1990)
October 1, 1987	14:42	Whittier Narrows, California, USA see Whittier Narrows earthquake	34.06	-118.13	8	5.9	M (Hartzell and Iida, 1990)
November 30, 1987	19:23	Gulf of Alaska	58.84	-142.6		7.9	M (PDE Monthly Listing)
January 22, 1988	0:35	Tennant Creek, Australia	-19.87	133.78		6.3	M (Choy and Bowman, 1990)
January 22, 1988	3:57	Tennant Creek, Australia	-19.88	133.83		6.4	M (Choy and Bowman, 1990)
January 22, 1988	12:04	Tennant Creek, Australia	-19.9	133.83		6.6	M (Choy and Bowman, 1990)
March 6, 1988	22:35	Gulf of Alaska	57.26	-142.75		7.8	M (PDE Monthly Listing)
November 25, 1988	23:46	Saguenay, Quebec, Canada	48.06	-71.27		5.9	M (Boatwright and Choy, 1992)
December 7, 1988	7:41	Spitak, Armenia	40.93	44.11	25,000	6.8	M (PDE Monthly Listing)
October 17, 1989	0:04	Loma Prieta, California, USA see Loma Prieta earthquake	37.14	-121.76	63	6.9	M (Wald et al., 1991)
December 25, 1989	14:24	Ungava Peninsula, Quebec, Canada	60.07	-73.54		6	M (Bent, 1994)
June 28, 1991	1:43	Sierra Madre, California, USA	34.25	-117.95	2	5.6	M (Wald et al., 1991)
August 17, 1991	22:17	Honeydew, California, USA	41.79	-125.58		7.1	M (PDE Monthly Listing)
April 23, 1992	4:50	Joshua Tree, California, USA	33.87	-116.55		6.1	M (Hauksson et al., 1993)
April 25, 1992	18:06	Cape Mendocino, California, USA	40.38	-124.05		7.2	M (PDE Monthly Listing)
April 26, 1992	7:41	offshore, Cape Mendocino, California, USA	40.55	-124.29		6.5	M (Oppenheimer et al., 1993)
April 26, 1992	11:18	offshore, Cape Mendocino, California, USA	40.44	-124.43		6.7	M (Oppenheimer et al., 1993)
June 28, 1992	11:57	Landers, California, USA	34.2	-116.52	3	7.3	M (Sieh et al. 1993)
June 29, 1992	10:14	Little Skull Mountain, Nevada, USA	36.77	-116.32		5.7	M (Walter, 1993)
September 2, 1992	0:16	Nicaragua	11.77	-87.35	116	7.7	M (PDE Monthly Listing)
September 29, 1993	22:25	Latur-Killari, India	18.08	76.52	9,748	6.2	M (PDE Monthly Listing)
January 17, 1994	12:30	Northridge, California, USA see 1994 Northridge Earthquake	34.18	-118.56	60	6.7	M (PDE Monthly Listing)
June 9, 1994	0:33	Bolivia	-13.86	-67.49	5	8.2	M (PDE Monthly Listing)
September 1, 1994	15:15	Cape Mendocino, California, USA	40.38	-125.78		7.1	M (PDE Monthly Listing)
January 17, 1995	05:46	Kobe, Japan see Great Hanshin earthquake	34.57	135.03	5,502	6.9	M (PDE Monthly Listing)
May 21, 1997	22:51	Jabalpur, India	23.07	80.12	38	5.8	M (Singh et al., 1999)
July 17, 1998	8:49	New Guinea	-2.94	142.58	2,183	7	M (PDE Monthly Listing)
January 25, 1999	18:19	Colombia	4.45	-75.65	1,185	6.2
August 17, 1999	0:01	İzmit, Turkey see İzmit earthquake	40.77	30	17,118	7.6	M (PDE Monthly Listing)
September 20, 1999	17:47	Chi-Chi, Taiwan See Chi-Chi earthquake	23.82	120.86	2,400	7.7	M (PDE Monthly Listing)
October 16, 1999	9:46	Hector Mine, California, USA	34.56	-116.44		7.2	M (PDE Monthly Listing)
November 12, 1999	16:57	Düzce, Turkey	40.82	31.23	894	7.2	M (PDE Monthly Listing)
September 3, 2000	8:36	Napa, California, USA	38.38	-122.41		5	M (BRK)
November 16, 2000	4:54	New Ireland, Papua New Guinea	-4	152.33		8
January 13, 2001	17:33	El Salvador	13.04	-88.66	844	7.7	M (PDE Monthly Listing)
January 26, 2001	3:16	Gujarat, India see 2001 Gujarat Earthquake	23.39	70.23	20,085	7.7	M (PDE Monthly Listing)
February 28, 2001	18:54	Olympia, Washington, USA see Nisqually Earthquake	47.11	-122.6		6.8	M (PDE Monthly Listing)
June 23, 2001	20:33	coastal Peru	-16.3	-73.55	75	8.4	M (PDE Monthly Listing)
March 25, 2002	14:56	Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan	36.06	69.32	1,000	6.1	M (PDE Monthly Listing)
April 20, 2002	10:50	Au Sable Forks, New York	44.51	-73.7		5.2	M (PDE Monthly Listing)
November 3, 2002	22:12	Denali National Park, Alaska, USA	63.52	-147.44		7.9	M (QED)
May 21, 2003	18:44	Boumerdès, Algeria	36.96	3.63	2,266	6.8	M (QED)
September 25, 2003	19:50	Hokkaidō, Japan	41.82	143.91		8.3	M (PDE Monthly Listing)
November 17, 2003	06:43	Rat Islands, Alaska, USA	51.15	178.65		7.8	M (PDE Monthly Listing)
December 22, 2003	19:15	San Simeon, California, USA	35.71	-121.10	2	6.6	M (PDE Monthly Listing)
December 26, 2003	01:56	southeastern Iran see Bam: 2003 earthquake	29.00	58.31	31,000	6.6	M (PDE Monthly Listing)
September 28, 2004	17:15	Parkfield, California, USA see Parkfield earthquake	35.81	-120.37		6.0	M (QED)
December 26, 2004	00:58	off west coast northern Sumatra see 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake	3.30	95.87	283,106	9.3	M (QED)
March 28, 2005	16:09	Northern Sumatra, Indonesia see 2005 Sumatra earthquake	2.07	97.01	1,313	8.7	M (QED)

† M_G-R = Gutenberg and Richter's (1954) magnitude, M_S = 20 s surface-wave magnitude, M = moment magnitude (Hanks and Kanamori, 1979), and M_I is an intensity magnitude, M_L is local magnitude (Richter, 1935).
‡ GMT
* Fatalities estimated as high as 655,000.

Source: United States Geological Survey (USGS) [1]

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Date	Site	Deaths	Magnitude or intensity*	Comments
464 BC	Sparta, Greece	?	–	Led to a helot uprising and strained relations with Athens, one of the factors that led to the Peloponnesian War
226 BC	Rhodes, Greece	?	–	Destroyed Colossus of Rhodes and city of Kameiros
226 BC to 365 AD?		?	–	Where is info for this period?
365	Knossos, Crete (Greece)	50,000	XI
365	Cyrene, Libya	?	–
May 20, 526	Antiochia, Syria	250,000	–
844	Damascus, Syria	50,000	VIII
847	Mosul, Iraq	50,000	–
847	Damascus, Syria	70,000	X
856	Qumis, Damghan, Iran	200,000	–
856	Corinth, Greece	45,000	–
893	Caucasus	82,000	–
893	Udaipur, India	180,000	–
893	Ardabil, Iran	150,000	–
1036	Shanxi, China	23,000	–
1042	Palmyra, Baalbek, Syria	50,000	X
1057	Chihli (Hopeh), China	25,000	–
1138	Ganzah, Aleppo, Syria	230,000	XI
1156-1157	Syria	?	–
1170	Sicily	15,000	–
July 5, 1201	Upper Egypt or Syria	1,100,000	IX
1268	Cilicia, Anatolia (Turkey)	60,000	–
September 27, 1290	Chihli (Hopeh), China	100,000	6.7
May 26, 1293	Kamakura, Japan	30,000	–
October 18, 1356	Basel, Switzerland	1,000	6.5	Basel earthquake
January 26, 1531	Lisbon, Portugal	30,000	–
November 25, 1667	Shemakha, Azerbaijan	80,000	XII
June 7, 1692	Port Royal, Jamaica	30,000	–
January 11, 1693	Catania Province, Sicily	60,000	–
1693	Naples, Italy	93,000	–
1707	Japan (seismic wave)	30,000	–
December 30, 1730	Hokkaidō, Japan	137,000	–
1731	Beijing, China	100,000	–
October 11, 1737	Calcutta, India	300,000	–	See 1737 Calcutta cyclone
October 16, 1737	Kamchatka, Russia		9.3	See Kamchatka earthquakes
June 7, 1755	Northern Persia	40,000	–
November 18, 1755	Boston, Massachusetts	0	–
February 28, 1780	Iran	200,000	–	Latitude: 38, longitude: 46.2
February 4—5, March 28, 1783	Calabria, Italy	35,000	–
February 4, 1797	Quito, Ecuador & Cuzco, Peru	41,000	–
February 10, 1797	Sumatra, East Indies (now Indonesia)	300	8.4
December 8, 1812 at 9:45	Wrightwood, California, USA (lat. 34.22, long. 117.39)	40	~7	Destroys church of Mission San Juan Capistrano
November 24, 1833	Sumatra, East Indies (now Indonesia)		8.7
January 23, 1855 21:11 local time	Wairarapa, New Zealand	4	~8.0	Raised sections of Wellington coastline by 2 metres
February 16, 1861	Sumatra, East Indies (now Indonesia)		8.5
February 3, 1931, 10:47 local time	Napier, New Zealand see Napier earthquake	258	7.9	Much of city destroyed; 40 km² of seabed raised to become dry land
December 25, 1932,	Gansu, China	70,000	7.6
April 21, 1935, 6:02 local time	Shinchiku-Taichū, Taiwan	3,279	7.1
December 20, 1942,	Turkey see NAFZ		6.9
November 26, 1943,	Turkey see NAFZ		7.7
January 15, 1944, 20:50 GTM-3	San Juan, Argentina	8,000 ~ 10,000	IX (7.8)	The 30 second long earthquake destroyed 95% of the city, located 30 km form the epicentre.
February 1, 1944,	Turkey see NAFZ		7.5
August 17, 1949,	Turkey see NAFZ		7.1
August 13, 1951,	Turkey see NAFZ		6.8
August 8-August 12, 1953	Kefalonia, Greece	476	7.2	113 tremors over five days
May 26, 1957,	Turkey see NAFZ		6.8
August 19, 1966,	Turkey see NAFZ		6.6
July 22, 1967,	Turkey see NAFZ		7.0
May 22, 1971,	Turkey see NAFZ		6.8
December 23, 1972	Managua, Nicaragua	5,000 – 20,000	6.3	Somoza mishandling of earthquake aid has been cited as a contributing factor to the Sandinista revolution; devastated largest city in Nicaragua (Managua)
June 30, 1975	Norris Junction, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA	0	6.1	Largest earthquake in Yellowstone Caldera since 1959 Hebgen Lake event
March 4, 1977	Bucharest, Romania see 1977 Bucharest Earthquake	1500	7.5	Lasted ~5 minutes and left the capital devastated.
June 21, 1990	Northwestern Iran	35000	7.7	Called Manjil-Rudbar Earthquake
March 13, 1992,	Turkey see NAFZ		6.5

Note: Magnitudes are generally estimations from intensity data. When no magnitude was available, the maximum intensity, written as a Roman numeral from I to XII, is given.

[edit] Recent earthquakes not listed above

Date	Time‡	Place	Lat.	Long.	Fatalities	Comments	Magnitude
September 5, 2004	19:07 and 23:57 Japan Time	Off central Tōkai region, western Japan			0	20+ injured, tsunami and flooding	6.9 and 7.4
October 8, 2004	15:35	Mindoro, Philippines	13.21	121.65	—	Sporadic blackouts	6.6
October 9, 2004	22:26	80 kilometres southwest of Managua, Nicaragua	12	86	0	Minimal damage	6.9
October 23, 2004	17:56	Ojiya, Japan see 2004 Chuetsu Earthquake	37.3	138.8	46	4801 injured; 103,000+ displaced	6.9
October 27, 2004	18:34	Vrancea, Romania			0	Telephone service interrupted; felt also in Bulgaria, Ukraine, Moldova and Turkey	5.8 (Istanbul's Kandilli Observatory reported 6.5)
November 10, 2004	22:58	Solomon Islands	9	159	0	No injuries nor damage	6.9
November 11, 2004	21:36	96 kilometres west-northwest of Dili, East Timor			6	21 injured	7.3
November 15, 2004	around 9:00	off coast of Chocó, Colombia			0	11+ injured, 18 homes destroyed, half near Buenaventura	6.7
November 21, 2004		45 kilometres north-northwest of Dominica			1	Half-dozen injured, damage also in Guadeloupe	6.0
November 21, 2004		48 kilometres south-southwest of San José, Costa Rica			8	Half-dozen injured	6.2
November 28, 2004	18:32	900 kilometres northwest of Tokyo, Japan, 50 km below sea level			0	8 injured, utility services interrupted in hundreds of homes	7.1
December 23, 2004	14:59	495 kilometres north of Macquarie Island, SW of New Zealand	50.24°S	160.13°E	0	Minimal damage reported in southern New Zealand	8.1
February 11, 2005	21:00:23.9	114 kilometres southwest of Haines Junction, Yukon, Canada	60.21°N	139.50°W	0	No damage nor injuries	5.5
February 22, 2005	02:25:21 UTC, 05:55:21 Local Time	Zarand, Iran see 2005 Zarand earthquake	30.726°N	56.817°E	At least 790	Hundreds injured, damage in some 40 villages, centered 150 miles from Bam, Iran	6.4
March 6, 2005	19:06:52 UTC, 3:06:52 AM Local Time	Near Sua-ho, Taiwan	24.607°N	121.859°E	0	See below	5.7
March 6, 2005	19:08:00 UTC, 3:08:00 AM Local Time	Near Sua-ho, Taiwan	24.650°N	121.855°E	0	Occurred within minutes of a previous earthquake of magnitude 5.7 centered in the same area; no major injuries or damage reported from either earthquake	5.4
March 6, 2005	06:17:49 UTC, 1:17:49 AM Local Time	Gaspé Peninsula, Canada	47.750°N	69.730°W	0	102 km (63 miles) WNW (303°) from Fort Kent, Maine	5.4
March 20, 2005	01:53 UTC, 10:53 AM Local Time	Offshore of Fukuoka, Japan see Fukuoka earthquake	33.54°N	130.12°E	1	1145 injured; 3000+ displaced	7.0
June 13, 2005	22:44:33 UTC, 18:44:33 Local Time	Tarapacá, Chile	19.896°S	69.125°W	11	115 km (70 miles) ENE of Iquique, Chile.	7.8
June 15, 2005	02:50:53 UTC, 18:50:53 Local Time June 14	Offshore of Northern California, USA	41.284°N	125.983°W	0	157 km (98 miles) WSW of Crescent City, California.	7.2
August 16, 2005	02:46:30 UTC, 11:46:30 Local Time August 16	Off the east coast of Honshū, Japan　 see Miyagi earthquake	38.259°N	148.980°E	0	95 km (60 miles) E of Sendai, Miyagi.	7.2
September 25, 2005	01:56 UTC ,20:56 Local Time	Northern Peru			2	100 km (60 miles) northeast of the jungle city of Moyobamba in the San Martín Region of Peru, and the earthquake struck an area about 715 km (445 miles) north of Lima.	7.5
October 8, 2005	03:50:38 UTC, 08:50:38 Local Time October 8	Kashmir see 2005 Kashmir earthquake	34.43°N	73.54°E	100,000 (Nov 23/2005 estimate), can rise to 150,000	125 km (75 miles) WNW of Srinagar, Kashmir (pop 894,000)	7.6 or 7.8
November 26, 2005	00:49:37 UTC, 08:49:37 Local Time	Jiujiang, Jiangxi province, China	29.7°N	115.7°E	13	Midway between Ruichang County seat and Jiujiang City	5.7
December 5, 2005	12:19:55 UTC, 14:19:55 Local Time	Lake Tanganyika region see 2005 Lake Tanganyika earthquake	6.212°S	29.599°E	2	55 km (35 miles) SE of Kalemie, DR Congo	6.8
January 8, 2006	11:34:52 UTC, 13:34:52 Local Time	Southern Greece see January 2006 Southern Greece earthquake	36.250°N	23.498°E		195 km (120 miles) S of Athens	6.7
February 23, 2006	00:19 Local Time	Northern Mozambique				140 miles southwest of Beira	7.5
April 20, 2006	23:25:04 UTC	Koryak Autonomous Okrug, Russia see 2006 Kamchatka earthquakes	61.075°N	167.085°E	0	195 km (120 miles) NE of Ilpyrskoye, Russia. Several aftershocks, up to 6.1 on the Richter Scale	7.6
May 3, 2006	15:26:39 UTC	Tonga	20.130°S	174.164°W	0(?)	Several aftershocks, up to 6.0 on the Richter Scale	7.9
May 16, 2006	10:39:23 UTC	Kermadec Islands	31.559°S	179.296°W	0(?)		7.4
May 27, 2006	22:54:02 UTC	Java, Indonesia see May 2006 Java earthquake	7.977°S	110.318°E	6234	25km (15 miles) SSW of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, over 6,200 dead, 33,000 injured, more than 200,000 left homeless	6.3
Jul 17, 2006	08:19:25 UTC	South of Java, Indonesia see July 2006 Java earthquake	9.334°S	107.263°E	>400	225 km (140 miles) NE of Christmas Island; 240 km (150 miles) SSW of Tasikmalaya	7.7
Aug 11, 2006	14:30:39 UTC	Guerrero, Mexico	18.486°N	100.930°W	0?	75 km (45 miles) WNW of Arcelia, Guerrero, Mexico	6.0
Aug 11, 2006	20:54:12 UTC	Pulau Simeuleu, Sumatra, Indonesia	2.374°N	96.321°E	0?	285 km (175 miles) WNW of Sibolga, Sumatra, Indonesia	6.0
Aug 20, 2006	03:41:47 UTC	Scotia Sea	61.023°S	34.373°W	0?	495 km (305 miles) WSW of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands	7.1
September 9, 2006	05:43:46 UTC	Jordan valley	32.945°N	35.738°E	0	30 km (18.6 miles) S of Sea of Galilee
September 10, 2006	14:56:07 UTC	Gulf of Mexico	26.339°N	86.568°W	0	418 km (260 miles) WSW of Clearwater, Florida	6.0
October 15, 2006	17:07:48 UTC	Hawaii	19.801°N	156.053°W	0		6.7
November 15, 2006	11:14:16 UTC	Kuril Islands	46.616°N	153.224°E	0	Small tsunami hit Northern Japan, several aftershocks as strong as magnitude 6.3	8.3
December 26, 2006	12:26:21 UTC	91 km (56 miles) SSE of Kaohsiung, Taiwan See:2006 Hengchun earthquake	21.818°N	120.534°E	2	Phone service & internet service interrupted; items knocked off shelves; three buildings destroyed; magnitude 7.0 aftershock struck eight minutes later.	7.1
December 31, 2006	11:39 UTC	25 km E of Budapest, Hungary			0	Minimal damage	4.1
January 13, 2007	04:23:20 UTC	East of the Kuril Islands	46.288°N	154.448°E	0	Several aftershocks up to magnitude 6. Tsunami warnings issued for the entire Pacific basin. The second great earthquake to strike this region in three months.	8.2
January 20, 2007	20:56:51 UTC	Gangwon-do,South Korea	37.75°N	128.69°E	0		4.8
January 21, 2007	07:39:00 UTC	Province of Agri, Turkey	39.803°N	42.807°E	0?	Demolished homes in several villages	5.1
January 21, 2007	11:27:42 UTC	Molucca Sea	1.207°N	126.292°E	4	Preceded by a magnitude 6 foreshock. Several aftershocks up to magnitude 6.2.	7.5
February 12, 2007	11:27:42 UTC	Cabo de São Vicente, Portugal (see 2007 Iberian Peninsula earthquake)	36.09°N	10.26°E			6.1
March 6, 2007	05:49:28 UTC	Sumatra, Indonesia (see March 2007 Sumatra earthquakes)	0.490°S	100.529°E	>60	Followed by a magnitude 6.3 aftershock and several smaller ones. Widespread damage to homes, communication lines, and travelways in Sumatra. Thousands forced to flee their homes.	6.4
March 25, 2007	00:40:02 (UTC)	Vanuatu	20.597°S	169.413°E	0?		7.2
March 25, 2007	00:42:02 (UTC)	Off the west coast of Honshū, Japan (see 2007 Noto earthquake)	37.537°N	136.438°E	1	110 injured. Tsunami warnings issued for the nearby coastal areas, 6-inch tsunami hit shore closest to epicenter.	6.7
April 1, 2007	20:39:56 (UTC)	Solomon Islands (see 2007 Solomon Islands earthquake)	8.474°S	156.950°E	>28	Followed by a magnitude 6.7 aftershock. Tsunami destroyed at least 60 buildings and left at least 2,000 people homeless. 10 to 20 remain missing.	8.1

[edit] Largest earthquakes by magnitude

Pos.	Date	Location	Magnitude
1	May 22, 1960	Valdivia, Chile (see: Great Chilean Earthquake)	9.5
2	December 26, 2004	Off west coast northern Sumatra, Indonesia (see: 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake)	9.31
3	October 16, 1737	Kamchatka, Russia (see: Kamchatka earthquakes)	~9.3
4	March 27, 1964	Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA (see: Good Friday Earthquake)	9.2
5	March 9, 1957	Andreanof Islands, Alaska, USA	9.1
6	November 4, 1952	Kamchatka, Russia	9.0
7	January 26, 1700	Cascadia subduction zone (see: Cascadia earthquake)	~9
8	January 31, 1906	Colombia-Ecuador	8.8
9	February 4, 1965	Rat Islands, Alaska, USA	8.7
10	November 24, 1833	Sumatra, Indonesia	8.7
11	November 1, 1755	Lisbon, Portugal	~8.7
12	March 28, 2005	Sumatra, Indonesia	8.5-8.7*
13	December 16, 1920	Ningxia-Gansu, China	8.6
14	August 15, 1950	Assam-Tibet	8.6
15	December 16, 1575	Valdivia, Chile	8.5

* Scientists have not yet agreed on an official magnitude.

[edit] Deadliest earthquakes on record

Rank	Name	Date	Location	Fatalities	Magnitude	Comments
1	"Shaanxi"	January 23, 1556	Shaanxi, China	830,000	~8
2	"Tangshan"	July 28, 1976	Tangshan, China	255,000 (official)	7.5	Estimated death toll as high as 655,000.
3	"Aleppo"	August 9, 1138	Aleppo, Syria	230,000		Death toll disputed as first mention of 230,000 dead was in the 15th century.
3	"Indian Ocean"	December 26, 2004	Off west coast northern Sumatra, Indonesia	230,000	9.3	Deaths from earthquake and tsunami.[2]
5	"Damghan"	December 22, 856	Damghan, Iran	200,000
	"Gansu"	December 16, 1920	Ningxia-Gansu, China	200,000	8.6	Major fractures, landslides.
	"Tsinghai"	May 22, 1927	Tsinghai, China	200,000	7.9	Large fractures.
8	"Ardabil"	March 23, 893+	Ardabil, Iran	150,000
9	"Great Kanto"	September 1, 1923	Kanto, Japan	143,000	7.9	Great Tokyo fire.
10	"Ashgabat"	October 6, 1948	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	110,000	7.3
11	"Kashmir"	October 8, 2005	Kashmir & N.W.F.P, Pakistan	100,000 (estimated) , 80,000 (official)	7.6 or 7.8	3.5 million people homeless, 100,000 feared dead
Source: USGS [3]