List of earthquakes


Date	Site	Deaths	Magnitude in Richter	Comments
May - 2023	Bangladesh and Mayanmar	More or Less 101		Cyclone MOCHA was an extremely deadly and intense tropical cyclone that affected Myanmar and Bangladesh

The following is a list of major earthquakes:

Date	Site	Deaths	Magnitude in Richter	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
365	Cyrene, Libya	?	–
526 - May 20	Antiochia, Syria	250,000	–
856	Corinth, Greece	45,000	–
1138	Aleppo, Syria	230,000	–	1138 Aleppo earthquake
1268	Cilicia, Asia Minor	60,000	–
1290 - September 27	Chihli, China	100,000	–
1556 - January 23	Shaanxi and Kansu, China	850,000	9.0	The most devastating earthquake in history
1667 - November 25	Caucaso and Shemakha	80,000	–
1692 - June 7	Port Royal, Jamaica	1,000-3,000	–	Destroyed and submerged most of Port Royal.
1693 - January 11	Catania, Italy	60,000	–
1700 - January 26	Cascadia, North America	?	9.0	1700 Cascadia earthquake
1730 - December 30	Hokkaido, Japan	137,000	–
1737 - October 11	Calcutta, India	300,000	–
1755 - November 1	Lisbon, Portugal	60,000	8.0	1755 Lisbon earthquake mentioned by Voltaire in Candide
1811-1812 - December 16--February 7	New Madrid, Missouri, United States	?	8.0	U.S. Geological Survey [1] Archived 2006-01-27 at the Wayback Machine 1811-12 New Madrid Earthquake destroyed half of the city of New Madrid. Damage estimates exceed one billion dollars. Lasted for two to three minutes
1822 - September 5	Echigo, Japan	30,000	–
1855	Wellington, New Zealand	1	8.2
1857 - January 9	Fort Tejon, California, United States	1	7.9	350 kilometers of the San Andreas Fault ruptured
1868 - August 13-15	Ecuador and Peru	40,000	–
1872 - March 26	Lone Pine, California, United States	27	7.6	See: 1872 Lone Pine earthquake
1884 - April 22	Colchester, England	1	5.2	The UK's most destructive earthquake
1887 - February 23	French Riviera	2,000	–
1887 - May 3	Sonora, Mexico	42	7.4
1905 - April 4	Kangra, India	370,000.
1906 - April 18	San Francisco, California, United States	3,000	7.9	Fires broke out in many parts the town. Many buildings were destroyed by the earthquake and fires. Damage estimates top 350 billion dollars. Lasted for about 2 minutes.
1908 - December 27	Messina, Italy	86,926	7.5
1920 - December 16	Gansu, China	100,000	8.6
1923 - September 1	Tokyo/Yokohama, Japan	200,000	8.3	Great Kantō earthquake damage estimates exceeded one billion US dollars. Estimated to have shook for 5 minutes
1925 - June 29	Santa Barbara, California, United States	?	6.3	Santa Barbara earthquakes Archived 2006-01-09 at the Wayback Machine
1927 - May 22	Nan-Shan, China	200,000	8.3
1931	Managua, Nicaragua	?	?
1931 - February 3	Napier, New Zealand	258	7.9	Napier earthquake
1932 - December 26	Kansu, China	70,000	7.6
1935 - May 31	Quetta, India	50,000	7.5
1948	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	86,926	7.5
1949 - April 13	Olympia, Washington, United States	8	7.1	See Nisqually earthquake
1949 - August 5	Ecuador	6,000	na
1953 - August 12	Kefalonia, [Greece	476	7.3	Destroyed most of the island, major damage on Zante and Lefkas.
1958 - July 10	Alaskan Panhandle, United States	5	7.9	Resulting landslide triggered largest-ever recorded water wave at Lituya Bay, Alaska.
1960 - February 29	Agadir, Morocco	15,000	6.7	Almost completely destroyed Agadir.
1960 - May 22	Chile	1,500	9.5	The Great Chilean Earthquake was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. Tsunamis caused deaths as far away as Hawaii and Japan.
1964	Anchorage, Alaska, United States	125	9.2	Most powerful earthquake in U.S. history; the Good Friday earthquake. Damage estimates are about 311 million dollars. Shook for 4–7 minutes.
1965 - April 29	Seattle, Washington, United States	7	6.5	See Nisqually earthquake
1966	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	?	-
1968	Sicily, Italy; Gibellina, Belice	?	-
1970 - May 31	Ancash, Peru	66,794	7.7
1971 -Feb 9	Sylmar, Los Angeles, California, United States	65	6.6-6.7	$500M property damage Primary San Fernando Fault; secondary Santa Susana (East) MFRegan, 2006
1972 - December 23	Managua, Nicaragua	10,000	?	The city was almost completely destroyed; the quake contributed to the Sandinista uprising of the 1970s
1976 - July 28	Tangshan, China	400,000	8.2
1977 - March 4	southern and eastern Europe, Romania	1,50	?
1980 - November 23	southern Italy	4,800	6.8-7.0
1985 - September 19	Mexico City, Mexico	~10,000	8.1	Devastated a significant part of the city. Worst disaster in Mexico City's history. The epicenter was in the coasts of Michoacán.
1985 - September 20	Mexico City, Mexico	hundreds	7.6	Second earthquake in two days; caused massive hysteria and more deaths
1986 - October 10	San Salvador, El Salvador	~1,500	7.5
1988 - December 7	Nortwestern Armenia	25,000	6.9
1989 - October 17	Loma Prieta (Santa Cruz) California, United States	63	7.1	The Loma Prieta earthquake caused the collapse of the Nimitz Freeway in Oakland, California, and damage to the Bay Bridge in San Francisco. Largest quake on the San Andreas Fault since the 1906 San Francisco quake.
1990 - June 20	North-Western Iran	50,000	7.7
1990 - July 16	Philippines	1600	7.7
1992 - March 13	Eastern Turkey	~540	6.8
1992	Cape Mendocino, California, United States	18		Damage estimates top 66 billion dollars. Shaking lasted for about 12 seconds.
1993 - September 29	Maharashtra, India	9,748	6.4
1994 - January 17	Northridge, Los Angeles, California, United States	57	6.7	The 1994 Northridge earthquake was the most financially damaging quake in US history. See:
1995 - January 17	Kobe, Osaka, and Kyoto, Japan	5,477	7.2	called the Great Hanshin earthquake. The quake lasted 20 seconds and left 275,000 people homeless. Damage estimates are approximately ten trillion yen or $200 billion US dollars.
1995 - May 28	Neftegorsk, Russia	~2,000	7.6	Killed 2/3rd of the town's population
1997 - May 10-11	Northern Iran	4,000	7.5
1998 - February 4-8	Takhar, Afghanistan	2,323	6.1
1998 - May 30	Afghanistan	4,700	6.9
1999 - August 17	Turkey	15,000	7.8
1999 - September 20	Taiwan	2,474	7.6
2000 - February 13	El Salvador	400	6.6
2001 - January 13	El Salvador	5,000	7.7
2001 - January 26	Gujarat, India	20,103	7.7
2001 - February 28	Olympia, Washington, United States		6.8	Some damage to older buildings, masonry, and roads, but no deaths. See Nisqually Earthquake
2001 - June 23	Southern Peru	10s; many old buildings	7.9
2002 - November 3	Central Alaska		7.9	Sparsely populated area; damage to structures/roads but no serious injuries
2003 - May 21	Algeria	2,000	6.8
2003 - September 25	Hokkaido, Japan	1	8.0	The person killed was a pedestrian hit by a car while sweeping broken glass. 300+ injured
2003 - December 22	Paso Robles, California, United States	2	6.5	Historical buildings destroyed.
2003 - December 26	Bam, southwestern Iran	40,000 or more	6.6	Nearly 75% of city levelled to the ground, 40,000 lives lost and 15,000 injured.
2004 - February 24	295 kilometres east-North-east of Rabat, Morocco near the city of Al-Hoceima	564	6.5	300+ injured and 30,000 homeless. Most killed are women and children as many local men work overseas
2004 - April 6	Hindu Kush mountains, northeast Afghanistan	At least 1	6.8	Death toll may be higher
2004 - May 3	515 kilometres south-southeast of Santiago, Chile		6.6	Measured 6 on Mercalli scale at the epicentre
2004 - May 28	70 kilometres north of Tehran	45+	6.2	400+ injured. 80 villages damaged. Most damage near Alamout.
2004 - December 26	Indian Ocean	150.000 (by February 2, 2005)	9.3	About 150.000 killed by 2005-01-02 in the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
2005 - October 8	Pakistan	74.500 (by Aug. 16, 2007)	7.6	More at 2005 Kashmir earthquake
2006 - December 26	Taiwan	2	7.0-7.2	More at 2006 Hengchun earthquake
2007 - August 15	Peru	48	7.9	350+ injured 2007 Peru earthquake
2008 - May 12	Sichuan, China	87,419	8.0	69,197 dead, 18,222 missing and 374,176 injured in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake
2010 - January 12	Haiti	320,000	7.0	Fourth deadliest earthquake in history 2010 Haiti earthquake
2010 - February 27	Maule Region, Chile	214+	8.8	214 +
2010 - March 11	Pichilemu, Chile	1	6.9	The 2010 Pichilemu earthquake caused a small tsunami provoking minor damage in the Pichilemu area.
2010 - September 4	Canterbury, New Zealand	0	7.1	2+ injured, widespread structural damage to buildings and infrastructure.
2011 - February 22	Canterbury, New Zealand	185	6.3	Considered an aftershock from the 2010 Canterbury earthquake the earthquake registered a lower magnitude but was much more damaging. the intensity and violence of the ground shaking was measured to be VIII on the MMI and among the strongest ever recorded globally in an urban area due to the shallowness and proximity of the epicentre. The vertical shaking is estimated to be three times greater than would be expected in a 1 in 500 year earthquake. More at 2011 Canterbury earthquake
2011 - March 11	Honshu, Japan	15,867	9.0	Produced Tsunami waves which devastated shores in Northern Japan and caused damage as far away as the Pacific Coast of the United States.The most economically expensive earthquake in history.

The Richter scale was adopted in 1935, and was used in the above table also about earlier earthquakes at a merely indicative title. Earthquakes' effects were once measured after the Mercalli scale, which regards the practical damages that a seismic event causes to infrastructures and houses, and a sort of comparison between the two scale is now in use, especially for ancient events.

Other websites

USGS list of current earthquakes Archived 2005-01-23 at the Wayback Machine
Earthquakes Canada
Recent New Zealand earthquakes Archived 2007-03-21 at the Wayback Machine