Earthquakes are caused by movements within the

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and uppermost

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. They range from events too weak to be detectable except by sensitive instrumentation, to sudden and violent events lasting many minutes which have caused some of the greatest disasters in human history. Below, earthquakes are listed by period, region or country, year, magnitude, cost, fatalities and number of scientific studies.

Lists by period

* Before 1901 * 1901–2000 * 2001–present

Lists by country

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Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

** Mendoza Province *

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...

* Australia *

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Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and He ...

* Brazil *

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Maced ...

* Canada *

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

* China ** Sichuan Province ** Yunnan Province * Colombia * Costa Rica * Croatia * Cuba * Cyprus * DR. Congo * Dominican Republic * East Timor (Timor Leste) * Ecuador * Egypt * El Salvador * Eritrea * Ethiopia * France * Fiji *

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* Germany * Ghana * Greece * Guam * Guatemala * Haiti * Iceland * India * Indonesia * Iran * Israel * Italy **

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* Japan * Jordan * Kosovo * Kyrgyzstan * Lebanon * Malaysia * Mexico * Morocco * Myanmar * Nepal * Netherlands * New Zealand * Nicaragua * Pakistan *

Palestine __NOTOC__ Palestine may refer to: * State of Palestine, a state in Western Asia * Palestine (region), a geographic region in Western Asia * Palestinian territories, territories occupied by Israel since 1967, namely the West Bank (including East J ...

* Panama * Papua New Guinea * Peru * Philippines * Portugal **

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* Romania ** Vrancea County *

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eight ...

* Samoa * Saudi Arabia * Slovenia * Solomon Islands * South Africa * South Korea * Spain * Syria * Taiwan *

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

* Thailand * Tonga * Turkey * United Kingdom * United States **

Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...

** California ** Hawaii ** Illinois ** Montana ** Nevada ** Oklahoma ** Puerto Rico ** South Carolina ** Texas ** Utah **

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* Vanuatu * Venezuela * Yemen

Lists by region

Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean S ...

* Levant * South Asia

Deadliest earthquakes by year

Largest earthquakes by year

Largest earthquakes by magnitude

Listed below are all the 46 known earthquakes with an estimated

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of 8.5 or higher since 1501. Limited to a timeframe with enough data, this gives a rough estimate of its frequency per century. (The timeframe does not include outlying events like the earlier 1498 Meiō earthquake,

1420 Caldera earthquake The 1420 Caldera earthquake shook the southern portion of Atacama Desert on September 1 and caused tsunamis in Chile as well as Hawaii and the towns of Japan. The earthquake is thought to have had a size of 8.8–9.4 . Historical records of the t ...

, 1361 Shōhei earthquake, 1356 Lisbon earthquake, 869 Jōgan earthquake, and

365 Crete earthquake The 365 Crete earthquake occurred at about sunrise on 21 July 365 in the Eastern Mediterranean, with an assumed epicentre near Crete. Geologists today estimate the undersea earthquake to have been a moment magnitude 8.5 or higher. It caused wid ...

, each estimated to have magnitude ≥8.5.) Prior to the development and deployment of

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Valdivia Valdivia (; Mapuche: Ainil) is a city and commune in southern Chile, administered by the Municipality of Valdivia. The city is named after its founder Pedro de Valdivia and is located at the confluence of the Calle-Calle, Valdivia, and Cau-Ca ...

, Chile ,

1960 Valdivia earthquake The 1960 Valdivia earthquake and tsunami ( es, link=no, Terremoto de Valdivia) or the Great Chilean earthquake (''Gran terremoto de Chile'') on 22 May 1960 was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. Various studies have placed it at 9.4– ...

, 9.4–9.6 , - !2 , , Pacific Ocean, Aleutian Islands (now Alaska, United States) ,

1585 Aleutian Islands earthquake The 1585 Aleutian Islands earthquake is the source of a vaguely–described tsunami along the Sanriku coast of Japan on June 11, 1585. The event was misdated to 1586 and thought to be generated by the 1586 Lima–Callao earthquake. The misdati ...

, 9.25 (est.) , - !3 , , Valparaiso, Chile (then part of the Spanish Empire) ,

1730 Valparaíso earthquake The 1730 Valparaíso earthquake occurred at 04:45 local time (08:45 UTC) on July 8. It had an estimated magnitude of 9.1–9.3 and triggered a major tsunami with an estimated magnitude of 8.75, that inundated the lower parts of Valparaíso. T ...

, 9.1–9.3 (est.) , - !4 , , Prince William Sound, Alaska, United States ,

1964 Alaska earthquake The 1964 Alaskan earthquake, also known as the Great Alaskan earthquake and Good Friday earthquake, occurred at 5:36 PM AKST on Good Friday, March 27.

, 9.2 , - !5 , , Indian Ocean, Sumatra, Indonesia ,

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake An earthquake and a tsunami, known as the Boxing Day Tsunami and, by the scientific community, the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake, occurred at 07:58:53 local time (UTC+7) on 26 December 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of northern Suma ...

, 9.1–9.3 , - !6 , ,

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, Russia ,

1737 Kamchatka earthquake The 1737 Kamchatka earthquake occurred on October 17 or 16 near the southern tip of present-day Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. The shock was felt at approximately 03:00 local time or 16:00 UTC by residents on the peninsula and Kuril Islands. The ...

, 9.0–9.3 (est.) , - !7 , ,

, Chile , 1837 Valdivia earthquake , 8.8–9.5 (est.) , - !8 , , Pacific Ocean, Tōhoku region, Japan ,

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, 9.1 , - !9 , , Pacific Ocean,

Shikoku region is the smallest of the four main islands of Japan. It is long and between wide. It has a population of 3.8 million (, 3.1%). It is south of Honshu and northeast of Kyushu. Shikoku's ancient names include ''Iyo-no-futana-shima'' (), '' ...

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1707 Hōei earthquake The struck south-central Japan at 14:00 local time on 28 October. It was the largest earthquake in Japanese history until it was surpassed by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake. It caused moderate to severe damage throughout southwestern Honshu, Shi ...

, 8.7–9.3 (est.) {{cite web , url=https://unit.aist.go.jp/ievg/gever/en/materials/sharing/G-EVER1_P_Ishikawa_AIST.pdf(est.), title=M 9.3Re-evaluation of Mw of the 1707 Hoei earthquake – near the east coast of Honshu, Japan , publisher= AIST , , , - !10 , {{dts, 1833-11-25 , {{Flagicon, Indonesia Sumatra, Indonesia (then part of the Dutch East Indies) ,

1833 Sumatra earthquake The 1833 Sumatra earthquake occurred on November 25 at about 22:00 local time, with an estimated magnitude in the range of 8.8–9.2 . It caused a large tsunami that flooded the southwestern coast of the island. There are no reliable records of t ...

, 8.8–9.2 (est.) , - !11 , {{dts, 1841-05-17 , {{Flagicon, Russia Kamchatka, Russian Empire ,

1841 Kamchatka earthquake The 1841 Kamchatka earthquake occurred in the Pacific Ocean on May 17 at 08:00 local time. The earthquake had an epicenter off the Russian Far East's Kamchatka Peninsula. With an estimated moment magnitude of 9.0 or higher, it is one of the large ...

, 9.0 (est.) , - !12 , {{dts, 1952-11-04 , {{Flagicon, Russia Kamchatka,

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, Soviet Union ,

1952 Severo-Kurilsk earthquake The 1952 Severo-Kurilsk earthquake struck off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula. The 9.0 Mw earthquake triggered a major tsunami that hit Severo-Kurilsk, Kuril Islands, Sakhalin Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR, on 4 November 1952 at 16:58 ( UT ...

, 9.0 , - !13 , {{dts, 1700-01-26 , {{Flagicon, Canada{{Flagicon, United States Pacific Ocean, US and Canada (then claimed by the Spanish Empire and the

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1700 Cascadia earthquake The 1700 Cascadia earthquake occurred along the Cascadia subduction zone on January 26, 1700, with an estimated moment magnitude of 8.7–9.2. The megathrust earthquake involved the Juan de Fuca Plate from mid-Vancouver Island, south along the ...

, 8.7–9.2 (est.) , - !14 , {{dts, 1868-08-13 , {{Flagicon, Chile

Arica Arica ( ; ) is a commune and a port city with a population of 222,619 in the Arica Province of northern Chile's Arica y Parinacota Region. It is Chile's northernmost city, being located only south of the border with Peru. The city is the capi ...

, Chile (then Peru) ,

1868 Arica earthquake The 1868 Arica earthquake occurred on 13 August 1868, near Arica, then part of Peru, now part of Chile, at 21:30 UTC. It had an estimated magnitude between 8.5 and 9.3. A tsunami (or multiple tsunamis) in the Pacific Ocean was produced by t ...

, 8.5–9.3 (est.) , - !16 , {{dts, 1762-04-02 , {{Flagicon, Bangladesh Chittagong,

(then Kingdom of Mrauk U) ,

1762 Arakan earthquake The 1762 Arakan earthquake occurred at about 17:00 local time on 2 April, with an epicentre somewhere on the coast from Chittagong (modern Bangladesh) to Arakan in modern Burma. It had an estimated magnitude of as high as 8.8 on the moment magnitu ...

, 8.8 (est.) , - !17 , {{dts, 1852-11-26 , {{Flagicon, Indonesia

Banda Islands The Banda Islands ( id, Kepulauan Banda) are a volcanic group of ten small volcanic islands in the Banda Sea, about south of Seram Island and about east of Java, and constitute an administrative district (''kecamatan'') within the Central ...

, Indonesia (then part of the Dutch East Indies) , 1852 Banda Sea earthquake , 8.8 (est.){{cite journal , last1=H. Ringer, J. P. Whitehead, J. Krometis, R. A. Harris, N. Glatt-Holtz, S. Giddens, C. Ashcraft, G. Carver, A. Robertson, M. Harward, J. Fullwood, K. Lightheart, R. Hilton, A. Avery, C. Kesler, M. Morrise, M. H. Klein , title=Methodological Reconstruction of Historical Seismic Events From Anecdotal Accounts of Destructive Tsunamis: A Case Study for the Great 1852 Banda Arc Mega-Thrust Earthquake and Tsunami , journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth , date=2021 , volume=126 , issue=4 , doi=10.1029/2020JB021107 , url=http://www.geology.byu.edu/Home/sites/default/files/2021_jgr_banda_1852_reconstruciton.pdf , access-date=19 June 2021, arxiv=2009.14272 , bibcode=2021JGRB..12621107R , s2cid=222066748 , - !18 , {{dts, 1877-05-09 , {{Flagicon, Chile Iquique, Chile (then Peru) ,

1877 Iquique earthquake The 1877 Iquique earthquake occurred at 21:16 local time on 9 May (0:59 on 10 May UTC). It had a magnitude of 8.5 on the surface wave magnitude scale. Other estimates of its magnitude have been as high as 8.9 and 9.0 (based on the size of the t ...

, 8.7–8.9 (est.) , - !19 , {{dts, 1906-01-31 , {{Flagicon, Ecuador{{Flagicon, Colombia Ecuador – Colombia ,

1906 Ecuador–Colombia earthquake The 1906 Ecuador–Colombia earthquake occurred at 10:36:10 (UTC+5) on Wednesday January 31, 1906 off the coast of Ecuador, near Esmeraldas. The earthquake had a moment magnitude of 8.8 and triggered a destructive tsunami that caused at least 50 ...

, 8.8 , - !15 , {{dts, 2010-02-27 , {{Flagicon, Chile Maule, Chile ,

2010 Chile earthquake The 2010 Chile earthquake and tsunami ( es, Terremoto del 27F) occurred off the coast of central Chile on Saturday, 27 February at 03:34 local time (06:34 UTC), having a magnitude of 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale, with intense shaking la ...

, 8.8 , - !20 , {{dts, 1575-12-16 , {{Flagicon, Chile

, Chile (then part of the Spanish Empire) ,

1575 Valdivia earthquake The 1575 Valdivia earthquake occurred at 14:30 local time on December 16. It had an estimated magnitude of 8.5 of on the surface wave magnitude scale and an estimated magnitude of 9.0+ on the Moment magnitude scale and led to the flood of Valdiv ...

, 8.5–9.0 (est.) , - !21 , {{dts, 1755-11-01 , {{Flagicon, Portugal Atlantic Ocean, Lisbon, Portugal ,

1755 Lisbon earthquake The 1755 Lisbon earthquake, also known as the Great Lisbon earthquake, impacted Portugal, the Iberian Peninsula, and Northwest Africa on the morning of Saturday, 1 November, Feast of All Saints, at around 09:40 local time. In combination with ...

, 8.5–9.0 (est.) , - !22 , {{dts, 1687-10-20 , rowspan="2" , {{Flagicon, Peru Lima, Peru (then part of the Spanish Empire) ,

1687 Peru earthquake The 1687 Peru earthquake occurred at 11:30 UTC on 20 October. It had an estimated magnitude of 8.4–8.7 and caused severe damage to Lima, Callao and Ica. It triggered a tsunami and overall about 5,000 people died. Tectonic setting The earthq ...

, 8.7 (est.) , - !23 , {{dts, 1746-10-28 ,

1746 Lima–Callao earthquake The 1746 Lima–Callao earthquake occurred at on 28 October with a moment magnitude of 8.6–8.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''). The epicenter was located about north-northwest of the capital Lima, which was almost complete ...

, 8.6–8.8 (est.) , - !24 , {{dts, 1965-02-03 , {{Flagicon, United States

Rat Islands The Rat Islands ( ale, Qax̂um tanangis, russian: Крысьи острова) are a group of American volcanic islands in the Aleutian Islands in southwestern Alaska, between Buldir Island and the Near Islands group to its west, and Amchitk ...

, Alaska, United States ,

1965 Rat Islands earthquake The 1965 Rat Islands earthquake occurred at 05:01 UTC, on 4 February (19:01, 3 February local time). It had a magnitude of 8.7 and triggered a tsunami of over 10 m on Shemya Island, but caused very little damage. Tectonic setting The Rat Islands ...

, 8.7 , - !25 , {{dts, 1787-03-28 , {{Flagicon, Mexico Oaxaca, Mexico (then part of the Spanish Empire) , 1787 New Spain earthquake , 8.6 (est.) , - !26 , {{dts, 1816-02-02 , {{Flagicon, Portugal Atlantic Ocean, Lisbon, Portugal ,

1816 North Atlantic earthquake The 1816 North Atlantic earthquake occurred on 2 February somewhere between the Azores Islands and Lisbon, Portugal. The estimated moment magnitude 8.3–8.9 earthquake had an epicenter offshore in the Atlantic Ocean, and was felt in Lisbon at 00 ...

, 8.6 (est.) , - !27 , {{dts, 1946-04-01 , {{Flagicon, United States Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States ,

1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake The 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake occurred near the Aleutian Islands, Alaska on April 1, 1946. The shock had a moment magnitude () of 8.6, a tsunami magnitude of 9.3, and a surface-wave magnitude () of only 7.4, and a maximum Mercalli inte ...

, 8.6 , - !28 , {{dts, 1950-08-15 , {{Flagicon, India{{Flagicon, China

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur t ...

, India – Tibet, China ,

1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake The 1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake, also known as the Assam earthquake, occurred on 15 August and had a moment magnitude of 8.6. The epicentre was located in the Mishmi Hills in India, known in Chinese as the Qilinggong Mountains (), south of the ...

, 8.6 , - !29 , {{dts, 1957-03-09 , {{Flagicon, United States

Andreanof Islands The Andreanof Islands ( ale, Niiĝuĝim tanangis, russian: Андреяновские острова) are a group of islands in the Aleutian Islands in southwestern Alaska. They are located at about 52° North and 172°57' to 179°09' West. Geog ...

, Alaska, United States ,

1957 Andreanof Islands earthquake The 1957 Andreanof Islands earthquake took place on March 9 with a moment magnitude of 8.6 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (''Severe''). It occurred south of the Andreanof Islands group, which is part of the Aleutian Islands arc. The ev ...

, 8.6 , - !30 , {{dts, 2005-03-28 , {{Flagicon, Indonesia Sumatra, Indonesia ,

2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake The 2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake occurred on 28 March off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia. At least 915 people were killed, mostly on the island of Nias. The event caused panic in the region, which had already been devastated by ...

, 8.6 , - !31 , {{dts, 2012-04-11 , {{Flagicon, Indonesia Indian Ocean, Sumatra, Indonesia ,

2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes The 2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes were magnitude 8.6 and 8.2 undersea earthquakes that struck near the Indonesian province of Aceh on 11 April at 15:38 local time. Initially, authorities feared that the initial earthquake would cause a tsunami ...

, 8.6 , - !32 , {{dts, 1604-11-24 , {{Flagicon, Chile

, Chile (then part of the Spanish Empire) ,

1604 Arica earthquake The 1604 Arica earthquake is an earthquake that occurred at 1:30 pm on November 24, 1604, offshore Arica, Chile (formerly part of the Spanish Empire). The estimated magnitude range is 8.0–8.5 and possibly up to 9.0 . It had a destructive tsunam ...

, 8.5 (est.) , - !33 , {{dts, 1647-05-13 , {{Flagicon, Chile Santiago, Chile (then part of the Spanish Empire) ,

1647 Santiago earthquake The 1647 Santiago earthquake struck Santiago, Chile on the night of 13 May (22:30 local time, 02:30 UTC on 14 May) and is said to have brought virtually every building in the city to the ground. The earthquake was felt throughout the so-called Ca ...

, 8.5 (est.) , - !34 , {{dts, 1668-07-25 , {{Flagicon, China Shandong, China ,

1668 Shandong earthquake The Great Tancheng earthquake (Chinese: 郯城地震; pinyin: ''Tánchéng dìzhèn),'' also known as the Shandong earthquake, was a major seismic event that occurred during the rule of the Qing dynasty. The earthquake occurred in Shandong Provi ...

, 8.5 (est.) , - !35 , {{dts, 1751-05-24 , {{Flagicon, Chile Concepción, Chile (then part of the Spanish Empire) ,

1751 Concepción earthquake The 1751 Concepción earthquake was one of the strongest and most destructive recorded quakes in Chilean history. It struck the Central Valley of the country, destroying the cities of Concepción, Chillán, Cauquenes, Curicó and Talca,Crónica ...

, 8.5 (est.) , - !36 , {{dts, 1761-03-31 , {{Flagicon, Portugal Atlantic Ocean, Lisbon, Portugal ,

1761 Lisbon earthquake The 1761 Lisbon earthquake and its subsequent tsunami occurred in the north Atlantic Ocean and south of the Iberian Peninsula. This violent shock which struck just after noon on 31 March 1761, was felt across many parts of Western Europe. Its di ...

, 8.5 (est.) , - !37 , {{dts, 1819-04-04 , {{Flagicon, Chile

Copiapó Copiapó () is a city and commune in northern Chile, located about 65 kilometers east of the coastal town of Caldera. Founded on December 8, 1744, it is the capital of Copiapó Province and Atacama Region. Copiapó lies about 800 km nor ...

, Chile , 1819 Copiapó earthquake , 8.5 (est.) , - !38 , {{dts, 1822-11-19 , {{Flagicon, Chile

Valparaíso Valparaíso (; ) is a major city, seaport, naval base, and educational centre in the commune of Valparaíso, Chile. "Greater Valparaíso" is the second largest metropolitan area in the country. Valparaíso is located about northwest of Santiago ...

, Chile , 1822 Valparaíso earthquake , 8.5 (est.) , - !39 , {{dts, 1835-02-20 , {{Flagicon, Chile Concepción, Chile ,

1835 Concepción earthquake The 1835 Concepción earthquake occurred near the neighboring cities of Concepción and Talcahuano in Chile on 20 February at 11:30 local time (15:30 UTC) and has an estimated magnitude of about 8.5 . The earthquake triggered a tsunami which ...

, 8.5 (est.) , - !40 , {{dts, 1843-02-08 , {{Flagicon, Guadeloupe Guadeloupe region, Lesser Antilles , 1843 Guadeloupe earthquake , 8.5 (est.){{Cite journal , author=Hough S.E. , author-link=Susan Hough, year=2013 , title=Missing great earthquakes , journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth , volume=118 , issue=3 , pages=1098–1108 , doi=10.1002/jgrb.50083, bibcode=2013JGRB..118.1098H , s2cid=128458643 , - !41 , {{dts, 1861-02-16 , {{Flagicon, Indonesia Sumatra, Indonesia (then part of the Dutch East Indies) ,

1861 Sumatra earthquake Statistically, this year is considered the end of the whale oil industry and (in replacement) the beginning of the petroleum oil industry. Events January–March * January 1 ** Benito Juárez captures Mexico City. ** The first steam ...

, 8.5 (est.) , - !42 , {{dts, 1896-06-15 , {{Flagicon, Japan Pacific Ocean, Tōhoku region, Japan ,

1896 Sanriku earthquake The was one of the most destructive seismic events in Japanese history. The 8.5 magnitude earthquake occurred at 19:32 (local time) on June 15, 1896, approximately off the coast of Iwate Prefecture, Honshu. It resulted in two tsunami waves whic ...

, 8.5 (est.) , - !43 , {{dts, 1922-11-10 , {{Flagicon, Chile Atacama Region, Chile

Catamarca Province Catamarca () is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. The province had a population of 334,568 as per the , and covers an area of 102,602 km2. Its literacy rate is 95.5%. Neighbouring provinces are (clockwise, fr ...

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1922 Vallenar earthquake The 1922 Vallenar earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 8.5–8.6 and a tsunami magnitude of 8.7 in the Atacama Region of Chile, near the border with Argentina on 11 November at 04:32 UTC. It triggered a destructive tsunami that caus ...

, 8.5 , - !44 , {{dts, 1938-02-01 , {{Flagicon, Indonesia

Banda Sea The Banda Sea ( id, Laut Banda, pt, Mar de Banda, tet, Tasi Banda) is one of four seas that surround the Maluku Islands of Indonesia, connected to the Pacific Ocean, but surrounded by hundreds of islands, including Timor, as well as the Halm ...

, Indonesia (then part of the Dutch East Indies) ,

1938 Banda Sea earthquake The 1938 Banda Sea earthquake occurred on February 2 with an estimated magnitude of 8.5–8.6 on the moment magnitude scale and a Rossi–Forel intensity of VII (''Very strong tremor''). This oblique-slip event generated destructive tsunamis of u ...

, 8.5 , - !45 , {{dts, 1963-10-13 , {{Flagicon, Russia

Kuril Islands The Kuril Islands or Kurile Islands (; rus, Кури́льские острова́, r=Kuril'skiye ostrova, p=kʊˈrʲilʲskʲɪjə ɐstrɐˈva; Japanese: or ) are a volcanic archipelago currently administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast in the ...

, Russia ( USSR) ,

1963 Kuril Islands earthquake Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...

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Largest earthquakes by country/territory

* This list is a work in progress. Information is likely to be changed. * The list refers to current country boundaries rather than those at the date of the earthquake. * Please note, multiple countries could have the same earthquake listed, such as the

being listed for both Ecuador and Colombia. * Unless otherwise noted, magnitudes are reported on the Moment magnitude scale (M_w). {, class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:100%;" , - ! Country/Territory ! Magnitude ! Date ! More information , - , {{flagicon, Afghanistan Afghanistan , {{nts, 7.8 , {{dts, 15 November 1921 , , - , {{flagicon, Albania Albania , {{nts, 6.7 , {{dts, 30 November 1967 , , - , {{flagicon, Algeria Algeria , {{nts, 7.1 , {{dts, 10 October 1980 ,

1980 El Asnam earthquake The 1980 El Asnam earthquake occurred on October 10 at with a moment magnitude of 7.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). The shock occurred in the Algerian town of El Asnam (now known as Chlef). The shocks were felt over away ...

, - , {{flagicon, American Samoa American Samoa , {{nts, 6.4 , {{dts, 11 October 1944 , , - , {{flagicon, Andorra Andorra , {{nts, 6.7 {{M, e, link=y , {{dts, 2 February 1428 ,

1428 Catalonia earthquake The Catalan earthquake of February 2, 1428, known in Catalan as the ' because it took place during Candlemas, struck the Principality of Catalonia, especially Roussillon, with an epicentre near Camprodon. The earthquake was one of a series of ...

, - , {{flagicon, Angola Angola , {{nts, 6.0 , {{dts, 24 May 1914 , , - , {{flagicon, Anguilla Anguilla , {{nts, 6.3 , {{dts, 16 February 1906 , , - , Antarctica , {{nts, 8.1 , {{dts, 25 March 1998 , 1998 Balleny Islands earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda , {{nts, 8.0 M_s , {{dts, 16 April 1690 , , - , {{flagicon, Argentina Argentina , {{nts, 7.5 M_s , {{dts, 27 October 1894 ,

1894 San Juan earthquake The 1894 San Juan earthquake took place in the province of San Juan, Argentina, on 27 October 1894, at about 07:30 PM. It was the most powerful earthquake recorded in Argentina, with magnitude 7.5 on the surface wave magnitude scale. Its epicenter ...

, - , {{flagicon, Armenia Armenia , {{nts, 6.8 M_s , {{dts, 7 December 1988 ,

1988 Armenian earthquake The 1988 Armenian earthquake, also known as the Spitak earthquake ( hy, Սպիտակի երկրաշարժ, ), occurred on December 7 at with a surface wave magnitude of 6.8 and a maximum MSK intensity of X (''Devastating''). The shock occurred ...

, - , {{flagicon, Australia Australia , {{nts, 8.1 , {{dts, 23 December 2004 , 2004 Tasman Sea earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Austria Austria , {{nts, 5.6–6.5 , {{dts, 15 September 1590 ,

1590 Neulengbach earthquake The Neulengbach earthquake of 1590 occurred on 15 September shortly before midnight amidst a long series of much weaker seismic activity starting on 29 June and with aftershocks reported until 12 November. It was the strongest historically docum ...

, - , {{flagicon, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan , {{nts, 7.0–7.3 , {{dts, 30 September 1139 ,

1139 Ganja earthquake The 1139 Ganja earthquake is one of the worst seismic events in history. It affected the Seljuk Empire and Kingdom of Georgia; modern-day Azerbaijan and Georgia. The earthquake had an estimated magnitude of 7.7 or 7.0–7.3 . An estimated but con ...

, - , {{flagicon, Bangladesh Bangladesh , ≤{{nts, 8.8 , {{dts, 2 April 1762 ,

, - , {{flagicon, Barbados Barbados , {{nts, 6.5 , {{dts, 18 February 2014 , , - , {{flagicon, Belgium Belgium , {{nts, 6.3 , {{dts, 18 September 1692 , , - , {{flagicon, Belize Belize , {{nts, 4.7 {{M, b, link=y , {{dts, 28 June 1985 , , - , {{flagicon, Benin Benin , {{nts, 4.4 , {{dts, 11 September 2009 , , - , {{flagicon, Bhutan Bhutan , {{nts, 8.1 , {{dts, 4 May 1714 ,

1714 Bhutan earthquake Bhutan was struck by a major earthquake on 4 May 1714. It had an estimated magnitude of about 8.1 and caused shaking that reached IX (''Violent'') on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale. It is thought to have been caused by rupture of the Bhuta ...

, - , {{flagicon, Bolivia Bolivia , {{nts, 8.2 , {{dts, 9 June 1994 ,

1994 Bolivia earthquake The 1994 Bolivia earthquake occurred on June 9, 1994. The epicenter was located in a sparsely populated region in the Amazon jungle, about 200 miles from La Paz. The Harvard CMT Project assigned it a focal depth of 647 km and a magnitude o ...

, - , {{flagicon, Bosnia Bosnia and Herzegovina , {{nts, 6.1 , {{dts, 27 October 1969 , 1969 Banja Luka earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Botswana Botswana , {{nts, 6.7 M_L , {{dts, 11 October 1952 , , - , {{flagicon, Brazil Brazil , {{nts, 7.6 , {{dts, 9 November 1963 , , - , {{flagicon, British Indian Ocean Territory British Indian Ocean Territory , {{nts, 7.3 , {{dts, 30 November 1983 , 1983 Chagos Archipelago earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Brunei Brunei , {{nts, 5.2 , {{dts, 22 February 1992 , , - , {{flagicon, Bulgaria Bulgaria , {{nts, 7.2 M_s , {{dts, 4 April 1904 ,

1904 Kresna earthquakes The 1904 Kresna earthquakes occurred on the same day of April 4 in the Ottoman Empire (present-day Bulgaria). The pair of earthquakes measured 6.9 and 7.2 on the surface wave magnitude scale, and were assigned the respective Modified Mercalli in ...

, - , {{flagicon, Burundi Burundi , {{nts, 5.4 , {{dts, 30 October 1966 , , - , {{flagicon, Cameroon Cameroon , {{nts, 5.9 , {{dts, 12 September 1945 , , - , {{flagicon, Canada Canada , {{nts, 8.7–9.2 , {{dts, 26 January 1700 ,

, - , {{flagicon, Cape Verde Cape Verde , {{nts, 6.5 , {{dts, 15 August 1941 , , - , {{flagicon, Caribbean Netherlands Caribbean Netherlands , {{nts, 5.2 , {{dts, 10 March 2017 , , - , {{flagicon, Cayman Islands Cayman Islands , {{nts, 6.8 , {{dts, 14 December 2004 , , - , {{flagicon, Central African Republic Central African Republic , {{nts, 4.9 {{M, b, link=y , {{dts, 6 February 1994 , , - , {{flagicon, Chile Chile , {{nts, 9.4–9.6 , {{dts, 22 May 1960 ,

, - , {{flagicon, China China , {{nts, 8.6 , {{dts, 15 August 1950 ,

, - , {{flagicon, Cocos Islands Cocos Islands , {{nts, 7.9 , {{dts, 18 June 2000 , , - , {{flagicon, Colombia Colombia , {{nts, 8.8 , {{dts, 31 January 1906 ,

, - , {{flagicon, Comoros Comoros , {{nts, 6.2 , {{dts, 23 August 1918 , , - , {{flagicon, Congo Congo , {{nts, 5.2 , {{dts, 26 April 1998 , , - , {{flagicon, Costa Rica Costa Rica , {{nts, 7.7 , {{dts, 22 April 1991 ,

1991 Limon earthquake The 1991 Costa Rica earthquake, also known as the Limon earthquake or Bocas del Toro earthquake, occurred at 3:57 pm local time (21:56:51 UTC) on April 22. The epicenter of the 7.7 earthquake was in Pandora, Valle La Estrella, in th ...

, - , {{flagicon, Croatia Croatia , {{nts, 6.7 , {{dts, 2 July 1898 , 1898 Trilj earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Cuba Cuba , {{nts, 7.1 , {{dts, 20 February 1917 , , - , {{flagicon, Cyprus Cyprus , {{nts, 7.0–7.5 , {{dts, 11 May 1222 ,

1222 Cyprus earthquake The 1222 Cyprus earthquake occurred at about 06:15 UTC on 11 May. It had an estimated magnitude of 7.0–7.5 and triggered a tsunami that was recorded in Libya and Alexandria. The strongest shaking was felt in Nicosia, Limassol and Paphos. Many p ...

, - , {{flagicon, Czech Republic Czech Republic , {{nts, 4.8 M_L , {{dts, 23 December 1985 , , - , {{flagicon, Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo , {{nts, 6.9 , {{dts, 13 December 1910 , , - , {{flagicon, Denmark Denmark , {{nts, 4.4 M_L , {{dts, 19 February 2010 , , - , {{flagicon, Djibouti Djibouti , {{nts, 6.5 , {{dts, 20 August 1989 , , - , {{flagicon, Dominica Dominica , {{nts, 6.4 , {{dts, 8 January 1959 , , - , {{flagicon, Dominican Republic Dominican Republic , {{nts, 7.8 , {{dts, 4 August 1946 ,

1946 Dominican Republic earthquake __NOTOC__ The 1946 Dominican Republic earthquake occurred on August 4 at 17:51 UTC near Samaná, Dominican Republic. The mainshock measured 7.8 on the moment magnitude scale and 8.1 on the surface wave magnitude scale. An aftershock occurred ...

, - , {{flagicon, East Timor East Timor , {{nts, 7.2 , {{dts, 29 September 1905 , , - , {{flagicon, Ecuador Ecuador , {{nts, 8.8 , {{dts, 31 January 1906 ,

, - , {{flagicon, Egypt Egypt , {{nts, 7.3 , {{dts, 22 November 1995 ,

1995 Gulf of Aqaba earthquake The 1995 Gulf of Aqaba earthquake (also known as Nuweiba earthquake) occurred on November 22 at 06:15 local time (04:15 UTC) and registered 7.3 on the scale. The epicenter was located in the central segment of the Gulf of Aqaba, the narrow bod ...

, - , {{flagicon, El Salvador El Salvador , {{nts, 8.0 {{M, I, link=yes , {{dts, 19 December 1862 , , - , {{flagicon, Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea , {{nts, 4.9 {{M, b, link=y , {{dts, 28 March 1999 , , - , {{flagicon, Eritrea Eritrea , {{nts, 6.6 M_s , {{dts, 28 December 1977 , , - , {{flagicon, Estonia Estonia , {{nts, 4.5–4.7 {{M, b, link=y , {{dts, 25 October 1976 , Osmussaar earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Eswatini Eswatini , {{nts, 4.4 , {{dts, 4 August 1987 , , - , {{flagicon, Ethiopia Ethiopia , {{nts, 6.5 , {{dts, 25 August 1906 , , - , {{flagicon, Fiji Fiji , {{nts, 8.2 , {{dts, 19 August 2018 ,

2018 Fiji earthquakes The 2018 Fiji earthquakes occurred on August 19, at 00:19:40 UTC and on September 6 15:49 UTC. The epicenters were located close to the Fijian island Lakeba, and around 270 km from the small town of Levuka on Ovalau. The first earthquake registe ...

, - , {{flagicon, Finland Finland , {{nts, 4.7 , {{dts, 4 November 1898 , {{cite web , url=http://www.oulu.fi/sgo-oty/quakes/tornio04111898.html , title=Largest earthquake in Finland , publisher=Sodankylän Geofysiikan Observatorio, Oulun Toimintayksikkö (University of Oulu) , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060528002529/http://www.oulu.fi/sgo-oty/quakes/tornio04111898.html , access-date=21 June 2022, archive-date=May 28, 2006 , - , {{flagicon, France France , {{nts, 6.0 , {{dts, 11 June 1909 , 1909 Provence earthquake , - , {{flagicon, French Guiana French Guiana , {{nts, 6.9 , {{dts, 4 August 1885 , {{cite journal, last1=Marcelo Assumpção, Alberto V. Veloso, date=2020, title=The 1885 M 6.9 Earthquake in the French Guiana–Brazil Border: The Largest Midplate Event in the Nineteenth Century in South America, journal=Geosciences World, volume=91, issue=5, pages=2497–2510, doi=10.1785/0220190325, s2cid=219502957 , url=https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/article-abstract/91/5/2497/586518/The-1885-M-6-9-Earthquake-in-the-French-Guiana?redirectedFrom=fulltext , - , {{flagicon, French Polynesia French Polynesia , {{nts, 4.8 , {{dts, 16 August 2012 , , - , {{flagicon, Gabon Gabon , {{nts, 6.2 M_s , {{dts, 23 September 1974 , , - , {{flagicon, Georgia Georgia , {{nts, 7.0 , {{dts, 29 April 1991 ,

1991 Racha earthquake The 1991 Racha earthquake occurred in the province of Racha, Georgia, at 9:12 UTC on 29 April. Centered on the districts of Oni and Ambrolauri on the southern foothills of the Greater Caucasus mountains, it killed 270, left approximately 100,00 ...

, - , {{flagicon, Germany Germany , {{nts, 6.4 M_L , {{dts, 18 February 1756 ,

1756 Düren earthquake The 1756 Düren earthquake occurred on the morning at 8 a.m. near the town of Düren with a magnitude of 6.4 on the Richter scale. It was one of the strongest earthquakes in Central Europe, and the strongest in Germany's recorded history. The dept ...

, - , {{flagicon, Ghana Ghana , {{nts, 6.4 , {{dts, 22 June 1939 , , - , {{flagicon, Greece Greece , {{nts, 8.5+ , {{dts, 21 July 365 ,

, - , {{flagicon, Greenland Greenland , {{nts, 7.4 , {{dts, 20 November 1933 ,

1933 Baffin Bay earthquake The 1933 Baffin Bay earthquake struck Greenland and the Northwest Territories (now Nunavut), Canada with a moment magnitude of 7.4 at on November 20. The main shock epicenter was located in Baffin Bay on the east coast of Baffin Island. Shaki ...

, - , {{flagicon, Grenada Grenada , {{nts, 7.0 M_s , {{dts, 3 December 1831 , , - , {{flagicon, Guadeloupe Guadeloupe , {{nts, 8.5 , {{dts, 8 February 1843 , 1843 Guadeloupe earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Guam Guam , {{nts, 7.8 , {{dts, 8 August 1993 ,

1993 Guam earthquake The 1993 Guam earthquake occurred on August 8 at with a moment magnitude of 7.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''). The thrust earthquake generated a non-destructive tsunami. Damage and casualties The earthquake generated a no ...

, - , {{flagicon, Guatemala Guatemala , {{nts, 7.7 , {{dts, 6 August 1942 ,

1942 Guatemala earthquake The 1942 Guatemala earthquake occurred at on August 6 and had ratings of 7.7 on the moment magnitude scale and 7.9 on the surface wave magnitude scale. The epicenter was located off the southern coast of Guatemala, and it was one of the strongest ...

, - , {{flagicon, Guinea Guinea , {{nts, 6.3 , {{dts, 22 December 1983 , 1983 Guinea earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Guyana Guyana , {{nts, 5.5 , {{dts, 31 January 2021 , , - , {{flagicon, Haiti Haiti , {{nts, 8.1 M_s , {{dts, 7 May 1842 ,

1842 Cap-Haïtien earthquake The 1842 Cap-Haïtien earthquake occurred at 17:00 local time (21:00 UTC) on 7 May. It had an estimated magnitude of 8.1 on the scale and triggered a destructive tsunami. It badly affected the northern coast of Haiti and part of what is now the ...

, - , {{flagicon, Honduras Honduras , {{nts, 7.5 , {{dts, 10 January 2018 , 2018 Swan Islands earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Hong Kong Hong Kong , {{nts, 3.8 M_L , {{dts, 5 January 2020 , , - , {{flagicon, Hungary Hungary , {{nts, 6.2–6.5 , {{dts, 28 June 1763 ,

1763 Komárom earthquake The 1763 Komárom earthquake occurred in or near the town of Komárom in Komárom County in the Kingdom of Hungary on 28 June between 5 and 6 in the morning. The earthquake has been estimated at 6.2 to 6.5 on the moment magnitude scale. Backgro ...

, - , {{flagicon, Iceland Iceland , {{nts, 7.0 , {{dts, 22 January 1910 , , - , {{flagicon, India India , {{nts, 8.6 , {{dts, 15 August 1950 ,

, - , {{flagicon, Indonesia Indonesia , {{nts, 9.1–9.3 , {{dts, 26 December 2004 ,

, - , {{flagicon, Iran Iran , {{nts, 7.9 M_s , {{dts, 22 December 856 ,

856 Damghan earthquake The 856 Damghan earthquake or the 856 Qumis earthquake occurred on 22 December 856 (242 AH). The earthquake had an estimated magnitude of 7.9, and a maximum intensity of X (''Extreme'') on the Mercalli intensity scale. The meizoseismal area ...

, - , {{flagicon, Iraq Iraq , {{nts, 7.0 , {{dts, 22 September 1666 , {{Cite journal , last1=Onur , first1=T. , last2=Gok , first2=R. , last3=Abdulnaby , first3=W. , last4=Mahdi , first4=H. , last5=Numan , first5=N.M. , last6=Al-Shukri , first6=H. , last7=Shakir , first7=A. , last8=Chlaib , first8=H. , last9=Ameen , first9=T.H. , last10=Abd , first10=N. , date=2016 , title=A Comprehensive Earthquake Catalogue for Iraq in Terms of Moment Magnitude , url=https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1466119 , journal=Seismological Research Letters , volume=88 , issue=3 , pages=798–811 , doi=10.1785/0220160078, osti=1466119 , - , {{flagicon, Ireland Ireland , {{nts, 4.0 M_L , {{dts, 6 June 2012 , , - , {{flagicon, Israel Israel , {{nts, 6.3 , {{dts, 11 July 1927 ,

1927 Jericho earthquake The 1927 Jericho earthquake was a devastating event that shook Mandatory Palestine and Transjordan on July 11 at . The epicenter of the earthquake was in the northern area of the Dead Sea. The cities of Jerusalem, Jericho, Ramle, Tiberias, and Na ...

, - , {{flagicon, Italy Italy , {{nts, 7.4 , {{dts, 11 January 1693 ,

1693 Sicily earthquake The 1693 Sicily earthquake struck parts of southern Italy near Sicily, Calabria, and Malta on January 11 at around 21:00 local time. This earthquake was preceded by a damaging foreshock on January 9. The main quake had an estimated magnitude of 7 ...

, - , {{flagicon, Jamaica Jamaica , {{nts, 7.7 , {{dts, 28 January 2020 , 2020 Caribbean earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Japan Japan , {{nts, 9.0–9.1 , {{dts, 11 March 2011 ,

, - , {{flagicon, Jersey Jersey , {{nts, 5.4 , {{dts, 30 July 1926 , , - , {{flagicon, Jordan Jordan , {{nts, 6.3 , {{dts, 11 July 1927 ,

, - , {{flagicon, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan , {{nts, 8.0 , {{dts, 11 July 1889 & {{dts, 3 January 1911 , , 1889 Chilik earthquake &

1911 Kebin earthquake The 1911 Kebin earthquake, or Chon-Kemin earthquake, struck Russian Turkestan on 3 January. Registering at a moment magnitude of 8.0, it killed 452 people, destroyed more than 770 buildings (which was almost all of the city) in Almaty, Kazakhst ...

, - , {{flagicon, Kenya Kenya , {{nts, 6.7 , {{dts, 6 January 1928 , , - , {{flagicon, Kiribati Kiribati , {{nts, 5.9 {{M, b, link=y , {{dts, 23 May 1982 , , - , {{flagicon, Kosovo Kosovo , {{nts, 6.1 M_L , {{dts, 26 February 1755 & {{dts, 10 August 1921 , , - , {{flagicon, Kuwait Kuwait , {{nts, 4.7 , {{dts, 3 June 1993 , , - , {{flagicon, Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan , {{nts, 8.0 , {{dts, 11 July 1889 & {{dts, 3 January 1911 , , 1889 Chilik earthquake &

, - , {{flagicon, Laos Laos , {{nts, 6.9 M_s , {{dts, 24 June 1983 , {{Cite web, url=http://earthquaketrack.com/quakes/1983-06-24-09-07-14-utc-6-9-33, title=6.9 magnitude earthquake near Dien Bien Phu, Tỉnh Ðiện Biên, Vietnam and Hanoi, Ha Nội, Vietnam : June 24, 1983 09:07, website=earthquaketrack.com, language=en, access-date=2017-07-06 , - , {{flagicon, Lebanon Lebanon , {{nts, 7.5 , {{dts, 9 July 551 ,

551 Beirut earthquake The 551 Beirut earthquake occurred on 9 July with an estimated magnitude of about 7.5 on the moment magnitude scale and a maximum felt intensity of X (''Extreme'') on the Mercalli intensity scale. It triggered a devastating tsunami which affected ...

, - , {{flagicon, Liberia Liberia , {{nts, 4.5 , {{dts, 25 November 1995 , , - , {{flagicon, Libya Libya , {{nts, 6.8 , {{dts, 19 April 1935 , , - , {{flagicon, Liechtenstein Liechtenstein , {{nts, 3.6 , {{dts, 12 December 2013 , , - , {{flagicon, Luxembourg Luxembourg , {{nts, 2.9 M_L , {{dts, 3 September 1986 , , - , {{flagicon, Madagascar Madagascar , {{nts, 6.2 , {{dts, 4 July 1919 , , - , {{flagicon, Malawi Malawi , {{nts, 6.3 , {{dts, 10 March 1989 ,

1989 Malawi earthquake The 1989 Malawi earthquake occurred on 10 March in central Malawi, with a moment magnitude of 6.3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (''Severe''). It was preceded by a number of foreshocks, the largest being a 5.7 shock on the previous day. ...

, - , {{flagicon, Malaysia Malaysia , {{nts, 6.6 , {{dts, 11 August 1923 , , - , {{flagicon, Maldives Maldives , {{nts, 7.4 , {{dts, 29 February 1944 , , - , {{flagicon, Mali Mali , {{nts, 4.2 {{M, b, link=y , {{dts, 11 January 1999 , , - , {{flagicon, Malta Malta , {{nts, 5.3 M_s , {{dts, 29 September 1992 , , - , {{flagicon, Marshall Islands Marshall Islands , {{nts, 5.6 {{M, b, link=y , {{dts, 22 March 1982 , , - , {{flagicon, Martinique Martinique , {{nts, 7.5–8.0 , {{dts, 11 January 1839 , 1839 Martinique earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Mauritania Mauritania , {{nts, 4.6 , {{dts, 1 March 2012 , , - , {{flagicon, Mauritius Mauritius , {{nts, 6.7 , {{dts, 26 July 1976 , , - , {{flagicon, Mayotte Mayotte , {{nts, 6.0 , {{dts, 29 April 1952 , , - , {{flagicon, Mexico Mexico , {{nts, 8.6 , {{dts, 28 March 1787 , 1787 New Spain earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Micronesia Micronesia , {{nts, 7.8 , {{dts, 16 August 1911 , , - , {{Flagicon, Moldova Moldova , {{nts, 3.9 , {{dts, 2 April 1988 , , - , {{Flagicon, Monaco Monaco , {{nts, 6.3 , {{dts, 19 July 1963 , , - , {{flagicon, Mongolia Mongolia , {{nts, 8.3 , {{dts, 23 July 1905 , 1905 Bolnai earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Montenegro Montenegro , {{nts, 6.9 , {{dts, 15 April 1979 ,

1979 Montenegro earthquake The 1979 Montenegro earthquake occurred on 15 April at 06:19 UTC with a moment magnitude of 6.9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). It was the most devastating earthquake in SR Montenegro, then part of Yugoslavia,(Montenegrin)Crno ...

, - , {{flagicon, Morocco Morocco , {{nts, 6.3 , {{dts, 24 February 2004 ,

2004 Al Hoceima earthquake The 2004 Al Hoceima earthquake occurred on 24 February at 02:27:47 local time near the coast of northern Morocco. The strike-slip earthquake measured 6.3 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum perceived intensity of IX (''Violent'') on t ...

, - , {{flagicon, Mozambique Mozambique , {{nts, 7.0 , {{dts, 22 February 2006 ,

2006 Mozambique earthquake The 2006 Mozambique earthquake occurred at 22:19 Coordinated Universal Time, UTC on 22 February. It had a magnitude of 7.0 on the moment magnitude scale and caused 4 deaths and 36 injuries. The epicenter was near Machaze in Manica Province of sou ...

, - , {{flagicon, Myanmar Myanmar , {{nts, 8.0+ , {{dts, 23 March 1839 & {{dts, 12 September 1946 ,

1839 Ava earthquake The 1839 Ava earthquake, also known as the Amarapura earthquake or Inwa earthquake was a disastrous seismic event that struck central Burma on the morning of March 23. This earthquake with a moment magnitude as high as 8.3, was one of the biggest ...

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1946 Sagaing earthquakes The 1946 Sagaing earthquakes (also known as the Wuntho earthquakes) struck central Burma at 15:17 local time on 12 September. The first earthquake measured a magnitude of 7.3 and was followed by a 7.7 earthquake. Both events remain some of the ...

, - , {{flagicon, Namibia Namibia , {{nts, 5.4 , {{dts, 4 April 2021 , , - , {{flagicon, Nepal Nepal , {{nts, 8.2–8.8 , {{dts, 6 June 1505 ,

1505 Lo Mustang earthquake The 1505 Lo Mustang earthquake ( ne, सन् १५०५ को मुस्ताङ भूकम्प) occurred on 6 June 1505 and had an estimated magnitude between 8.2 and 8.8 making it one of the largest earthquakes in Nepalese history. T ...

, - , {{flagicon, Netherlands Netherlands , {{nts, 5.3 , {{dts, 13 April 1992 ,

1992 Roermond earthquake The 1992 Roermond earthquake occurred on 13 April, around 3:20 AM (1:20 UTC) with a moment magnitude of 5.3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (''Severe''). Striking on the Peel Boundary Fault, a normal fault near Roermond, it was the s ...

, - , {{flagicon, New Caledonia New Caledonia , {{nts, 7.9 , {{dts, 9 August 1901 , , - , {{flagicon, New Zealand New Zealand , {{nts, 8.2 , {{dts, 23 January 1855 ,

1855 Wairarapa earthquake The 1855 Wairarapa earthquake occurred on 23 January at about 9.17 p.m., affecting much of the Cook Strait area of New Zealand, including Marlborough in the South Island and Wellington and the Wairarapa in the North Island. In Wellington, close ...

, - , {{flagicon, Nicaragua Nicaragua , {{nts, 7.7 , {{dts, 2 September 1992 ,

1992 Nicaragua earthquake The 1992 Nicaragua earthquake occurred off the coast of Nicaragua at 6:16 p.m. on 1 September. Some damage was also reported in Costa Rica. At least 116 people were killed and several more were injured. The earthquake was caused by movement ...

, - , {{flagicon, Nigeria Nigeria , {{nts, 4.5 , {{dts, 7 March 2000 , , - , {{flagicon, North Korea North Korea , {{nts, 6.8 , {{dts, 8 October 1960 , , - , {{flagicon, Macedonia North Macedonia , {{nts, 6.7 , {{dts, 8 March 1931 , , - , {{flagicon, Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands , {{nts, 7.7 , {{dts, 29 July 2016 , , - , {{flagicon, Norway Norway , {{nts, 6.8 , {{dts, 30 August 2012 , , - , {{flagicon, Oman Oman , {{nts, 5.7 , {{dts, 30 March 1966 , , - , {{flagicon, Pakistan Pakistan , {{nts, 8.1 , {{dts, 28 November 1945 ,

1945 Balochistan earthquake The 1945 Balochistan earthquake ( ur, ) occurred in British India at 1:26 PKT on 28 November 1945 with a moment magnitude of 8.1 and a maximum perceived intensity of X (''Extreme'') on the Mercalli intensity scale. Earthquake The earthquake's ...

, - , {{flagicon, Palau Palau , {{nts, 7.8 , {{dts, 16 August 1911 , , - , {{flagicon, Panama Panama , {{nts, 7.7–7.9 , {{dts, 7 September 1882 ,

1882 Panama earthquake The 1882 Panama earthquake occurred on September 7 at around 03:50 ( UTC-5). The earthquake measured a magnitude between 7.9 and 8.3 on the surface-wave magnitude scale, making it the largest earthquake recorded in Panamanian history. It struck ...

, - , {{flagicon, PNG Papua New Guinea , {{nts, 8.2 , {{dts, 6 May 1919 , , - , {{flagicon, Paraguay Paraguay , {{nts, 6.5 , {{dts, 28 February 1989 , , - , {{flagicon, Peru Peru , {{nts, 8.5–9.3 , {{dts, 13 August 1868 ,

, - , {{flagicon, Philippines Philippines , {{nts, 8.3 , {{dts, 15 August 1918 , 1918 Celebes Sea earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Poland Poland , {{nts, 5.6 , {{dts, 3 December 1786 , , - , {{flagicon, Portugal Portugal , {{nts, 8.5–9.0 , {{dts, 1 November 1755 ,

, - , {{flagicon, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico , {{nts, 8.0 , {{dts, 2 May 1787 ,

1787 Boricua earthquake The 1787 Boricua earthquake struck offshore of the island of Puerto Rico on May 2. The magnitude of the earthquake was believed to have been around 8.0–8.5, however there is evidence that it was only about 6.9. The epicenter is thought to have b ...

, - , {{flagicon, Réunion Réunion , {{nts, 5.3 {{M, b, link=y , {{dts, 6 April 2007 , , - , {{flagicon, Romania Romania , {{nts, 7.9 , {{dts, 26 October 1802 ,

1802 Vrancea earthquake The 1802 Vrancea earthquake occurred in the Vrancea Mountains of today's Romania (then Moldavia) on , on St. Paraskeva's Day. With an estimated intensity of 7.9 on the moment magnitude scale, it is the strongest earthquake ever recorded in Roman ...

, - , {{flagicon, Russia Russia , {{nts, 9.0–9.3 , {{dts, 16 October 1737 ,

, - , {{flagicon, Rwanda Rwanda , {{nts, 5.9 , {{dts, 3 February 2008 ,

2008 Lake Kivu earthquake The 2008 Lake Kivu earthquake shook several countries in Africa's Great Lakes region at 07:34:12 (GMT) on February 3. It measured 5.9 on the moment magnitude scale. The epicentre was north of Bukavu at Lake Kivu in the Democratic Republic of ...

, - , {{flagicon, Saint Barthélemy Saint Barthélemy , {{nts, 5.4 , {{dts, 18 November 1990 , , - , {{flagicon, Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis , {{nts, 6.5 , {{dts, 16 March 1985 , , - , {{flagicon, Saint Lucia Saint Lucia , {{nts, 7.3 , {{dts, 19 March 1953 , , - , {{flagicon, Saint Martin Saint Martin , {{nts, 5.0 , {{dts, 4 July 2012 , , - , {{flagicon, Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Pierre and Miquelon , {{nts, 7.2 , {{dts, 18 November 1929 , 1929 Grand Banks earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines , {{nts, 6.1 , {{dts, 6 July 1940 , , - , {{flagicon, Samoa Samoa , {{nts, 8.3–8.5 , {{dts, 25 June 1917 ,

1917 Samoa earthquake The 1917 Samoa earthquake occurred on June 26 at 05:49 UTC. The epicenter was located in the southwest of the Samoan Islands. The earthquake's estimated moment magnitude of 8.3–8.5 and surface-wave magnitude of 8.4 makes it the strongest record ...

, - , {{flagicon, São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe , {{nts, 5.5 , {{dts, 19 December 2019 , , - , {{flagicon, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia , {{nts, 7.3 , {{dts, 22 November 1995 ,

, - , {{flagicon, Senegal Senegal , {{nts, 5.5 , {{dts, 21 May 1986 , , - , {{flagicon, Serbia Serbia , {{nts, 6.0 , {{dts, 15 May 1927 , , - , {{flagicon, Seychelles Seychelles , {{nts, 5.2 {{M, b, link=y , {{dts, 28 April 1995 , , - , {{flagicon, Slovakia Slovakia , {{nts, 5.8 , {{dts, 28 June 1763 , , - , {{flagicon, Slovenia Slovenia , {{nts, 6.1 M_L , {{dts, 14 April 1895 ,

1895 Ljubljana earthquake An earthquake struck Ljubljana, the capital and largest city of Carniola, a crown land of Austria-Hungary and the capital of modern-day Slovenia, on Easter Sunday, 14 April 1895. It was the most, and the last, destructive earthquake in the area ...

, - , {{flagicon, Solomon Islands Solomon Islands , {{nts, 8.1 , {{dts, 1 April 2007 ,

2007 Solomon Islands earthquake The 2007 Solomon Islands earthquake took place on 2 April 2007, near the provincial capital of Gizo on Ghizo Island, in the Solomon Islands. Its magnitude was estimated at 8.1 on the scale, and 7.8 on the scale. The tsunami that followed the ...

, - , {{flagicon, Somalia Somalia , {{nts, 6.0 , {{dts, 22 January 1929 , , - , {{flagicon, South Africa South Africa , {{nts, 6.8 , {{dts, 31 December 1932 , , - , {{flagicon, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands , {{nts, 8.1 , {{dts, 27 June 1929 & {{dts, 12 August 2021 , 2021 South Sandwich Islands earthquakes , - , {{flagicon, South Korea South Korea , {{nts, 7.5 , {{dts, 26 June 1681 , {{Interlanguage link, 1681 Yangyang earthquake, lt=, ko, 1681년 양양 지진, WD= , - , {{flagicon, South Sudan South Sudan , {{nts, 7.2 , {{dts, 20 May 1990 , 1990 South Sudan earthquakes , - , {{flagicon, Spain Spain , {{nts, 7.8 , {{dts, 29 March 1954 , , - , {{flagicon, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka , {{nts, 5.9 {{M, b, link=y , {{dts, 30 August 1973 , , - , {{flagicon, Sudan Sudan , {{nts, 6.0 , {{dts, 12 May 1938 , , - , {{flagicon, Sweden Sweden , {{nts, 4.9 {{M, b, link=y , {{dts, 18 May 2020 , , - , {{flagicon, Switzerland Switzerland , {{nts, 6.0–7.1 , {{dts, 18 October 1356 ,

1356 Basel earthquake The 1356 Basel earthquake is the most significant seismological event to have occurred in Central Europe in recorded history and had a moment magnitude in the range of 6.0–7.1.M_s , {{dts, 20 May 1202 ,

1202 Syria earthquake The 1202 Syria earthquake struck at about dawn on 20 May 1202 (598 AH) with an epicenter in southwestern Syria. Up to 1,100,000 deaths have been associated with this earthquake, although other estimates are much smaller. It was felt over a very w ...

, - , {{flagicon, Taiwan Taiwan , {{nts, 8.2 , {{dts, 5 June 1920 ,

1920 Hualien earthquake On June 5, 1920, a shallow magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck offshore Hualien County, Empire of Japan (now Taiwan). It is currently the largest earthquake in Taiwan's modern history. Tectonic summary Taiwan is located within a complex zone of conv ...

, - , {{flagicon, Tajikistan Tajikistan , {{nts, 7.5 , {{dts, 10 July 1949 ,

1949 Khait earthquake The 1949 Khait (Hoit) earthquake (russian: Хаитское землетрясение 1949 года; tg, Заминларзаи Ҳоит 1949) occurred at 09:45 local time (03:53 UTC) on 10 July in the Gharm Oblast region of the Tajik SSR of t ...

, - , {{flagicon, Tanzania Tanzania , {{nts, 7.0 , {{dts, 8 July 1919 , , - , {{flagicon, Thailand Thailand , {{nts, 6.1 , {{dts, 5 May 2014 ,

2014 Mae Lao earthquake The 2014 Mae Lao earthquake occurred at on May 5. The epicenter was located at a point south of Mae Lao District, southwest of Chiang Rai, Thailand. One person was killed as a result. Effects The earthquake was a recorded as having a maximu ...

, - , {{flagicon, Tonga Tonga , {{nts, 8.1 , {{dts, 30 April 1919 , , - , {{flagicon, Trinidad Trinidad and Tobago , {{nts, 6.7 , {{dts, 22 April 1997 , , - , {{flagicon, Tunisia Tunisia , ≤{{nts, 7.2 , {{dts, 9 October 859 , , - , {{flagicon, Turkey Turkey , {{nts, 7.8–8.0 M_s , {{dts, 17 August 1668 , 1668 North Anatolia earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Turkmenistan Turkmenistan , {{nts, 7.3 M_s , {{dts, 5 October 1948 ,

1948 Ashgabat earthquake The 1948 Ashgabat earthquake (; russian: Ашхабадское землетрясение 1948 года, Ashkhabadskoye zemletryasenie 1948 goda) was on 6 October with a surface wave magnitude of 7.3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extr ...

, - , {{flagicon, Tuvalu Tuvalu , {{nts, 5.8 {{M, b, link=y , {{dts, 5 February 1983 & {{dts, 8 March 1983 , , - , {{flagicon, Uganda Uganda , {{nts, 6.5 , {{dts, 30 June 1952 , , - , {{flagicon, Ukraine Ukraine , {{nts, 6.7 , {{dts, 11 September 1927 , 1927 Crimean earthquakes , - , {{flagicon, United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates , {{nts, 5.0 , {{dts, 11 March 2002 , , - , {{flagicon, United Kingdom United Kingdom , {{nts, 6.1 M_L , {{dts, 7 June 1931 ,

1931 Dogger Bank earthquake The Dogger Bank earthquake of 1931 was the strongest earthquake recorded in the United Kingdom since measurements began. It had a magnitude of 6.1 on the Richter magnitude scale, and it caused a shaking intensity of VI (''Strong'') to VII (''Ver ...

, - , {{flagicon, United States United States , {{nts, 9.25 , {{dts, 11 June 1585 ,

, - , {{flagicon, U.S. Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands , {{nts, 7.2 , {{dts, 18 November 1867 ,

1867 Virgin Islands earthquake and tsunami The 1867 Virgin Islands earthquake and tsunami occurred on November 18, at 2.45 p.m. in the Anegada Trough about 20 km southwest of Saint Thomas, Danish West Indies (now U.S. Virgin Islands). The 7.5 earthquake came just 20 days after the ...

, - , {{flagicon, Uruguay Uruguay , {{nts, 5.5 M_s , {{dts, 5 June 1888 , 1888 Rio de la Plata earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Uzbekistan Uzbekistan , {{nts, 7.0 , {{dts, 19 March 1984 , , - , {{flagicon, Vanuatu Vanuatu , {{nts, 8.1 , {{dts, 20 September 1920 , , - , {{flagicon, Venezuela Venezuela , {{nts, 7.6–7.7 , {{dts, 29 October 1900 ,

1900 San Narciso earthquake The 1900 Venezuelan earthquake, better known as the 1900 San Narciso earthquake (Español: ''1900 terremoto de San Narciso''), occurred on October 28 at between 4:30 and 4:45 am local time. This earthquake had an epicenter off Miranda State or ne ...

, - , {{flagicon, Vietnam Vietnam , {{nts, 6.8 , {{dts, 1 November 1935 , , - , {{flagicon, Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna , {{nts, 7.6 , {{dts, 23 May 1956 , , - , {{flagicon, Yemen Yemen , {{nts, 6.7 , {{dts, 18 December 1908 , , - , {{flagicon, Zambia Zambia , {{nts, 6.5 , {{dts, 1 May 1919 , , - , {{flagicon, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe , {{nts, 5.5 , {{dts, 25 September 1963 ,

Costliest earthquakes

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2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami The occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on 11 March. The magnitude 9.0–9.1 (M) undersea megathrust earthquake had an epicenter in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tōhoku region, and lasted approximately six minut ...

, {{Flag, Japan , data-sort-value="9.0" , 9.1{{cite web , date=2016 , title=M 9.1 – near the east coast of Honshu, Japan , url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/official20110311054624120_30#executive , access-date=21 November 2016 , work=Earthquake Hazards Program , publisher= USGS , $360 billion , - ! scope="row" , 2 , 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake , {{Flag, Japan , data-sort-value="6.9" , 6.9 , $200 billion , - ! scope="row" , 3 , 2008 Sichuan earthquake , {{Flagicon, China

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, data-sort-value="8." , 8.0 , $150 billion , - ! scope="row" , 4 ,

2010 Canterbury earthquake The 2010 Canterbury earthquake (also known as the Darfield earthquake) struck the South Island of New Zealand with a moment magnitude of 7.1 at on , and had a maximum perceived intensity of X (''Extreme'') on the Mercalli intensity scale. Some ...

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2004 Chūetsu earthquake The occurred in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, at 17:56 local time (08:56 UTC) on Saturday, October 23, 2004. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) named it the .

, {{Flag, Japan , data-sort-value="6.8" , 6.8 , $28 billion{{cite web, title=Significant Earthquake Database, url=http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=1&d=1, website=NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, access-date=20 May 2015 , - ! scope="row" , 6 ,

2011 Sikkim earthquake The 2011 Sikkim earthquake (also known as the 2011 Himalayan earthquake) occurred with a moment magnitude of 6.9 and was centered within the Kanchenjunga Conservation Area, near the border of Nepal and the Indian state of Sikkim, at on Sunday ...

, {{Flag, India , data-sort-value="6.9" , 6.9 , $22.3 billion , - ! scope="row" , 7 ,

1999 İzmit earthquake On the 17th of August, 1999 at 3:01 AM local time, a catastrophic magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck the Kocaeli Province of Turkey, causing monumental damage and 17,127–18,373 deaths. Named for the quakes proximity to the northeastern city of Izm ...

, {{Flag, Turkey , data-sort-value="7.6" , 7.6 , $20 billion , - ! scope="row" , 8 , 2009 L'Aquila earthquake , {{Flag, Italy , data-sort-value="6.3" , 6.3 , $16 billion , - ! scope="row" , 9 , 2012 Northern Italy earthquakes , {{Flag, Italy , data-sort-value="6.1" , 6.1{{cite news, url=http://seismo.berkeley.edu/faq/1906_0.html , title= Where can I learn more about the 1906 Earthquake?, publisher=Berkeley Seismological Lab , date=December 11, 2011 , $15.8 billion{{Cite web, title=Significant Earthquake Database, url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/search, author=National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS), publisher= National Geophysical Data Center,

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2011 Christchurch earthquake A major earthquake occurred in Christchurch on Tuesday 22 February 2011 at 12:51 p.m. local time (23:51 UTC, 21 February). The () earthquake struck the entire of the Canterbury region in the South Island, centred south-east ...

, {{Flag, New Zealand , data-sort-value="6.3" , 6.3 , $15–40 billion , -

Deadliest earthquakes

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1556 Shaanxi earthquake The 1556 Shaanxi earthquake (formerly romanized ''Shensi''), known in Chinese colloquially by its regnal year as "" ('' Jiājìng Dàdìzhèn'') or officially by its epicenter as "" ('' Huàxiàn Dìzhèn''), occurred in the early morning of 23 ...

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1976 Tangshan earthquake The 1976 Tangshan earthquake () was a 7.6 earthquake that hit the region around Tangshan, Hebei, China, at 3:42 a.m. on 28 July 1976. The maximum intensity of the earthquake was XI (''Extreme'') on the Mercalli scale. In minutes, 85 percent ...

, , {{dts, 1976-07-28 , , Hebei, China , , data-sort-value="242769", 242,769–700,000+ , , 7.8 , , , - ! scope="row" , 3 ,

1920 Haiyuan earthquake 1920 Haiyuan earthquake () occurred on December 16 in Haiyuan County, Ningxia Province, Republic of China at 19:05:53. It was also called the 1920 Gansu earthquake because Ningxia was a part of Gansu Province when the earthquake occurred. It cause ...

, , {{dts, 1920-12-16 , , Ningxia– Gansu, China , , data-sort-value="273400", 273,400{{cite web, url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-12/16/c_13652388.htm, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820065946/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-12/16/c_13652388.htm, url-status=dead, archive-date=August 20, 2013, title=Death toll of 1920 China earthquake higher than previously estimated, work=xinhuanet.com{{cite web, url=http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/utsu/utsuweq_bak_eng.html, title=Search Page, last=Utsu, first=T., work=Catalog of Damaging Earthquakes in the World (Through 2008), access-date=June 3, 2010 , , 7.8 , , Major fractures, landslides. , - ! scope="row" , 4 ,

526 Antioch earthquake The 526 Antioch earthquake struck Syria and, in particular, the city of Antioch in the Byzantine Empire. It occurred some time in late May 526, probably between 20 and 29 May, during mid-morning, killing approximately 250,000 people. This was in ...

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1138 Aleppo earthquake The 1138 Aleppo earthquake was among the deadliest earthquakes in history. Its name was taken from the city of Aleppo, in northern Syria, where the most casualties were sustained. The earthquake also caused damage and chaos to many other places i ...

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2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami An earthquake and a tsunami, known as the Boxing Day Tsunami and, by the scientific community, the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake, occurred at 07:58:53 local time ( UTC+7) on 26 December 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of northern ...

, , {{dts, 2004-12-26 , , Indian Ocean, Sumatra, Indonesia , , data-sort-value="227898", 227,898 , , 9.1–9.3 , , Became the deadliest tsunami on record, causing nearly 230,000 deaths from the earthquake and resulting tsunami across 14 countries. , - ! scope="row" , 7 ,

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, Syria , , data-sort-value="130000", 130,000–230,000 , , 7.1{{Cite journal , last1=Grǖnthal G. , last2=Wahlström R. , year=2009 , title=A harmonized seismicity data base for the EuroMediterranean region , url=http://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/escidoc:239978:1/component/escidoc:239977/14335.pdf , journal=Proceedings of the 27th ECGS Workshop 'Seismicity Patterns in the Euro-Med Region , pages=15–21 , , The figure of 230,000 dead is based on a historical conflation of this earthquake with earthquakes in November 1137 on the Jazira plain and on September 30, 1139 in the Azerbaijani city of

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2010 Haiti earthquake A catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake struck Haiti at 16:53 local time (21:53 UTC) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010. The epicenter was near the town of Léogâne, Ouest department, approximately west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's cap ...

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1303 Hongdong earthquake The 1303 Hongdong earthquake occurred in Yuan dynasty of the Mongol Empire, on September 25. The shock was estimated to have a moment magnitude of 7.6 and it had a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''). This is one of the most fatal ear ...

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, , {{dts, 856, 12, 22 , , Damghan, Iran , , data-sort-value="200000" , 200,000 , , 7.9 M_s , , , - ! scope="row" , 11 , 893 Ardabil earthquake , , {{dts, 893, 03, 22 , ,

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893 Dvin earthquake The 893 Dvin earthquake occurred on 28 December at around midnight. It had a magnitude of approximately 6 and a maximum intensity of approximately IX (''Violent'') on the Mercalli intensity scale. It destroyed the city of Dvin in Armenia, causi ...

, due to misreading of the Arabic word for Dvin, 'Dabil' as 'Ardabil'.{{cite book, last1=Ambraseys, first1=N.N., author-link=Nicholas Ambraseys, last2=Melville, first2=C.P., title=A History of Persian Earthquakes , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1JkfKub5vakC&pg=PR7, series=Cambridge Earth Science, year=2005, publisher=Cambridge University Press, isbn=978-0-521-02187-6, page=175 This is regarded as a 'fake earthquake'.{{cite book, last=Gupta, first=H., author-link=Harsh Gupta, title=Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BHgOwNCGbnAC&pg=PA566, edition=2, series=Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences, year=2011, publisher=Springer, isbn=978-90-481-8701-0, page=566 , - ! scope="row" , 12 , 533 Aleppo earthquake, , {{dts, 533-11-29, , data-sort-value="130000" , Syria , , 130,000 , , Unknown , - ! scope="row" , 13 ,

1908 Messina earthquake The 1908 Messina earthquake (also known as the 1908 Messina and Reggio earthquake) occurred on 28 December in Sicily and Calabria, southern Italy with a moment magnitude of 7.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''). The epice ...

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Ashgabat Ashgabat or Asgabat ( tk, Aşgabat, ; fa, عشق‌آباد, translit='Ešqābād, formerly named Poltoratsk ( rus, Полтора́цк, p=pəltɐˈratsk) between 1919 and 1927), is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies ...

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1923 Great Kantō earthquake The struck the Kantō Plain on the main Japanese island of Honshū at 11:58:44 JST (02:58:44 UTC) on Saturday, September 1, 1923. Varied accounts indicate the duration of the earthquake was between four and ten minutes. Extensive firestorms and ...

, , {{dts, 1923-09-01 , , Kantō region, Japan , , data-sort-value="105000" , 105,385 , , 7.9 , , This earthquake with an epicenter beneath Izu Ōshima Island in Sagami Bay, shook the Kantō plain on the Japanese island of Honshū at 11:58 am. Shaking duration reported between 4 and 10 minutes, devastating Tokyo,

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Most studied earthquakes

The 50 most studied earthquakes according to the

International Seismological Centre The International Seismological Centre (ISC) is a non-governmental, nonprofit organisation charged with the final collection, definitive analysis and publication of global seismicity. The ISC was formed in 1964 as an international organisation ...

(ISC), based on a count of scientific papers (mostly in English) that discuss that earthquake. The "Event #" is linked to the ISC Event Bibliography for that event. {{refbegin {, class="sortable wikitable" , - – ! Rank !! Event origin time !! ISC Event # !! Papers !! ISC code !! Event , - – !1 , 2011-03-11 05:46:23 , , {{eq-isc-link, -16461282, , 1723 , , TOHOKU2011 , ,

, - !2 , 2008-05-12 06:28:00 , , {{eq-isc-link, -13228121 , , 1329 , , WENCHUAN2008 , , 2008 Sichuan earthquake , - !3 , 2004-12-26 00:58:52 , , {{eq-isc-link, -7453151 , , 876 , , SUMATRA2004 , ,

, - !4 , 1999-09-20 17:47:16 , , {{eq-isc-link, -1718616 , , 685 , , CHI-CHI1999 , ,

1999 Jiji earthquake The Chi-Chi earthquake (later also known as the Jiji earthquake) (), also known as the great earthquake of September 21 (), was a 7.3 ML or 7.7 Mw earthquake which occurred in Jiji (Chi-Chi), Nantou County, Taiwan on Tuesday, 21 Se ...

, - !5 , 1994-01-17 12:30:54 , , {{eq-isc-link, -189275 , , 494 , , NORTHRIDGE1994 , ,

1994 Northridge earthquake The 1994 Northridge earthquake was a moment 6.7 (), blind thrust earthquake that occurred on January 17, 1994, at 4:30:55 a.m. PST in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles. The quake had a duration of approximately ...

, - !6 , 1995-01-16 20:46:51 , , {{eq-isc-link, -124708 , , 472 , , SHYOGO1995 , , Great Hanshin earthquake , - !7 , 2009-04-06 01:32:42 , , {{eq-isc-link, -13438018 , , 460 , , LAQUILA2009 , , 2009 L'Aquila earthquake , - !8 , 2010-02-27 06:34:13 , , {{eq-isc-link, -14340585 , , 458 , , MAULE2010 , ,

, - !9 , 1989-10-18 00:04:14 , , {{eq-isc-link, -389808 , , 440 , , LOMAPRIETA1989 , ,

1989 Loma Prieta earthquake The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake occurred on California's Central Coast on October 17 at local time. The shock was centered in The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park in Santa Cruz County, approximately northeast of Santa Cruz on a section of ...

, - !10 , 1992-06-28 11:57:35 , , {{eq-isc-link, -289086 , , 402 , , LANDERS1992 , ,

1992 Landers earthquake The 1992 Landers earthquake occurred on Sunday, June 28 with an epicenter near the town of Landers, California, in San Bernardino County. The shock had a moment magnitude of 7.3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''). Earthquake ...

, - !11 , 1999-08-17 00:01:38 , , {{eq-isc-link, -1655218 , , 384 , , IZMIT1999 , ,

, - !12 , 2015-04-25 06:11:26 , , {{eq-isc-link, -607208674 , , 369 , , GORKHA2015 , ,

April 2015 Nepal earthquake The April 2015 Nepal earthquake (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed 8,964 people and injured 21,952 more. It occurred at on Saturday, 25 April 2015, with a magnitude of 7.8 Mw or 8.1 Ms and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of X (''Extrem ...

, - !13 , 2016-04-15 16:25:06 , , {{eq-isc-link, -610289055 , , 266 , , KUMAMOTO2016 , ,

2016 Kumamoto earthquakes The were a series of earthquakes, including a magnitude 7.0 mainshock which struck at 01:25 JST on April 16, 2016 (16:25 UTC on April 15) beneath Kumamoto City of Kumamoto Prefecture in Kyushu Region, Japan, at a depth of ...

, - !14 , 1964-03-28 03:36:13 , , {{eq-isc-link, -869809 , , 264 , , ALASKA1964 , ,

1964 Alaska earthquake The 1964 Alaskan earthquake, also known as the Great Alaskan earthquake and Good Friday earthquake, occurred at 5:36 PM AKST on Good Friday, March 27.

, - !15 , 1960-05-22 19:11:20 , , {{eq-isc-link, -879136 , , 256 , , CHILE1960 , ,

, - !16 , 1985-09-19 13:17:50 , , {{eq-isc-link, -516095 , , 244 , , MEXICOCITY1985 , ,

1985 Mexico City earthquake The 1985 Mexico City earthquake struck in the early morning of 19 September at 07:17:50 (CST) with a moment magnitude of 8.0 and a maximal Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''). The event caused serious damage to the Greater Mexico City area ...

, - !17 , 2010-09-03 16:35:46 , , {{eq-isc-link, -15155483 , , 234 , , DARFIELD2010 , ,

, - !18 , 2001-01-26 03:16:40 , , {{eq-isc-link, -1763683 , , 232 , , BHUJ2001 , ,

2001 Gujarat earthquake The 2001 Gujarat earthquake, also known as the Bhuj earthquake, occurred on 26 January, India's 52nd Republic Day, at . The epicentre was about 9 km south-southwest of the village of Chobari in Bhachau Taluka of Kutch District of Gujarat ...

, - !19 , 1971-02-09 14:00:40 , , {{eq-isc-link, -787038 , , 230 , , SANFERNANDO1971 , ,

1971 San Fernando earthquake The 1971 San Fernando earthquake (also known as the 1971 Sylmar earthquake) occurred in the early morning of February 9 in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in southern California. The unanticipated thrust earthquake had a magnitude of ...

, - !20 , 2013-04-20 00:02:47 , , {{eq-isc-link, -607304721 , , 209 , , LUSHAN2013 , ,

2013 Lushan earthquake The Lushan earthquake or Ya'an earthquake (, ''Yak-ngai Sayom'') occurred at 08:02 Beijing Time (00:02 UTC) on April 20, 2013. The epicenter was located in Lushan County, Ya'an, Sichuan, about from Chengdu along the Longmenshan Fault in the ...

, - !21 , 1976-07-27 19:42:53 , , {{eq-isc-link, -711732 , , 207 , , TANGSHAN1976 , ,

, - !22 , 2003-09-25 19:50:07 , , {{eq-isc-link, -7134409 , , 197 , , TOKACHI-OKI2003 , , 2003 Tokachi earthquake , - !23 , 1980-11-23 18:34:52 , , {{eq-isc-link, -635924 , , 196 , , IRPINIA1980 , ,

1980 Irpinia earthquake The 1980 Irpinia earthquake ( it, Terremoto dell'Irpinia) took place in Italy on 23 November 1980, with a moment magnitude of 6.9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). It left at least 2,483 people dead, at least 7,700 injured, a ...

, - !24 , 1976-05-06 20:00:12 , , {{eq-isc-link, -713583 , , 194 , , FRIULI1976 , ,

1976 Friuli earthquake Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phil ...

, - !25 , 2016-08-24 01:36:33 , , {{eq-isc-link, -611462212 , , 189 , , AMATRICE2016 , , August 2016 Central Italy earthquake , - !26 , 2011-02-21 23:51:42 , , {{eq-isc-link, -16168897 , , 182 , , CHRISTCHURCH2011A , ,

, - !27 , 2004-09-28 17:15:24 , , {{eq-isc-link, -7406045 , , 178 , , PARKFIELD2004 , ,

Parkfield earthquake Parkfield earthquake is a name given to various large earthquakes that occurred in the vicinity of the town of Parkfield, California, United States. The San Andreas fault runs through this town, and six successive magnitude 6 earthquakes occurre ...

, - !28 , 2005-03-28 16:09:35 , , {{eq-isc-link, -7486110 , , 177 , , NIAS2005 , ,

, - !29 , 2004-10-23 08:55:58 , , {{eq-isc-link, -7421058 , , 176 , , MID-NIIGATA2004 , ,

2004 Chūetsu earthquake The occurred in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, at 17:56 local time (08:56 UTC) on Saturday, October 23, 2004. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) named it the .

, - !30 , 2016-11-13 11:02:59 , , {{eq-isc-link, -615035032 , , 168 , , KAIKOURA2016 , ,

2016 Kaikōura earthquake The 2016 Kaikoura earthquake was a magnitude 7.8 (Mw) earthquake in the South Island of New Zealand that occurred two minutes after midnight on 14 November 2016 NZDT (11:02 on 13 November UTC). Ruptures occurred on multiple faults and the ...

, - !31 , 2012-05-20 02:03:53 , , {{eq-isc-link, -601025379 , , 165 , , EMILIA2012A , , 2012 Northern Italy earthquakes , - !32 , 1999-10-16 09:46:45 , , {{eq-isc-link, -1643776 , , 162 , , HECTOR-MINE1999 , ,

1999 Hector Mine earthquake The 1999 Hector Mine earthquake occurred in Southern California, United States, on October 16 at 02:46:50 PDT. Its moment magnitude was 7.1 and the earthquake was preceded by 12 foreshocks, the largest of which had a magnitude of 3.8. The event i ...

, - !33 , 2001-11-14 09:26:12 , , {{eq-isc-link, -2331800 , , 158 , , KUNLUN2001 , ,

2001 Kunlun earthquake The 2001 Kunlun earthquake also known as the 2001 Kokoxili earthquake, occurred on 14 November 2001 at 09:26 UTC (17:26 local time), with an epicenter near Kokoxili, close to the border between Qinghai and Xinjiang in a remote mountainous regi ...

, - !34 , 2005-10-08 03:50:37 , , {{eq-isc-link, -7703077 , , 150 , , KASHMIR2005 , ,

2005 Kashmir earthquake The 2005 Kashmir earthquake occurred at on 8 October in Pakistani-administered Azad Kashmir. It was centred near the city of Muzaffarabad, and also affected nearby Balakot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and some areas of Indian-administered Jammu and ...

, - !35 , 2002-11-03 22:12:41 , , {{eq-isc-link, -6123395 , , 147 , , DENALI2002 , ,

2002 Denali earthquake The 2002 Denali earthquake occurred at 22:12:41 UTC (1:12 PM Local Time) November 3 with an epicenter 66 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska, United States. This 7.9 Mw earthquake was the largest recorded in the United States in 37 year ...

, - !36 , 1988-12-07 07:41:24 , , {{eq-isc-link, -417441 , , 145 , , ARMENIA1988 , ,

, - !37 , 1999-11-12 16:57:19 , , {{eq-isc-link, -1650092 , , 145 , , DUZCE1999 , ,

1999 Düzce earthquake The 1999 Düzce earthquake occurred on 12 November at with a moment magnitude of 7.2 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''), causing damage and at least 845 fatalities in Düzce, Turkey. The epicenter was approximately to the ea ...

, - !38 , 1923-09-01 02:58:35 , , {{eq-isc-link, -911526 , , 145 , , KANTO1923 , ,

, - !39 , 1979-10-15 23:16:57 , , {{eq-isc-link, -657282 , , 142 , , IMPERIAL1979 , ,

1979 Imperial Valley earthquake The 1979 Imperial Valley earthquake occurred at 16:16 Pacific Daylight Time (23:16 UTC) on 15 October just south of the Mexico–United States border. It affected Imperial Valley in Southern California and Mexicali Valley in northern Baja Calif ...

, - !40 , 2003-12-26 01:56:53 , , {{eq-isc-link, -7217667 , , 133 , , BAM2003 , ,

2003 Bam earthquake The 2003 Bam earthquake struck the Kerman province of southeastern Iran at 01:56 UTC (5:26 am Iran Standard Time) on December 26. The shock had a moment magnitude of 6.6 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''). The eart ...

, - !41 , 2014-04-01 23:46:47 , , {{eq-isc-link, -610102185 , , 131 , , IQUIQUE2014 , ,

2014 Iquique earthquake The 2014 Iquique earthquake struck off the coast of Chile on 1 April, with a moment magnitude of 8.2, at 20:46 local time (23:46 UTC). The epicenter of the earthquake was approximately northwest of Iquique. The mainshock was preceded by a numb ...

, - !42 , 2010-01-12 21:53:10 , , {{eq-isc-link, -14226221 , , 127 , , HAITI2010 , ,

, - !43 , 2015-09-16 22:54:30 , , {{eq-isc-link, -611531714 , , 127 , , ILLAPEL2015 , ,

2015 Illapel earthquake The 2015 Illapel earthquake occurred offshore from Illapel (Coquimbo region, Chile) on September 16 at 19:54:32 Chile Standard Time (22:54:32 UTC), with a moment magnitude of 8.3–8.4. The initial quake lasted between three and five minute ...

, - !44 , 2016-10-30 06:40:19 , , {{eq-isc-link, -609624987 , , 120 , , NORCIA2016 , ,

October 2016 Central Italy earthquakes A series of major earthquakes struck Central Italy between the Marche and Umbria regions in October 2016. The third quake on 30 October was the largest in Italy in 36 years, since the 1980 Irpinia earthquake. Earthquakes A magnitude 5.5 earth ...

, - !45 , 2012-05-29 07:00:04 , , {{eq-isc-link, -605482196 , , 120 , , EMILIA2012B , , 2012 Northern Italy earthquakes , - !46 , 1983-05-26 02:59:58 , , {{eq-isc-link, -577008 , , 120 , , SEAOFJAPAN1983 , ,

1983 Sea of Japan earthquake The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginni ...

, - !47 , 1906-04-18 13:12:27 , , {{eq-isc-link, -16957905 , , 120 , , SANFRANCISCO1906 , ,

1906 San Francisco earthquake At 05:12 Pacific Standard Time on Wednesday, April 18, 1906, the coast of Northern California was struck by a major earthquake with an estimated moment magnitude of 7.9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''). High-intensity sh ...

, - !48 , 1944-12-07 04:35:45 , , {{eq-isc-link, - 899647 , , 115 , , TONANKAI1944 , ,

1944 Tōnankai earthquake The 1944 Tōnankai earthquake occurred at 13:35 local time (04:35 UTC) on 7 December. It had an estimated magnitude of 8.1 on the moment magnitude scale (making it the strongest known earthquake of 1944) and a maximum felt intensity of greater th ...

, - !49 , 2019-07-06 03:19:55 , , {{eq-isc-link, -616203758 , , 112 , , RIDGECREST2019B , ,

2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes The 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes (more commonly referred to in scientific literature as the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence) of July 4 and 5 occurred north and northeast of the town of Ridgecrest, California located in Kern County and ...

, - !50 , 2008-06-13 23:43:46 , , {{eq-isc-link, -13377361 , , 111 , , IWATE-MIYAGI2008 , ,

2008 Iwate–Miyagi Nairiku earthquake On June 14, the 2008 Iwate earthquake struck the Tōhoku region of northeastern Honshū in Japan. Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) officially named this earthquake the . This earthquake occurred in the south of the inland of Iwate Prefecture at ...

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