Earthquake An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in intensity, from ...

s are caused by movements within the

Earth's crust Earth's crust is Earth's thin outer shell of rock, referring to less than 1% of Earth's radius and volume. It is the top component of the lithosphere, a division of Earth's layers that includes the crust and the upper part of the mantle. The ...

and uppermost mantle. 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

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , relig ...

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 Mendoza, officially Province of Mendoza, is a province of Argentina, in the western central part of the country in the Cuyo region. It borders San Juan to the north, La Pampa and Neuquén to the south, San Luis to the east, and the republic o ...

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 Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

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 H ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

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 Macedon ...

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

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 China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

Sichuan Province Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

Yunnan Province Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the C ...

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , map_caption = , capit ...

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...

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Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares wit ...

* East Timor (Timor Leste) *

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...

Eritrea Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...

Guam Guam (; ch, Guåhan ) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. It is the westernmost point and territory of the United States (reckoned from the geographic cent ...

Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

Irpinia Irpinia (Modern Latin ''Hirpinia'') is a geographical and cultural region of Southern Italy. It was the inland territory of the ancient ''Hirpini'' tribe, and its extent matches approximately today's province of Avellino. Geography The territor ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the cou ...

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

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 ...

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

Azores ) , motto =( en, "Rather die free than subjected in peace") , anthem= ( en, "Anthem of the Azores") , image_map=Locator_map_of_Azores_in_EU.svg , map_alt=Location of the Azores within the European Union , map_caption=Location of the Azores wi ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

Vrancea County Vrancea () is a county ( județ) in Romania, with its seat at Focșani. It is mostly in the historical region of Moldavia but the southern part, below the Milcov River, is in Muntenia. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 340,310 and ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono Island, Manono an ...

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capita ...

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

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 Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

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 California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...

Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...

Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...

Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...

South Carolina )''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = ...

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...

Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...

Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (french: link=no, République de Vanuatu; bi, Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island country located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of no ...

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

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 Se ...

Levant The Levant () is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia. In its narrowest sense, which is in use today in archaeology and other cultural contexts, it is eq ...

South Asia South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. The region consists of the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.;;;;;;;; ...

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,

1361 Shōhei earthquake The 1361 Shōhei earthquake () was a major earthquake that occurred on August 3, 1361 (Gregorian calendar) in Japan. It is believed that this quake was one of the Nankaidō earthquakes. The magnitude was 8.4 ''Ms'' ( Richter Scale Magnitude was 8. ...

, 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 wides ...

, 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-Cau R ...

, 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 The Aleutian Islands (; ; ale, Unangam Tanangin,”Land of the Aleuts", possibly from Chukchi language, Chukchi ''aliat'', "island"), also called the Aleut Islands or Aleutic Islands and known before 1867 as the Catherine Archipelago, are a cha ...

(now Alaska, United States) , 1585 Aleutian Islands earthquake , 9.25 (est.) , - !3 , , Valparaiso, Chile (then part of the

Spanish Empire The Spanish Empire ( es, link=no, Imperio español), also known as the Hispanic Monarchy ( es, link=no, Monarquía Hispánica) or the Catholic Monarchy ( es, link=no, Monarquía Católica) was a colonial empire governed by Spain and its prede ...

) , 1730 Valparaíso earthquake , 9.1–9.3 (est.) , - !4 , ,

Prince William Sound Prince William Sound (Sugpiaq: ''Suungaaciq'') is a sound of the Gulf of Alaska on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located on the east side of the Kenai Peninsula. Its largest port is Valdez, at the southern terminus of the Tr ...

, 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 Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...

, 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 , ,

Kamchatka Peninsula The Kamchatka Peninsula (russian: полуостров Камчатка, Poluostrov Kamchatka, ) is a peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about . The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk make up the peninsula's eastern and we ...

, Russia , 1737 Kamchatka earthquake , 9.0–9.3 (est.) , - !7 , ,

, Chile ,

1837 Valdivia earthquake The 1837 Valdivia earthquake struck south-central Chile on November 7. Together with earthquakes in 1575 and 1737 the earthquake is among the historical predecessors to the great 1960 earthquake. The rupture zone was roughly from Valdivia to th ...

, 8.8–9.5 (est.) , - !8 , , Pacific Ocean,

Tōhoku region The , Northeast region, or consists of the northeastern portion of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. This traditional region consists of six prefectures (''ken''): Akita, Aomori, Fukushima, Iwate, Miyagi, and Yamagata. Tōhoku retains a ...

, Japan , 2011 Tōhoku earthquake , 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'' (), '' ...

, Japan , 1707 Hōei earthquake , 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

, Indonesia (then part of the

Dutch East Indies The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies ( nl, Nederlands(ch)-Indië; ), was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. It was formed from the nationalised trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, which ...

) , 1833 Sumatra earthquake , 8.8–9.2 (est.) , - !11 , {{dts, 1841-05-17 , {{Flagicon, Russia

Kamchatka The Kamchatka Peninsula (russian: полуостров Камчатка, Poluostrov Kamchatka, ) is a peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about . The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk make up the peninsula's eastern and wes ...

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

, 1841 Kamchatka earthquake , 9.0 (est.) , - !12 , {{dts, 1952-11-04 , {{Flagicon, Russia

Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

, 1952 Severo-Kurilsk earthquake , 9.0 , - !13 , {{dts, 1700-01-26 , {{Flagicon, Canada{{Flagicon, United States Pacific Ocean, US and Canada (then claimed by the

and the

British Empire The British Empire was composed of the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It began with the overseas possessions and trading posts esta ...

) ,

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 P ...

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

Arica Arica ( ; ) is a Communes of Chile, 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 ...

, 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 Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...

(then

Kingdom of Mrauk U The Kingdom of Mrauk-U ( Arakanese: မြောက်ဦး နေပြည်တော်,) was a kingdom that existed on the Arakan littoral from 1429 to 1785. Based out of the capital Mrauk-U, near the eastern coast of the Bay of Bengal, t ...

) ,

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 M ...

, Indonesia (then part of the

) , 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 Iquique () is a port city and commune in northern Chile, capital of both the Iquique Province and Tarapacá Region. It lies on the Pacific coast, west of the Pampa del Tamarugal, which is part of the Atacama Desert. It has a population of 191,468 ...

, 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 ...

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

Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...

, 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 Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of t ...

, Peru (then part of the

) , 1687 Peru earthquake , 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 High islands, volcanic islands in the Aleutian Islands in southwestern Alaska, between Buldir Island and the Near Islands group to its west, ...

, Alaska, United States , 1965 Rat Islands earthquake , 8.7 , - !25 , {{dts, 1787-03-28 , {{Flagicon, Mexico

Oaxaca Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of Mexico. It is ...

, Mexico (then part of the

) , 1787 New Spain earthquake , 8.6 (est.) , - !26 , {{dts, 1816-02-02 , {{Flagicon, Portugal Atlantic Ocean,

, Portugal , 1816 North Atlantic earthquake , 8.6 (est.) , - !27 , {{dts, 1946-04-01 , {{Flagicon, United States

, Alaska, United States , 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake , 8.6 , - !28 , {{dts, 1950-08-15 , {{Flagicon, India{{Flagicon, China Assam, India – Tibet, China , 1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake , 8.6 , - !29 , {{dts, 1957-03-09 , {{Flagicon, United States Andreanof Islands, Alaska, United States , 1957 Andreanof Islands earthquake , 8.6 , - !30 , {{dts, 2005-03-28 , {{Flagicon, Indonesia

, Indonesia , 2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake , 8.6 , - !31 , {{dts, 2012-04-11 , {{Flagicon, Indonesia Indian Ocean,

, Indonesia , 2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes , 8.6 , - !32 , {{dts, 1604-11-24 , {{Flagicon, Chile

, Chile (then part of the

) , 1604 Arica earthquake , 8.5 (est.) , - !33 , {{dts, 1647-05-13 , {{Flagicon, Chile Santiago, Chile (then part of the

) , 1647 Santiago earthquake , 8.5 (est.) , - !34 , {{dts, 1668-07-25 , {{Flagicon, China Shandong, China , 1668 Shandong earthquake , 8.5 (est.) , - !35 , {{dts, 1751-05-24 , {{Flagicon, Chile Concepción, Chile, Concepción, Chile (then part of the

) , 1751 Concepción earthquake , 8.5 (est.) , - !36 , {{dts, 1761-03-31 , {{Flagicon, Portugal Atlantic Ocean,

, Portugal , 1761 Lisbon earthquake , 8.5 (est.) , - !37 , {{dts, 1819-04-04 , {{Flagicon, Chile Copiapó, Chile , 1819 Copiapó earthquake , 8.5 (est.) , - !38 , {{dts, 1822-11-19 , {{Flagicon, Chile Valparaíso, Chile , 1822 Valparaíso earthquake , 8.5 (est.) , - !39 , {{dts, 1835-02-20 , {{Flagicon, Chile Concepción, Chile, Concepción, Chile , 1835 Concepción earthquake , 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

, Indonesia (then part of the

) , 1861 Sumatra earthquake , 8.5 (est.) , - !42 , {{dts, 1896-06-15 , {{Flagicon, Japan Pacific Ocean,

, Japan , 1896 Sanriku earthquake , 8.5 (est.) , - !43 , {{dts, 1922-11-10 , {{Flagicon, Chile Atacama Region, Chile Catamarca Province, Argentina , 1922 Vallenar earthquake , 8.5 , - !44 , {{dts, 1938-02-01 , {{Flagicon, Indonesia Banda Sea, Indonesia (then part of the

) , 1938 Banda Sea earthquake , 8.5 , - !45 , {{dts, 1963-10-13 , {{Flagicon, Russia Kuril Islands, Russia (Soviet Union, USSR) , 1963 Kuril Islands earthquake , 8.5 {, class="wikitable floatleft" style="text-align:center" !Century!! Number of
magnitude ≥8.5 , - , 1501–1600 , , 2 , - , 1601–1700 , , 5 , - , 1701–1800 , , 9 , - , 1801–1900 , , 13 , - , 1901–2000 , , 11 , - , 2001–present , , 5 , - , Total, , 45 {{Clear Note that historical records are known to be incomplete. Earthquakes that occurred in remote areas prior to the advent of modern instrumentation in the early to mid 1900s were not well-reported, and exact locations and magnitudes of such events are often unknown. Therefore, the apparent increase in large earthquake frequency over the last few centuries is unlikely to be accurate.

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 , - , {{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 , - , {{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 Surface wave magnitude, M_s , {{dts, 16 April 1690 , , - , {{flagicon, Argentina Argentina , {{nts, 7.5 Surface wave magnitude, M_s , {{dts, 27 October 1894 , 1894 San Juan earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Armenia Armenia , {{nts, 6.8 Surface wave magnitude, M_s , {{dts, 7 December 1988 , 1988 Armenian earthquake , - , {{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 , - , {{flagicon, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan , {{nts, 7.0–7.3 , {{dts, 30 September 1139 , 1139 Ganja earthquake , - , {{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 , - , {{flagicon, Bolivia Bolivia , {{nts, 8.2 , {{dts, 9 June 1994 , 1994 Bolivia earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Bosnia Bosnia and Herzegovina , {{nts, 6.1 , {{dts, 27 October 1969 , 1969 Banja Luka earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Botswana Botswana , {{nts, 6.7 Richter magnitude scale, 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 Surface wave magnitude, M_s , {{dts, 4 April 1904 , 1904 Kresna earthquakes , - , {{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 , 1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake , - , {{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 , - , {{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 , - , {{flagicon, Czech Republic Czech Republic , {{nts, 4.8 Richter magnitude scale, 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 Richter magnitude scale, 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 , - , {{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 , - , {{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 Surface wave magnitude, 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 , - , {{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 Surface wave magnitude, M_s , {{dts, 23 September 1974 , , - , {{flagicon, Georgia Georgia , {{nts, 7.0 , {{dts, 29 April 1991 , 1991 Racha earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Germany Germany , {{nts, 6.4 Richter magnitude scale, M_L , {{dts, 18 February 1756 , 1756 Düren earthquake , - , {{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 , - , {{flagicon, Grenada Grenada , {{nts, 7.0 Surface wave magnitude, 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 , - , {{flagicon, Guatemala Guatemala , {{nts, 7.7 , {{dts, 6 August 1942 , 1942 Guatemala earthquake , - , {{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 Surface wave magnitude, M_s , {{dts, 7 May 1842 , 1842 Cap-Haïtien earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Honduras Honduras , {{nts, 7.5 , {{dts, 10 January 2018 , 2018 Swan Islands earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Hong Kong Hong Kong , {{nts, 3.8 Richter magnitude scale, M_L , {{dts, 5 January 2020 , , - , {{flagicon, Hungary Hungary , {{nts, 6.2–6.5 , {{dts, 28 June 1763 , 1763 Komárom earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Iceland Iceland , {{nts, 7.0 , {{dts, 22 January 1910 , , - , {{flagicon, India India , {{nts, 8.6 , {{dts, 15 August 1950 , 1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Indonesia Indonesia , {{nts, 9.1–9.3 , {{dts, 26 December 2004 ,

, - , {{flagicon, Iran Iran , {{nts, 7.9 Surface wave magnitude, M_s , {{dts, 22 December 856 , 856 Damghan earthquake , - , {{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 Richter magnitude scale, M_L , {{dts, 6 June 2012 , , - , {{flagicon, Israel Israel , {{nts, 6.3 , {{dts, 11 July 1927 , 1927 Jericho earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Italy Italy , {{nts, 7.4 , {{dts, 11 January 1693 , 1693 Sicily earthquake , - , {{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 , 2011 Tōhoku earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Jersey Jersey , {{nts, 5.4 , {{dts, 30 July 1926 , , - , {{flagicon, Jordan Jordan , {{nts, 6.3 , {{dts, 11 July 1927 , 1927 Jericho earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan , {{nts, 8.0 , {{dts, 11 July 1889 & {{dts, 3 January 1911 , , 1889 Chilik earthquake & 1911 Kebin earthquake , - , {{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 Richter magnitude scale, 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 & 1911 Kebin earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Laos Laos , {{nts, 6.9 Surface wave magnitude, 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 , - , {{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 Richter magnitude scale, 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 , - , {{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 Surface wave magnitude, 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 , - , {{flagicon, Morocco Morocco , {{nts, 6.3 , {{dts, 24 February 2004 , 2004 Al Hoceima earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Mozambique Mozambique , {{nts, 7.0 , {{dts, 22 February 2006 , 2006 Mozambique earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Myanmar Myanmar , {{nts, 8.0+ , {{dts, 23 March 1839 & {{dts, 12 September 1946 , 1839 Ava earthquake and 1946 Sagaing earthquakes , - , {{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 , - , {{flagicon, Netherlands Netherlands , {{nts, 5.3 , {{dts, 13 April 1992 , 1992 Roermond earthquake , - , {{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 , - , {{flagicon, Nicaragua Nicaragua , {{nts, 7.7 , {{dts, 2 September 1992 , 1992 Nicaragua earthquake , - , {{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 , - , {{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 , - , {{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 , - , {{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 , - , {{flagicon, Russia Russia , {{nts, 9.0–9.3 , {{dts, 16 October 1737 , 1737 Kamchatka earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Rwanda Rwanda , {{nts, 5.9 , {{dts, 3 February 2008 , 2008 Lake Kivu earthquake , - , {{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 , - , {{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 , 1995 Gulf of Aqaba earthquake , - , {{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 Richter magnitude scale, M_L , {{dts, 14 April 1895 , 1895 Ljubljana earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Solomon Islands Solomon Islands , {{nts, 8.1 , {{dts, 1 April 2007 , 2007 Solomon Islands earthquake , - , {{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 , - , {{flagicon, Syria Syria , {{nts, 7.6 Surface wave magnitude, M_s , {{dts, 20 May 1202 , 1202 Syria earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Taiwan Taiwan , {{nts, 8.2 , {{dts, 5 June 1920 , 1920 Hualien earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Tajikistan Tajikistan , {{nts, 7.5 , {{dts, 10 July 1949 , 1949 Khait earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Tanzania Tanzania , {{nts, 7.0 , {{dts, 8 July 1919 , , - , {{flagicon, Thailand Thailand , {{nts, 6.1 , {{dts, 5 May 2014 , 2014 Mae Lao earthquake , - , {{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 Surface wave magnitude, M_s , {{dts, 17 August 1668 , 1668 North Anatolia earthquake , - , {{flagicon, Turkmenistan Turkmenistan , {{nts, 7.3 Surface wave magnitude, M_s , {{dts, 5 October 1948 , 1948 Ashgabat earthquake , - , {{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 Richter magnitude scale, M_L , {{dts, 7 June 1931 , 1931 Dogger Bank earthquake , - , {{flagicon, United States United States , {{nts, 9.25 , {{dts, 11 June 1585 , 1585 Aleutian Islands earthquake , - , {{flagicon, U.S. Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands , {{nts, 7.2 , {{dts, 18 November 1867 , 1867 Virgin Islands earthquake and tsunami , - , {{flagicon, Uruguay Uruguay , {{nts, 5.5 Surface wave magnitude, M_s , {{dts, 5 June 1888 , 1888 Río de la Plata earthquake, 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 , - , {{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

{{Main, List of costliest earthquakes This is the top ten major earthquakes by the dollar value of property (public and private) losses directly attributable to the earthquake. {, class="wikitable sortable" , - ! scope="col" , Rank ! scope="col" , Event !Location ! scope="col" , Magnitude ! scope="col" , Property damage , - ! scope="row" , 1 , 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami , {{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 , Great Hanshin earthquake, 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake , {{Flag, Japan , data-sort-value="6.9" , 6.9 , $200 billion , - ! scope="row" , 3 , 2008 Sichuan earthquake , {{Flagicon, China Sichuan, Sichuan, China , data-sort-value="8." , 8.0 , $150 billion , - ! scope="row" , 4 , 2010 Canterbury earthquake , {{Flag, New Zealand , 7.0 , $40 billion , - ! scope="row" , 5 , 2004 Chūetsu earthquake , {{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 , {{Flag, India , data-sort-value="6.9" , 6.9 , $22.3 billion , - ! scope="row" , 7 , 1999 İzmit earthquake , {{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, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, doi=10.7289/V5TD9V7K, year = 1972, type = Data Set , - ! scope="row" , 10 , 2011 Christchurch earthquake , {{Flag, New Zealand , data-sort-value="6.3" , 6.3 , $15–40 billion , -

Deadliest earthquakes

{{See also, Lists_of_20th-century_earthquakes#List_of_deadliest_earthquakes, l1=List of deadliest 20th-century earthquakes per year, Lists_of_21st-century_earthquakes#Deadliest_earthquakes_by_year, l2=List of deadliest 21st-century earthquakes per year The following is a summary list of earthquakes with over approximately 100,000 deaths: {, class="wikitable sortable" , + List of natural disasters by death toll#Earthquakes, Deadliest earthquakes , - ! scope="col" style="width: 3%;" , Rank ! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" , Event ! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" , Date ! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" , Location ! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" , Fatalities ! scope="col" style="width: 8%;" , Magn{{shyitude ! scope="col" style="width: 44%;" class="unsortable" , Notes , - ! scope="row" , 1 , 1556 Shaanxi earthquake , , {{dts, 1556-01-23 , , Shaanxi, China , , data-sort-value="820000", 100,000 (direct toll from quake), (820,000–830,000 (highest possible estimated death toll))International Association of Engineering Geology International Congress. Proceedings. [1990] (1990). {{ISBN, 90-6191-664-X.{{author?, date= September 2018{{title?, date= September 2018{{page needed, date= September 2018 {{verify source, date=September 2018 , , 8.0 , , Estimated death toll in Shaanxi, China , - ! scope="row" , 2 , 1976 Tangshan earthquake , , {{dts, 1976-07-28 , , Hebei, China , , data-sort-value="242769", 242,769–700,000+ , , 7.8 , , , - ! scope="row" , 3 , 1920 Haiyuan earthquake , , {{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 , , {{dts, 526, 05, 21 , , Antioch, Byzantine Empire (modern-day Turkey), , data-sort-value="250000", 250,000{{cite journal, url=http://www.earth-prints.org/bitstream/2122/908/1/01Sbeinati.pdf , title=The historical earthquakes of Syria: an analysis of large and moderate earthquakes from 1365 B.C. to 1900 A.D. , access-date=October 8, 2015, last1=Sbeinati, first1=Mohamed Reda, last2=Darawchech, first2=Ryad, last3=Mouty, first3=Mikhail, journal = Annals of Geophysics , volume = 48 , issue = 3 , pages = 347–435 , date = June 2005 , , 7.0{{cite web, url=http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?eq_0=131&t=101650&s=13&d=22,26,13,12&nd=display, title=Comments for the Significant Earthquake, last=National Geophysical Data Center, access-date=September 22, 2011 , , Procopius (II.14.6), sources based on John of Ephesus. , - ! scope="row" , 5 , 1139 Ganja earthquake , , {{dts, 1139, 09, 30 , , Ganja, Azerbaijan, Ganja, Azerbaijan , , data-sort-value="230000", 230,000–300,000{{cite web, url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/most_destructive.php , title=Most Destructive Known Earthquakes on Record in the World , publisher=Earthquake.usgs.gov , access-date=2022-04-22 , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901233953/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/most_destructive.php , archive-date=2009-09-01 , , 7.0 {{M, w , , Death toll may have been a historical conflation with earthquakes on November 1137 in the Al Jazira, Mesopotamia, Jazira plain and the 1138 Aleppo earthquake. , - , - ! scope="row" , 6 , 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami , , {{dts, 2004-12-26 , , Indian Ocean,

, 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 , 1138 Aleppo earthquake , , {{dts, 1138-10-11 , , Aleppo, 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 Al Jazira, Mesopotamia, Jazira plain and on 1139 Ganja earthquake, September 30, 1139 in the Azerbaijani city of Ganja, Azerbaijan, Ganja. The first mention of a 230,000 death toll was by Ibn Taghribirdi in the fifteenth century. , - ! scope="row" , 8 , 2010 Haiti earthquake , , {{dts, 2010-01-12 , , Haiti , , 100,000–316,000 (estimates), , 7.0 , , Estimates vary from 316,000 (Haitian government) to 222,570 (United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN OCHA estimate) to 158,000 (''Medicine, Conflict and Survival'') to between 85,000 and 46,000 (report commissioned by USAID). , - ! scope="row" , 9 , 1303 Hongdong earthquake , {{dts, 1303, 07, 25 , Shanxi, Shanxi, China , 200,000 , 8.0 , Taiyuan and Pingyang were leveled. , - ! scope="row" , 10 , 856 Damghan earthquake , , {{dts, 856, 12, 22 , , Damghan, Iran , , data-sort-value="200000" , 200,000 , , 7.9 Surface wave magnitude, M_s , , , - ! scope="row" , 11 , 893 Ardabil earthquake , , {{dts, 893, 03, 22 , , Ardabil, Iran , , data-sort-value="150000" , 150,000 , , Unknown , , Reports probably relate to the 893 Dvin earthquake, due to misreading of the Arabic word for Dvin (ancient city), 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 , , {{dts, 1908-12-28 , , Messina, Italy , , data-sort-value="123000" , 123,000The world's worst natural disasters Calamities of the 20th and 21st centuries
''CBC News'.' Retrieved October 29, 2010.'' , , 7.1 , , The ground shook for 30 to 40 seconds around 5:20 am, and destruction occurred within a 300 km radius. 91% of structures in Messina were destroyed and ~70,000 residents died. Rescuers searched for weeks, and whole families were pulled out alive days later. A 40-foot (12 m) tsunami struck nearby coasts. Reggio Calabria on the Italian mainland also suffered heavy damage. , - ! scope="row" , 14 , 1948 Ashgabat earthquake , , {{dts, 1948-10-06 , , Ashgabat, Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic, Turkmen SSR (modern-day Turkmenistan) , , data-sort-value="110000" , 10,000–110,000 , , 7.3 {{M, s, link=y , , , - ! scope="row" , 15 , 1923 Great Kantō earthquake , , {{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, Yokohama, Chiba Prefecture, Chiba, Kanagawa Prefecture, Kanagawa, and Shizuoka Prefecture, Shizuoka. Shaking slid the 93-ton Kōtoku-in, Great Buddha statue at Kamakura, Kanagawa, Kamakura almost two feet forward. Casualty estimates range from 100,000 to 142,800, the latter figure including ~40,000 missing later presumed dead. , - ! scope="row" , 16 , 1290 Chihli earthquake , , {{dts, 1290, 09, 27 , , Ningcheng County, Ningcheng, China, , data-sort-value="100000" , 100,000{{cite web, url=http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?eq_0=488&t=101650&s=13&d=22,26,13,12&nd=display, title=Comments for the Significant Earthquake, last=NGDC, access-date=29 October 2010 , , 6.8 Surface wave magnitude, M_s, , , -

Most studied earthquakes

The 50 most studied earthquakes according to the International Seismological Centre (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 , , 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami , - !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 , , 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami , - !4 , 1999-09-20 17:47:16 , , {{eq-isc-link, -1718616 , , 685 , , CHI-CHI1999 , , 1999 Jiji earthquake , - !5 , 1994-01-17 12:30:54 , , {{eq-isc-link, -189275 , , 494 , , NORTHRIDGE1994 , , 1994 Northridge earthquake , - !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 , - !10 , 1992-06-28 11:57:35 , , {{eq-isc-link, -289086 , , 402 , , LANDERS1992 , , 1992 Landers earthquake , - !11 , 1999-08-17 00:01:38 , , {{eq-isc-link, -1655218 , , 384 , , IZMIT1999 , , 1999 İzmit earthquake , - !12 , 2015-04-25 06:11:26 , , {{eq-isc-link, -607208674 , , 369 , , GORKHA2015 , , April 2015 Nepal earthquake , - !13 , 2016-04-15 16:25:06 , , {{eq-isc-link, -610289055 , , 266 , , KUMAMOTO2016 , , 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes , - !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 , - !17 , 2010-09-03 16:35:46 , , {{eq-isc-link, -15155483 , , 234 , , DARFIELD2010 , , 2010 Canterbury earthquake , - !18 , 2001-01-26 03:16:40 , , {{eq-isc-link, -1763683 , , 232 , , BHUJ2001 , , 2001 Gujarat earthquake , - !19 , 1971-02-09 14:00:40 , , {{eq-isc-link, -787038 , , 230 , , SANFERNANDO1971 , , 1971 San Fernando earthquake , - !20 , 2013-04-20 00:02:47 , , {{eq-isc-link, -607304721 , , 209 , , LUSHAN2013 , , 2013 Lushan earthquake , - !21 , 1976-07-27 19:42:53 , , {{eq-isc-link, -711732 , , 207 , , TANGSHAN1976 , , 1976 Tangshan earthquake , - !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 , - !24 , 1976-05-06 20:00:12 , , {{eq-isc-link, -713583 , , 194 , , FRIULI1976 , , 1976 Friuli earthquake , - !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 , , 2011 Christchurch earthquake , - !27 , 2004-09-28 17:15:24 , , {{eq-isc-link, -7406045 , , 178 , , PARKFIELD2004 , , Parkfield earthquake , - !28 , 2005-03-28 16:09:35 , , {{eq-isc-link, -7486110 , , 177 , , NIAS2005 , , 2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake , - !29 , 2004-10-23 08:55:58 , , {{eq-isc-link, -7421058 , , 176 , , MID-NIIGATA2004 , , 2004 Chūetsu earthquake , - !30 , 2016-11-13 11:02:59 , , {{eq-isc-link, -615035032 , , 168 , , KAIKOURA2016 , , 2016 Kaikōura earthquake , - !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 , - !33 , 2001-11-14 09:26:12 , , {{eq-isc-link, -2331800 , , 158 , , KUNLUN2001 , , 2001 Kunlun earthquake , - !34 , 2005-10-08 03:50:37 , , {{eq-isc-link, -7703077 , , 150 , , KASHMIR2005 , , 2005 Kashmir earthquake , - !35 , 2002-11-03 22:12:41 , , {{eq-isc-link, -6123395 , , 147 , , DENALI2002 , , 2002 Denali earthquake , - !36 , 1988-12-07 07:41:24 , , {{eq-isc-link, -417441 , , 145 , , ARMENIA1988 , , 1988 Armenian earthquake , - !37 , 1999-11-12 16:57:19 , , {{eq-isc-link, -1650092 , , 145 , , DUZCE1999 , , 1999 Düzce earthquake , - !38 , 1923-09-01 02:58:35 , , {{eq-isc-link, -911526 , , 145 , , KANTO1923 , , 1923 Great Kantō earthquake , - !39 , 1979-10-15 23:16:57 , , {{eq-isc-link, -657282 , , 142 , , IMPERIAL1979 , , 1979 Imperial Valley earthquake , - !40 , 2003-12-26 01:56:53 , , {{eq-isc-link, -7217667 , , 133 , , BAM2003 , , 2003 Bam earthquake , - !41 , 2014-04-01 23:46:47 , , {{eq-isc-link, -610102185 , , 131 , , IQUIQUE2014 , , 2014 Iquique earthquake , - !42 , 2010-01-12 21:53:10 , , {{eq-isc-link, -14226221 , , 127 , , HAITI2010 , , 2010 Haiti earthquake , - !43 , 2015-09-16 22:54:30 , , {{eq-isc-link, -611531714 , , 127 , , ILLAPEL2015 , , 2015 Illapel earthquake , - !44 , 2016-10-30 06:40:19 , , {{eq-isc-link, -609624987 , , 120 , , NORCIA2016 , , October 2016 Central Italy earthquakes , - !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 , - !47 , 1906-04-18 13:12:27 , , {{eq-isc-link, -16957905 , , 120 , , SANFRANCISCO1906 , , 1906 San Francisco earthquake , - !48 , 1944-12-07 04:35:45 , , {{eq-isc-link, - 899647 , , 115 , , TONANKAI1944 , , 1944 Tōnankai earthquake , - !49 , 2019-07-06 03:19:55 , , {{eq-isc-link, -616203758 , , 112 , , RIDGECREST2019B , , 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes , - !50 , 2008-06-13 23:43:46 , , {{eq-isc-link, -13377361 , , 111 , , IWATE-MIYAGI2008 , , 2008 Iwate–Miyagi Nairiku earthquake {{refend modified from figure 2, "The most studied events", at the ISC'
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