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| Date |
Location |
Deaths |
Magnitude |
| Aug. 9, 1138 |
Aleppo, Syria |
230,000 |
n.a. |
| Sept. 1290 |
Chihli, China |
100,000 |
n.a. |
Jan. 23, 1556 |
Shansi, China |
830,000 |
n.a. |
| Nov. 1667 |
Shemakha, Caucasia |
80,000 |
n.a. |
| Jan. 11, 1693 |
Sicily, Italy |
60,000 |
n.a. |
| Nov. 18, 1727 |
Tabriz, Iran |
77,000 |
n.a. |
| Nov. 1, 1755 |
Lisbon, Portugal |
70,000 |
8.7 |
| Feb. 4, 1783 |
Calabria, Italy |
50,000 |
n.a. |
|
Dec. 16, 1857 |
Naples, Italy |
11,000 |
6.9 |
|
Oct. 27, 1891 |
Mino-Owari, Japan |
7,200 |
8.0 |
|
Jun. 27, 1897 |
Assam, India |
1,500 |
8.3 |
|
April. 18, 1906 |
San Franciso, California |
3,000 |
7.8 |
|
Aug. 20, 1906 |
Valparaso, Chile |
20,000 |
8.2 |
| Dec. 28, 1908 |
Messina, Italy |
70,000 |
7.5 |
| Dec. 16, 1920 |
Gansu, China |
180,000 |
8.6 |
| Sept. 1, 1923 |
Kwanto, Japan |
143,000 |
8.3 |
|
Mar. 7, 1927 |
Tango, Japan |
3,000 |
7.6 |
| May 22, 1927 |
near Xining, China |
200,000 |
8.3 |
| Dec. 25, 1932 |
Gansu, China |
70,000 |
7.6 |
|
Mar. 2, 1933 |
Sanriku, Japan |
3,000 |
8.4 |
|
Jan. 15, 1934 |
Erzincan, Turkey |
10,700 |
8.1 |
| May 30, 1935 |
Quetta, Pakistan |
50,000 |
7.5 |
|
Dec. 26, 1944 |
Erzincan, Turkey |
32,700 |
7.8 |
|
Dec. 7, 1944 |
Tonankai, Japan |
1,200 |
8.1 |
|
Dec. 20, 1946 |
Nankaido, Japan |
1,300 |
8.1 |
| Oct. 5,
1948 |
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, USSR |
110,000 |
7.3 |
|
Aug. 15, 1950 |
Assam, Tibet |
1,500 |
8.6 |
|
Feb. 29, 1960 |
Agadir, Morocco |
10,000 |
5.7 |
|
May 22, 1960 |
Western Chile |
2,000 |
9.5 |
| May 31, 1970 |
Peru |
66,000 |
7.8 |
|
Feb. 4,
1975 |
Haicheng, China |
10,000 |
7.0 |
|
Feb. 4,
1976 |
Guatemala |
23,000 |
7.5 |
July 27, 1976 |
Tangshan, China |
255,000 |
8.0 |
|
Sept 19, 1985 |
Mexico City, Mexico |
9,500 |
8.1 |
|
Dec. 7, 1988 |
Spitak, Armenia |
9,500 |
6.8 |
| June 20, 1990 |
Northwest Iran |
50,000 |
7.7 |
|
July 16, 1991 |
Northern Philippines |
2,000 |
7.6 |
|
Sept 30, 1993 |
Killari, India |
10,000 |
7.4 |
|
Jan. 17, 1995 |
Kobe, Japan |
6,100 |
7.2 |
|
July 17, 1998 |
New Guinea |
2,100 |
7.0 |
|
Aug. 17, 1999 |
Izmit, Turkey |
17,000 |
7.4 |
|
Sep. 20, 1999 |
Chi-Chi, Taiwan |
2,400 |
7.7 |
|
Jan. 26, 2001 |
Gujarat north-western India |
20,000 |
7.9 |
|
Dec 23, 2003 |
Bam, Iran |
30,000 |
6.6 |
| Dec 26, 2004 |
Indonesian |
270,000 |
9.0 |
| Mar 28, 2005 |
Nias, Indonesian |
1,300 |
8.7 |
| Oct 8,
2005 |
Kashmir, Packistan |
55,000 |
7.6 |
| May 26, 2006 |
Java, Indonesia |
5,749 |
7.9 |
| May 12, 2008 |
Sichuan China |
70,000 |
7.9 |
| Sept 30, 2009 |
Sumatra |
1100 |
7.6 |
| Jan 12, 2010 |
Haiti |
230,000 |
7.0 |
| Feb 27, 2010 |
Chile |
700 |
8.8 |
| Feb 22, 2011 |
New Zealand |
167 |
6.5 |
| March 11, 2011 |
Japan |
27,000 |
9.0 |
| Aug 11, 2012 |
Iran |
306+ |
6.3 |
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