List of earthquakes
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The following is a list of major earthquakes.
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This is a list of significant earthquakes as listed by the USGS. For other ancient or recent earthquakes not listed here, see the tables below.
| Date | Time‡ | Place | Lat. | Long. | Fatalities | Mag. | MX† (M reference) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 23, 1556 | Shaanxi, China see Shaanxi Earthquake |
34.5 | 109.7 | 830,000+ | 8.2~.3 | ||
| August 17, 1668 | Anatolia, Turkey | 40 | 36 | 8,000 | 8 | ||
| January 26, 1700 | Cascadia subduction zone see 1700 Cascadia earthquake |
9 | M (Satake et al, 1996) | ||||
| November 1, 1755 | 10:16 | Lisbon, Portugal see 1755 Lisbon earthquake |
36 | -11 | 80,000 | 8.7 | MI (Johnston, 1996) |
| December 16, 1811 | 08:00 | New Madrid, Missouri, USA see 1812 New Madrid earthquake |
36.6 | -89.6 | 8.1 | MI (Johnston, 1996) | |
| January 23, 1812 | 15:00 | New Madrid, Missouri, USA | 36.6 | -89.6 | 7.8 | MI (Johnston, 1996) | |
| February 7, 1812 | 09:45 | New Madrid, Missouri, USA | 36.6 | -89.6 | 8 | MI (Johnston, 1996) | |
| June 2, 1823 | 08:00 | south flank of Kīlauea, Hawaii, USA | 19.3 | -155 | 7 | MI (Klein and Wright, 2000) | |
| June 10, 1836 | 15:30 | south San Francisco Bay region, California, Mexico (now USA) | 36.9 | -121.5 | 6.5 | MI (Bakun, 1999) | |
| June 1838 | San Francisco Peninsula, California, Mexico (now USA) | 37.3 | -123.2 | 6.8 | MI (Bakun, 1999) | ||
| January 5, 1843 | 02:45 | Marked Tree, Arkansas, USA | 35.5 | -90.5 | 6.3 | MI (Johnston, 1996) | |
| January 9, 1857 | 16:24 | Fort Tejon, California, USA (San Andreas fault from Parkfield to Wrightwood) see 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake |
1 | 7.9 | M (Grant and Sieh, 1993; Stein and Hanks, 1998) | ||
| December 16, 1857 | 21:00 | Naples, Italy | 40.3 | 16 | 11,000 | 6.9 | MI |
| October 8, 1865 | 20:46 | San Jose, California, USA | 37.2 | 121.9 | 6.5 | MI (Bakun, 1999) | |
| April 3, 1868 | 02:25 | Hilea, southeast Hawaii, Hawaii, USA | 19.2 | -155.5 | 77 | 7.9 | MI (Klein and Wright, 2000) |
| October 21, 1868 | 15:53 | Hayward, California, USA, Hayward Fault Zone see 1868 Hayward earthquake |
37.7 | -122.1 | 30 | 6.8 | MI (Bakun, 1999) |
| February 20, 1871 | 08:42 | Molokai, Hawaii, USA | 21.2 | -156.9 | 6.8 | MI (Klein and Wright, 2000) | |
| March 26, 1872 | 10:30 | Owens Valley, California, USA see 1872 Lone Pine earthquake |
36.5 | -118 | 27 | 7.6 | M (Beanland and Clark, 1994) |
| December 15, 1872 | 05:40 | north Cascades, Washington, USA | 47.9 | -120.3 | 7.3 | MI (Malone and Bor, 1979; Rogers et al., 1983) | |
| November 23, 1873 | 05:00 | California-Oregon coast, USA | 42.2 | -124.2 | 7.3 | MI (Bakun, 2000) | |
| August 31, 1886 | 02:51 | Charleston, South Carolina, USA | 32.9 | -80 | 60 | 7.3 | MI (Johnston, 1996) |
| April 24, 1890 | 11:36 | Corralitos, California, USA | 37 | 121.8 | 6.3 | MI (Bakun, 1999) | |
| October 27, 1891 | 21:38 | Mino-Owari (Gifu-Aichi Prefectures), Tōkai region, Japan see Nōbi Earthquake |
35.6 | 136.6 | 7,273 | 8 | MS |
| April 19, 1892 | 10:50 | Vacaville, California, USA | 38.5 | -121.8 | 1 | 6.4 | MI (Bakun, 1999) |
| April 21, 1892 | 17:43 | Winters, California, USA | 38.6 | -122 | 6.4 | MI (Bakun, 1999) | |
| October 31, 1895 | 11:08 | Charleston, Missouri, USA | 37 | -89.4 | 6.6 | MI (Johnston, 1996) | |
| June 15, 1896 | 19:32 | Off the Pacific coast of Sanriku, Iwate Prefecture, Tōhoku region, Japan | 39.5 | 144 | 8.5 (approx) | M | |
| June 12, 1897 | 11:06 | Assam, India | 26 | 91 | 1,500 | 8.3 | |
| June 20, 1897 | 20:14 | Calaveras Fault, California, USA | 37 | -121.6 | 6.3 | MI (Bakun, 1999) | |
| March 31, 1898 | 07:43 | Mare Island, California, USA | 38.1 | 122.4 | 6.3 | MI (Bakun, 1999) | |
| April 15, 1898 | 07:07 | Mendocino County, California, USA | 39.3 | -123.9 | 6.8 | MI (Bakun, 2000) | |
| September 4, 1899 | 00:22 | Cape Yakataga, Alaska, USA | 60 | -142 | 7.9 | MS | |
| September 10, 1899 | 21:41 | Yakutat Bay, Alaska, USA | 60 | -142 | 8 | MS | |
| October 9, 1900 | 12:28 | Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA | 57.1 | -153.5 | 7.7 | MS | |
| March 3, 1901 | 07:45 | Parkfield, California, USA | 36.2 | -120.7 | 6.4 | MS (Abe, 1988) | |
| August 27, 1904 | 21:56 | Fairbanks, Alaska, USA | 64.7 | -148.1 | 7.3 | MS | |
| July 9, 1905 | 09:40 | Mongolia | 49 | 99 | 8.4 | M | |
| January 31, 1906 | 15:36 | Colombia-Ecuador | 1 | -81.5 | 1,000 | 8.8 | M |
| April 18, 1906 | 13:12 | San Francisco, California, USA (San Andreas fault from Cape Mendocino to San Juan Bautista) see San Francisco earthquake of 1906 |
3,000 | 7.8 | M (Bakun, 1999) | ||
| August 17, 1906 | 00:40 | Valparaíso, Chile | -33 | -72 | 20,000 | 8.2 | M |
| December 28, 1908 | 04:20 | Messina & Reggio Calabria, Italy | 38.3 | 15.6 | 70,000 | 7.2 | MS |
| July 1, 1911 | 22:00 | Calaveras Fault, California, USA | 37.39 | -121.8 | 6.5 | MS | |
| October 3, 1915 | 06:52 | [1]http://libraryphoto.cr.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/search.cgi?search_mode=exact&selection=Pleasant+Valley+Earthquake+1915%7CPleasant+Valley%7CEarthquake%7C1915 | 40.5 | -117.5 | 7.1 | M (Stover and Coffman, 1993) | |
| October 11, 1918 | 14:14 | Puerto Rico, USA | 18.47 | -67.63 | 116 | 7.5 | MS (McCann, 1985) |
| December 6, 1918 | 08:41 | Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada | 49.62 | -125.92 | 7 | ML (Gutenberg and Richter, 1954: Rogers, 1983) | |
| December 16, 1920 | 12:05 | Ningxia-Gansu, China see 1920 Haiyuan earthquake |
36.6 | 105.32 | 200,000 | 8.6 | MS |
| January 31, 1922 | 13:17 | offshore, Cape Mendocino, California, USA | 40.7 | -125.55 | 7.3 | MG-R (Ellsworth, 1990) | |
| March 10, 1922 | 11:21 | Parkfield, California, USA | 35.9 | 120.9 | 6.1 | M (Bakun and McEvilly, 1984) | |
| January 22, 1923 | 09:04 | offshore, Cape Mendocino, California, USA | 40.49 | -125.32 | 7.2 | MG-R (Ellsworth, 1990) | |
| September 1, 1923 | 02:58 | Kantō region, Japan see 1923 Great Kantō earthquake |
35.4 | 139.08 | 143,000 | 7.9 | M |
| February 2, 1925 | 02:19 | Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada see 1925 Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake |
47.76 | -69.84 | 6.3 | M (Bent, 1992) | |
| June 28, 1925 | 01:21 | Clarkston Valley, Montana, USA | 46.32 | -111.52 | 6.6 | M (Dosier, 1989) | |
| June 29, 1925 | 14:42 | Santa Barbara, California, USA | 34.3 | -119.8 | 13 | 6.8 | M (Stein and Hanks, 1998) |
| October 22, 1926 | 12:35 | Monterey Bay, California, USA | 36.62 | -122.35 | 6.1 | MG-R (Ellsworth, 1990) | |
| October 22, 1926 | 13:35 | Monterey Bay, California, USA | 36.55 | -122.18 | 6.1 | MG-R (Ellsworth, 1990) | |
| March 7, 1927 | 09:27 | Tango Peninsula, northern Kyoto Prefecture, Kinki region, Japan | 35.8 | 134.92 | 3,020 | 7.6 | MS |
| May 22, 1927 | 22:32 | Gulang, Gansu, China | 37.39 | 102.31 | 40,000 | 7.9 | MS |
| November 4, 1927 | 13:51 | offshore Lompoc, California, USA | 34.92 | -121.03 | 7.1 | M (Stein and Hanks, 1998) | |
| November 18, 1929 | 20:32 | Grand Banks, Newfoundland, Canada | 44.69 | -56.01 | 7.3 | M (Bent, 1995) | |
| December 21, 1932 | 06:10 | Cedar Mountain, Nevada, USA | 38.51 | -118.08 | 7.2 | M | |
| March 2, 1933 | 17:31 | Off the Pacific coast of Sanriku, Iwate Prefecture, Tōhoku region, Japan see 1933 Sanriku earthquake |
39.22 | 144.62 | 2,990 | 8.4 | M |
| March 11, 1933 | 01:54 | Long Beach, California, USA see 1933 Long Beach earthquake |
33.6 | -118 | 115 | 6.4 | M (Hauksson & Gross, 1991) |
| November 20, 1933 | 23:21 | Baffin Bay, Canada | 73 | -69.98 | 7.4 | M (Stein et al. 1979) | |
| January 15, 1934 | 08:43 | Bihar, India | 27.55 | 87.09 | 10,700 | 8.1 | M (Chen and Molnar, 1977) |
| June 8, 1934 | 04:47 | Parkfield, California, USA | 35.9 | -120.9 | 6.1 | M (Bakun and McEvilly, 1984) | |
| November 1, 1935 | 06:03 | Témiscaming, Quebec, Canada See 1935 Timiskaming earthquake. |
48.89 | -79 | 6.2 | M (Bent, 1996) | |
| July 22, 1937 | 17:09 | Salcha, Alaska, USA | 64.49 | -146.85 | 7.3 | MS | |
| January 23, 1938 | 08:32 | Maui, Hawaii, USA | 20.96 | -156.18 | 6.8 | MS (Klein and Wright, 2000) | |
| November 10, 1938 | 20:18 | Shumagin Islands, Alaska, USA | 55.33 | -158.37 | 8.2 | M | |
| December 26, 1939 | 23:57 | Erzincan, Turkey see 1939 Erzincan earthquake |
39.77 | 39.53 | 32,700 | 7.8 | MS |
| May 19, 1940 | 04:36 | Imperial Valley, California, USA | 32.73 | -115.5 | 9 | 7.1 | M (Ellsworth, 1990) |
| November 10, 1940 | 01:39 | Vrancea, Romania | 45.80 | 26.70 | 4,000 | 7.4 | M (LT, 2007) |
| December 7, 1944 | 04:35 | Off the east coast of Kii Peninsula, Wakayama Prefecture, Kinki region, Japan known as 東南海地震 (Tōnankai jisjin ?) |
33.75 | 136 | 1,223 | 8.1 | M |
| April 1, 1946 | 12:28 | Unimak Island, Alaska, USA | 52.75 | -163.5 | 165 | 7.3 | MS (Stover and Coffman, 1993) |
| June 23, 1946 | 17:13 | Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada see 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake |
49.75 | -124.5 | 7.3 | ML (Gutenberg and Richter, 1954: Rogers, 1983) | |
| August 4, 1946 | 17:51 | Dominican Republic | 19.25 | -69 | 100 | 8 | MS (Abe, 1981) |
| December 20, 1946 | 19:19 | Off southern Wakayama Prefecture, Kinki-Shikoku regions, Japan see 1946 Nankaidō earthquake |
32.5 | 134.5 | 1,330 | 8.1 | M |
| October 16, 1947 | 02:09 | Fairbanks, Alaska, USA | 64.2 | -148.3 | 7.2 | M | |
| April 13, 1949 | 19:55 | Olympia, Washington, USA | 47.1 | -122.7 | 8 | 7.1 | ML (Baker and Langston, 1987) |
| August 22, 1949 | 04:01 | Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada see 1949 Queen Charlotte earthquake |
53.62 | -133.27 | 8.1 | MS (Gutenberg and Richter, 1954) | |
| August 15, 1950 | 14:09 | Assam-Tibet | 28.5 | 96.5 | 1,526 | 8.6 | M |
| August 21, 1951 | 10:57 | Kona, Hawaii, USA | 19.5 | -155.95 | 6.9 | MS (Klein and Wright, 2000) | |
| July 21, 1952 | 11:52 | Kern County, California, USA | 34.95 | -119.05 | 12 | 7.3 | M (Stein and Hanks, 1998) |
| November 4, 1952 | 16:58 | Kamchatka, Russia see Kamchatka earthquakes |
52.76 | 160.06 | 9 | M | |
| March 29, 1954 | 06:17 | Spain | 37.03 | -3.51 | 7.9 | M | |
| July 6, 1954 | 11:13 | Rainbow Mountain, Nevada, USA | 39.42 | -118.53 | 6.6 | M (Ellsworth, 1990) | |
| August 24, 1954 | 05:51 | Stillwater, Nevada, USA | 39.58 | -118.45 | 6.8 | M (Ellsworth, 1990) | |
| December 16, 1954 | 11:07 | Fairview Peak, Nevada, USA | 39.32 | -118.2 | 7.1 | M (Ellsworth, 1990) | |
| December 16, 1954 | 11:11 | Dixie Valley, Nevada, USA | 39.5 | -118 | 6.8 | M (Ellsworth, 1990) | |
| October 24, 1955 | 04:10 | Concord, California, USA | 38 | -122.1 | 1 | 5.4 | ML (Bolt and Miller, 1975) |
| March 9, 1957 | 14:22 | Andreanof Islands, Alaska, USA see 1957 Andreanof Islands earthquake |
51.56 | -175.39 | 9.1 | M | |
| December 4, 1957 | 03:37 | Govi-Altai Province, Mongolia | 45.15 | 99.21 | 30 | 8.1 | M |
| April 7, 1958 | 15:30 | Huslia, Alaska, USA | 65.94 | -156.37 | 7.3 | M | |
| July 10, 1958 | 06:15 | Fairweather, Alaska, USA comment caused megatsunami in Lituya Bay, Alaska |
58.37 | -136.66 | 5 | 7.7 | M |
| August 18, 1959 | 06:37 | Hebgen Lake, Montana, USA see 1959 Yellowstone earthquake |
44.6 | -110.64 | 28 | 7.3 | M (Dosier, 1985) |
| February 29, 1960 | 23:40 | Agadir, Morocco see 1960 Agadir earthquake) |
30.5 | -9.3 | 10,000 | 5.7 | M |
| May 22, 1960 | 19:11 | Valdivia, Chile see 1960 Valdivia earthquake |
-38.24 | -73.05 | 5,700 | 9.5 | M |
| March 28, 1964 | 03:36 | Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA see 1964 Alaska earthquake |
61.02 | -147.65 | 125 | 9.2 | M |
| June 16, 1964 | 04:01 | Off northern Niigata Prefecture, Chūbu region, Japan | 38.43 | 139.23 | 26 | 7.5 | M |
| February 4, 1965 | 05:01 | Rat Islands, Alaska, USA | 51.21 | -178.5 | 8.7 | M | |
| April 29, 1965 | 08:29 | Seattle-Tacoma, Washington, USA | 47.32 | -122.33 | 7 | 6.5 | ML (Algermissen and Harding, 1965) |
| June 28, 1966 | 04:26 | Parkfield, California, USA | 35.88 | -120.49 | 6.1 | M (Tsai and Aki, 1969) | |
| September 12, 1966 | 16:41 | Truckee, California, USA | 39.38 | -120.22 | 5.9 | M (Tsai and Aki, 1970) | |
| December 10, 1967 | 22:51 | Koynanagar, India | 17.39 | 73.77 | 6.3 | M (Langston, 1976) | |
| August 31, 1968 | 22:51 | Dasht Bayaz & Ferdows, Iran see 1968 Dasht-e Bayaz and Ferdows earthquake |
33.9 | 59.02 | 7,000-12,000 | 7.3 | |
| October 2, 1969 | 06:19 | Santa Rosa, California, USA | 38.3 | -122.76 | 1 | 5.7 | ML (Bolt and Miller, 1975) |
| May 31, 1970 | 20:23 | Peru | -9.25 | -78.84 | 66,000 | 7.9 | M |
| July 31, 1970 | 17:08 | Colombia | -1.49 | -72.56 | 8 | MS | |
| February 9, 1971 | 14:00 | Sylmar, California, USA see Sylmar earthquake |
34.4 | -118.39 | 65 | 6.7 | M (Heaton, 1982) |
| December 23, 1972 | 06:29 | Managua, Nicaragua see 1972 Nicaragua earthquake |
12.35 | 86.12 | 6,000 | 6.2 | MW (Brown, R. D., P. L. Ward, and G. Plafker (1973)) |
| February 4, 1975 | 11:36 | Haicheng, China see 1975 Haicheng earthquake |
40.72 | 122.73 | 10,000 | 7 | M (Cipar, 1979) |
| August 1, 1975 | 20:20 | Oroville, California, USA | 39.5 | -121.39 | 5.8 | M | |
| November 29, 1975 | 14:47 | south flank of Kīlauea, Hawaii, USA | 19.45 | -155.03 | 2 | 7.2 | MS (Klein and Wright, 2000) |
| February 4, 1976 | 09:01 | Guatemala | 15.3 | -89.14 | 23,000 | 7.5 | M |
| July 27, 1976 | 19:42 | Tangshan, China see Tangshan earthquake |
39.61 | 117.89 | 242,419* | 7.6 | M |
| September 16, 1978 | 19:38 | Tabas, Yazd Province, Iran see 1978 Tabas earthquake |
7.7 | ||||
| August 6, 1979 | 17:05 | Coyote Lake (Santa Clara County, California), USA | 37.11 | -121.52 | 5.7 | M (Ellsworth, 1990) | |
| October 15, 1979 | 23:17 | Imperial Valley, California, USA | 32.82 | -115.65 | 6.4 | M (Hartzell and Heaton, 1983) | |
| January 24, 1980 | 19:00 | Livermore, California, USA | 37.71 | -121.73 | 5.8 | M (Bolt et al., 1981) | |
| May 25, 1980 | 16:33 | Mammoth Lakes, California, USA | 37.6 | -118.83 | 6.1 | M (Ellsworth, 1990) | |
| May 25, 1980 | 16:49 | Mammoth Lakes, California, USA | 37.65 | -118.9 | 5.9 | ML (Ellsworth, 1990) | |
| May 25, 1980 | 19:44 | Mammoth Lakes, California, USA | 37.55 | -118.82 | 5.8 | M (Ellsworth, 1990) | |
| May 27, 1980 | 14:50 | Mammoth Lakes, California, USA | 37.48 | -118.8 | 6 | M (Ellsworth, 1990) | |
| November 8, 1980 | 10:27 | Gorda Plate, California, USA | 41.12 | -124.67 | 7.2 | M (Ellsworth, 1990) | |
| November 23, 1980 | 19:34 | Irpinia, Southern Italy | 40.87 | 15.31 | 2735 | 6.8 | M |
| May 2, 1983 | 23:42 | Coalinga, California, USA | 36.23 | -120.32 | 6.5 | M (Ellsworth, 1990) | |
| March 31, 1983 | Popayan, Cauca Department, Colombia | 197 | 5.5 | ||||
| October 28, 1983 | 14:06 | Borah Peak, Idaho, USA | 44.09 | -113.8 | 2 | 7 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
| November 16, 1983 | 16:13 | Kaoiki, Hawaii, USA | 19.44 | 155.38 | 6.7 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) | |
| April 24, 1984 | 21:15 | Morgan Hill, California, USA | 37.3 | -121.71 | 6.2 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) | |
| November 23, 1984 | 18:08 | Round Valley, California, USA | 37.45 | -118.6 | 5.7 | M (Ellsworth, 1990) | |
| September 19, 1985 | 13:17 | Michoacán, Mexico see 1985 Mexico City earthquake |
18.44 | -102.36 | 9,500 | 8 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
| December 23, 1985 | 05:16 | Nahanni, Northwest Territories, Canada | 62.16 | -124.31 | 6.8 | M (Wetmiller et al., 1988) | |
| May 7, 1986 | 22:47 | Andreanof Islands, Alaska, USA | 51.56 | -174.81 | 8 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) | |
| July 8, 1986 | 09:20 | north Palm Springs, California, USA | 33.97 | -116.78 | 6.1 | M (Hartzell, 1989) | |
| July 21, 1986 | 14:42 | Chalfant Valley, California, USA | 37.53 | -118.43 | 6.2 | M (Ellsworth, 1990) | |
| October 1, 1987 | 14:42 | Whittier Narrows, California, USA see Whittier Narrows earthquake |
34.06 | -118.13 | 8 | 5.9 | M (Hartzell and Iida, 1990) |
| November 30, 1987 | 19:23 | Gulf of Alaska, USA | 58.84 | -142.6 | 7.9 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) | |
| January 22, 1988 | 00:35 | Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia | -19.87 | 133.78 | 6.3 | M (Choy and Bowman, 1990) | |
| January 22, 1988 | 03:57 | Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia | -19.88 | 133.83 | 6.4 | M (Choy and Bowman, 1990) | |
| January 22, 1988 | 12:04 | Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia | -19.9 | 133.83 | 6.6 | M (Choy and Bowman, 1990) | |
| March 6, 1988 | 22:35 | Gulf of Alaska, USA | 57.26 | -142.75 | 7.8 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) | |
| November 25, 1988 | 23:46 | Saguenay, Quebec, Canada | 48.06 | -71.27 | 5.9 | M (Boatwright and Choy, 1992) | |
| December 7, 1988 | 07:41 | Spitak, Armenia see Spitak Earthquake |
40.93 | 44.11 | 25,000 | 6.8 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
| October 17, 1989 | 00:04 | Loma Prieta, California, USA see 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake |
37.14 | -121.76 | 63 | 6.9 | M (Wald et al., 1991) |
| December 25, 1989 | 14:24 | Ungava Peninsula, Quebec, Canada | 60.07 | -73.54 | 6 | M (Bent, 1994) | |
| June 28, 1991 | 14:43 | Sierra Madre, California, USA | 34.25 | -117.95 | 2 | 5.6 | M (Wald et al., 1991) |
| August 17, 1991 | 22:17 | Honeydew, California, USA | 41.79 | -125.58 | 7.1 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) | |
| April 23, 1992 | 04:50 | Joshua Tree, California, USA | 33.87 | -116.55 | 6.1 | M (Hauksson et al., 1993) | |
| April 25, 1992 | 18:06 | Cape Mendocino, California, USA | 40.38 | -124.05 | 7.2 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) | |
| April 26, 1992 | 07:41 | offshore, Cape Mendocino, California, USA | 40.55 | -124.29 | 6.5 | M (Oppenheimer et al., 1993) | |
| April 26, 1992 | 11:18 | offshore, Cape Mendocino, California, USA | 40.44 | -124.43 | 6.7 | M (Oppenheimer et al., 1993) | |
| June 28, 1992 | 11:57 | Landers, California, USA | 34.2 | -116.52 | 3 | 7.3 | M (Sieh et al. 1993) |
| June 29, 1992 | 10:14 | Little Skull Mountain, Nevada, USA | 36.77 | -116.32 | 5.7 | M (Walter, 1993) | |
| September 2, 1992 | 00:16 | Nicaragua | 11.77 | -87.35 | 116 | 7.7 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
| September 29, 1993 | 22:25 | Latur-Killari, India | 18.08 | 76.52 | 9,748 | 6.2 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
| January 17, 1994 | 12:30 | Reseda, Los Angeles, California, USA see 1994 Northridge earthquake |
34.18 | -118.56 | 60 | 6.7 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
| June 9, 1994 | 00:33 | Bolivia | -13.86 | -67.49 | 5 | 8.2 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
| September 1, 1994 | 15:15 | Cape Mendocino, California, USA | 40.38 | -125.78 | 7.1 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) | |
| January 17, 1995 | 05:46 | Southern Hyōgo Prefecture, Kinki region, Japan see Kōbe earthquake |
34.57 | 135.03 | 5,502 | 6.9 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
| May 21, 1997 | 22:51 | Jabalpur, India | 23.07 | 80.12 | 38 | 5.8 | M (Singh et al., 1999) |
| July 17, 1998 | 08:49 | New Guinea, Papua New Guinea | -2.94 | 142.58 | 2,183 | 7 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
| January 25, 1999 | 13:19 | Quindio And Risaralda,Colombia | 4.45 | -75.65 | 1,185 | 6.2 | |
| August 17, 1999 | 00:01 | İzmit, Turkey see İzmit earthquake |
40.77 | 30 | 17,118 | 7.6 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
| September 20, 1999 | 17:47 | Chichi, Nantou, Taiwan see 1999 Chichi earthquake |
23.82 | 120.86 | 2,400 | 7.7 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
| October 16, 1999 | 09:46 | Hector Mine, California, USA | 34.56 | -116.44 | 7.2 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) | |
| November 12, 1999 | 16:57 | Düzce, Turkey | 40.82 | 31.23 | 894 | 7.2 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
| September 3, 2000 | 08:36 | Napa, California, USA | 38.38 | -122.41 | 5 | M (BRK) | |
| November 16, 2000 | 04:54 | New Ireland, Papua New Guinea | -4 | 152.33 | 8 | ||
| January 13, 2001 | 17:33 | El Salvador | 13.04 | -88.66 | 844 | 7.7 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
| January 26, 2001 | 03:16 | Gujarat, India see 2001 Gujarat earthquake |
23.39 | 70.23 | 20,085 | 7.7 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
| February 28, 2001 | 18:54 | Olympia, Washington, USA see 2001 Nisqually earthquake |
47.11 | -122.6 | 6.8 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) | |
| June 23, 2001 | 20:33 | coastal Peru | -16.3 | -73.55 | 75 | 8.4 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
| March 25, 2002 | 14:56 | Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan | 36.06 | 69.32 | 1,000 | 6.1 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
| April 20, 2002 | 10:50 | Au Sable Forks, New York, USA | 44.51 | -73.7 | 5.2 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) | |
| November 3, 2002 | 22:12 | Denali National Park, Alaska, USA see 2002 Denali earthquake |
63.52 | -147.44 | 7.9 | M (QED) | |
| May 21, 2003 | 18:44 | Boumerdès, Algeria see 2003 Boumerdès earthquake |
36.96 | 3.63 | 2,266 | 6.8 | M (QED) |
| September 25, 2003 | 19:50 | Southeast off Tokachi-Hidaka Subprefectures, Hokkaidō, Japan see 2003 Hokkaido earthquake known as 十勝沖地震 (Tokachi-oki jishin ?) |
41.82 | 143.91 | 8.3 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) | |
| November 17, 2003 | 06:43 | Rat Islands, Alaska, USA | 51.15 | 178.65 | 7.8 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) | |
| December 22, 2003 | 19:15 | San Simeon, California, USA | 35.71 | -121.10 | 2 | 6.6 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
| December 26, 2003 | 01:56 | southeastern Iran see Bam: 2003 earthquake |
29.00 | 58.31 | 31,000 | 6.6 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
| September 28, 2004 | 17:15 | Parkfield, California, USA see Parkfield-San Bernardino earthquake |
35.81 | -120.37 | 6.0 | M (QED) | |
| December 26, 2004 | 00:58 | off west coast northern Sumatra, Indonesia see 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake |
3.30 | 95.87 | 300,000 is the Minimum number of dead and missing according to several sources | 9.3 | M (QED) |
| March 28, 2005 | 16:09 | Northern Sumatra, Indonesia see 2005 Sumatra earthquake |
2.07 | 97.01 | 1,313 | 8.7 | M (QED) |
| October 30, 2007 | 16:09 | San Jose, California | 37 | 122 | 0 | 5.6 | M (QED) |
| May 12, 2008 | 14:28 | Sichuan, Gansu and Shaanxi, China see 2008 Sichuan earthquake |
31.0 | 103.4 | 65,000 current estimate** | 8.0 | M (QED) |
† MG-R = Gutenberg and Richter's (1954) magnitude, MS = 20 s surface-wave magnitude, M = moment magnitude (Hanks and Kanamori, 1979), and MI is an intensity magnitude, ML is local magnitude (Richter, 1935).
‡ GMT
* Fatalities estimated as high as 655,000.
** Current death toll 69,197, could be over 87,000.
Source: United States Geological Survey (USGS) [3]
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| Date | Site | Deaths | Magnitude or intensity* | Comments | Source |
| 464 BC | Sparta, Greece | ? | – | Led to a helot uprising and strained relations with Athens, one of the factors that led to the Peloponnesian War | – |
| 226 BC | Rhodes, Greece | ? | – | Destroyed Colossus of Rhodes and city of Kameiros | – |
| 365 | Knossos, Crete (Greece) | "thousands" | XI | 365 Crete earthquake | Ammianus Marcellinus[2] and numerous other late Antiquity writers[3] |
| 365 | Cyrene, Libya | ? | – | – | |
| 518 | Sagalassos, Turkey | - | – | Recent excavation of statues of Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, Faustina the Elder[4][5][6] | Sagalassos#History |
| May 19, 526 | Antioch, Syria (article) | 250,000 | – | 526's Antioch earthquake, The city of Antioch was greatly damaged, and some decades later the city's population was just 300,000. | Procopius, II.14.6; sources based on John of Ephesus |
| 844 | Damascus, Syria | 50,000 | VIII | – | |
| 847 | Mosul, Iraq | 50,000 | – | – | |
| 847 | Damascus, Syria | 70,000 | X | – | |
| 856 | Corinth, Greece | 45,000 | – | – | |
| 893 | Caucasus | 82,000 | – | – | |
| 893 | Udaipur, India | 180,000 | – | – | |
| 893 | Ardabil, Iran | 150,000 | – | – | |
| 1036 | Shanxi, China | 23,000 | – | – | |
| 1042 | Palmyra, Baalbek, Syria | 50,000 | X | – | |
| 1057 | Chihli (Hopeh), China | 25,000 | – | – | |
| 1138 | Ganzah, Aleppo, Syria | 230,000 | XI | ||
| 1156-1157 | Syria | ? | – | – | |
| 1170 | Sicily | 15,000 | – | – | |
| June 29, 1170 | Eastern Mediterranean | 5,000[7]-80,000 in Aleppo 25,000 in Hama |
7.3-7.5[8] -7.7[9] | Syria, Lebanon, central southern Turkey | Numerous sources from Crusader times[10] |
| July 5, 1201 | Eastern Mediterranean | 1,100,000 | IX | Damage across a wide area from Syria to Upper Egypt | – |
| 1268 | Cilicia, Anatolia (Turkey) | 60,000 | – | 1268 Cilicia earthquake | – |
| September 27, 1290 | Chihli (Hopeh), China | 100,000 | 6.7 | – | |
| May 26, 1293 | Kamakura, (now in Kanagawa Prefecture, Kantō region,) Japan | 30,000 | – | – | |
| October 18, 1356 | Basel, Switzerland | 1,000 | 6.5 | 1356 Basel earthquake | – |
| May 21, 1382 | Canterbury, UK | ? | 5.8 | Struck during synod - later called "Earthquake Synod" - called to condemn heresy of John Wycliffe - some saw as portentous | [11]/[12] |
| February 2, 1428 | Catalonia (now Spain) | 100s | VIII–IX | The Catalan earthquake of 1428 is sometimes called the terratrèmol de la candelera because it took place during the Candlemas. | [13]/[14] |
| September 10, 1509 | Istanbul, Turkey see 1509 Istanbul earthquake |
10,000 | 7.2 | – | |
| January 26, 1531 | Lisbon, Portugal | 30,000 | – | – | |
| July 13, 1605 | Qiongshan, Hainan, China | 3,000 | X | – | |
| April 6, 1667 | Dubrovnik, Croatia | 3,000 | 7,5 | – | |
| November 25, 1667 | Shemakha, Azerbaijan | 80,000 | XII | – | |
| June 7, 1692 | Port Royal, Jamaica | 30,000 | – | – | |
| January 11, 1693 | Catania Province, Sicily | 60,000 | – | – | |
| 1693 | Naples, Italy | 93,000 | – | – | |
| 1707 | Japan (seismic wave) | 30,000 | – | – | |
| 1731 | Beijing, China | 100,000 | – | – | |
| October 16, 1737 | Kamchatka, Russia | 9.3 | See Kamchatka earthquakes | – | |
| June 7, 1755 | Northern Persia | 40,000 | – | – | |
| November 18, 1755 | Boston, Massachusetts, USA | 0 | – | – | |
| February 28, 1780 | Iran | 200,000 | – | Latitude: 38, longitude: 46.2 | – |
| February 4—5, March 28, 1783 | Calabria, Italy | 35,000 | – | – | |
| February 4, 1797 | Quito, Ecuador & Cuzco, Peru | 41,000 | – | – | |
| February 10, 1797 | Sumatra, East Indies (now Indonesia) | 300 | 8.4 | – | |
| November 22, 1800, 1:30 p.m. local time | San Diego, California, USA (lat. 34.00, long. 117.18) | Unknown | 6.5 | Resulted in varying levels of damage at Mission San Diego de Alcalá, Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, and Mission San Juan Capistrano | California Earthquake History 1769-Present |
| December 8, 1812, 9:45 a.m. local time | Wrightwood, California, USA (lat. 34.22, long. 117.39) | 42 | 7.0 | Destroyed the "Great Stone Church" at Mission San Juan Capistrano | Southern California Earthquake Data Center |
| December 21, 1812, 11:00 a.m. local time | Santa Barbara Channel, California, USA (lat. 34.12, long. 119.54) | 0 | 7.0 | Destroyed the church at Mission Santa Barbara, caused near-total destruction at Mission La Purísima Concepción, and considerable damage at Mission Santa Inés | Southern California Earthquake Data Center |
| November 25, 1833 | Sumatra, East Indies (now Indonesia) | 8.7 | – | ||
| May 8, 1847 | Around Zenkō-ji Temple, (now in Nagano Prefecture, Chūbu region,) Japan | more than 8,300 | 7.4 | 2,094 houses lost by fire with quake at Nagano | – |
| January 23, 1855 21:11 local time | Wairarapa, New Zealand see 1855 Wairarapa earthquake |
4 | ~8.0 | Raised sections of Wellington coastline by 2 metres | – |
| November 11, 1855 | Edo (now Tokyo, Kantō region), Japan | more than 4,700 | 6.9 | 10,000 house destroyed in Edo | 安政の大地震 in Japanese |
| February 16, 1861 | Sumatra, East Indies (now Indonesia) | 8.5 | – | ||
| September 9, 1880, 7:04 local time | Zagreb, Croatia | 1 | 6.3 | – | |
| April 4, 1905 | Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India | 20,000 | 7.8 | Kangra district HQ Dharamsala devastated | [4] |
| June 11, 1909 | Lambesc, France | 46 | 6,2 | Highest magnitude earthquake ever recorded in continental France. 250 wounded. 2,000 buildings damaged | |
| February 3, 1931, 10:47 local time | Napier, New Zealand see 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake |
258 | 7.9 | Much of city destroyed; 40 km² of seabed raised to become dry land | – |
| December 25, 1932, | Gansu, China | 70,000 | 7.6 | – | |
| April 21, 1935, 6:02 local time | Shinchiku-Taichū, Taiwan | 3,279 | 7.1 | – | |
| December 20, 1942, | Turkey see North Anatolian Fault |
6.9 | – | ||
| November 26, 1943, | Turkey see North Anatolian Fault |
7.7 | – | ||
| January 15, 1944, 20:50 GMT-3 | San Juan, Argentina | 8,000 ~ 10,000 | IX (7.8) | The 30 second long earthquake destroyed 95% of the city, located 30 km from the epicentre. | – |
| February 1, 1944, | Turkey see North Anatolian Fault |
7.5 | – | ||
| August 17, 1949, | Turkey see North Anatolian Fault |
7.1 | – | ||
| August 13, 1951, | Turkey see North Anatolian Fault |
6.8 | – | ||
| August 8-August 12, 1953 | Kefalonia, Greece |
476 | 7.2 | 113 tremors over five days | – |
| March 1, 1954 | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
5.5 | Lasted 20-30 seconds, caused 3 serious injuries and 3,000 buildings were damaged. | [15] | |
| May 26, 1957, | Turkey see North Anatolian Fault |
6.8 | – | ||
| July 26, 1963 | Skopje, Yugoslavia | 6.1 | see 1963 Skopje earthquake | – | |
| August 19, 1966, | Turkey see North Anatolian Fault |
6.6 | – | ||
| July 22, 1967, | Turkey see North Anatolian Fault |
7.0 | – | ||
| October 25 and 26, 1969, 16:30 and 8:00 local time | Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 and 20 | 6.2 and 7.0 | – | |
| January 4, 1970 | China see 1970 Tonghai earthquake[16] |
10,000[16]–15,000[17] | 7.7[16] | Reuters, People's Republic of China State Seismology Bureau | |
| May 22, 1971, | Turkey see North Anatolian Fault |
6.8 | – | ||
| December 23, 1972 | Managua, Nicaragua | 5,000 – 20,000 | 6.3 | Somoza mishandling of earthquake aid has been cited as a contributing factor to the Sandinista revolution; devastated largest city in Nicaragua (Managua) | – |
| June 30, 1975 | Norris Junction, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | 0 | 6.1 | Largest earthquake in Yellowstone Caldera since 1959 Hebgen Lake event | – |
| March 4, 1977 | Bucharest, Romania see 1977 Bucharest earthquake |
1500 | 7.5 | Lasted ~5 minutes and left the capital devastated. | – |
| April 15, 1979 | Herceg Novi, Dubrovnik, Montenegro, Croatia | 100 | 5.6 | – | |
| December 28, 1989 | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia | 13 | 5.6 | This is the only deadly Australian earthquake recorded to date | – |
| June 21, 1990 | Northwestern Iran; see 1990 Manjil-Rudbar earthquake | 40000 | 7.7 | – | |
| March 13, 1992 | Erzincan,Turkey see North Anatolian Fault |
6.5 | – | ||
| November 14, 2001 | Qinghai,China see 2001 Kunlun earthquake |
0 | 7.8 | Longest surface rupture (~450 km) ever recorded on land | [18] |
Note: Magnitudes are generally estimations from intensity data. When no magnitude was available, the maximum intensity, written as a Roman numeral from I to XII, is given.
| Date | Time‡ | Place | Lat. | Long. | Fatalities | Comments | Magnitude |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 5, 2004 | 10:07 and 14:57 UTC (19:07 and 23:57 Local Time) | Southeast off Mie Prefecture, Kinki-Tōkai regions, Japan | 0 | 20+ injured, tsunami and flooding | 6.9 and 7.4 | ||
| September 21, 2004 | 11:05 and 13:32 UTC (13:05/14:05 and 15:32/16:32 Local Time) | Baltic region (Poland, Kaliningrad Oblast, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, Sweden) | 0 | At least 17 injuries; several damages in Poland and Kaliningrad | 4.4 and 5.3 | ||
| October 8, 2004 | 15:35 | Mindoro, Philippines | 13.21 | 121.65 | — | Sporadic |