Lists of earthquakes explained

Earthquakes are caused by movements within the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle. They range from weak events detectable only by seismometers, 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.

Deadliest earthquakes

The following is a summary list of earthquakes with over approximately 100,000 deaths.[1] The 893 Ardabil earthquake probably relate to the 893 Dvin earthquake, due to misreading of the Arabic word for Dvin, 'Dabil' as 'Ardabil'.[2] This is regarded as a 'fake earthquake'.[3]

EventDateLocationFatalitiesMagnitudeNotes on fatalities
Ningxia–Gansu, China data-sort-value="273400" 273,400 7.8 Previously cited death toll was 230,000 and this figure was revised in 2010.[4] [5]
Antioch, Byzantine Empire (modern-day Turkey)data-sort-value="250000" 250,000[6] 7.0[7] Procopius (II.14.6), sources based on John of Ephesus.
data-sort-value="242769" 242,769–655,000 7.6 Official casualty figure is 242,769 deaths. Estimated death toll as high as 655,000. 799,000 injured.[8] [9]
Ganja, Seljuk Empire (modern-day Azerbaijan) data-sort-value="230000" 230,000–300,000[10] 7.0 Death toll may have been a historical conflation with earthquakes on November 1137 in the Jazira plain and the 1138 Aleppo earthquake.
data-sort-value="227898" 227,898 9.1–9.3 Death toll includes those missing and presumed dead.
1303 Hongdong earthquakeShanxi, Yuan dynasty (modern-day China)200,000[11] 8.0
Damghan, Abbasid Caliphate (modern-day Iran) data-sort-value="200000" 200,000
Aleppo, Seljuk Empire (modern-day Syria) data-sort-value="130000" 130,000–230,000 7.1[12] The figure of 230,000 dead is based on a historical conflation of this earthquake with earthquakes in November 1137 on the Jazira plain and the 1139 Ganja earthquake in the Azerbaijani city of Ganja. The first mention of a 230,000 death toll was by Ibn Taghribirdi in the fifteenth century.[13]
533 Aleppo earthquakedata-sort-value="130000" Aleppo, Byzantine Empire (modern-day Syria) 130,000[14] Unknown
Ashgabat, Turkmen SSR (modern-day Turkmenistan) data-sort-value="110000" 110,000 7.3 Previously cited death toll was 10,000 until a news release on December 9, 1988, advised that the correct death toll was 110,000.
Kantō region, Japan data-sort-value="105000" 105,385[15] 7.9 Casualty estimates range from 100,000 to 142,800, the latter figure including 40,000 missing later presumed dead.
Shaanxi, China data-sort-value="100,000" 100,000 8.0 Direct deaths thought to be just over 100,000 while about 730,000 people died from famines or migrated elsewhere.[16] [17] [18] [19]
Haiti 46,000–316,0007.0 Estimates vary from 316,000 (Haitian government) to 222,570 (UN OCHA estimate)[20] to 158,000 (Medicine, Conflict and Survival) to between 85,000 and 46,000 (report commissioned by USAID).[21] [22]
Ningcheng, Yuan dynasty (modern-day China) data-sort-value="100000" 7,000–100,000 6.8 Estimates also suggests lower values of at least 7,000.[23]

Deadliest earthquakes by year since 1929

DateMagnitudeLocationDepth (km)MMIdata-sort-type="number" Deaths
May 1, 19297.2, Ahal Region10.0data-sort-value="9" IX3,257–3,800
July 23, 19306.6, Irpinia15.0data-sort-value="10" X1,404
August 10, 19318.0, Xinjiang Province20.0data-sort-value="11" XI10,000
May 20, 19325.4, Mazandaran province12.0data-sort-value="8" VIII1,070
August 25, 19337.3 China, Sichuan Province15.0data-sort-value="10" X6,865–9,300
January 15, 19348.0 Nepal, Koshi15.0data-sort-value="10" X10,700–12,000
May 30, 19357.7, Khanate of Kalat15.0data-sort-value="10" X30,000–60,000
April 1, 19366.8 China, Guangxi Province0.0data-sort-value="9" IX1,001
July 31, 19376.9, Shandong Province25.0data-sort-value="9" IX3,252
April 19, 19386.6, Kırşehir Province10.0data-sort-value="9" IX224
December 27, 19397.8, Erzincan Province20.0data-sort-value="12" XII32,700–32,968
November 10, 19407.7, Vrancea County133.0data-sort-value="10" X1,000
January 11, 19415.8–6.5, Razih District35.0data-sort-value="8" VIII1,200
December 20, 19427.0, Erbaa10.0data-sort-value="9" IX3,000
November 27, 19437.5–7.7, Çankırı20.0data-sort-value="11" XI2,824–5,000
January 15, 19447.0, San Juan15.0data-sort-value="9" IX10,000
November 28, 19458.1, Makran Coast15.0data-sort-value="10" X300–4,000
August 4, 19467.8, Samaná15.0data-sort-value="9" IX2,550
August 4, 19477.7, Junín Province20.0data-sort-value="9" IX233–2,233
October 6, 19487.3, Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic15.0data-sort-value="10" X10,000–110,000
July 10, 19497.5, Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic18.0data-sort-value="9" IX7,200
August 15, 19508.6, Assam15.0data-sort-value="11" XI4,800
May 6, 19515.9–6.2, Usulután85.0data-sort-value="8" VIII400–1,100
November 5, 19529.0, Russian Soviet Socialist Republic21.6data-sort-value="11" XI2,336
March 18, 19537.5, Balıkesir Province10.0data-sort-value="9" IX1,070
September 9, 19546.7, Chlef Province, Algeria15.0data-sort-value="11" XI1,243–1,409
March 31, 19557.4, Western Mindanao35.0data-sort-value="8" VIII465
October 31, 19566.4, Hormozgan15.0data-sort-value="7" VII347
December 13, 19576.5, Hamadan15.0data-sort-value="7" VII1,130
August 16, 19586.7, Lorestan15.0data-sort-value="7" VII132
August 18, 19597.3, Montana5.0data-sort-value="10" X28
February 29, 19605.8, Souss-Massa15.0data-sort-value="10" X12,000–15,000
June 11, 19616.4, Fars province15.0data-sort-value="8" VIII60
September 1, 19627.1, Qazvin province10.0data-sort-value="9" IX12,225
July 26, 19636.1, Macedonia15.0data-sort-value="10" X1,070
March 27, 19649.2, Alaska25.0data-sort-value="11" XI131
March 28, 19657.4–7.6, Valparaíso Region70.0data-sort-value="9" IX400–500
March 22, 19666.8, Hebei20.0data-sort-value="9" IX8,064
July 29, 19676.6, Vargas25.0data-sort-value="8" VIII225–300
August 31, 19687.1, South Khorasan Province10.0data-sort-value="10" X15,900
July 25, 19696.4, Guangdong20.0data-sort-value="8" VIII3,000
May 31, 19707.9, Ancash45.0data-sort-value="8" VIII66,794–70,000
May 22, 19716.6, Bingöl10.0data-sort-value="8" VIII875[24]
April 10, 19726.7, Fars10.0data-sort-value="9" IX5,374
February 6, 19737.6, Sichuan11.0data-sort-value="10" X2,175–2,204
May 10, 19747.1, Yunnan14.0data-sort-value="9" IX1,641–20,000
September 6, 19756.7, Diyarbakır26.0data-sort-value="9" IX2,311
July 28, 19767.6, Hebei12.2data-sort-value="11" XI242,719–655,000
March 4, 19777.5, Vrancea85.3data-sort-value="9" IX1,700
September 16, 19787.4, Yazd33.0data-sort-value="9" IX15,000–25,000
December 12, 19798.2, Nariño33.0data-sort-value="9" IX300–600
October 10, 19807.1, Chlef10.0data-sort-value="10" X2,633–5,000
June 11, 19816.6, Kerman33.0data-sort-value="8" VIII3,000
December 13, 19826.2, Dhamar10.0data-sort-value="8" VIII2,800
October 30, 19836.6, Erzurum15.0data-sort-value="9" IX1,340
September 13, 19846.3, Nagano2.0data-sort-value="8" VIII14
September 19, 19858.0, Michoacán20.0data-sort-value="9" IX5,000–45,000
October 10, 19865.7, San Salvador10.0data-sort-value="9" IX1,000–1,500
March 6, 19877.1, Sucumbíos10.0data-sort-value="9" IX1,000
December 7, 19886.8, Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic5.0data-sort-value="10" X25,000–50,000
January 23, 19895.3, Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic33.0data-sort-value="7" VII274
June 21, 19907.4, Gilan18.5data-sort-value="10" X35,000–40,000
October 20, 19916.8, Uttar Pradesh11.6data-sort-value="9" IX768–2,000[25]
December 12, 19927.8, Flores Sea offshore27.7data-sort-value="8" VIII2,500[26]
September 29, 19936.2, Maharashtra10.0data-sort-value="8" VIII9,748
June 6, 19946.8, Cauca12.1data-sort-value="9" IX1,100
January 17, 19956.9, Kobe21.9data-sort-value="11" XI5,502–6,434
February 3, 19966.6, Yunnan10.0data-sort-value="10" X309–322
May 10, 19977.3, Khorasan10.0data-sort-value="10" X1,567
May 30, 19986.5, Takhar33.0data-sort-value="7" VII4,000–4,500
August 17, 19997.6, İzmit17.0data-sort-value="10" X17,127–18,373
June 4, 20007.9, Enggano Island offshore44.0data-sort-value="6" VI103
January 26, 20017.6, Bhuj16.0data-sort-value="10" X13,805–20,023
March 25, 20026.1, Baghlan Province8.0data-sort-value="7" VII1,200
December 26, 20036.6, Bam15.0data-sort-value="9" IX34,000
December 26, 20049.2–9.3, Sumatra offshore30.0data-sort-value="9" IX227,898
October 8, 20057.6, Balakot15.0data-sort-value="11" XI86,000–87,351
May 27, 20066.4, Yogyakarta10.0data-sort-value="9" IX5,749
August 15, 20078.0, Ica offshore39.0data-sort-value="9" IX595
May 12, 20087.9, Sichuan19.0data-sort-value="11" XI87,587
September 30, 20097.6, Padang offshore90.0data-sort-value="7" VII[27] 1,115
January 12, 20107.0, Léogâne13.0data-sort-value="10" X46,000–316,000
March 11, 20119.1, Sendai offshore29.0data-sort-value="9" IX19,759
August 11, 20126.4, East Azerbaijan9.0data-sort-value="8" VIII306
September 24, 20137.7, Balochistan15.0data-sort-value="9" IX825
August 3, 20146.1, Yunnan10.0data-sort-value="9" IX617
April 25, 20157.8, Gorkha District8.2data-sort-value="10" X8,962
April 16, 20167.8, Esmeraldas20.6data-sort-value="8" VIII[28] 676
November 12, 20177.3 Iran–Iraq border Region19.0data-sort-value="9" IX630
September 28, 20187.5, Palu20.0data-sort-value="10" X4,340
November 26, 20196.4, Durrës10.0data-sort-value="8" VIII51
October 30, 20207.0

Aegean Sea		21.0data-sort-value="8" VIII119
August 14, 20217.2, Nippes10.0data-sort-value="9" IX2,248
June 21, 20226.0, Khost10.0data-sort-value="8" VIII1,052–1,163
February 6, 20237.8 & 7.7, Southeastern Anatolia
, Aleppo and Idlib		10.0 & 7.4data-sort-value="12" XII59,488–62,013
January 1, 20247.5, Ishikawa10.0data-sort-value="10" X412

Largest earthquakes by magnitude

For those which occurred before the development and deployment of seismographs – starting around 1900 – magnitudes are estimated from historical reports of the extent and severity of damage.[29]

RankDateLocationEventMagnitude
1 Valdivia, Chile1960 Valdivia earthquake9.4–9.6
2 Prince William Sound, Alaska, United States1964 Alaska earthquake9.2–9.3
3 Sumatra, Indonesia2004 Indian Ocean earthquake9.2–9.3[30] [31]
4 Pacific Ocean, Tōhoku region, Japan2011 Tōhoku earthquake9.0–9.1[32] [33]
5 Kamchatka, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union1952 Severo-Kurilsk earthquake9.0
6 Ecuador – Colombia1906 Ecuador–Colombia earthquake8.8
7 Maule, Chile2010 Chile earthquake8.8
8 Rat Islands, Alaska, United States1965 Rat Islands earthquake8.7
9 Assam, India – Tibet, China1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake8.6–8.7
10 Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake8.6
11 Sumatra, Indonesia2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake8.6
12 Andreanof Islands, Alaska, United States1957 Andreanof Islands earthquake8.6
13 Sumatra, Indonesia2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes8.6
14 Atacama, Chile1922 Vallenar earthquake8.5–8.6
15 Banda Sea, Indonesia (then part of the Dutch East Indies)1938 Banda Sea earthquake8.5–8.6
16 Kuril Islands, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union1963 Kuril Islands earthquake8.5

Pre-instrumental earthquakes

DateLocationEventMagnitude
Valparaíso, Chile (then part of the Spanish Empire)1730 Valparaíso earthquake9.1–9.3 (est.)[34]
Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Empire1737 Kamchatka earthquake9.0–9.3 (est.)
Valdivia, Chile (then part of the Spanish Empire)1575 Valdivia earthquake9.0 (est.)
Arica, Chile (then part of the Spanish Empire)1604 Arica earthquake9.0 (est.)
Kamchatka, Russian Empire1841 Kamchatka earthquake9.0 (est.)
Valdivia, Chile1837 Valdivia earthquake8.8–9.5 (est.)[35]
Pacific Ocean, Atacama region (now Atacama, Chile)1420 Caldera earthquake8.8–9.4 (est.)
Sumatra, Indonesia (then part of the Dutch East Indies)1833 Sumatra earthquake8.8–9.2 (est.)
Banda Islands, Indonesia (then part of the Dutch East Indies)1852 Banda Sea earthquake8.8 (est.)[36]
Pacific Ocean, Shikoku region, Japan1707 Hōei earthquake8.7–9.3 (est.)[37]
Pacific Ocean, US, and Canada (then claimed by the Spanish Empire and the British Empire)1700 Cascadia earthquake8.7–9.2 (est.)
Iquique, Chile (then Peru)1877 Iquique earthquake8.7–8.9 (est.)
Lima, Peru (then part of the Spanish Empire)1687 Peru earthquake8.7 (est.)
Pacific Ocean, Tōhoku region, Japan869 Jōgan earthquake8.6–9.0 (est.)
Lima, Peru (then part of the Spanish Empire)1746 Lima–Callao earthquake8.6–8.8 (est.)
Pacific Ocean, Chūbu region, Japan1498 Meiō earthquake8.6 (est.)
Oaxaca, Mexico (then part of the Spanish Empire)1787 New Spain earthquake8.6 (est.)
Atlantic Ocean, Lisbon, Portugal1816 North Atlantic earthquake8.6 (est.)
Arica, Peru (now part of present-day Chile)1868 Arica earthquake8.5–9.3 (est.)
Atlantic Ocean, Lisbon, Portugal1755 Lisbon earthquake8.5–9.0 (est.)
Chittagong, Bangladesh (then Kingdom of Mrauk U)1762 Arakan earthquake8.5–8.8 (est.)
Mediterranean Sea, Crete, Greece365 Crete earthquake8.5+ (est.)
Atlantic Ocean, Lisbon, Portugal8.5 (est.)
Shandong, China1668 Shandong earthquake8.5 (est.)[38]
Concepción, Chile (then part of the Spanish Empire)1751 Concepción earthquake8.5 (est.)
Atlantic Ocean, Lisbon, Portugal1761 Lisbon earthquake8.5 (est.)[39]
Copiapó, Chile1819 Copiapó earthquake8.5 (est.)
Valparaíso, Chile1822 Valparaíso earthquake8.5 (est.)
Concepción, Chile1835 Concepción earthquake8.5 (est.)
region, Lesser Antilles1843 Guadeloupe earthquake8.5 (est.)[40]
Sumatra, Indonesia (then part of the Dutch East Indies)1861 Sumatra earthquake8.5 (est.)
Pacific Ocean, Tōhoku region, Empire of Japan1896 Sanriku earthquake8.5 (est.)
Himalayas, northern Nepal1505 Lo Mustang earthquake8.2–8.8 (est.)

Largest earthquake by magnitude each year since 1937

Yeardata-sort-type="usLongDate" DateMagnitudeLocationDepth (km)MMIdata-sort-type="number" Deathsdata-sort-type="number" Injuries
1937January 7, 19377.8, Qinghai15.0data-sort-value="8" VIII00
1938February 1, 19388.5–8.6, Maluku offshore60.0data-sort-value="7" VII00
1939December 21, 19398.1, Central Sulawesi offshore150.0data-sort-value="7" VII00
1940May 24, 19408.2, Lima45.0data-sort-value="8" VIII179–3003,500
1941November 18, 19418.0, Miyazaki offshore35.0data-sort-value="7" VII20
1942August 24, 19428.2, Ica35.0data-sort-value="9" IX3025
1943April 6, 19437.9–8.2, Coquimbo35.0data-sort-value="8" VIII110
1944December 7, 19448.1, Wakayama offshore30.0data-sort-value="8" VIII1,2232,135
1945November 27, 19458.1, Balochistan offshore15.0data-sort-value="10" X4,0000
1946April 1, 19468.6, Alaska offshore15.0data-sort-value="6" VI1730
1947May 27, 19477.6, Papua offshore15.0data-sort-value="6" VI00
November 1, 1947, Junin20.0data-sort-value="9" IX2330
1948January 24, 19487.8, Panay15.0data-sort-value="10" X500
1949August 22, 19498.0, Haida Gwaii10.0data-sort-value="8" VIII00
1950August 15, 19508.6 India–China, Assam–Tibet border region15.0data-sort-value="11" XI4,8000
1951November 24, 19517.8, East Rift Valley30.0data-sort-value="7" VII851,200
1952November 4, 19529.0, Kamchatka21.6data-sort-value="11" XI2,3360
1953November 25, 19537.9, Yokohama25.0data-sort-value="5" V10
1954March 29, 19547.8, Andalusia626.2data-sort-value="4" IV00
1955February 27, 19557.5, Kermadec Islands15.0data-sort-value="1" I00
1956July 9, 19567.7, Dodecanese Islands20.0data-sort-value="9" IX560
1957March 9, 19578.6–9.1, Aleutian Islands, Alaska25.0data-sort-value="8" VIII20
1958November 6, 19588.3, Kuril Islands35.0data-sort-value="10" X051
1959May 4, 19597.9, Kamchatka55.0data-sort-value="8" VIII113
1960May 22, 19609.5, Valdivia25.0data-sort-value="12" XII6,00011,000
1961August 19, 19617.6, Madre de Dios Region612.2data-sort-value="4" IV00
1962May 21, 19627.5 offshore390.0data-sort-value="1" I00
1963October 13, 19638.5, Kuril Islands35.0data-sort-value="9" IX00
1964March 27, 19649.1–9.2, Alaska, Prince William Sound25.0data-sort-value="11" XI1310
1965February 3, 19658.7, Alaska, Aleutian Islands30.3data-sort-value="6" VI00
1966October 17, 19668.1, Arequipa38.0data-sort-value="9" IX1253,000
1967July 22, 19677.4, Sakarya Province30.0data-sort-value="10" X860
1968May 16, 19688.3, Hokkaidō26.0data-sort-value="8" VIII52330
1969August 11, 19698.2, Kuril Islands30.0data-sort-value="8" VIII00
1970July 31, 19708.0, Amazonas Department644.8data-sort-value="4" IV14
1971July 26, 19718.1, Kokopo37.0data-sort-value="9" IX35
197219728.0, Mindanao60.0data-sort-value="7" VII00
1973June 17, 19737.8, Hokkaidō43.3data-sort-value="8" VIII027
1974October 3, 19748.1, Lima13.0data-sort-value="9" IX782,400
1975May 26, 19757.9north Atlantic Ocean33.0data-sort-value="6" VI00
1976August 17, 19768.0, Moro Gulf33.0data-sort-value="8" VIII8,00010,000
1977August 19, 19778.3, Bima25.0data-sort-value="6" VI1891,100
1978June 12, 19787.7, Miyagi44.0data-sort-value="8" VIII281,325
1979December 12, 19798.2, Nariño offshore
, Esmeraldas offshore		24.0data-sort-value="9" IX6000
1980July 17, 19807.7, Santa Cruz Islands33.0data-sort-value="6" VI00
1981September 1, 19817.6, offshore25.0data-sort-value="4" IV00
1982June 19, 19827.3, offshore73.0data-sort-value="7" VII430
1983March 18, 19837.7, New Ireland70.0data-sort-value="7" VII00
May 26, 1983, off the coast of Honshu15.1data-sort-value="8" VIII104324
1984February 7, 19847.6, Honiara18.1data-sort-value="8" VIII00
1985September 19, 19858.0, Mexico City27.9data-sort-value="9" IX10,00030,000
1986May 7, 19868.0, Aleutian Islands, Alaska19.0data-sort-value="7" VII00
1987November 30, 19877.9, Gulf of Alaska10.0data-sort-value="6" VI00
1988March 6, 19887.7, Gulf of Alaska15.0data-sort-value="5" V00
1989May 23, 19898.0, Macquarie Island10.0data-sort-value="5" V00
1990July 16, 19907.7, Luzon24.4data-sort-value="9" IX1,6213,000
1991April 22, 19917.6, Limón10.0data-sort-value="9" IX127759
1992December 12, 19927.8, Sunda Islands23.5data-sort-value="8" VIII2,5000
1993August 8, 19937.8, Offshore59.3data-sort-value="9" IX071
1994October 5, 19948.3, Kuril Islands3.0data-sort-value="9" IX121,742
1995July 30, 19958.0, Antofagasta30.5data-sort-value="7" VII359
1996February 17, 19968.2, Biak11.5data-sort-value="8" VIII166423
1997December 5, 19977.8, Kamchatka Peninsula23.5data-sort-value="8" VIII00
1998March 25, 19988.1, Balleny Islands10.000
1999September 21, 19997.7, Nantou County15.5data-sort-value="9" IX2,44411,305
2000November 16, 20008.0, New Ireland13.0data-sort-value="7" VII20
2001June 23, 20018.4, Arequipa33.0data-sort-value="8" VIII1452,713
2002November 3, 20027.9, Alaska4.2data-sort-value="9" IX01
2003September 26, 20038.3, Hokkaidō23.5data-sort-value="9" IX0849
2004December 26, 20049.2–9.3, Sumatra10.0data-sort-value="9" IX227,898125,000
2005March 28, 20058.6, Simeulue21.0data-sort-value="9" IX1313300
2006November 15, 20068.3, Kuril Islands10.0data-sort-value="6" VI01
2007September 12, 20078.4, Sumatra34.0data-sort-value="8" VIII230
2008May 12, 20087.9, Sichuan19.0data-sort-value="11" XI87,587374,177
2009September 29, 20098.1, Offshore18.0data-sort-value="7" VII1897
2010February 27, 20108.8, Concepción22.9data-sort-value="9" IX55012,000
2011March 11, 20119.0–9.1, Honshu29.0data-sort-value="9" IX19,7476,000
2012April 11, 20128.6, Indian Ocean20.0data-sort-value="7" VII1012
2013May 24, 20138.3, Sea of Okhotsk598.1data-sort-value="6" VI00
2014April 1, 20148.2, Iquique25.0data-sort-value="8" VIII69
2015September 16, 20158.3, Coquimbo22.4data-sort-value="9" IX2134
2016December 17, 20167.9, New Ireland94.5data-sort-value="7" VII00
2017September 7, 20178.2, Chiapas47.4data-sort-value="9" IX98250
2018August 19, 20188.2, offshore600.0data-sort-value="5" V00
2019May 26, 20198.0, Loreto122.6data-sort-value="8" VIII20
2020July 22, 20207.8, Alaska Peninsula offshore28.0data-sort-value="7" VII00
2021July 28, 20218.2, Alaska Peninsula offshore32.2data-sort-value="7" VII00
2022September 11, 20227.6, Morobe61.4data-sort-value="8" VIII2142
September 19, 2022, Michoacán25.5data-sort-value="8" VIII235
2023February 6, 20237.8, Southeastern Anatolia17.9data-sort-value="12" XII59,488–62,013121,704
2024January 1, 20247.5, Ishikawa10.0data-sort-value="10" X4121,339

Largest earthquake by magnitude by country/territory

Country/TerritoryMagnitudeDateMore information
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria1980 El Asnam earthquake
American Samoa
Andorra1428 Catalonia earthquake
Angola
Anguilla
Antarctica1998 Balleny Islands earthquake
Antigua and Barbuda Ms[41]
Argentina1977 San Juan earthquake
Armenia Ms1988 Armenian earthquake
Australia
Austria–6.51590 Neulengbach earthquake
Azerbaijan–7.31139 Ganja earthquake
Bangladesh–8.81762 Arakan earthquake
Barbados &
Belgium–6.5 Ms1692 Northwestern Europe earthquake
Belize
Benin
Bhutan–8.61714 Bhutan earthquake
1994 Bolivia earthquake
Bosnia and Herzegovina1969 Banja Luka earthquake
Botswana ML[42]
Brazil
British Indian Ocean Territory1983 Chagos Archipelago earthquake
Bulgaria & 1901 Black Sea earthquake & 1904 Kresna earthquakes
Burundi
Cameroon
Canada–9.21700 Cascadia earthquake
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands2020 Caribbean earthquake
Central African Republic
Chile–9.61960 Valdivia earthquake
China1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Colombia1906 Ecuador–Colombia earthquake
Comoros
Congo
Costa Rica1991 Limon earthquake
Croatia1898 Trilj earthquake
Cuba
Cyprus–7.51222 Cyprus earthquake
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic1946 Dominican Republic earthquake
Ecuador1906 Ecuador–Colombia earthquake
Egypt1995 Gulf of Aqaba earthquake
El Salvador[43]
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia–4.7 Osmussaar earthquake
Ethiopia
Fiji2018 Fiji earthquakes
Finland[44]
France–6.5 1799 Vendée earthquake
French Guiana[45]
French Polynesia
Gabon
1991 Racha earthquake
Germany1756 Düren earthquake
Ghana
Greece+365 Crete earthquake
Greenland1933 Baffin Bay earthquake
Grenada Ms[46]
Guadeloupe1843 Guadeloupe earthquake
Guam1993 Guam earthquake
Guatemala1942 Guatemala earthquake
Guinea1983 Guinea earthquake
Guyana
Haiti1842 Cap-Haïtien earthquake
Honduras2018 Swan Islands earthquake
Hong Kong
Hungary–6.51763 Komárom earthquake
Iceland
India1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake
Indonesia–9.32004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
856 Damghan earthquake
Iraq[47]
Ireland
Israel1033 Jordan Rift Valley earthquake
Italy1693 Sicily earthquake
Jamaica2020 Caribbean earthquake
Japan–9.12011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
Jordan1033 Jordan Rift Valley earthquake
Kazakhstan & 1889 Chilik earthquake & 1911 Kebin earthquake
Kenya
Kiribati
& [48]
Kuwait &
Kyrgyzstan & 1889 Chilik earthquake & 1911 Kebin earthquake
Lebanon551 Beirut earthquake
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg ML
Madagascar
Malawi1989 Malawi earthquake
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Martinique–8.01839 Martinique earthquake
Mauritania &
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mexico1787 New Spain earthquake
Mongolia1905 Bolnai earthquake
Montenegro1979 Montenegro earthquake
Morocco & 1755 Meknes earthquake & 2023 Al Haouz earthquake
Mozambique2006 Mozambique earthquake
Myanmar–8.81762 Arakan earthquake
Namibia
Nepal–8.81505 Lo Mustang earthquake
Netherlands1992 Roermond earthquake
New Caledonia[49]
New Zealand & 1855 Wairarapa earthquake
Nicaragua1992 Nicaragua earthquake
Niger
Nigeria
Northern Mariana Islands &
Norway
Oman
Pakistan1945 Balochistan earthquake
Palau
1033 Jordan Rift Valley earthquake
Panama–8.3 Ms1882 Panama earthquake
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru (now part of present-day Chile)–9.31868 Arica earthquake
Philippines1918 Celebes Sea earthquake
Poland[50]
Portugal–9.01755 Lisbon earthquake
Puerto Rico1787 Boricua earthquake
Romania1802 Vrancea earthquake
–9.31737 Kamchatka earthquake
Rwanda2008 Lake Kivu earthquake
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Pierre and Miquelon1929 Grand Banks earthquake
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa–8.51917 Samoa earthquake
Saudi Arabia1995 Gulf of Aqaba earthquake
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Slovakia–6.51763 Komárom earthquake
Slovenia ML1895 Ljubljana earthquake
Solomon Islands2007 Solomon Islands earthquake
Somalia
South Africa
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands–8.32021 South Sandwich Islands earthquakes
1990 South Sudan earthquakes
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Switzerland–7.11356 Basel earthquake
Ms1202 Syria earthquake
1920 Hualien earthquake
Tajikistan1949 Khait earthquake
Thailand2014 Mae Lao earthquake
Tonga–8.51917 Samoa earthquake
Trinidad and Tobago[51]
Tunisia or less[52]
Turkey–8.0 Ms1668 North Anatolia earthquake
Turkmenistan Ms[53]
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine1927 Crimean earthquakes
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom ML1931 Dogger Bank earthquake
United States–9.31964 Alaska earthquake
1867 Virgin Islands earthquake and tsunami
Uruguay Ms1888 Río de la Plata earthquake
Uzbekistan Ms1907 Qaratog earthquake
Vanuatu
–7.7 & 1894 Venezuelan earthquake[54] & 1900 San Narciso earthquake
Wallis and Futuna
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Costliest earthquakes

See main article: List of costliest earthquakes.

This is the top ten major earthquakes by the US dollar value of property (public and private) losses directly attributable to the earthquake.

RankEventLocationMagnitudeProperty damage
12011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami Japandata-sort-value="9.0" 9.1$360 billion[55] [56]
21995 Great Hanshin earthquake Japandata-sort-value="6.9" 6.9$200 billion[57]
32023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes Turkey
Syria		data-sort-value="7.8" 7.8$163.6 billion[58] [59]
42008 Sichuan earthquake Chinadata-sort-value="8." 7.9$150 billion[60]
52011 Christchurch earthquake New Zealand6.3$40 billion[61]
62004 Chūetsu earthquake Japandata-sort-value="6.8" 6.6$28 billion[62] [63]
72011 Sikkim earthquake Indiadata-sort-value="6.9" 6.9$22.3 billion[64]
81999 İzmit earthquake Turkeydata-sort-value="7.6" 7.6$20 billion
92009 L'Aquila earthquake Italydata-sort-value="6.3" 6.3$16 billion[65]
102012 Northern Italy earthquakes Italydata-sort-value="6.1" 6.1$15.8 billion[66]

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.

Rank Event origin time ISC Event # Papers ISC code Event
12011-03-11 05:46:23 2069 TOHOKU2011 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
22008-05-12 06:28:00 1706 WENCHUAN2008 2008 Sichuan earthquake
32004-12-26 00:58:52 967 SUMATRA2004 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
41999-09-20 17:47:16 771 CHI-CHI1999 1999 Jiji earthquake
51995-01-16 20:46:51 558 SHYOGO1995 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake
62010-02-27 06:34:13 551 MAULE2010 2010 Chile earthquake
71994-01-17 12:30:54 548 NORTHRIDGE1994 1994 Northridge earthquake
82009-04-06 01:32:42 525 LAQUILA2009 2009 L'Aquila earthquake
91989-10-18 00:04:14 520 LOMAPRIETA1989 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
102015-04-25 06:11:26 516 GORKHA2015 2015 Nepal earthquake
111992-06-28 11:57:35 440 LANDERS1992 1992 Landers earthquake
121999-08-17 00:01:38 428 IZMIT1999 1999 İzmit earthquake
132016-04-15 16:25:06 366 KUMAMOTO2016 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes
142013-04-20 00:02:47 342 ALASKA1964 2013 Lushan earthquake
151964-03-28 03:36:13 333 LUSHAN2013 1964 Alaska earthquake
161960-05-22 19:11:20 290 VALDIVIA1960 1960 Valdivia earthquake
172023-02-06 01:17:34 277 TURKYIE-SYRIA2023 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes
182016-08-24 01:36:33 259 AMATRICE2016 2016 Central Italy earthquake
192010-09-03 16:35:46 257 DARFIELD2010 2010 Canterbury earthquake
202001-01-26 03:16:40 256 BHUJ2001
211985-09-19 13:17:50 253 MEXICOCITY1985 1985 Mexico City earthquake
222022-01-15 04:14:45 252 HUNGATONGAHUNGAAPAI2022 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami
232016-11-13 11:02:59 251 KAIKOURA2016 2016 Kaikōura earthquake
241971-02-09 14:00:40 244 SANFERNANDO1971 1971 San Fernando earthquake
251976-07-27 19:42:53 235 TANGSHAN1976 1976 Tangshan earthquake
262003-09-25 19:50:07 221 TOKACHI-OKI2003 2003 Tokachi earthquake
272019-07-06 03:19:55 221 RIDGECREST2019B 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes
281980-11-23 18:34:52 212 IRPINIA1980 1980 Irpinia earthquake
292004-10-23 08:55:58 205 MID-NIIGATA2004 2004 Chūetsu earthquake
302012-05-20 02:03:53 205 EMILIA2012A 2012 Northern Italy earthquakes
312011-02-21 23:51:42 204 CHRISTCHURCH2011 2011 Christchurch earthquake
321976-05-06 20:00:12 199 FRIULI1976 1976 Friuli earthquake
332005-03-28 16:09:35 197 NIAS2005 2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake
342004-09-28 17:15:24 197 PARKFIELD2004 2004 Parkfield earthquake
352023-02-06 10:24:50 195 TURKYIE-SYRIA2023A 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes
362016-10-30 06:40:19 194 NORCIA2016 2016 Central Italy earthquakes
371923-09-01 02:58:35 193 KANTO1923 1923 Great Kantō earthquake
341999-10-16 09:46:45 184 HECTOR-MINE1999 1999 Hector Mine earthquake
352005-10-08 03:50:37 181 KASHMIR2005 2005 Kashmir earthquake
382017-08-08 13:19:49 178 JUIZHAIGOU2017 2017 Jinghe earthquake
392001-11-14 09:26:12 176 KUNLUN2001 2001 Kunlun earthquake
402015-09-16 22:54:30 175 ILLAPEL2015 2015 Illapel earthquake
412014-04-01 23:46:47 167 IQUIQUE2014 2014 Iquique earthquake
422021-05-21 18:04:13 166 MADUO2021 2021 Maduo earthquake
431979-10-15 23:16:57 165 IMPERIAL1979 1979 Imperial Valley earthquake
442002-11-03 22:12:41 164 DENALI2002 2002 Denali earthquake
451999-11-12 16:57:19 162 DUZCE1999 1999 Düzce earthquake
462010-04-04 22:40:43 158 EL-MAYOR-CUCAPAH2010 2010 Baja California earthquake
472019-07-04 17:33:50 158 RIDGECREST2019A 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes
482010-01-12 21:53:10 157 HAITI2010 2010 Haiti earthquake

Modified from figure 2, "The most studied events", at the ISC's Overview of the ISC Event Bibliography.

2018.

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By country

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See also

External links

Notes and References

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