Lists of 20th-century earthquakes explained

This list of 20th-century earthquakes is a list of earthquakes of magnitude 6 and above that occurred in the 20th century. Sone smaller events which nevertheless had a significant impact are also included. After 1900 most earthquakes have some degree of instrumental records and this means that the locations and magnitudes are more reliable than for earlier events.

List of deadliest earthquakes

Rank	Fatalities	Magnitude	Event	Location	Date
1	273,407	7.8 Ms	1920 Haiyuan earthquake	China	December 16, 1920
2	242,419	7.6	1976 Tangshan earthquake	China	July 28, 1976
3	142,800	8.2	1923 Great Kantō earthquake	Japan	September 1, 1923
4	110,000	7.3	1948 Ashgabat earthquake	Soviet Union	October 5, 1948
5	82,000	7.1 Ms	1908 Messina earthquake	Italy	December 28, 1908
6	70,000	7.9	1970 Ancash earthquake	Peru	May 31, 1970
7	60,000	7.7	1935 Quetta earthquake	Baluchistan	May 31, 1935
8	50,000	7.4	1990 Manjil–Rudbar earthquake	Iran	June 21, 1990
9	40,900	7.6	1927 Gulang earthquake	China	May 22, 1927
10	38,000	6.8	1988 Armenian earthquake		December 7, 1988
11	32,700	7.8	1939 Erzincan earthquake	Turkey	December 26, 1939
12	32,610	6.7	1915 Avezzano earthquake	Italy	January 13, 1915
13	28,000	8.3	1939 Chillán earthquake	Chile	January 24, 1939
14	23,000	7.5	1976 Guatemala earthquake	Guatemala	February 4, 1976
15	20,000	7.8	1905 Kangra earthquake	India	April 4, 1905
16	18,373	7.6	1999 İzmit earthquake	Turkey	August 17, 1999
17	15,621	7.1	1970 Tonghai earthquake	China	January 5, 1970
18	15,000	7.4	1978 Tabas earthquake	Iran	September 16, 1978
18	15,000	7.4	1968 Dasht-e Bayaz and Ferdows earthquakes	Iran	August 31, 1968
20	12,225	7.1	1962 Buin Zahra earthquake		September 1, 1962
21	12,000	7.3	1907 Qaratog earthquake		October 21, 1907
21	12,000	8.0	1934 Nepal–India earthquake	Nepal	January 15, 1934
21	12,000	5.8	1960 Agadir earthquake	Morocco	February 29, 1960
24	11,000	6.3			December 23, 1972
25	10,000	7.7		China	August 22, 1902
25	10,000	8.0	1931 Fuyun earthquake	China	August 11, 1931
25	10,000	7.8	1944 San Juan earthquake	Argentina	January 15, 1944
25	10,000	8.0	1985 Mexico City earthquake	Mexico	September 19, 1985

List of largest earthquakes by magnitude

Rank	Magnitude	Event	Location	Date
1	9.5	1960 Valdivia earthquake	Chile, Valdivia	May 22, 1960
2	9.2	1964 Alaska earthquake	United States, Alaska	March 27, 1964
3	9.0	1952 Severo-Kurilsk earthquake	USSR, Kamchatka	November 5, 1952
4	8.8	1906 Ecuador–Colombia earthquake	– Ecuador – Colombia	January 31, 1906
5	8.7	1965 Rat Islands earthquake	United States, Alaska	February 4, 1965
5	8.7	1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake	- India, Assam – China, Tibet	August 15, 1950
7	8.6	1957 Andreanof Islands earthquake	United States, Alaska	March 9, 1957
7	8.6	1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake	United States, Aleutian Island	April 1, 1946
8	8.5	1963 Kuril Islands earthquake	USSR, Kuril Islands	October 13, 1963
8	8.5	1938 Banda Sea earthquake	Indonesia, Banda Sea	February 1, 1938
8	8.5	1922 Vallenar earthquake	Chile, Atacama	November 10, 1922
8	8.5	1917 Samoa earthquake	Western Samoa	June 25, 1917

• Note: At least 8.5+ magnitude

List of deadliest earthquakes by year

Year	Total fatalities	Deadliest earthquake	Fatalities	Magnitude	Location	Date
1901	125	1901 Yunnan earthquake	101	6.5
1902	17,075	1902 Xinjiang earthquake	10,000	7.7
1903	3,913	1903 Manzikert earthquake	3,560	6.3
1904	552	1904 Sichuan earthquake	400	6.8
1905	22,802	1905 Kangra earthquake	20,000	7.9
1906	7,507	1906 Valparaíso earthquake	4,000	8.2	Chile
1907	13,568	1907 Qaratog earthquake	12,000	7.4
1908	82,000	1908 Messina earthquake	82,000	7.7
1909	8,689	1909 Borujerd earthquake	8,000	7.3
1910	714	1910 Costa Rica earthquakes	700	6.4	Costa Rica
1911	1,326	1911 Kerman earthquake	700	6.5
1912	3,153	1912 Mürefte earthquake	3,000	7.1
1913	1,445	1913 Eshan earthquake	942	6.7	China
1914	4,380	1914 Burdur earthquake	4,000	7.0
1915	30,155	1915 Avezzano earthquake	29,978	6.7	Italy
1916	181	1916–1917 Nantou earthquakes	180	7.2	Japan
1917	6,221	1917 Guatemala earthquakes	2,650	6.0	Guatemala
1918	2,221	1918 Shantou earthquake	2,000	7.3	China
1919	3,100	1919 Ayvalık earthquake	3,000	7.0
1920	244,887	1920 Haiyuan earthquake	242,029	7.9	China
1921	51	1921 Massawa earthquake	51	5.9
1922	710	1922 Vallenar earthquake	700	8.5	Chile
1923	194,102	1923 Great Kantō earthquake	186,283	8.1	Japan
1924	1,652	1924 Java earthquake	727	N/A
1925	6,193	1925 Dali earthquake	5,000	7.0	China
1926	976	1926 Kars earthquake	360	5.7
1927	44,452	1927 Gulang earthquake	40,912	7.7	China
1928	807	1928 Talca earthquake	279	7.7	Chile
1929	3,972	1929 Kopet Dag earthquake	3,800	7.2
1930	4,254	1930 Irpinia earthquake	1,430	6.4	Italy
1931	15,920	1931 Fuyun earthquake	10,000	6.4	China
1932	2,206	1932 Mazandaran earthquake	1,070	5.4
1933	12,656	1933 Diexi earthquake	9,300	7.3	China
1934	12,007	1934 Nepal–India earthquake	12,000	8.0	Nepal
1935	67,489	1935 Quetta earthquake	60,000	7.5
1936	2,128	1936 Lingshan earthquake	1,001	6.8	China
1937	497	1937 Heze earthquakes	390	6.9	China
1938	296	1938 Kirsehir earthquake	224	6.6	Turkey
1939	62,860	1939 Erzincan earthquake	32,700	7.8	Turkey
1940	1,448	1940 Vrancea earthquake	1,000	7.8	Romania
1941	2,955	1941 Jabal Razih earthquake	1,200	6.2	Saudi Arabia
1942	1,489	1942 Niksar–Erbaa earthquake	1,000	7.0	Turkey
1943	6,187	1943 Tosya–Ladik earthquake	4,020	7.5	Turkey
1944	11,637	1944 San Juan earthquake	8,000	7.0	Argentina
1945	6,337	1945 Balochistan earthquake	4,000	8.1	India
1946	6,373	1946 Dominican Republic earthquake	1,790	7.5	Dominican Republic
1947	745	1947 Dustabad earthquake	500	6.9
1948	116,135	1948 Ashgabat earthquake	110,000	7.3
1949	18,484	1949 Khait earthquake	12,000	7.5
1950	1,756	1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake	1,530	8.6	India
1951	2,236	1951 El Salvador earthquake	1,100	6.5	El Salvador
1952	4,224	1952 Severo-Kurilsk earthquake	4,000	9.0
1953	2,621	1953 Yenice–Gönen earthquake	1,070	7.3	Turkey
1954	1,295	1954 Chlef earthquake	1,243	6.7	France
1955	504	1955 Lanao earthquake	400	7.4	Philippines
1956	910	1956 Hormozgan earthquake	347	6.4
1957	3,043	1957 Farsinaj earthquake	1,200	6.5
1958	368	1958 Lorestan earthquake	132	6.7
1959	94	1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake	28	7.3	United States
1960	15,956	1960 Agadir earthquake	13,100	5.8	Morocco
1961	128	1961 Fars earthquake	60	6.4
1962	12,332	1962 Buin Zahra earthquake	12,225	7.0
1963	1,488	1962 Buin Zahra earthquake	1,070	6.0
1964	389	1964 Alaska earthquake	139	9.2	United States
1964	389	1964 Alaska earthquake	139	9.2	United States
1965	669	1965 Valparaíso earthquake	400	7.4	Chile
1966	10,000	1966 Xingtai earthquakes	8,064	6.8	China
1967	961	1967 Caracas earthquake	300	6.6
1968	12,081	1968 Dasht-e Bayaz and Ferdows earthquakes	10,488	7.1
1969	4,024	1969 Yangjiang earthquake	3,000	5.7
1970	78,365	1970 Ancash earthquake	66,794	7.9	Peru
1971	1,290	1971 Bingöl earthquake	1,000	6.9	Turkey
1972	40,124	1972 Qir earthquake	30,000	6.6
1973	2,899	1973 Luhuo earthquake	2,199	7.4	China
1974	25,442	1974 Zhaotong earthquake	20,000	6.8	China
1975	4,379	1975 Lice earthquake	2,311	6.7	Turkey
1976	286,873	1976 Tangshan earthquake	242,769	7.5	China
1977	1,641	1977 Vrancea earthquake	3,107	7.5	Romania
1978	20,220	1978 Tabas earthquake	20,000	7.5
1979	600	1979 Tumaco earthquake	1,649	8.2	Ecuador
1980	10,326	1980 El Asnam earthquake	5,000	7.3	Algeria
1981	6,762	1981 Golbaf earthquake	3,000	6.7
		1981 Sirch earthquake	3,000	7.1
1982	3,388	1982 North Yemen earthquake	2,800	6.3
1983	2,608	1983 Erzurum earthquake	1,342	6.8	Turkey
1983	2,608	1983 Erzurum earthquake	1,342	6.8	Turkey
1984	TBD	1984 Nagano earthquake	14	6.3	Japan
1985	10,000	1985 Mexico City earthquake	10,000	8.1	Mexico
1986	1,240	1986 San Salvador earthquake	1,000	5.7	El Salvador
1987	1,090	1987 Ecuador earthquakes	1,000	7.1	Ecuador
1988	26,759	1988 Armenian earthquake	25,000	6.8	Armenia
1989	677	1989 Gissar earthquake	274	5.3
1990	51,821	1990 Manjil–Rudbar earthquake	50,000	7.4
1991	3,498	1991 Uttarkashi earthquake	2,000	6.8	India
1992	3,939	1992 Flores earthquake	2,500	7.8	Indonesia
1993	10,097	1993 Latur earthquake	9,748	6.3	India
1994	1,779	1994 Páez River earthquake	795	6.8	Colombia
1995	8,911	1995 Great Hanshin earthquake	6,433	6.9	Japan
1996	582	1996 Lijiang earthquake	322	6.6	China
1997	1,567	1997 Qayen earthquake	3,069	7.3
1998	4,500	1998 Afghanistan earthquake	9,934	6.6	Afghanistan
1999	18,373	1999 İzmit earthquake	23,848	7.6	Turkey
2000	103	2000 Enggano earthquake	177	7.9	Indonesia

1901–1910

Date	Time	Place	Lat.	Long.		--> Deaths		--> Magnitude	Comments	Sources
	07:45	Parkfield, California, United States	36.2	−120.7		6.4	(Abe, 1988)	USGS
	07:10	Cape Shabla-Kaliakra, Black Sea, see 1901 Black Sea earthquake			4	7.2		align="right"	-
	07:47 local time	Cheviot, New Zealand	−42.42	173.18		6.9		align="right"	-
		Warooka, South Australia, Australia			2	6.0		USGS
	02:23	Quetzaltenango, Guatemala see 1902 Guatemala earthquake	14	−91	2,000	7.5	(USGS 1000+)	USGS
	05:04	Xinjiang, Qing dynasty see 1902 Turkestan earthquake	39.9	76.4	10,000	7.7		USGS
	05:04	Andijan, Uzbekistan see 1902 Andijan earthquake	40.8	72.3	4,882	6.4	(USGS 1000+)	USGS
	01:46 local time	Malazgirt, Muş, Turkey see 1903 Malazgirt earthquake	39.14	42.65	3,500	6.7		^[1]
	21:56	Fairbanks, Alaska, United States	64.7	−148.1		7.3		USGS
	04:25		23.58	120.25	145	6.1
	00:50	Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India see 1905 Kangra earthquake	32.1	76.3	20,000	7.8	Kangra district HQ Dharamsala devastated	^[2]
	09:40	what is now Tsetserleg sum, Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia	49	97		8		^[3]
	02:46	Bulnain nuruu, Mongolia	49	95		8.3–8.5
	01:43	Calabria, Italy see 1905 Calabria earthquake	38.67	16.07	557–5,000	7.2		^[4] ^[5]
	15:36	Colombia–Ecuador see 1906 Ecuador–Colombia earthquake	1	−81.5	1,000	8.8		USGS
	06:43 local time		23.55	120.45	1,266	6.8
	13:12	San Francisco, United States (San Andreas Fault from Cape Mendocino to San Juan Bautista) see 1906 San Francisco earthquake	37.75	−122.55	3,000	7.9		USGS
	00:10	Aleutian Islands see 1906 Aleutian Islands earthquake	50.6	−178.36		8.35		^[6]
	00:40	Valparaíso, Chile see 1906 Valparaíso earthquake	−33	−72	3,882	8.2	>	USGS
	07:18	Off the coast of Western Australia, Australia	−22.0	109.0		7.6
	05:19	Nias, Simeulue see 1907 Sumatra earthquake	2.5	95.5	2,188	8.2–8.4		^[7]
	03:30	Kingston, Jamaica see 1907 Kingston earthquake	17.59	−76.48	800-1,000	6.5		USGS
	04:23		38.5	−67.9	12,000–15,000	7.4		USGS
	21:28 local time		38.087	−15.985	167	5.9
	04:20	Messina & Reggio Calabria, Italy see 1908 Messina earthquake	38.3	15.6	82,000	7.1		USGS
	02:48		33.0	53.0	8,000	7.3
	21:15 local time	Lambesc, France see 1909 Provence earthquake	43.64	5.37	46	6.0	Highest magnitude earthquake ever recorded in continental France. 250 wounded. 2,000 buildings damaged	^[8]

1911–1920

Date	Time	Place	Lat.	Long.		--> Deaths		--> Magnitude	Comments	Sources
	23:25	Kazakhstan see 1911 Kebin earthquake	43.5	77.5	452	7.7		^[9]
	18:41	Tajikistan see 1911 Sarez earthquake	38.2	72.8	90	7.4		^[10]
	11:02 UTC	Near Michoacán, Mexico see 1911 Michoacán earthquake	17.50	−102.50	45	7.6		USGS
	14:26 UTC	Near Kikai Island, Japan see 1911 Kikai Island earthquake	28.00	130.00	12	8.1		USGS
	22:00	Calaveras Fault, California, United States	37.39	−121.8		6.5
	19:14 UTC	Near the Coast of Guerrero, Mexico see 1911 Guerrero earthquake	17.00	−100.50		7.6		USGS
May 23, 1912	02:24UTC	Shan State, Burmasee 1912 Maymyo earthquakes	22.35	96.74	1	7.7–8.0		^[11]
	03:29 local time	Mürefte Tekirdağ, Turkey see 1912 Mürefte earthquake	40.75	27.2	216	7.3
	20:00		−39.50	140.40	94	7.0		USGS
	00:07 local time	Burdur, Turkey see 1914 Burdur earthquake	37.82	30.27	2,344	6.9
	06:52	Italy, L'Aquila see 1915 Avezzano earthquake	42.04	13.44	32,610	7.5		^[12]
	06:52	Pleasant Valley, Nevada, United States see 1915 Pleasant Valley earthquake	40.5	−117.5		7.1	(Stover and Coffman, 1993)
	23:11	Bali, Indonesia see 1917 Bali earthquake	−8.3	115.0	1,500	6.6		^[13]
	05:49 UTC	near Samoa see 1917 Samoa earthquake	−15.50	−173.00		8.5		USGS
	10:30				250	5.6		USGS
	06:07		−23.54	−117.24	1,000	7.2		USGS
		Bundaberg–Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	−23.5	152.5		6.0	Largest known Queensland earthquake	^[14] ^[15]
	12:18 UTC	Celebes Sea see 1918 Celebes Sea earthquake	5.5	123.0	52	8.3		^[16]
	14:14	Puerto Rico see 1918 San Fermín earthquake	18.47	−67.63	116	7.5	(McCann, 1985)	USGS
	08:41	Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada see 1918 Vancouver Island earthquake	49.62	−125.92		7	(Gutenberg and Richter, 1954: Rogers, 1983)	USGS
	12:46				648	7.8
	11:45		−42.0	44.1	130	6.2		USGS
	07:55 local time	Garfagnana, Lunigiana, Italy see 1920 Garfagnana earthquake	44.183	10.283	171	6.5		^[17]
	06:59		32.42	68.34	400	6.0
	12:05	Ningxia–Gansu, China see 1920 Haiyuan earthquake	36.6	105.32	273,407^[18]	8.6		USGS

1921–1930

Date	Time	Place	Lat.	Long.		--> Deaths		--> Magnitude	Comments	Sources
	13:17	offshore, Cape Mendocino, California, United States	40.7	−125.55		7.3	(Ellsworth, 1990)	USGS
	11:21	Parkfield, California, United States	35.9	−120.9		6.1	(Bakun and McEvilly, 1984)	USGS
	04:32 UTC	Atacama Region, Chile see 1922 Vallenar earthquake	−28.5	−70	1,000	8.5		USGS
	09:04	offshore, Cape Mendocino, California, United States	40.49	−125.32		7.2	(Ellsworth, 1990)	USGS
		Kamchatka Peninsula, Soviet Union see Kamchatka earthquakes	54	161		8.5		USGS
	02:58	Kantō region, Japan see 1923 Great Kantō earthquake	35.4	139.08	142,800	7.9		USGS
	16:34 local time	Horasan, Erzurum, Turkey see 1924 Pasinler earthquake	40.0	42.1	60	6.8	MS
	21:19 local time	Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada see 1925 Charlevoix–Kamouraska earthquake	47.76	−69.84		6.3	(Bent, 1992)	USGS
	14:42	Dali, Yunnan, China see 1925 Dali earthquake	25.7	100.4	5,000	7.0	Ms	^[19]
	01:21	Clarkston Valley, Montana, United States	46.32	−111.52		6.6	(Dosier, 1989)	USGS
	14:42	Santa Barbara, California, United States see 1925 Santa Barbara earthquake	34.3	−119.8	13	6.8	(Stein and Hanks, 1998)	USGS
June 28, 1926	03:23	West Sumatra, Indonesiasee 1926 Padang Panjang earthquake	−0.629	100.155	354	7.6	ML
	12:35	Monterey Bay, California, United States	36.62	−122.35		6.1	(Ellsworth, 1990)	USGS
	13:35	Monterey Bay, California, United States	36.55	−122.18		6.1	(Ellsworth, 1990)	USGS
	09:27		35.8	134.92	2,956	7.0		USGS
	22:32 UTC	Gulang, Gansu, China see 1927 Gulang earthquake	37.39	102.31	40,900	7.6		USGS
	15:04 local time		−31.92	35.63	500	6.3		USGS
	13:51	offshore Lompoc, California, United States	34.92	−121.03		7.1	(Stein and Hanks, 1998)	USGS
	02:29 local time	İzmir, Turkey	38.5	28.0	50	6.5	Possible M=6.2 foreshock previous day
	22:14 UTC	Peru See 1928 Chachapoyas earthquake	−5.26	−78.56	25	7.2		^[20]
	04:06		35.00	72.00	279	7.6		USGS
	08:37 local time	Suşehri, Sivas, Turkey	40.2	37.9	64	6.1
	10:17 local time	Murchison, South Island, New Zealand see1929 Murchison earthquake	−41.55	172.25	17	7.8		^[21]
	20:32	Grand Banks, Newfoundland, Canada see 1929 Grand Banks earthquake	44.69	−56.01	28	7.3	(Bent, 1995)	USGS
	21:03 UTC	Near Dhubri, India see 1930 Dhubri earthquake	25.80	90.20		7.1		^[22]
May 5, 1930	13:46 UTC	Bago, Burmasee 1930 Bago earthquake	17.86	96.43	558	7.5		^[23]
	22:34		38.09	44.78	3,000	7.1		USGS
	00:08	Italy, Irpinia see1930 Irpinia earthquake	41.05	15.367	1,404	6.6		^[24]
	19:02 UTC	Japan see 1930 North Izu earthquake	35.00	139.00	272	7.3		^[25]
	18:51 UTC	Phyu, Burma see 1930 Pyu earthquake	17.97	96.42	36	7.3		USGS

1931–1940

Date	Time	Place	Lat.	Long.		--> Deaths		--> Magnitude	Comments	Sources
	20:09 UTC	Burma see 1931 Myitkyina earthquake	25.67	96.15		7.6		USGS
	10:47 local time	Napier, New Zealand see 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake	−39.3	177.0	258	7.7	Much of city destroyed; 40 km^2 of seabed raised to become dry land	^[26]
	10:23 local time	Managua, Nicaragua see 1931 Nicaragua earthquake	12.57	87.45	2,450	6.1	City destroyed.	–
	16:50 UTC	Zangezur Mountains see 1931 Zangezur earthquake	39.2	46.0	2,890	6.5		^[27]
	00:25	offshore, Yorkshire, North Sea, United Kingdom see 1931 Dogger Bank earthquake	54	1.48		6.1	(Musson, 1994) largest instrumentally recorded earthquake to have affected the United Kingdom	USGS
	21:18	Near Fuyun, Xinjiang, China see 1931 Fuyun earthquake	46.8	89.9	10,000	8.0		^[28] ^[29] ^[30]
	05:59 UTC	Sumatra see 1931 Southwest Sumatra earthquake	−5.18	102.51		7.3		USGS
	10:36	Jalisco, Mexico see 1932 Jalisco earthquake	19.5	−104.25	400	8.1		^[31]
	10:12	Colima, Mexico	19.5	−103.5	0	7.8		^[32]
	12:59	Jalisco, Mexico	19.5	−104.5	75	7.0		^[33] ^[34]
	19:20	Greece, Ierissos see 1932 Ierissos earthquake	39.8	23.8	491	7.0		^[35]
	06:10	Cedar Mountain, Nevada, United States	38.51	−118.08		7.2		USGS
	10:04	Gansu, China see 1932 Changma earthquake	39.7	96.7	275	7.6		^[36]
	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		USGS
	01:54	Long Beach, California, United States see 1933 Long Beach earthquake	33.6	−118	115	6.4	(Hauksson & Gross, 1991)	USGS
	07:50		32.01	−103.68	9,300	7.3		USGS
	23:21	Baffin Bay, Canada	73	−69.98		7.4	(Stein et al. 1979)	USGS
	08:43	Bihar, India see 1934 Nepal–India earthquake	27.55	87.09	10,700	8.1	(Chen and Molnar, 1977)	USGS
	04:47	Parkfield, California, United States	35.9	−120.9		6.1	(Bakun and McEvilly, 1984)	USGS
	16:41 local time	Erdek, Balıkesir, Turkey	40.4	27.5	5	6.4
	6:02 local time	Shinchiku–Taichū, Taiwan see1935 Shinchiku-Taichū earthquake	24.30	120.80	3,276	7.0
	21:32		29.5	66.8	60,000	7.7	>
	06:03	Témiscaming, Quebec, Canada See 1935 Timiskaming earthquake.	48.89	−79		6.2	(Bent, 1996)	USGS
	02:35	Batu Islands, Sumatra see 1935 Sumatra earthquake	0.0	98.25		7.7		^[37]
	20:45 UTC	Offshore Miyagi, Japan see 1936 Miyagi earthquake	38.2	142.1		7.2		^[38]
	17:09	Salcha, Alaska, United Statessee Salcha Seismic Zone	64.49	−146.85		7.3		USGS
	03:47 UTC	Veracruz, Mexico see 1937 Orizaba earthquake	18.52	−95.88	34	7.3		^[39]
	08:32	Maui, Hawaii, United States	20.96	−156.18		6.8	(Klein and Wright, 2000)	USGS
	12:59 local time	Kırşehir, Turkey	39.1	34.0	160	6.6
	20:18	Shumagin Islands, Alaska, United States	55.33	−158.37		8.2		USGS
	23:32 Local Time	Chillán, Chile see 1939 Chillán earthquake	−37.000	−70.500	28,000	7.8		USGS
	02:36 local time	Dikili, İzmir, Turkey	39.1	26.8	60	6.6
	23:57	Erzincan, Turkey see 1939 Erzincan earthquake	39.77	39.53	32,968	7.8		USGS
	04:36	Imperial Valley, California, United States see 1940 El Centro earthquake	32.73	−115.5	9	7.1	(Ellsworth, 1990)	USGS
	01:39		45.80	26.70	1,000	7.7	(LT, 2007)	USGS

1941–1950

Date	Time	Place	Lat.	Long.		--> Deaths		--> Magnitude	Comments	Sources
	19:09 UTC	Michoacán, Mexico see 1941 Colima earthquake	18.85	−102.94	90	7.7		^[40]
	01:35	Meeberrie, Western Australia, Australia	−26.8	116.1		7.2
	17:22	Andaman and Nicobar islands, India see 1941 Andaman Islands earthquake	– 12:50	−92.57	8,000	8.1		USGS
	19:19		23.40	120.48	358	6.9		USGS
	23:37 UTC	Guatemala see 1942 Guatemala earthquake	13.78	−90.91	38	7.7		USGS
	22:50 UTC	Peru see 1942 Peru earthquake	−14.98	−74.92	30	8.2		USGS
	19:01 local time	Bigadiç, Balıkesir, Turkey	39.2	28.2	16	6.1
	14:03	Erbaa, Tokat, Turkey see 1942 Niksar–Erbaa earthquake	40.87	36.47	3,000	7.0		^[41]
	12:07 Local Time	Ovalle, Chile see 1943 Ovalle earthquake	−30.750	−72.000	12	7.9–8.2		USGS
and 9, 1943	20:42 UTC and 03:06 UTC	Sumatra see 1943 Alahan Panjang earthquakes	−1.00	101.00		7.2 and 7.5
	17:32 local time	Hendek, Adapazarı, Turkey	40.6	30.5	336	6.6
	14:53 UTC	Central Java see 1943 Central Java earthquake	−9.50	110.00	213	7.0		^[42]
	00:20 local time	Ladik, Samsun, Turkey see 1943 Tosya–Ladik earthquake	41.05	33.72	4,000	7.5
	20:50 GMT-3	San Juan, Argentina see 1944 San Juan earthquake	−31.4	−68.4	8,000–10,000	7.0	The 30-second long earthquake destroyed 95% of the city, located 30 km from the epicentre.	^[43]
	03:25	Gerede, Bolu, Turkey see 1944 Bolu–Gerede earthquake	40.8	32.2	3,959	7.5		^[44]
	04:34 local time	Ayvalık, Balıkesir, Turkey	39.37	26.53	30	6.8
	04:35	Off the east coast of Kii Peninsula, Wakayama Prefecture, Kinki region, Japan known as 1944 Tōnankai earthquake	33.75	136	1,223	8.1		USGS
	21:56	Offshore Pakistan see 1945 Balochistan earthquake	24.5	63.0	4,000	8.1	Tsunami from submarine slumping	^[45]
	12:28	Unimak Island, Alaska, United States see 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake	52.75	−163.5	165	7.3	(Stover and Coffman, 1993)	USGS
	17:13	Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada see 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake	49.75	−124.5		7.3	(Gutenberg and Richter, 1954: Rogers, 1983)	USGS
September 12, 1946	15:17	Sagaing Region and Kachin State, Burmasee 1946 Sagaing earthquakes	22.35	96.24		8.0 & 7.8		^[46] ^[47]
		Launceston, Tasmania, Australia				6.2
	17:51	Dominican Republic see 1946 Dominican Republic earthquake	19.25	−69	2,550	8.0	(Abe, 1981)	USGS
	19:19	Off southern Wakayama Prefecture, Kinki–Shikoku regions, Japan see 1946 Nankaidō earthquake	32.5	134.5	1,330	8.1		USGS
	13:43	British India, Tibet see 1947 Assam earthquake	28.50	94.00		7.3		^[48]
	02:09	Fairbanks, Alaska, United States	64.2	−148.3		7.2		USGS
	01:46 PST	Panay, Philippines see 1948 Lady Caycay earthquake	10.8	122.295	50	7.8		USGS
	07:11	Litang, China see 1948 Litang earthquake	29.5	100.5	800	7.2
	07:13	Fukui Prefecture, Japan see 1948 Fukui earthquake	36.16	136.22	3,769	6.8		USGS
	20:12		37.95	58.32	110,000	7.3		USGS
	19:55	Olympia, Washington, United States see1949 Olympia earthquake	47.1	−122.7	8	7.1	(Baker and Langston, 1987)	USGS
	03:53	Gharm Oblast, Tajikistan see 1949 Khait earthquake	39.2	70.8	7,200	7.5		^[49]
	14:05	Ambato, Ecuador see 1949 Ambato earthquake	−1.19	−78.32	6,000	6.4		USGS
	18:44	Karlıova, Bingöl, Turkey see 1949 Karlıova earthquake	39.54	40.57	450	6.8
	04:01	Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada see 1949 Queen Charlotte earthquake	53.62	−133.27	0	8.1	(Gutenberg and Richter, 1954)	USGS
	06:53	Tierra del Fuego, Chile & Argentina see 1949 Tierra del Fuego earthquakes	−54	−68.77		7.8		^[50]
	14:09	Assam–Tibet see 1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake	28.5	96.5	4,800	8.6		USGS

1951–1960

Date	Time	Place	Lat.	Long.		--> Deaths		--> Magnitude	Comments	Sources
	18:36	Kurşunlu, Çankırı, Turkey see 1951 Kurşunlu earthquake	40.88	32.87	50	6.9
	10:57	Kona, Hawaii, United States	19.5	−155.95		6.9	(Klein and Wright, 2000)	USGS
	11:52	Kern County, California, United States see 1952 Kern County earthquake	34.95	−119.05	12	7.3	(Stein and Hanks, 1998)	USGS
	04:58	Kamchatka, Soviet Union see 1952 Severo-Kurilsk earthquake	52.76	160.06	2,336	9.0		USGS
	08:15		−35.39	54.98	973	6.6		USGS
	21:06 local time	Yenice, Çanakkale, Turkey See 1953 Yenice–Gönen earthquake	40.02	27.53	1,070	7.2
	17:16 UTC	Near Concepción, Chile see 1953 Concepción earthquake	−36.50	−73.00	12	7.6		^[51]
–12, 1953	09:24	Kefalonia, Greece see 1953 Ionian earthquake	38.2	20.6	476	6.8	113 tremors over five days	^[52] ^[53]
	00:27 UTC	Fiji see 1953 Suva earthquake	−18.25	178.25	8	6.8		^[54]
	16:18 Local Time	Calama, Chile	−22.10	−68.70	3	7.4
	17:31 UTC	Tumbes, Peru see 1953 Tumbes earthquake	−3.40	−80.60	6	7.5
	06:17	Spain	37.03	−3.51		7.9		USGS
	11:13	Rainbow Mountain, Nevada, United States	39.42	−118.53		6.6	(Ellsworth, 1990)	USGS
	05:51	Stillwater, Nevada, United States	39.58	−118.45		6.8	(Ellsworth, 1990)	USGS
	01:04		−36.27	1.59	1,409	6.7		USGS
	11:07	Fairview Peak, Nevada, United States	39.32	−118.2		7.1	(Ellsworth, 1990)	USGS
	11:11	Dixie Valley, Nevada, United States	39.5	−118		6.8	(Ellsworth, 1990)	USGS
	09:07 local time	Söke, Aydın, Turkey	37.55	27.05	23	6.8
	06:09 UTC	Offshore Alexandria, Egypt see 1955 Alexandria earthquake	32.2	29.6	18	6.3
	15:06 UTC	Sichuan and Yunnan, China see 1955 Yuzha earthquake	26.60	101.80	728	6.8
	15:07 UTC	Near Sagaing, Burma see 1956 Sagaing earthquake	22.08	95.82		7.1		USGS
	21:02 local time		−23.3	70.0	115	6.3		USGS
	14:42 UTC	West of Masachapa, Nicaragua see 1956 Nicaragua earthquake	11.79	−86.46		7.3		^[55]
	14:22	Andreanof Islands, Alaska, United States see 1957 Andreanof Islands earthquake	51.56	−175.39	0	8.6		USGS
	04:25 local time	Fethiye, Muğla, Turkey	36.5	28.6	67	7.1
	6:36	Abant, Bolu, Turkey see 1957 Abant earthquake	40.67	31.00	52	7.1
	03:37	Govi-Altai Province, Mongolia see 1957 Mongolia earthquake	45.15	99.21	30	8.1		USGS
	15:30	Huslia, Alaska, United States	65.94	−156.37		7.3		USGS
	06:15	Fairweather, Alaska, United States see 1958 Lituya Bay, Alaska earthquake and megatsunami	58.37	−136.66	5	7.7		USGS
	22:58	Kuril Islands, USSR see 1958 Kuril Islands earthquake	44.48	148.45		8.3		USGS
	07:15	Kamchatka, USSR see 1959 Kamchatka earthquake	53.37	159.66	1	8.0
	06:37	Hebgen Lake, Montana, United States see 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake	44.6	−110.64	28	7.3	(Dosier, 1985)	USGS
	23:40	Agadir, Morocco see 1960 Agadir earthquake	30.5	−9.3	10,000	5.7		USGS
	10:02	Concepción, Chile see 1960 Concepción earthquakes	−37.824	−73.353	125	8.3		USGS
	19:11	Valdivia, Chile see 1960 Valdivia earthquake	−38.24	−73.05	5,700	9.5		USGS
	22:02 UTC	Northern Peru see November 1960 Peru earthquake	−6.70	−80.62		7.8		USGS

1961–1970

Date	Time	Place	Lat.	Long.		--> Deaths		--> Magnitude	Comments	Sources
	19:20		-35.63	49.87	12,225	7.2	Mw	USGS
	08:50 UTC	Offshore Su-ao, Taiwan see 1963 Su-ao earthquake	24.35	122.06	3	7.3	Mw
	17:14	Marj, Marj District, Libya	32.6	21.0	300	5.4		^[56] ^[57]
	04:17	Skopje, Republic of Macedonia see 1963 Skopje earthquake	42.16	22.66	1,100	6.1		–
	05:17	Kuril Islands see 1963 Kuril Islands earthquake	44.81	149.54	0	8.5		–
	17:36	Prince William Sound, Alaska, United States see 1964 Alaska earthquake	61.02	−147.65	125	9.2		USGS
	04:01	Off northern Niigata Prefecture, Chūbu region, Japan see 1964 Niigata earthquake	38.43	139.23	26	7.5		USGS
	07:22 UTC	Guerrero, Mexico see 1964 Guerrero earthquake	18.19	−100.51	40	7.4		^[58]
	16:31 local time	Manyas, Balıkesir, Turkey	40.1	27.93	23	7.0
	00:11 UTC	Sanana, Indonesia see 1965 Ceram Sea earthquake	−2.455	125.965	71	8.2		^[59]
	05:01	Rat Islands, Alaska, United States see 1965 Rat Islands earthquake	51.21	−178.5		8.7		USGS
	12:33 Local Time	La Ligua, Chile	−32.418	−71.10	280	7.4		USGS
	08:29	Seattle–Tacoma, Washington, United States see 1965 Puget Sound earthquake	47.32	−122.33	7	6.7		USGS
	19:46	Oaxaca, Mexico see 1965 Oaxaca earthquake	15.38	−96.12	6	7.5		^[60]
	16:31 UTC	Offshore Hualien, Taiwan see 1966 Hualien earthquake	24.24	122.67		8.0		^[61]
	01:42 UTC	Near Uganda-Democratic Republic of the Congo border see 1966 Toro earthquake	0.85	29.87	157	6.1		USGS
	08:19		−37.04	114.29	8,064	6.8		USGS
	04:26	Parkfield, California, United States	35.88	−120.49		6.1	(Tsai and Aki, 1969)	USGS
	12:23	Varto, Muş, Turkey see 1966 Varto earthquake	39.17	41.56	2,396	6.8
	21:41 UTC	Peru see 1966 Peru earthquake	−10.7	−78.7		8.1		^[62]
	08:18 UTC	Taltal, Chile	−25.51	−70.74	6	8.1
	16:56	Mudurnu, Adapazarı, Turkey see 1967 Mudurnu earthquake	40.67	30.69	89	7.2
	20:05	Caracas, Venezuela see 1967 Caracas earthquake	10.56	−67.33	236	6.6		USGS
	22:51	Koynanagar, India	17.39	73.77		6.3	(Langston, 1976)	USGS
	00:42 UTC	Hyuga-nada Sea, Japan see 1968 Hyūga-nada earthquake	32.3	132.5		7.5		^[63]
	01:49 UTC	Offshore Honshu and Hokkaido, Japan see 1968 Tokachi earthquake	40.90	143.35		8.3		USGS
	5:24 local time	Inangahua Junction, West Coast, New Zealand see 1968 Inangahua earthquake	−41.76	172.04	3	7.1		–
	10:47 UTC	Dasht Bayaz & Ferdows, Iran see 1968 Dasht-e Bayaz and Ferdows earthquake	33.9	59.02	12,000	7.1		USGS
	10:19 UTC	Bartın, Turkey	41.79	32.31	29	6.5
	10:49 Local Time	Meckering, Western Australia, Australia see 1968 Meckering earthquake	−31.57	117.07		6.5
	02:40	Portugal, Morocco see 1969 Portugal earthquake	36.017	−10.950	13	7.8		^[64]
	03:48 local time	Alaşehir, Manisa, Turkey	38.5	28.4	53	6.5
	07:15 UTC	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt see 1969 Sharm el-Sheikh earthquake	27.6	33.9	2	6.6
	13:24 local time	Bohai Bay, China see 1969 Bohai earthquake	38.2	119.4	10	7.4		^[65]
	22:49	Yangjiang, Guangdong, China see 1969 Yangjiang earthquake	21.61	111.83	3,000	6.4		^[66]
–27, 1969	15:36 and 08:10	Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina	44.9	17.2	10	6.4		^[67]
	17:35	China see 1970 Tonghai earthquake	25.96	101.32	15,000	7.1		^[68] ^[69]	--Need a permalink for this-->
		Canning Basin, Western Australia, Australia				6.7
	20:23	Ancash, Peru see 1970 Ancash earthquake	−9.25	−78.84	70,000	7.9	Mw	USGS
	23:02 local time	Gediz, Kütahya, Turkey see 1970 Gediz earthquake	39.2	29.5	1,086	7.2
	17:08	Colombia see 1970 Colombia earthquake	−1.49	−72.56	1	8		USGS
	04:34 UTC	Peru see 1970 Peru–Ecuador earthquake	−3.99	−80.72	82	7.1		USGS

1971–1980

Date	Time	Place	Lat.	Long.		--> Deaths		--> Magnitude	Comments	Sources
	14:00	Sylmar, California, United States see 1971 San Fernando earthquake	34.4	−118.39	65	6.7	Mw(Heaton, 1982)	USGS
		Canning Basin, Western Australia, Australia				6.4
	16:44	Bingöl, Turkey see 1971 Bingöl earthquake	38.83	40.52	1,000	6.9		^[70]
	23:04 Local Time	Illapel, Chile see 1971 Aconcagua earthquake	−32.511	−71.207	85	7.5	Mw	USGS
and July 26, 1971		Solomon Islands see 1971 Solomon Islands earthquakes			2	8.0, 8.1
	02:06 UTC	Qir, Iran see 1972 Qir earthquake	28.4	52.8	5,374	6.7	Mw^[71]	^[72]
	09:57 UTC	Ruisui, Taiwan see 1972 Ruisui earthquake	23.60	121.60	5	7.2	Ms	USGS
	06:29	Managua, Nicaragua see 1972 Nicaragua earthquake	12.35	86.12	11,000	6.2	Mw (Brown, R. D., P. L. Ward, and G. Plafker (1973))	USGS
	09:50		18.23	−96.61	1,200	7.3	Mw	USGS
	23:33	Off Izu Peninsula, Japan see 1974 Izu Peninsula earthquake	34.6	138.8	25	6.5	Ms	^[73]
	19:25	Near Yunnan, Sichuan border, China see 1974 Zhaotong earthquake	28.24	104.01	20,000	7.0	Mw	^[74]
	14:21 UTC	Near Lima, Peru see 1974 Lima earthquake	−12.25	−77.52	78	8.1	Mw	USGS
	12:11		35.0	72.8	5.300	6.2	Mw	USGS
	11:36	Haicheng, Liaoning, China see 1975 Haicheng earthquake	40.72	122.73	2,041	7	Mw (Cipar, 1979)	USGS
	09:11 UTC	North Atlantic see 1975 North Atlantic earthquake	35.97	−17.65		7.9	Mw	USGS
	18:54	Norris Junction, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States	44.69	−110.62	0	6.1	ML Largest earthquake in Yellowstone Caldera since 1959 Hebgen Lake event	^[75]
	12:06 UTC	Bagan, Myanmar, see 1975 Bagan earthquake	21.48	94.7	85	7.5	Mw	USGS
	12:20 local time	Lice, Diyarbakır, Turkey see 1975 Lice earthquake	38.5	40.7	2,385	6.6	MS
		Canning Basin, Western Australia, Australia				6.2	MS
	14:47	south flank of Kīlauea, Hawaii, United States	19.45	−155.03	2	7.2	MS (Klein and Wright, 2000)	USGS
	09:01	Guatemala see 1976 Guatemala earthquake	15.3	−89.14	23,000	7.5	Mw	USGS
	21:06	Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy see 1976 Friuli earthquake	46.2	13.10	989	6.4	Mw
	19:18		4.603	140.091	5,400	7.3	Mw	USGS
	07:13		8.227	114.75	573	6.5	Mw	USGS
	19:42	Tangshan, China see 1976 Tangshan earthquake	39.61	117.89	242,419	7.6	Mw	USGS
	00:11 local time	Moro Gulf, Mindanao, Philippines see 1976 Moro Gulf earthquake	06.03	124.0	4,791	8.0	Mw	PHIVOLCS
	14:22 local time	Muradiye, Van, Turkey see 1976 Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake	39.12	44.03	3,840	7.5	MS
	21:20 local time	Bucharest, Romania see 1977 Bucharest earthquake	45.8	26.8	1,500	7.5	Lasted ~5 minutes	–
	06:08		11.085	118.464	180	8.3	Mw	USGS
	09:26		−31.08	−67.78	65	7.4	Mw	USGS
	08:14 UTC	Off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan see 1978 Miyagi earthquake	38.19	142.03	28^[76]	7.7	MS	USGS
	19:38	Tabas, Yazd Province, Iran see 1978 Tabas earthquake	33.3	57.4	15,000	7.7	ML	USGS
	06:19	Herceg Novi, Dubrovnik, Montenegro, Croatia see 1979 Montenegro earthquake	41.98	18.98	136	7.0	Ms	^[77]
		Cadoux, Western Australia, Australia				6.1	Mw	USGS
	23:17	Imperial Valley, California, United States see 1979 Imperial Valley earthquake	32.82	−115.65		6.4	Mw (Hartzell and Heaton, 1983)	USGS
	07:59	Nariño Department, Colombia see 1979 Tumaco earthquake	1.598	−79.358	600	8.2	Mw	^[78]
	16:33	Mammoth Lakes, California, United States	37.6	−118.83		6.1	Mw (Ellsworth, 1990)	USGS
	14:50	Mammoth Lakes, California, United States	37.48	−118.8		6	Mw (Ellsworth, 1990)	USGS
	14:53	Oaxaca, Mexico see 1980 Oaxaca earthquake	18.08	−98.22	300	7.2	Mw	USGS
	12:25	Northern Algeria see1980 El Asnam earthquake	36.195	1.354	5,000	7.7	Ms	^[79]
	10:27	Gorda plate, California, United States	41.12	−124.67		7.2	Mw (Ellsworth, 1990)	USGS
	19:34	Irpinia, Southern Italy see 1980 Irpinia earthquake	40.87	15.31	2,735	6.8	Mw	USGS

1981–1990

Date	Time	Place	Lat.	Long.		--> Deaths		--> Magnitude	Comments	Sources
	15:11	Irian Jaya, Indonesia see 1981 Irian Jaya earthquake	−4.576	139.232	305	6.7	Ms	^[80]
	21:13	Sichuan, China see 1981 Dawu earthquake	30.93	101.10	150	6.8	ML	USGS
	03:22 UTC	Playa Azul, Mexico see 1981 Playa Azul earthquake	18.05	−102.08	3	7.3	Ms	USGS
	09:12	Dhamar, North Yemen (now Yemen) see 1982 North Yemen earthquake	14.70	44.38	2,800	6.2	Mw	USGS
		Popayán, Cauca Department, Colombia see 1983 Popayán earthquake			267	5.5		USGS
	23:42	Coalinga, California, United States see 1983 Coalinga earthquake	36.23	−120.32		6.5	Mw (Ellsworth, 1990)	USGS
	14:06	Borah Peak, Idaho, United States	44.09	−113.8	2	7	Mw (PDE Monthly Listing)	USGS
	07:12 local time	Erzurum, Turkey see 1983 Erzurum earthquake	40.33	42.19	1,342	6.9	MS
	16:13	Kaoiki, Hawaii, United States	19.44	−155.38		6.7	Mw (PDE Monthly Listing)	USGS
	17:46 UTC	Chagos Archipelago, British Indian Ocean Territory see 1983 Chagos Archipelago earthquake	−6.58	72.11		7.7	Ms	^[81]
	04:11		−11.866	13.259	500	6.3	Mw	USGS
	21:15	Morgan Hill, California, United States see 1984 Morgan Hill earthquake	37.3	−121.71		6.2	Mw (PDE Monthly Listing)	USGS
	06:49 UTC	Northern Sumatra, Indonesia see 1984 Northern Sumatra earthquake	0.20	98.03		7.2	Ms	USGS
December 31, 1984	07:03 local time	Cachar, Assam, Indiasee 1984 Cachar earthquake	24.641	92.891	20	6.0		USGS
	19:47 Local Time	Valparaíso, Chile see 1985 Algarrobo earthquake	−33.24	−71.850	177	7.8	Mw	USGS
	21:56:59 local time (01:56:59 UTC)	Rapel Lake, Chile see 1985 Rapel Lake earthquake	−34.04	−71.39	2	7.5	Mw	USGS
	13:17	Michoacán, Mexico see 1985 Mexico City earthquake	18.44	−102.36	10,000	8	Mw (PDE Monthly Listing)	USGS
	05:16	Nahanni, Northwest Territories, Canada see 1985 Nahanni earthquakes	62.16	−124.31		6.8	Mw (Wetmiller et al., 1988)	USGS
	22:47	Andreanof Islands, Alaska, United States	51.56	−174.81		8	Mw (PDE Monthly Listing)	USGS
	09:20	north Palm Springs, California, United States	33.97	−116.78		6.1	Mw (Hartzell, 1989)	USGS
	14:42	Chalfant Valley, California, United States see 1986 Chalfant Valley earthquake	37.53	−118.43		6.2	Mw (Ellsworth, 1990)	USGS
	17:49	El Salvador, San Salvador see 1986 San Salvador earthquake	13.827	−89.118	1,500	5.4	Ms
	13:42 local time	Edgecumbe, New Zealand see 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake	−37.88	176.84		6.5	Mw	–
	04:10	Napo Province, Ecuador see 1987 Ecuador earthquakes	−0.0	77.7	5,000	7.1	Mw	USGS
	14:42	Whittier Narrows, California, United States see 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake	34.06	−118.13	8	5.9	Mw (Hartzell and Iida, 1990)	USGS
	19:23	Gulf of Alaska, United States	58.84	−142.6		7.9	Mw (PDE Monthly Listing)	USGS
	00:35	Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia	−19.87	133.78		6.3	Mw (Choy and Bowman, 1990)	USGS
	03:57	Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia	−19.88	133.83		6.4	Mw (Choy and Bowman, 1990)	USGS
	12:04	Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia	−19.9	133.83		6.6	Mw (Choy and Bowman, 1990)	USGS
	22:35	Gulf of Alaska, United States	57.26	−142.75		7.8	Mw (PDE Monthly Listing)	USGS
	23:09	Nepal see1988 Nepal earthquake	−26.71	86.62	709	6.9	Mw	USGS
	13:03	Myanmar-China border see 1988 Lancang earthquake	22.789°N	99.611°E	938	7.7		USGS
	07:41	Spitak, Armenia see 1988 Armenian earthquake	40.93	44.11	25,000	6.8	Mw (PDE Monthly Listing)	USGS
	23:02		−38.47	−68.69	274	5.5	Mw	USGS
	10:54 local time	Macquarie Fault Zone	−52.371	160.642		8.2	Mw	^[82] ^[83]
	00:18		4.511	139.022	120	6.0	Mw	USGS
	17:04 local time	Loma Prieta, California, United States see 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake	37.14	−121.76	63	6.9	Mw (Wald et al., 1991)	USGS
	14:24	Ungava Peninsula, Quebec, Canada	60.07	−73.54		6.0	Mw (Bent, 1994)	USGS
	10:27 local time	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia see 1989 Newcastle earthquake	−32.95	151.61	13	5.6	ML This is the only deadly Australian earthquake recorded to date	–
February 8, 1990	15:15local time	Bohol Sea, Philippines;see 1990 Bohol Sea earthquake	9.755	124.694	6	6.8	Mw	^[84] ^[85]
	15:41 local time	Panay Island, Philippines see 1990 Panay earthquake	11.34	122.10	8	7.1	Mw	–
	00:30 local time	Northwestern Iran; see 1990 Manjil–Rudbar earthquake	36.96	49.41	50,000	7.4	Mw	–
	16:26 local time	Baguio, Philippines; see 1990 Luzon earthquake	15.7	121.2	1,621	7.9	Ms	–

1991–2000

Date	Time	Place	Lat.	Long.		--> Deaths		--> Magnitude	Comments	Sources
								-->
	09:12	Racha, Georgia see 1991 Racha earthquake	42.453	43.673	270	7.0	Mw	USGS
	22:17	Honeydew, California, United States	41.79	−125.58		7.1	Mw (PDE Monthly Listing)	USGS
	02:53 local time	Uttarakhand, India see 1991 Uttarkashi earthquake	30.75	78.82	768	6.8		Mw (PDE Monthly Listing)	USGS
	17.18	Erzincan, Turkey see 1992 Erzincan earthquake	39.70	39.69	652	6.8		^[86]
	04:50	Joshua Tree, California, United States	33.87	−116.55		6.1	Mw (Hauksson et al., 1993)	USGS
	18:06	Cape Mendocino, California, United States	40.38	−124.05		7.2	Mw (PDE Monthly Listing)	USGS
	07:41	offshore, Cape Mendocino, California, United States	40.55	−124.29		6.5	Mw (Oppenheimer et al., 1993)	USGS
	11:18	offshore, Cape Mendocino, California, United States	40.44	−124.43		6.7	Mw (Oppenheimer et al., 1993)	USGS
	11:57	Landers, California, US see 1992 Landers earthquake	34.2	−116.52	3	7.3	Mw (Sieh et al. 1993)	USGS
	00:16	Nicaragua see 1992 Nicaragua earthquake	11.77	−87.35	116	7.7	Mw (PDE Monthly Listing)	USGS
	13:09	Egypt, Cairo see 1992 Cairo earthquake	29.778	31.144	545	5.8	MB
	05:29	Flores, Indonesia see 1992 Flores earthquake and tsunami and tsunami	8.480	121.896	2,500	7.8	Mw	USGS
	13:17	Japan (Hokkaido), Korea and Russia see1993 Hokkaido earthquake	42.851	139.197	230	7.7	Mw	^[87]
	22:25	Latur-Killari, India see 1993 Latur earthquake	18.08	76.52	9,748	6.2	Mw (PDE Monthly Listing)	USGS
	12:30	Reseda, Los Angeles, California, United States see 1994 Northridge earthquake	34.18	−118.56	57	6.7	Mw (PDE Monthly Listing)	USGS
	17:07 UTC	Sumatra, Indonesia see 1994 Liwa earthquake	−4.967	−104.302	207	6.9	Mw	USGS
	18:17	Java, Indonesia see 1994 Java earthquake	10.51	112.87	250	7.8	Mw	USGS
	20:47	Paez, Cauca, Colombia see 1994 Páez River earthquake	2.917	76.057	1,100	6.8	Mw	USGS
	00:33	Bolivia see 1994 Bolivia earthquake	−13.86	−67.49	5	8.2	Mw (PDE Monthly Listing)	USGS
	15:15	Cape Mendocino, California, United States	40.38	−125.78		7.1	Mw (PDE Monthly Listing)	USGS
	13:22 (UTC)	Near Kuril Islands, Russia see 1994 Kuril Islands earthquake	43.706	147.328	10	8.2	Mw	USGS
	03:15 local time	Calapan, Mindoro, Philippines see 1994 Mindoro earthquake	13.53	121.08	78	7.1	Mw	PHIVOLCS
	12:19 (UTC)	Near Honshū, Japan see 1994 offshore Sanriku earthquake	40.451	143.491	2	7.7	Mw	USGS
	05:46 local time	Southern Hyōgo Prefecture, Kinki region, Japan see Great Hanshin earthquake	34.57	135.03	6,434	6.9	Mw (PDE Monthly Listing)	USGS
	23:03 local time	Neftegorsk, Northern Sakhalin, Russia see 1995 Neftegorsk earthquake	52.629	142.827	1,995	7.1	Mw	USGS
	05:11 UTC	Near Coast Antofagasta, Chile see 1995 Antofagasta earthquake	−23.34	−70.294	3	8.0	Mw	USGS
	14:04 UTC	Guerrero, Mexico see 1995 Guerrero earthquake	16.779	−98.597	3	7.4	Mw	USGS
	17:57 local time	Dinar, Afyon, Turkey see 1995 Dinar earthquake	38.06	30.13	90	6.1	MS
	15:35 UTC	Off the coast of Jalisco, Mexico see 1995 Colima–Jalisco earthquake	19.055	−104.205	49	8.0	Mw	^[88] ^[89] ^[90]
	02:38 UTC	Chiapas, Mexico see 1995 Chiapas earthquake	16.840	−93.469		7.1	Mw	USGS
	22:46 UTC	Wuding, Yunnan, China see 1995 Wuding earthquake	26.003	102.227	53	6.2	Mw	USGS
	19:14 local time	Lijiang, Yunnan, China see 1996 Lijiang earthquake	27.30	100.29	322	6.6	Mw	USGS
	05:59	Near Biak Island, Indonesia see 1996 Biak earthquake	−0.891	136.952	108	8.1	Mw	^[91]
	03:32 UTC	Near Baotou, China see 1996 Baotou earthquake	40.774	109.661	26	6.4	Ms	^[92]
	16:59 UTC	Near Nazca, Peru see 1996 Nazca earthquake	−14.993	75.675	14	7.5	Mw	USGS
	12:57 UTC	Ardabil, Iran see 1997 Ardabil earthquake	38.08	48.05	1,100	6.1	Mw	USGS
	07:57 UTC	South Khorasan, Iran see 1997 Qayen earthquake	33.844	59.810	1,567	7.3	Mw	USGS
	22:51		−23.1	80.14	56	5.8	Mw	USGS
	19:24		−10.45	63.58	81	6.9	Mw	USGS
		Collier Bay, Western Australia, Australia				6.3	Mw	USGS
	09:40 UTC	Umbria–Marche, Italy see 1997 Umbria and Marche earthquake	43.084	12.812	11	6.1	Me	USGS
	01:03 UTC	Punitaqui, Chile see 1997 Punitaqui earthquake	30.93	71.22	8	7.1	Me	USGS
	10:02 UTC	Tibet see 1997 Manyi earthquake	35.069	87.325		7.4	Mw	USGS
	12:16 UTC	Antofagasta, Chile	−23.91	−70.20	1	7.1^[93]	Mw	USGS
	14:33		37.17	70.14	4,000	5.9	Mw	USGS
	00:48 Local time	Aiquile, Bolivia see 1998 Aiquile earthquake	−17.91	−65.47	105	6.6	Mw	USGS
	06:22	Takhar, Afghanistan see May 1998 Afghanistan earthquake	37.17	70.09	4,500	6.5	Mw	USGS
	16:55 local time	Ceyhan, Adana, Turkey see 1998 Adana–Ceyhan earthquake	36.88	35.31	146	6.2	MS
	08:49	New Guinea, Papua New Guinea see 1998 Papua New Guinea earthquake	−2.94	142.58	2,183	7	Mw (PDE Monthly Listing)	USGS
	11:38 UTC	Near Yunnan-Sichuan border see 1998 Ninglang earthquake	27.27	101.03	5	6.2	Ms	^[94]
	13:19	Quindío And Risaralda, Colombia see 1999 Colombia earthquake	4.45	−75.65	1,900	6.2		USGS
	19:05	Chamoli, India see 1999 Chamoli earthquake	30.408	79.416	103	6.8	Mw (PDE Monthly Listing)	USGS
	00:01 GMT	İzmit, Turkey see 1999 İzmit earthquake	40.70	29.99	17,127	7.4	Mw (PDE Monthly Listing)	USGS
	11:56	Athens, Greece see 1999 Athens earthquake	38.06	23.51	143	6.0	Mw (PDE Monthly Listing)	USGS
	1:47	Chichi, Nantou, Taiwan see 1999 Chichi earthquake	23.82	120.86	2,415	7.7	Mw (PDE Monthly Listing)	USGS
	09:46	Hector Mine, California, United States	34.56	−116.44		7.2	Mw (PDE Monthly Listing)	USGS
	16:57	Düzce, Turkey see 1999 Düzce earthquake	40.82	31.23	894	7.2	Mw (PDE Monthly Listing)	USGS
	23:37	Yunnan, China see 2000 Yunnan earthquake	25.61	101.06	7	5.9	Mw	USGS
	04:21	Sulawesi, Indonesia see 2000 Banggai Islands earthquake	−1.105	123.573	46	7.6		USGS
	23:30	Sumatra, Indonesia see 2000 Enggano earthquake	4.72	102.08	103	7.9	Mw	USGS
	13:30	Masaya, Nicaragua see 2000 Nicaragua earthquake	11.884	−85.988	7	5.4	Mw	^[95]
	04:54	New Ireland, Papua New Guinea see 2000 New Ireland earthquakes	−4	152.33	2	8	Mw	USGS
	18:10	Baku, Azerbaijan see 2000 Baku earthquake	40.37	49.89	26	7	ML

Key to magnitudes

M_L = Local magnitude (Richter)

M_S = Surface-wave magnitude

M_w = Moment magnitude

See also

• Lists of earthquakes

Notes and References

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