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Earthquakes with 1,000 or More Deaths from 1900
| Date UTC |
Location |
Deaths |
Magnitude |
Comments |
| 1902 Apr 19 |
Guatemala
14 N 91 W |
2,000 |
7.5 |
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| 1902 Dec 16 |
Turkestan
40.8 N 72.6 E |
4,500 |
6.4 |
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| 1903 Apr 19 |
Turkey
39.1 N 42.4 E |
1,700 |
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| 1903 Apr 28 |
Turkey
39.1 N 42.5 E |
2,200 |
6.3 |
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| 1905 Apr 4 |
India, Kangra
33.0 N 76.0 E |
19,000 |
8.6 |
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| 1905 Sep 8 |
Italy, Calabria
39.4 N 16.4 E |
2,500 |
7.9 |
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| 1906 Jan 31 |
Colombia-Ecuador
1 N 81.5 W |
1,000 |
8.8 |
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| 1906 Mar 16 |
Formosa, Kagi
(Taiwan)
23.6 N 120.5 E |
1,300 |
7.1 |
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| 1906 Aug 17 |
Chile, Valparaiso
33 S 72 W |
20,000 |
8.2 |
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| 1907 Jan 14 |
Jamaica, Kingston
18.2 N 76.7 W |
1,600 |
6.5 |
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| 1907 Oct 21 |
Central Asia
38 N 69 E |
12,000 |
8.1 |
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| 1908 Dec 28 |
Italy, Messina
38 N 15.5 E |
70,000
to 100,000 |
7.2 |
Deaths from earthquake and tsunami. |
| 1909 Jan 23 |
Iran
33.4 N 49.1 E |
5,500 |
7.3 |
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1912 Aug 9 |
Marmara Sea
40.5 N 27 E |
1,950 |
7.8 |
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| 1915 Jan 13 |
Italy, Avezzano
42 N 13.5 E |
29,980 |
7.5 |
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| 1917 Jan 21 |
Indonesia, Bali
8.0 S 115.4 E |
15,000 |
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| 1917 Jul 30 |
China
28.0 N 104.0 E |
1,800 |
6.5 |
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| 1918 Feb 13 |
China, Kwangtung
(Guangdong)
23.5 N 117.0 E |
10,000 |
7.3 |
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| 1920 Dec 16 |
China, Gansu
35.8 N 105.7 E |
200,000 |
8.6 |
Major fractures, landslides. |
| 1923 Mar 24 |
China
31.3 N 100.8 E |
5,000 |
7.3 |
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| 1923 May 25 |
Iran
35.3 N 59.2 E |
2,200 |
5.7 |
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| 1923 Sep 1 |
Japan, Kanto
35.0 N 139.5 E |
143,000 |
7.9 |
Great Tokyo fire. |
| 1925 Mar 16 |
China, Yunnan
25.5 N 100.3 E |
5,000 |
7.1 |
Talifu almost completely destroyed. |
| 1927 Mar 7 |
Japan, Tango
35.8 N 134.8 E |
3,020 |
7.6 |
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| 1927 May 22 |
China, Tsinghai
36.8 N 102.8 E |
200,000 |
7.9 |
Large fractures. |
| 1929 May 1 |
Iran
38 N 58 E |
3,300 |
7.4 |
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| 1930 May 6 |
Iran
38.0 N 44.5 E |
2,500 |
7.2 |
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| 1930 Jul 23 |
Italy
41.1 N 15.4 E |
1,430 |
6.5 |
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| 1931 Mar 31 |
Nicaragua
13.2 N 85.7 W |
2,400 |
5.6 |
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| 1932 Dec 25 |
China, Gansu
39.7 N 97.0 E |
70,000 |
7.6 |
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| 1933 Mar 2 |
Japan, Sanriku
39.0 N 143.0 E |
2,990 |
8.4 |
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| 1933 Aug 25 |
China
32.0 N 103.7 E |
10,000 |
7.4 |
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| 1934 Jan 15 |
India, Bihar-Nepal
26.6 N 86.8 E |
10,700 |
8.1 |
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| 1935 Apr 20 |
Formosa
24.0 N 121.0 E |
3,280 |
7.1 |
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| 1935 May 30 |
Pakistan, Quetta
29.6 N 66.5 E |
30,000
to 60,000 |
7.5 |
Quetta almost completely destroyed. |
| 1935 Jul 16 |
Taiwan
24.4 N 120.7 E |
2,700 |
6.5 |
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| 1939 Jan 25 |
Chile, Chillan
36.2 S 72.2 W |
28,000 |
8.3 |
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| 1939 Dec 26 |
Turkey, Erzincan
39.6 N 38 E |
30,000 |
7.8 |
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| 1940 Nov 10 |
Romania
45.8 N 26.8 E |
1,000 |
7.3 |
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| 1942 Nov 26 |
Turkey
40.5 N 34.0 E |
4,000 |
7.6 |
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| 1942 Dec 20 |
Turkey, Erbaa
40.9 N 36.5 E |
3,000 |
7.3 |
Some reports of 1,000 killed. |
| 1943 Sep 10 |
Japan, Tottori
35.6 N 134.2 E |
1,190 |
7.4 |
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| 1943 Nov 26 |
Turkey
41.0 N 33.7 E |
4,000 |
7.6 |
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| 1944 Jan 15 |
Argentina, San Juan
31.6 S 68.5 W |
5,000 |
7.8 |
Reports of as many as 8,000 killed. |
| 1944 Feb 1 |
Turkey
41.4 N 32.7 E |
2,800 |
7.4 |
Reports of as many as 5,000 killed. |
| 1944 Dec 7 |
Japan, Tonankai
33.7 N 136.2 E |
1,000 |
8.1 |
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| 1945 Jan 12 |
Japan Mikawa
34.8 N 137.0 E |
1,900 |
7.1 |
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| 1945 Nov 27 |
Iran
25.0 N 60.5 E |
4,000 |
8.2 |
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| 1946 May 31 |
Turkey
39.5 N 41.5 E |
1,300 |
6.0 |
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| 1946 Nov 10 |
Peru, Ancash
8.3 S 77.8 W |
1,400 |
7.3 |
Landslides, great destruction. |
| 1946 Dec 20 |
Japan, Tonankai
32.5 N 134.5 E |
1,330 |
8.1 |
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| 1948 Jun 28 |
Japan, Fukui
36.1 N 136.2 E |
5,390 |
7.3 |
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| 1948 Oct 5 |
USSR
(Turkmenistan, Ashgabat)
38.0 N 58.3 E |
110,000 |
7.3 |
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| 1949 Aug 5 |
Ecuador, Ambato
1.2 S 78.5 E |
6,000 |
6.8 |
Large landslides, topographical changes. |
| 1950 Aug 15 |
India, Assam, Tibet
28.7 N 96.6 E |
1,530 |
8.6 |
Great topographical changes, landslides, floods. |
| 1954 Sep 9 |
Algeria, Orleansville
36 N 1.6 E |
1,250 |
6.8 |
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| 1957 Jun 27 |
USSR
(Russia)
56.3 N 116.5 E |
1,200 |
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| 1957 Jul 2 |
Iran
36.2 N 52.7 E |
1,200 |
7.4 |
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| 1957 Dec 13 |
Iran
34.4 N 47.6 E |
1,130 |
7.3 |
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| 1960 Feb 29 |
Morocco, Agadir
30 N 9 W |
10,000
to 15,000 |
5.7 |
Occurred at shallow depth just under city. |
| 1960 May 22 |
Chile
39.5 S 74.5 W |
4,000
to 5,000 |
9.5* |
Tsunami, volcanic activity, floods. |
| 1962 Sep 1 |
Iran, Qazvin
35.6 N 49.9 E |
12,230 |
7.3 |
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| 1963 Jul 26 |
Yugoslavia, Skopje
42.1 N 21.4 E |
1,100 |
6.0 |
Occurred at shallow depth just under city. |
| 1966 Aug 19 |
Turkey, Varto
39.2 N 41.7 E |
2,520 |
7.1 |
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| 1968 Aug 31 |
Iran
34.0 N 59.0 E |
12,000
to 20,000 |
7.3 |
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| 1969 Jul 25 |
Eastern China
21.6 N 111.9 E |
3,000 |
5.9 |
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| 1970 Jan 4 |
Yunnan Province, China
24.1 N 102.5 E |
10,000 |
7.5 |
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| 1970 Mar 28 |
Turkey, Gediz
39.2 N 29.5 E |
1,100 |
7.3 |
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| 1970 May 31 |
Peru
9.2 S 78.8 W |
66,000 |
7.9 |
$530,000 damage, great rock slide, floods. |
| 1972 Apr 10 |
Iran, southern
28.4 N 52.8 E |
5,054 |
7.1 |
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| 1972 Dec 23 |
Nicaragua, Managua
12.4 N 86.1 W |
5,000 |
6.2 |
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| 1974 May 10 |
China
28.2 N 104.0 E |
20,000 |
6.8 |
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| 1974 Dec 28 |
Pakistan
35.0 N 72.8 E |
5,300 |
6.2 |
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| 1975 Feb 4 |
China
40.6 N 122.5 E |
10,000 |
7.0 |
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| 1975 Sep 6 |
Turkey
38.5 N 40.7 E |
2,300 |
6.7 |
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| 1976 Feb 4 |
Guatemala
15.3 N 89.1 W |
23,000 |
7.5 |
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| 1976 May 6 |
Italy, northeastern
46.4 N 13.3 E |
1,000 |
6.5 |
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| 1976 Jun 25 |
West Irian
(New Guinea)
4.6 S 140.1 E |
422 |
7.1 |
5,000 to 9,000 missing and presumed dead. |
| 1976 Jul 27 |
China, Tangshan
39.6 N 118.0 E |
255,000
(official) |
7.5 |
Estimated death toll as high as 655,000. |
| 1976 Aug 16 |
Philippines, Mindanao
6.3 N 124.0 E |
8,000 |
7.9 |
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| 1976 Nov 24 |
Northwest
Iran-USSR border
39.1 N 44.0 E |
5,000 |
7.3 |
Deaths estimated. |
| 1977 Mar 4 |
Romania
45.8 N 26.8 E |
1,500 |
7.2 |
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| 1978 Sep 16 |
Iran
33.2 N 57.4 E |
15,000 |
7.8 |
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| 1980 Oct 10 |
Algeria, El Asnam
(formerly Orleansville)
36.1 N 1.4 E |
3,500 |
7.7 |
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| 1980 Nov 23 |
Italy, southern
40.9 N 15.3 E |
3,000 |
7.2 |
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| 1981 Jun 11 |
Iran, southern
29.9 N 57.7 E |
3,000 |
6.9 |
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| 1981 Jul 28 |
Iran, southern
30.0 N 57.8 E |
1,500 |
7.3 |
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| 1982 Dec 13 |
Western Arabian Peninsula
14.7 N 44.4 E |
2,800 |
6.0 |
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| 1983 Oct 30 |
Turkey
40.3 N 42.2 E |
1,342 |
6.9 |
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| 1985 Sep 19 |
Mexico, Michoacan
18.2 N 102.5 W |
9,500
(official) |
8.0 |
Estimated death toll as high as 30,000. |
| 1986 Oct 10 |
El Salvador
13.8 N 89.2 W |
1,000+ |
5.5 |
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| 1987 Mar 6 |
Colombia-Ecuador
0.2 N 77.8 W |
1,000+ |
7.0 |
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| 1988 Aug 20 |
Nepal-India border region
26.8 N 86.6 E |
1,450 |
6.6 |
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| 1988 Dec 7 |
Armenia, Spitak
41.0 N 44.2 E |
25,000 |
6.8 |
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| 1990 Jun 20 |
Western Iran
37.0 N 49.4 E |
40,000
to 50,000 |
7.7 |
Landslides. |
| 1990 Jul 16 |
Luzon, Philippine Islands
15.7 N 121.2 E |
1,621 |
7.8 |
Landslides, subsidence, and sandblows. |
| 1991 Oct 19 |
Northern India
30.8 N 78.8 E |
2,000 |
7.0 |
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| 1992 Dec 12 |
Flores Region, Indonesia
8.5 S 121.9 E |
2,500 |
7.5 |
Tsunami ran inland 300 meters; wave height 25 meters. |
| 1993 Sep 29 |
India, Latur-Killari
18.1 N 76.5 E |
9,748 |
6.2 |
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| 1995 Jan 16 |
Japan, Kobe
34.6 N 135 E |
5,502 |
6.9 |
Landslide, liquifaction. |
| 1995 May 27 |
Sakhalin Island
52.6 N 142.8 E |
1,989 |
7.5 |
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| 1997 May 10 |
Northern Iran
33.9 N 59.7 E |
1,560 |
7.5 |
4,460 injured, 60,000 homeless. |
| 1998 Feb 04 |
Afghanistan-Tajikistan
Border Region
37.1 N 70.1 E |
2,323 |
6.1 |
818 injured, 8,094 houses destroyed, 6,725 livestock killed. |
| 1998 May 30 |
Afghanistan-Tajikistan
Border Region
37.1 N 70.1 E |
4,000 |
6.9 |
At least 4,000 people killed, many
thousands injured and homeless in Badakhshan and Takhar
Provinces, Afghanistan.
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| 1998 Jul 17 |
Papua New Guinea,
2.96 S 141.9 E |
2,183 |
7.0 |
Thousands injured, about 9,500 homeless and about 500 missing as a result of a tsunami with maximum wave heights estimated at 10 meters. |
| 1999 Jan 25 |
Colombia
4.46 N 75.82 W |
1,185 |
6.2 |
Over 700 missing and presumed killed, over 4,750 injured and about 250,000 homeless. |
| 1999 Aug 17 |
Turkey
40.7 N 30.0 E |
17,118 |
7.6 |
At least 50,000 injured, thousands homeless. Damage estimate at 3 to 6.5 billion USD. |
| 1999 Sep 20 |
Taiwan
23.7 N 121.0 E |
2,297 |
7.7 |
Over 8,700 injured, over 600,000 homeless. Damage estimate at 14 billion USD. |
| 2001 Jan 26 |
India
23.3 N 70.3 E |
20,023 |
7.7 |
166,836 injured, 600,000 homeless. |
| 2002 Mar 25 |
Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan
35.9 N 69.2 E |
1,000 |
6.1 |
4,000 injured, 1,500 houses destroyed in the Nahrin area. Approximately 20,000 people homeless. |
| 2003 May 21 |
Northern Algeria
36.90 N 3.71 E |
2,266 |
6.8 |
10,261 injured, 150,000 homeless, more than 1,243 buildings damaged or destroyed. |
| 2003 Dec 26 |
Southeastern Iran
28.99 N 58.31 E |
26,200 |
6.6 |
30,000 injured, 85 percent of buildings damaged or destroyed and infrastructure damaged in the Bam area |
* Recomputed magnitude
Data compiled from several sources.
See also:
Earthquakes with 50,000 or More Deaths
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