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List of earthquakes
The following is a list of major earthquakes.
Significant earthquakes
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
| M
| MX† (M reference)
|
| January 23, 1556
|
| Shaanxi, China
see 1556 Shaanxi earthquake
| 34.5
| 109.7
| 830,000
| ~8
|
|
| August 17, 1668
|
| Anatolia, Turkey
| 40
| 36
| 8,000
| ~8
|
|
| January 26, 1700
|
| Cascadia subduction zone from Northern California to Vancouver Island
see Cascadia Earthquake
|
| ~9
| M (Satake et al, 1996)
|
| November 1, 1755
| 10:16
| Lisbon, Portugal
see 1755 Lisbon earthquake
| 36
| -11
| 70,000
| ~8.7
| MI (Johnston, 1996)
|
| December 16, 1811
| 8:00
| New Madrid, Missouri, United States
see New Madrid Earthquake
| 36.6
| -89.6
|
| ~8.1
| MI (Johnston, 1996)
|
| January 23, 1812
| 15:00
| New Madrid, Missouri, United States
| 36.6
| -89.6
|
| ~7.8
| MI (Johnston, 1996)
|
| February 7, 1812
| 9:45
| New Madrid, Missouri, United States
| 36.6
| -89.6
|
| ~8
| MI (Johnston, 1996)
|
| June 2, 1823
| 8:00
| south flank of Kilauea, Hawaii, United States
| 19.3
| -155
|
| ~7
| MI (Klein and Wright, 2000)
|
| June 10, 1836
| 15:30
| south San Francisco Bay region, California, United States
| 36.9
| -121.5
|
| ~6.5
| MI (Bakun, 1999)
|
| June 1838
|
| San Francisco Peninsula, California, United States
| 37.3
| -123.2
|
| ~6.8
| MI (Bakun, 1999)
|
| January 5, 1843
| 2:45
| Marked Tree, Arkansas, United States
| 35.5
| -90.5
|
| ~6.3
| MI (Johnston, 1996)
|
| January 9, 1857
| 16:24
| Fort Tejon , California (San Andreas fault from Parkfield to Wrightwood)
see 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, United States
| 37.2
| 121.9
|
| ~6.5
| MI (Bakun, 1999)
|
| April 3, 1868
| 2:25
| Hilea , southeast Hawaii, Hawaii, United States
| 19.2
| -155.5
| 77
| ~7.9
| MI (Klein and Wright, 2000)
|
| October 21, 1868
| 15:53
| Hayward, California, United States
| 37.7
| -122.1
| 30
| ~6.8
| MI (Bakun, 1999)
|
| February 20, 1871
| 8:42
| Molokai, Hawaii, United States
| 21.2
| -156.9
|
| ~6.8
| MI (Klein and Wright, 2000)
|
| March 26, 1872
| 10:30
| Owens Valley, California, United States
see 1872 Lone Pine earthquake
| 36.5
| -118
| 27
| ~7.6
| M (Beanland and Clark, 1994)
|
| December 15, 1872
| 5:40
| north Cascades, Washington, United States
| 47.9
| -120.3
|
| ~7.3
| MI (Malone and Bor, 1979; Rogers et al., 1983)
|
| November 23, 1873
| 5:00
| California-Oregon coast
| 42.2
| -124.2
|
| ~7.3
| MI (Bakun, 2000)
|
| August 31, 1886
| 2:51
| Charleston, South Carolina, United States
| 32.9
| -80
| 60
| ~7.3
| MI (Johnston, 1996)
|
| April 24, 1890
| 11:36
| Corralitos, California, United States
| 37
| 121.8
|
| ~6.3
| MI (Bakun, 1999)
|
| October 27, 1891
| 21:38
| Mino-Owari, Japan
| 35.6
| 136.6
| 7,273
| ~8
| MS
|
| April 19, 1892
| 10:50
| Vacaville, California, United States
| 38.5
| -121.8
| 1
| ~6.4
| MI (Bakun, 1999)
|
| April 21, 1892
| 17:43
| Winters, California, United States
| 38.6
| -122
|
| ~6.4
| MI (Bakun, 1999)
|
| October 31, 1895
| 11:08
| Charleston, Missouri, United States
| 37
| -89.4
|
| ~6.6
| MI (Johnston, 1996)
|
| June 15, 1896
| 19:32
| Sanriku , Japan
| 39.5
| 144
|
| ~8.5
| M
|
| June 12, 1897
| 11:06
| Assam, India
| 26
| 91
| 1,500
| ~8.3
|
|
| June 20, 1897
| 20:14
| Calaveras fault , California, United States
| 37
| -121.6
|
| ~6.3
| MI (Bakun, 1999)
|
| March 31, 1898
| 7:43
| Mare Island, California, United States
| 38.1
| 122.4
|
| ~6.3
| MI (Bakun, 1999)
|
| April 15, 1898
| 7:07
| Mendocino County, California, United States
| 39.3
| -123.9
|
| ~6.8
| MI (Bakun, 2000)
|
| September 4, 1899
| 0:22
| Cape Yakataga , Alaska, United States
| 60
| -142
|
| 7.9
| MS
|
| September 10, 1899
| 21:41
| Yakutat Bay, Alaska, United States
| 60
| -142
|
| 8
| MS
|
| October 9, 1900
| 12:28
| Kodiak Island, Alaska, United States
| 57.1
| -153.5
|
| 7.7
| MS
|
| March 3, 1901
| 7:45
| Parkfield, California, United States
| 36.2
| -120.7
|
| 6.4
| MS (Abe, 1988)
|
| August 27, 1904
| 21:56
| Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
| 64.7
| -148.1
|
| 7.3
| MS
|
| July 9, 1905
| 9:40
| 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 (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
| 0:40
| Valparaíso, Chile
| -33
| -72
| 20,000
| 8.2
| M
|
| December 28, 1908
| 4:20
| Messina, Italy
| 38.3
| 15.6
| 70,000
| 7.2
| MS
|
| July 1, 1911
| 22:00
| Calaveras fault , California, United States
| 37.39
| -121.8
|
| 6.5
| MS
|
| October 3, 1915
| 6:52
| Pleasant Valley, Nevada, United States
| 40.5
| -117.5
|
| 7.1
| M (Stover and Coffman, 1993)
|
| October 11, 1918
| 14:14
| Puerto Rico
| 18.47
| -67.63
| 116
| 7.5
| MS (McCann, 1985)
|
| December 6, 1918
| 8:41
| 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
| 36.6
| 105.32
| 200,000
| 8.6
| MS
|
| January 31, 1922
| 13:17
| offshore, Cape Mendocino , California, United States
| 40.7
| -125.55
|
| 7.3
| MG-R (Ellsworth, 1990)
|
| March 10, 1922
| 11:21
| Parkfield, California, United States
| 35.9
| 120.9
|
| 6.1
| M (Bakun and McEvilly, 1984)
|
| January 22, 1923
| 9:04
| offshore, Cape Mendocino , California, United States
| 40.49
| -125.32
|
| 7.2
| MG-R (Ellsworth, 1990)
|
| September 1, 1923
| 2:58
| Kanto, Japan
see Great Kanto earthquake
| 35.4
| 139.08
| 143,000
| 7.9
| M
|
| March 1, 1925
| 2:19
| Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada
| 47.76
| -69.84
|
| 6.3
| M (Bent, 1992)
|
| June 28, 1925
| 1:21
| Clarkston Valley , Montana, United States
| 46.32
| -111.52
|
| 6.6
| M (Dosier, 1989)
|
| June 29, 1925
| 14:42
| Santa Barbara, California, United States
| 34.3
| -119.8
| 13
| 6.8
| M (Stein and Hanks, 1998)
|
| October 22, 1926
| 12:35
| Monterey Bay, California, United States
| 36.62
| -122.35
|
| 6.1
| MG-R (Ellsworth, 1990)
|
| October 22, 1926
| 13:35
| Monterey Bay, California, United States
| 36.55
| -122.18
|
| 6.1
| MG-R (Ellsworth, 1990)
|
| March 7, 1927
| 9:27
| Tango, Japan
| 35.8
| 134.92
| 3,020
| 7.6
| MS
|
| May 22, 1927
| 22:32
| Tsinghai, China
| 37.39
| 102.31
| 200,000
| 7.9
| MS
|
| November 4, 1927
| 13:51
| offshore Lompoc, California, United States
| 34.92
| -121.03
|
| 7.1
| M (Stein and Hanks, 1998)
|
| November 18, 1929
| 20:32
| Grand Banks, Nova Scotia, Canada
| 44.69
| -56.01
|
| 7.3
| M (Bent, 1995)
|
| December 21, 1932
| 6:10
| Cedar Mountain , Nevada, United States
| 38.51
| -118.08
|
| 7.2
| M
|
| March 2, 1933
| 17:31
| Sanriku , Japan
| 39.22
| 144.62
| 2,990
| 8.4
| M
|
| March 11, 1933
| 1:54
| Long Beach, California, United States
| 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
| 8:43
| Bihar, India
| 27.55
| 87.09
| 10,700
| 8.1
| M (Chen and Molnar, 1977)
|
| June 8, 1934
| 4:47
| Parkfield, California, United States
| 35.9
| -120.9
|
| 6.1
| M (Bakun and McEvilly, 1984)
|
| November 1, 1935
| 6:03
| Timiskaming , Quebec, Canada
| 48.89
| -79
|
| 6.2
| M (Bent, 1996)
|
| July 22, 1937
| 17:09
| Salcha , Alaska, United States
| 64.49
| -146.85
|
| 7.3
| MS
|
| January 23, 1938
| 8:32
| Maui, Hawaii, United States
| 20.96
| -156.18
|
| 6.8
| MS (Klein and Wright, 2000)
|
| November 10, 1938
| 20:18
| Shumagin Islands, Alaska, United States
| 55.33
| -158.37
|
| 8.2
| M
|
| December 26, 1939
| 23:57
| Erzincan, Turkey
| 39.77
| 39.53
| 32,700
| 7.8
| MS
|
| May 19, 1940
| 4:36
| Imperial Valley, California, United States
| 32.73
| -115.5
| 9
| 7.1
| M (Ellsworth, 1990)
|
| December 7, 1944
| 4:35
| Tonankai , Japan
| 33.75
| 136
| 1,223
| 8.1
| M
|
| April 1, 1946
| 12:28
| Unimak Island, Alaska, United States
| 52.75
| -163.5
| 165
| 7.3
| MS (Stover and Coffman, 1993)
|
| June 23, 1946
| 17:13
| Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
| 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
| Nankaido, Japan
| 32.5
| 134.5
| 1,330
| 8.1
| M
|
| October 16, 1947
| 2:09
| Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
| 64.2
| -148.3
|
| 7.2
| M
|
| April 13, 1949
| 19:55
| Olympia, Washington, United States
see Nisqually Earthquake
| 47.1
| -122.7
| 8
| 7.1
| ML (Baker and Langston, 1987)
|
| August 22, 1949
| 4:01
| Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada
| 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, United States
| 19.5
| -155.95
|
| 6.9
| MS (Klein and Wright, 2000)
|
| July 21, 1952
| 11:52
| Kern County, California, United States
| 34.95
| -119.05
| 12
| 7.3
| M (Stein and Hanks, 1998)
|
| November 4, 1952
| 16:58
| Kamchatka, Russia
| 52.76
| 160.06
|
| 9
| M
|
| March 29, 1954
| 6:17
| Spain
| 37.03
| -3.51
|
| 7.9
| M
|
| July 6, 1954
| 11:13
| Rainbow Mountain , Nevada, United States
| 39.42
| -118.53
|
| 6.6
| M (Ellsworth, 1990)
|
| August 24, 1954
| 5:51
| Stillwater, Nevada, United States
| 39.58
| -118.45
|
| 6.8
| M (Ellsworth, 1990)
|
| December 16, 1954
| 11:07
| Fairview Peak , Nevada, United States
| 39.32
| -118.2
|
| 7.1
| M (Ellsworth, 1990)
|
| December 16, 1954
| 11:11
| Dixie Valley , Nevada, United States
| 39.5
| -118
|
| 6.8
| M (Ellsworth, 1990)
|
| October 24, 1955
| 4:10
| Concord, California, United States
| 38
| -122.1
| 1
| 5.4
| ML (Bolt and Miller, 1975)
|
| March 9, 1957
| 14:22
| Andreanof Islands, Alaska, United States
| 51.56
| -175.39
|
| 9.1
| M
|
| December 4, 1957
| 3:37
| Gobi-Altai, Mongolia
| 45.15
| 99.21
| 30
| 8.1
| M
|
| April 7, 1958
| 15:30
| Huslia , Alaska, United States
| 65.94
| -156.37
|
| 7.3
| M
|
| July 10, 1958
| 6:15
| Fairweather , Alaska, United States
| 58.37
| -136.66
| 5
| 7.7
| M
|
| August 18, 1959
| 6:37
| Hebgen Lake , Montana, United States
| 44.6
| -110.64
| 28
| 7.3
| M (Dosier, 1985)
|
| February 29, 1960
| 23:40
| Agadir, Morocco
| 30.5
| -9.3
| 10,000
| 5.7
| M
|
| May 22, 1960
| 19:11
| Chile
see Great Chilean Earthquake
| -38.24
| -73.05
| 5,700
| 9.5
| M
|
| March 28, 1964
| 3:36
| Prince William Sound, Alaska, United States
see Good Friday Earthquake
| 61.02
| -147.65
| 125
| 9.2
| M
|
| June 16, 1964
| 4:01
| Niigata, Japan
| 38.43
| 139.23
| 26
| 7.5
| M
|
| February 4, 1965
| 5:01
| Rat Island , Alaska, United States
| 51.21
| -178.5
|
| 8.7
| M
|
| April 29, 1965
| 15:28
| Seattle-Tacoma, Washington, United States
see Nisqually Earthquake
| 47.32
| -122.33
| 7
| 6.5
| ML (Algermissen and Harding, 1965)
|
| June 28, 1966
| 4:26
| Parkfield, California, United States
| 35.88
| -120.49
|
| 6.1
| M (Tsai and Aki, 1969)
|
| September 12, 1966
| 16:41
| Truckee, California, United States
| 39.38
| -120.22
|
| 5.9
| M (Tsai and Aki, 1970)
|
| December 10, 1967
| 22:51
| Koyna, India
| 17.39
| 73.77
|
| 6.3
| M (Langston, 1976)
|
| October 2, 1969
| 6:19
| Santa Rosa, California, United States
| 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
| San Fernando, California, United States
see Sylmar earthquake
| 34.4
| -118.39
| 65
| 6.7
| M (Heaton, 1982)
|
| February 4, 1975
| 11:36
| Haicheng, China
| 40.72
| 122.73
| 10,000
| 7
| M (Cipar, 1979)
|
| August 1, 1975
| 20:20
| Oroville, California, United States
| 39.5
| -121.39
|
| 5.8
| M
|
| November 29, 1975
| 14:47
| south flank of Kilauea, Hawaii, United States
| 19.45
| -155.03
| 2
| 7.2
| MS (Klein and Wright, 2000)
|
| February 4, 1976
| 9:01
| Guatemala
| 15.3
| -89.14
| 23,000
| 7.5
| M
|
| July 27, 1976
| 19:42
| Tangshan, China
see Tangshan earthquake
| 39.61
| 117.89
| 255,000*
| 7.5
| M
|
| August 6, 1979
| 17:05
| Coyote Lake , California, United States
| 37.11
| -121.52
|
| 5.7
| M (Ellsworth, 1990)
|
| October 15, 1979
| 23:17
| Imperial Valley, California, United States
| 32.82
| -115.65
|
| 6.4
| M (Hartzell and Heaton, 1983)
|
| January 24, 1980
| 19:00
| Livermore, California, United States
| 37.71
| -121.73
|
| 5.8
| M (Bolt et al., 1981)
|
| May 25, 1980
| 16:33
| Mammoth Lakes, California, United States
| 37.6
| -118.83
|
| 6.1
| M (Ellsworth, 1990)
|
| May 25, 1980
| 16:49
| Mammoth Lakes, California, United States
| 37.65
| -118.9
|
| 5.9
| ML (Ellsworth, 1990)
|
| May 25, 1980
| 19:44
| Mammoth Lakes, California, United States
| 37.55
| -118.82
|
| 5.8
| M (Ellsworth, 1990)
|
| May 27, 1980
| 14:50
| Mammoth Lakes, California, United States
| 37.48
| -118.8
|
| 6
| M (Ellsworth, 1990)
|
| November 8, 1980
| 10:27
| Gorda Plate, California, United States
| 41.12
| -124.67
|
| 7.2
| M (Ellsworth, 1990)
|
| May 2, 1983
| 23:42
| Coalinga, California, United States
| 36.23
| -120.32
|
| 6.5
| M (Ellsworth, 1990)
|
| October 28, 1983
| 14:06
| Borah Peak, Idaho, United States
| 44.09
| -113.8
| 2
| 7
| M (PDE Monthly Listing)
|
| November 16, 1983
| 16:13
| Kaoiki , Hawaii, United States
| 19.44
| 155.38
|
| 6.7
| M (PDE Monthly Listing)
|
| April 24, 1984
| 21:15
| Morgan Hill, California, United States
| 37.3
| -121.71
|
| 6.2
| M (PDE Monthly Listing)
|
| November 23, 1984
| 18:08
| Round Valley, California, United States
| 37.45
| -118.6
|
| 5.7
| M (Ellsworth, 1990)
|
| September 19, 1985
| 13:17
| Michoacán, Mexico
| 18.44
| -102.36
| 9,500
| 8
| M (PDE Monthly Listing)
|
| December 23, 1985
| 5:16
| Nahanni, Northwest Territories, Canada
| 62.16
| -124.31
|
| 6.8
| M (Wetmiller et al., 1988)
|
| May 7, 1986
| 22:47
| Andreanof Islands, Alaska, United States
| 51.56
| -174.81
|
| 8
| M (PDE Monthly Listing)
|
| July 8, 1986
| 9:20
| north Palm Springs, California, United States
| 33.97
| -116.78
|
| 6.1
| M (Hartzell, 1989)
|
| July 21, 1986
| 14:42
| Chalfant Valley , California, United States
| 37.53
| -118.43
|
| 6.2
| M (Ellsworth, 1990)
|
| October 1, 1987
| 14:42
| Whittier Narrows , California, United States
| 34.06
| -118.13
| 8
| 5.9
| M (Hartzell and Iida, 1990)
|
| November 30, 1987
| 19:23
| Gulf of Alaska
| 58.84
| -142.6
|
| 7.9
| M (PDE Monthly Listing)
|
| January 22, 1988
| 0:35
| Tennant Creek, Australia
| -19.87
| 133.78
|
| 6.3
| M (Choy and Bowman, 1990)
|
| January 22, 1988
| 3:57
| Tennant Creek, Australia
| -19.88
| 133.83
|
| 6.4
| M (Choy and Bowman, 1990)
|
| January 22, 1988
| 12:04
| Tennant Creek, Australia
| -19.9
| 133.83
|
| 6.6
| M (Choy and Bowman, 1990)
|
| March 6, 1988
| 22:35
| Gulf of Alaska
| 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
| 7:41
| Spitak, Armenia
| 40.93
| 44.11
| 25,000
| 6.8
| M (PDE Monthly Listing)
|
| October 18, 1989
| 0:04
| Loma Prieta, California, United States
see Loma Prieta earthquake
| 37.14
| -121.76
| 63
| 6.9
| M (Wald et al., 1991)
|
| December 25, 1989
| 14:24
| Ungava, Quebec, Canada
| 60.07
| -73.54
|
| 6
| M (Bent, 1994)
|
| June 28, 1991
| 1:43
| Sierra Madre, California, United States
| 34.25
| -117.95
| 2
| 5.6
| M (Wald et al., 1991)
|
| August 17, 1991
| 22:17
| Honeydew, California, United States
| 41.79
| -125.58
|
| 7.1
| M (PDE Monthly Listing)
|
| April 23, 1992
| 4:50
| Joshua Tree, California, United States
| 33.87
| -116.55
|
| 6.1
| M (Hauksson et al., 1993)
|
| April 25, 1992
| 18:06
| Cape Mendocino , California, United States
| 40.38
| -124.05
|
| 7.2
| M (PDE Monthly Listing)
|
| April 26, 1992
| 7:41
| offshore, Cape Mendocino , California, United States
| 40.55
| -124.29
|
| 6.5
| M (Oppenheimer et al., 1993)
|
| April 26, 1992
| 11:18
| offshore, Cape Mendocino , California, United States
| 40.44
| -124.43
|
| 6.7
| M (Oppenheimer et al., 1993)
|
| June 28, 1992
| 11:57
| Landers , California, United States
| 34.2
| -116.52
| 3
| 7.3
| M (Sieh et al. 1993)
|
| June 29, 1992
| 10:14
| Little Skull Mountain , Nevada, United States
| 36.77
| -116.32
|
| 5.7
| M (Walter, 1993)
|
| September 2, 1992
| 0:16
| 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
| Northridge, California, United States
see 1994 Northridge Earthquake
| 34.18
| -118.56
| 60
| 6.7
| M (PDE Monthly Listing)
|
| June 9, 1994
| 0:33
| Bolivia
| -13.86
| -67.49
| 5
| 8.2
| M (PDE Monthly Listing)
|
| September 1, 1994
| 15:15
| Cape Mendocino , California, United States
| 40.38
| -125.78
|
| 7.1
| M (PDE Monthly Listing)
|
| January 16, 1995
| 20:46
| Kobe, Japan
see Great Hanshin 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
| 8:49
| New Guinea
| -2.94
| 142.58
| 2,183
| 7
| M (PDE Monthly Listing)
|
| January 25, 1999
| 18:19
| Colombia
| 4.45
| -75.65
| 1,185
| 6.2
|
|
| August 17, 1999
| 0:01
| Izmit, Turkey
| 40.77
| 30
| 17,118
| 7.6
| M (PDE Monthly Listing)
|
| September 20, 1999
| 17:47
| Chi-Chi, TaiwanSee Chi-Chi earthquake
| 23.82
| 120.86
| 2,400
| 7.7
| M (PDE Monthly Listing)
|
| October 16, 1999
| 9:46
| Hector Mine , California, United States
| 34.56
| -116.44
|
| 7.2
| M (PDE Monthly Listing)
|
| November 12, 1999
| 16:57
| Duzce , Turkey
| 40.82
| 31.23
| 894
| 7.2
| M (PDE Monthly Listing)
|
| September 3, 2000
| 8:36
| Napa, California, United States
| 38.38
| -122.41
|
| 5
| M (BRK)
|
| November 16, 2000
| 4:54
| 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
| 3:16
| 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, United States
see 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
| 44.51
| -73.7
|
| 5.2
| M (PDE Monthly Listing)
|
| November 3, 2002
| 22:12
| Denali National Park, Alaska, United States
| 63.52
| -147.44
|
| 7.9
| M (QED)
|
| May 21, 2003
| 18:44
| Boumerdes, Algeria
| 36.96
| 3.63
| 2,266
| 6.8
| M (QED)
|
| September 25, 2003
| 19:50
| Hokkaido, Japan
| 41.82
| 143.91
|
| 8.3
| M (PDE Monthly Listing)
|
| November 17, 2003
| 06:43
| Rat Island , Alaska, United States
| 51.15
| 178.65
|
| 7.8
| M (PDE Monthly Listing)
|
| December 22, 2003
| 19:15
| San Simeon, California, United States
| 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, United States
see Parkfield earthquake
| 35.81
| -120.37
|
| 6.0
| M (QED)
|
| December 26, 2004
| 00:58
| off west coast northern Sumatra
see 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
| 3.30
| 95.96
| 283,100
| 9.0
| 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.
Source: United States Geological Survey (USGS) [1]
Other earthquakes not listed by the USGS
| Date
| Site
| Deaths
| Magnitude or intensity*
| Comments
|
| 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)
| 50,000
| XI
|
|
| 365
| Cyrene, Libya
| ?
| –
|
|
| May 20 526
| Antiochia, Syria
| 250,000
| –
|
|
| 844
| Damascus, Syria
| 50,000
| VIII
|
|
| 847
| Mosul, Iraq
| 50,000
| –
|
|
| 847
| Damascus, Syria
| 70,000
| X
|
|
| 856
| Qumis , Damghan , Iran
| 200,000
| –
|
|
| 856
| Corinth, Greece
| 45,000
| –
|
|
| 893
| Caucasus
| 82,000
| –
|
|
| 893
| Daipur , 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
|
|
| 1170
| Sicily
| 15,000
| –
|
|
| July 5, 1201
| Upper Egypt or Syria
| 1,100,000
| IX
|
|
| 1268
| Cilicia, Anatolia (Turkey)
| 60,000
| –
|
|
| September 27 1290
| Chihli (Hopeh), China
| 100,000
| 6.7
|
|
| May 20 1293
| Kamakura, Japan
| 30,000
| –
|
|
| January 26 1531
| Lisbon, Portugal
| 30,000
| –
|
|
| November 1667
| Shemakha , Azerbaijan
| 80,000
| –
|
|
| 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
| –
|
|
| December 30 1730
| Hokkaido Island, Japan
| 137,000
| –
|
|
| 1731
| Beijing, China
| 100,000
| –
|
|
| October 11 1737
| Calcutta, India
| 300,000
| –
| Recent studies indicate that these casualties were most likely due to a cyclone, not an earthquake.
|
| June 7 1755
| Northern Persia
| 40,000
| –
|
|
| November 18 1755
| Boston, Massachusetts
| 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
|
|
| December 8, 1812 at 9:45
| Wrightwood, California, United States (lat. 34.22, long. 117.39)
| 40
| ~7
| Destroys church of Mission San Juan Capistrano
|
| November 24 1833
| Sumatra, East Indies (now Indonesia)
|
| 8.7
|
|
| January 23, 1855 21:11 local time
| Wairarapa, New Zealand
| 4
| ~8.0
| Raised sections of Wellington coastline by 2 metres
|
| February 16 1861
| Sumatra, East Indies (now Indonesia)
|
| 8.5
|
|
| February 3, 1931, 10:47 local time
| Napier, New Zealand
see Napier 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
| Hsinchu-Taichung, Taiwan
| 3,279
| 7.1
|
| June 30, 1975
| Norris Junction, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States
| 0
| 6.1
| Largest earthquake in Yellowstone Caldera since 1959 Hebgen Lake event
|
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.
Recent earthquakes
| Date
| Time‡
| Place
| Lat.
| Long.
| Fatalities
| Comments
| Magnitude
|
| February 24, 2004
| 02:24
| Al-Hoceima, Morocco
| 35.14N
| 3.99W
| At least 1,200
| Major damage to buildings and infrastructure; max. horizontal acc. of 0.24g recorded near the city of Imzuren
| 6.5; numerous aftershocks
|
| September 5, 2004
| 19:07 and 23:57 Japan Time
| Off central Tokai region, western Japan
|
|
| 0
| 20+ injured, tsunami and flooding
| 6.9 and 7.4
|
| October 8, 2004
| 15:35
| Mindoro, Philippines
| 13.21
| 121.65
| —
| Sporadic blackouts
| 6.6
|
| October 9, 2004
| 22:26
| 80 kilometres southwest of Managua, Nicaragua
| 12
| 86
| 0
| Minimal damage
| 6.9
|
| October 23, 2004
| 17:56
| Ojiya, Japan
see 2004 Chuetsu Earthquake
| 37.3
| 138.8
| 39
| Extensive damage
| 6.9
|
| October 27, 2004
| 18:34
| Vrancea, Romania
|
|
| 0
| Telephone service interrupted; felt also in Bulgaria, Ukraine, Moldova and Turkey
| 5.8 (Istanbul's Kandilli Observatory reported 6.5)
|
| November 10, 2004
| 22:58
| Solomon Islands
| 9
| 159
| 0
| No injuries nor damage
| 6.9
|
| November 11, 2004
| 21:36
| 96 kilometres west-northwest of Dili, East Timor
|
|
| 6
| 21 injured
| 7.3
|
| November 15, 2004
| around 9:00
| off coast of Chocó, Colombia
|
|
| 0
| 11+ injured, 18 homes destroyed, half near Buenaventura
| 6.7
|
| November 21, 2004
|
| 45 kilometres north-northwest of Dominica
|
|
| 1
| Half-dozen injured, damage also in Guadeloupe
| 6.0
|
| November 21, 2004
|
| 48 kilometres south-southwest of San José, Costa Rica
|
|
| 8
| Half-dozen injured
| 6.2
|
| November 28, 2004
| 18:32
| 900 kilometres northwest of Tokyo, Japan, 50 km below sea level
|
|
| 0
| 8 injured, utility services interrupted in hundreds of homes
| 7.1
|
| December 23, 2004
| 14:59
| 495 kilometres north of Macquarie Island, SW of New Zealand
| 50.24°S
| 160.13°E
| 0
| Minimal damage reported in southern New Zealand
| 8.1
|
| December 26, 2004
| 00:58
| Off west coast northern Sumatra, Indonesia
| 3.30
| 95.96
| 280,000+
| Generated tsunami, see 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
| 9.0
|
| February 11, 2005
| 21:00:23.9
| 114 kilometres southwest of Haines Junction, Yukon, Canada
| 60.21°N
| 139.50°W
| 0
| No damage nor injuries
| 5.5
|
| February 22, 2005
| 02:25:21 UTC, 05:55:21 Local Time
| Zarand, Iran
see 2005 Zarand earthquake
| 30.726°N
| 56.817°E
| At least 790
| Hundreds injured, damage in some 40 villages, centered 150 miles from Bam, Iran
| 6.4
|
| March 6, 2005
| 19:06:52 UTC, 3:06:52 AM Local Time
| Near Sua-ho, Taiwan
| 24.607°N
| 121.859°E
| 0
| See below
| 5.7
|
| March 6, 2005
| 19:08:00 UTC, 3:08:00 AM Local Time
| Near Sua-ho, Taiwan
| 24.650°N
| 121.855°E
| 0
| Occurred within minutes of a previous earthquake of magnitude 5.7 centered in the same area; no major injuries or damage reported from either earthquake
| 5.4
|
| March 6, 2005
| 06:17:49 UTC, 1:17:49 AM Local Time
| Gaspe Peninsula Canada
| 47.750°N
| 69.730°W
| 0
| 102 km (63 miles) WNW (303°) from Fort Kent, ME
| 5.4
|
| March 20, 2005
| 01:53 UTC, 10:53 AM Local Time
| Japan sea, near Fukuoka
| 33.54°N
| 130.12°E
| 1
| At least 700 injured; more than 2000 displaced
| 7.0
|
| March 28, 2005
| 16:09:37 UTC, 3:06:52 AM Local Time
| 205 kilometers northwest of Sibolga, Sumatra, Indonesia
| 2.093°N
| 97.016°E
| Hundreds
| Occurred near the site of where a 9.0 earthquake triggered a massive tsunami in December 2004. See 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
| 8.7
|
Largest earthquakes by magnitude
| Pos. | Date | Location | Magnitude
|
| 1 | May 22, 1960 | Chile | 9.5
|
| 2 | March 28, 1964 | Prince William Sound, Alaska, United States | 9.2
|
| 3 | December 26, 2004 | Off west coast northern Sumatra, Indonesia | 9.0-9.3*
|
| 4 | March 9, 1957 | Andreanof Islands, Alaska, United States | 9.1
|
| 5 | November 4, 1952 | Kamchatka, Russia | 9.0
|
| 6 | January 26, 1700 | Cascadia subduction zone from Northern California to Vancouver Island | ~9
|
| 7 | January 31, 1906 | Colombia-Ecuador | 8.8
|
| 8 | February 4, 1965 | Rat Islands, Alaska, United States | 8.7
|
| 9 | November 1, 1755 | Lisbon, Portugal | ~8.7
|
| 10 | March 28, 2005 | Sumatra, Indonesia | 8.5-8.7*
|
| 11 | December 16, 1920 | Ningxia-Gansu, China | 8.6
|
| 11 | August 15, 1950 | Assam-Tibet | 8.6
|
* Scientists have not yet agreed on an official magnitude.
Deadliest earthquakes on record
| Pos. | Date | Location | Fatalities | Magnitude | Comments
|
| 1 | January 23, 1556 | Shaanxi, China | 830,000 | ~8 |
|
| 2 | December 26, 2004 | Off west coast northern Sumatra, Indonesia | 283,100 | 9.0-9.3 | Deaths from earthquake and tsunami.
|
| 3 | July 27, 1976 | Tangshan, China | 255,000 (official) | 7.5 | Estimated death toll as high as 655,000.
|
| 4 | August 9, 1138 | Aleppo, Syria | 230,000 | |
|
| 5 | December 22, 856+ | Damghan , Iran | 200,000 | |
|
| 5 | December 16, 1920 | Ningxia-Gansu, China | 200,000 | 8.6 | Major fractures, landslides.
|
| 5 | May 22, 1927 | Tsinghai, China | 200,000 | 7.9 | Large fractures.
|
| 8 | March 23, 893+ | Ardabil, Iran | 150,000 | |
|
| 9 | September 1, 1923 | Kanto, Japan | 143,000 | 7.9 | Great Tokyo fire.
|
| 10 | October 5, 1948 | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, USSR | 110,000 | 7.3 |
|
Source: USGS [2]
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