Historic Worldwide Earthquakes

Sorted by Country/Region & Date

Selected earthquakes of general historic interest.
All earthquake dates are UTC, not local time.

Afghanistan • Algeria • Argentina • Armenia • Asia Minor • Atlantic Ocean • Australia • Azerbaijan • Bolivia • Brazil • Canada • Caribbean Sea • Caucasia • Cayman Islands • Chile • China • Colombia • Congo • Costa Rica • Democratic Republic of the Congo • Dominican Republic • Ecuador • Egypt • El Salvador • Greece • Guam • Guatemala • Honduras • India • Indian Ocean • Indonesia • Iran • Israel • Italy • Jamaica • Japan • Jordan • Kashmir • Kazakhstan • Kermadec Islands • Kyrgyzstan • Leeward Islands • Mexico • Micronesia • Mongolia • Morocco • Mozambique • Myanmar • New Zealand • Nicaragua • Pacific Ocean • Pakistan • Panama • Papua New Guinea • Peru • Philippines • Portugal • Puerto Rico • Romania • Russia • Sea of Okhotsk • Solomon Islands • Southern Ocean • Spain • Syria • Taiwan • Tajikistan • Tanzania • Tonga • Turkey • Turkmenistan • United Kingdom • Uzbekistan • Vanuatu • Venezuela • Windward Islands • Yemen • Yugoslavia

Does not include United States earthquakes.

Afghanistan

• 1965 03 14 - Hindu Kush, Afghanistan - M 7.8
• 1998 02 04 - Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border Region - M 5.9 Fatalities 2,323
• 1998 05 30 - Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border Region - M 6.6 Fatalities 4,000
• 2002 03 03 - Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan - M 7.4 Fatalities 166
• 2002 03 25 - Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan - M 6.1 Fatalities 1,000
• 2004 04 05 - Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan - M 6.6 Fatalities 3
• 2005 12 12 - Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan - M 6.5 Fatalities 5

Algeria

• 1954 09 09 - Orleansville, Algeria - M 6.8 Fatalities 1,250
• 1965 01 01 - M'Sila, Algeria - M 5.5 Fatalities 4
• 1980 10 10 - El Asnam (formerly Orleansville), Algeria - M 7.7 Fatalities 5,000
• 2003 05 21 - Northern Algeria - M 6.8 Fatalities 2,266
• 2003 05 27 - Northern Algeria - M 5.8 Fatalities 9

Argentina

• 1922 11 11 - Chile-Argentina Border - M 8.5
• 1944 01 15 - San Juan, Argentina - M 7.4 Fatalities 8,000
• 1977 11 23 - San Juan, Argentina - M 7.4
• 1985 01 26 - Mendoza, Argentina - M 6.0
• 2002 06 18 - Chile-Argentina Border Region - M 6.6
• 2006 11 13 - Santiago del Estero, Argentina - M 6.8

Armenia

• 1931 04 27 - Zangezur Mountains, Armenia - Azerbaijan border - M 5.7 Fatalities 2,800
• 1988 12 07 - Spitak, Armenia - M 6.8 Fatalities 25,000

Asia Minor

• 1268 - Silicia, Asia Minor Fatalities 60,000

Atlantic Ocean

• 1969 02 28 - Portugal-Morocco area - M 7.8 Fatalities 13
• 2003 08 04 - Scotia Sea - M 7.6
• 2006 01 02 - East of South Sandwich Islands - M 7.4
• 2006 08 20 - Scotia Sea - M 7.0
• 2008 02 08 - Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge - M 6.9
• 2008 02 10 - South Sandwich Islands region - M 6.6
• 2008 02 23 - South Sandwich Islands region - M 6.8
• 2008 06 30 - South Sandwich Islands region - M 7.0

Australia

• 1941 04 29 - Meeberrie, Australia - M 7.2
• 1968 10 14 - Meckering, Australia - M 6.9
• 1988 01 22 - Tennant Creek, Australia - M 6.6
• 1989 12 27 - Newcastle, Australia - M 5.5 Fatalities 13

Azerbaijan

• 1872 01 28 - Samaxi, Azerbaijan - M 5.7 Fatalities 118

Bolivia

• 1994 06 09 - Bolivia - M 8.2 Fatalities 5
• 2005 11 17 - Potosi, Bolivia - M 6.9

Brazil

• 2002 10 12 - Peru-Brazil border region - M 6.9
• 2003 06 20 - Amazonas, Brazil - M 7.1

Canada

• 1638 06 11 - St. Lawrence region
• 1663 02 05 - St. Lawrence Valley region, Quebec, Canada - M 7.0
• 1700 01 26 - Cascadia Subduction Zone - M 9.0
• 1918 12 06 - Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada - M 7.0
• 1925 03 01 - Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada - M 6.3
• 1929 05 26 - South of Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada - M 7.0
• 1929 11 18 - Grand Banks, Nova Scotia, Canada - M 7.3
• 1933 11 20 - Baffin Bay, Canada - M 7.4
• 1935 11 01 - Timiskaming, Quebec, Canada - M 6.2
• 1944 09 05 - Between Massena, New York and Cornwall, Ontario, Canada - M 5.8
• 1946 06 23 - Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada - M 7.3
• 1949 08 22 - Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada - M 8.1
• 1970 06 24 - South of Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada - M 7.0
• 1985 12 23 - Nahanni region, Northwest Territories, Canada - M 6.8
• 1988 11 25 - Saguenay, Quebec, Canada - M 5.9
• 1989 12 25 - Ungava, Quebec, Canada - M 6.0
• 2004 11 02 - Vancouver Island, Canada Region - M 6.7
• 2005 03 06 - St. Lawrence Valley Reg., Quebec, Canada - M 4.9
• 2008 01 05 - Queen Charlotte Islands region - M 6.6

Caribbean Sea

• 1692 06 07 - Jamaica Fatalities 2,000
• 1787 05 02 - Puerto Rico - M 8.0
• 1843 02 08 - Leeward Islands - M 8.3 Fatalities 5,000
• 1867 11 18 - Puerto Rico Region
• 1907 01 14 - Kingston, Jamaica - M 6.5 Fatalities 1,000
• 1918 10 11 - Mona Passage - M 7.5 Fatalities 116
• 1946 08 04 - Samana, Dominican Republic - M 8.0 Fatalities 100
• 1969 12 25 - Guadeloupe, Leeward Islands - M 7.2
• 1974 10 08 - Leeward Islands - M 7.5
• 2004 11 21 - Leeward Islands - M 6.3 Fatalities 1
• 2004 12 14 - Cayman Islands Region - M 6.8
• 2006 09 10 - Gulf of Mexico - M 5.8
• 2007 11 29 - Martinique Region, Windward Islands - M 7.4 Fatalities 1

Caucasia

• 1667 11 - Shemakha, Caucasia Fatalities 80,000

Cayman Islands

• 2004 12 14 - Cayman Islands Region - M 6.8

Chile

• 1730 07 08 - Valparasio, Chile - M 8.7
• 1835 02 20 - Concepcion, Chile - M 8.2 Fatalities 500
• 1868 08 13 - Arica, Peru (now Chile) - M 9.0 Fatalities 25,000
• 1877 05 10 - Offshore Tarapaca, Chile - M 8.3 Fatalities 34
• 1906 08 17 - Valparaiso, Chile - M 8.2 Fatalities 20,000
• 1922 11 11 - Chile-Argentina Border - M 8.5
• 1928 12 01 - Talca, Chile - M 7.6 Fatalities 225
• 1939 01 25 - Chillan, Chile - M 7.8 Fatalities 28,000
• 1943 04 06 - Illapel - Salamanca, Chile - M 8.2 Fatalities 25
• 1960 05 21 - Arauco Peninsula, Chile - M 7.9
• 1960 05 22 - Chile - M 9.5 Fatalities 1,655
• 1965 02 23 - Taltal, Chile - M 7.0 Fatalities 1
• 1965 03 28 - La Ligua, Chile - M 7.4 Fatalities 400
• 1971 07 09 - Valparaiso region, Chile - M 7.5 Fatalities 90
• 1985 03 03 - offshore Valparaiso, Chile - M 7.8 Fatalities 177
• 1998 01 30 - Near Coast of Northern Chile - M 7.1
• 2002 06 18 - Chile-Argentina Border Region - M 6.6
• 2003 06 20 - Near the Coast of Central Chile - M 6.8
• 2004 05 03 - Bio-Bio, Chile - M 6.6
• 2005 06 13 - Tarapaca, Chile - M 7.8 Fatalities 11
• 2007 11 14 - Antofagasta, Chile - M 7.7 Fatalities 2
• 2007 12 16 - Antofagasta, Chile - M 6.7
• 2008 02 04 - Tarapaca, Chile - M 6.3

China

• 1290 09 27 - Chihli, China Fatalities 100,000
• 1556 01 23 - Shensi, China - M 8.0 Fatalities 830,000
• 1917 07 30 - Yunnan, China - M 7.5 Fatalities 1,800
• 1918 02 13 - Nan'ao, Guangdong, (Kwangtung), China - M 7.3 Fatalities 1,000
• 1920 12 16 - Haiyuan, Ningxia, China - M 7.8 Fatalities 200,000
• 1923 03 24 - Near Luhuo, Sichuan, China - M 7.3 Fatalities 3,500
• 1925 03 16 - Yunnan, China - M 7.1 Fatalities 5,800
• 1927 05 22 - Tsinghai, China - M 7.6 Fatalities 40,900
• 1931 08 10 - Xinjiang, China - M 8.0 Fatalities 10,000
• 1932 12 25 - Gansu, China - M 7.6 Fatalities 275
• 1933 08 25 - Sichuan, China - M 7.4 Fatalities 9,300
• 1948 05 25 - Sichuan, China - M 7.3 Fatalities 800
• 1950 08 15 - Assam - Tibet - M 8.6 Fatalities 1,526
• 1966 03 07 - Hebei, China - M 7.0 Fatalities 1,000
• 1966 03 22 - Hebei, China - M 6.9 Fatalities 1,000
• 1969 07 25 - Guangdong, China - M 5.9 Fatalities 3,000
• 1970 01 04 - Yunnan Province, China - M 7.5 Fatalities 10,000
• 1974 05 10 - China - M 6.8 Fatalities 20,000
• 1975 02 04 - Haicheng, China - M 7.0 Fatalities 2,000
• 1976 07 27 - Tangshan, China - M 7.5 Fatalities 255,000
• 2002 06 28 - Priamurye-Northeastern China border region - M 7.3
• 2002 12 25 - Kyrgyzstan-Xinjiang border region - M 5.7
• 2003 02 24 - Southern Xinjiang, China - M 6.3 Fatalities 261
• 2003 07 21 - Yunnan, China - M 6.0 Fatalities 16
• 2008 03 20 - Xinjiang-Xizang border region - M 7.2
• 2008 05 12 - Eastern Sichuan, China - M 7.9 Fatalities 87,587
• 2008 10 06 - Eastern Xizang - M 6.3 Fatalities 10

Colombia

• 1875 05 18 - northern Colombia - M 7.3 Fatalities 16,000
• 1970 07 31 - Colombia - M 8.0 Fatalities 1
• 1974 07 13 - Panama-Colombia border region - M 7.3 Fatalities 11
• 1987 03 06 - Colombia-Ecuador - M 7.0 Fatalities 1,000
• 1999 01 25 - Colombia - M 6.1 Fatalities 1,185
• 2004 11 15 - Near the West Coast of Colombia - M 7.2
• 2007 09 10 - Near the west coast of Colombia - M 6.8

Congo

• 2002 10 24 - Lake Tanganyika region - M 6.2
• 2005 12 05 - Lake Tanganyika Region, Congo-Tanzania - M 6.8 Fatalities 6

Costa Rica

• 1910 05 04 - Cartago, Costa Rica - M 6.4 Fatalities 700
• 1991 04 22 - Costa Rica - M 7.6 Fatalities 47
• 1999 08 20 - Costa Rica - M 6.9
• 2004 11 20 - Costa Rica - M 6.4 Fatalities 8

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• 2008 02 03 - Lac Kivu region, Dem. Rep. of the Congo - M 5.9 Fatalities 44

Dominican Republic

• 1946 08 04 - Samana, Dominican Republic - M 8.0 Fatalities 100
• 1946 08 08 - Samana, Dominican Republic - M 7.6
• 2003 09 22 - Dominican Republic Region - M 6.4 Fatalities 3

Ecuador

• 1906 01 31 - Off the Coast of Esmeraldas, Ecuador - M 8.8 Fatalities 1,000
• 1949 08 05 - Ambato, Ecuador - M 6.8 Fatalities 5,050
• 1998 08 04 - Near Coast of Ecuador - M 7.2
• 2007 11 16 - Peru-Ecuador border region - M 6.8

Egypt

• 1992 10 12 - Egypt - M 5.8 Fatalities 552

El Salvador

• 1951 05 06 - Jucuapa, El Salvador - M 6.2 Fatalities 400
• 1965 05 03 - La Libertad, El Salvador - M 6.3 Fatalities 125
• 1986 10 10 - El Salvador - M 5.5 Fatalities 1,000
• 2001 01 13 - El Salvador - M 7.7 Fatalities 852
• 2001 02 13 - El Salvador - M 6.6 Fatalities 315

Greece

• 1903 08 11 - Southern Greece - M 8.3
• 1904 08 11 - Samos, Greece - M 6.2 Fatalities 4
• 1953 08 12 - Kefallinia, Greece - M 7.1 Fatalities 455
• 1954 04 30 - Greece - M 7.1 Fatalities 31
• 1965 03 09 - Northern Sporades, Greece - M 6.3 Fatalities 2
• 1965 03 31 - Central Greece - M 7.1 Fatalities 6
• 1965 04 05 - Peloponnisos, Greece - M 6.2 Fatalities 32
• 1965 07 06 - Central Greece - M 6.3 Fatalities 1
• 1978 06 20 - Greece - M 6.6 Fatalities 50
• 1981 02 24 - Greece - M 6.8 Fatalities 16
• 1986 09 13 - Greece - M 5.7 Fatalities 20
• 1995 05 13 - Greece - M 6.6
• 1995 06 15 - Greece - M 6.5 Fatalities 26
• 1999 09 07 - Greece - M 6.0 Fatalities 143
• 2003 08 14 - Greece - M 6.3
• 2004 08 24 - Greece - M 4.3
• 2006 01 08 - Southern Greece - M 6.7
• 2008 02 14 - Southern Greece - M 6.9
• 2008 06 08 - Greece - M 6.3 Fatalities 2

Guam

• 1993 08 08 - South of the Mariana Islands - M 7.8
• 2002 04 26 - Mariana Islands - M 7.1
• 2008 05 09 - Guam region - M 6.8

Guatemala

• 1902 04 19 - Guatemala - M 7.5 Fatalities 2,000
• 1942 08 06 - Guatemala - M 7.9 Fatalities 38
• 1976 02 04 - Guatemala - M 7.5 Fatalities 23,000
• 2007 06 13 - Offshore Guatemala - M 6.7

Honduras

• 1999 07 11 - Honduras - M 6.7

India

• 1819 06 16 - Gujarat, India Fatalities 2,000
• 1897 06 12 - Assam, India - M 8.3 Fatalities 1,500
• 1905 04 04 - Kangra, India - M 7.5 Fatalities 19,000
• 1934 01 15 - Bihar, India - Nepal - M 8.1 Fatalities 10,700
• 1950 08 15 - Assam - Tibet - M 8.6 Fatalities 1,526
• 1967 12 10 - Koyna, India - M 6.3 Fatalities 177
• 1988 08 20 - Nepal-India border region - M 6.8 Fatalities 1,000
• 1991 10 19 - Northern India - M 6.8 Fatalities 2,000
• 1993 09 29 - Latur-Killari, India - M 6.2 Fatalities 9,748
• 1997 05 21 - Jabalpur, India - M 5.8 Fatalities 38
• 2001 01 26 - Gujarat, India - M 7.6 Fatalities 20,023
• 2005 07 24 - Nicobar Islands, India Region - M 7.2

Indian Ocean

• 2000 06 18 - South Indian Ocean - M 7.9
• 2003 07 15 - Carlsberg Ridge - M 7.6
• 2004 12 26 - Sumatra-Andaman Islands - M 9.1 Fatalities 227,898

Indonesia

• 1917 01 20 - Bali, Indonesia Fatalities 1,500
• 1938 02 01 - Banda Sea, Indonesia - M 8.5
• 1965 01 24 - Sanana, Indonesia (Ceram Sea) - M 7.6 Fatalities 71
• 1976 06 25 - Papua, Indonesia - M 7.1 Fatalities 5,000
• 1992 12 12 - Flores Region, Indonesia - M 7.8 Fatalities 2,500
• 2000 06 04 - Southern Sumatera, Indonesia - M 7.9 Fatalities 103
• 2002 10 10 - Irian Jaya, Indonesia - M 7.6 Fatalities 8
• 2002 11 02 - Northern Sumatera, Indonesia - M 7.4 Fatalities 3
• 2003 05 26 - Halmahera, Indonesia - M 7.0 Fatalities 1
• 2004 01 28 - Seram, Indonesia - M 6.7
• 2004 02 05 - Irian Jaya, Indonesia - M 7.0 Fatalities 37
• 2004 02 07 - Irian Jaya, Indonesia - M 7.3
• 2004 07 25 - Southern Sumatra, Indonesia - M 7.3
• 2004 11 11 - Kepulauan Alor, Indonesia - M 7.5 Fatalities 34
• 2004 11 26 - Papua, Indonesia - M 7.1 Fatalities 32
• 2004 12 26 - Sumatra-Andaman Islands - M 9.1 Fatalities 227,898
• 2005 01 01 - Off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra - M 6.7
• 2005 02 19 - Sulawesi, Indonesia - M 6.5
• 2005 02 26 - Simeulue, Indonesia - M 6.8
• 2005 03 02 - Banda Sea - M 7.1
• 2005 03 28 - Northern Sumatra, Indonesia - M 8.6 Fatalities 1,313
• 2005 04 10 - Kepulauan Mentawai Region, Indonesia - M 6.7
• 2005 05 14 - Nias Region, Indonesia - M 6.7
• 2005 05 19 - Nias Region, Indonesia - M 6.9
• 2005 07 05 - Nias Region, Indonesia - M 6.7
• 2005 11 19 - Simeulue, Indonesia - M 6.5
• 2006 01 27 - Banda Sea - M 7.6
• 2006 03 14 - Seram, Indonesia - M 6.7 Fatalities 4
• 2006 05 16 - Nias Region, Indonesia - M 6.8
• 2006 05 26 - Java, Indonesia - M 6.3 Fatalities 5,749
• 2006 07 17 - South of Java, Indonesia - M 7.7 Fatalities 730
• 2007 01 21 - Molucca Sea - M 7.5 Fatalities 4
• 2007 03 06 - Southern Sumatra, Indonesia - M 6.4 Fatalities 67
• 2007 07 26 - Molucca Sea - M 6.9
• 2007 08 08 - Java, Indonesia - M 7.5
• 2007 09 12 - Southern Sumatra, Indonesia - M 8.5 Fatalities 25
• 2007 09 12 - Kepulauan Mentawai region, Indonesia - M 7.9
• 2007 09 20 - Southern Sumatra, Indonesia - M 6.7
• 2007 10 24 - Southern Sumatra, Indonesia - M 6.8
• 2007 11 25 - Sumbawa Region, Indonesia - M 6.5 Fatalities 3
• 2008 02 20 - Simeulue, Indonesia - M 7.4 Fatalities 3
• 2008 02 25 - Kepulauan Mentawai region, Indonesia - M 7.2
• 2008 11 16 - Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia - M 7.3 Fatalities 6
• 2009 01 03 - Near the North Coast of Papua, Indonesia - M 7.6 Fatalities 5
• 2009 01 03 - Near the North Coast of Papua, Indonesia - M 7.4

Iran

• 0856 12 22 - Damghan, Iran Fatalities 200,000
• 0893 03 23 - Ardabil, Iran Fatalities 150,000
• 1727 11 18 - Tabriz, Iran Fatalities 77,000
• 1755 06 07 - Kashan, Iran Fatalities 40,000
• 1909 01 23 - Silakhor, Iran (Persia) - M 7.3 Fatalities 6,000
• 1923 05 25 - Torbat-e Heydariyeh, Iran - M 5.7 Fatalities 2,200
• 1929 05 01 - Koppeh Dagh, Iran (Persia) - M 7.4 Fatalities 3,800
• 1930 05 06 - Salmas, Iran (Persia) - M 7.2 Fatalities 2,500
• 1947 08 05 - Pasni, Iran - M 7.3
• 1953 02 12 - Torud, Iran - M 6.5 Fatalities 970
• 1957 07 02 - Mazandaran, Iran - M 7.1 Fatalities 1,200
• 1957 12 13 - Sahneh, Iran - M 7.1 Fatalities 1,130
• 1962 09 01 - Qazvin, Iran - M 7.1 Fatalities 12,225
• 1965 02 10 - Bostanabad-e Bala, Iran - M 5.1 Fatalities 20
• 1968 08 31 - Dasht-e Bayaz, Iran - M 7.3 Fatalities 12,000
• 1972 04 10 - southern Iran - M 7.1 Fatalities 5,054
• 1976 11 24 - Turkey-Iran border region - M 7.3 Fatalities 5,000
• 1978 09 16 - Iran - M 7.8 Fatalities 15,000
• 1981 06 11 - southern Iran - M 6.9 Fatalities 3,000
• 1981 07 28 - southern Iran - M 7.3 Fatalities 1,500
• 1990 06 20 - Western Iran - M 7.4 Fatalities 50,000
• 1997 05 10 - Northern Iran - M 7.3 Fatalities 1,567
• 1998 03 14 - Northern Iran - M 6.6
• 2002 06 22 - Western Iran - M 6.5 Fatalities 261
• 2003 08 21 - Southeastern Iran - M 5.9
• 2003 12 26 - Southeastern Iran - M 6.6 Fatalities 31,000
• 2004 05 28 - Northern Iran - M 6.3 Fatalities 35
• 2005 02 22 - Central Iran - M 6.4 Fatalities 612
• 2005 11 27 - Southern Iran - M 6.0 Fatalities 13
• 2006 03 31 - Western Iran - M 6.1 Fatalities 70

Israel

• 2004 02 11 - Dead Sea Region - M 5.3

Italy

• 1693 01 11 - Sicily, Italy - M 7.5 Fatalities 60,000
• 1783 02 04 - Calabria, Italy Fatalities 50,000
• 1857 12 16 - Naples, Italy - M 6.9 Fatalities 11,000
• 1905 09 08 - Calabria, Italy - M 7.9 Fatalities 557
• 1908 12 28 - Messina, Itlay - M 7.2 Fatalities 70,000
• 1915 01 13 - Avezzano, Italy - M 7.0 Fatalities 32,610
• 1920 09 07 - Toscana, Italy - M 6.4 Fatalities 171
• 1930 07 23 - Irpinia, Italy - M 6.5 Fatalities 1,400
• 1976 05 06 - Northeastern Italy - M 6.5 Fatalities 1,000
• 1980 11 23 - Southern Italy - M 6.5 Fatalities 3,000
• 1997 09 26 - Central Italy - M 6.4 Fatalities 11
• 2002 09 06 - Southern Italy - M 6.0 Fatalities 2
• 2002 10 31 - Southern Italy - M 5.9 Fatalities 29
• 2002 11 01 - Southern Italy - M 5.8

Jamaica

• 1692 06 07 - Jamaica Fatalities 2,000
• 1907 01 14 - Kingston, Jamaica - M 6.5 Fatalities 1,000

Japan

• 1891 10 27 - Mino-Owari, Japan - M 8.0 Fatalities 7,273
• 1896 06 15 - Sanriku, Japan - M 8.5 Fatalities 27,000
• 1923 09 01 - Kanto (Kwanto), Japan - M 7.9 Fatalities 143,000
• 1927 03 07 - Tango, Japan - M 7.6 Fatalities 3,020
• 1933 03 02 - Sanriku, Japan - M 8.4 Fatalities 2,990
• 1943 09 10 - Tottori, Japan - M 7.4 Fatalities 1,190
• 1944 12 07 - Tonankai, Japan - M 8.1 Fatalities 998
• 1945 01 12 - Mikawa, Japan - M 7.1 Fatalities 1,961
• 1946 12 20 - Nankaido, Japan - M 8.1 Fatalities 1,330
• 1948 06 28 - Fukui, Japan - M 7.3 Fatalities 3,769
• 1964 06 16 - Niigata, Japan - M 7.5 Fatalities 26
• 1995 01 16 - Kobe, Japan - M 6.9 Fatalities 5,502
• 2000 10 06 - Western Honshu, Japan - M 6.7
• 2003 05 26 - Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 7.0
• 2003 09 25 - Hokkaido, Japan Region - M 8.3
• 2003 10 08 - Hokkaido, Japan Region - M 6.7
• 2003 10 31 - Off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 7.0
• 2004 05 29 - Off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 6.5
• 2004 09 05 - Near the South Coast of Western Honshu, Japan - M 7.2
• 2004 09 05 - Near the South Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 7.4
• 2004 09 06 - Near the South Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 6.6
• 2004 10 23 - Near the West Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 6.6 Fatalities 40
• 2004 11 28 - Hokkaido, Japan Region - M 7.0
• 2004 12 06 - Hokkaido, Japan Region - M 6.8
• 2005 03 20 - Kyushu, Japan - M 6.6 Fatalities 1
• 2005 07 23 - Near the South Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 5.9
• 2005 08 16 - Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 7.2
• 2005 10 19 - Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 6.3
• 2005 11 14 - Off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 7.0
• 2005 12 02 - Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 6.5
• 2006 06 11 - Kyushu, Japan - M 6.3
• 2007 03 25 - Near the West Coast of Honshu,Japan - M 6.7 Fatalities 1
• 2007 07 16 - Near the west coast of Honshu, Japan - M 6.6 Fatalities 9
• 2008 05 07 - Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 6.8
• 2008 06 13 - Eastern Honshu, Japan - M 6.9 Fatalities 13
• 2008 07 23 - Eastern Honshu, Japan - M 6.8 Fatalities 1
• 2008 09 11 - Hokkaido, Japan region - M 6.8

Jordan

• 2004 02 11 - Dead Sea Region - M 5.3

Kashmir

• 2002 11 20 - Northwestern Kashmir - M 6.3 Fatalities 19

Kazakhstan

• 1887 06 08 - Almaty, Kazakhstan - M 7.3

Kermadec Islands

• 2008 09 29 - Kermadec Islands, New Zealand - M 7.0

Kyrgyzstan

• 1911 01 03 - Chong-Kemin, Kyrgyzstan - M 7.8 Fatalities 450
• 2008 10 05 - Kyrgyzstan - M 6.6 Fatalities 74

Leeward Islands

• 1843 02 08 - Leeward Islands - M 8.3 Fatalities 5,000
• 1969 12 25 - Guadeloupe, Leeward Islands - M 7.2
• 1974 10 08 - Leeward Islands - M 7.5
• 2004 11 21 - Leeward Islands - M 6.3 Fatalities 1

Mexico

• 1887 05 03 - Northern Sonora, Mexico - M 7.4 Fatalities 51
• 1907 04 15 - Guerrero, Mexico - M 7.7
• 1911 06 07 - Off Guerrero, Mexico - M 7.7 Fatalities 45
• 1931 01 15 - Oaxaca, Mexico - M 7.8 Fatalities 114
• 1932 06 03 - Jalisco, Mexico - M 8.1 Fatalities 45
• 1932 06 18 - Colima, Mexico - M 7.8
• 1957 07 28 - Guerrero, Mexico - M 7.9 Fatalities 68
• 1959 08 26 - Vera Cruz, Mexico - M 6.8 Fatalities 20
• 1962 05 11 - Guerrero, Mexico - M 7.0 Fatalities 4
• 1962 05 19 - Guerrero, Mexico - M 7.1 Fatalities 3
• 1964 07 06 - Guerrero, Mexico - M 6.9 Fatalities 30
• 1965 08 23 - Oaxaca, Mexico - M 7.3 Fatalities 6
• 1968 08 02 - Oaxaca, Mexico - M 7.1 Fatalities 18
• 1979 10 15 - Imperial Valley, Mexico - California Border - M 6.4
• 1985 09 19 - Michoacan, Mexico - M 8.0 Fatalities 9,500
• 1999 06 15 - Central Mexico - M 7.0
• 1999 09 30 - Oaxaca, Mexico - M 7.5
• 2002 02 22 - near Mexicali, Mexico - M 5.7
• 2002 12 10 - Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico - M 4.8
• 2003 01 22 - Offshore Colima, Mexico - M 7.6 Fatalities 29
• 2003 09 11 - near Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico - M 3.7
• 2004 06 15 - Offshore Baja California, Mexico - M 5.1
• 2006 01 04 - Gulf of California - M 6.6
• 2006 08 11 - Michoacan, Mexico - M 5.9
• 2008 02 12 - Oaxaca, Mexico - M 6.5

Micronesia

• 2005 01 16 - State of Yap, Fed. States of Micronesia - M 6.6
• 2007 09 30 - South of the Mariana Islands - M 6.9

Mongolia

• 1905 07 09 - Mongolia - M 8.4
• 1957 12 04 - Gobi-Altay, Mongolia - M 8.1 Fatalities 30

Morocco

• 1960 02 29 - Agadir, Morocco - M 5.7 Fatalities 10,000
• 2004 02 24 - Strait of Gibraltar - M 6.4 Fatalities 631

Mozambique

• 2006 02 22 - Mozambique - M 7.0 Fatalities 4

Myanmar

• 2003 09 21 - Myanmar - M 6.6

New Zealand

• 1855 01 23 - Wellington, New Zealand - M 8.0 Fatalities 4
• 1931 02 02 - Hawke's Bay, New Zealand - M 7.9 Fatalities 256
• 1968 05 23 - Inangahua, New Zealand - M 7.1 Fatalities 2
• 2003 05 04 - Kermadec islands, New Zealand - M 6.7
• 2003 08 21 - South Island of New Zealand - M 7.2
• 2004 11 22 - Off West Coast of South Island, N.Z. - M 7.1
• 2007 10 15 - South Island of New Zealand - M 6.8
• 2007 12 20 - Off east coast of the North Island, New Zealand - M 6.6 Fatalities 1

Nicaragua

• 1931 03 31 - Managua, Nicaragua - M 6.0 Fatalities 2,500
• 1951 08 02 - Cosiguina, Nicaragua - M 5.8 Fatalities 1,000
• 1972 12 23 - Nicaragua - M 6.2 Fatalities 5,000
• 1992 09 02 - Nicaragua - M 7.6 Fatalities 116
• 2004 10 09 - Near the Coast of Nicaragua - M 7.0
• 2005 07 02 - Near the Coast of Nicaragua - M 6.6

Pacific Ocean

• 1997 10 14 - South of Fiji Islands - M 7.8
• 1998 01 04 - Loyalty Islands Region - M 7.5
• 1998 03 25 - Balleny Islands Region - M 8.1
• 1999 02 06 - Santa Cruz Islands - M 7.3
• 2002 08 19 - Fiji Islands - M 7.7
• 2002 08 19 - Fiji Islands - M 7.7
• 2003 12 27 - Southeast of the Loyalty Islands - M 7.3
• 2005 02 05 - Celebes Sea - M 7.1 Fatalities 2
• 2005 04 11 - Southeast of the Loyalty Islands - M 6.7
• 2006 02 26 - South of the Fiji Islands - M 6.4
• 2006 05 16 - Kermadec Islands Region - M 7.4
• 2006 09 28 - Samoa Islands Region - M 6.9
• 2007 01 31 - Kermadec Islands, New Zealand - M 6.5
• 2007 07 16 - Sea of Japan - M 6.8
• 2007 08 20 - Philippine Islands region - M 6.4
• 2007 09 28 - Southeast of Loyalty Islands - M 6.5
• 2007 09 28 - Mariana Islands region - M 7.5
• 2007 09 30 - Auckland Islands, New Zealand region - M 7.4
• 2007 09 30 - Auckland Islands, New Zealand region - M 6.6
• 2007 10 31 - Pagan Region, Northern Mariana Islands - M 7.2
• 2007 12 09 - South of the Fiji Islands - M 7.8
• 2008 03 03 - Philippine Islands region - M 6.9
• 2008 04 09 - Loyalty Islands - M 7.3
• 2008 07 05 - Sea of Okhotsk - M 7.7
• 2008 07 19 - Off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 7.0
• 2008 12 09 - Kermadec Islands region - M 6.8

Pakistan

• 1935 05 30 - Quetta, Pakistan - M 7.5 Fatalities 30,000
• 1945 11 27 - Makran Coast, Pakistan - M 8.0 Fatalities 4,000
• 1974 12 28 - Northern Pakistan - M 6.2 Fatalities 5,300
• 2005 10 08 - Pakistan - M 7.6 Fatalities 86,000
• 2008 10 28 - Pakistan - M 6.4 Fatalities 166

Panama

• 1974 07 13 - Panama-Colombia border region - M 7.3 Fatalities 11

Papua New Guinea

• 1998 07 17 - Near North Coast of New Guinea, Papua New Guinea - M 7.0 Fatalities 2,183
• 1999 05 10 - New Britain region, Papua New Guinea - M 7.1
• 1999 05 16 - New Britain region, Papua New Guinea - M 7.1
• 2000 11 16 - New Ireland Region, Papua New Guinea - M 8.0 Fatalities 2
• 2000 11 16 - New Ireland Region, Papua New Guinea - M 7.8
• 2000 11 17 - New Britain region, Papua New Guinea - M 7.6
• 2002 09 08 - New Guinea, Papua New Guinea - M 7.6 Fatalities 4
• 2003 01 10 - New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, region - M 6.7
• 2003 03 11 - New Ireland Region, Papua New Guinea - M 6.8
• 2003 06 07 - New Britain region, Papua New Guinea - M 6.6
• 2005 09 09 - New Ireland Region, Papua New Guinea - M 7.6
• 2005 09 29 - New Britain region, Papua New Guinea - M 6.6
• 2005 12 11 - New Britain region, Papua New Guinea - M 6.6
• 2006 09 01 - Bougainville Region, Papua New Guinea - M 6.8
• 2006 10 17 - New Britain region, Papua New Guinea - M 6.7
• 2007 06 28 - Bougainville region, Papua New Guinea - M 6.7
• 2007 09 26 - New Ireland Region, Papua New Guinea - M 6.8
• 2007 11 22 - Eastern New Guinea Region, Papua New Guinea - M 6.8

Peru

• 1619 02 14 - Trujillo, Peru - M 7.7 Fatalities 350
• 1664 05 12 - Ica, Peru - M 7.3 Fatalities 400
• 1687 10 20 - Lima, Peru - M 8.5 Fatalities 600
• 1746 10 28 - Lima, Peru Fatalities 5,000
• 1821 07 10 - Camana, Peru - M 8.2 Fatalities 162
• 1868 08 13 - Arica, Peru (now Chile) - M 9.0 Fatalities 25,000
• 1908 12 12 - Off the Coast of Central Peru - M 8.2
• 1913 11 04 - Abancay, Peru Fatalities 150
• 1940 05 24 - Callao, Peru - M 8.2 Fatalities 249
• 1942 08 24 - Off the coast of central Peru - M 8.2 Fatalities 30
• 1943 01 30 - Yanaoca, Peru Fatalities 200
• 1946 11 10 - Ancash, Peru - M 7.3 Fatalities 1,400
• 1947 11 01 - Satipo, Peru - M 7.3 Fatalities 233
• 1948 05 11 - Moquegua, Peru - M 7.4 Fatalities 70
• 1950 05 21 - Cusco, Peru - M 6.0 Fatalities 83
• 1953 12 12 - Tumbes, Peru - M 7.4 Fatalities 7
• 1958 01 15 - Arequipa, Peru - M 7.3 Fatalities 28
• 1960 01 13 - Arequipa, Peru - M 7.5 Fatalities 57
• 1966 10 17 - Near the Coast of Peru - M 8.1 Fatalities 125
• 1968 06 19 - Moyobamba, Peru - M 6.9 Fatalities 46
• 1969 10 01 - Comas region, Chile - M 6.4 Fatalities 136
• 1970 05 31 - Chimbote, Peru - M 7.9 Fatalities 66,000
• 1974 10 03 - Near the Coast of Central Peru - M 8.1
• 2001 06 23 - Near the Coast of Peru - M 8.4 Fatalities 138
• 2001 07 07 - Near the Coast of Peru - M 7.6 Fatalities 1
• 2002 10 12 - Peru-Brazil border region - M 6.9
• 2005 09 26 - Northern Peru - M 7.5 Fatalities 5
• 2006 10 20 - Near the Coast of Central Peru - M 6.7
• 2007 08 15 - Near the Coast of Central Peru - M 8.0 Fatalities 514
• 2007 11 16 - Peru-Ecuador border region - M 6.8

Philippines

• 1976 08 16 - Mindanao, Philippines - M 7.9 Fatalities 8,000
• 1990 07 16 - Luzon, Philippine Islands - M 7.7 Fatalities 1,621
• 2001 01 01 - Mindanao, Philippines - M 7.5
• 2002 03 05 - Mindanao, Philippines - M 7.5 Fatalities 15
• 2003 11 18 - Samar, Philippines - M 6.5 Fatalities 1
• 2004 10 08 - Mindoro, Philippines - M 6.5

Portugal

• 1755 11 01 - Lisbon, Portugal - M 8.7 Fatalities 70,000

Puerto Rico

• 1787 05 02 - Puerto Rico - M 8.0
• 1867 11 18 - Puerto Rico Region
• 1918 10 11 - Mona Passage - M 7.5 Fatalities 116

Romania

• 1940 11 10 - Vrancea, Romania - M 7.3 Fatalities 1,000
• 1977 03 04 - Romania - M 7.2 Fatalities 1,500
• 2004 10 27 - Romania - M 5.9

Russia

• 1923 02 03 - Kamchatka - M 8.5
• 1952 11 04 - Kamchatka - M 9.0
• 1957 06 27 - Stanovoy Mountains, Russia (USSR) - M 7.6
• 1958 11 06 - Kuril Islands - M 8.3
• 1963 10 13 - Kuril Islands - M 8.5
• 1995 05 27 - Sakhalin Island - M 7.1 Fatalities 1,989
• 1997 12 05 - Near East Coast of Kamchatka - M 7.8
• 2002 11 17 - Kuril Islands, Russia - M 7.3
• 2003 07 27 - Primor'ye, Russia - M 6.8
• 2003 09 27 - Southwestern Siberia, Russia - M 7.3 Fatalities 3
• 2003 10 01 - Southwestern Siberia, Russia - M 6.7
• 2003 12 05 - Komandorskiye Ostrova, Russia Region - M 6.7
• 2004 06 10 - Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia - M 6.9
• 2006 04 20 - Koryakia, Russia - M 7.6
• 2006 11 15 - Kuril Islands - M 8.3
• 2007 01 13 - East of the Kuril Islands - M 8.1

Sea of Okhotsk

• 2008 11 24 - Sea of Okhotsk - M 7.3

Solomon Islands

• 2003 01 20 - Solomon Islands - M 7.3
• 2004 10 08 - Solomon Islands - M 6.8
• 2004 11 09 - Solomon Islands - M 6.9
• 2004 11 11 - Solomon Islands - M 6.7
• 2007 04 01 - Solomon Islands - M 8.1 Fatalities 54
• 2007 08 16 - Solomon Islands - M 6.5
• 2007 09 02 - Santa Cruz Islands - M 7.2
• 2007 11 27 - Solomon Islands - M 6.6

Southern Ocean

• 2004 12 23 - North of Macquarie Island - M 8.1
• 2007 01 30 - West of Macquarie Island - M 6.9
• 2007 11 10 - North of Macquarie Island - M 6.6
• 2008 04 12 - Macquarie Island region - M 7.1

Spain

• 1954 03 29 - Spain - M 7.9

Syria

• 1138 08 09 - Aleppo, Syria Fatalities 230,000
• 2004 02 11 - Dead Sea Region - M 5.3

Taiwan

• 1906 03 16 - Chia-i, Taiwan - M 6.8 Fatalities 1,250
• 1910 04 12 - Taiwan region - M 7.6
• 1920 06 05 - Taiwan region - M 8.0 Fatalities 5
• 1935 04 20 - Taiwan (Formosa) - M 7.1 Fatalities 3,270
• 1935 07 16 - Taiwan (Formosa) - M 6.5 Fatalities 2,740
• 1959 04 26 - Taiwan region - M 7.5 Fatalities 2
• 1972 01 25 - Taiwain region - M 7.5 Fatalities 1
• 1972 01 25 - Taiwain region - M 7.0
• 1972 04 24 - Taiwain region - M 7.2 Fatalities 4
• 1998 05 03 - Southeast of Taiwan - M 7.5
• 1999 09 20 - Taiwan - M 7.6 Fatalities 2,400
• 2002 03 31 - Taiwan region - M 7.1 Fatalities 5
• 2002 05 15 - Taiwan - M 6.2 Fatalities 1
• 2003 12 10 - Taiwan - M 6.8
• 2004 10 15 - Taiwan Region - M 6.7
• 2004 11 08 - Taiwan Region - M 6.3
• 2006 12 26 - Taiwan Region - M 7.1 Fatalities 2
• 2006 12 26 - Taiwan Region - M 6.9
• 2007 09 06 - Taiwan Region - M 6.2

Tajikistan

• 1907 10 21 - Qaratog, Tajikistan - M 8.0 Fatalities 12,000
• 1911 02 18 - Sarez, Tajikistan - M 7.4 Fatalities 90
• 1949 07 10 - Khait, Tajikistan - M 7.5 Fatalities 12,000
• 1998 02 04 - Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border Region - M 5.9 Fatalities 2,323
• 1998 05 30 - Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border Region - M 6.6 Fatalities 4,000

Tanzania

• 2002 10 24 - Lake Tanganyika region - M 6.2
• 2005 12 05 - Lake Tanganyika Region, Congo-Tanzania - M 6.8 Fatalities 6
• 2007 07 17 - Tanzania - M 5.9

Tonga

• 2006 05 03 - Tonga - M 8.0

Turkey

• 1668 08 17 - Anatolia, Turkey - M 8.0 Fatalities 8,000
• 1899 09 20 - Menderes Valley, Turkey - M 6.9 Fatalities 1,100
• 1901 12 18 - Ayvalik, Turkey (Ottoman Empire) - M 5.9
• 1903 04 28 - Turkey - M 7.0 Fatalities 3,500
• 1903 05 28 - Gole, Turkey (Ottomon Empire) - M 5.8 Fatalities 1,000
• 1912 08 09 - Murefte, Turkey (Ottoman Empire) - M 7.8 Fatalities 2,800
• 1914 10 03 - Burdur, Turkey (Ottoman Empire) - M 7.0 Fatalities 4,000
• 1939 12 26 - Erzincan, Turkey - M 7.8 Fatalities 32,700
• 1942 11 26 - Turkey - M 7.6 Fatalities 4,000
• 1942 12 20 - Erbaa, Turkey - M 7.3 Fatalities 1,100
• 1943 11 26 - Ladik, Turkey - M 7.6 Fatalities 4,000
• 1944 02 01 - Gerede, Turkey - M 7.4 Fatalities 2,790
• 1946 05 31 - Ustukran, Turkey - M 5.9 Fatalities 1,300
• 1949 08 17 - Erzurum, Turkey - M 6.8 Fatalities 320
• 1951 08 13 - Kursunlu, Turkey - M 6.7 Fatalities 50
• 1953 03 18 - Yenice-Gonen, Turkey - M 7.3 Fatalities 1,073
• 1957 04 25 - Fethiye, Turkey - M 7.1 Fatalities 15
• 1957 05 26 - Bolu Province, Turkey - M 7.1 Fatalities 66
• 1964 10 06 - Western Turkey - M 7.0 Fatalities 36
• 1965 06 13 - Denizli, Turkey - M 5.4 Fatalities 2
• 1966 08 19 - Varto, Turkey - M 6.8 Fatalities 2,529
• 1967 07 22 - Mudurnu Valley, Turkey - M 7.3 Fatalities 173
• 1968 09 03 - Bartin, Turkey - M 6.6 Fatalities 24
• 1969 03 28 - Alasehir, Turkey - M 6.4 Fatalities 11
• 1970 03 28 - Gediz, Turkey - M 6.9 Fatalities 1,086
• 1971 05 12 - Western Turkey - M 6.3
• 1971 05 22 - Eastern Turkey - M 6.9 Fatalities 1,000
• 1975 09 06 - Turkey - M 6.7 Fatalities 2,000
• 1983 10 30 - Turkey - M 6.9 Fatalities 1,342
• 1999 08 17 - Izmit, Turkey - M 7.6 Fatalities 17,118
• 1999 11 12 - Duzce, Turkey - M 7.2 Fatalities 894
• 2002 02 03 - Turkey - M 6.5 Fatalities 44
• 2003 01 27 - Turkey - M 6.1
• 2003 05 01 - Eastern Turkey - M 6.4 Fatalities 177
• 2004 07 01 - Eastern Turkey - M 5.1 Fatalities 18

Turkmenistan

• 1948 10 05 - Ashgabat, Turkmenistan - M 7.3 Fatalities 110,000

United Kingdom

• 1979 12 26 - Carlisle, Northern England - M 4.5
• 2002 09 22 - United Kingdom - M 5.0
• 2008 02 27 - England, United Kingdom - M 4.8

Uzbekistan

• 1902 12 16 - eastern Uzbekistan (Turkestan) - M 6.4 Fatalities 4,700
• 1966 04 25 - Tashkent, USSR - M 5.0 Fatalities 10

Vanuatu

• 2002 01 02 - Vanuatu Islands - M 7.2
• 2003 11 06 - Vanuatu Islands - M 6.6
• 2005 02 08 - Vanuatu - M 6.7
• 2007 03 25 - Vanuatu - M 7.1
• 2007 08 01 - Vanuatu - M 7.2
• 2008 03 12 - Vanuatu - M 6.4
• 2008 09 08 - Vanuatu - M 6.9

Venezuela

• 1812 03 26 - Caracas, Venezuela - M 7.7 Fatalities 26,000
• 1967 07 29 - Near the Coast of Venezuela - M 6.5
• 1997 07 09 - Near Coast of Venezuela - M 7.0

Windward Islands

• 2007 11 29 - Martinique Region, Windward Islands - M 7.4 Fatalities 1

Yemen

• 1982 12 13 - Yemen - M 6.0 Fatalities 2,800

Yugoslavia

• 1963 07 26 - Skopje, Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia - M 6.0 Fatalities 1,100