Historic Worldwide Earthquakes
Worldwide Earthquakes sorted by
United States Earthquakes sorted by
Sorted by Country/Region & Magnitude
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 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
- 2002 03 03 - Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan - M 7.4 Fatalities 166
- 2004 04 05 - Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan - M 6.6 Fatalities 3
- 1998 05 30 - Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border Region - M 6.6 Fatalities 4,000
- 2005 12 12 - Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan - M 6.5 Fatalities 5
- 2002 03 25 - Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan - M 6.1 Fatalities 1,000
- 1998 02 04 - Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border Region - M 5.9 Fatalities 2,323
Algeria
- 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
- 1954 09 09 - Orleansville, Algeria - M 6.8 Fatalities 1,250
- 2003 05 27 - Northern Algeria - M 5.8 Fatalities 9
- 1965 01 01 - M'Sila, Algeria - M 5.5 Fatalities 4
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
- 2006 11 13 - Santiago del Estero, Argentina - M 6.8
- 2002 06 18 - Chile-Argentina Border Region - M 6.6
- 1985 01 26 - Mendoza, Argentina - M 6.0
Armenia
- 1988 12 07 - Spitak, Armenia - M 6.8 Fatalities 25,000
- 1931 04 27 - Zangezur Mountains, Armenia - Azerbaijan border - M 5.7 Fatalities 2,800
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 06 30 - South Sandwich Islands region - M 7.0
- 2008 02 08 - Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge - M 6.9
- 2008 02 23 - South Sandwich Islands region - M 6.8
- 2008 02 10 - South Sandwich Islands region - M 6.6
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
Brazil
Canada
- 1700 01 26 - Cascadia Subduction Zone - M 9.0
- 1949 08 22 - Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada - M 8.1
- 1933 11 20 - Baffin Bay, Canada - M 7.4
- 1929 11 18 - Grand Banks, Nova Scotia, Canada - M 7.3
- 1946 06 23 - Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada - M 7.3
- 1663 02 05 - St. Lawrence Valley region, Quebec, Canada - M 7.0
- 1918 12 06 - Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada - M 7.0
- 1929 05 26 - South of Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada - M 7.0
- 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
- 2004 11 02 - Vancouver Island, Canada Region - M 6.7
- 2008 01 05 - Queen Charlotte Islands region - M 6.6
- 1925 03 01 - Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada - M 6.3
- 1935 11 01 - Timiskaming, Quebec, Canada - M 6.2
- 1989 12 25 - Ungava, Quebec, Canada - M 6.0
- 1988 11 25 - Saguenay, Quebec, Canada - M 5.9
- 1944 09 05 - Between Massena, New York and Cornwall, Ontario, Canada - M 5.8
- 2005 03 06 - St. Lawrence Valley Reg., Quebec, Canada - M 4.9
- 1638 06 11 - St. Lawrence region
Caribbean Sea
- 1843 02 08 - Leeward Islands - M 8.3 Fatalities 5,000
- 1787 05 02 - Puerto Rico - M 8.0
- 1946 08 04 - Samana, Dominican Republic - M 8.0 Fatalities 100
- 1918 10 11 - Mona Passage - M 7.5 Fatalities 116
- 1974 10 08 - Leeward Islands - M 7.5
- 2007 11 29 - Martinique Region, Windward Islands - M 7.4 Fatalities 1
- 1969 12 25 - Guadeloupe, Leeward Islands - M 7.2
- 2004 12 14 - Cayman Islands Region - M 6.8
- 1907 01 14 - Kingston, Jamaica - M 6.5 Fatalities 1,000
- 2004 11 21 - Leeward Islands - M 6.3 Fatalities 1
- 2006 09 10 - Gulf of Mexico - M 5.8
- 1692 06 07 - Jamaica Fatalities 2,000
- 1867 11 18 - Puerto Rico Region
Caucasia
- 1667 11 - Shemakha, Caucasia Fatalities 80,000
Cayman Islands
Chile
- 1960 05 22 - Chile - M 9.5 Fatalities 1,655
- 1868 08 13 - Arica, Peru (now Chile) - M 9.0 Fatalities 25,000
- 1730 07 08 - Valparasio, Chile - M 8.7
- 1922 11 11 - Chile-Argentina Border - M 8.5
- 1877 05 10 - Offshore Tarapaca, Chile - M 8.3 Fatalities 34
- 1835 02 20 - Concepcion, Chile - M 8.2 Fatalities 500
- 1906 08 17 - Valparaiso, Chile - M 8.2 Fatalities 3,882
- 1943 04 06 - Illapel - Salamanca, Chile - M 8.2 Fatalities 25
- 1960 05 21 - Arauco Peninsula, Chile - M 7.9
- 1985 03 03 - offshore Valparaiso, Chile - M 7.8 Fatalities 177
- 2005 06 13 - Tarapaca, Chile - M 7.8 Fatalities 11
- 1939 01 25 - Chillan, Chile - M 7.8 Fatalities 28,000
- 2007 11 14 - Antofagasta, Chile - M 7.7 Fatalities 2
- 1928 12 01 - Talca, Chile - M 7.6 Fatalities 225
- 1971 07 09 - Valparaiso region, Chile - M 7.5 Fatalities 90
- 1965 03 28 - La Ligua, Chile - M 7.4 Fatalities 400
- 1998 01 30 - Near Coast of Northern Chile - M 7.1
- 1965 02 23 - Taltal, Chile - M 7.0 Fatalities 1
- 2003 06 20 - Near the Coast of Central Chile - M 6.8
- 2007 12 16 - Antofagasta, Chile - M 6.7
- 2004 05 03 - Bio-Bio, Chile - M 6.6
- 2002 06 18 - Chile-Argentina Border Region - M 6.6
- 2008 02 04 - Tarapaca, Chile - M 6.3
China
- 1950 08 15 - Assam - Tibet - M 8.6 Fatalities 1,526
- 1556 01 23 - Shensi, China - M 8.0 Fatalities 830,000
- 1931 08 10 - Xinjiang, China - M 8.0 Fatalities 10,000
- 2008 05 12 - Eastern Sichuan, China - M 7.9 Fatalities 87,587
- 1920 12 16 - Haiyuan, Ningxia, China - M 7.8 Fatalities 200,000
- 1927 05 22 - Tsinghai, China - M 7.6 Fatalities 40,900
- 1932 12 25 - Gansu, China - M 7.6 Fatalities 275
- 1976 07 27 - Tangshan, China - M 7.5 Fatalities 255,000
- 1917 07 30 - Yunnan, China - M 7.5 Fatalities 1,800
- 1970 01 04 - Yunnan Province, China - M 7.5 Fatalities 10,000
- 1933 08 25 - Sichuan, China - M 7.4 Fatalities 9,300
- 2002 06 28 - Priamurye-Northeastern China border region - M 7.3
- 1918 02 13 - Nan'ao, Guangdong, (Kwangtung), China - M 7.3 Fatalities 1,000
- 1923 03 24 - Near Luhuo, Sichuan, China - M 7.3 Fatalities 3,500
- 1948 05 25 - Sichuan, China - M 7.3 Fatalities 800
- 2008 03 20 - Xinjiang-Xizang border region - M 7.2
- 1925 03 16 - Yunnan, China - M 7.1 Fatalities 5,800
- 1975 02 04 - Haicheng, China - M 7.0 Fatalities 2,000
- 1966 03 07 - Hebei, China - M 7.0 Fatalities 1,000
- 1966 03 22 - Hebei, China - M 6.9 Fatalities 1,000
- 1974 05 10 - China - M 6.8 Fatalities 20,000
- 2008 10 06 - Eastern Xizang - M 6.3 Fatalities 10
- 2003 02 24 - Southern Xinjiang, China - M 6.3 Fatalities 261
- 2003 07 21 - Yunnan, China - M 6.0 Fatalities 16
- 1969 07 25 - Guangdong, China - M 5.9 Fatalities 3,000
- 2002 12 25 - Kyrgyzstan-Xinjiang border region - M 5.7
- 1290 09 27 - Chihli, China Fatalities 100,000
Colombia
- 1970 07 31 - Colombia - M 8.0 Fatalities 1
- 1875 05 18 - northern Colombia - M 7.3 Fatalities 16,000
- 1974 07 13 - Panama-Colombia border region - M 7.3 Fatalities 11
- 2004 11 15 - Near the West Coast of Colombia - M 7.2
- 1987 03 06 - Colombia-Ecuador - M 7.0 Fatalities 1,000
- 2007 09 10 - Near the west coast of Colombia - M 6.8
- 1999 01 25 - Colombia - M 6.1 Fatalities 1,185
Congo
- 2005 12 05 - Lake Tanganyika Region, Congo-Tanzania - M 6.8 Fatalities 6
- 2002 10 24 - Lake Tanganyika region - M 6.2
Costa Rica
- 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
- 1910 05 04 - Cartago, Costa Rica - M 6.4 Fatalities 700
- 2009 01 08 - Costa Rica - M 6.1 Fatalities 40
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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
- 1998 08 04 - Near Coast of Ecuador - M 7.2
- 2007 11 16 - Peru-Ecuador border region - M 6.8
- 1949 08 05 - Ambato, Ecuador - M 6.8 Fatalities 5,050
Egypt
- 1992 10 12 - Egypt - M 5.8 Fatalities 552
El Salvador
- 2001 01 13 - El Salvador - M 7.7 Fatalities 852
- 2001 02 13 - El Salvador - M 6.6 Fatalities 315
- 1965 05 03 - La Libertad, El Salvador - M 6.3 Fatalities 125
- 1951 05 06 - Jucuapa, El Salvador - M 6.2 Fatalities 400
- 1986 10 10 - El Salvador - M 5.5 Fatalities 1,000
Greece
- 1903 08 11 - Southern Greece - M 8.3
- 1954 04 30 - Greece - M 7.1 Fatalities 31
- 1965 03 31 - Central Greece - M 7.1 Fatalities 6
- 1953 08 12 - Kefallinia, Greece - M 7.1 Fatalities 455
- 2008 02 14 - Southern Greece - M 6.9
- 1981 02 24 - Greece - M 6.8 Fatalities 16
- 2006 01 08 - Southern Greece - M 6.7
- 1978 06 20 - Greece - M 6.6 Fatalities 50
- 1995 05 13 - Greece - M 6.6
- 1995 06 15 - Greece - M 6.5 Fatalities 26
- 2008 06 08 - Greece - M 6.4 Fatalities 2
- 1965 03 09 - Northern Sporades, Greece - M 6.3 Fatalities 2
- 1965 07 06 - Central Greece - M 6.3 Fatalities 1
- 2003 08 14 - Greece - M 6.3
- 1965 04 05 - Peloponnisos, Greece - M 6.2 Fatalities 32
- 1904 08 11 - Samos, Greece - M 6.2 Fatalities 4
- 1999 09 07 - Greece - M 6.0 Fatalities 143
- 1986 09 13 - Greece - M 5.7 Fatalities 20
- 2004 08 24 - Greece - M 4.3
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
- 1942 08 06 - Guatemala - M 7.9 Fatalities 38
- 1976 02 04 - Guatemala - M 7.5 Fatalities 23,000
- 1902 04 19 - Guatemala - M 7.5 Fatalities 2,000
- 2007 06 13 - Offshore Guatemala - M 6.7
Honduras
India
- 1950 08 15 - Assam - Tibet - M 8.6 Fatalities 1,526
- 1897 06 12 - Assam, India - M 8.3 Fatalities 1,500
- 1934 01 15 - Bihar, India - Nepal - M 8.1 Fatalities 10,700
- 2001 01 26 - Gujarat, India - M 7.6 Fatalities 20,023
- 1905 04 04 - Kangra, India - M 7.5 Fatalities 19,000
- 2005 07 24 - Nicobar Islands, India Region - M 7.2
- 1988 08 20 - Nepal-India border region - M 6.8 Fatalities 1,000
- 1991 10 19 - Northern India - M 6.8 Fatalities 2,000
- 1967 12 10 - Koyna, India - M 6.3 Fatalities 177
- 1993 09 29 - Latur-Killari, India - M 6.2 Fatalities 9,748
- 1997 05 21 - Jabalpur, India - M 5.8 Fatalities 38
- 1819 06 16 - Gujarat, India Fatalities 2,000
Indian Ocean
- 2004 12 26 - Sumatra-Andaman Islands - M 9.1 Fatalities 227,898
- 2000 06 18 - South Indian Ocean - M 7.9
- 2003 07 15 - Carlsberg Ridge - M 7.6
Indonesia
- 2004 12 26 - Sumatra-Andaman Islands - M 9.1 Fatalities 227,898
- 2005 03 28 - Northern Sumatra, Indonesia - M 8.6 Fatalities 1,313
- 1938 02 01 - Banda Sea, Indonesia - M 8.5
- 2007 09 12 - Southern Sumatra, Indonesia - M 8.5 Fatalities 25
- 2007 09 12 - Kepulauan Mentawai region, Indonesia - M 7.9
- 2000 06 04 - Southern Sumatera, Indonesia - M 7.9 Fatalities 103
- 1992 12 12 - Flores Region, Indonesia - M 7.8 Fatalities 2,500
- 2006 07 17 - South of Java, Indonesia - M 7.7 Fatalities 730
- 1965 01 24 - Sanana, Indonesia (Ceram Sea) - M 7.6 Fatalities 71
- 2002 10 10 - Irian Jaya, Indonesia - M 7.6 Fatalities 8
- 2006 01 27 - Banda Sea - M 7.6
- 2009 01 03 - Near the North Coast of Papua, Indonesia - M 7.6 Fatalities 5
- 2004 11 11 - Kepulauan Alor, Indonesia - M 7.5 Fatalities 34
- 2007 08 08 - Java, Indonesia - M 7.5
- 2007 01 21 - Molucca Sea - M 7.5 Fatalities 4
- 2002 11 02 - Northern Sumatera, Indonesia - M 7.4 Fatalities 3
- 2008 02 20 - Simeulue, Indonesia - M 7.4 Fatalities 3
- 2009 01 03 - Near the North Coast of Papua, Indonesia - M 7.4
- 2004 07 25 - Southern Sumatra, Indonesia - M 7.3
- 2008 11 16 - Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia - M 7.3 Fatalities 6
- 2004 02 07 - Irian Jaya, Indonesia - M 7.3
- 2008 02 25 - Kepulauan Mentawai region, Indonesia - M 7.2
- 2009 02 11 - Kepulauan Talaud, Indonesia - M 7.2
- 2004 11 26 - Papua, Indonesia - M 7.1 Fatalities 32
- 2005 03 02 - Banda Sea - M 7.1
- 1976 06 25 - Papua, Indonesia - M 7.1 Fatalities 5,000
- 2003 05 26 - Halmahera, Indonesia - M 7.0 Fatalities 1
- 2004 02 05 - Irian Jaya, Indonesia - M 7.0 Fatalities 37
- 2005 05 19 - Nias Region, Indonesia - M 6.9
- 2007 07 26 - Molucca Sea - M 6.9
- 2005 02 26 - Simeulue, Indonesia - M 6.8
- 2006 05 16 - Nias Region, Indonesia - M 6.8
- 2007 10 24 - Southern Sumatra, Indonesia - M 6.8
- 2004 01 28 - Seram, Indonesia - M 6.7
- 2005 07 05 - Nias Region, Indonesia - M 6.7
- 2005 04 10 - Kepulauan Mentawai Region, Indonesia - M 6.7
- 2005 05 14 - Nias Region, Indonesia - M 6.7
- 2006 03 14 - Seram, Indonesia - M 6.7 Fatalities 4
- 2007 09 20 - Southern Sumatra, Indonesia - M 6.7
- 2005 01 01 - Off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra - M 6.7
- 2005 11 19 - Simeulue, Indonesia - M 6.5
- 2005 02 19 - Sulawesi, Indonesia - M 6.5
- 2007 11 25 - Sumbawa Region, Indonesia - M 6.5 Fatalities 3
- 2007 03 06 - Southern Sumatra, Indonesia - M 6.4 Fatalities 67
- 2006 05 26 - Java, Indonesia - M 6.3 Fatalities 5,749
- 1917 01 20 - Bali, Indonesia Fatalities 1,500
Iran
- 1978 09 16 - Iran - M 7.8 Fatalities 15,000
- 1929 05 01 - Koppeh Dagh, Iran (Persia) - M 7.4 Fatalities 3,800
- 1990 06 20 - Western Iran - M 7.4 Fatalities 50,000
- 1997 05 10 - Northern Iran - M 7.3 Fatalities 1,567
- 1909 01 23 - Silakhor, Iran (Persia) - M 7.3 Fatalities 6,000
- 1947 08 05 - Pasni, Iran - M 7.3
- 1968 08 31 - Dasht-e Bayaz, Iran - M 7.3 Fatalities 12,000
- 1976 11 24 - Turkey-Iran border region - M 7.3 Fatalities 5,000
- 1981 07 28 - southern Iran - M 7.3 Fatalities 1,500
- 1930 05 06 - Salmas, Iran (Persia) - M 7.2 Fatalities 2,500
- 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
- 1972 04 10 - southern Iran - M 7.1 Fatalities 5,054
- 1981 06 11 - southern Iran - M 6.9 Fatalities 3,000
- 2003 12 26 - Southeastern Iran - M 6.6 Fatalities 31,000
- 1998 03 14 - Northern Iran - M 6.6
- 2002 06 22 - Western Iran - M 6.5 Fatalities 261
- 1953 02 12 - Torud, Iran - M 6.5 Fatalities 970
- 2005 02 22 - Central Iran - M 6.4 Fatalities 612
- 2004 05 28 - Northern Iran - M 6.3 Fatalities 35
- 2006 03 31 - Western Iran - M 6.1 Fatalities 70
- 2005 11 27 - Southern Iran - M 6.0 Fatalities 13
- 2003 08 21 - Southeastern Iran - M 5.9
- 1923 05 25 - Torbat-e Heydariyeh, Iran - M 5.7 Fatalities 2,200
- 1965 02 10 - Bostanabad-e Bala, Iran - M 5.1 Fatalities 20
- 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
Israel
Italy
- 1905 09 08 - Calabria, Italy - M 7.9 Fatalities 557
- 1693 01 11 - Sicily, Italy - M 7.5 Fatalities 60,000
- 1908 12 28 - Messina, Itlay - M 7.2 Fatalities 70,000
- 1915 01 13 - Avezzano, Italy - M 7.0 Fatalities 32,610
- 1857 12 16 - Naples, Italy - M 6.9 Fatalities 11,000
- 1930 07 23 - Irpinia, Italy - M 6.5 Fatalities 1,404
- 1968 01 15 - Western Sicily - M 6.5 Fatalities 231
- 1976 05 06 - Northeastern Italy - M 6.5 Fatalities 1,000
- 1980 11 23 - Southern Italy - M 6.5 Fatalities 3,000
- 1920 09 07 - Toscana, Italy - M 6.4 Fatalities 171
- 1997 09 26 - Central Italy - M 6.4 Fatalities 11
- 2009 04 06 - Central Italy - M 6.3 Fatalities 295
- 1919 06 29 - Mugello, Tuscany - M 6.3 Fatalities 100
- 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
- 1783 02 04 - Calabria, Italy Fatalities 50,000
Jamaica
- 1907 01 14 - Kingston, Jamaica - M 6.5 Fatalities 1,000
- 1692 06 07 - Jamaica Fatalities 2,000
Japan
- 1896 06 15 - Sanriku, Japan - M 8.5 Fatalities 27,000
- 1933 03 02 - Sanriku, Japan - M 8.4 Fatalities 2,990
- 2003 09 25 - Hokkaido, Japan Region - M 8.3
- 1944 12 07 - Tonankai, Japan - M 8.1 Fatalities 1,223
- 1946 12 20 - Nankaido, Japan - M 8.1 Fatalities 1,330
- 1891 10 27 - Mino-Owari, Japan - M 8.0 Fatalities 7,273
- 1923 09 01 - Kanto (Kwanto), Japan - M 7.9 Fatalities 143,000
- 1927 03 07 - Tango, Japan - M 7.6 Fatalities 3,020
- 1964 06 16 - Niigata, Japan - M 7.5 Fatalities 26
- 2004 09 05 - Near the South Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 7.4
- 1943 09 10 - Tottori, Japan - M 7.4 Fatalities 1,190
- 1948 06 28 - Fukui, Japan - M 7.3 Fatalities 3,769
- 2004 09 05 - Near the South Coast of Western Honshu, Japan - M 7.2
- 2005 08 16 - Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 7.2
- 1945 01 12 - Mikawa, Japan - M 7.1 Fatalities 1,961
- 2004 11 28 - Hokkaido, Japan Region - M 7.0
- 2005 11 14 - Off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 7.0
- 2003 05 26 - Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 7.0
- 2003 10 31 - Off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 7.0
- 1995 01 16 - Kobe, Japan - M 6.9 Fatalities 5,502
- 2008 06 13 - Eastern Honshu, Japan - M 6.9 Fatalities 13
- 2004 12 06 - Hokkaido, Japan Region - M 6.8
- 2008 05 07 - Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 6.8
- 2008 07 23 - Eastern Honshu, Japan - M 6.8 Fatalities 1
- 2008 09 11 - Hokkaido, Japan region - M 6.8
- 2003 10 08 - Hokkaido, Japan Region - M 6.7
- 2007 03 25 - Near the West Coast of Honshu,Japan - M 6.7 Fatalities 1
- 2000 10 06 - Western Honshu, Japan - M 6.7
- 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
- 2005 03 20 - Kyushu, Japan - M 6.6 Fatalities 1
- 2007 07 16 - Near the west coast of Honshu, Japan - M 6.6 Fatalities 9
- 2004 05 29 - Off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 6.5
- 2005 12 02 - Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 6.5
- 2005 10 19 - Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 6.3
- 2006 06 11 - Kyushu, Japan - M 6.3
- 2005 07 23 - Near the South Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 5.9
Jordan
Kashmir
- 2002 11 20 - Northwestern Kashmir - M 6.3 Fatalities 19
Kazakhstan
- 1887 06 08 - Almaty, Kazakhstan - M 7.3
Kermadec Islands
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
- 1974 10 08 - Leeward Islands - M 7.5
- 1969 12 25 - Guadeloupe, Leeward Islands - M 7.2
- 2004 11 21 - Leeward Islands - M 6.3 Fatalities 1
Mexico
- 1932 06 03 - Jalisco, Mexico - M 8.1 Fatalities 45
- 1985 09 19 - Michoacan, Mexico - M 8.0 Fatalities 9,500
- 1957 07 28 - Guerrero, Mexico - M 7.9 Fatalities 68
- 1931 01 15 - Oaxaca, Mexico - M 7.8 Fatalities 114
- 1932 06 18 - Colima, Mexico - M 7.8
- 1907 04 15 - Guerrero, Mexico - M 7.7
- 1911 06 07 - Off Guerrero, Mexico - M 7.7 Fatalities 45
- 2003 01 22 - Offshore Colima, Mexico - M 7.6 Fatalities 29
- 1999 09 30 - Oaxaca, Mexico - M 7.5
- 1887 05 03 - Northern Sonora, Mexico - M 7.4 Fatalities 51
- 1965 08 23 - Oaxaca, Mexico - M 7.3 Fatalities 6
- 1962 05 19 - Guerrero, Mexico - M 7.1 Fatalities 3
- 1968 08 02 - Oaxaca, Mexico - M 7.1 Fatalities 18
- 1999 06 15 - Central Mexico - M 7.0
- 1962 05 11 - Guerrero, Mexico - M 7.0 Fatalities 4
- 1964 07 06 - Guerrero, Mexico - M 6.9 Fatalities 30
- 1959 08 26 - Vera Cruz, Mexico - M 6.8 Fatalities 20
- 2006 01 04 - Gulf of California - M 6.6
- 2008 02 12 - Oaxaca, Mexico - M 6.5
- 1979 10 15 - Imperial Valley, Mexico - California Border - M 6.4
- 2006 08 11 - Michoacan, Mexico - M 5.9
- 2002 02 22 - near Mexicali, Mexico - M 5.7
- 2004 06 15 - Offshore Baja California, Mexico - M 5.1
- 2002 12 10 - Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico - M 4.8
- 2003 09 11 - near Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico - M 3.7
Micronesia
- 2007 09 30 - South of the Mariana Islands - M 6.9
- 2005 01 16 - State of Yap, Fed. States of Micronesia - M 6.6
Mongolia
- 1905 07 09 - Mongolia - M 8.4
- 1957 12 04 - Gobi-Altay, Mongolia - M 8.1 Fatalities 30
Morocco
- 2004 02 24 - Strait of Gibraltar - M 6.4 Fatalities 631
- 1960 02 29 - Agadir, Morocco - M 5.7 Fatalities 10,000
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
- 2003 08 21 - South Island of New Zealand - M 7.2
- 1968 05 23 - Inangahua, New Zealand - M 7.1 Fatalities 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
- 2003 05 04 - Kermadec islands, New Zealand - M 6.7
- 2007 12 20 - Off east coast of the North Island, New Zealand - M 6.6 Fatalities 1
Nicaragua
- 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
- 1972 12 23 - Nicaragua - M 6.2 Fatalities 5,000
- 1931 03 31 - Managua, Nicaragua - M 6.0 Fatalities 2,500
- 1951 08 02 - Cosiguina, Nicaragua - M 5.8 Fatalities 1,000
Pacific Ocean
- 1998 03 25 - Balleny Islands Region - M 8.1
- 2007 12 09 - South of the Fiji Islands - M 7.8
- 1997 10 14 - South of Fiji Islands - M 7.8
- 2008 07 05 - Sea of Okhotsk - M 7.7
- 2002 08 19 - Fiji Islands - M 7.7
- 2002 08 19 - Fiji Islands - M 7.7
- 2009 03 19 - Tonga region - M 7.6
- 2007 09 28 - Mariana Islands region - M 7.5
- 1998 01 04 - Loyalty Islands Region - M 7.5
- 2006 05 16 - Kermadec Islands Region - M 7.4
- 2007 09 30 - Auckland Islands, New Zealand region - M 7.4
- 2009 01 15 - East of the Kuril Islands - M 7.4
- 2003 12 27 - Southeast of the Loyalty Islands - M 7.3
- 2008 04 09 - Loyalty Islands - M 7.3
- 2008 11 24 - Sea of Okhotsk - M 7.3
- 1999 02 06 - Santa Cruz Islands - M 7.3
- 2007 10 31 - Pagan Region, Northern Mariana Islands - M 7.2
- 2005 02 05 - Celebes Sea - M 7.1 Fatalities 2
- 2008 07 19 - Off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 7.0
- 2006 09 28 - Samoa Islands Region - M 6.9
- 2008 03 03 - Philippine Islands region - M 6.9
- 2007 07 16 - Sea of Japan - M 6.8
- 2008 12 09 - Kermadec Islands region - M 6.8
- 2005 04 11 - Southeast of the Loyalty Islands - M 6.7
- 2007 09 30 - Auckland Islands, New Zealand region - M 6.6
- 2007 09 28 - Southeast of Loyalty Islands - M 6.5
- 2007 01 31 - Kermadec Islands, New Zealand - M 6.5
- 2006 02 26 - South of the Fiji Islands - M 6.4
- 2007 08 20 - Philippine Islands region - M 6.4
Pakistan
- 1945 11 27 - Makran Coast, Pakistan - M 8.0 Fatalities 4,000
- 2005 10 08 - Pakistan - M 7.6 Fatalities 86,000
- 1935 05 30 - Quetta, Pakistan - M 7.5 Fatalities 30,000
- 2008 10 28 - Pakistan - M 6.4 Fatalities 166
- 1974 12 28 - Northern Pakistan - M 6.2 Fatalities 5,300
Panama
- 1974 07 13 - Panama-Colombia border region - M 7.3 Fatalities 11
Papua New Guinea
- 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
- 2002 09 08 - New Guinea, Papua New Guinea - M 7.6 Fatalities 4
- 2005 09 09 - New Ireland Region, Papua New Guinea - M 7.6
- 2000 11 17 - New Britain region, Papua New Guinea - M 7.6
- 1999 05 10 - New Britain region, Papua New Guinea - M 7.1
- 1999 05 16 - New Britain region, Papua New Guinea - M 7.1
- 1998 07 17 - Near North Coast of New Guinea, Papua New Guinea - M 7.0 Fatalities 2,183
- 2006 09 01 - Bougainville Region, Papua New Guinea - M 6.8
- 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
- 2003 03 11 - New Ireland Region, Papua New Guinea - M 6.8
- 2003 01 10 - New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, region - M 6.7
- 2006 10 17 - New Britain region, Papua New Guinea - M 6.7
- 2007 06 28 - Bougainville region, Papua New Guinea - M 6.7
- 2005 09 29 - New Britain region, Papua New Guinea - M 6.6
- 2005 12 11 - New Britain region, Papua New Guinea - M 6.6
- 2003 06 07 - New Britain region, Papua New Guinea - M 6.6
Peru
- 1868 08 13 - Arica, Peru (now Chile) - M 9.0 Fatalities 25,000
- 1687 10 20 - Lima, Peru - M 8.5 Fatalities 600
- 2001 06 23 - Near the Coast of Peru - M 8.4 Fatalities 138
- 1942 08 24 - Off the coast of central Peru - M 8.2 Fatalities 30
- 1821 07 10 - Camana, Peru - M 8.2 Fatalities 162
- 1908 12 12 - Off the Coast of Central Peru - M 8.2
- 1940 05 24 - Callao, Peru - M 8.2 Fatalities 249
- 1966 10 17 - Near the Coast of Peru - M 8.1 Fatalities 125
- 1974 10 03 - Near the Coast of Central Peru - M 8.1
- 2007 08 15 - Near the Coast of Central Peru - M 8.0 Fatalities 514
- 1970 05 31 - Chimbote, Peru - M 7.9 Fatalities 66,000
- 1619 02 14 - Trujillo, Peru - M 7.7 Fatalities 350
- 2001 07 07 - Near the Coast of Peru - M 7.6 Fatalities 1
- 2005 09 26 - Northern Peru - M 7.5 Fatalities 5
- 1960 01 13 - Arequipa, Peru - M 7.5 Fatalities 57
- 1948 05 11 - Moquegua, Peru - M 7.4 Fatalities 70
- 1953 12 12 - Tumbes, Peru - M 7.4 Fatalities 7
- 1946 11 10 - Ancash, Peru - M 7.3 Fatalities 1,400
- 1664 05 12 - Ica, Peru - M 7.3 Fatalities 400
- 1947 11 01 - Satipo, Peru - M 7.3 Fatalities 233
- 1958 01 15 - Arequipa, Peru - M 7.3 Fatalities 28
- 1968 06 19 - Moyobamba, Peru - M 6.9 Fatalities 46
- 2006 10 20 - Near the Coast of Central Peru - M 6.7
- 1969 10 01 - Comas region, Chile - M 6.4 Fatalities 136
- 1950 05 21 - Cusco, Peru - M 6.0 Fatalities 83
- 1746 10 28 - Lima, Peru Fatalities 5,000
- 1913 11 04 - Abancay, Peru Fatalities 150
- 1943 01 30 - Yanaoca, Peru Fatalities 200
Philippines
- 1976 08 16 - Mindanao, Philippines - M 7.9 Fatalities 8,000
- 1990 07 16 - Luzon, Philippine Islands - M 7.7 Fatalities 1,621
- 2002 03 05 - Mindanao, Philippines - M 7.5 Fatalities 15
- 2001 01 01 - Mindanao, Philippines - M 7.5
- 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
- 1980 01 01 - Azores Islands, Portugal - M 7.2 Fatalities 60
Puerto Rico
- 1787 05 02 - Puerto Rico - M 8.0
- 1918 10 11 - Mona Passage - M 7.5 Fatalities 116
- 1867 11 18 - Puerto Rico Region
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
- 1952 11 04 - Kamchatka - M 9.0
- 1923 02 03 - Kamchatka - M 8.5
- 1963 10 13 - Kuril Islands - M 8.5
- 1958 11 06 - Kuril Islands - M 8.3
- 2006 11 15 - Kuril Islands - M 8.3
- 2007 01 13 - East of the Kuril Islands - M 8.1
- 1997 12 05 - Near East Coast of Kamchatka - M 7.8
- 2006 04 20 - Koryakia, Russia - M 7.6
- 1957 06 27 - Stanovoy Mountains, Russia (USSR) - M 7.6
- 2002 11 17 - Kuril Islands, Russia - M 7.3
- 2003 09 27 - Southwestern Siberia, Russia - M 7.3 Fatalities 3
- 1995 05 27 - Sakhalin Island - M 7.1 Fatalities 1,989
- 2004 06 10 - Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia - M 6.9
- 2003 07 27 - Primor'ye, Russia - M 6.8
- 2003 12 05 - Komandorskiye Ostrova, Russia Region - M 6.7
- 2003 10 01 - Southwestern Siberia, Russia - M 6.7
Solomon Islands
- 2007 04 01 - Solomon Islands - M 8.1 Fatalities 54
- 2003 01 20 - Solomon Islands - M 7.3
- 2007 09 02 - Santa Cruz Islands - M 7.2
- 2004 11 09 - Solomon Islands - M 6.9
- 2004 10 08 - Solomon Islands - M 6.8
- 2004 11 11 - Solomon Islands - M 6.7
- 2007 11 27 - Solomon Islands - M 6.6
- 2007 08 16 - Solomon Islands - M 6.5
Southern Ocean
- 2004 12 23 - North of Macquarie Island - M 8.1
- 2008 04 12 - Macquarie Island region - M 7.1
- 2007 01 30 - West of Macquarie Island - M 6.9
- 2007 11 10 - North of Macquarie Island - M 6.6
Spain
Syria
- 2004 02 11 - Dead Sea Region - M 5.3
- 1138 08 09 - Aleppo, Syria Fatalities 230,000
Taiwan
- 1920 06 05 - Taiwan region - M 8.0 Fatalities 5
- 1999 09 20 - Taiwan - M 7.6 Fatalities 2,400
- 1910 04 12 - Taiwan region - M 7.6
- 1998 05 03 - Southeast of Taiwan - M 7.5
- 1959 04 26 - Taiwan region - M 7.5 Fatalities 2
- 1972 01 25 - Taiwain region - M 7.5 Fatalities 1
- 1972 04 24 - Taiwain region - M 7.2 Fatalities 4
- 2006 12 26 - Taiwan Region - M 7.1 Fatalities 2
- 2002 03 31 - Taiwan region - M 7.1 Fatalities 5
- 1935 04 20 - Taiwan (Formosa) - M 7.1 Fatalities 3,270
- 1972 01 25 - Taiwain region - M 7.0
- 2006 12 26 - Taiwan Region - M 6.9
- 2003 12 10 - Taiwan - M 6.8
- 1906 03 16 - Chia-i, Taiwan - M 6.8 Fatalities 1,250
- 2004 10 15 - Taiwan Region - M 6.7
- 1935 07 16 - Taiwan (Formosa) - M 6.5 Fatalities 2,740
- 2004 11 08 - Taiwan Region - M 6.3
- 2007 09 06 - Taiwan Region - M 6.2
- 2002 05 15 - Taiwan - M 6.2 Fatalities 1
Tajikistan
- 1907 10 21 - Qaratog, Tajikistan - M 8.0 Fatalities 12,000
- 1949 07 10 - Khait, Tajikistan - M 7.5 Fatalities 12,000
- 1911 02 18 - Sarez, Tajikistan - M 7.4 Fatalities 90
- 1998 05 30 - Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border Region - M 6.6 Fatalities 4,000
- 1998 02 04 - Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border Region - M 5.9 Fatalities 2,323
Tanzania
- 2005 12 05 - Lake Tanganyika Region, Congo-Tanzania - M 6.8 Fatalities 6
- 2002 10 24 - Lake Tanganyika region - M 6.2
- 2007 07 17 - Tanzania - M 5.9
Tonga
Turkey
- 1668 08 17 - Anatolia, Turkey - M 8.0 Fatalities 8,000
- 1939 12 26 - Erzincan, Turkey - M 7.8 Fatalities 32,700
- 1912 08 09 - Murefte, Turkey (Ottoman Empire) - M 7.8 Fatalities 2,800
- 1999 08 17 - Izmit, Turkey - M 7.6 Fatalities 17,118
- 1942 11 26 - Turkey - M 7.6 Fatalities 4,000
- 1943 11 26 - Ladik, Turkey - M 7.6 Fatalities 4,000
- 1944 02 01 - Gerede, Turkey - M 7.4 Fatalities 2,790
- 1942 12 20 - Erbaa, Turkey - M 7.3 Fatalities 1,100
- 1953 03 18 - Yenice-Gonen, Turkey - M 7.3 Fatalities 1,073
- 1967 07 22 - Mudurnu Valley, Turkey - M 7.3 Fatalities 173
- 1999 11 12 - Duzce, Turkey - M 7.2 Fatalities 894
- 1957 04 25 - Fethiye, Turkey - M 7.1 Fatalities 15
- 1957 05 26 - Bolu Province, Turkey - M 7.1 Fatalities 66
- 1903 04 28 - Turkey - M 7.0 Fatalities 3,500
- 1914 10 03 - Burdur, Turkey (Ottoman Empire) - M 7.0 Fatalities 4,000
- 1964 10 06 - Western Turkey - M 7.0 Fatalities 36
- 1970 03 28 - Gediz, Turkey - M 6.9 Fatalities 1,086
- 1971 05 22 - Eastern Turkey - M 6.9 Fatalities 1,000
- 1899 09 20 - Menderes Valley, Turkey - M 6.9 Fatalities 1,100
- 1983 10 30 - Turkey - M 6.9 Fatalities 1,342
- 1949 08 17 - Erzurum, Turkey - M 6.8 Fatalities 320
- 1966 08 19 - Varto, Turkey - M 6.8 Fatalities 2,529
- 1975 09 06 - Turkey - M 6.7 Fatalities 2,000
- 1951 08 13 - Kursunlu, Turkey - M 6.7 Fatalities 50
- 1968 09 03 - Bartin, Turkey - M 6.6 Fatalities 24
- 2002 02 03 - Turkey - M 6.5 Fatalities 44
- 2003 05 01 - Eastern Turkey - M 6.4 Fatalities 177
- 1969 03 28 - Alasehir, Turkey - M 6.4 Fatalities 11
- 1971 05 12 - Western Turkey - M 6.3
- 2003 01 27 - Turkey - M 6.1
- 1901 12 18 - Ayvalik, Turkey (Ottoman Empire) - M 5.9
- 1946 05 31 - Ustukran, Turkey - M 5.9 Fatalities 1,300
- 1903 05 28 - Gole, Turkey (Ottomon Empire) - M 5.8 Fatalities 1,000
- 1965 06 13 - Denizli, Turkey - M 5.4 Fatalities 2
- 2004 07 01 - Eastern Turkey - M 5.1 Fatalities 18
Turkmenistan
- 1948 10 05 - Ashgabat, Turkmenistan - M 7.3 Fatalities 110,000
United Kingdom
- 2002 09 22 - United Kingdom - M 5.0
- 2008 02 27 - England, United Kingdom - M 4.8
- 1979 12 26 - Carlisle, Northern England - M 4.5
Uzbekistan
- 1902 12 16 - eastern Uzbekistan (Turkestan) - M 6.4 Fatalities 4,700
- 1966 04 25 - Tashkent, USSR - M 5.0 Fatalities 10
Vanuatu
- 2007 08 01 - Vanuatu - M 7.2
- 2002 01 02 - Vanuatu Islands - M 7.2
- 2007 03 25 - Vanuatu - M 7.1
- 2008 09 08 - Vanuatu - M 6.9
- 2005 02 08 - Vanuatu - M 6.7
- 2003 11 06 - Vanuatu Islands - M 6.6
- 2008 03 12 - Vanuatu - M 6.4
Venezuela
- 1812 03 26 - Caracas, Venezuela - M 7.7 Fatalities 26,000
- 1997 07 09 - Near Coast of Venezuela - M 7.0
- 1967 07 29 - Near the Coast of Venezuela - M 6.5
Windward Islands
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