| World's
Strongest Earthquakes in the last century |
| Date |
Location |
Deaths |
Magnitude |
Comments |
| May 22, 1960 |
Chile |
5,000 |
9.5 |
The earthquake struck Santiago and Concepcion, rendering
some 2 million people homeless. |
| Mar 28, 1964 |
Alaska |
125 |
9.2 |
Felt over a large area of Alaska and in parts of western
Yukon Territory and British Columbia, Canada, the quake
resulted in about $311 million in property loss. |
| Mar 9, 1957 |
Alaska |
NA |
9.1 |
On Umnak Island, Mount Vsevidof erupted after being
dormant for 200 years, generating a 15-metre high tsunami
that continued to Hawaii. |
| Dec 26, 2004 |
Indonesia |
Still undetermined |
9.0 |
The quake triggered a tsunami that has killed tens
of thousands in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia and India. |
| Nov 4, 1952 |
Russia |
No lives lost |
9.0 |
Ensuing tsunami struck the Hawaiian islands. |
| Jan 31, 1906 |
Ecuador |
Up to 1,000 |
8.8 |
The quake was felt all along the coast of Central America
and as far north as San Francisco and west to Japan. |
| Feb 4, 1965 |
Alaska |
NA |
8.7 |
The quake generated a tsunami reporteed to be about
10.7 metres high on Shemya Island. |
| Aug 15, 1950 |
Tibet/India |
1,500 |
8.6 |
2,000 homes, temples and mosques were destroyed in
a quak. Hardest hit was the Brahmaputra Basin in northeast
India. |
| Feb 3, 1923 |
Russia |
NA |
8.5 |
|
| Feb 1, 1938 |
Indonesia |
NA |
8.5 |
|
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| World's
Deadliest Earthquakes |
| Date |
Location |
Deaths |
Magnitude |
Comments |
| Jan 23, 1556 |
China, Shansi |
830,000 |
~8 |
|
| Jul 27, 1976 |
China, Tangshan |
255,000
(official) |
7.5 |
Estimated death toll as high as 655,000. |
| Aug 9, 1138 |
Syria, Aleppo |
230,000 |
|
|
| May 22, 1927 |
China, near Xining |
200,000 |
7.9 |
Large fractures. |
| c.856 |
Iran, Damghan |
200,000 |
|
|
| Dec 16, 1920 |
China, Gansu |
200,000 |
8.6 |
Major fractures, landslides. |
| c.893 |
Iran, Ardabil |
150,000 |
|
|
| Sep 1, 1923 |
Japan, Kwanto |
143,000 |
7.9 |
Great Tokyo fire. |
| Oct 5, 1948 |
Turkmenistan |
110,000 |
7.3 |
|
| Dec 28, 1908 |
Italy, Messina |
70,000 to 100,000
(estimated) |
7.2 |
Deaths from earthquake and tsunami. |
| Sep, 1290 |
China, Chihli |
100,000 |
|
|
| Nov, 1667 |
Azerbaijan, Shemakha |
80,000 |
|
|
| Nov 18, 1727 |
Iran, Tabriz |
77,000 |
|
|
| Nov 1, 1755 |
Portugal, Lisbon |
70,000 |
8.7 |
Great tsunami. |
| Dec 25, 1932 |
China, Gansu |
70,000 |
7.6 |
|
| May 31, 1970 |
Peru |
66,000 |
7.9 |
$530,000 damage, great rock slide, floods. |
| 1268 |
Turkey, Silicia |
60,000 |
|
|
| Jan 11, 1693 |
Italy, Sicily |
60,000 |
|
|
| May 30, 1935 |
Pakistan, Quetta |
30,000 to 60,000 |
7.5 |
Quetta almost completely destroyed. |
| Feb 4, 1783 |
Italy, Calabria |
50,000 |
|
|
| Jun 20, 1990 |
Iran, Gilan |
50,000 |
7.7 |
Landslides. |
| Dec 26, 2003 |
Iran, Bam |
31,000 |
6.6 |
|
| Dec 26, 2004 |
Off Sumatra West Coast |
Still undetermined |
9.0 |
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