List of earthquakes in 1913

Earthquakes in 1913
4.0–5.9 magnitude; 6.0–6.9 magnitude;	7.0–7.9 magnitude; 8.0+ magnitude;
Strongest	Philippines, south of Mindanao March 14 (Magnitude 7.8)
Deadliest	China, Yunnan Province December 21 (Magnitude 6.7) 942 deaths
Total fatalities	1,445
Number by magnitude
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	← 1912 1914 →

This is a list of earthquakes in 1913. Only magnitude 6.0 or greater earthquakes appear on the list. Lower magnitude events are included if they have caused death, injury or damage. Events which occurred in remote areas will be excluded from the list as they wouldn't have generated significant media interest. All dates are listed according to UTC time. A fairly busy year with activity clustered around Japan, the Philippines, Peru and the southwest Pacific Islands. The deadliest quake of the year struck China with over 940 of the total deaths in December. Peru, the Philippines and Ecuador contributed to the death toll with destructive events. In March, the Philippines had the years largest event which measured 7.8.

Strongest

Philippines, south of Mindanao March 14 (Magnitude 7.8)

Deadliest

China, Yunnan Province December 21 (Magnitude 6.7) 942 deaths

Total fatalities1,445

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Rank	Death toll	Magnitude	Location	MMI	Depth (km)	Date
1	942	6.7	China, Yunnan Province	IX (Violent)	15.0	December 21
2	150	6.3	Peru, Apurimac Region	X (Extreme)	10.0	November 4
3	138	7.8	Philippines, south of Mindanao	IX (Violent)	15.0	March 14
4	101	7.7	Ecuador, El Oro Province	VII (Very strong)	50.0	February 24
= 5	51	7.7	Peru, off the south coast of	X (Extreme)	25.0	August 6
= 5	51	6.0	China, Sichuan Province	VIII (Severe)	0.0	August 31
6	11	5.8	Iran, Hormozgan Province	( )	0.0	March 24

Rank	Magnitude	Death toll	Location	MMI	Depth (km)	Date
1	7.8	138	Philippines, south of Mindanao	IX (Violent)	15.0	March 14
= 2	7.7	101	Ecuador, El Oro Province	VII (Very strong)	50.0	February 24
= 2	7.7	0	Tonga	( )	25.0	June 26
= 2	7.7	51	Peru, off the south coast of	X (Extreme)	25.0	August 6
3	7.6	0	New Hebrides	( )	230.0	October 14
4	7.3	0	Dutch East Indies, southern Sumatra	( )	75.0	August 13
= 5	7.2	0	Dutch East Indies, north of Minahasa Peninsula, Sulawesi	( )	0.0	January 11
= 5	7.2	0	Japan, Volcano Islands	( )	80.0	March 23
= 5	7.2	0	Philippines, east of Mindanao	( )	0.0	April 25
= 5	7.2	0	German New Guinea, East New Britain Province	( )	15.0	May 30
= 5	7.2	0	New Hebrides	( )	80.0	November 10
6	7.1	0	France, southeast of Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia	( )	150.0	November 15
= 7	7.0	0	Japan, off the east coast of Honshu	( )	0.0	February 20
= 7	7.0	0	Northern Mariana Islands, northeast of Rota (island)	( )	0.0	May 18
= 7	7.0	0	United States, south of the Andreanof Islands, Alaska	( )	0.0	June 22
= 7	7.0	0	Peru, off the south coast of	IX (Violent)	0.0	July 28
= 7	7.0	0	New Guinea, off the east coast of mainland	( )	0.0	October 11

Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Casualties
Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Dead	Injured
7^[1]	Taiwan, off the east coast	6.7	0.0		Depth unknown.
8^[2]	Taiwan, off the east coast	6.5	0.0		Aftershock. Depth unknown.
11^[3]	Dutch East Indies, north of the Minahasa Peninsula, Sulawesi	7.2	0.0		Depth unknown.
19^[4]^[5]	Russia, Kuril Islands	6.9	150.0		Some damage was caused.

Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Casualties
Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Dead	Injured
14^[6]	British Solomon Islands	6.6	100.0
20^[7]	Japan, off the east coast of Honshu	7.0	0.0		Depth unknown.
22^[8]	New Zealand, Westport, New Zealand	6.8	33.0	VIII	A few homes were destroyed.
24^[9]	Ecuador, El Oro Province	7.7	50.0	VII	At least 101 people were killed and many homes were destroyed.	101+

Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Casualties
Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Dead	Injured
3^[10]	Japan, Ryukyu Islands	6.6	150.0
6^[11]	China, Xizang Province	6.2	35.0
6^[12]	China, Xizang Province	6.4	35.0
14^[13]^[14]	Philippines, south of Mindanao	7.8	15.0	IX	The 1913 Sulawesi–Mindanao earthquake killed 138 people and at least 51 were injured. Many homes were destroyed. Changes to the terrain were recorded.	138	51+
23^[15]	Japan, Volcano Islands	7.1	80.0
24^[16]	Iran, Hormozgan Province	5.8	0.0		11 people died.	11
31^[17]	United States, Andreanof Islands, Alaska	6.7	60.0

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Number by magnitude
Strongest	7.2 M_w Dutch East Indies
Total fatalities	0
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	1
6.0–6.9	3

Number by magnitude
Strongest	7.7 M_w Ecuador
Deadliest	7.7 M_w Ecuador 101+ deaths
Total fatalities	101+
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	2
6.0–6.9	2

Number by magnitude
Strongest	7.8 M_w Philippines
Deadliest	7.8 M_w Philippines 138 deaths
Total fatalities	149
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	2
6.0–6.9	4
5.0–5.9	1

Number by magnitude
Strongest	7.2 M_w Philippines
Total fatalities	0
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	1
6.0–6.9	2

Number by magnitude
Strongest	7.2 M_w German New Guinea
Total fatalities	0
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	2
6.0–6.9	1

Number by magnitude
Strongest	7.7 M_w Tonga
Total fatalities	0
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	2
6.0–6.9	2

Number by magnitude
Strongest	7.0 M_w Peru
Total fatalities	0
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	1
6.0–6.9	1

Number by magnitude
Strongest	7.7 M_w Peru
Deadliest	2 events each caused 51+ deaths
Total fatalities	102+
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	2
6.0–6.9	2

Number by magnitude
Strongest	6.2 M_w Ethiopian Empire
Total fatalities	0
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	0
6.0–6.9	1

Number by magnitude
Strongest	7.6 M_w New Hebrides
Deadliest	6.7 M_w Panama 1+ deaths
Total fatalities	1+
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	2
6.0–6.9	3

Number by magnitude
Strongest	7.2 M_w New Hebrides
Deadliest	6.3 M_w Peru 150 deaths
Total fatalities	150
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	2
6.0–6.9	1

Number by magnitude
Strongest	6.7 M_w China
Deadliest	6.7 M_w China 942 deaths
Total fatalities	942
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	0
6.0–6.9	1