Lists of 20th-century earthquakes

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This list of 20th-century earthquakes is a list of earthquakes of magnitude 6 and above that occurred in the 20th century. Some smaller events which nevertheless had a significant impact are also included. After 1900 most earthquakes have some degree of instrumental records and this means that the locations and magnitudes are more reliable than for earlier events.

Earthquakes of magnitude 8.0 and greater from 1900 to 2018. The apparent 3D volumes of the bubbles are linearly proportional to their respective fatalities.[1]

Unless otherwise noted, times are local time and magnitudes use the moment magnitude scale (Mw ).

20th-century earthquakes – M 7.0 or greater (map data)

List of deadliest earthquakes

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Rank Event Fatalities Magnitude Location Date
1 1920 Haiyuan earthquake 258,707–273,407 7.9 China December 16, 1920
2 1976 Tangshan earthquake 242,469 7.6 China July 28, 1976
3 1908 Messina earthquake 120,000 7.1 Italy December 28, 1908
4 Great Kantō earthquake 105,385 7.9–8.2 Japan September 1, 1923
5 1970 Ancash earthquake 66,794–70,000 7.9 Peru May 31, 1970
6 1927 Gulang earthquake 40,912 7.7 China May 23, 1927
7 1990 Manjil–Rudbar earthquake 35,000–45,000 7.4 Iran June 21, 1990
8 1939 Erzincan earthquake 32,700–32,968 7.8 Turkey December 27, 1939
9 1935 Quetta earthquake 30,000–60,000 7.7 British Raj (now Pakistan) May 31, 1935
10 1915 Avezzano earthquake 29,978–32,610 6.7 Italy January 13, 1915
11 1939 Chillán earthquake ~28,000 8.3 Ms  Chile January 24, 1939
12 1988 Armenian earthquake 25,000–50,000 6.8 Ms  Armenia December 7, 1988
13 1976 Guatemala earthquake 23,000 7.5 Guatemala February 4, 1976
14 1905 Kangra earthquake >20,000 7.8 Ms  India April 4, 1905
15 1999 İzmit earthquake 17,127–18,373 7.6 Turkey August 17, 1999
16 1968 Dasht-e Bayaz and Ferdows earthquakes 15,900 7.1 Iran August 31, 1968
17 1978 Tabas earthquake 15,000–25,000 7.4 Iran September 16, 1978
18 1962 Buin Zahra earthquake 12,225 7.1 ML  Iran September 1, 1962
19 1960 Agadir earthquake 12,000–15,000 5.8 Morocco February 29, 1960
1907 Qaratog earthquake 12,000–15,000 7.4 Ms  Tajikistan October 21, 1907
21 1934 Nepal–India earthquake 10,700–12,000 8.0 Nepal–India January 15, 1934
22 1970 Tonghai earthquake 10,000–15,621 7.1 China January 5, 1970
1931 Fuyun earthquake 10,000 8.0 China August 11, 1931
1944 San Juan earthquake 10,000 7.0 Argentina January 15, 1944
23 1902 Kashgar earthquake 5,650–10,000 7.7 Xinjiang, China; Kyrgyzstan August 22, 1902
24 1985 Mexico City earthquake 5,000–45,000 8.0 Mexico September 19, 1985
25 1972 Nicaragua earthquake 4,000–11,000 6.3 Nicaragua December 23, 1972
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  • Note: 10,000 or more fatalities

List of largest earthquakes by magnitude

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Rank Event Magnitude Fatalities Location Date
1 1960 Valdivia earthquake 9.4–9.6 1,000–6,000 Chile May 22, 1960
2 1964 Alaska earthquake 9.2–9.3 139 United States March 27, 1964
3 1952 Severo-Kurilsk earthquake 8.8–9.0 2,336–14,000 Soviet Union (now Russia) November 5, 1952
1906 Ecuador–Colombia earthquake 8.8 ~1,000 Ecuador – Colombia January 31, 1906
5 1965 Rat Islands earthquake 8.7 United States February 3, 1965
1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake 8.7 4,800 India – China August 15, 1950
7 1957 Andreanof Islands earthquake 8.6 2 United States March 9, 1957
1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake 8.6 165–173 United States April 1, 1946
9 1938 Banda Sea earthquake 8.5–8.6 Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) February 2, 1938
1963 Kuril Islands earthquake 8.5 Soviet Union (now Russia) October 13, 1963
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List of deadliest earthquakes by year

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Year Event Fatalities Total fatalities Magnitude Location Date
1901 1901 Yunnan earthquake 101 125 6.5 China February 15
1902 1902 Xinjiang earthquake 10,000 17,075 7.7 China August 22
1903 1903 Manzikert earthquake 3,560 3,913 6.3 Ottoman Empire (now Turkey) April 28
1904 1904 Sichuan earthquake 1,300 1,300 6.8 Ms  China August 30
1905 1905 Kangra earthquake 20,000 22,802 7.8 Ms  British Raj (now India) April 4
1906 1906 Valparaíso earthquake 4,000 7,507 8.2 Chile August 17
1907 1907 Qaratog earthquake 12,000 13,568 7.3 Ms  Russian Empire (now Tajikistan) October 21
1908 1908 Messina earthquake 120,000 120,000 7.1 Kingdom of Italy (now Italy) December 28
1908 1908 Messina earthquake 82,000 82,000 7.1 Kingdom of Italy (now Italy) December 28
1909 1909 Borujerd earthquake 8,000 8,689 7.3 Iran January 23
1910 1910 Costa Rica earthquakes 700 714 6.4 Costa Rica May 4
1911 1911 Kerman earthquake 700 1,326 6.5 Iran April 18
1912 1912 Mürefte earthquake 3,000 3,153 7.1 Ottoman Empire (now Turkey) August 9
1913 1913 Eshan earthquake 942 1,445 6.7 China December 21
1914 1914 Burdur earthquake 4,000 4,380 7.0 Ottoman Empire (now Turkey) October 3
1915 1915 Avezzano earthquake 29,978 30,155 6.7 Italy January 13
1916 1916–1917 Nantou earthquakes 180 181 7.2 Japan (now Taiwan) August 28
1917 1917 Guatemala earthquakes 2,650 6,221 6.0 Guatemala December 26
1918 1918 Shantou earthquake 2,000 2,221 7.3 China February 13
1919 1919 Ayvalık earthquake 3,000 3,100 7.0 Ottoman Empire (now Turkey) November 19
1920 1920 Haiyuan earthquake 273,407 273,407 7.9 China December 16
1921 1921 Massawa earthquake 51 51 5.9 Italian Eritrea (now Eritrea) August 14
1922 1922 Vallenar earthquake 700 710 8.5 Chile November 11
1923 1923 Great Kantō earthquake 105,385 105,385 7.9 Japan September 1
1924 1924 Java earthquake 727 1,652 na Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) December 27
1925 1925 Dali earthquake 5,000 6,193 7.0 China March 16
1926 1926 Kars earthquake 360 976 5.7 Turkey October 22
1927 1927 Gulang earthquake 40,912 44,452 7.7 China May 22
1928 1928 Talca earthquake 279 807 7.7 Chile December 1
1929 1929 Kopet Dag earthquake 3,800 3,972 7.2 Turkmen SSR (now Turkmenistan) May 1
1930 1930 Irpinia earthquake 1,430 4,254 6.4 Italy July 23
1931 1931 Fuyun earthquake 10,000 10,000 8.0 China August 11
1932 1932 Mazandaran earthquake 1,070 2,206 5.4 Ms  Iran May 20
1933 1933 Diexi earthquake 9,300 12,656 7.3 China August 25
1934 1934 Nepal–India earthquake 12,000 12,007 8.0 Nepal–India January 15
1935 1935 Quetta earthquake 60,000 67,489 7.7 British Raj (now Pakistan) May 30
1936 1936 Lingshan earthquake 1,001 2,128 6.8 China April 1
1937 1937 Heze earthquakes 390 497 6.9 China July 31
1938 1938 Kirsehir earthquake 224 296 6.6 Turkey April 19
1939 1939 Erzincan earthquake 32,700 62,860 7.8 Turkey December 26
1940 1940 Vrancea earthquake 1,000 1,448 7.8 Romania November 10
1941 1941 Jabal Razih earthquake 1,200 2,955 6.2 Saudi Arabia January 11
1942 1942 Niksar–Erbaa earthquake 1,000 1,489 7.0 Turkey December 20
1943 1943 Tosya–Ladik earthquake 4,020 6,187 7.5 Turkey November 26
1944 1944 San Juan earthquake 8,000 11,637 7.0 Argentina January 15
1945 1945 Balochistan earthquake 4,000 6,337 8.1 India (now Pakistan) November 27
1946 1946 Dominican Republic earthquake 1,790 1,790 7.8 Dominican Republic August 4
1947 1947 Dustabad earthquake 500 745 6.9 Iran September 23
1948 1948 Ashgabat earthquake 110,000 116,135 7.3 Ms  Turkmen SSR (now Turkmenistan) October 5
1949 1949 Khait earthquake 12,000 18,484 7.5 Tajik SSR (now Tajikistan) July 10
1950 1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake 4,800 4,800 8.7 India–China August 15
1951 1951 El Salvador earthquake 1,100 2,236 6.5 El Salvador May 6
1952 1952 Severo-Kurilsk earthquake 4,000 4,224 9.0 Russian SFSR (now Russia) November 4
1953 1953 Yenice–Gönen earthquake 1,070 2,621 7.3 Turkey March 18
1954 1954 Chlef earthquake 1,243 1,295 6.7 French Algeria (now Algeria) September 9
1955 1955 Lanao earthquake 465 465 7.4 Philippines March 31
1956 1956 Hormozgan earthquake 347 910 6.4 Iran October 31
1957 1957 Farsinaj earthquake 1,200 3,043 6.5 Iran December 13
1958 1958 Lorestan earthquake 132 368 6.7 Iran August 16
1959 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake 28 94 7.3 United States August 18
1960 1960 Agadir earthquake 13,100 15,956 5.8 Morocco February 29
1961 1961 Fars earthquake 60 128 6.4 Iran June 11
1962 1962 Buin Zahra earthquake 12,225 12,332 7.0 Iran September 1
1963 1963 Skopje earthquake 1,100 1,100 6.1 Yugoslavia (now North Macedonia) July 26
1964 1964 Alaska earthquake 139 389 9.2 United States March 28
1965 1965 Valparaíso earthquake 400 800 7.6 Chile March 28
1966 1966 Xingtai earthquakes 8,064 8,064 6.8 China March 22
1967 1967 Caracas earthquake 300 961 6.6 Venezuela July 29
1968 1968 Dasht-e Bayaz and Ferdows earthquakes 10,488 12,081 7.1 Iran August 31
1969 1969 Yangjiang earthquake 3,000 4,024 5.7 China July 25
1970 1970 Ancash earthquake 66,794 78,365 7.9 Peru May 31
1971 1971 Bingöl earthquake 1,000 1,290 6.9 Turkey May 22
1972 1972 Qir earthquake 30,000 40,124 6.6 Iran April 10
1973 1973 Luhuo earthquake 2,199 2,899 7.4 China February 6
1974 1974 Zhaotong earthquake 20,000 25,442 6.8 China May 10
1975 1975 Lice earthquake 2,311 4,379 6.7 Turkey September 6
1976 1976 Tangshan earthquake 242,469 242,469 7.6 China July 28
1977 1977 Vrancea earthquake 3,002 3,002 7.5 Romania March 4
1978 1978 Tabas earthquake 20,000 20,220 7.5 Iran September 16
1979 1979 Tumaco earthquake 600 600 8.2 Ecuador December 12
1980 1980 El Asnam earthquake 5,000 10,326 7.3 Algeria October 10
1981 1981 Golbaf earthquake 3,000 3,000 6.7 Iran June 11
1982 1982 North Yemen earthquake 2,800 3,388 6.3 Yemen Arab Republic (now Yemen) December 13
1983 1983 Erzurum earthquake 1,342 2,608 6.8 Turkey October 30
1984 1984 Nagano earthquake 29 29 6.3 Japan September 13
1985 1985 Mexico City earthquake 45,000 45,000 8.0 Mexico September 19
1986 1986 San Salvador earthquake 1,000 1,240 5.7 El Salvador October 10
1987 1987 Ecuador earthquakes 1,000 1,090 7.1 Ecuador March 6
1988 1988 Armenian earthquake 25,000 26,759 6.8 Ms  Armenia December 7
1989 1989 Gissar earthquake 274 677 5.3 Tajik SSR (now Tajikistan) January 22
1990 1990 Manjil–Rudbar earthquake 50,000 51,821 7.4 Iran June 21
1991 1991 Uttarkashi earthquake 2,000 3,498 6.8 India October 19
1992 1992 Flores earthquake 2,500 3,939 7.8 Indonesia December 12
1993 1993 Latur earthquake 9,748 10,097 6.3 India September 30
1994 1994 Páez River earthquake 795 1,779 6.8 Colombia June 6
1995 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake 6,433 8,911 6.9 Japan January 16
1996 1996 Lijiang earthquake 322 582 6.6 China February 3
1997 1997 Qayen earthquake 1,567 1,567 7.3 Iran May 10
1998 1998 Afghanistan earthquake 4,500 4,500 6.6 Afghanistan May 30
1999 1999 İzmit earthquake 18,373 18,528 7.6 Turkey August 17
2000 2000 Enggano earthquake 141 141 7.9 Indonesia June 4
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1901–1910

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Date Time Event Magnitude Fatalities Location Comments Sources
March 3, 1901 07:45 6.4 Ms  Parkfield, United States (Abe, 1988) USGS
March 31, 1901 07:10 1901 Black Sea earthquake 7.2 4 Black Sea (now Bulgaria)
November 16, 1901 07:47 6.9 Cheviot, New Zealand
April 19, 1902 02:23 1902 Guatemala earthquake 7.5 ML  2,000 Guatemala (USGS 1000+) USGS
August 22, 1902 05:04 1902 Turkestan earthquake 7.7 10,000 Qing dynasty (now China) USGS
September 19, 1902 6.0 ML  2 Warooka, Australia USGS
December 16, 1902 05:04 1902 Andijan earthquake 6.4 ML  4,882 Uzbekistan (USGS 1000+) USGS
April 29, 1903 01:46 1903 Malazgirt earthquake 6.7 Ms  3,500 Turkey [2][3]
August 27, 1904 21:56 7.3 Ms  Fairbanks, United States USGS
November 5, 1904 04:25 1904 Douliu earthquake 6.1 145 Taiwan
April 4, 1905 00:50 1905 Kangra earthquake 7.8 Ms  20,000 India Kangra district HQ Dharamsala devastated [4]
July 9, 1905 09:40 8 Tsetserleg sum, Mongolia [5]
July 23, 1905 02:46 8.3–8.5 Mongolia [5]
September 8, 1905 01:43 1905 Calabria earthquake 7.2 557–5,000 Calabria (now Italy) [3]
January 31, 1906 15:36 1906 Ecuador–Colombia earthquake 8.8 1,000 Ecuador– Colombia USGS
March 16, 1906 06:43 1906 Meishan earthquake 6.8 Ms  1,266 Taiwan
April 18, 1906 13:12 1906 San Francisco earthquake 7.9 3,000 United States USGS
August 17, 1906 00:10 1906 Aleutian Islands earthquake 8.35 Aleutian Islands (now United States) [6]
August 17, 1906 00:40 1906 Valparaíso earthquake 8.2 3,882 Chile USGS
November 19, 1906 07:18 7.6 Western Australia (now Australia)
January 4, 1907 05:19 1907 Sumatra earthquake 8.2–8.4 2,188 Sumatra (now Indonesia) [7]
January 14, 1907 03:30 1907 Kingston earthquake 6.5 800-1,000 Jamaica USGS
October 21, 1907 04:23 1907 Qaratog earthquake 7.4 Ms  12,000–15,000 Tajikistan– Uzbekistan USGS
October 23, 1907 21:28 1907 Calabria earthquake 5.9 Ms  167 Calabria (now Italy)
December 28, 1908 04:20 1908 Messina earthquake 7.1 82,000 Italy USGS
January 23, 1909 02:48 1909 Borujerd earthquake 7.3 8,000 Iran
June 11, 1909 21:15 1909 Provence earthquake 6.0 46 France Highest magnitude earthquake ever recorded in continental France. 250 wounded. 2,000 buildings damaged [8]
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1911–1920

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Date Time Event Magnitude Fatalities Location Comments Sources
January 3, 1911 23:25 1911 Kebin earthquake 7.7 452 Kazakhstan [9]
February 18, 1911 18:41 1911 Sarez earthquake 7.4 Ms  90 Tajikistan [10]
June 7, 1911 11:02 UTC 1911 Michoacán earthquake 7.6 45 Mexico USGS
June 15, 1911 14:26 UTC 1911 Kikai Island earthquake 8.1 Ms  12 Japan USGS
July 1, 1911 22:00 6.5 Calaveras Fault (California, United States) [11]
December 16, 1911 19:14 UTC 1911 Guerrero earthquake 7.6 Mexico USGS
May 23, 1912 02:24 UTC 1912 Maymyo earthquake 7.7–8.0 Ms  1 Burma (now Myanmar) [12]
August 9, 1912 03:29 1912 Mürefte earthquake 7.3 Ms  216 Turkey [2][3]
March 15, 1914 20:00 1914 Senboku earthquake 7.0 Ms  94 Honshu (now Japan) USGS
October 4, 1914 00:07 1914 Burdur earthquake 6.9 Ms  2,344 Turkey [2][3]
January 13, 1915 06:52 1915 Avezzano earthquake 7.5 Ms  32,610 Italy [13]
October 3, 1915 06:52 1915 Pleasant Valley earthquake 7.1 United States (Stover and Coffman, 1993) [14]
January 20, 1917 23:11 1917 Bali earthquake 6.6 Ms  1,500 Bali (now Indonesia) [15]
June 26, 1917 05:49 UTC 1917 Samoa earthquake 8.5 Samoa USGS
December 26, 1917 10:30 1917 Guatemala earthquake 5.6 250 Guatemala USGS
February 18, 1918 06:07 1918 Shantou earthquake 7.2 1,000 China USGS
June 7, 1918 6.0 Ms  Bundaberg–Rockhampton, Australia Largest known Queensland earthquake [16][17]
August 15, 1918 12:18 UTC 1918 Celebes Sea earthquake 8.3 52 Celebes Sea (now Philippines) [18]
October 11, 1918 14:14 1918 San Fermín earthquake 7.5 Ms  116 Puerto Rico (McCann, 1985) USGS
December 6, 1918 08:41 1918 Vancouver Island earthquake 7 ML  Vancouver Island (now Canada) (Gutenberg and Richter, 1954: Rogers, 1983) USGS
January 3, 1920 12:46 1920 Xalapa earthquake 7.8 648 Mexico
February 20, 1920 11:45 1920 Gori earthquake 6.2 Ms  130 Georgia USGS
September 7, 1920 07:55 1920 Garfagnana earthquake 6.5 ML  171 Italy [19]
December 16, 1920 12:05 1920 Haiyuan earthquake 8.6 Ms  273,407[20] China USGS
December 17, 1920 06:59 1920 Mendoza earthquake 6.0 400 Argentina
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1921–1930

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Date Time Event Magnitude Fatalities Location Comments Sources
January 31, 1922 13:17 7.3 MGR  offshore Cape Mendocino, California, United States (Ellsworth, 1990) USGS
March 10, 1922 11:21 6.1 Parkfield, United States (Bakun and McEvilly, 1984) USGS
November 11, 1922 04:32 UTC 1922 Vallenar earthquake 8.5 1,000 Atacama Region (now Chile) USGS
January 22, 1923 09:04 7.2 MGR  offshore Cape Mendocino, California, United States (Ellsworth, 1990) USGS
February 3, 1923 Kamchatka earthquakes 8.5 Kamchatka Peninsula (now Russia) USGS
September 1, 1923 02:58 1923 Great Kantō earthquake 7.9 142,800 Kantō region (now Japan) USGS
September 13, 1924 16:34 1924 Pasinler earthquake 6.8 Ms  60 Turkey [2][3]
February 28, 1925 21:19 1925 Charlevoix–Kamouraska earthquake 6.3 Charlevoix–Kamouraska, Canada (Bent, 1992) USGS
March 16, 1925 14:42 1925 Dali earthquake 7.0 Ms  5,000 Yunnan (now China) [21]
June 28, 1925 01:21 6.6 Clarkston Valley, Montana, United States (Dosier, 1989) USGS
June 29, 1925 14:42 1925 Santa Barbara earthquake 6.8 13 United States (Stein and Hanks, 1998) USGS
June 28, 1926 03:23 1926 Padang Panjang earthquake 7.6 ML  354 West Sumatra (now Indonesia)
October 22, 1926 12:35 6.1 MGR  Monterey Bay, California, United States (Ellsworth, 1990) USGS
October 22, 1926 13:35 6.1 MGR  Monterey Bay, California, United States (Ellsworth, 1990) USGS
March 7, 1927 09:27 1927 Kita Tango earthquake 7.0 2,956 Tango Peninsula (now Japan) USGS
May 21, 1927 22:32 UTC 1927 Gulang earthquake 7.6 40,900 Gansu (now China) USGS
July 11, 1927 15:04 1927 Jericho earthquake 6.3 500 Mandatory Palestine (now State of Palestine) USGS
November 4, 1927 13:51 7.1 offshore Lompoc, United States (Stein and Hanks, 1998) USGS
March 31, 1928 02:29 6.5 Ms  50 İzmir, Turkey Possible M=6.2 foreshock previous day [2][3]
May 14, 1928 22:14 UTC 1928 Chachapoyas earthquake 7.2 25 Peru [22]
December 2, 1928 04:06 1928 Talca earthquake 7.6 279 Maule Region (now Chile) USGS
May 18, 1929 08:37 6.1 Ms  64 Suşehri, Turkey [2][3]
June 17, 1929 10:17 1929 Murchison earthquake 7.8 Ms  17 South Island (now New Zealand) [23]
November 18, 1929 20:32 1929 Grand Banks earthquake 7.3 28 Grand Banks of Newfoundland (now Canada) (Bent, 1995) USGS
May 5, 1930 13:46 UTC 1930 Bago earthquake 7.5 Ms  558 Burma (now Myanmar) [24]
May 6, 1930 22:34 1930 Salmas earthquake 7.1 3,000 Iran USGS
July 2, 1930 21:03 UTC 1930 Dhubri earthquake 7.1 Ms  India [25]
July 23, 1930 00:08 1930 Irpinia earthquake 6.6 Ms  1,404 Irpinia (now Italy) [26]
November 25, 1930 19:02 UTC 1930 North Izu earthquake 7.3 Ms  272 Japan [27]
December 3, 1930 18:51 UTC 1930 Pyu earthquake 7.3 36 Burma (now Myanmar) USGS
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1931–1940

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January 27, 1931 20:09 UTC 1931 Myitkyina earthquake 7.6 Burma (now Myanmar) USGS
February 3, 1931 10:47 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake 7.7 258 New Zealand Much of city destroyed; 40 km2 of seabed raised to become dry land [28]
March 31, 1931 10:23 1931 Nicaragua earthquake 6.1 2,450 Nicaragua City destroyed. -
April 27, 1931 16:50 UTC 1931 Zangezur earthquake 6.5 2,890 Zangezur Mountains (now Armenia) [29]
June 7, 1931 00:25 1931 Dogger Bank earthquake 6.1 ML  North Sea (now United Kingdom) (Musson, 1994) largest instrumentally recorded earthquake to have affected the United Kingdom USGS
August 10, 1931 21:18 1931 Fuyun earthquake 8.0 10,000 China [30][31][32]
September 25, 1931 05:59 UTC 1931 Southwest Sumatra earthquake 7.3 Sumatra (now Indonesia) USGS
June 3, 1932 10:36 1932 Jalisco earthquake 8.1 400 Mexico [33]
June 18, 1932 10:12 7.8 Ms  Colima, Mexico [34]
June 22, 1932 12:59 7.0 Ms  75 Jalisco, Mexico [35][36]
September 26, 1932 19:20 1932 Ierissos earthquake 7.0 Ms  491 Greece [37]
December 21, 1932 06:10 1932 Cedar Mountain earthquake 7.2 United States USGS
December 25, 1932 10:04 1932 Changma earthquake 7.6 Ms  275 Gansu (now China) [3]
March 2, 1933 17:31 1933 Sanriku earthquake 8.4 2,990 Sanriku (now Japan) USGS
March 11, 1933 01:54 1933 Long Beach earthquake 6.4 115 United States (Hauksson & Gross, 1991) USGS
August 25, 1933 07:50 1933 Diexi earthquake 7.3 9,300 Sichuan (now China) USGS
November 20, 1933 23:21 7.4 Baffin Bay (now Canada) (Stein et al. 1979) USGS
January 15, 1934 08:43 1934 Nepal–India earthquake 8.1 10,700 Nepal–India (Chen and Molnar, 1977) USGS
June 8, 1934 04:47 6.1 Parkfield, United States (Bakun and McEvilly, 1984) USGS
January 4, 1935 16:41 6.4 Ms  5 Erdek, Turkey [2][3]
April 21, 1935 6:02 1935 Shinchiku-Taichū earthquake 7.0 3,276 Taiwan [3]
May 30, 1935 21:32 1935 Quetta earthquake 7.7 60,000 Balochistan (now Pakistan)
November 1, 1935 06:03 1935 Timiskaming earthquake 6.2 Canada (Bent, 1996) USGS
December 28, 1935 02:35 1935 Sumatra earthquake 7.7 Sumatra (now Indonesia) [38]
November 2, 1936 20:45 UTC 1936 Miyagi earthquake 7.2 Ms  Japan [39]
July 22, 1937 17:09 Salcha Seismic Zone 7.3 Ms  United States USGS
July 26, 1937 03:47 UTC 1937 Orizaba earthquake 7.3 Ms  34 Veracruz (now Mexico) [22][40]
January 23, 1938 08:32 6.8 Ms  Maui (Hawaii, United States) (Klein and Wright, 2000) USGS
April 19, 1938 12:59 6.6 Ms  160 Kırşehir, Turkey [2][3]
November 10, 1938 20:18 8.2 Shumagin Islands (Alaska, United States) USGS
January 25, 1939 23:32 1939 Chillán earthquake 7.8 Ms  28,000 Chile USGS
September 22, 1939 02:36 6.6 Ms  60 Dikili, Turkey [2][3]
December 26, 1939 23:57 1939 Erzincan earthquake 7.8 Ms  32,968 Turkey USGS
May 19, 1940 04:36 1940 El Centro earthquake 7.1 9 Imperial Valley, United States (Ellsworth, 1990) USGS
November 10, 1940 01:39 1940 Vrancea earthquake 7.7 1,000 Romania (LT, 2007) USGS
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1941–1950

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April 15, 1941 19:09 UTC 1941 Colima earthquake 7.7 Ms  90 Mexico [41]
April 29, 1941 01:35 7.2 ML  Meeberrie, Western Australia, Australia [16]
June 26, 1941 17:22 1941 Andaman Islands earthquake 8.1 8,000 Andaman and Nicobar Islands (now India) USGS
December 17, 1941 19:19 1941 Chungpu earthquake 6.9 358 Taiwan USGS
August 6, 1942 23:37 UTC 1942 Guatemala earthquake 7.7 38 Guatemala USGS
August 24, 1942 22:50 UTC 1942 Peru earthquake 8.2 30 Peru USGS
November 15, 1942 19:01 6.1 Ms  16 Bigadiç, Turkey [2][3]
December 20, 1942 14:03 1942 Niksar–Erbaa earthquake 7.0 Ms  3,000 Turkey [42]
April 6, 1943 12:07 1943 Ovalle earthquake 7.9–8.2 12 Chile USGS
June 8 and 9, 1943 20:42 UTC and 03:06 UTC 1943 Alahan Panjang earthquakes 7.2 and 7.5 Sumatra (now Indonesia) [22]
June 20, 1943 17:32 6.6 Ms  336 Hendek, Turkey [2][3]
July 23, 1943 14:53 UTC 1943 Central Java earthquake 7.0 213 Central Java (now Indonesia) [43]
November 26, 1943 00:20 1943 Tosya–Ladik earthquake 7.5 4,000 Turkey [42]
January 15, 1944 20:50 GMT-3 1944 San Juan earthquake 7.0 8,000–10,000 Argentina The 30-second long earthquake destroyed 95% of the city, located 30 km from the epicentre. [44]
February 1, 1944 03:25 1944 Bolu–Gerede earthquake 7.5 3,959 Turkey [45]
October 6, 1944 04:34 6.8 Ms  30 Ayvalık, Turkey [2][3]
December 7, 1944 04:35 8.1 1,223 Kii Peninsula (now Japan) known as 東南海地震 (Tōnankai Jishin) 1944 Tōnankai earthquake USGS
November 27, 1945 21:56 1945 Balochistan earthquake 8.1 4,000 offshore Pakistan Tsunami from submarine slumping [46]
April 1, 1946 12:28 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake 7.3 Ms  165 Aleutian Islands (now United States) (Stover and Coffman, 1993) USGS
June 23, 1946 17:13 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake 7.3 ML  Vancouver Island (now Canada) (Gutenberg and Richter, 1954: Rogers, 1983) USGS
August 4, 1946 17:51 1946 Dominican Republic earthquake 8.0 Ms  2,550 Dominican Republic (Abe, 1981) USGS
September 12, 1946 15:17 1946 Sagaing earthquakes 8.0 & 7.8 Ms  Burma (now Myanmar) [47][48]
September 15, 1946 6.2 Ms  Launceston, Australia
December 20, 1946 19:19 1946 Nankaidō earthquake 8.1 1,330 Nankaidō (now Japan) USGS
July 29, 1947 13:43 1947 Assam earthquake 7.3 India [49]
October 16, 1947 02:09 7.2 Fairbanks, United States USGS
January 25, 1948 01:46 PST 1948 Lady Caycay earthquake 7.8 50 Panay (now Philippines) USGS
May 25, 1948 07:11 1948 Litang earthquake 7.2 800 China [27]
June 28, 1948 07:13 1948 Fukui earthquake 6.8 3,769 Japan USGS
October 5, 1948 20:12 1948 Ashgabat earthquake 7.3 110,000 Turkmenistan USGS
April 13, 1949 19:55 1949 Olympia earthquake 7.1 ML  8 United States (Baker and Langston, 1987) USGS
July 10, 1949 03:53 1949 Khait earthquake 7.5 7,200 Tajikistan [50]
August 5, 1949 14:05 1949 Ambato earthquake 6.4 Ms  6,000 Ecuador USGS
August 17, 1949 18:44 1949 Karlıova earthquake 6.8 Ms  450 Turkey [42]
August 22, 1949 04:01 1949 Queen Charlotte earthquake 8.1 Ms  Queen Charlotte Islands (now Canada) (Gutenberg and Richter, 1954) USGS
December 17, 1949 06:53 1949 Tierra del Fuego earthquakes 7.8 ML  Chile– Argentina [51]
August 15, 1950 14:09 1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake 8.6 4,800 Assam– Tibet USGS
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1951–1960

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August 13, 1951 18:36 1951 Kurşunlu earthquake 6.9 Ms  50 Turkey [42]
August 21, 1951 10:57 6.9 Ms  Kona (Hawaii, United States) (Klein and Wright, 2000) USGS
July 21, 1952 11:52 1952 Kern County earthquake 7.3 12 United States (Stein and Hanks, 1998) USGS
November 5, 1952 04:58 1952 Severo-Kurilsk earthquake 9.0 2,336 Kamchatka (now Russia) USGS
February 12, 1953 08:15 1953 Torud earthquake 6.6 973 Iran USGS
March 18, 1953 21:06 1953 Yenice–Gönen earthquake 7.2 Ms  1,070 Turkey [2][3]
May 6, 1953 17:16 UTC 1953 Concepción earthquake 7.6 Ms  12 Chile [52]
August 8–12, 1953 09:24 1953 Ionian earthquake 6.8 476 Kefalonia (now Greece) 113 tremors over five days [53][54]
September 14, 1953 00:27 UTC 1953 Suva earthquake 6.8 Ms  8 Fiji [55]
December 6, 1953 16:18 7.4 3 Calama, Chile
December 12, 1953 17:31 UTC 1953 Tumbes earthquake 7.5 6 Peru
March 29, 1954 06:17 7.9 Spain USGS
July 6, 1954 11:13 6.6 Rainbow Mountain, United States (Ellsworth, 1990) USGS
August 24, 1954 05:51 6.8 Stillwater, United States (Ellsworth, 1990) USGS
September 9, 1954 01:04 1954 Chlef earthquake 6.7 1,409 Algeria USGS
December 16, 1954 11:07 7.1 Fairview Peak, United States (Ellsworth, 1990) USGS
December 16, 1954 11:11 6.8 Dixie Valley, United States (Ellsworth, 1990) USGS
July 16, 1955 09:07 6.8 Ms  23 Söke, Turkey [2][3]
September 12, 1955 06:09 UTC 1955 Alexandria earthquake 6.3 Ms  18 offshore Egypt [29]
September 23, 1955 15:06 UTC 1955 Yuzha earthquake 6.8 Ms  728 Sichuan–Yunnan, China [29]
July 16, 1956 15:07 UTC 1956 Sagaing earthquake 7.1 Burma (now Myanmar) USGS
July 21, 1956 21:02 1956 Anjar earthquake 6.3 115 India USGS
October 24, 1956 14:42 UTC 1956 Nicaragua earthquake 7.3 Ms  Nicaragua [56]
March 9, 1957 14:22 1957 Andreanof Islands earthquake 8.6 Andreanof Islands (now United States) USGS
April 25, 1957 04:25 7.1 67 Fethiye, Turkey [2][3]
May 26, 1957 6:36 1957 Abant earthquake 7.1 Ms  52 Turkey [42]
December 4, 1957 03:37 1957 Mongolia earthquake 8.1 30 Govi-Altai Province (now Mongolia) USGS
April 7, 1958 15:30 7.3 Huslia, United States USGS
July 10, 1958 06:15 1958 Lituya Bay, Alaska earthquake and megatsunami 7.7 5 Fairweather Range (now United States) USGS
November 6, 1958 22:58 1958 Kuril Islands earthquake 8.3 Kuril Islands (now Russia) USGS
May 4, 1959 07:15 1959 Kamchatka earthquake 8.0 1 Kamchatka (now Russia) [22]
August 18, 1959 06:37 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake 7.3 28 Hebgen Lake (Montana, United States) (Dosier, 1985) USGS
February 29, 1960 23:40 1960 Agadir earthquake 5.7 10,000 Morocco USGS
May 21, 1960 10:02 1960 Concepción earthquakes 8.3 125 Chile USGS
May 22, 1960 19:11 1960 Valdivia earthquake 9.5 5,700 Chile USGS
November 20, 1960 22:02 UTC November 1960 Peru earthquake 7.8 Peru USGS
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1961–1970

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September 1, 1962 19:20 1962 Buin Zahra earthquake 7.2 12,225 Iran USGS
February 13, 1963 08:50 UTC 1963 Su-ao earthquake 7.3 3 offshore Taiwan [22]
February 21, 1963 17:14 5.4 Ms  300 Marj, Libya [57][58]
July 26, 1963 04:17 1963 Skopje earthquake 6.1 1,100 Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia)
October 13, 1963 05:17 1963 Kuril Islands earthquake 8.5 Kuril Islands (now Russia)
March 27, 1964 17:36 1964 Alaska earthquake 9.2 125 United States USGS
June 16, 1964 04:01 1964 Niigata earthquake 7.5 26 Japan USGS
July 6, 1964 07:22 UTC 1964 Guerrero earthquake 7.4 Ms  40 Mexico [22][59]
October 6, 1964 16:31 7.0 Ms  23 Manyas, Turkey [2][3]
January 24, 1965 00:11 UTC 1965 Ceram Sea earthquake 8.2 71 Indonesia [60]
February 4, 1965 05:01 1965 Rat Islands earthquake 8.7 Rat Islands (now United States) USGS
March 28, 1965 12:33 1965 La Ligua earthquake 7.4 280 Chile USGS
April 29, 1965 08:29 1965 Puget Sound earthquake 6.7 7 United States USGS
August 23, 1965 19:46 1965 Oaxaca earthquake 7.5 6 Mexico [61]
March 12, 1966 16:31 UTC 1966 Hualien earthquake 8.0 Ms  offshore Taiwan [62]
March 20, 1966 01:42 UTC 1966 Toro earthquake 6.1 Ms  157 Uganda– Democratic Republic of the Congo USGS
March 22, 1966 08:19 1966 Xingtai earthquakes 6.8 8,064 China USGS
June 28, 1966 04:26 6.1 Parkfield, United States (Tsai and Aki, 1969) USGS
August 19, 1966 12:23 1966 Varto earthquake 6.8 2,396 Turkey [42]
October 17, 1966 21:41 UTC 1966 Peru earthquake 8.1 Peru [63]
December 28, 1966 08:18 UTC 8.1 6 Taltal, Chile
July 22, 1967 16:56 1967 Mudurnu earthquake 7.2 Ms  89 Turkey [42]
July 29, 1967 20:05 1967 Caracas earthquake 6.6 236 Venezuela USGS
December 10, 1967 22:51 6.3 Koynanagar, India (Langston, 1976) USGS
April 1, 1968 00:42 UTC 1968 Hyūga-nada earthquake 7.5 Hyūga-nada (now Japan) [64]
May 16, 1968 01:49 UTC 1968 Tokachi earthquake 8.3 Japan USGS
May 24, 1968 5:24 1968 Inangahua earthquake 7.1 3 New Zealand
August 31, 1968 10:47 UTC 1968 Dasht-e Bayaz and Ferdows earthquake 7.1 12,000 Iran USGS
September 3, 1968 10:19 UTC 6.5 Ms  29 Bartın, Turkey [2][3]
October 14, 1968 10:49 1968 Meckering earthquake 6.5 Meckering, Australia
February 28, 1969 02:40 1969 Portugal earthquake 7.8 13 Portugal– Morocco [65]
March 28, 1969 03:48 6.5 Ms  53 Alaşehir, Turkey [2][3]
March 31, 1969 07:15 UTC 1969 Sharm el-Sheikh earthquake 6.6 2 Egypt [66]
July 18, 1969 13:24 1969 Bohai earthquake 7.4 Ms  10 Bohai Bay (now China) [67]
July 25, 1969 22:49 1969 Yangjiang earthquake 6.4 3,000 China [68]
October 26–27, 1969 15:36 and 08:10 6.4 Ms  10 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina [69]
January 4, 1970 17:35 1970 Tonghai earthquake 7.1 15,000 China [70][71]
March 24, 1970 6.7 Ms  Canning Basin, Australia
May 31, 1970 20:23 1970 Ancash earthquake 7.9 70,000 Peru USGS
March 28, 1970 23:02 1970 Gediz earthquake 7.2 Ms  1,086 Turkey [2][3]
July 31, 1970 17:08 1970 Colombia earthquake 8.0 Ms  1 Colombia USGS
December 10, 1970 04:34 UTC 1970 Peru–Ecuador earthquake 7.1 82 Peru– Ecuador USGS
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1971–1980

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Date Time Event Magnitude Fatalities Location Comments Sources
February 9, 1971 14:00 1971 San Fernando earthquake 6.7 65 United States (Heaton, 1982) USGS
May 22, 1971 16:44 1971 Bingöl earthquake 6.9 1,000 Turkey [72]
July 8, 1971 23:04 1971 Aconcagua earthquake 7.5 85 Chile USGS
July 14, 1971 and July 26, 1971 1971 Solomon Islands earthquakes 8.0, 8.1 2 Solomon Islands [22]
July 16, 1971 6.4 Canning Basin, Australia
April 10, 1972 02:06 UTC 1972 Qir earthquake 6.7 5,374 Iran [73] [74]
April 24, 1972 09:57 UTC 1972 Ruisui earthquake 7.2 Ms  5 Taiwan USGS
December 23, 1972 06:29 1972 Nicaragua earthquake 6.2 11,000 Nicaragua (Brown, R. D., P. L. Ward, and G. Plafker (1973)) USGS
August 28, 1973 09:50 1973 Veracruz earthquake 7.3 1,200 Mexico USGS
May 8, 1974 23:33 1974 Izu Peninsula earthquake 6.5 Ms  25 Izu Peninsula (now Japan) [75]
May 10, 1974 19:25 1974 Zhaotong earthquake 7.0 20,000 China [76]
October 3, 1974 14:21 UTC 1974 Lima earthquake 8.1 78 Peru USGS
December 28, 1974 12:11 1974 Pattan earthquake 6.2 5,300 Pakistan USGS
February 4, 1975 11:36 1975 Haicheng earthquake 7.0 2,041 China (Cipar, 1979) USGS
May 26, 1975 09:11 UTC 1975 North Atlantic earthquake 7.9 North Atlantic USGS
June 30, 1975 18:54 6.1 ML  Yellowstone National Park, United States Largest earthquake in Yellowstone Caldera since 1959 Hebgen Lake event [77]
July 8, 1975 12:06 UTC 1975 Bagan earthquake 7.5 85 Myanmar USGS
September 6, 1975 12:20 1975 Lice earthquake 6.6 Ms  2,385 Turkey [2][3]
November 29, 1975 6.2 Ms  Canning Basin, Australia
November 29, 1975 14:47 7.2 Ms  2 south flank of Kīlauea (Hawaii, United States) (Klein and Wright, 2000) USGS
February 4, 1976 09:01 1976 Guatemala earthquake 7.5 23,000 Guatemala USGS
May 6, 1976 21:06 1976 Friuli earthquake 6.4 989 Friuli-Venezia Giulia (now Italy) [78]
June 25, 1976 19:18 1976 Papua earthquake 7.3 5,400 Papua (now Indonesia) USGS
July 14, 1976 07:13 1976 Bali earthquake 6.5 573 Bali (now Indonesia) USGS
July 27, 1976 19:42 1976 Tangshan earthquake 7.6 242,419 China USGS
August 17, 1976 00:11 1976 Moro Gulf earthquake 8.0 4,791 Moro Gulf (now Philippines) PHIVOLCS
November 24, 1976 14:22 1976 Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake 7.5 Ms  3,840 Turkey [2][3]
March 4, 1977 21:20 1977 Bucharest earthquake 7.5 1,500 Romania Lasted ~5 minutes -
August 19, 1977 06:08 1977 Sumba earthquake 8.3 180 Sumba (now Indonesia) USGS
November 23, 1977 09:26 1977 San Juan earthquake 7.4 65 Argentina USGS
June 12, 1978 08:14 UTC 1978 Miyagi earthquake 7.7 Ms  28[79] Japan USGS
September 16, 1978 19:38 1978 Tabas earthquake 7.7 ML  15,000 Iran USGS
April 15, 1979 06:19 1979 Montenegro earthquake 7.0 Ms  136 Montenegro– Croatia [80]
June 2, 1979 6.1 Cadoux, Australia USGS
October 15, 1979 23:17 1979 Imperial Valley earthquake 6.4 Imperial Valley, United States (Hartzell and Heaton, 1983) USGS
December 12, 1979 07:59 1979 Tumaco earthquake 8.2 600 Colombia [81]
May 25, 1980 16:33 6.1 Mammoth Lakes, United States (Ellsworth, 1990) USGS
May 27, 1980 14:50 6.0 Mammoth Lakes, United States (Ellsworth, 1990) USGS
October 10, 1980 12:25 1980 El Asnam earthquake 7.7 Ms  5,000 Northern Algeria (now Algeria) [82]
October 24, 1980 14:53 1980 Oaxaca earthquake 7.2 300 Mexico USGS
November 8, 1980 10:27 7.2 Gorda plate (California, United States) (Ellsworth, 1990) USGS
November 23, 1980 19:34 1980 Irpinia earthquake 6.8 2,735 Southern Italy (now Italy) USGS
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1981–1990

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January 19, 1981 15:11 1981 Irian Jaya earthquake 6.7 Ms  305 Irian Jaya (now Indonesia) [83]
January 23, 1981 21:13 1981 Dawu earthquake 6.8 ML  150 China USGS
October 25, 1981 03:22 UTC 1981 Playa Azul earthquake 7.3 Ms  3 Mexico USGS
December 13, 1982 09:12 1982 North Yemen earthquake 6.2 2,800 North Yemen (now Yemen) USGS
March 31, 1983 1983 Popayán earthquake 5.5 267 Colombia USGS
May 2, 1983 23:42 1983 Coalinga earthquake 6.5 United States (Ellsworth, 1990) USGS
October 28, 1983 14:06 7.0 2 Borah Peak (Idaho, United States) (PDE Monthly Listing) USGS
October 30, 1983 07:12 1983 Erzurum earthquake 6.9 Ms  1,342 Turkey [2][3]
November 16, 1983 16:13 6.7 Kaoiki (Hawaii, United States) (PDE Monthly Listing) USGS
November 30, 1983 17:46 UTC 1983 Chagos Archipelago earthquake 7.7 Ms  Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory) [84]
December 22, 1983 04:11 1983 Guinea earthquake 6.3 500 Guinea USGS
April 24, 1984 21:15 1984 Morgan Hill earthquake 6.2 United States (PDE Monthly Listing) USGS
November 17, 1984 06:49 UTC 1984 Northern Sumatra earthquake 7.2 Ms  Northern Sumatra (now Indonesia) USGS
December 31, 1984 07:03 1984 Cachar earthquake 6.0 20 India USGS
March 3, 1985 19:47 1985 Algarrobo earthquake 7.8 177 Chile USGS
April 8, 1985 21:56:59 1985 Rapel Lake earthquake 7.5 2 Chile USGS
September 19, 1985 13:17 1985 Mexico City earthquake 8.0 10,000 Mexico (PDE Monthly Listing) USGS
December 23, 1985 05:16 1985 Nahanni earthquakes 6.8 Northwest Territories (now Canada) (Wetmiller et al., 1988) USGS
May 7, 1986 22:47 8.0 Andreanof Islands (Alaska, United States) (PDE Monthly Listing) USGS
July 8, 1986 09:20 6.1 north Palm Springs, United States (Hartzell, 1989) USGS
July 21, 1986 14:42 1986 Chalfant Valley earthquake 6.2 United States (Ellsworth, 1990) USGS
October 10, 1986 17:49 1986 San Salvador earthquake 5.4 Ms  1,500 El Salvador [82]
March 2, 1987 13:42 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake 6.5 New Zealand
March 6, 1987 04:10 1987 Ecuador earthquakes 7.1 5,000 Ecuador USGS
October 1, 1987 14:42 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake 5.9 8 United States (Hartzell and Iida, 1990) USGS
November 30, 1987 19:23 7.9 Gulf of Alaska (United States) (PDE Monthly Listing) USGS
January 22, 1988 00:35 6.3 Tennant Creek, Australia (Choy and Bowman, 1990) USGS
January 22, 1988 03:57 6.4 Tennant Creek, Australia (Choy and Bowman, 1990) USGS
January 22, 1988 12:04 6.6 Tennant Creek, Australia (Choy and Bowman, 1990) USGS
March 6, 1988 22:35 7.8 Gulf of Alaska (United States) (PDE Monthly Listing) USGS
August 20, 1988 23:09 1988 Nepal earthquake 6.9 709 Nepal USGS
November 6, 1988 13:03 1988 Lancang earthquake 7.7 938 Myanmar– China USGS
December 7, 1988 07:41 1988 Armenian earthquake 6.8 25,000 Armenia (PDE Monthly Listing) USGS
January 22, 1989 23:02 1989 Gissar earthquake 5.5 274 Tajikistan USGS
May 23, 1989 10:54 8.2 Macquarie Fault Zone [85][86]
August 21, 1989 00:18 1989 West Papua earthquake 6.0 120 Papua (now Indonesia) USGS
October 17, 1989 17:04 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake 6.9 63 United States (Wald et al., 1991) USGS
December 28, 1989 10:27 1989 Newcastle earthquake 5.6 ML  13 Australia This is the only deadly Australian earthquake recorded to date
February 8, 1990 15:15 1990 Bohol Sea earthquake 6.8 6 Bohol Sea (now Philippines) [87][88]
June 14, 1990 15:41 1990 Panay earthquake 7.1 8 Panay Island (now Philippines)
June 21, 1990 00:30 1990 Manjil–Rudbar earthquake 7.4 50,000 Northwestern Iran (now Iran)
July 16, 1990 16:26 1990 Luzon earthquake 7.9 Ms  1,621 Philippines
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1991–2000

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April 29, 1991 09:12 1991 Racha earthquake 7.0 270 Georgia USGS
August 17, 1991 22:17 7.1 Honeydew, United States (PDE Monthly Listing) USGS
October 20, 1991 02:53 1991 Uttarkashi earthquake 6.8 768 India (PDE Monthly Listing) USGS
March 13, 1992 17.18 1992 Erzincan earthquake 6.8 652 Turkey [89]
April 23, 1992 04:50 6.1 Joshua Tree, United States (Hauksson et al., 1993) USGS
April 25, 1992 18:06 7.2 Cape Mendocino, United States (PDE Monthly Listing) USGS
April 26, 1992 07:41 6.5 offshore Cape Mendocino (United States) (Oppenheimer et al., 1993) USGS
April 26, 1992 11:18 6.7 offshore Cape Mendocino (United States) (Oppenheimer et al., 1993) USGS
June 28, 1992 11:57 1992 Landers earthquake 7.3 3 United States (Sieh et al. 1993) USGS
September 2, 1992 00:16 1992 Nicaragua earthquake 7.7 116 Nicaragua (PDE Monthly Listing) USGS
October 12, 1992 13:09 1992 Cairo earthquake 5.8 mb  545 Egypt
December 12, 1992 05:29 1992 Flores earthquake and tsunami 7.8 2,500 Flores (now Indonesia) USGS
July 12, 1993 13:17 1993 Hokkaido earthquake 7.7 230 Japan– Russia [90]
September 29, 1993 22:25 1993 Latur earthquake 6.2 9,748 India (PDE Monthly Listing) USGS
January 17, 1994 12:30 1994 Northridge earthquake 6.7 57 United States (PDE Monthly Listing) USGS
February 15, 1994 17:07 UTC 1994 Liwa earthquake 6.9 207 Sumatra (now Indonesia) USGS
June 2, 1994 18:17 1994 Java earthquake 7.8 250 Java (now Indonesia) USGS
June 6, 1994 20:47 1994 Páez River earthquake 6.8 1,100 Colombia USGS
June 9, 1994 00:33 1994 Bolivia earthquake 8.2 5 Bolivia (PDE Monthly Listing) USGS
September 1, 1994 15:15 7.1 Cape Mendocino, United States (PDE Monthly Listing) USGS
October 4, 1994 13:22 UTC 1994 Kuril Islands earthquake 8.2 10 Russia USGS
November 15, 1994 03:15 1994 Mindoro earthquake 7.1 78 Philippines PHIVOLCS
December 28, 1994 12:19 UTC 1994 offshore Sanriku earthquake 7.7 2 Japan USGS
January 17, 1995 05:46 Great Hanshin earthquake 6.9 6,434 Japan (PDE Monthly Listing) USGS
May 27, 1995 23:03 1995 Neftegorsk earthquake 7.1 1,995 Russia USGS
July 30, 1995 05:11 UTC 1995 Antofagasta earthquake 8.0 3 Chile USGS
September 14, 1995 14:04 UTC 1995 Guerrero earthquake 7.4 3 Mexico USGS
October 1, 1995 17:57 1995 Dinar earthquake 6.1 Ms  90 Turkey [2][3]
October 9, 1995 15:35 UTC 1995 Colima–Jalisco earthquake 8.0 49 Colima–Jalisco, Mexico [91][92][93]
October 21, 1995 02:38 UTC 1995 Chiapas earthquake 7.1 Mexico USGS
October 23, 1995 22:46 UTC 1995 Wuding earthquake 6.2 53 China USGS
February 3, 1996 19:14 1996 Lijiang earthquake 6.6 322 China USGS
February 17, 1996 05:59 1996 Biak earthquake 8.1 108 Indonesia [94]
May 3, 1996 03:32 UTC 1996 Baotou earthquake 6.4 Ms  26 China [94][95]
November 12, 1996 16:59 UTC 1996 Nazca earthquake 7.5 14 Peru USGS
February 28, 1997 12:57 UTC 1997 Ardabil earthquake 6.1 1,100 Iran USGS
May 10, 1997 07:57 UTC 1997 Qayen earthquake 7.3 1,567 Iran USGS
May 22, 1997 22:51 1997 Jabalpur earthquake 5.8 56 India USGS
July 9, 1997 19:24 1997 Cariaco earthquake 6.9 81 Venezuela USGS
August 10, 1997 6.3 Collier Bay, Australia USGS
September 26, 1997 09:40 UTC 1997 Umbria and Marche earthquake 6.1 11 Umbria–Marche, Italy USGS
October 15, 1997 01:03 UTC 1997 Punitaqui earthquake 7.1 8 Chile USGS
November 8, 1997 10:02 UTC 1997 Manyi earthquake 7.4 Tibet (now China) USGS
January 30, 1998 12:16 UTC 7.1[96] 1 Antofagasta, Chile USGS
February 4, 1998 14:33 February 1998 Afghanistan earthquake 5.9 4,000 Afghanistan USGS
May 22, 1998 00:48 1998 Aiquile earthquake 6.6 105 Bolivia USGS
May 30, 1998 06:22 May 1998 Afghanistan earthquake 6.5 4,500 Afghanistan USGS
June 27, 1998 16:55 1998 Adana–Ceyhan earthquake 6.2 Ms  146 Turkey [2][3]
July 17, 1998 08:49 1998 Papua New Guinea earthquake 7.0 2,183 Papua New Guinea (PDE Monthly Listing) USGS
November 19, 1998 11:38 UTC 1998 Ninglang earthquake 6.2 Ms  5 China [97]
January 25, 1999 13:19 1999 Colombia earthquake 6.2 1,900 Colombia USGS
March 28, 1999 19:05 1999 Chamoli earthquake 6.8 103 India (PDE Monthly Listing) USGS
August 17, 1999 00:01 GMT 1999 İzmit earthquake 7.4 17,127 Turkey (PDE Monthly Listing) USGS
September 7, 1999 11:56 1999 Athens earthquake 6.0 143 Greece (PDE Monthly Listing) USGS
September 21, 1999 1:47 1999 Chichi earthquake 7.7 2,415 Taiwan (PDE Monthly Listing) USGS
October 16, 1999 09:46 Hector Mine 7.2 Hector Mine, United States (PDE Monthly Listing) USGS
November 12, 1999 16:57 1999 Düzce earthquake 7.2 894 Turkey (PDE Monthly Listing) USGS
January 14, 2000 23:37 2000 Yunnan earthquake 5.9 7 China USGS
May 4, 2000 04:21 2000 Banggai Islands earthquake 7.6 46 Sulawesi (now Indonesia) USGS
June 4, 2000 23:30 2000 Enggano earthquake 7.9 103 Sumatra (now Indonesia) USGS
July 7, 2000 13:30 2000 Nicaragua earthquake 5.4 7 Nicaragua [98]
November 16, 2000 04:54 2000 New Ireland earthquakes 8.0 2 Papua New Guinea USGS
November 25, 2000 18:10 2000 Baku earthquake 7.0 ML  26 Azerbaijan
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Key to magnitudes
ML = Local magnitude (Richter)
MS = Surface-wave magnitude
Mw = Moment magnitude

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