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The following is a list of major earthquakes.

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USGS list of significant earthquakes

This is a list of significant earthquakes as listed by the USGS. For other ancient or recent earthquakes not listed here, see the tables below.

Date Time‡ Place Lat. Long. Fatalities Mag. MX† (M reference)
01556-01-23January 23, 1556 Shaanxi, China
see Shaanxi Earthquake		 34.5 109.7 830,000+ 8.2~.3
01668-08-17August 17, 1668 Anatolia, Turkey 40 36 8,000 8
01700-01-26January 26, 1700 Cascadia subduction zone
see Cascadia Earthquake		 9 M (Satake et al, 1996)
01755-11-01November 1, 1755 10:16 Lisbon, Portugal
see 1755 Lisbon earthquake		 36 -11 80,000 8.7 MI (Johnston, 1996)
01811-12-16December 16, 1811 08:00 New Madrid, Missouri, USA
see New Madrid Earthquake		 36.6 -89.6 8.1 MI (Johnston, 1996)
01812-01-23January 23, 1812 15:00 New Madrid, Missouri, USA 36.6 -89.6 7.8 MI (Johnston, 1996)
01812-02-07February 7, 1812 09:45 New Madrid, Missouri, USA 36.6 -89.6 8 MI (Johnston, 1996)
01823-06-02June 2, 1823 08:00 south flank of Kilauea, Hawaii, USA 19.3 -155 7 MI (Klein and Wright, 2000)
01836-06-10June 10, 1836 15:30 south San Francisco Bay region, California, Mexico (now USA) 36.9 -121.5 6.5 MI (Bakun, 1999)
01838-06-31June 1838 San Francisco Peninsula, California, Mexico (now USA) 37.3 -123.2 6.8 MI (Bakun, 1999)
01843-01-05January 5, 1843 02:45 Marked Tree, Arkansas, USA 35.5 -90.5 6.3 MI (Johnston, 1996)
01857-01-09January 9, 1857 16:24 Fort Tejon, California, USA (San Andreas fault from Parkfield to Wrightwood)
see Fort Tejon earthquake		 1 7.9 M (Grant and Sieh, 1993; Stein and Hanks, 1998)
01857-12-16December 16, 1857 21:00 Naples, Italy 40.3 16 11,000 6.9 MI
01865-10-08October 8, 1865 20:46 San Jose, California, USA 37.2 121.9 6.5 MI (Bakun, 1999)
01868-04-03April 3, 1868 02:25 Hilea, southeast Hawaii, Hawaii, USA 19.2 -155.5 77 7.9 MI (Klein and Wright, 2000)
01868-10-21October 21, 1868 15:53 Hayward, California, USA, Hayward Fault Zone 37.7 -122.1 30 6.8 MI (Bakun, 1999)
01871-02-20February 20, 1871 08:42 Molokai, Hawaii, USA 21.2 -156.9 6.8 MI (Klein and Wright, 2000)
01872-03-26March 26, 1872 10:30 Owens Valley, California, USA
see 1872 Lone Pine earthquake		 36.5 -118 27 7.6 M (Beanland and Clark, 1994)
01872-12-15December 15, 1872 05:40 north Cascades, Washington, USA 47.9 -120.3 7.3 MI (Malone and Bor, 1979; Rogers et al., 1983)
01873-11-23November 23, 1873 05:00 California-Oregon coast, USA 42.2 -124.2 7.3 MI (Bakun, 2000)
01886-08-31August 31, 1886 02:51 Charleston, South Carolina, USA 32.9 -80 60 7.3 MI (Johnston, 1996)
01890-04-24April 24, 1890 11:36 Corralitos, California, USA 37 121.8 6.3 MI (Bakun, 1999)
01891-10-27October 27, 1891 21:38 Mino-Owari (Gifu-Aichi Prefectures), Tōkai region, Japan
see Nōbi Earthquake		 35.6 136.6 7,273 8 MS
01892-04-19April 19, 1892 10:50 Vacaville, California, USA 38.5 -121.8 1 6.4 MI (Bakun, 1999)
01892-04-21April 21, 1892 17:43 Winters, California, USA 38.6 -122 6.4 MI (Bakun, 1999)
01895-10-31October 31, 1895 11:08 Charleston, Missouri, USA 37 -89.4 6.6 MI (Johnston, 1996)
01896-06-15June 15, 1896 19:32 Off the Pacific coast of Sanriku, Iwate Prefecture, Tōhoku region, Japan 39.5 144 8.5 (approx) M
01897-06-12June 12, 1897 11:06 Assam, India 26 91 1,500 8.3
01897-06-20June 20, 1897 20:14 Calaveras Fault, California, USA 37 -121.6 6.3 MI (Bakun, 1999)
01898-03-31March 31, 1898 07:43 Mare Island, California, USA 38.1 122.4 6.3 MI (Bakun, 1999)
01898-04-15April 15, 1898 07:07 Mendocino County, California, USA 39.3 -123.9 6.8 MI (Bakun, 2000)
01899-09-04September 4, 1899 00:22 Cape Yakataga, Alaska, USA 60 -142 7.9 MS
01899-09-10September 10, 1899 21:41 Yakutat Bay, Alaska, USA 60 -142 8 MS
01900-10-09October 9, 1900 12:28 Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA 57.1 -153.5 7.7 MS
01901-03-03March 3, 1901 07:45 Parkfield, California, USA 36.2 -120.7 6.4 MS (Abe, 1988)
01904-08-27August 27, 1904 21:56 Fairbanks, Alaska, USA 64.7 -148.1 7.3 MS
01905-07-09July 9, 1905 09:40 Mongolia 49 99 8.4 M
01906-01-31January 31, 1906 15:36 Colombia-Ecuador 1 -81.5 1,000 8.8 M
01906-04-18April 18, 1906 13:12 San Francisco, California, USA (San Andreas fault from Cape Mendocino to San Juan Bautista)
see San Francisco earthquake of 1906		 3,000 7.8 M (Bakun, 1999)
01906-08-17August 17, 1906 00:40 Valparaíso, Chile -33 -72 20,000 8.2 M
01908-12-28December 28, 1908 04:20 Messina & Reggio Calabria, Italy 38.3 15.6 70,000 7.2 MS
01911-07-01July 1, 1911 22:00 Calaveras fault, California, USA 37.39 -121.8 6.5 MS
01915-10-03October 3, 1915 06:52 Pleasant Valley, Nevada, USA 40.5 -117.5 7.1 M (Stover and Coffman, 1993)
01918-10-11October 11, 1918 14:14 Puerto Rico, USA 18.47 -67.63 116 7.5 MS (McCann, 1985)
01918-12-06December 6, 1918 08:41 Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada 49.62 -125.92 7 ML (Gutenberg and Richter, 1954: Rogers, 1983)
01920-12-16December 16, 1920 12:05 Ningxia-Gansu, China
see 1920 Haiyuan earthquake		 36.6 105.32 200,000 8.6 MS
01922-01-31January 31, 1922 13:17 offshore, Cape Mendocino, California, USA 40.7 -125.55 7.3 MG-R (Ellsworth, 1990)
01922-03-10March 10, 1922 11:21 Parkfield, California, USA 35.9 120.9 6.1 M (Bakun and McEvilly, 1984)
01923-01-22January 22, 1923 09:04 offshore, Cape Mendocino, California, USA 40.49 -125.32 7.2 MG-R (Ellsworth, 1990)
01923-09-01September 1, 1923 02:58 Kantō region, Japan
see Great Kantō earthquake		 35.4 139.08 143,000 7.9 M
01925-03-01March 1, 1925 02:19 Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada 47.76 -69.84 6.3 M (Bent, 1992)
01925-06-28June 28, 1925 01:21 Clarkston Valley, Montana, USA 46.32 -111.52 6.6 M (Dosier, 1989)
01925-06-29June 29, 1925 14:42 Santa Barbara, California, USA 34.3 -119.8 13 6.8 M (Stein and Hanks, 1998)
01926-10-22October 22, 1926 12:35 Monterey Bay, California, USA 36.62 -122.35 6.1 MG-R (Ellsworth, 1990)
01926-10-22October 22, 1926 13:35 Monterey Bay, California, USA 36.55 -122.18 6.1 MG-R (Ellsworth, 1990)
01927-03-07March 7, 1927 09:27 Tango Peninsula, northern Kyoto Prefecture, Kinki region, Japan 35.8 134.92 3,020 7.6 MS
01927-05-22May 22, 1927 22:32 Gulang, Gansu, China 37.39 102.31 40,000 7.9 MS
01927-11-04November 4, 1927 13:51 offshore Lompoc, California, USA 34.92 -121.03 7.1 M (Stein and Hanks, 1998)
01929-11-18November 18, 1929 20:32 Grand Banks, Newfoundland, Canada 44.69 -56.01 7.3 M (Bent, 1995)
01932-12-21December 21, 1932 06:10 Cedar Mountain, Nevada, USA 38.51 -118.08 7.2 M
01933-03-02March 2, 1933 17:31 Off the Pacific coast of Sanriku, Iwate Prefecture, Tōhoku region, Japan
see 1933 Sanriku earthquake		 39.22 144.62 2,990 8.4 M
01933-03-11March 11, 1933 01:54 Long Beach, California, USA
see Long Beach earthquake of 1933		 33.6 -118 115 6.4 M (Hauksson & Gross, 1991)
01933-11-20November 20, 1933 23:21 Baffin Bay, Canada 73 -69.98 7.4 M (Stein et al. 1979)
01934-01-15January 15, 1934 08:43 Bihar, India 27.55 87.09 10,700 8.1 M (Chen and Molnar, 1977)
01934-06-08June 8, 1934 04:47 Parkfield, California, USA 35.9 -120.9 6.1 M (Bakun and McEvilly, 1984)
01935-11-01November 1, 1935 06:03 Témiscaming, Quebec, Canada
See 1935 Timiskaming earthquake.		 48.89 -79 6.2 M (Bent, 1996)
01937-07-22July 22, 1937 17:09 Salcha, Alaska, USA 64.49 -146.85 7.3 MS
01938-01-23January 23, 1938 08:32 Maui, Hawaii, USA 20.96 -156.18 6.8 MS (Klein and Wright, 2000)
01938-11-10November 10, 1938 20:18 Shumagin Islands, Alaska, USA 55.33 -158.37 8.2 M
01939-12-26December 26, 1939 23:57 Erzincan, Turkey
see 1939 Erzincan earthquake		 39.77 39.53 32,700 7.8 MS
01940-05-19May 19, 1940 04:36 Imperial Valley, California, USA 32.73 -115.5 9 7.1 M (Ellsworth, 1990)
01940-11-10November 10, 1940 01:39 Vrancea, Romania 45.80 26.70 4,000 7.4 M (LT, 2007)
01944-12-07December 7, 1944 04:35 Off the east coast of Kii Peninsula, Wakayama Prefecture, Kinki region, Japan
known as 東南海地震 (Tōnankai jisjin ?)		 33.75 136 1,223 8.1 M
01946-04-01April 1, 1946 12:28 Unimak Island, Alaska, USA 52.75 -163.5 165 7.3 MS (Stover and Coffman, 1993)
01946-06-23June 23, 1946 17:13 Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
see 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake		 49.75 -124.5 7.3 ML (Gutenberg and Richter, 1954: Rogers, 1983)
01946-08-04August 4, 1946 17:51 Dominican Republic 19.25 -69 100 8 MS (Abe, 1981)
01946-12-20December 20, 1946 19:19 Off southern Wakayama Prefecture, Kinki-Shikoku regions, Japan
see 1946 Nankaidō earthquake		 32.5 134.5 1,330 8.1 M
01947-10-16October 16, 1947 02:09 Fairbanks, Alaska, USA 64.2 -148.3 7.2 M
01949-04-13April 13, 1949 19:55 Olympia, Washington, USA 47.1 -122.7 8 7.1 ML (Baker and Langston, 1987)
01949-08-22August 22, 1949 04:01 Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada
see 1949 Queen Charlotte earthquake		 53.62 -133.27 8.1 MS (Gutenberg and Richter, 1954)
01950-08-15August 15, 1950 14:09 Assam-Tibet 28.5 96.5 1,526 8.6 M
01951-08-21August 21, 1951 10:57 Kona, Hawaii, USA 19.5 -155.95 6.9 MS (Klein and Wright, 2000)
01952-07-21July 21, 1952 11:52 Kern County, California, USA 34.95 -119.05 12 7.3 M (Stein and Hanks, 1998)
01952-11-04November 4, 1952 16:58 Kamchatka, Russia
see Kamchatka earthquakes		 52.76 160.06 9 M
01954-03-29March 29, 1954 06:17 Spain 37.03 -3.51 7.9 M
01954-07-06July 6, 1954 11:13 Rainbow Mountain, Nevada, USA 39.42 -118.53 6.6 M (Ellsworth, 1990)
01954-08-24August 24, 1954 05:51 Stillwater, Nevada, USA 39.58 -118.45 6.8 M (Ellsworth, 1990)
01954-12-16December 16, 1954 11:07 Fairview Peak, Nevada, USA 39.32 -118.2 7.1 M (Ellsworth, 1990)
01954-12-16December 16, 1954 11:11 Dixie Valley, Nevada, USA 39.5 -118 6.8 M (Ellsworth, 1990)
01955-10-24October 24, 1955 04:10 Concord, California, USA 38 -122.1 1 5.4 ML (Bolt and Miller, 1975)
01957-03-09March 9, 1957 14:22 Andreanof Islands, Alaska, USA
see 1957 Andreanof Islands Earthquake		 51.56 -175.39 9.1 M
01957-12-04December 4, 1957 03:37 Govi-Altai Province, Mongolia 45.15 99.21 30 8.1 M
01958-04-07April 7, 1958 15:30 Huslia, Alaska, USA 65.94 -156.37 7.3 M
01958-07-10July 10, 1958 06:15 Fairweather, Alaska, USA
comment caused megatsunami in Lituya Bay, Alaska		 58.37 -136.66 5 7.7 M
01959-08-18August 18, 1959 06:37 Hebgen Lake, Montana, USA
see 1959 Yellowstone earthquake		 44.6 -110.64 28 7.3 M (Dosier, 1985)
01960-02-29February 29, 1960 23:40 Agadir, Morocco
see 1960 Agadir earthquake)		 30.5 -9.3 10,000 5.7 M
01960-05-22May 22, 1960 19:11 Valdivia, Chile
see Great Chilean Earthquake		 -38.24 -73.05 5,700 9.5 M
01964-03-28March 28, 1964 03:36 Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA
see Good Friday Earthquake		 61.02 -147.65 125 9.2 M
01964-06-16June 16, 1964 04:01 Off northern Niigata Prefecture, Chūbu region, Japan 38.43 139.23 26 7.5 M
01965-02-04February 4, 1965 05:01 Rat Islands, Alaska, USA 51.21 -178.5 8.7 M
01965-04-29April 29, 1965 08:29 Seattle-Tacoma, Washington, USA 47.32 -122.33 7 6.5 ML (Algermissen and Harding, 1965)
01966-06-28June 28, 1966 04:26 Parkfield, California, USA 35.88 -120.49 6.1 M (Tsai and Aki, 1969)
01966-09-12September 12, 1966 16:41 Truckee, California, USA 39.38 -120.22 5.9 M (Tsai and Aki, 1970)
01967-12-10December 10, 1967 22:51 Koyna, India 17.39 73.77 6.3 M (Langston, 1976)
01968-08-31August 31, 1968 22:51 Dasht Bayaz & Ferdows, Iran
see 1968 Dasht-e Bayaz and Ferdows earthquake		 33.9 59.02 7,000-12,000sm=n 7.3
01969-10-02October 2, 1969 06:19 Santa Rosa, California, USA 38.3 -122.76 1 5.7 ML (Bolt and Miller, 1975)
01970-05-31May 31, 1970 20:23 Peru -9.25 -78.84 66,000 7.9 M
01970-07-31July 31, 1970 17:08 Colombia -1.49 -72.56 8 MS
01971-02-09February 9, 1971 14:00 Sylmar, California, USA
see Sylmar earthquake		 34.4 -118.39 65 6.7 M (Heaton, 1982)
01972-12-23December 23, 1972 06:29 Managua, Nicaragua
see 1972 Nicaragua earthquake		 12.35 86.12 6,000 6.2 MW (Brown, R. D., P. L. Ward, and G. Plafker (1973))
01975-02-04February 4, 1975 11:36 Haicheng, China
see 1975 Haicheng earthquake		 40.72 122.73 10,000 7 M (Cipar, 1979)
01975-08-01August 1, 1975 20:20 Oroville, California, USA 39.5 -121.39 5.8 M
01975-11-29November 29, 1975 14:47 south flank of Kilauea, Hawaii, USA 19.45 -155.03 2 7.2 MS (Klein and Wright, 2000)
01976-02-04February 4, 1976 09:01 Guatemala 15.3 -89.14 23,000 7.5 M
01976-07-27July 27, 1976 19:42 Tangshan, China
see Tangshan earthquake		 39.61 117.89 242,419* 7.6 M
01978-09-16September 16, 1978 19:38 Tabas, Yazd Province, Iran
see 1978 Tabas earthquake		 7.7
01979-08-06August 6, 1979 17:05 Coyote Lake, California, USA 37.11 -121.52 5.7 M (Ellsworth, 1990)
01979-10-15October 15, 1979 23:17 Imperial Valley, California, USA 32.82 -115.65 6.4 M (Hartzell and Heaton, 1983)
01980-01-24January 24, 1980 19:00 Livermore, California, USA 37.71 -121.73 5.8 M (Bolt et al., 1981)
01980-05-25May 25, 1980 16:33 Mammoth Lakes, California, USA 37.6 -118.83 6.1 M (Ellsworth, 1990)
01980-05-25May 25, 1980 16:49 Mammoth Lakes, California, USA 37.65 -118.9 5.9 ML (Ellsworth, 1990)
01980-05-25May 25, 1980 19:44 Mammoth Lakes, California, USA 37.55 -118.82 5.8 M (Ellsworth, 1990)
01980-05-27May 27, 1980 14:50 Mammoth Lakes, California, USA 37.48 -118.8 6 M (Ellsworth, 1990)
01980-11-08November 8, 1980 10:27 Gorda Plate, California, USA 41.12 -124.67 7.2 M (Ellsworth, 1990)
01980-11-23November 23, 1980 19:34 Irpinia, Southern Italy 40.87 15.31 2735 6.8 M
01983-05-02May 2, 1983 23:42 Coalinga, California, USA 36.23 -120.32 6.5 M (Ellsworth, 1990)
01983-03-31March 31, 1983 Popayan, Cauca, Colombia 197 5.5
01983-10-28October 28, 1983 14:06 Borah Peak, Idaho, USA 44.09 -113.8 2 7 M (PDE Monthly Listing)
01983-11-16November 16, 1983 16:13 Kaoiki, Hawaii, USA 19.44 155.38 6.7 M (PDE Monthly Listing)
01984-04-24April 24, 1984 21:15 Morgan Hill, California, USA 37.3 -121.71 6.2 M (PDE Monthly Listing)
01984-11-23November 23, 1984 18:08 Round Valley, California, USA 37.45 -118.6 5.7 M (Ellsworth, 1990)
01985-09-19September 19, 1985 13:17 Michoacán, Mexico
see 1985 Mexico City earthquake		 18.44 -102.36 9,500 8 M (PDE Monthly Listing)
01985-12-23December 23, 1985 05:16 Nahanni, Northwest Territories, Canada 62.16 -124.31 6.8 M (Wetmiller et al., 1988)
01986-05-07May 7, 1986 22:47 Andreanof Islands, Alaska, USA 51.56 -174.81 8 M (PDE Monthly Listing)
01986-07-08July 8, 1986 09:20 north Palm Springs, California, USA 33.97 -116.78 6.1 M (Hartzell, 1989)
01986-07-21July 21, 1986 14:42 Chalfant Valley, California, USA 37.53 -118.43 6.2 M (Ellsworth, 1990)
01987-10-01October 1, 1987 14:42 Whittier Narrows, California, USA
see Whittier Narrows earthquake		 34.06 -118.13 8 5.9 M (Hartzell and Iida, 1990)
01987-11-30November 30, 1987 19:23 Gulf of Alaska, USA 58.84 -142.6 7.9 M (PDE Monthly Listing)
01988-01-22January 22, 1988 00:35 Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia -19.87 133.78 6.3 M (Choy and Bowman, 1990)
01988-01-22January 22, 1988 03:57 Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia -19.88 133.83 6.4 M (Choy and Bowman, 1990)
01988-01-22January 22, 1988 12:04 Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia -19.9 133.83 6.6 M (Choy and Bowman, 1990)
01988-03-06March 6, 1988 22:35 Gulf of Alaska, USA 57.26 -142.75 7.8 M (PDE Monthly Listing)
01988-11-25November 25, 1988 23:46 Saguenay, Quebec, Canada 48.06 -71.27 5.9 M (Boatwright and Choy, 1992)
01988-12-07December 7, 1988 07:41 Spitak, Armenia
see Spitak Earthquake		 40.93 44.11 25,000 6.8 M (PDE Monthly Listing)
01989-10-17October 17, 1989 00:04 Loma Prieta, California, USA
see Loma Prieta earthquake		 37.14 -121.76 63 6.9 M (Wald et al., 1991)
01989-12-25December 25, 1989 14:24 Ungava Peninsula, Quebec, Canada 60.07 -73.54 6 M (Bent, 1994)
01991-06-28June 28, 1991 14:43 Sierra Madre, California, USA 34.25 -117.95 2 5.6 M (Wald et al., 1991)
01991-08-17August 17, 1991 22:17 Honeydew, California, USA 41.79 -125.58 7.1 M (PDE Monthly Listing)
01992-04-23April 23, 1992 04:50 Joshua Tree, California, USA 33.87 -116.55 6.1 M (Hauksson et al., 1993)
01992-04-25April 25, 1992 18:06 Cape Mendocino, California, USA 40.38 -124.05 7.2 M (PDE Monthly Listing)
01992-04-26April 26, 1992 07:41 offshore, Cape Mendocino, California, USA 40.55 -124.29 6.5 M (Oppenheimer et al., 1993)
01992-04-26April 26, 1992 11:18 offshore, Cape Mendocino, California, USA 40.44 -124.43 6.7 M (Oppenheimer et al., 1993)
01992-06-28June 28, 1992 11:57 Landers, California, USA 34.2 -116.52 3 7.3 M (Sieh et al. 1993)
01992-06-29June 29, 1992 10:14 Little Skull Mountain, Nevada, USA 36.77 -116.32 5.7 M (Walter, 1993)
01992-09-02September 2, 1992 00:16 Nicaragua 11.77 -87.35 116 7.7 M (PDE Monthly Listing)
01993-09-29September 29, 1993 22:25 Latur-Killari, India 18.08 76.52 9,748 6.2 M (PDE Monthly Listing)
01994-01-17January 17, 1994 12:30 Northridge, California, USA
see 1994 Northridge Earthquake		 34.18 -118.56 60 6.7 M (PDE Monthly Listing)
01994-06-09June 9, 1994 00:33 Bolivia -13.86 -67.49 5 8.2 M (PDE Monthly Listing)
01994-09-01September 1, 1994 15:15 Cape Mendocino, California, USA 40.38 -125.78 7.1 M (PDE Monthly Listing)
01995-01-17January 17, 1995 05:46 Southern Hyōgo Prefecture, Kinki region, Japan
see Kōbe earthquake		 34.57 135.03 5,502 6.9 M (PDE Monthly Listing)
01997-05-21May 21, 1997 22:51 Jabalpur, India 23.07 80.12 38 5.8 M (Singh et al., 1999)
01998-07-17July 17, 1998 08:49 New Guinea, Papua New Guinea -2.94 142.58 2,183 7 M (PDE Monthly Listing)
01999-01-25January 25, 1999 18:19 Colombia 4.45 -75.65 1,185 6.2
01999-08-17August 17, 1999 00:01 İzmit, Turkey
see İzmit earthquake		 40.77 30 17,118 7.6 M (PDE Monthly Listing)
01999-09-20September 20, 1999 17:47 Chi-Chi, Taiwan
see Chi-Chi earthquake		 23.82 120.86 2,400 7.7 M (PDE Monthly Listing)
01999-10-16October 16, 1999 09:46 Hector Mine, California, USA 34.56 -116.44 7.2 M (PDE Monthly Listing)
01999-11-12November 12, 1999 16:57 Düzce, Turkey 40.82 31.23 894 7.2 M (PDE Monthly Listing)
02000-09-03September 3, 2000 08:36 Napa, California, USA 38.38 -122.41 5 M (BRK)
02000-11-16November 16, 2000 04:54 New Ireland, Papua New Guinea -4 152.33 8
02001-01-13January 13, 2001 17:33 El Salvador 13.04 -88.66 844 7.7 M (PDE Monthly Listing)
02001-01-26January 26, 2001 03:16 Gujarat, India
see 2001 Gujarat Earthquake		 23.39 70.23 20,085 7.7 M (PDE Monthly Listing)
02001-02-28February 28, 2001 18:54 Olympia, Washington, USA
see Nisqually Earthquake		 47.11 -122.6 6.8 M (PDE Monthly Listing)
02001-06-23June 23, 2001 20:33 coastal Peru -16.3 -73.55 75 8.4 M (PDE Monthly Listing)
02002-03-25March 25, 2002 14:56 Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan 36.06 69.32 1,000 6.1 M (PDE Monthly Listing)
02002-04-20April 20, 2002 10:50 Au Sable Forks, New York, USA 44.51 -73.7 5.2 M (PDE Monthly Listing)
02002-11-03November 3, 2002 22:12 Denali National Park, Alaska, USA
see 2002 Denali earthquake		 63.52 -147.44 7.9 M (QED)
02003-05-21May 21, 2003 18:44 Boumerdès, Algeria
see 2003 Algeria earthquake		 36.96 3.63 2,266 6.8 M (QED)
02003-09-25September 25, 2003 19:50 Southeast off Tokachi-Hidaka Subprefectures, Hokkaidō, Japan
see 2003 Hokkaido earthquake
known as 十勝沖地震 (Tokachi-oki jishin ?)		 41.82 143.91 8.3 M (PDE Monthly Listing)
02003-11-17November 17, 2003 06:43 Rat Islands, Alaska, USA 51.15 178.65 7.8 M (PDE Monthly Listing)
02003-12-22December 22, 2003 19:15 San Simeon, California, USA 35.71 -121.10 2 6.6 M (PDE Monthly Listing)
02003-12-26December 26, 2003 01:56 southeastern Iran
see Bam: 2003 earthquake		 29.00 58.31 31,000 6.6 M (PDE Monthly Listing)
02004-09-28September 28, 2004 17:15 Parkfield, California, USA
see Parkfield earthquake		 35.81 -120.37 6.0 M (QED)
02004-12-26December 26, 2004 00:58 off west coast northern Sumatra, Indonesia
see 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake		 3.30 95.87 300,000 is the Minimum number of dead and missing according to several sources 9.3 M (QED)
02005-03-28March 28, 2005 16:09 Northern Sumatra, Indonesia
see 2005 Sumatra earthquake		 2.07 97.01 1,313 8.7 M (QED)
02007-10-30October 30, 2007 16:09 San Jose, California 37 122 0 5.6 M (QED)
02008-05-12May 12, 2008 14:28 Sichuan, Gansu and Shaanxi, China 31.0 103.4 65,000 current estimate* 8.0 M (QED)

† MG-R = Gutenberg and Richter's (1954) magnitude, MS = 20 s surface-wave magnitude, M = moment magnitude (Hanks and Kanamori, 1979), and MI is an intensity magnitude, ML is local magnitude (Richter, 1935). 
‡ GMT
 * Fatalities estimated as high as 655,000.
 * Current death toll 69,197, could be over 87,000.

Source: United States Geological Survey (USGS) [2]

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464 BC Sparta, Greece  ? – Led to a helot uprising and strained relations with Athens, one of the factors that led to the Peloponnesian War –
226 BC Rhodes, Greece  ? – Destroyed Colossus of Rhodes and city of Kameiros –
365 Knossos, Crete (Greece) "thousands" XI 365 Crete earthquake Ammianus Marcellinus[1] and numerous other late antique writers[2]
365 Cyrene, Libya  ? –   –
518 Sagalassos, Turkey - –  Recent excavation of statues of Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, Faustina the Elder[3][4][5] Sagalassos#History
May 19, 526 Antioch, Syria (article) 250,000 –  526's Antioch earthquake, dommaged greatly the city of Antioch, some decade later, the city was just 300.000. Procopius, II.14.6; sources based on John of Ephesus
844 Damascus, Syria 50,000 VIII   –
847 Mosul, Iraq 50,000 –   –
847 Damascus, Syria 70,000 X   –
856 Corinth, Greece 45,000 –   –
893 Caucasus 82,000 –   –
893 Udaipur, India 180,000 –   –
893 Ardabil, Iran 150,000 –   –
1036 Shanxi, China 23,000 –   –
1042 Palmyra, Baalbek, Syria 50,000 X   –
1057 Chihli (Hopeh), China 25,000 –   –
1138 Ganzah, Aleppo, Syria 230,000 XI  
1156-1157 Syria  ? – –
1170 Sicily 15,000 –   –
June 29, 1170 Eastern Mediterranean 5,000[6]-80,000 in Aleppo
25,000 in Hama		 7.3-7.5[7] -7.7[8] Syria, Lebanon, central southern Turkey Numerous sources from Crusader times[9]
July 5, 1201 Eastern Mediterranean 1,100,000 IX Damage across a wide area from Syria to Upper Egypt –
1268 Cilicia, Anatolia (Turkey) 60,000 – 1268 Cilicia earthquake –
September 27, 1290 Chihli (Hopeh), China 100,000 6.7   –
May 26, 1293 Kamakura, (now in Kanagawa Prefecture, Kantō region,) Japan 30,000 –   –
October 18, 1356 Basel, Switzerland 1,000 6.5 Basel earthquake –
May 21, 1382 Canterbury, UK  ? 5.8 Struck during synod - later called "Earthquake Synod" - called to condemn heresy of John Wycliffe - some saw as portentous [10]/[11]
February 2, 1428 Catalonia (now Spain) 100s VIII–IX The Catalan earthquake of 2 February 1428 is sometimes called the terratrèmol de la candelera because it took place during the Candlemas. [12]/[13]
September 10, 1509 Istanbul, Turkey
see 1509 Istanbul earthquake		 10,000 7.2 –
January 26, 1531 Lisbon, Portugal 30,000 –   –
July 13, 1605 Qiongshan, Hainan, China 3,000 X   –
April 6, 1667 Dubrovnik, Croatia 3,000 7,5   –
November 25, 1667 Shemakha, Azerbaijan 80,000 XII   –
June 7, 1692 Port Royal, Jamaica 30,000 –   –
January 11, 1693 Catania Province, Sicily 60,000 –   –
1693 Naples, Italy 93,000 –   –
1707 Japan (seismic wave) 30,000 –   –
1731 Beijing, China 100,000 –   –
October 16, 1737 Kamchatka, Russia 9.3 See Kamchatka earthquakes –
June 7, 1755 Northern Persia 40,000 –   –
November 18, 1755 Boston, Massachusetts, USA 0 –   –
February 28, 1780 Iran 200,000 – Latitude: 38, longitude: 46.2 –
February 4—5, March 28, 1783 Calabria, Italy 35,000 –   –
February 4, 1797 Quito, Ecuador & Cuzco, Peru 41,000 –   –
February 10, 1797 Sumatra, East Indies (now Indonesia) 300 8.4   –
November 22, 1800, 1:30 p.m. local time San Diego, California, USA (lat. 34.00, long. 117.18) Unknown 6.5 Resulted in varying levels of damage at Mission San Diego de Alcalá, Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, and Mission San Juan Capistrano California Earthquake History 1769-Present
December 8, 1812, 9:45 a.m. local time Wrightwood, California, USA (lat. 34.22, long. 117.39) 42 7.0 Destroyed the "Great Stone Church" at Mission San Juan Capistrano Southern California Earthquake Data Center
December 21, 1812, 11:00 a.m. local time Santa Barbara Channel, California, USA (lat. 34.12, long. 119.54) 0 7.0 Destroyed the church at Mission Santa Barbara, caused near-total destruction at Mission La Purísima Concepción, and considerable damage at Mission Santa Inés Southern California Earthquake Data Center
November 25, 1833 Sumatra, East Indies (now Indonesia) 8.7   –
May 8, 1847 Around Zenkō-ji Temple, (now in Nagano Prefecture, Chūbu region,) Japan more than 8,300 7.4 2,094 houses lost by fire with quake at Nagano –
January 23, 1855 21:11 local time Wairarapa, New Zealand 4 ~8.0 Raised sections of Wellington coastline by 2 metres –
November 11, 1855 Edo (now Tokyo, Kantō region), Japan more than 4,700 6.9 10,000 house destroyed in Edo 安政の大地震 in Japanese
February 16, 1861 Sumatra, East Indies (now Indonesia) 8.5   –
September 9, 1880, 7:04 local time Zagreb, Croatia 1 6.3   –
April 4, 1905 Kangra, India 20,000 7.8 Kangra district HQ Dharamsala devastated [3]
June 11, 1909 Lambesc, France 46 6,2 Highest magnitude earthquake ever recorded in continental France. 250 wounded. 2,000 buildings damaged French Wikipedia article
February 3, 1931, 10:47 local time Napier, New Zealand
see Napier earthquake		 258 7.9 Much of city destroyed; 40 km² of seabed raised to become dry land –
December 25, 1932, Gansu, China 70,000 7.6 –
April 21, 1935, 6:02 local time Shinchiku-Taichū, Taiwan 3,279 7.1 –
December 20, 1942, Turkey
see NAFZ		 6.9 –
November 26, 1943, Turkey
see NAFZ		 7.7 –
January 15, 1944, 20:50 GMT-3 San Juan, Argentina 8,000 ~ 10,000 IX (7.8) The 30 second long earthquake destroyed 95% of the city, located 30 km from the epicentre. –
February 1, 1944, Turkey
see NAFZ		 7.5 –
August 17, 1949, Turkey
see NAFZ		 7.1 –
August 13, 1951, Turkey
see NAFZ		 6.8 –
August 8-August 12, 1953 Kefalonia, Greece
 476 7.2 113 tremors over five days –
May 26, 1957, Turkey
see NAFZ		 6.8 –
July 26, 1963 Skopje, Yugoslavia 6.1 see 1963 Skopje earthquake –
August 19, 1966, Turkey
see NAFZ		 6.6 –
July 22, 1967, Turkey
see NAFZ		 7.0 –
October 25 and 26, 1969, 16:30 and 8:00 local time Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 and 20 6.2 and 7.0 –
May 22, 1971, Turkey
see NAFZ		 6.8 –
December 23, 1972 Managua, Nicaragua 5,000 – 20,000 6.3 Somoza mishandling of earthquake aid has been cited as a contributing factor to the Sandinista revolution; devastated largest city in Nicaragua (Managua) –
June 30, 1975 Norris Junction, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA 0 6.1 Largest earthquake in Yellowstone Caldera since 1959 Hebgen Lake event –
March 4, 1977 Bucharest, Romania
see 1977 Bucharest Earthquake		 1500 7.5 Lasted ~5 minutes and left the capital devastated. –
April 15, 1979 Herceg Novi, Dubrovnik, Montenegro, Croatia 100 5.6 –
December 28, 1989 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia 13 5.6 This is the only deadly Australian earthquake recorded to date –
June 21, 1990 Northwestern Iran; see 1990 Manjil-Rudbar earthquake 40000 7.7 –
March 13, 1992 Turkey
see NAFZ		 6.5 –
November 14, 2001 Qinghai,China
see 2001 Kunlun earthquake		 0 7.8 Longest surface rupture (~450 km) ever recorded on land [14]

Note: Magnitudes are generally estimations from intensity data. When no magnitude was available, the maximum intensity, written as a Roman numeral from I to XII, is given.

Recent earthquakes not listed above

2004

Date Time‡ Place Lat. Long. Fatalities Comments Magnitude
September 5, 2004 10:07 and 14:57 UTC (19:07 and 23:57 Local Time) Southeast off Mie Prefecture, Kinki-Tōkai regions, Japan 0 20+ injured, tsunami and flooding 6.9 and 7.4
September 21, 2004 11:05 and 13:32 UTC (13:05/14:05 and 15:32/16:32 Local Time) Baltic Sea Region (Poland, Kaliningrad Oblast, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, Sweden) 0 At least 17 injuries; several damages in Poland and Kaliningrad 4.4 and 5.3
October 8, 2004 15:35 Mindoro, Philippines 13.21 121.65 — Sporadic blackouts 6.6
October 9, 2004 22:26 80 kilometres southwest of Managua, Nicaragua 12 86 0 Minimal damage 6.9
October 23, 2004 08:56 UTC (17:56 Local Time) Mid Niigata Prefecture, Chūbu region, Japan
see 2004 Chūetsu earthquake		 37.3 138.8 46 4801 injured; 103,000+ displaced 6.9
October 27, 2004 18:34 Vrancea, Romania 0 Telephone service interrupted; felt also in Bulgaria, Ukraine, Moldova and Turkey 5.8 (Istanbul's Kandilli Observatory reported 6.5)
November 10, 2004 22:58 Solomon Islands 9 159 0 No injuries nor damage 6.9
November 11, 2004 21:36 96 kilometres west-northwest of Dili, East Timor 6 21 injured 7.3
November 15, 2004 09:00 approx. off coast of Chocó, Colombia 0 11+ injured, 18 homes destroyed, half near Buenaventura 6.7
November 21, 2004 45 kilometres north-northwest of Dominica 1 Half-dozen injured, damage also in Guadeloupe 6.0
November 21, 2004 48 kilometres south-southwest of San José, Costa Rica 8 Half-dozen injured 6.2
November 28, 2004 18:32 UTC (03:32 AM November 29 Local Time) Off Kushiro Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan; 50 km below sea level 0 8 injured, utility services interrupted in hundreds of homes 7.1
December 23, 2004 14:59 495 kilometres north of Macquarie Island, SW of New Zealand 50.24°S 160.13°E 0 Minimal damage reported in southern New Zealand 8.1

2005

Date Time‡ Place Lat. Long. Fatalities Comments Magnitude
February 11, 2005 21:00:23.9 114 kilometres southwest of Haines Junction, Yukon, Canada 60.21°N 139.50°W 0 No damage nor injuries 5.5
February 22, 2005 02:25:21 UTC (05:55:21 AM Local Time) Zarand, Iran
see 2005 Zarand earthquake		 30.726°N 56.817°E 790+ Hundreds injured, damage in some 40 villages, centered 150 miles from Bam, Iran 6.4
March 5, 2005 19:06:52 UTC (03:06:52 AM March 6 Local Time) Near Sua-ho, Taiwan 24.607°N 121.859°E 0 Followed minutes later by a magnitude 5.4 aftershock. 5.7
March 6, 2005 06:17:49 UTC (01:17:49 AM Local Time) Gaspé Peninsula, Canada 47.750°N 69.730°W 0 102 km (63 miles) WNW (303°) from Fort Kent, Maine 5.4
March 20, 2005 01:53 UTC (10:53 AM Local Time) West off Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyūshū region, Japan
see Fukuoka earthquake		 33.54°N 130.12°E 1 1145 injured; 3000+ displaced 7.0
June 12, 2005 15:41 UTC (08:41 AM Local Daylight Time) Anza, California, USA 33.533°E 116.578°SE 0 5.2
June 13, 2005 22:44:33 UTC (18:44:33 Local Time) Tarapacá, Chile 19.896°S 69.125°W 11 115 km (70 miles) ENE of Iquique, Chile. 7.8
June 15, 2005 02:50:53 UTC (18:50:53 June 14 Local Daylight Time) Offshore of Northern California, USA 41.284°N 125.983°W 0 157 km (98 miles) WSW of Crescent City, California. 7.2
June 16, 2005 20:53 UTC (13:53 Local Daylight Time) Yucaipa, California, USA 34.058N 117.011W 5 km NE of Yucaipa, CA 4.9
July 26, 2005 04:10 UTC (22:08 July 25 Local Daylight Time) Butte, Montana, USA 45.35°N 112.867°W 0 77 km (48 miles) SSW of Butte, MT 5.6
August 16, 2005 02:46:30 UTC (11:46:30 AM Local Time) Off the east coast of Miyagi Prefecture, Tōhoku region, Japan
see Miyagi earthquake		 38.259°N 148.980°E 0 95 km (60 miles) E of Sendai, Miyagi. 7.2
September 26, 2005 01:56 UTC (20:56 September 25 Local Time) Northern Peru 2 100 km (60 miles) northeast of the jungle city of Moyobamba in the San Martín Region of Peru, and the earthquake struck an area ab