The following is a list of earthquake lists.
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Main lists
- Historical earthquakes (before 1900)
- List of 20th century earthquakes (1901-2000)
- List of recent earthquakes (2001 to the present)
Lists of earthquakes by country
- List of earthquakes in Algeria
- List of earthquakes in Argentina
- List of earthquakes in Australia
- List of earthquakes in Canada
- List of earthquakes in Chile
- List of earthquakes in China
- List of earthquakes in Eritrea
- List of earthquakes in Guatemala
- List of earthquakes in Iceland
- List of earthquakes in Indonesia
- List of earthquakes in Iran
- List of earthquakes in Italy
- List of earthquakes in Japan
- List of earthquakes in New Zealand
- List of earthquakes in Pakistan
- List of earthquakes in Peru
- List of earthquakes in South Asia
- List of earthquakes in Turkey
- List of earthquakes in the United Kingdom
- List of earthquakes in the United States
Other lists
Largest earthquakes by magnitude
| Pos. | Date | Location | Magnitude |
| 1 | May 22, 1960 | Valdivia, Chile (see: 1960 Valdivia earthquake) | 9.5 |
| 2 | December 26, 2004 | Off west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia (see: 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake) | 9.3 |
| 3 | March 27, 1964 | Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA (see: 1964 Alaska earthquake) | 9.2 |
| 4 | November 4, 1952 | Kamchatka, USSR (see: Kamchatka earthquakes) | 9.0 [1][2] |
| 5 | January 26, 1700 | Cascadia subduction zone (see: 1700 Cascadia earthquake) | ~9 |
| 6 | January 31, 1906 | Colombia-Ecuador | 8.8 |
| 7 | February 4, 1965 | Rat Islands, Alaska, USA | 8.7 |
| 8 | November 25, 1833 | Sumatra, Indonesia (see: 1833 Sumatra earthquake) | 8.8-9.2 |
| 9 | November 1, 1755 | Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal (see: 1755 Lisbon earthquake) | ~8.7 |
| 10 | March 28, 2005 | Sumatra, Indonesia | 8.6-8.7* |
| 11 | March 9, 1957 | Andreanof Islands, Alaska, USA (see: 1957 Andreanof Islands earthquake) | 8.6 |
| 12 | December 16, 1920 | Ningxia-Gansu, China | 8.6 |
| 13 | August 15, 1950 | Assam-Tibet, China | 8.6 |
| 14 | December 16, 1575 | Valdivia, Kingdom of Chile | 8.5 |
| 15 | September 12, 2007 | Sumatra, Indonesia | 8.5 |
| 16 | October 16, 1737 | Kamchatka, Russian Empire (see: Kamchatka earthquakes) | ~8.3 [3][4] |
* Scientists have not yet agreed on an official magnitude.
Deadliest earthquakes on record
| Rank | Name | Date | Location | Fatalities | Magnitude | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Shaanxi" | January 23, 1556 | Shaanxi, China | 830,000 | 8.0 | Death toll skyrocketed in China |
| 2 | "Tangshan" | July 28, 1976 | Tangshan, China | 255,000 (official) | 7.5 | Estimated death toll as high as 655,000. |
| 3 | "Indian Ocean" | December 26, 2004 | Off West coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia | ~230,210 dead and missing | 9.3 | Deaths from earthquake and tsunami. |
| 4 | "Aleppo" | October 11, 1138 | Aleppo, Syria | 230,000 | 8.5 | Death toll disputed as first mention of 230,000 dead was in the 15th century. |
| 5 | "Damghan" | December 22, 856 | Damghan, Iran | 200,000 | ||
| "Gansu" | December 16, 1920 | Ningxia-Gansu, China | 200,000 - 240,000 | 7.8 or 8.5 | Major fractures, landslides. | |
| 7 | "Ardabil" | March 23, 893+ | Ardabil, Iran | 150,000 | ||
| 8 | "Great Kantō" | September 1, 1923 | Kantō region, Japan | 143,000 | 7.9 | Great Tokyo fire. |
| 9 | "Ashgabat" | October 6, 1948 | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 110,000 | 7.3 | |
| 10 | "Kashmir" | October 8, 2005 | N.W.F.P and Kashmir, Pakistan | 100,000 (estimated), 80,000 (official) | 7.6 or 7.8 | 3.5 million people homeless, 100,000 feared dead |
| Source: USGS [1] | ||||||
References
- ^ Historic Earthquakes
- ^ USGS.GOV
- ^ Page on tsunami associated with event from West Coast and Alaska warning center
- ^ Information on earthquake and tsunami from Tsunami Laboratory, Novosibirsk (enter date to get record)
External links
- Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC)
- Earthquakes Canada
- Earthquakes in India
- IRIS Seismic Monitor, Recent earthquakes around the world
- Recent New Zealand earthquakes
- SeismoArchives, Seismogram Archives of Significant Earthquakes of the World
- USGS list of current earthquakes
- USGS list of current earthquakes above M5.0
- USGS list of earthquakes magnitude 6.0 and greater sorted by magnitude
- List of Deadliest Earthquakes
- Earthquake Panic Grips Kenya and Tanzania
- NOAA Significant Earthquakes Global Database, over 6500 events
- Santiago de Cuba earthquake of 11 June 1766
- Database for the damage of world earthquake, ancient period (3000 BC) to year of 2006- Building Research Institute (Japan) (建築研究所) in Japanese
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