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List of earthquakes
The following is a list of major earthquakes.
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 |
M |
MX† (M reference) |
January 23, 1556
|
|
Shensi, China
See 1556 Shanxi earthquake
|
34.5 |
109.7 |
830,000 |
~8 |
|
August 17, 1668
|
|
Anatolia, Turkey
|
40 |
36 |
8,000 |
~8 |
|
January 26, 1700
|
|
Cascadia subduction zone from Northern California to Vancouver Island
See Cascadia Earthquake
|
|
~9 |
M (Satake et al, 1996) |
November 1, 1755
|
10:16 |
Lisbon, Portugal
See 1755 Lisbon earthquake
|
36 |
-11 |
70,000 |
~8.7 |
MI (Johnston, 1996) |
February 28, 1780
|
|
Iran
|
38 |
46.2 |
200,000 |
|
|
December 16, 1811
|
8:00 |
New Madrid, Missouri, United States
See New Madrid Earthquake
|
36.6 |
-89.6 |
|
~8.1 |
MI (Johnston, 1996) |
January 23, 1812
|
15:00 |
New Madrid, Missouri, United States
|
36.6 |
-89.6 |
|
~7.8 |
MI (Johnston, 1996) |
February 7, 1812
|
9:45 |
New Madrid, Missouri, United States
|
36.6 |
-89.6 |
|
~8 |
MI (Johnston, 1996) |
June 2, 1823
|
8:00 |
south flank of Kilauea, Hawaii, United States
|
19.3 |
-155 |
|
~7 |
MI (Klein and Wright, 2000) |
June 10, 1836
|
15:30 |
south San Francisco Bay region, California, United States
|
36.9 |
-121.5 |
|
~6.5 |
MI (Bakun, 1999) |
June 1838
|
|
San Francisco Peninsula, California, United States
|
37.3 |
-123.2 |
|
~6.8 |
MI (Bakun, 1999) |
January 5, 1843
|
2:45 |
Marked Tree, Arkansas, United States
|
35.5 |
-90.5 |
|
~6.3 |
MI (Johnston, 1996) |
January 9, 1857
|
16:24 |
Fort Tejon , California (San Andreas fault from Parkfield to Wrightwood) See Fort Tejon earthquake
|
1 |
~7.9 |
M (Grant and Sieh, 1993; Stein and Hanks, 1998) |
December 16, 1857
|
21:00 |
Naples, Italy
|
40.3 |
16 |
11,000 |
~6.9 |
MI |
October 8, 1865
|
20:46 |
San Jose, California, United States
|
37.2 |
121.9 |
|
~6.5 |
MI (Bakun, 1999) |
April 3, 1868
|
2:25 |
Hilea , southeast Hawaii, Hawaii, United States
|
19.2 |
-155.5 |
77 |
~7.9 |
MI (Klein and Wright, 2000) |
October 21, 1868
|
15:53 |
Hayward, California, United States
|
37.7 |
-122.1 |
30 |
~6.8 |
MI (Bakun, 1999) |
February 20, 1871
|
8:42 |
Molokai, Hawaii, United States
|
21.2 |
-156.9 |
|
~6.8 |
MI (Klein and Wright, 2000) |
March 26, 1872
|
10:30 |
Owens Valley, California, United States
See 1872 Lone Pine earthquake
|
36.5 |
-118 |
27 |
~7.6 |
M (Beanland and Clark, 1994) |
December 15, 1872
|
5:40 |
north Cascades, Washington, United States
|
47.9 |
-120.3 |
|
~7.3 |
MI (Malone and Bor, 1979; Rogers et al., 1983) |
November 23, 1873
|
5:00 |
California-Oregon coast
|
42.2 |
-124.2 |
|
~7.3 |
MI (Bakun, 2000) |
August 31, 1886
|
2:51 |
Charleston, South Carolina, United States
|
32.9 |
-80 |
60 |
~7.3 |
MI (Johnston, 1996) |
April 24, 1890
|
11:36 |
Corralitos, California, United States
|
37 |
121.8 |
|
~6.3 |
MI (Bakun, 1999) |
October 27, 1891
|
21:38 |
Mino-Owari , Japan
|
35.6 |
136.6 |
7,273 |
~8 |
MS |
April 19, 1892
|
10:50 |
Vacaville, California, United States
|
38.5 |
-121.8 |
1 |
~6.4 |
MI (Bakun, 1999) |
April 21, 1892
|
17:43 |
Winters, California, United States
|
38.6 |
-122 |
|
~6.4 |
MI (Bakun, 1999) |
October 31, 1895
|
11:08 |
Charleston, Missouri, United States
|
37 |
-89.4 |
|
~6.6 |
MI (Johnston, 1996) |
June 15, 1896
|
19:32 |
Sanriku , Japan
|
39.5 |
144 |
|
~8.5 |
M |
June 12, 1897
|
11:06 |
Assam, India
|
26 |
91 |
1,500 |
~8.3 |
|
June 20, 1897
|
20:14 |
Calaveras fault , California, United States
|
37 |
-121.6 |
|
~6.3 |
MI (Bakun, 1999) |
March 31, 1898
|
7:43 |
Mare Island, California, United States
|
38.1 |
122.4 |
|
~6.3 |
MI (Bakun, 1999) |
April 15, 1898
|
7:07 |
Mendocino County, California, United States
|
39.3 |
-123.9 |
|
~6.8 |
MI (Bakun, 2000) |
September 4, 1899
|
0:22 |
Cape Yakataga , Alaska, United States
|
60 |
-142 |
|
7.9 |
MS |
September 10, 1899
|
21:41 |
Yakutat Bay , Alaska, United States
|
60 |
-142 |
|
8 |
MS |
October 9, 1900
|
12:28 |
Kodiak Is., Alaska, United States
|
57.1 |
-153.5 |
|
7.7 |
MS |
March 3, 1901
|
7:45 |
Parkfield, California, United States
|
36.2 |
-120.7 |
|
6.4 |
MS (Abe, 1988) |
August 27, 1904
|
21:56 |
Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
|
64.7 |
-148.1 |
|
7.3 |
MS |
July 9, 1905
|
9:40 |
Mongolia
|
49 |
99 |
|
8.4 |
M |
January 31, 1906
|
15:36 |
Colombia-Ecuador
|
1 |
-81.5 |
1,000 |
8.8 |
M |
April 18, 1906
|
13:12 |
San Francisco, California (San Andreas fault from Cape Mendocino to San Juan Bautista)
See San Francisco earthquake of 1906
|
3,000 |
7.8 |
M (Bakun, 1999) |
August 17, 1906
|
0:40 |
Valparaíso, Chile
|
-33 |
-72 |
20,000 |
8.2 |
M |
December 28, 1908
|
4:20 |
Messina, Italy
|
38.3 |
15.6 |
70,000 |
7.2 |
MS |
July 1, 1911
|
22:00 |
Calaveras fault , California, United States
|
37.39 |
-121.8 |
|
6.5 |
MS |
October 3, 1915
|
6:52 |
Pleasant Valley, Nevada, United States
|
40.5 |
-117.5 |
|
7.1 |
M (Stover and Coffman, 1993) |
October 11, 1918
|
14:14 |
Puerto Rico
|
18.47 |
-67.63 |
116 |
7.5 |
MS (McCann, 1985) |
December 6, 1918
|
8:41 |
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
|
49.62 |
-125.92 |
|
7 |
ML (Gutenberg and Richter, 1954: Rogers, 1983) |
December 16, 1920
|
12:05 |
Ningxia-Kansu , China
|
36.6 |
105.32 |
200,000 |
8.6 |
MS |
January 31, 1922
|
13:17 |
offshore, Cape Mendocino , California, United States
|
40.7 |
-125.55 |
|
7.3 |
MG-R (Ellsworth, 1990) |
March 10, 1922
|
11:21 |
Parkfield, California, United States
|
35.9 |
120.9 |
|
6.1 |
M (Bakun and McEvilly, 1984) |
January 22, 1923
|
9:04 |
offshore, Cape Mendocino , California, United States
|
40.49 |
-125.32 |
|
7.2 |
MG-R (Ellsworth, 1990) |
September 1, 1923
|
2:58 |
Kanto, Japan
See Great Kanto Earthquake
|
35.4 |
139.08 |
143,000 |
7.9 |
M |
March 1, 1925
|
2:19 |
Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada
|
47.76 |
-69.84 |
|
6.3 |
M (Bent, 1992) |
June 28, 1925
|
1:21 |
Clarkston Valley , Montana, United States
|
46.32 |
-111.52 |
|
6.6 |
M (Dosier, 1989) |
June 29, 1925
|
14:42 |
Santa Barbara, California, United States
|
34.3 |
-119.8 |
13 |
6.8 |
M (Stein and Hanks, 1998) |
October 22, 1926
|
12:35 |
Monterey Bay, California, United States
|
36.62 |
-122.35 |
|
6.1 |
MG-R (Ellsworth, 1990) |
October 22, 1926
|
13:35 |
Monterey Bay, California, United States
|
36.55 |
-122.18 |
|
6.1 |
MG-R (Ellsworth, 1990) |
March 7, 1927
|
9:27 |
Tango, Japan
|
35.8 |
134.92 |
3,020 |
7.6 |
MS |
May 22, 1927
|
22:32 |
Tsinghai, China
|
37.39 |
102.31 |
200,000 |
7.9 |
MS |
November 4, 1927
|
13:51 |
offshore Lompoc, California, United States
|
34.92 |
-121.03 |
|
7.1 |
M (Stein and Hanks, 1998) |
November 18, 1929
|
20:32 |
Grand Banks, Nova Scotia, Canada
|
44.69 |
-56.01 |
|
7.3 |
M (Bent,1995) |
December 21, 1932
|
6:10 |
Cedar Mountain , Nevada, United States
|
38.51 |
-118.08 |
|
7.2 |
M |
March 2, 1933
|
17:31 |
Sanriku , Japan
|
39.22 |
144.62 |
2,990 |
8.4 |
M |
March 11, 1933
|
1:54 |
Long Beach, California, United States
|
33.6 |
-118 |
115 |
6.4 |
M (Hauksson & Gross, 1991) |
November 20, 1933
|
23:21 |
Baffin Bay, Canada
|
73 |
-69.98 |
|
7.4 |
M (Stein et al. 1979) |
January 15, 1934
|
8:43 |
Bihar, India
|
27.55 |
87.09 |
10,700 |
8.1 |
M (Chen and Molnar, 1977) |
June 8, 1934
|
4:47 |
Parkfield, California, United States
|
35.9 |
-120.9 |
|
6.1 |
M (Bakun and McEvilly, 1984) |
November 1, 1935
|
6:03 |
Timiskaming , Quebec, Canada
|
48.89 |
-79 |
|
6.2 |
M (Bent, 1996) |
July 22, 1937
|
17:09 |
Salcha , Alaska, United States
|
64.49 |
-146.85 |
|
7.3 |
MS |
January 23, 1938
|
8:32 |
Maui, Hawaii, United States
|
20.96 |
-156.18 |
|
6.8 |
MS (Klein and Wright, 2000) |
November 10, 1938
|
20:18 |
Shumagin Islands, Alaska, United States
|
55.33 |
-158.37 |
|
8.2 |
M |
December 26, 1939
|
23:57 |
Erzincan, Turkey
|
39.77 |
39.53 |
32,700 |
7.8 |
MS |
May 19, 1940
|
4:36 |
Imperial Valley, California, United States
|
32.73 |
-115.5 |
9 |
7.1 |
M (Ellsworth, 1990) |
December 7, 1944
|
4:35 |
Tonankai , Japan
|
33.75 |
136 |
1,223 |
8.1 |
M |
April 1, 1946
|
12:28 |
Unimak Is., Alaska, United States
|
52.75 |
-163.5 |
165 |
7.3 |
MS (Stover and Coffman, 1993) |
June 23, 1946
|
17:13 |
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
|
49.75 |
-124.5 |
|
7.3 |
ML (Gutenberg and Richter, 1954: Rogers, 1983) |
August 4, 1946
|
17:51 |
Dominican Republic
|
19.25 |
-69 |
100 |
8 |
MS (Abe, 1981) |
December 20, 1946
|
19:19 |
Nankaido, Japan
|
32.5 |
134.5 |
1,330 |
8.1 |
M |
October 16, 1947
|
2:09 |
Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
|
64.2 |
-148.3 |
|
7.2 |
M |
April 13, 1949
|
19:55 |
Olympia, Washington, United States
See Nisqually Earthquake
|
47.1 |
-122.7 |
8 |
7.1 |
ML (Baker and Langston, 1987) |
August 22, 1949
|
4:01 |
Queen Charlotte Is., British Columbia, Canada
|
53.62 |
-133.27 |
|
8.1 |
MS (Gutenberg and Richter, 1954) |
August 15, 1950
|
14:09 |
Assam-Tibet |
28.5 |
96.5 |
1,526 |
8.6 |
M |
August 21, 1951
|
10:57 |
Kona, Hawaii, United States
|
19.5 |
-155.95 |
|
6.9 |
MS (Klein and Wright, 2000) |
July 21, 1952
|
11:52 |
Kern County, California, United States
|
34.95 |
-119.05 |
12 |
7.3 |
M (Stein and Hanks, 1998) |
November 4, 1952
|
16:58 |
Kamchatka, Russia
|
52.76 |
160.06 |
|
9 |
M |
March 29, 1954
|
6:17 |
Spain
|
37.03 |
-3.51 |
|
7.9 |
M |
July 6, 1954
|
11:13 |
Rainbow Mtn , Nevada, United States
|
39.42 |
-118.53 |
|
6.6 |
M (Ellsworth, 1990) |
August 24, 1954
|
5:51 |
Stillwater, Nevada, United States
|
39.58 |
-118.45 |
|
6.8 |
M (Ellsworth, 1990) |
December 16, 1954
|
11:07 |
Fairview Peak , Nevada, United States
|
39.32 |
-118.2 |
|
7.1 |
M (Ellsworth, 1990) |
December 16, 1954
|
11:11 |
Dixie Valley , Nevada, United States
|
39.5 |
-118 |
|
6.8 |
M (Ellsworth, 1990) |
October 24, 1955
|
4:10 |
Concord, California, United States
|
38 |
-122.1 |
1 |
5.4 |
ML (Bolt and Miller, 1975) |
March 9, 1957
|
14:22 |
Andreanof Is., Alaska, United States
|
51.56 |
-175.39 |
|
9.1 |
M |
December 4, 1957
|
3:37 |
Gobi-Altai, Mongolia
|
45.15 |
99.21 |
30 |
8.1 |
M |
April 7, 1958
|
15:30 |
Huslia , Alaska, United States
|
65.94 |
-156.37 |
|
7.3 |
M |
July 10, 1958
|
6:15 |
Fairweather , Alaska, United States
|
58.37 |
-136.66 |
5 |
7.7 |
M |
August 18, 1959
|
6:37 |
Hebgen Lake , Montana, United States
|
44.6 |
-110.64 |
28 |
7.3 |
M (Dosier, 1985) |
February 29, 1960
|
23:40 |
Agadir, Morocco
|
30.5 |
-9.3 |
10,000 |
5.7 |
M |
May 22, 1960
|
19:11 |
Chile
See Great Chilean Earthquake
|
-38.24 |
-73.05 |
5,700 |
9.5 |
M |
March 28, 1964
|
3:36 |
Prince William Sound, Alaska, United States
See Good Friday Earthquake
|
61.02 |
-147.65 |
125 |
9.2 |
M |
June 16, 1964
|
4:01 |
Niigata, Japan
|
38.43 |
139.23 |
26 |
7.5 |
M |
February 4, 1965
|
5:01 |
Rat Island , Alaska, United States
|
51.21 |
-178.5 |
|
8.7 |
M |
April 29, 1965
|
15:28 |
Seattle-Tacoma , Washington, United States
See Nisqually Earthquake
|
47.32 |
-122.33 |
7 |
6.5 |
ML (Algermissen and Harding, 1965) |
June 28, 1966
|
4:26 |
Parkfield, California, United States
|
35.88 |
-120.49 |
|
6.1 |
M (Tsai and Aki, 1969) |
September 12, 1966
|
16:41 |
Truckee, California, United States
|
39.38 |
-120.22 |
|
5.9 |
M (Tsai and Aki, 1970) |
December 10, 1967
|
22:51 |
Koyna, India
|
17.39 |
73.77 |
|
6.3 |
M (Langston, 1976) |
October 2, 1969
|
6:19 |
Santa Rosa, California, United States
|
38.3 |
-122.76 |
1 |
5.7 |
ML (Bolt and Miller, 1975) |
May 31, 1970
|
20:23 |
Peru
|
-9.25 |
-78.84 |
66,000 |
7.9 |
|
July 31, 1970
|
17:08 |
Colombia
|
-1.49 |
-72.56 |
|
8 |
|
February 9, 1971
|
14:00 |
San Fernando, California, United States
See Sylmar earthquake
|
34.4 |
-118.39 |
65 |
6.7 |
M (Heaton, 1982) |
February 4, 1975
|
11:36 |
Haicheng, China
|
40.72 |
122.73 |
10,000 |
7 |
M (Cipar, 1979) |
August 1, 1975
|
20:20 |
Oroville, California, United States
|
39.5 |
-121.39 |
|
5.8 |
M |
November 29, 1975
|
14:47 |
south flank of Kilauea, Hawaii, United States
|
19.45 |
-155.03 |
2 |
7.2 |
MS (Klein and Wright, 2000) |
February 4, 1976
|
9:01 |
Guatemala
|
15.3 |
-89.14 |
23,000 |
7.5 |
M |
July 27, 1976
|
19:42 |
Tangshan, China
See Tangshan earthquake
|
39.61 |
117.89 |
255,000* |
7.5 |
M |
August 6, 1979
|
17:05 |
Coyote Lake , California, United States
|
37.11 |
-121.52 |
|
5.7 |
M (Ellsworth, 1990) |
October 15, 1979
|
23:17 |
Imperial Valley, California, United States
|
32.82 |
-115.65 |
|
6.4 |
M (Hartzell and Heaton, 1983) |
January 24, 1980
|
19:00 |
Livermore, California, United States
|
37.71 |
-121.73 |
|
5.8 |
M (Bolt et al., 1981) |
May 25, 1980
|
16:33 |
Mammoth Lakes, California, United States
|
37.6 |
-118.83 |
|
6.1 |
M (Ellsworth, 1990) |
May 25, 1980
|
16:49 |
Mammoth Lakes, California, United States
|
37.65 |
-118.9 |
|
5.9 |
ML (Ellsworth, 1990) |
May 25, 1980
|
19:44 |
Mammoth Lakes, California, United States
|
37.55 |
-118.82 |
|
5.8 |
M (Ellsworth, 1990) |
May 27, 1980
|
14:50 |
Mammoth Lakes, California, United States
|
37.48 |
-118.8 |
|
6 |
M (Ellsworth, 1990) |
November 8, 1980
|
10:27 |
Gorda Plate, California, United States
|
41.12 |
-124.67 |
|
7.2 |
M (Ellsworth, 1990) |
May 2, 1983
|
23:42 |
Coalinga, California, United States
|
36.23 |
-120.32 |
|
6.5 |
M (Ellsworth, 1990) |
October 28, 1983
|
14:06 |
Borah Peak, Idaho, United States
|
44.09 |
-113.8 |
2 |
7 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
November 16, 1983
|
16:13 |
Kaoiki , Hawaii, United States
|
19.44 |
155.38 |
|
6.7 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
April 24, 1984
|
21:15 |
Morgan Hill, California, United States
|
37.3 |
-121.71 |
|
6.2 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
November 23, 1984
|
18:08 |
Round Valley, California, United States
|
37.45 |
-118.6 |
|
5.7 |
M (Ellsworth, 1990) |
September 19, 1985
|
13:17 |
Michoacan, Mexico
|
18.44 |
-102.36 |
9,500 |
8 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
December 23, 1985
|
5:16 |
Nahanni, Northwest Territories, Canada
|
62.16 |
-124.31 |
|
6.8 |
M (Wetmiller et al., 1988) |
May 7, 1986
|
22:47 |
Andreanof Is. , Alaska, United States
|
51.56 |
-174.81 |
|
8 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
July 8, 1986
|
9:20 |
north Palm Springs, California, United States
|
33.97 |
-116.78 |
|
6.1 |
M (Hartzell, 1989) |
July 21, 1986
|
14:42 |
Chalfant Valley , California, United States
|
37.53 |
-118.43 |
|
6.2 |
M (Ellsworth, 1990) |
October 1, 1987
|
14:42 |
Whittier Narrows , California, United States
|
34.06 |
-118.13 |
8 |
5.9 |
M (Hartzell and Iida, 1990) |
November 30, 1987
|
19:23 |
Gulf of Alaska
|
58.84 |
-142.6 |
|
7.9 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
January 22, 1988
|
0:35 |
Tennant Creek, Australia
|
-19.87 |
133.78 |
|
6.3 |
M (Choy and Bowman, 1990) |
January 22, 1988
|
3:57 |
Tennant Creek, Australia
|
-19.88 |
133.83 |
|
6.4 |
M (Choy and Bowman, 1990) |
January 22, 1988
|
12:04 |
Tennant Creek, Australia
|
-19.9 |
133.83 |
|
6.6 |
M (Choy and Bowman, 1990) |
March 6, 1988
|
22:35 |
Gulf of Alaska
|
57.26 |
-142.75 |
|
7.8 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
November 25, 1988
|
23:46 |
Saguenay, Quebec, Canada
|
48.06 |
-71.27 |
|
5.9 |
M (Boatwright and Choy, 1992) |
December 7, 1988
|
7:41 |
Spitak, Armenia
|
40.93 |
44.11 |
25,000 |
6.8 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
October 18, 1989
|
0:04 |
Loma Prieta, California, United States
See Loma Prieta earthquake
|
37.14 |
-121.76 |
63 |
6.9 |
M (Wald et al., 1991) |
December 25, 1989
|
14:24 |
Ungava, Quebec, Canada
|
60.07 |
-73.54 |
|
6 |
M (Bent, 1994) |
June 28, 1991
|
1:43 |
Sierra Madre, California, United States
|
34.25 |
-117.95 |
2 |
5.6 |
M (Wald et al., 1991) |
August 17, 1991
|
22:17 |
Honeydew, California, United States
|
41.79 |
-125.58 |
|
7.1 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
April 23, 1992
|
4:50 |
Joshua Tree, California, United States
|
33.87 |
-116.55 |
|
6.1 |
M (Hauksson et al., 1993) |
April 25, 1992
|
18:06 |
Cape Mendocino , California, United States
|
40.38 |
-124.05 |
|
7.2 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
April 26, 1992
|
7:41 |
offshore, Cape Mendocino , California, United States
|
40.55 |
-124.29 |
|
6.5 |
M (Oppenheimer et al., 1993) |
April 26, 1992
|
11:18 |
offshore, Cape Mendocino , California, United States
|
40.44 |
-124.43 |
|
6.7 |
M (Oppenheimer et al., 1993) |
June 28, 1992
|
11:57 |
Landers , California, United States
|
34.2 |
-116.52 |
3 |
7.3 |
M (Sieh et al. 1993) |
June 29, 1992
|
10:14 |
Little Skull Mtn , Nevada, United States
|
36.77 |
-116.32 |
|
5.7 |
M (Walter, 1993) |
September 2, 1992
|
0:16 |
Nicaragua
|
11.77 |
-87.35 |
116 |
7.7 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
September 29, 1993
|
22:25 |
Latur-Killari , India
|
18.08 |
76.52 |
9,748 |
6.2 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
January 17, 1994
|
12:30 |
Northridge, California, United States
See 1994 Northridge Earthquake
|
34.18 |
-118.56 |
60 |
6.7 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
June 9, 1994
|
0:33 |
Bolivia
|
-13.86 |
-67.49 |
5 |
8.2 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
September 1, 1994
|
15:15 |
Cape Mendocino , California, United States
|
40.38 |
-125.78 |
|
7.1 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
January 16, 1995
|
20:46 |
Kobe, Japan
See Great Hanshin earthquake
|
34.57 |
135.03 |
5,502 |
6.9 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
May 21, 1997
|
22:51 |
Jabalpur, India
|
23.07 |
80.12 |
38 |
5.8 |
M (Singh et al., 1999) |
July 17, 1998
|
8:49 |
New Guinea
|
-2.94 |
142.58 |
2,183 |
7 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
January 25, 1999
|
18:19 |
Colombia
|
4.45 |
-75.65 |
1,185 |
6.2 |
|
August 17, 1999
|
0:01 |
Izmit, Turkey
|
40.77 |
30 |
17,118 |
7.6 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
September 20, 1999
|
17:47 |
Chi-Chi, Taiwan
See Chi-Chi earthquake
|
23.82 |
120.86 |
2,400 |
7.7 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
October 16, 1999
|
9:46 |
Hector Mine , California, United States
|
34.56 |
-116.44 |
|
7.2 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
November 12, 1999
|
16:57 |
Duzce , Turkey
|
40.82 |
31.23 |
894 |
7.2 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
September 3, 2000
|
8:36 |
Napa, California, United States
|
38.38 |
-122.41 |
|
5 |
M (BRK) |
November 16, 2000
|
4:54 |
New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
|
-4 |
152.33 |
|
8 |
|
January 13, 2001
|
17:33 |
El Salvador
|
13.04 |
-88.66 |
844 |
7.7 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
January 26, 2001
|
3:16 |
Gujarat, India
|
23.39 |
70.23 |
20,085 |
7.7 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
February 28, 2001
|
18:54 |
Olympia, Washington, United States
See Nisqually Earthquake
|
47.11 |
-122.6 |
|
6.8 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
June 23, 2001
|
20:33 |
coastal Peru
|
-16.3 |
-73.55 |
75 |
8.4 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
March 25, 2002
|
14:56 |
Hindu Kush Region , Afghanistan
|
36.06 |
69.32 |
1,000 |
6.1 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
April 20, 2002
|
10:50 |
Au Sable Forks, New York
|
44.51 |
-73.7 |
|
5.2 |
M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
November 3, 2002
|
22:12 |
Denali Park , Alaska, United States
|
63.52 |
-147.44 |
|
7.9 |
M (QED) |
May 21, 2003
|
36.96 |
Boumerdes, Algeria
|
36.96 |
3.63 |
2,266 |
6.8 |
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.
Source: United States Geological Survey (USGS) [1] http://earthquake.usgs.gov/docs/sign_eqs.htm
Other earthquakes not listed by the USGS
Date |
Site |
Deaths |
Magnitude or intensity* |
Comments |
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)
|
50,000 |
XI |
|
365
|
Cyrene, Libya
|
? |
– |
|
May 20 526
|
Antiochia, Syria
|
250,000 |
– |
|
844
|
Damascus, Syria
|
50,000 |
VIII |
|
847
|
Mosul, Iraq
|
50,000 |
– |
|
847
|
Damascus, Syria
|
70,000 |
X |
|
856
|
Qumis , Damghan , Iran
|
200,000 |
– |
|
856
|
Corinth, Greece
|
45,000 |
– |
|
893
|
Caucasus
|
82,000 |
– |
|
893
|
Daipur , 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 |
|
1170
|
Sicily
|
15,000 |
– |
|
1201
|
Upper Egypt or Syria
|
1,100,000 |
IX |
|
1268
|
Cilicia, Anatolia (Turkey)
|
60,000 |
– |
|
September 27 1290
|
Chihli (Hopeh), China
|
100,000 |
6.7 |
|
May 20 1293
|
Kamakura, Japan
|
30,000 |
– |
|
January 26 1531
|
Lisbon, Portugal
|
30,000 |
– |
|
November 1667
|
Shemakha , Azerbaijan
|
80,000 |
– |
|
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 |
– |
|
December 30 1730
|
Hokkaido Island, Japan
|
137,000 |
– |
|
1731
|
Beijing, China
|
100,000 |
– |
|
October 11 1737
|
Calcutta, India
|
300,000 |
– |
|
June 7 1755
|
Northern Persia
|
40,000 |
– |
|
November 18 1755
|
Boston, Massachusetts
|
0 |
– |
|
February 4—5, March 28 1783
|
Calabria, Italy
|
35,000 |
– |
|
February 4 1797
|
Quito, Ecuador & Cuzco, Peru
|
41,000 |
– |
|
December 8, 1812 at 9:45
|
Wrightwood, California, United States (lat. 34.22, long. 117.39)
|
40 |
~7 |
Destroys church of Mission San Juan Capistrano
|
January 23, 1855 21:11 local time
|
Wairarapa, New Zealand
|
4 |
~8.0 |
Raised sections of Wellington coastline by 2 metres
|
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 |
|
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
Date |
Time‡ |
Place |
Lat. |
Long. |
Fatalities |
Comments |
M |
MX† (M reference) |
September 25, 2003
|
19:50 |
Hokkaido, Japan
|
41.77 |
193.90 |
|
|
8.3 |
M (QED) |
November 17, 2003
|
06:43 |
Rat Island , Alaska, United States
|
51.13 |
178.74 |
|
|
7.8 |
M (QED) |
December 26, 2003
|
01:56 |
Bam, Iran
|
29.00 |
58.34 |
At least 30,000 |
85% of the buildings of Bam damaged, including historical site |
6.6 |
M (QED) |
February 24, 2004
|
02:24 |
Al-Hoceima, Morocco
|
35.14N |
3.99W |
At least 1,200 |
Major damage to buildings and infrastructure; max. horizontal acc. of 0.24g recorded near the city of Imzuren |
6.5; numerous aftershocks
|
M (QED) |
September 5, 2004
|
19:07 and 23:57 Japan Time |
Off central Tokai region, western Japan
|
|
|
0 |
20+ injured, tsunami and flooding
|
6.9 and 7.4 |
|
September 28, 2004
|
18:15 |
11.3 kilometres southeast of Parkfield, California, United States, — see also Parkfield earthquake
|
35.899 |
120.431 |
0 |
Moderate damage; numerous aftershocks
|
6 |
|
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
|
17:56 |
Ojiya, Japan
|
37.3 |
138.8 |
25 |
Extensive damage |
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
|
around 9:00 |
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 |
900 kilometres northwest of Tokyo, 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 |
|
December 26, 2004
|
00:59 |
160 kilometres west of Sumatra, Indonesia undersea
See 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
|
3.298°N |
95.779°E |
>150,000 |
Tens of thousands missing, millions displaced; numerous tsunami causing flooding in coastal areas of the Indian Ocean.
|
9.0 |
|
Related articles
External links
- The 25 Largest Earthquake Disasters in Human History http://www.geohaz.org/member/news/signif.htm
- Latest earthquakes http://www.iris.edu/seismon/
- USGS list of current earthquakes http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/
- Earthquakes Canada http://www.seismo.nrcan.gc.ca/index_e.php
- Recent New Zealand earthquakes http://www.geonet.org.nz/recent_quakes.html
- Earthquakes in India http://www.cessind.org/earthquakes_inindia.htm
Last updated: 02-10-2005 20:58:55
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