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The following is a list of earthquake lists.
[edit] Main lists
[edit] Lists of earthquakes by country
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[edit] Other lists
[edit] 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 northern Sumatra, Indonesia (see: 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake) |
9.3 |
| 3 |
October 16, 1737 |
Kamchatka, Russia (see: Kamchatka earthquakes) |
~9.3 |
| 4 |
March 27, 1964 |
Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA (see: 1964 Alaska earthquake) |
9.2 |
| 5 |
November 4, 1952 |
Kamchatka, Russia |
9.0 |
| 6 |
January 26, 1700 |
Cascadia subduction zone (see: 1700 Cascadia earthquake) |
~9 |
| 7 |
January 31, 1906 |
Colombia-Ecuador |
8.8 |
| 8 |
February 4, 1965 |
Rat Islands, Alaska, USA |
8.7 |
| 8 |
November 25, 1833 |
Sumatra, Indonesia |
8.7 |
| 10 |
November 1, 1755 |
Lisbon, Portugal (see: 1755 Lisbon earthquake) |
~8.7 |
| 11 |
March 28, 2005 |
Sumatra, Indonesia |
8.6-8.7* |
| 12 |
March 9, 1957 |
Andreanof Islands, Alaska, USA (see: 1957 Andreanof Islands earthquake) |
8.6 |
| 13 |
December 16, 1920 |
Ningxia-Gansu, China |
8.6 |
| 14 |
August 15, 1950 |
Assam-Tibet, China |
8.6 |
| 15 |
December 16, 1575 |
Valdivia, Chile |
8.5 |
| 16 |
September 12, 2007 |
Sumatra, Indonesia |
8.5 |
* Scientists have not yet agreed on an official magnitude.
[edit] 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 27, 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 |
9.0 |
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 |
|
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| "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 |
|
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| 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 |
India & N.W.F.P, Pakistan |
100,000 (estimated), 80,000 (official) |
7.6 or 7.8 |
3.5 million people homeless, 100,000 feared dead |
| Source: USGS [1] |
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