Editing Lists of earthquakes (section)

== Deadliest earthquakes ==
{{See also|Lists_of_20th-century_earthquakes#List_of_deadliest_earthquakes|l1=List of deadliest 20th-century earthquakes per year|Lists_of_21st-century_earthquakes#Deadliest_earthquakes_by_year|l2=List of deadliest 21st-century earthquakes per year|l3=List of natural disasters by death toll#Earthquakes}}
The following is a summary list of earthquakes with over approximately 100,000 deaths.<ref>{{cite web|title=Earthquakes with 50,000 or More Deaths|publisher=United States Geological Survey|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/most_destructive.php|access-date=February 12, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901233953/https://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/most_destructive.php|archive-date=September 1, 2009}}</ref> The [[893 Ardabil earthquake]] probably relates to the [[893 Dvin earthquake]], due to misreading of the Arabic word for [[Dvin (ancient city)|Dvin]], 'Dabil' as 'Ardabil'.<ref name="Ambraseys&Melville">{{cite book|last1=Ambraseys|first1=N.N.|author-link=Nicholas Ambraseys|last2=Melville|first2=C.P.|title=A History of Persian Earthquakes|series=Cambridge Earth Science|year=2005|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-02187-6|page=175|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1JkfKub5vakC&pg=PR7}}</ref> This is regarded as a 'fake earthquake'.<ref name="Gupta">{{cite book|last=Gupta|first=H.|author-link=Harsh Gupta|title=Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics|edition=2|series=Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences|year=2011|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-90-481-8701-0|page=566|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BHgOwNCGbnAC&pg=PA566}}</ref>
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! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Event
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Date
! scope="col" style="width: 15%;" | Location
! scope="col" style="width: 10%;" | Fatalities
! scope="col" style="width:  8%;" | Magn{{soft hyphen}}itude
! scope="col" style="width: 44%;" class="unsortable" | Notes on fatalities
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| [[1976 Tangshan earthquake]] || {{dts|1976-07-28}} || {{Sort flagicon|China}} [[Hebei, China]] || data-sort-value="300000" |300,000+<ref name="year40"/> || 7.6 || Internal Tangshan reports found 263,299 local deaths. Official nationwide deaths stated to be 242,769. Scholars estimated >300,000.<ref name="year40">{{cite news|title=唐山大地震四十年：反思与"记忆"|work=东方历史评论|publisher=广东省东方历史研究基金会|last=王瓒玮|date=28 July 2016|url=https://www.sohu.com/a/107947175_120776}} Reprinted as: {{Cite news|url=https://www.jiemian.com/article/769233.html|title=唐山大地震40年：从死亡人数到天灾还是人祸仍是一地鸡毛|work=界面新闻|date=28 July 2016|author=王瓒玮|archive-date=15 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115010316/https://www.jiemian.com/article/769233.html}}</ref><ref name="Xia Mingfang">{{cite book|chapter=家庭的解体与重生：历史视野下的唐山大地震 |title=文明的"双相"——灾害与历史的缠绕|last=夏明方|editor-last=夏明方|date=2020|publisher=广西师范大学出版社|page=79|chapter-url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_8247540|via=澎湃新闻, 13 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722012805/https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_8247540|archive-date=22 July 2020}}</ref>
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| [[1920 Haiyuan earthquake]] || {{dts|1920-12-16}} || {{Sort flagicon|Republic of China (1912–1949)|1912}} [[Ningxia]]–[[Gansu]], China || data-sort-value="273400" |273,400 || 7.8 || Previously cited death toll was 230,000 and this figure was revised in 2010.<ref name="news.xinhuanet.com">{{cite web|title=Death toll of 1920 China earthquake higher than previously estimated|agency=Xinhua News Agency|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-12/16/c_13652388.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820065946/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-12/16/c_13652388.htm|archive-date=August 20, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Utsu">{{cite web|title=Search Page|last=Utsu|first=T.|work=Catalog of Damaging Earthquakes in the World (Through 2008)|url=http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/utsu/utsuweq_bak_eng.html|access-date=June 3, 2010}}</ref>
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| [[526 Antioch earthquake]] || {{dts|526|05|21}} || {{Sort flagicon|Byzantine Empire}} [[Antioch]], [[Byzantine Empire]] (modern-day [[Turkey]])|| data-sort-value="250000" |250,000<ref name="Sbeinati">{{cite journal|title=The historical earthquakes of Syria: an analysis of large and moderate earthquakes from 1365 B.C. to 1900 A.D.|last1=Sbeinati|first1=Mohamed Reda|last2=Darawchech|first2=Ryad|last3=Mouty|first3=Mikhail|journal=Annals of Geophysics|volume=48|issue=3|pages=347–435|date=June 2005|url=http://www.earth-prints.org/bitstream/2122/908/1/01Sbeinati.pdf|access-date=October 8, 2015}}</ref> || 7.0<ref name="NGDC_526">{{cite web|title=Significant Earthquake Information|last=National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): NCEI/WDS Global Significant Earthquake Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information|year=1972|publisher=NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information|doi=10.7289/V5TD9V7K|url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/131}}</ref> || [[Procopius]] (II.14.6), sources based on [[John of Ephesus]].
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| [[1139 Ganja earthquake]] || {{dts|1139|09|30}} || [[Ganja, Azerbaijan|Ganja]], [[Seljuk Empire]] (modern-day {{Sort flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Azerbaijan]]) || data-sort-value="230000" |230,000–300,000<ref name="USGSList">{{cite web|title=Most Destructive Known Earthquakes on Record in the World|publisher=United States Geological Survey|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/most_destructive.php|access-date=April 22, 2022|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901233953/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/most_destructive.php|archive-date=September 1, 2009}}</ref> || 7.0 {{M|w}} || Death toll may have been a historical conflation with earthquakes on November 1137 in the [[Al-Jazira (caliphal province)|Jazira plain]] and the [[1138 Aleppo earthquake]].<ref name="Ambraseys2004" />
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| [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami]] || {{dts|2004-12-26}} || {{Sort flagicon|Indonesia}} [[Sumatra]], [[Indonesia]] || data-sort-value="227898" |227,898 || 9.2 || Death toll includes those missing and presumed dead.<ref name="USGSList" />
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| [[1303 Hongdong earthquake]]
| {{dts|1303|07|25}}
| [[Shanxi]], [[Yuan dynasty]] (modern-day {{Sort flagicon|China}} China)
| 200,000<ref>{{cite web|title=Ruins of the Hongdong Earthquake (1303)|website=China Virtual Museums|url=http://www.kepu.net.cn/english/quake/ruins/|access-date=November 28, 2015}}</ref>
| 8.0
|
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| [[856 Damghan earthquake]] || {{dts|856|12|22}} || [[Damghan]], [[Abbasid Caliphate]] (modern-day {{Sort flagicon|Iran}} [[Iran]]) || data-sort-value="200000" |200,000 || 7.9 [[Surface wave magnitude|M<sub>s</sub>]] ||
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| [[1138 Aleppo earthquake]] || {{dts|1138-10-11}} || [[Aleppo]], [[Seljuk Empire]] (modern-day {{Sort flagicon|Syria}} [[Syria]]) || data-sort-value="130000" |130,000–230,000<ref name="Grunthal&Wahlstrom_2009" /> || 7.1<ref name="Grunthal&Wahlstrom_2009">{{cite journal|last1=Grǖnthal G.|last2=Wahlström R.|year=2009|title=A harmonized seismicity data base for the EuroMediterranean region|journal=Proceedings of the 27th ECGS Workshop 'Seismicity Patterns in the Euro-Med Region|pages=15–21|url=http://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/escidoc:239978:1/component/escidoc:239977/14335.pdf}}</ref> ||The figure of 230,000 dead is based on a historical conflation of this earthquake with earthquakes in November 1137 on the [[Al Jazira, Mesopotamia|Jazira plain]] and the [[1139 Ganja earthquake]] in the Azerbaijani city of [[Ganja, Azerbaijan|Ganja]]. The first mention of a 230,000 death toll was by [[Ibn Taghribirdi]] in the fifteenth century.<ref name="Ambraseys2004">Ambraseys, Nicholas N., [http://www.earth-prints.org/bitstream/2122/793/1/31Ambraseys.pdf "The 12th century seismic paroxysm in the Middle East: a historical perspective" (PDF)], Annals of Geophysics, Vol. 47, N. 2/3, April/June 2004, p. 743.</ref>
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| [[533 Aleppo earthquake]]||{{dts|533-11-29}}|| data-sort-value="130000" | {{Sort flagicon|Byzantine Empire}} [[Aleppo]], [[Byzantine Empire]] (modern-day [[Syria]]) || 130,000<ref>{{cite web|title=Significant Earthquake Information|last=National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): NCEI/WDS Global Significant Earthquake Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information|year=1972|publisher=NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information|doi=10.7289/V5TD9V7K|url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/136}}</ref> ||Unknown
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| [[1948 Ashgabat earthquake]] || {{dts|1948-10-06}} || {{Sort flagicon|Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic}} [[Ashgabat]], [[Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic|Turkmen SSR]] (modern-day [[Turkmenistan]]) || data-sort-value="110000" |110,000 || 7.3 {{M|s|link=y}} ||Previously cited death toll was 10,000 until a news release on December 9, 1988, advised that the correct death toll was 110,000.<ref name="USGSList" />
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| [[1923 Great Kantō earthquake]] || {{dts|1923-09-01}} || {{Sort flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Kantō region]], Japan || data-sort-value="105000" |105,385<ref>{{cite web|title=Today in Earthquake History|publisher=United States Geological Survey|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/today/index.php?month=9&day=1&submit=View+Date}}</ref> || 7.9 || Casualty estimates range from 100,000 to 142,800, the latter figure including 40,000 missing later presumed dead.
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| [[1556 Shaanxi earthquake]] || {{dts|1556-01-23}} || [[Shaanxi]], China || data-sort-value="100,000" | 100,000 || 8.0 || Direct deaths thought to be just over 100,000 while about 730,000 people died from famines or migrated elsewhere.<ref name="2005 Xie">''[https://books.google.com/books?id=0_2bizzqvFEC&pg=PA162 颤抖的地球—地震科学] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113222624/https://books.google.com/books?id=0_2bizzqvFEC&pg=PA162#v=onepage&q&f=false |date=13 November 2023}}'' (2005). Researched by [[China Earthquake Administration]] seismologists 冯万鹏,薑文亮,龚丽霞,公茂盛,胡进军; Revised by CEA seismologists 王文清,续春荣,张宝红; Edited by CEA chiefs 谢礼立,张景发. Tsinghua University Press. Pages XIII, 162. "1556年陕西华县8级大地震，死亡的83万人中, 据估计死于瘟疫者不下七八成" [Among the 830,000 died, it is estimated that no less than 70% or 80% died from plagues]</ref><ref name="1998 law">{{cite book|editor-last=邬福肇|editor-last2=曹康泰|editor-last3=陈章立|title=中华人民共和国防震减灾法释义|publisher=法律出版社|date=1998|chapter=第三章 地震灾害预防|chapter-url=http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/c2170/200011/2be159a6f944411bab7d9d5448d90dc3.shtml|access-date=4 August 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804065612/http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/c2170/200011/2be159a6f944411bab7d9d5448d90dc3.shtml|archive-date=4 August 2023|quote=１５５６年我国陕西的华县８级大地震，共死亡约８３万人，但实际上其中７０多万人死于其后的瘟疫和饥荒。}}</ref><ref name="2008 Gao">{{cite journal|title=大地震后传染病的防疫要点|last1=高东旗|last2=王常有|last3=杜玉萍|last4=王晓燕|journal=华北国防医药|year=2008|issue=3|url=https://coaa.istic.ac.cn/openJournal/periodicalArticle/0120100337970296|quote=1556年陕西发生大地震，当时死亡10万人，而第2年发生大瘟疫，却死亡70多万人 [100,000 died in 1556, while a plague struck the subsequent year and led to a further death of 700,000-odd.]}}</ref><ref name="2008 Q&A">{{cite book|title=地震知识百问百答|date=2008|editor=[[China Earthquake Administration]]|publisher=地震出版社|url=https://www.cea.gov.cn/manage/html/8a8587881632fa5c0116674a018300cf/_content/08_05/30/1212139484781.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509075627/https://www.cea.gov.cn/manage/html/8a8587881632fa5c0116674a018300cf/_content/08_05/30/1212139484781.html|archive-date=2009-05-09|quote=实则直接死于地震的只有十数万人，其余70余万人均死于瘟疫和饥荒 [Actually, direct deaths from earthquake amount to 100,000-odd, the remaining 700,000-odd died from plagues and famine]}}</ref>
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| [[2010 Haiti earthquake]] || {{dts|2010-01-12}} || {{Sort flagicon|Haiti}} Haiti || 46,000–316,000|| 7.0 || Estimates vary from 316,000 (Haitian government) to 222,570 ([[United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs|UN OCHA]] estimate)<ref>[http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2679 Haiti Dominates Earthquake Fatalities in 2010] (January 11, 2011), U.S. Geological Survey.</ref> to 158,000 (''[[Medicine, Conflict and Survival]]'') to between 46,000 and 85,000 (report commissioned by [[USAID]]).<ref>Maura R. O'Connor, [Two Years Later, Haitian Earthquake Death Toll in Dispute], ''Columbia Journalism Review'' (January 12, 2012).</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13606720 Report challenges Haiti earthquake death toll] (June 1, 2011), BBC.</ref>
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| [[1290 Zhili earthquake]] || {{dts|1290|09|27}} || [[Ningcheng County|Ningcheng]], [[Yuan dynasty]] (modern-day {{Sort flagicon|China}} China) || data-sort-value="100000" |7,000–100,000 || 6.8 {{M|s}}|| Estimates also suggests lower values of at least 7,000.<ref>{{cite web|title=Significant Earthquake Information|last=National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): NCEI/WDS Global Significant Earthquake Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information|year=1972|publisher=NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information|doi=10.7289/V5TD9V7K|url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/488}}</ref>
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===Deadliest earthquakes by year since 1929===
{| class="sortable wikitable sticky-header" style="font-size:100%;"
|-
! Date
! Magnitude
! Location
! Depth (km)
! [[Modified Mercalli intensity scale|MMI]]
! data-sort-type="number" | Deaths
|-
| [[1929 Kopet Dag earthquake|May 1, 1929]]
| 7.2
| {{flag|Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic}}, [[Ahal Region]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 3,257–3,800
|-
| [[1930 Irpinia earthquake|July 23, 1930]]
| 6.6
| {{Flag|Italy|1861}}, [[Irpinia]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 1,404
|-
| [[1931 Fuyun earthquake|August 10, 1931]]
| 8.0
| {{Flag|China|1928}}, [[Xinjiang]] Province
| 20.0
| data-sort-value="11" | XI
| 10,000
|-
| [[1932 Mazandaran earthquake|May 20, 1932]]
| 5.4
| {{Flag|Persia|1906}}, [[Mazandaran province]]
| 12.0
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 1,070
|-
| [[1933 Diexi earthquake|August 25, 1933]]
| 7.3
| {{flag|China|1928}}, [[Sichuan]] Province
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 6,865–9,300
|-
| [[1934 Nepal–India earthquake|January 15, 1934]]
| 8.0
| {{flag|Nepal}}, [[Koshi Province|Koshi]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 10,700–12,000
|-
| [[1935 Quetta earthquake|May 30, 1935]]
| 7.7
| {{flag|British Raj}}, [[Khanate of Kalat]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 30,000–60,000
|-
| [[1936 Lingshan earthquake|April 1, 1936]]
| 6.8
| {{flag|China|1928}}, [[Guangxi|Guangxi Province]]
| 0.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 1,001
|-
| [[1937 Heze earthquakes|July 31, 1937]]
| 6.9
| {{Flag|China|1928}}, [[Shandong Province]]
| 25.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 3,252
|-
| [[1938 Kırşehir earthquake|April 19, 1938]]
| 6.6
| {{Flag|Turkey}}, [[Kırşehir Province]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 224
|-
| [[1939 Erzincan earthquake|December 27, 1939]]
| 7.8
| {{Flag|Turkey}}, [[Erzincan Province]]
| 20.0
| data-sort-value="12" | XII
| 32,700–32,968
|-
| [[1940 Vrancea earthquake|November 10, 1940]]
| 7.7
| {{Flag|Romania}}, [[Vrancea County]]
| 133.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 1,000
|-
| [[1941 Jabal Razih earthquake|January 11, 1941]]
| 5.8–6.5
| {{Flag|Yemen|1927}}, [[Razih District]]
| 35.0
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 1,200
|-
| [[1942 Niksar–Erbaa earthquake|December 20, 1942]]
| 7.0
| {{Flag|Turkey}}, [[Erbaa]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 3,000
|-
| [[1943 Tosya–Ladik earthquake|November 27, 1943]]
| 7.5
| {{Flag|Turkey}}, [[Çankırı]]
| 20.0
| data-sort-value="11" | XI
| 2,824–5,000
|-
| [[1944 San Juan earthquake|January 15, 1944]]
| 7.0
| {{Flag|Argentina}}, [[San Juan Province, Argentina|San Juan]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 10,000
|-
| [[1945 Balochistan earthquake|November 28, 1945]]
| 8.1
| {{Flag|British Raj}}, [[Makran|Makran Coast]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 300–4,000
|-
| [[1946 Dominican Republic earthquake|August 4, 1946]]
| 7.8
| {{Flag|Dominican Republic}}, [[Samaná Province|Samaná]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 2,550
|-
| [[1947 Satipo earthquake|August 4, 1947]]
| 7.7
| {{Flag|Peru}}, [[Junín Province]]
| 20.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 233–2,233
|-
| [[1948 Ashgabat earthquake|October 6, 1948]]
| 7.3
| {{Flag|Soviet Union|1936}}, [[Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 10,000–110,000
|-
| [[1949 Khait earthquake|July 10, 1949]]
| 7.5
| {{Flag|Soviet Union|1936}}, [[Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic]]
| 18.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 7,200
|-
| [[1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake|August 15, 1950]]
| 8.6
| {{Flag|India}}, [[Assam]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="11" | XI
| 4,800
|-
| [[1951 El Salvador earthquake|May 6, 1951]]
| 5.9–6.2
| {{Flag|El Salvador}}, [[Usulután Department|Usulután]]
| 85.0
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 400–1,100
|-
| [[1952 Severo-Kurilsk earthquake|November 5, 1952]]
| 9.0
| {{Flag|Soviet Union|1936}}, [[Russian Soviet Socialist Republic]]
| 21.6
| data-sort-value="11" | XI
| 2,336
|-
| [[1953 Yenice–Gönen earthquake|March 18, 1953]]
| 7.5
| {{Flag|Turkey}}, [[Balıkesir Province]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 1,070
|-
| [[1954 Chlef earthquake|September 9, 1954]]
| 6.7
| {{Flag|France|1830}}, [[Chlef Province]], [[Algeria]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="11" | XI
| 1,243–1,409
|-
| [[1955 Lanao earthquake|March 31, 1955]]
| 7.4
| {{Flag|Philippines|1936}}, [[Western Mindanao]]
| 35.0
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 465
|-
| [[1956 Hormozgan earthquake|October 31, 1956]]
| 6.4
| {{Flag|Iran|1925}}, [[Hormozgan province|Hormozgan]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="7" | VII
| 347
|-
| [[1957 Farsinaj earthquake|December 13, 1957]]
| 6.5
| {{Flag|Iran|1925}}, [[Hamadan province|Hamadan]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="7" | VII
| 1,130
|-
| [[1958 Firuzabad earthquake|August 16, 1958]]
| 6.7
| {{Flag|Iran|1925}}, [[Lorestan province|Lorestan]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="7" | VII
| 132
|-
| [[1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake|August 18, 1959]]
| 7.3
| {{Flag|United States|1959}}, [[Montana]]
| 5.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 28
|-
| [[1960 Agadir earthquake|February 29, 1960]]
| 5.8
| {{Flag|Morocco}}, [[Souss-Massa]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 12,000–15,000
|-
| [[1961 Fars earthquake|June 11, 1961]]
| 6.4
| {{Flag|Iran|1925}}, [[Fars province]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 60
|-
| [[1962 Buin Zahra earthquake|September 1, 1962]]
| 7.1
| {{Flag|Iran|1925}}, [[Qazvin province]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 12,225
|-
| [[1963 Skopje earthquake|July 26, 1963]]
| 6.1
| {{Flag|Yugoslavia}}, [[Socialist Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 1,070
|-
| [[1964 Alaska earthquake|March 27, 1964]]
| 9.2
| {{Flag|United States}}, Alaska
| 25.0
| data-sort-value="11" | XI
| 131
|-
| [[1965 Valparaíso earthquake and the El Cobre dam failures|March 28, 1965]]
| 7.4–7.6
| {{Flag|Chile}}, [[Valparaíso Region]]
| 70.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 400–500
|-
| [[1966 Xingtai earthquakes|March 22, 1966]]
| 6.8
| {{Flag|China}}, [[Hebei]]
| 20.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 8,064
|-
| [[1967 Caracas earthquake|July 29, 1967]]
| 6.6
| {{Flag|Venezuela|1954}}, [[Vargas (state)|Vargas]]
| 25.0
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 225–300
|-
| [[1968 Dasht-e Bayaz and Ferdows earthquakes|August 31, 1968]]
| 7.1
| {{Flag|Iran|1925}}, [[South Khorasan province]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 15,900
|-
| [[1969 Yangjiang earthquake|July 25, 1969]]
| 6.4
| {{Flag|China}}, [[Guangdong]]
| 20.0
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 3,000
|-
| [[1970 Ancash earthquake|May 31, 1970]]
| 7.9
| {{Flag|Peru}}, [[Department of Ancash|Ancash]]
| 45.0
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 66,794–70,000
|-
| [[1971 Bingöl earthquake|May 22, 1971]]
| 6.6
| {{Flag|Turkey}}, [[Bingöl Province|Bingöl]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 875<ref>{{cite web|title=22 Mayıs 1971 Bingöl Depremi Ms:6.8|website=AFAD|language=tr|url=https://deprem.afad.gov.tr/tarihteBuAy?id=23|access-date=April 5, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| [[1972 Qir earthquake|April 10, 1972]]
| 6.7
| {{Flag|Iran|1925}}, [[Fars province|Fars]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 5,374
|-
| [[1973 Luhuo earthquake|February 6, 1973]]
| 7.6
| {{Flag|China}}, [[Sichuan]]
| 11.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 2,175–2,204
|-
| [[1974 Zhaotong earthquake|May 10, 1974]]
| 7.1
| {{Flag|China}}, [[Yunnan]]
| 14.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 1,641–20,000
|-
| [[1975 Lice earthquake|September 6, 1975]]
| 6.7
| {{Flag|Turkey}}, [[Diyarbakır Province|Diyarbakır]]
| 26.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 2,311
|-
| [[1976 Tangshan earthquake|July 28, 1976]]
| 7.6
| {{Flag|China}}, [[Hebei Province|Hebei]]
| 12.2
| data-sort-value="11" | XI
| 242,719–655,000
|-
| [[1977 Vrancea earthquake|March 4, 1977]]
| 7.5
| {{Flag|Romania|1948}}, [[Vrancea County|Vrancea]]
| 85.3
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 1,700
|-
| [[1978 Tabas earthquake|September 16, 1978]]
| 7.4
| {{Flag|Iran|1925}}, [[Yazd province|Yazd]]
| 33.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 15,000–25,000
|-
| [[1979 Tumaco earthquake|December 12, 1979]]
| 8.2
| {{Flag|Colombia}}, [[Nariño Department|Nariño]]
| 33.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 300–600
|-
| [[1980 El Asnam earthquake|October 10, 1980]]
| 7.1
| {{Flag|Algeria}}, [[Chlef Province|Chlef]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 2,633–5,000
|-
| [[1981 Golbaf earthquake|June 11, 1981]]
| 6.6
| {{Flag|Iran}}, [[Kerman province|Kerman]]
| 33.0
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 3,000
|-
| [[1982 North Yemen earthquake|December 13, 1982]]
| 6.2
| {{Flag|North Yemen}}, [[Dhamar Governorate|Dhamar]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 2,800
|-
| [[1983 Erzurum earthquake|October 30, 1983]]
| 6.6
| {{Flag|Turkey}}, [[Erzurum Province|Erzurum]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 1,340
|-
| [[1984 Nagano earthquake|September 13, 1984]]
| 6.3
| {{Flag|Japan|1947}}, [[Nagano Prefecture|Nagano]]
| 2.0
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 14
|-
| [[1985 Mexico City earthquake|September 19, 1985]]
| 8.0
| {{Flag|Mexico}}, [[Michoacán]]
| 20.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 5,000–45,000
|-
| [[1986 San Salvador earthquake|October 10, 1986]]
| 5.7
| {{Flag|El Salvador}}, [[San Salvador department|San Salvador]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 1,000–1,500
|-
| [[1987 Ecuador earthquakes|March 6, 1987]]
| 7.1
| {{Flag|Ecuador|1900}}, [[Sucumbios Province|Sucumbíos]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 1,000
|-
| [[1988 Armenian earthquake|December 7, 1988]]
| 6.8
| {{Flag|Soviet Union}}, [[Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic]]
| 5.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 25,000–50,000
|-
| [[1989 Gissar earthquake|January 23, 1989]]
| 5.3
| {{Flag|Soviet Union}}, [[Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic]]
| 33.0
| data-sort-value="7" | VII
| 274
|-
| [[1990 Manjil–Rudbar earthquake|June 21, 1990]]
| 7.4
| {{Flag|Iran}}, [[Gilan province|Gilan]]
| 18.5
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 35,000–40,000
|-
| [[1991 Uttarkashi earthquake|October 20, 1991]]
| 6.8
| {{Flag|India}}, [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| 11.6
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 768–2,000<ref>{{cite anss|M 6.8 – 32&nbsp;km E of Uttarkashi, India|1991|usp0004y1r/impact|access-date=March 28, 2022}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref>
|-
| [[1992 Flores earthquake and tsunami|December 12, 1992]]
| 7.8
| {{Flag|Indonesia}}, [[Flores Sea]] offshore
| 27.7
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 2,500<ref>{{cite web|title=Today in Earthquake History|publisher=United States Geological Survey|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/today/index.php?month=12&day=12&submit=View+Date|access-date=March 27, 2022}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>
|-
| [[1993 Latur earthquake|September 29, 1993]]
| 6.2
| {{Flag|India}}, [[Maharashtra]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 9,748
|-
| [[1994 Páez River earthquake|June 6, 1994]]
| 6.8
| {{Flag|Colombia}}, [[Cauca Department|Cauca]]
| 12.1
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 1,100
|-
| [[Great Hanshin earthquake|January 17, 1995]]
| 6.9
| {{Flag|Japan|1947}}, [[Kobe]]
| 21.9
| data-sort-value="11" | XI
| 5,502–6,434
|-
| [[1996 Lijiang earthquake|February 3, 1996]]
| 6.6
| {{Flag|China}}, [[Yunnan]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 309–322
|-
| [[1997 Qayen earthquake|May 10, 1997]]
| 7.3
| {{Flag|Iran}}, [[Khorasan province|Khorasan]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 1,567
|-
| [[May 1998 Afghanistan earthquake|May 30, 1998]]
| 6.5
| {{Flag|Afghanistan|1997}}, [[Takhar Province|Takhar]]
| 33.0
| data-sort-value="7" | VII
| 4,000–4,500
|-
| [[1999 İzmit earthquake|August 17, 1999]]
| 7.6
| {{Flag|Turkey}}, [[İzmit]]
| 17.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 17,127–18,373
|-
| [[2000 Enggano earthquake|June 4, 2000]]
| 7.9
| {{Flag|Indonesia}}, [[Enggano Island]] offshore
| 44.0
| data-sort-value="6" | VI
| 103<ref>{{cite anss|M 7.9 – 103&nbsp;km S of Bengkulu, Indonesia|2000|usp0009txv}}</ref>
|-
| [[2001 Gujarat earthquake|January 26, 2001]]
| 7.6
| {{Flag|India}}, [[Bhuj]]
| 16.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 13,805–20,023
|-
| [[2002 Hindu Kush earthquakes|March 25, 2002]]
| 6.1
| {{Flag|Afghanistan|2002}}, [[Baghlan Province]]
| 8.0
| data-sort-value="7" | VII
| 1,200
|-
| [[2003 Bam earthquake|December 26, 2003]]
| 6.6
| {{Flag|Iran}}, [[Bam, Iran|Bam]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 34,000
|-
| [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|December 26, 2004]]
| 9.2–9.3
| {{Flag|Indonesia}}, [[Sumatra]] offshore
| 30.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 227,898
|-
| [[2005 Kashmir earthquake|October 8, 2005]]
| 7.6
| {{Flag|Pakistan}}, [[Balakot]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="11" | XI
| 86,000–87,351
|-
| [[2006 Yogyakarta earthquake|May 27, 2006]]
| 6.4
| {{Flag|Indonesia}}, [[Yogyakarta]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 5,749<ref>{{cite anss|M 6.3 – 10&nbsp;km E of Pundong, Indonesia|2006|usp000ej1c}}</ref>
|-
| [[2007 Peru earthquake|August 15, 2007]]
| 8.0
| {{Flag|Peru}}, [[Ica, Peru|Ica]] offshore
| 39.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 595
|-
| [[2008 Sichuan earthquake|May 12, 2008]]
| 7.9
| {{Flag|China}}, [[Sichuan]]
| 19.0
| data-sort-value="11" | XI
| 87,587
|-
| [[2009 Sumatra earthquakes|September 30, 2009]]
| 7.6
| {{Flag|Indonesia}}, [[Padang]] offshore
| 90.0
| data-sort-value="7" | VII<ref>{{cite anss|M 7.6 – 30&nbsp;km WSW of Pariaman, Indonesia|2022|usp000h237/executive|access-date=January 8, 2022}}</ref>
| 1,115
|-
| [[2010 Haiti earthquake|January 12, 2010]]
| 7.0
| {{Flag|Haiti}}, [[Léogâne]]
| 13.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 46,000–160,000
|-
| [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|March 11, 2011]]
| 9.1
| {{Flag|Japan}}, [[Sendai]] offshore
| 29.0
| data-sort-value="11" | XI
| 19,759
|-
| [[2012 East Azerbaijan earthquakes|August 11, 2012]]
| 6.4
| {{Flag|Iran}}, [[East Azerbaijan]]
| 9.0
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 306
|-
| [[2013 Balochistan earthquakes|September 24, 2013]]
| 7.7
| {{Flag|Pakistan}}, [[Balochistan]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 825
|-
| [[2014 Ludian earthquake|August 3, 2014]]
| 6.1
| {{Flag|China}}, [[Yunnan]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 617
|-
| [[April 2015 Nepal earthquake|April 25, 2015]]
| 7.8
| {{Flag|Nepal}}, [[Gorkha District]]
| 8.2
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 8,962
|-
| [[2016 Ecuador earthquake|April 16, 2016]]
| 7.8
| {{Flag|Ecuador}}, [[Esmeraldas, Ecuador|Esmeraldas]]
| 20.6
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII<ref>{{cite anss|M 7.8 – 27&nbsp;km SSE of Muisne, Ecuador|2016|us20005j32/executive|access-date=January 8, 2022}}</ref>
| 676
|-
| [[2017 Iran–Iraq earthquake|November 12, 2017]]
| 7.3
| {{Sort flagicon|Iran}}{{Sort flagicon|Iraq}} [[Iran]]–[[Iraq]] border Region
| 19.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 630
|-
| [[2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami|September 28, 2018]]
| 7.5
| {{Flag|Indonesia}}, [[Palu]]
| 20.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 4,340
|-
| [[2019 Albania earthquake|November 26, 2019]]
| 6.4
| {{Flag|Albania}}, [[Durrës]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 51
|-
| [[2020 Aegean Sea earthquake|October 30, 2020]]
| 7.0
| {{Flag|Greece}}<br>{{Flag|Turkey}}<br>[[Aegean Sea]]
| 21.0
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 119
|-
| [[2021 Haiti earthquake|August 14, 2021]]
| 7.2
| {{Flag|Haiti}}, [[Nippes]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 2,248
|-
| [[June 2022 Afghanistan earthquake|June 21, 2022]]
| 6.0
| {{Flag|Afghanistan}}, [[Khost Province|Khost]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 1,052–1,163
|-
| [[2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes|February 6, 2023]]
| 7.8 & 7.7
| {{Flag|Turkey}}, [[Southeastern Anatolia Region|Southeastern Anatolia]]<br>{{flagicon|Ba'athist Syria}} [[Syria]], [[Aleppo Governorate|Aleppo]] and [[Idlib Governorate|Idlib]]
| 10.0 & 7.4
| data-sort-value="12" | XII
| 59,488–62,013
|-
| [[2024 Noto earthquake|January 1, 2024]]
| 7.5
| {{Flag|Japan}}, [[Ishikawa Prefecture|Ishikawa]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 526
|-
| [[2025 Myanmar earthquake|March 28, 2025]] 
| 7.7
| {{Flag|Myanmar}}, [[Sagaing Region]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="10" |X
| 5,456
|-
|}
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