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Earthquakes in History

20,130 significant events · page 27/336

From the earliest recorded earthquakes to today. Records are sorted by magnitude and impact; each event has its own page with location, date, source and nearby events.

  1. 1561.818 CEEarthquake — Afghanistan / India, Hindu-Kush, Kazahkstan: Balkha (Ms 7.5)
  2. 1562.382 CEEarthquake — Portugal, Cabo San Vicente: Sw (M 7.5)
  3. 1563.180 CEEarthquake — China, Gansu Province (Ms 7.5)
  4. 1564.1927 CEEarthquake — 273 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia (Mw 7.49)
  5. 1565.1912 CEEarthquake — 210 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines (Mw 7.49)
  6. 1566.1951 CEEarthquake — 58 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan (Mw 7.48)
  7. 1567.1929 CEEarthquake — 262 km W of Port McNeill, Canada (Mw 7.48)
  8. 1568.1926 CEEarthquake — 62 km SW of Malango, Solomon Islands (Mw 7.48)
  9. 1569.1914 CEEarthquake — 273 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia (Mw 7.48)
  10. 1570.1909 CEEarthquake — 50 km WNW of Diego de Almagro, Chile (Mw 7.48)
  11. 1571.1962 CEEarthquake — 262 km WNW of Haveluloto, Tonga (Mw 7.47)
  12. 1572.1941 CEEarthquake — 70 km WSW of Golfito, Costa Rica (Mw 7.47)
  13. 1573.1926 CEEarthquake — north of Macquarie Island (Mw 7.47)
  14. 1574.1896 CEEarthquake — North Atlantic Ocean and Iceland (Mw 7.47)
  15. 1575.1945 CEEarthquake — 32 km SSW of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (Mw 7.46)
  16. 1576.1936 CEEarthquake — 253 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia (Mw 7.46)
  17. 1577.1935 CEEarthquake — 42 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia (Mw 7.46)
  18. 1578.1933 CEEarthquake — South Sandwich Islands region (Mw 7.46)
  19. 1579.1910 CEEarthquake — 47 km ESE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands (Mw 7.46)
  20. 1580.1908 CEEarthquake — 6 km S of Copala, Mexico (Mw 7.46)
  21. 1581.1354 CEEarthquake — Turkey (Mw 7.46)
  22. 1582.1063 CEEarthquake — Turkey (Mw 7.46)
  23. 1583.1917 CEEarthquake — 93 km SW of Aitape, Papua New Guinea (Mw 7.45)
  24. 1584.1969 CEEarthquake — 172 km NNE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia (Mw 7.44)
  25. 1585.1965 CEEarthquake — 51 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan (Mw 7.44)
  26. 1586.1948 CEEarthquake — 67 km SSW of Shing?, Japan (Mw 7.44)
  27. 1587.1943 CEEarthquake — 87 km SSW of Srandakan, Indonesia (Mw 7.44)
  28. 1588.1937 CEEarthquake — 170 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia (Mw 7.44)
  29. 1589.1933 CEEarthquake — Baffin Bay (Mw 7.44)
  30. 1590.1928 CEEarthquake — 8 km ENE of Santiago Xanica, Mexico (Mw 7.44)
  31. 1591.1921 CEEarthquake — 62 km E of Baculin, Philippines (Mw 7.44)
  32. 1592.1907 CEEarthquake — 45 km SE of Panjakent, Tajikistan (Mw 7.44)
  33. 1593.1907 CEEarthquake — 69 km SSW of La Libertad, Mexico (Mw 7.44)
  34. 1594.1907 CEEarthquake — 70 km NE of Sabang Indan, Philippines (Mw 7.44)
  35. 1595.1947 CEEarthquake — 92 km WSW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea (Mw 7.43)
  36. 1596.1941 CEEarthquake — 33 km NW of Gorontalo, Indonesia (Mw 7.43)
  37. 1597.1930 CEEarthquake — 41 km SW of Nyaunglebin, Myanmar (Mw 7.43)
  38. 1598.1719 CEEarthquake — Turkey (Mw 7.43)
  39. 1599.1971 CEEarthquake — 98 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador (Mw 7.42)
  40. 1600.1970 CEEarthquake — 14 km ENE of Suklayin, Philippines (Mw 7.42)
  41. 1601.1939 CEEarthquake — Atacama, Chile (Mw 7.42)
  42. 1602.1928 CEEarthquake — 10 km ESE of Basak, Philippines (Mw 7.42)
  43. 1603.1914 CEEarthquake — 160 km WNW of Hami, China (Mw 7.42)
  44. 1604.1908 CEEarthquake — Falkland Islands region (Mw 7.42)
  45. 1605.1905 CEEarthquake — 177 km SW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea (Mw 7.42)
  46. 1606.1939 CEEarthquake — off the east coast of Honshu, Japan (Mw 7.41)
  47. 1607.1923 CEEarthquake — 193 km W of Sorong, Indonesia (Mw 7.41)
  48. 1608.1922 CEEarthquake — 123 km W of Big Lagoon, California (Mw 7.41)
  49. 1609.1916 CEEarthquake — 152 km ESE of Koshima, Japan (Mw 7.41)
  50. 1610.1910 CEEarthquake — 47 km WSW of Norsup, Vanuatu (Mw 7.41)
  51. 1611.1693 CEEarthquake — Italy, Sicily, Calabria (Mw 7.4)· 54,000 deaths
  52. 1612.1759 CEEarthquake — Lebanon-Syria, Baalbec, Syria: Damascus, Antioch (Ms 7.4)· 30,000 deaths
  53. 1613.1978 CEEarthquake — Iran, Tabas (Mw 7.4)· 20,000 deaths
  54. 1614.1771 CEEarthquake — Japan, Ryukyu Islands (Ms 7.4)· 13,486 deaths
  55. 1615.1907 CEEarthquake — Tajikistan, Karatag (Ms 7.4)· 12,000 deaths
  56. 1616.1847 CEEarthquake — Japan, Zenkoji, Nagano (Ms 7.4)· 12,000 deaths
  57. 1617.1933 CEEarthquake — China, Sichuan Province (Mw 7.4)· 9,300 deaths
  58. 1618.1949 CEEarthquake — Tajikistan (Ms 7.4)· 3,500 deaths
  59. 1619.1943 CEEarthquake — Japan, Honshu: S (M 7.4)· 1,400 deaths
  60. 1620.1872 CEEarthquake — Japan, Honshu: Sw (Ms 7.4)· 804 deaths
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