Earthquakes in History

20,130 significant events · page 30/336

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. 1741.1953 CEEarthquake — Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands (Mw 7.4)
  2. 1742.1952 CEEarthquake — 101 km SSW of Nagqu, China (Mw 7.4)
  3. 1743.1943 CEEarthquake — 18 km SSW of Palos Blancos, Mexico (Mw 7.4)
  4. 1744.1940 CEEarthquake — Alaska, Aleutian Islands: Rat Islands (Mb 7.4)
  5. 1745.1939 CEEarthquake — Chile, North Central (Ms 7.4)
  6. 1746.1937 CEEarthquake — 3 km W of Huixtepec, Mexico (Mw 7.4)
  7. 1747.1931 CEEarthquake — Sw. Sumatra (Ms 7.4)
  8. 1748.1931 CEEarthquake — 47 km WSW of Hastings, New Zealand (Mw 7.4)
  9. 1749.1931 CEEarthquake — Pakistan, Mach, Baluchistan (M 7.4)
  10. 1750.1927 CEEarthquake — Argentina, Mendoza, Chile (Ms 7.4)
  11. 1751.1922 CEEarthquake — Peru, Caraveli (Ms 7.4)
  12. 1752.1919 CEEarthquake — 122 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan (Mw 7.4)
  13. 1753.1919 CEEarthquake — Philippines, Mindanao Island (Ms 7.4)
  14. 1754.1917 CEEarthquake — 54 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska (Mw 7.4)
  15. 1755.1916 CEEarthquake — 133 km WNW of Nikolski, Alaska (mb 7.4)
  16. 1756.1911 CEEarthquake — 50 km SSW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan (mb 7.4)
  17. 1757.1911 CEEarthquake — 95 km NNE of Ozernovskiy, Russia (mb 7.4)
  18. 1758.1910 CEEarthquake — 227 km E of Levuka, Fiji (mb 7.4)
  19. 1759.1910 CEEarthquake — Japan, Honshu: S. Of (Ms 7.4)
  20. 1760.1907 CEEarthquake — Papua New Guinea, Bismarck Sea (Ms 7.4)
  21. 1761.1907 CEEarthquake — Philippines, Se Luzon: Camarines (Ms 7.4)
  22. 1762.1906 CEEarthquake — 50 km SSW of Ōyama, Japan (Mw 7.4)
  23. 1763.1904 CEEarthquake — 164 km NNE of Ama, Japan (mb 7.4)
  24. 1764.1903 CEEarthquake — Near the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico (Mw 7.4)
  25. 1765.1899 CEEarthquake — The 1899 Yakutat Bay, Alaska Earthquakes (Second Major Event) (Ms 7.4)
  26. 1766.1897 CEEarthquake — Japan, Sanriku (Ms 7.4)
  27. 1767.1875 CEEarthquake — Mexico, Guadalajara, Mexico City (Ms 7.4)
  28. 1768.1872 CEEarthquake — The 1872 Owens Valley, California Earthquake (Mw 7.4)
  29. 1769.1872 CEEarthquake — Mexico, Oaxaca, Mexico City (Ms 7.4)
  30. 1770.1867 CEEarthquake — Greece (Mw 7.4)
  31. 1771.1861 CEEarthquake — Japan, Honshu: Miyagi Prefecture (Ms 7.4)
  32. 1772.1844 CEEarthquake — Nicaragua, Rivas, Greytown (Ms 7.4)
  33. 1773.1838 CEEarthquake — The 1838 San Andreas Fault, California Earthquake (Mw 7.4)
  34. 1774.1810 CEEarthquake — Mexico, Baja California: Loreto (Mw 7.4)
  35. 1775.1802 CEEarthquake — Romania, Carpathian Fold, Vrancea (M 7.4)
  36. 1776.1772 CEEarthquake — Japan, Sanriku, Rikuzen, Rikuchu (M 7.4)
  37. 1777.1770 CEEarthquake — Japan, Morioka (M 7.4)
  38. 1778.1769 CEEarthquake — Sw. Kyushu Island, Japan (Ms 7.4)
  39. 1779.1763 CEEarthquake — Japan, Sanriku, Mutsu (Ms 7.4)
  40. 1780.1717 CEEarthquake — Guatemala, Antigua (M 7.4)
  41. 1781.1693 CEEarthquake — Eastern Sicily, Italy (Mfa 7.4)
  42. 1782.1408 CEEarthquake — Turkey, Antioch, Syria: Aleppo, Lebanon: Tripolis (Ms 7.4)
  43. 1783.1156 CEEarthquake — Turkey (Mw 7.4)
  44. 1784.878 CEEarthquake — Japan, Kanagawa (M 7.4)
  45. 1785.1965 CEEarthquake — 265 km WSW of Adak, Alaska (Mw 7.39)
  46. 1786.1941 CEEarthquake — 54 km ESE of Lata, Solomon Islands (Mw 7.39)
  47. 1787.1921 CEEarthquake — 103 km ESE of Neiafu, Tonga (Mw 7.39)
  48. 1788.1734 CEEarthquake — North Atlantic Ocean and Iceland (Mw 7.39)
  49. 1789.1042 CEEarthquake — SE Mediterranean area (Mw 7.39)
  50. 1790.1968 CEEarthquake — 26 km S of Shikotan, Russia (Mw 7.38)
  51. 1791.1953 CEEarthquake — 67 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (Mw 7.38)
  52. 1792.1943 CEEarthquake — 78 km NNW of Curup, Indonesia (Mw 7.38)
  53. 1793.1933 CEEarthquake — 101 km WNW of Jiangyou, China (Mw 7.38)
  54. 1794.1923 CEEarthquake — 97 km SSE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia (Mw 7.38)
  55. 1795.1911 CEEarthquake — 128 km SSW of Tarauacá, Brazil (Mw 7.38)
  56. 1796.1955 CEEarthquake — Mindanao, Philippines (Mw 7.37)
  57. 1797.1923 CEEarthquake — 22 km N of Nishinoomote, Japan (Mw 7.37)
  58. 1798.1918 CEEarthquake — 7 km S of Huanggang, China (Mw 7.37)
  59. 1799.1907 CEEarthquake — 151 km S of Attu Station, Alaska (Mw 7.37)
  60. 1800.1906 CEEarthquake — northwest of Australia (Mw 7.37)