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Earthquakes in History

20,130 significant events · page 5/336

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. 241.1939 CEEarthquake — 1939 Sulawesi Earthquake (Mw 8.1)
  2. 242.1937 CEEarthquake — Fiji Islands (Ms 8.1)
  3. 243.1932 CEEarthquake — 1932 Jalisco, Mexico Earthquake (Mw 8.1)
  4. 244.1929 CEEarthquake — South Sandwich Islands (Mw 8.1)
  5. 245.1929 CEEarthquake — 1929 South Sandwich Islands Earthquake (Mw 8.1)
  6. 246.1928 CEEarthquake — Indian Ocean, S (Ms 8.1)
  7. 247.1920 CEEarthquake — New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands (Mw 8.1)
  8. 248.1919 CEEarthquake — Tonga Islands (Mw 8.1)
  9. 249.1919 CEEarthquake — 1919 Tonga Earthquake (Mw 8.1)
  10. 250.1918 CEEarthquake — 1918 Kuril Islands Earthquake (Mw 8.1)
  11. 251.1918 CEEarthquake — Indonesia, Banda Sea (Ms 8.1)
  12. 252.1916 CEEarthquake — Indonesia, New Guinea: Irian Jaya (Ms 8.1)
  13. 253.1916 CEEarthquake — Indonesia, New Guinea: Irian Jaya (Ms 8.1)
  14. 254.1915 CEEarthquake — Russia, Kuril Islands (Ms 8.1)
  15. 255.1914 CEEarthquake — Indonesia, New Guinea: Irian Jaya: Japen (Mw 8.1)
  16. 256.1914 CEEarthquake — Japan, Volcano Islands (Ms 8.1)
  17. 257.1913 CEEarthquake — Vanuatu Islands (Ms 8.1)
  18. 258.1910 CEEarthquake — 1910 Taiwan Earthquake (Mw 8.1)
  19. 259.1909 CEEarthquake — Afghanistan, Hindu-Kush (Ms 8.1)
  20. 260.1908 CEEarthquake — Mexico, Guerrero (Ms 8.1)
  21. 261.1904 CEEarthquake — Russia, Off Kamchatka (Ms 8.1)
  22. 262.1903 CEEarthquake — Indonesia, S Of Java (Ms 8.1)
  23. 263.1902 CEEarthquake — Guam, Agana (Ms 8.1)
  24. 264.1897 CEEarthquake — Philippines, Northern Samar (Ms 8.1)
  25. 265.1677 CEEarthquake — Japan, Sanriku (Ms 8.1)
  26. 266.1668 CEEarthquake — Turkey (Mw 8.1)
  27. 267.1650 CEEarthquake — Peru, Cuzco, Collao, Lima, Bolivia: Sicasica (M 8.1)
  28. 268.1630 CEEarthquake — Peru, Lima (M 8.1)
  29. 269.1600 CEEarthquake — Peru, Omate (M 8.1)
  30. 270.1996 CEEarthquake — 1996 Biak, Indonesia Earthquake (Mww 8.09)
  31. 271.1920 CEEarthquake — 1920 Vanuatu Earthquake (Mw 8.09)
  32. 272.1989 CEEarthquake — 1989 Macquarie Ridge Earthquake (Mwc 8.02)
  33. 273.1941 CEEarthquake — 1941 Hyuganada Earthquake (Mw 8.02)
  34. 274.1911 CEEarthquake — The 1911 Kemin Earthquake, Kyrgyzstan (Mw 8.02)
  35. 275.1918 CEEarthquake — 60 km W of Diego de Almagro, Chile (Mw 8.01)
  36. 276.1556 CEEarthquake — China, Shaanxi Province (Ms 8)· 830,000 deaths
  37. 277.1739 CEEarthquake — China, Ningxia (Ms 8)· 50,000 deaths
  38. 278.1879 CEEarthquake — China, Gansu Province (Ms 8)· 22,000 deaths
  39. 279.1695 CEEarthquake — China, Shanxi Province: Linfen (Ms 8)· 20,000 deaths
  40. 280.1679 CEEarthquake — China, Hebei Province (Ms 8)· 13,162 deaths
  41. 281.1934 CEEarthquake — Nepal / India, Bihar (Mw 8)· 10,600 deaths
  42. 282.1654 CEEarthquake — China, Gansu Province: Tianshui (Ms 8)· 10,400 deaths
  43. 283.1931 CEEarthquake — China, Xinjiang Weiwuer Zizhiqu Province: N (Mw 8)· 10,000 deaths
  44. 284.1976 CEEarthquake — Philippines, Mindanao: S (Mw 8)· 8,000 deaths
  45. 285.1833 CEEarthquake — China, Yunnan Province (Ms 8)· 6,700 deaths
  46. 286.1746 CEEarthquake — Peru, Lima, Callao (Ms 8)· 5,941 deaths
  47. 287.1842 CEEarthquake — Haiti, Cap-Haitien (Mw 8)· 5,300 deaths
  48. 288.365 CEEarthquake — Greece, Crete: Knossos (Ms 8)· 5,000 deaths
  49. 289.1303 CEEarthquake — Greece, Crete (Ms 8)· 4,000 deaths
  50. 290.1897 CEEarthquake — India, Assam, Bangladesh (Mw 8)· 1,542 deaths
  51. 291.1645 CEEarthquake — Philippines, Luzon: S Batangas To N Cagayan (Ms 8)· 600 deaths
  52. 292.2007 CEEarthquake — Peru, Ica, Pisco, Lima (Mw 8)· 596 deaths
  53. 293.1911 CEEarthquake — Kazakhstan, Alma-Ata, Turkestan, Afghanistan (Mw 8)· 450 deaths
  54. 294.1784 CEEarthquake — Peru, Arequipa, Camana, Moquegua, Tambo (Ms 8)· 383 deaths
  55. 295.1945 CEEarthquake — Pakistan, Makran Coast (Mw 8)· 300 deaths
  56. 296.1797 CEEarthquake — Sw. Sumatra (Ms 8)· 300 deaths
  57. 297.1985 CEEarthquake — Chile, Central Coast, San Antonio, Valparaiso (Mw 8)· 180 deaths
  58. 298.1995 CEEarthquake — Mexico, Jalisco, Manzanillo, San Patricio Melaque (Mw 8)· 50 deaths
  59. 299.1657 CEEarthquake — Chile, Concepcion, Chillan (Ms 8)· 40 deaths
  60. 300.1856 CEEarthquake — Japan, Oshima (Ms 8)· 26 deaths
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