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Deadliest
Earthquakes
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# |
Date |
Location |
Deaths |
Magnitude |
1 |
23 January 1556 |
Shansi, China |
830,000 |
unknown |
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2 |
27 July 1976 |
Tangshan, China |
655,000 |
8.2 |
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3 |
26 December 2004 |
Sumatra, Indonesia |
283,106 |
9 |
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4 |
9 August 1138 |
Aleppo, Syria |
230,000 |
unknown |
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5 |
22 May 1927 |
Xining, China |
200,000 |
7.9 |
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6 |
22 December 856* |
Damghan, Iran |
200,000 |
unknown |
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7 |
16 December 1920 |
Gansu, China |
200,000 |
8.6 |
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8 |
23 March 893* |
Ardabil, Iran |
150,000 |
unknown |
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9 |
1 September 1923 |
Kanto, Japan |
143,000 |
7.9 |
10 |
5 Oct 1948 |
Turkmenistan (USSR) |
110,000 |
7.3 |
11 |
28 December 1908 |
Messina, Italy |
70,000-100,000 |
7.2 |
12 |
September 1290 |
Chihli, China |
100,000 |
unknown |
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13 |
8 October 2005 |
Muzafarrabad, Pakistan |
86,000 |
7.6 |
14 |
November 1667 |
Shemakha, Caucasia |
80,000 |
unknown |
15 |
18 November 1727 |
Tabriz, Iran |
77,000 |
unknown |
16 |
1 November 1755 |
Lisbon, Portugal |
70,000 |
8.7 |
17 |
25 December 1932 |
Gansu, China |
70,000 |
7.6 |
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18 |
31 May 1970 |
Peru |
66,000 |
7.9 |
19 |
1268 |
Cilicia, Asia Minor |
60,000 |
unknown |
20 |
11 January 1693 |
Sicily, Italy |
60,000 |
unknown |
21 |
30 May 1935 |
Quetta, Pakistan |
30,000-60,000 |
7.5 |
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22 |
4 February 1783 |
Calabria, Italy |
50,000 |
unknown |
23 |
20 June 1990 |
Gilan, Iran |
50,000 |
7.7 |
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Notes
*Dates uncertain
Sources
Gates, A. E. and D. Ritchie. Encyclopedia of Earthquakes
and Volcanoes, 3rd edn. New York: Facts On File, 2007.
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