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Major Earthquakes Since 1900
1,746 major earthquakes (at least 10 deaths or magnitude 7 and above) recorded worldwide since 1900 by NOAA, which killed more than 2,562,000 people in total. 700 of them triggered a tsunami. Each earthquake has its own page: date, magnitude, death toll, plates involved and nearby earthquakes.
Major Earthquakes by Decade
The Deadliest
- 20102010 Haiti Earthquake · M 7.0316,000 deaths
- 19761976 Tangshan Earthquake · M 7.5242,769 deaths
- 19201920 Haiyuan Earthquake · M 8.3235,502 deaths
- 20042004 Indian Ocean Earthquake · M 9.1227,899 deaths
- 19481948 Ashgabat Earthquake · M 7.2110,000 deaths
- 19231923 Great Kantō Earthquake · M 7.9105,385 deaths
- 20082008 Sichuan Earthquake · M 7.987,652 deaths
- 19081908 Messina Earthquake · M 7.080,000 deaths
- 20052005 Kashmir Earthquake · M 7.676,213 deaths
- 19701970 Ancash Earthquake · M 7.966,794 deaths
- 19351935 Quetta Earthquake · M 7.560,000 deaths
- 20232023 Turkey–Syria Earthquakes · M 7.856,697 deaths
- 19271927 Gulang Earthquake · M 7.740,912 deaths
- 19901990 Manjil–Rudbar Earthquake · M 7.340,000 deaths
- 1939Erzincan Earthquake of 1939 · M 7.832,700 deaths
- 20032003 Bam Earthquake · M 6.631,000 deaths
- 19391939 Chillán Earthquake · M 8.330,000 deaths
- 19151915 Avezzano Earthquake · M 7.529,978 deaths
- 19881988 Spitak Earthquake · M 6.825,000 deaths
- 19761976 Guatemala Earthquake · M 7.523,000 deaths
- 20012001 Gujarat Earthquake · M 7.620,005 deaths
- 19741974 Zhaotong Earthquake · M 7.120,000 deaths
- 19781978 Tabas Earthquake · M 7.420,000 deaths
- 19051905 Kangra Earthquake · M 7.919,000 deaths
- 20112011 Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami · M 9.118,423 deaths
The Most Powerful
- 19601960 Valdivia EarthquakeM 9.5
- 19641964 Alaska Great Earthquake and TsunamiM 9.2
- 20042004 Indian Ocean EarthquakeM 9.1
- 20112011 Tōhoku Earthquake and TsunamiM 9.1
- 19521952 Severo-Kurilsk TsunamiM 9.0
- 19061906 Ecuador-Colombia EarthquakM 8.8
- 20102010 Chile EarthquakeM 8.8
- 20252025 Kamchatka EarthquakeM 8.8
- 19651965 Rat Islands EarthquakeM 8.7
- 19501950 Assam–Tibet EarthquakeM 8.6
- 20052005 Sumatra EarthquakeM 8.6
- 19461946 Aleutian Islands EarthquakeM 8.6
- 20122012 Indian Ocean EarthquakesM 8.6
- 19571957 Andreanof Islands EarthquakeM 8.6
- 19381938 Banda Sea EarthquakeM 8.6
- 19221922 Vallenar EarthquakeM 8.5
- 19631963 Kuril Islands EarthquakeM 8.5
- 19331933 Sanriku EarthquakeM 8.4
- 20012001 Southern Peru EarthquakeM 8.4
- 2007September 2007 Sumatra EarthquakesM 8.4
- 1923February 1923 Kamchatka EarthquakeM 8.4
- 1905Minahassa Peninsula, IndonesiaM 8.4
- 19051905 Tsetserleg EarthquakeM 8.4
- 1906Near S Coast Honshu, JapanM 8.4
- 19201920 Haiyuan EarthquakeM 8.3
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata