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Feb 2023 | Date | Location | Magnitude | Dead / Damages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 2023 | Marrakech - Morocco | 6.8 | 2 946 dead |
| Feb. 2023 | Turkey and Syria | 7.8 | 21 700 dead (17 134 in Turkey and 3 162 in Syria) |
| Marc. 2011 | Japan | 9.1 | 18 500 dead |
| Jan. 2010 | Haiti | 7 | 200 000 dead in Haiti |
| May. 2008 | Sichuan - China | 7.9 | 87 000 dead in Sichuan (southwest China) |
| Oct.2005 | Cashmere - Pakistan | 7.6 | 73 000 dead |
| Dec. 2004 | Sumatra - Indonesia | 9.1 | 230 000 dead in Southeast Asia, including 170 000 in Indonesia |
| Dec. 2003 | Bam - Iran | 6.3 | 28 000 dead, 30 000 injured |
| May. 2003 | Boumerdes - Algeria | 6.7 | 2 200 dead |
| Sept. 1999 | Taiwan | 7.6 | 2 500 dead |
| Aug, 1999 | Izmit - Turkey | 7.4 | 17 000 dead, 44 000 injured |
| Feb. 1998 | Afghanistan | 6 | 3 000 dead |
| May. 1998 | Afghanistan | 6.9 | 5 000 dead |
| Jan. 1995 | Kobe - Japan | 7.2 | 6 400 dead, 250 000 collapsed buildings |
| Sept.1993 | India | 6.3 | 7 600 dead, 16 000 injured |
| Dec. 1992 | Flores - Philippines | 7.5 | 2 000 dead |
| Jun. 1990 | Iran | 7.3 | 40 000 dead |
| Jul. 1990 | Philippines | 7.7 | 2 600 dead |
| Sept. 1985 | Mexico | 8.1 | 10 000 dead |
| Oct. 1983 | Turkey | 6.8 | 1 330 dead |
| Dec. 1982 | North-Yemen | 6 | 2 000 dead |
| Jun, 1981 | Iran | 6.7 | 3 000 dead |
| Oct. 1980 | El Asnam - Algeria | 7.2 | 3 000 dead |
| Nov. 1980 | South of Italy | 6.8 | 5 000 dead |
| Sept. 1978 | Tabas - Iran | 7.7 | 15 000 dead |
| Jul. 1976 | Tangshan - China | 7.8 | 250 000 dead |
| 1976 | New Guinea | 7.1 | 6 000 dead |
| Feb. 1976 | Guatemala | 7.5 | 26 000 dead |
| Nov. 1976 | Turkey | 7.3 | 7 000 dead |
| May. 1970 | Ancash - Peru | 7.8 | 54 000 dead |
| Aug. 1968 | Khorassan - Iran | 7.4 | 10 500 dead |
| Sept. 1962 | Qavzin - Iran | 7 | 12 000 dead |
| Feb. 1960 | Agadir -Morocco | 5.8 | 15 000 dead |
| May. 1960 | Chile | 8.8 | 5 700 dead |
| Sept. 1954 | El Asnam - Algeria | 6.7 | 1 450 dead |
| Jan. 1939 | Conception - Chile | 8.3 | 25 000 dead |
| Dec. 1939 | Erzincan - Turkey | 8 | 25 000 dead |
| May. 1935 | Quetta - Pakistan | 7.5 | 60 000 dead |
| May. 1927 | Nanchang - China | 8 | 200 000 dead |
| Sept. 1923 | Tokyo & Yokohama - Japan | 7.9 | 100 000 dead |
| Dec. 1920 | Gansu - China | 8.5 | 180 000 dead |
| Dec. 1908 | Messine - Italy | 7.5 | 84 000 dead |
| Apr. 1905 | Kangra - India | - | 20 000 dead |
| 1857 | Naples & Salerne - Italy | - | 12 000 dead |
| 1812 | Caracas - Venezuela | - | Destruction of Caracas - 12 000 dead |
| 1797 | Peru | - | 40 000 dead |
| 1783 | Calabre - Italy | - | 50 000 dead |
| 1759 | Baalbek - Lebanon | - | 20 000 dead |
| 1755 | Lisbon - Portugal | - | 60 000 dead, 9 000 collapsed buildings |
| 1754 | Le Caire - Egypte | 6.6 | 40 000 dead |
| 1727 | Tabriz - Turkey | - | 77 000 dead |
| 1716 | Algiers - Algeria | - | 20 000 dead |
| 1703 | Tokyo - Japan | - | 200 000 dead |
| 1556 | China | - | More than 830 000 dead |
| 1555 | Srinagar - India | - | 60 000 dead |
| 1356 | Basel - Switzerland | - | Destruction of Basel and the 80 castles in the surroundings |
| 1302 | Alexandria - Egypt | - | Destruction of the headlight of Pharos |
| 1138 | Aleppo - Syria | - | 230 000 dead |
| 856 | Damghan - Iran | 7.9 | 200 000 dead in Damghan, capital of the medieval province of Qumis |
| 557 | Byzance | - | Damaging of the big Holy church Sophie |
