Earthquakes with 1,000 or More Deaths from 1900

Date UTC	Location	Deaths	Magnitude	Comments
1902 Apr 19	Guatemala 14 N 91 W	2,000	7.5
1902 Dec 16	Turkestan 40.8 N 72.6 E	4,500	6.4
1903 Apr 19	Turkey 39.1 N 42.4 E	1,700
1903 Apr 28	Turkey 39.1 N 42.5 E	2,200	6.3
1905 Apr 4	India, Kangra 33.0 N 76.0 E	19,000	8.6
1905 Sep 8	Italy, Calabria 39.4 N 16.4 E	2,500	7.9
1906 Jan 31	Colombia-Ecuador 1 N 81.5 W	1,000	8.8
1906 Mar 16	Formosa, Kagi (Taiwan) 23.6 N 120.5 E	1,300	7.1
1906 Apr 18	San Francisco, California 38.0 N 123.0 W	about 3,000	7.8	Deaths from earthquake and fire.
1906 Aug 17	Chile, Valparaiso 33 S 72 W	20,000	8.2
1907 Jan 14	Jamaica, Kingston 18.2 N 76.7 W	1,600	6.5
1907 Oct 21	Central Asia 38 N 69 E	12,000	8.1
1908 Dec 28	Italy, Messina 38 N 15.5 E	70,000 to 100,000	7.2	Deaths from earthquake and tsunami.
1909 Jan 23	Iran 33.4 N 49.1 E	5,500	7.3
1912 Aug 9	Marmara Sea 40.5 N 27 E	1,950	7.8
1915 Jan 13	Italy, Avezzano 42 N 13.5 E	29,980	7.5
1917 Jan 21	Indonesia, Bali 8.0 S 115.4 E	15,000
1917 Jul 30	China 28.0 N 104.0 E	1,800	6.5
1918 Feb 13	China, Kwangtung (Guangdong) 23.5 N 117.0 E	10,000	7.3
1920 Dec 16	China, Gansu 35.8 N 105.7 E	200,000	7.8	Major fractures, landslides.
1923 Mar 24	China 31.3 N 100.8 E	5,000	7.3
1923 May 25	Iran 35.3 N 59.2 E	2,200	5.7
1923 Sep 1	Japan, Kanto 35.0 N 139.5 E	143,000	7.9	Great Tokyo fire.
1925 Mar 16	China, Yunnan 25.5 N 100.3 E	5,000	7.1	Talifu almost completely destroyed.
1927 Mar 7	Japan, Tango 35.8 N 134.8 E	3,020	7.6
1927 May 22	China, Tsinghai 36.8 N 102.8 E	200,000	7.9	Large fractures.
1929 May 1	Iran 38 N 58 E	3,300	7.4
1930 May 6	Iran 38.0 N 44.5 E	2,500	7.2
1930 Jul 23	Italy 41.1 N 15.4 E	1,430	6.5
1931 Mar 31	Nicaragua 13.2 N 85.7 W	2,400	5.6
1932 Dec 25	China, Gansu 39.7 N 97.0 E	70,000	7.6
1933 Mar 2	Japan, Sanriku 39.0 N 143.0 E	2,990	8.4
1933 Aug 25	China 32.0 N 103.7 E	10,000	7.4
1934 Jan 15	India, Bihar-Nepal 26.6 N 86.8 E	10,700	8.1
1935 Apr 20	Formosa 24.0 N 121.0 E	3,280	7.1
1935 May 30	Pakistan, Quetta 29.6 N 66.5 E	30,000 to 60,000	7.5	Quetta almost completely destroyed.
1935 Jul 16	Taiwan 24.4 N 120.7 E	2,700	6.5
1939 Jan 25	Chile, Chillan 36.2 S 72.2 W	28,000	8.3
1939 Dec 26	Turkey, Erzincan 39.6 N 38 E	30,000	7.8
1940 Nov 10	Romania 45.8 N 26.8 E	1,000	7.3
1942 Nov 26	Turkey 40.5 N 34.0 E	4,000	7.6
1942 Dec 20	Turkey, Erbaa 40.9 N 36.5 E	3,000	7.3	Some reports of 1,000 killed.
1943 Sep 10	Japan, Tottori 35.6 N 134.2 E	1,190	7.4
1943 Nov 26	Turkey 41.0 N 33.7 E	4,000	7.6
1944 Jan 15	Argentina, San Juan 31.6 S 68.5 W	5,000	7.8	Reports of as many as 8,000 killed.
1944 Feb 1	Turkey 41.4 N 32.7 E	2,800	7.4	Reports of as many as 5,000 killed.
1944 Dec 7	Japan, Tonankai 33.7 N 136.2 E	1,000	8.1
1945 Jan 12	Japan Mikawa 34.8 N 137.0 E	1,900	7.1
1945 Nov 27	Iran 25.0 N 60.5 E	4,000	8.2
1946 May 31	Turkey 39.5 N 41.5 E	1,300	6.0
1946 Nov 10	Peru, Ancash 8.3 S 77.8 W	1,400	7.3	Landslides, great destruction.
1946 Dec 20	Japan, Tonankai 32.5 N 134.5 E	1,330	8.1
1948 Jun 28	Japan, Fukui 36.1 N 136.2 E	5,390	7.3
1948 Oct 5	USSR (Turkmenistan, Ashgabat) 38.0 N 58.3 E	110,000	7.3
1949 Aug 5	Ecuador, Ambato 1.2 S 78.5 E	6,000	6.8	Large landslides, topographical changes.
1950 Aug 15	India, Assam, Tibet 28.7 N 96.6 E	1,530	8.6	Great topographical changes, landslides, floods.
1954 Sep 9	Algeria, Orleansville 36 N 1.6 E	1,250	6.8
1957 Jun 27	USSR (Russia) 56.3 N 116.5 E	1,200
1957 Jul 2	Iran 36.2 N 52.7 E	1,200	7.4
1957 Dec 13	Iran 34.4 N 47.6 E	1,130	7.3
1960 Feb 29	Morocco, Agadir 30 N 9 W	10,000 to 15,000	5.7	Occurred at shallow depth just under city.
1960 May 22	Chile 39.5 S 74.5 W	4,000 to 5,000	9.5*	Tsunami, volcanic activity, floods.
1962 Sep 1	Iran, Qazvin 35.6 N 49.9 E	12,230	7.3
1963 Jul 26	Yugoslavia, Skopje 42.1 N 21.4 E	1,100	6.0	Occurred at shallow depth just under city.
1966 Aug 19	Turkey, Varto 39.2 N 41.7 E	2,520	7.1
1968 Aug 31	Iran 34.0 N 59.0 E	12,000 to 20,000	7.3
1969 Jul 25	Eastern China 21.6 N 111.9 E	3,000	5.9
1970 Jan 4	Yunnan Province, China 24.1 N 102.5 E	10,000	7.5
1970 Mar 28	Turkey, Gediz 39.2 N 29.5 E	1,100	7.3
1970 May 31	Peru 9.2 S 78.8 W	66,000	7.9	$530,000,000 damage, great rock slide, floods.
1972 Apr 10	Iran, southern 28.4 N 52.8 E	5,054	7.1
1972 Dec 23	Nicaragua, Managua 12.4 N 86.1 W	5,000	6.2
1974 May 10	China 28.2 N 104.0 E	20,000	6.8
1974 Dec 28	Pakistan 35.0 N 72.8 E	5,300	6.2
1975 Feb 4	China 40.6 N 122.5 E	10,000	7.0
1975 Sep 6	Turkey 38.5 N 40.7 E	2,300	6.7
1976 Feb 4	Guatemala 15.3 N 89.1 W	23,000	7.5
1976 May 6	Italy, northeastern 46.4 N 13.3 E	1,000	6.5
1976 Jun 25	West Irian (New Guinea) 4.6 S 140.1 E	422	7.1	5,000 to 9,000 missing and presumed dead.
1976 Jul 27	China, Tangshan 39.6 N 118.0 E	255,000 (official)	7.5	Estimated death toll as high as 655,000.
1976 Aug 16	Philippines, Mindanao 6.3 N 124.0 E	8,000	7.9
1976 Nov 24	Northwest Iran-USSR border 39.1 N 44.0 E	5,000	7.3	Deaths estimated.
1977 Mar 4	Romania 45.8 N 26.8 E	1,500	7.2
1978 Sep 16	Iran 33.2 N 57.4 E	15,000	7.8
1980 Oct 10	Algeria, El Asnam (formerly Orleansville) 36.1 N 1.4 E	3,500	7.7
1980 Nov 23	Italy, southern 40.9 N 15.3 E	3,000	7.2
1981 Jun 11	Iran, southern 29.9 N 57.7 E	3,000	6.9
1981 Jul 28	Iran, southern 30.0 N 57.8 E	1,500	7.3
1982 Dec 13	Western Arabian Peninsula 14.7 N 44.4 E	2,800	6.0
1983 Oct 30	Turkey 40.3 N 42.2 E	1,342	6.9
1985 Sep 19	Mexico, Michoacan 18.2 N 102.5 W	9,500 (official)	8.0	Estimated death toll as high as 30,000.
1986 Oct 10	El Salvador 13.8 N 89.2 W	1,000+	5.5
1987 Mar 6	Colombia-Ecuador 0.2 N 77.8 W	1,000+	7.0
1988 Aug 20	Nepal-India border region 26.8 N 86.6 E	1,450	6.6
1988 Dec 7	Armenia, Spitak 41.0 N 44.2 E	25,000	6.8
1990 Jun 20	Western Iran 37.0 N 49.4 E	40,000 to 50,000	7.7	Landslides.
1990 Jul 16	Luzon, Philippine Islands 15.7 N 121.2 E	1,621	7.8	Landslides, subsidence, and sandblows.
1991 Oct 19	Northern India 30.8 N 78.8 E	2,000	7.0
1992 Dec 12	Flores Region, Indonesia 8.5 S 121.9 E	2,500	7.5	Tsunami ran inland 300 meters; wave height 25 meters.
1993 Sep 29	India, Latur-Killari 18.1 N 76.5 E	9,748	6.2
1995 Jan 16	Japan, Kobe 34.6 N 135 E	5,502	6.9	Landslide, liquifaction.
1995 May 27	Sakhalin Island 52.6 N 142.8 E	1,989	7.5
1997 May 10	Northern Iran 33.9 N 59.7 E	1,560	7.5	4,460 injured, 60,000 homeless.
1998 Feb 04	Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border Region 37.1 N 70.1 E	2,323	6.1	818 injured, 8,094 houses destroyed, 6,725 livestock killed.
1998 May 30	Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border Region 37.1 N 70.1 E	4,000	6.9	At least 4,000 people killed, many thousands injured and homeless in Badakhshan and Takhar Provinces, Afghanistan.
1998 Jul 17	Papua New Guinea, 2.96 S 141.9 E	2,183	7.0	Thousands injured, about 9,500 homeless and about 500 missing as a result of a tsunami with maximum wave heights estimated at 10 meters.
1999 Jan 25	Colombia 4.46 N 75.82 W	1,185	6.2	Over 700 missing and presumed killed, over 4,750 injured and about 250,000 homeless.
1999 Aug 17	Turkey 40.7 N 30.0 E	17,118	7.6	At least 50,000 injured, thousands homeless. Damage estimate at 3 to 6.5 billion USD.
1999 Sep 20	Taiwan 23.7 N 121.0 E	2,297	7.7	Over 8,700 injured, over 600,000 homeless. Damage estimate at 14 billion USD.
2001 Jan 26	India 23.3 N 70.3 E	20,023	7.7	166,836 injured, 600,000 homeless.
2002 Mar 25	Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan 35.9 N 69.2 E	1,000	6.1	4,000 injured, 1,500 houses destroyed in the Nahrin area. Approximately 20,000 people homeless.
2003 May 21	Northern Algeria 36.90 N 3.71 E	2,266	6.8	10,261 injured, 150,000 homeless, more than 1,243 buildings damaged or destroyed.
2003 Dec 26	Southeastern Iran 28.99 N 58.31 E	26,200	6.6	30,000 injured, 85 percent of buildings damaged or destroyed and infrastructure damaged in the Bam area
2004 Dec 26	Sumatra 3.30 N 95.87 E	283,106	9.0	Deaths from earthquake and tsunami.
2005 Mar 28	Northern Sumatra, Indonesia 2.07 N 97.01 E	1,313	8.7