Lists of earthquakes

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The following is a list of earthquake lists, and of top earthquakes by magnitude and fatalities.

Video Lists of earthquakes

Lists by period

• Before 1901
• 1901-2000
• 2001-present

Maps Lists of earthquakes

Lists by country

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Lists by region

• Caribbean
• Levant
• South Asia

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Largest earthquakes by year

These are the largest or most notable earthquakes per year since the start of the 21st century.

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Largest earthquakes by magnitude

Listed below are all the 36 known earthquakes with an estimated magnitude of 8.5 or higher since the year 1500. Limited to a timeframe with enough data, this gives a rough estimate of its frequency per century. (The timeframe does not include outlying events like the earlier 1361 Sh?hei earthquake and 869 Sanriku earthquake, both estimated to have magnitude >= 8.5.)

Prior to the development and deployment of seismographs - starting around 1900 - magnitudes can only be estimated, based on historical reports of the extent and severity of damage.

Statistics are,

Presumably, since historical records (especially in remote areas and in earlier centuries) have not been proven to be complete, then an estimate of the frequency of such events per century may need to take that into account.

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Largest earthquakes by country

• This list is a work in progress. Information is likely to be changed.
• Please note, multiple countries could have the same earthquake listed, such as the 1906 Ecuador-Colombia earthquake being listed for both Ecuador and Colombia.
• Unless otherwise noted, magnitudes are reported on the Moment magnitude scale (M_w).

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Costliest earthquakes

This is a list or major earthquakes by the dollar value of property (public and private) losses directly attributable to the earthquake. Rank values are assigned based on inflation-adjusted comparison of property damage in US dollars. Wherever possible, indirect and socioeconomic losses are excluded. Please note that damage estimates for particular earthquakes may vary through time as more data becomes available.

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Deadliest earthquakes

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See also

• List of deadly earthquakes since 1900
• List of natural disasters by death toll#Earthquakes
• Lists of earthquakes by year

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References

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External links

• USGS-ANSS Latest earthquakes around the world.
• Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC)
• IRIS Seismic Monitor, Recent earthquakes around the world
• Recent New Zealand earthquakes
• SeismoArchives, Seismogram Archives of Significant Earthquakes of the World
• USGS list of earthquakes magnitude 6.0 and greater sorted by magnitude
• Database for the damage of world earthquake, ancient period (3000 BC) to year of 2006--Building Research Institute (Japan) (?????)
• Largest Earthquakes in the World Since 1900

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