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,

Note that historical records are known to be incomplete. Earthquakes that occurred in remote areas prior to the advent of modern instrumentation in the early to mid 1900's were not well-reported, and exact locations and magnitudes of such events are often unknown. Therefore the apparent increase in large earthquake frequency over the last few centuries is unlikely to be real.

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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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Most studied earthquakes

The 50 most studied earthquakes according to the International Seismological Centre (ISC), based on a count of scientific papers (mostly in English) that discuss that earthquake; subsequent additions are not included in the counts. The "Event #" is linked to the ISC Event Bibliography for that event.

Transcribed from figure 2, "The most studied events", at the ISC's Overview of the ISC Event Bibliography.

International Seismological Centre. Event Bibliography. Thatcham, United Kingdom, http://www.isc.ac.uk/ . 2018.

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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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