Magnitude Year Epicenter Death Toll Caused a Tsunami? Chronological Order
5.9 1998 Afghanistan (Hindu Kush) 2,323 38
6.1 2002 Afghanistan (Hindu Kush) 1,000 45
6.6 1998 Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region 4,000 39
7.7 1980 Algeria 5,000 19
6.8 2003 Algeria (northern) 2,266 46
6.8 1988 Armenia 25,000 29
8.8 2010 Chile 525 yes 54
7.9 2008 China (eastern Sichuan) 87,587 52
7.0 1975 China (Haicheng) 2,000 9
6.8 1974 China (Sichuan) 20,000 7
7.5 1976 China (Tangshan) 255,000 14
7.5 1970 China (Yunnan) 10,000 1
6.1 1999 Colombia 1,185 41
7.0 1987 Colombia-Ecuador 1,000 27
5.5 1986 El Salvador 1,000 26
7.5 1976 Guatemala 23,000 11
7.0 2010 Haiti 222,521 53
7.6 2001 India (Gujarat) 20,085 44
7.0 1991 India (northern) 2,000 32
6.2 1993 India (western, Latur-Killari) 9,748 34
6.8 1988 India-Nepal border region 1,000 28
6.3 2006 Indonesia 5,749 51
7.5 1992 Indonesia (Flores) 2,500 33
8.6 2005 Indonesia (northern Sumatra) 1,313 49
7.1 1976 Indonesia (Papua) 8,000 13
9.1 2004 Indonesia (Sumatra) 227,898 yes 48
7.8 1978 Iran 15,000 18
7.3 1997 Iran (northern) 1,567 37
6.6 2003 Iran (southeastern) 31,000 47
7.1 1972 Iran (southern) 5,054 5
6.9 1981 Iran (southern) 3,000 21
7.3 1981 Iran (southern) 1,500 22
7.4 1990 Iran (western) 45,000 30
6.5 1976 Italy (northeastern) 1,000 12
6.5 1980 Italy (southern) 2,735 20
6.9 1995 Japan (Kobe) 5,502 35
9.1 2011 Japan (Tōhoku) 15,900 yes 55
8.0 1985 Mexico (Michoacan) 9,500 25
6.2 1972 Nicaragua 5,000 6
7.6 2005 Pakistan 86,000 50
6.2 1974 Pakistan 5,300 8
7.0 1998 Papua New Guinea 2,183 yes 40
7.9 1970 Peru (Chimbote) 70,000 3
7.7 1990 Philippines (Luzon) 1,621 31
7.9 1976 Philippines (Mindanao) 8,000 yes 15
7.2 1977 Romania 1,500 17
7.5 2008 Russia (Sakhalin Island) 1,989 36
7.6 1999 Taiwan 2,400 43
6.7 1975 Turkey 2,300 10
6.9 1983 Turkey 1,342 24
6.9 1971 Turkey 1,000 4
6.9 1970 Turkey (Gediz) 1,086 2
7.6 1999 Turkey (Ä°zmit) 17,118 yes 42
7.3 1976 Turkey-Iran border region 5,000 16
6.0 1982 Yemen 2,800 23