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Date | Time‡ | Place | Lat. | Long. | Fatalities | M | MX† (M reference) |
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23 Tháng Một, 1556 | Shaanxi, China xem Shaanxi Earthquake |
34.5 | 109.7 | 830,000 | ~8 | ||
17 Tháng Tám, 1668 | Anatolia, Turkey | 40 | 36 | 8,000 | ~8 | ||
26 Tháng Một, 1700 | Cascadia chuyển từ Northern California sang Vancouver Island xem Trận động đất Cascadia |
~9 | M (Satake et al, 1996) | ||||
1 Tháng Mười Một, 1755 | 10:16 | Lisbon, Bồ Đào Nha xem Trận động đất Lisbon năm 1755 |
36 | -11 | c. 80,000 | ~8.7 | MI (Johnston, 1996) |
16 Tháng Mười Hai, 1811 | 8:00 | New Madrid, Missouri, USA see [Trận động đất New Madrid ]] |
36.6 | -89.6 | ~8.1 | MI (Johnston, 1996) | |
23 Tháng Một, 1812 | 15:00 | New Madrid, Missouri, USA | 36.6 | -89.6 | ~7.8 | MI (Johnston, 1996) | |
7 Tháng Hai, 1812 | 9:45 | New Madrid, Missouri, USA | 36.6 | -89.6 | ~8 | MI (Johnston, 1996) | |
2 Tháng Sáu, 1823 | 8:00 | sườn phía nam của ngọn Kilauea, Hawaii, USA | 19.3 | -155 | ~7 | MI (Klein và Wright, 2000) | |
10 Tháng Sáu, 1836 | 15:30 | phía nam Vịnh San Francisco, California, USA | 36.9 | -121.5 | ~6.5 | MI (Bakun, 1999) | |
Tháng Sáu 1838 | Bán đảo San Francisco, California, USA | 37.3 | -123.2 | ~6.8 | MI (Bakun, 1999) | ||
5 Tháng Một, 1843 | 2:45 | Marked Tree, Arkansas, USA | 35.5 | -90.5 | ~6.3 | MI (Johnston, 1996) | |
9 Tháng Một, 1857 | 16:24 | Fort Tejon, California (San Andreas fault from Parkfield to Wrightwood) xem Trận động đất Fort Tejon |
1 | ~7.9 | M (Grant và Sieh, 1993; Stein và Hanks, 1998) | ||
16 Tháng Mười Hai, 1857 | 21:00 | Naples, Italy | 40.3 | 16 | 11,000 | ~6.9 | MI |
8 Thnág Mười, 1865 | 20:46 | San Jose, California, USA | 37.2 | 121.9 | ~6.5 | MI (Bakun, 1999) | |
April 3, 1868 | 2:25 | Hilea, đông nam Hawaii, Hawaii, USA | 19.2 | -155.5 | 77 | ~7.9 | MI (Klein và Wright, 2000) |
October 21, 1868 | 15:53 | Hayward, California, USA | 37.7 | -122.1 | 30 | ~6.8 | MI (Bakun, 1999) |
20 Tháng Hai, 1871 | 8:42 | Molokai, Hawaii, USA | 21.2 | -156.9 | ~6.8 | MI (Klein và Wright, 2000) | |
26 Tháng Ba, 1872 | 10:30 | Thung lũng Owens, California, USA xem 1872 Trận động đất Lone Pine |
36.5 | -118 | 27 | ~7.6 | M (Beanland và Clark, 1994) |
15 Tháng Mười Hai, 1872 | 5:40 | phía bắc Cascades, Washington, USA | 47.9 | -120.3 | ~7.3 | MI (Malone và Bor, 1979; Rogers et al., 1983) | |
23 Thnág Mười Một, 1873 | 5:00 | California-Oregon coast | 42.2 | -124.2 | ~7.3 | MI (Bakun, 2000) | |
31 Tháng Tám, 1886 | 2:51 | Charleston, Nam Carolina, USA | 32.9 | -80 | 60 | ~7.3 | MI (Johnston, 1996) |
24 Thnág Tư, 1890 | 11:36 | California, California, USA | 37 | 121.8 | ~6.3 | MI (Bakun, 1999) | |
27 Tháng Mười, 1891 | 21:38 | Mino-Owari, Japan | 35.6 | 136.6 | 7,273 | ~8 | MS |
19 Tháng Tư, 1892 | 10:50 | Vacaville, California, USA | 38.5 | -121.8 | 1 | ~6.4 | MI (Bakun, 1999) |
21 Tháng Tư, 1892 | 17:43 | Winters, California, USA | 38.6 | -122 | ~6.4 | MI (Bakun, 1999) | |
31 Tháng Mười, 1895 | 11:08 | Charleston, Missouri, USA | 37 | -89.4 | ~6.6 | MI (Johnston, 1996) | |
June 15, 1896 | 19:32 | Sanriku, Japan | 39.5 | 144 | ~8.5 | M | |
June 12, 1897 | 11:06 | Assam, India | 26 | 91 | 1,500 | ~8.3 | |
June 20, 1897 | 20:14 | Calaveras fault, California, USA | 37 | -121.6 | ~6.3 | MI (Bakun, 1999) | |
March 31, 1898 | 7:43 | Mare Island, California, USA | 38.1 | 122.4 | ~6.3 | MI (Bakun, 1999) | |
April 15, 1898 | 7:07 | Mendocino County, California, USA | 39.3 | -123.9 | ~6.8 | MI (Bakun, 2000) | |
September 4, 1899 | 0:22 | Cape Yakataga, Alaska, USA | 60 | -142 | 7.9 | MS | |
September 10, 1899 | 21:41 | Yakutat Bay, Alaska, USA | 60 | -142 | 8 | MS | |
October 9, 1900 | 12:28 | Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA | 57.1 | -153.5 | 7.7 | MS | |
March 3, 1901 | 7:45 | Parkfield, California, USA | 36.2 | -120.7 | 6.4 | MS (Abe, 1988) | |
August 27, 1904 | 21:56 | Fairbanks, Alaska, USA | 64.7 | -148.1 | 7.3 | MS | |
July 9, 1905 | 9:40 | Mongolia | 49 | 99 | 8.4 | M | |
January 31, 1906 | 15:36 | Colombia-Ecuador | 1 | -81.5 | 1,000 | 8.8 | M |
April 18, 1906 | 13:12 | San Francisco, California (San Andreas fault from Cape Mendocino to San Juan Bautista) see San Francisco earthquake of 1906 |
3,000 | 7.8 | M (Bakun, 1999) | ||
August 17, 1906 | 0:40 | Valparaíso, Chile | -33 | -72 | 20,000 | 8.2 | M |
December 28, 1908 | 4:20 | Messina, Italy | 38.3 | 15.6 | 70,000 | 7.2 | MS |
July 1, 1911 | 22:00 | Calaveras fault, California, USA | 37.39 | -121.8 | 6.5 | MS | |
October 3, 1915 | 6:52 | Pleasant Valley, Nevada, USA | 40.5 | -117.5 | 7.1 | M (Stover and Coffman, 1993) | |
October 11, 1918 | 14:14 | Puerto Rico | 18.47 | -67.63 | 116 | 7.5 | MS (McCann, 1985) |
December 6, 1918 | 8:41 | Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada | 49.62 | -125.92 | 7 | ML (Gutenberg and Richter, 1954: Rogers, 1983) | |
December 16, 1920 | 12:05 | Ningxia-Gansu, China | 36.6 | 105.32 | 200,000 | 8.6 | MS |
January 31, 1922 | 13:17 | offshore, Cape Mendocino, California, USA | 40.7 | -125.55 | 7.3 | MG-R (Ellsworth, 1990) | |
March 10, 1922 | 11:21 | Parkfield, California, USA | 35.9 | 120.9 | 6.1 | M (Bakun and McEvilly, 1984) | |
January 22, 1923 | 9:04 | offshore, Cape Mendocino, California, USA | 40.49 | -125.32 | 7.2 | MG-R (Ellsworth, 1990) | |
September 1, 1923 | 2:58 | Kanto, Japan see Great Kantō earthquake |
35.4 | 139.08 | 143,000 | 7.9 | M |
March 1, 1925 | 2:19 | Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada | 47.76 | -69.84 | 6.3 | M (Bent, 1992) | |
June 28, 1925 | 1:21 | Clarkston Valley, Montana, USA | 46.32 | -111.52 | 6.6 | M (Dosier, 1989) | |
June 29, 1925 | 14:42 | Santa Barbara, California, USA | 34.3 | -119.8 | 13 | 6.8 | M (Stein and Hanks, 1998) |
October 22, 1926 | 12:35 | Monterey Bay, California, USA | 36.62 | -122.35 | 6.1 | MG-R (Ellsworth, 1990) | |
October 22, 1926 | 13:35 | Monterey Bay, California, USA | 36.55 | -122.18 | 6.1 | MG-R (Ellsworth, 1990) | |
March 7, 1927 | 9:27 | Tango, Japan | 35.8 | 134.92 | 3,020 | 7.6 | MS |
May 22, 1927 | 22:32 | Tsinghai, China | 37.39 | 102.31 | 200,000 | 7.9 | MS |
November 4, 1927 | 13:51 | offshore Lompoc, California, USA | 34.92 | -121.03 | 7.1 | M (Stein and Hanks, 1998) | |
November 18, 1929 | 20:32 | Grand Banks, Newfoundland, Canada | 44.69 | -56.01 | 7.3 | M (Bent, 1995) | |
December 21, 1932 | 6:10 | Cedar Mountain, Nevada, USA | 38.51 | -118.08 | 7.2 | M | |
March 2, 1933 | 17:31 | Sanriku, Japan | 39.22 | 144.62 | 2,990 | 8.4 | M |
March 11, 1933 | 1:54 | Long Beach, California, USA see Long Beach earthquake of 1933 |
33.6 | -118 | 115 | 6.4 | M (Hauksson & Gross, 1991) |
November 20, 1933 | 23:21 | Baffin Bay, Canada | 73 | -69.98 | 7.4 | M (Stein et al. 1979) | |
January 15, 1934 | 8:43 | Bihar, India | 27.55 | 87.09 | 10,700 | 8.1 | M (Chen and Molnar, 1977) |
June 8, 1934 | 4:47 | Parkfield, California, USA | 35.9 | -120.9 | 6.1 | M (Bakun and McEvilly, 1984) | |
November 1, 1935 | 6:03 | Timiskaming, Quebec, Canada | 48.89 | -79 | 6.2 | M (Bent, 1996) | |
July 22, 1937 | 17:09 | Salcha, Alaska, USA | 64.49 | -146.85 | 7.3 | MS | |
January 23, 1938 | 8:32 | Maui, Hawaii, USA | 20.96 | -156.18 | 6.8 | MS (Klein and Wright, 2000) | |
November 10, 1938 | 20:18 | Shumagin Islands, Alaska, USA | 55.33 | -158.37 | 8.2 | M | |
December 26, 1939 | 23:57 | Erzincan, Turkey | 39.77 | 39.53 | 32,700 | 7.8 | MS |
May 19, 1940 | 4:36 | Imperial Valley, California, USA | 32.73 | -115.5 | 9 | 7.1 | M (Ellsworth, 1990) |
December 7, 1944 | 4:35 | Tonankai, Japan | 33.75 | 136 | 1,223 | 8.1 | M |
April 1, 1946 | 12:28 | Unimak Island, Alaska, USA | 52.75 | -163.5 | 165 | 7.3 | MS (Stover and Coffman, 1993) |
June 23, 1946 | 17:13 | Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada | 49.75 | -124.5 | 7.3 | ML (Gutenberg and Richter, 1954: Rogers, 1983) | |
August 4, 1946 | 17:51 | Dominican Republic | 19.25 | -69 | 100 | 8 | MS (Abe, 1981) |
December 20, 1946 | 19:19 | Nankaido, Japan | 32.5 | 134.5 | 1,330 | 8.1 | M |
October 16, 1947 | 2:09 | Fairbanks, Alaska, USA | 64.2 | -148.3 | 7.2 | M | |
April 13, 1949 | 19:55 | Olympia, Washington, USA see Nisqually Earthquake |
47.1 | -122.7 | 8 | 7.1 | ML (Baker and Langston, 1987) |
August 22, 1949 | 4:01 | Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada | 53.62 | -133.27 | 8.1 | MS (Gutenberg and Richter, 1954) | |
August 15, 1950 | 14:09 | Assam-Tibet | 28.5 | 96.5 | 1,526 | 8.6 | M |
August 21, 1951 | 10:57 | Kona, Hawaii, USA | 19.5 | -155.95 | 6.9 | MS (Klein and Wright, 2000) | |
July 21, 1952 | 11:52 | Kern County, California, USA | 34.95 | -119.05 | 12 | 7.3 | M (Stein and Hanks, 1998) |
November 4, 1952 | 16:58 | Kamchatka, Russia see Kamchatka earthquakes |
52.76 | 160.06 | 9 | M | |
March 29, 1954 | 6:17 | Spain | 37.03 | -3.51 | 7.9 | M | |
July 6, 1954 | 11:13 | Rainbow Mountain, Nevada, USA | 39.42 | -118.53 | 6.6 | M (Ellsworth, 1990) | |
August 24, 1954 | 5:51 | Stillwater, Nevada, USA | 39.58 | -118.45 | 6.8 | M (Ellsworth, 1990) | |
December 16, 1954 | 11:07 | Fairview Peak, Nevada, USA | 39.32 | -118.2 | 7.1 | M (Ellsworth, 1990) | |
December 16, 1954 | 11:11 | Dixie Valley, Nevada, USA | 39.5 | -118 | 6.8 | M (Ellsworth, 1990) | |
October 24, 1955 | 4:10 | Concord, California, USA | 38 | -122.1 | 1 | 5.4 | ML (Bolt and Miller, 1975) |
March 9, 1957 | 14:22 | Andreanof Islands, Alaska, USA | 51.56 | -175.39 | 9.1 | M | |
December 4, 1957 | 3:37 | Govi-Altay Province, Mongolia | 45.15 | 99.21 | 30 | 8.1 | M |
April 7, 1958 | 15:30 | Huslia, Alaska, USA | 65.94 | -156.37 | 7.3 | M | |
July 10, 1958 | 6:15 | Fairweather, Alaska, USA | 58.37 | -136.66 | 5 | 7.7 | M |
August 18, 1959 | 6:37 | Hebgen Lake, Montana, USA | 44.6 | -110.64 | 28 | 7.3 | M (Dosier, 1985) |
February 29, 1960 | 23:40 | Agadir, Morocco | 30.5 | -9.3 | 10,000 | 5.7 | M |
May 22, 1960 | 19:11 | Chile see Great Chilean Earthquake |
-38.24 | -73.05 | 5,700 | 9.5 | M |
March 28, 1964 | 3:36 | Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA see Good Friday Earthquake |
61.02 | -147.65 | 125 | 9.2 | M |
June 16, 1964 | 4:01 | Niigata, Japan | 38.43 | 139.23 | 26 | 7.5 | M |
February 4, 1965 | 5:01 | Rat Islands, Alaska, USA | 51.21 | -178.5 | 8.7 | M | |
April 29, 1965 | 15:28 | Seattle-Tacoma, Washington, USA see Nisqually Earthquake |
47.32 | -122.33 | 7 | 6.5 | ML (Algermissen and Harding, 1965) |
June 28, 1966 | 4:26 | Parkfield, California, USA | 35.88 | -120.49 | 6.1 | M (Tsai and Aki, 1969) | |
September 12, 1966 | 16:41 | Truckee, California, USA | 39.38 | -120.22 | 5.9 | M (Tsai and Aki, 1970) | |
December 10, 1967 | 22:51 | Koyna, India | 17.39 | 73.77 | 6.3 | M (Langston, 1976) | |
October 2, 1969 | 6:19 | Santa Rosa, California, USA | 38.3 | -122.76 | 1 | 5.7 | ML (Bolt and Miller, 1975) |
May 31, 1970 | 20:23 | Peru | -9.25 | -78.84 | 66,000 | 7.9 | M |
July 31, 1970 | 17:08 | Colombia | -1.49 | -72.56 | 8 | MS | |
February 9, 1971 | 14:00 | San Fernando, California, USA see Sylmar earthquake |
34.4 | -118.39 | 65 | 6.7 | M (Heaton, 1982) |
February 4, 1975 | 11:36 | Haicheng, China | 40.72 | 122.73 | 10,000 | 7 | M (Cipar, 1979) |
August 1, 1975 | 20:20 | Oroville, California, USA | 39.5 | -121.39 | 5.8 | M | |
November 29, 1975 | 14:47 | south flank of Kilauea, Hawaii, USA | 19.45 | -155.03 | 2 | 7.2 | MS (Klein and Wright, 2000) |
February 4, 1976 | 9:01 | Guatemala | 15.3 | -89.14 | 23,000 | 7.5 | M |
July 27, 1976 | 19:42 | Tangshan, China see Tangshan earthquake |
39.61 | 117.89 | 242,419* | 7.6 | M |
August 6, 1979 | 17:05 | Coyote Lake, California, USA | 37.11 | -121.52 | 5.7 | M (Ellsworth, 1990) | |
October 15, 1979 | 23:17 | Imperial Valley, California, USA | 32.82 | -115.65 | 6.4 | M (Hartzell and Heaton, 1983) | |
January 24, 1980 | 19:00 | Livermore, California, USA | 37.71 | -121.73 | 5.8 | M (Bolt et al., 1981) | |
May 25, 1980 | 16:33 | Mammoth Lakes, California, USA | 37.6 | -118.83 | 6.1 | M (Ellsworth, 1990) | |
May 25, 1980 | 16:49 | Mammoth Lakes, California, USA | 37.65 | -118.9 | 5.9 | ML (Ellsworth, 1990) | |
May 25, 1980 | 19:44 | Mammoth Lakes, California, USA | 37.55 | -118.82 | 5.8 | M (Ellsworth, 1990) | |
May 27, 1980 | 14:50 | Mammoth Lakes, California, USA | 37.48 | -118.8 | 6 | M (Ellsworth, 1990) | |
November 8, 1980 | 10:27 | Gorda Plate, California, USA | 41.12 | -124.67 | 7.2 | M (Ellsworth, 1990) | |
May 2, 1983 | 23:42 | Coalinga, California, USA | 36.23 | -120.32 | 6.5 | M (Ellsworth, 1990) | |
October 28, 1983 | 14:06 | Borah Peak, Idaho, USA | 44.09 | -113.8 | 2 | 7 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
November 16, 1983 | 16:13 | Kaoiki, Hawaii, USA | 19.44 | 155.38 | 6.7 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) | |
April 24, 1984 | 21:15 | Morgan Hill, California, USA | 37.3 | -121.71 | 6.2 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) | |
November 23, 1984 | 18:08 | Round Valley, California, USA | 37.45 | -118.6 | 5.7 | M (Ellsworth, 1990) | |
September 19, 1985 | 13:17 | Michoacán, Mexico see Great Mexican Earthquake |
18.44 | -102.36 | 9,500 | 8 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
December 23, 1985 | 5:16 | Nahanni, Northwest Territories, Canada | 62.16 | -124.31 | 6.8 | M (Wetmiller et al., 1988) | |
May 7, 1986 | 22:47 | Andreanof Islands, Alaska, USA | 51.56 | -174.81 | 8 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) | |
July 8, 1986 | 9:20 | north Palm Springs, California, USA | 33.97 | -116.78 | 6.1 | M (Hartzell, 1989) | |
July 21, 1986 | 14:42 | Chalfant Valley, California, USA | 37.53 | -118.43 | 6.2 | M (Ellsworth, 1990) | |
October 1, 1987 | 14:42 | Whittier Narrows, California, USA see Whittier Narrows earthquake |
34.06 | -118.13 | 8 | 5.9 | M (Hartzell and Iida, 1990) |
November 30, 1987 | 19:23 | Gulf of Alaska | 58.84 | -142.6 | 7.9 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) | |
January 22, 1988 | 0:35 | Tennant Creek, Australia | -19.87 | 133.78 | 6.3 | M (Choy and Bowman, 1990) | |
January 22, 1988 | 3:57 | Tennant Creek, Australia | -19.88 | 133.83 | 6.4 | M (Choy and Bowman, 1990) | |
January 22, 1988 | 12:04 | Tennant Creek, Australia | -19.9 | 133.83 | 6.6 | M (Choy and Bowman, 1990) | |
March 6, 1988 | 22:35 | Gulf of Alaska | 57.26 | -142.75 | 7.8 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) | |
November 25, 1988 | 23:46 | Saguenay, Quebec, Canada | 48.06 | -71.27 | 5.9 | M (Boatwright and Choy, 1992) | |
December 7, 1988 | 7:41 | Spitak, Armenia | 40.93 | 44.11 | 25,000 | 6.8 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
October 18, 1989 | 0:04 | Loma Prieta, California, USA see Loma Prieta earthquake |
37.14 | -121.76 | 63 | 6.9 | M (Wald et al., 1991) |
December 25, 1989 | 14:24 | Ungava, Quebec, Canada | 60.07 | -73.54 | 6 | M (Bent, 1994) | |
June 28, 1991 | 1:43 | Sierra Madre, California, USA | 34.25 | -117.95 | 2 | 5.6 | M (Wald et al., 1991) |
August 17, 1991 | 22:17 | Honeydew, California, USA | 41.79 | -125.58 | 7.1 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) | |
April 23, 1992 | 4:50 | Joshua Tree, California, USA | 33.87 | -116.55 | 6.1 | M (Hauksson et al., 1993) | |
April 25, 1992 | 18:06 | Cape Mendocino, California, USA | 40.38 | -124.05 | 7.2 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) | |
April 26, 1992 | 7:41 | offshore, Cape Mendocino, California, USA | 40.55 | -124.29 | 6.5 | M (Oppenheimer et al., 1993) | |
April 26, 1992 | 11:18 | offshore, Cape Mendocino, California, USA | 40.44 | -124.43 | 6.7 | M (Oppenheimer et al., 1993) | |
June 28, 1992 | 11:57 | Landers, California, USA | 34.2 | -116.52 | 3 | 7.3 | M (Sieh et al. 1993) |
June 29, 1992 | 10:14 | Little Skull Mountain, Nevada, USA | 36.77 | -116.32 | 5.7 | M (Walter, 1993) | |
September 2, 1992 | 0:16 | Nicaragua | 11.77 | -87.35 | 116 | 7.7 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
September 29, 1993 | 22:25 | Latur-Killari, India | 18.08 | 76.52 | 9,748 | 6.2 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
January 17, 1994 | 12:30 | Northridge, California, USA see 1994 Northridge Earthquake |
34.18 | -118.56 | 60 | 6.7 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
June 9, 1994 | 0:33 | Bolivia | -13.86 | -67.49 | 5 | 8.2 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
September 1, 1994 | 15:15 | Cape Mendocino, California, USA | 40.38 | -125.78 | 7.1 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) | |
January 16, 1995 | 20:46 | Kobe, Japan see Great Hanshin earthquake |
34.57 | 135.03 | 5,502 | 6.9 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
May 21, 1997 | 22:51 | Jabalpur, India | 23.07 | 80.12 | 38 | 5.8 | M (Singh et al., 1999) |
July 17, 1998 | 8:49 | New Guinea | -2.94 | 142.58 | 2,183 | 7 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
January 25, 1999 | 18:19 | Colombia | 4.45 | -75.65 | 1,185 | 6.2 | |
August 17, 1999 | 0:01 | Izmit, Turkey see Izmit earthquake |
40.77 | 30 | 17,118 | 7.6 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
September 20, 1999 | 17:47 | Chi-Chi, Taiwan See Chi-Chi earthquake |
23.82 | 120.86 | 2,400 | 7.7 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
October 16, 1999 | 9:46 | Hector Mine, California, USA | 34.56 | -116.44 | 7.2 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) | |
November 12, 1999 | 16:57 | Duzce, Turkey | 40.82 | 31.23 | 894 | 7.2 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
September 3, 2000 | 8:36 | Napa, California, USA | 38.38 | -122.41 | 5 | M (BRK) | |
November 16, 2000 | 4:54 | New Ireland, Papua New Guinea | -4 | 152.33 | 8 | ||
January 13, 2001 | 17:33 | El Salvador | 13.04 | -88.66 | 844 | 7.7 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
January 26, 2001 | 3:16 | Gujarat, India see 2001 Gujarat Earthquake |
23.39 | 70.23 | 20,085 | 7.7 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
February 28, 2001 | 18:54 | Olympia, Washington, USA see Nisqually Earthquake |
47.11 | -122.6 | 6.8 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) | |
June 23, 2001 | 20:33 | coastal Peru | -16.3 | -73.55 | 75 | 8.4 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
March 25, 2002 | 14:56 | Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan | 36.06 | 69.32 | 1,000 | 6.1 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
April 20, 2002 | 10:50 | Au Sable Forks, New York | 44.51 | -73.7 | 5.2 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) | |
November 3, 2002 | 22:12 | Denali National Park, Alaska, USA | 63.52 | -147.44 | 7.9 | M (QED) | |
May 21, 2003 | 18:44 | Boumerdes, Algeria | 36.96 | 3.63 | 2,266 | 6.8 | M (QED) |
September 25, 2003 | 19:50 | Hokkaido, Japan | 41.82 | 143.91 | 8.3 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) | |
November 17, 2003 | 06:43 | Rat Islands, Alaska, USA | 51.15 | 178.65 | 7.8 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) | |
December 22, 2003 | 19:15 | San Simeon, California, USA | 35.71 | -121.10 | 2 | 6.6 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
December 26, 2003 | 01:56 | southeastern Iran see Bam: 2003 earthquake |
29.00 | 58.31 | 31,000 | 6.6 | M (PDE Monthly Listing) |
September 28, 2004 | 17:15 | Parkfield, California, USA see Parkfield earthquake |
35.81 | -120.37 | 6.0 | M (QED) | |
December 26, 2004 | 00:58 | off west coast northern Sumatra see 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake |
3.30 | 95.87 | 283,106 | 9.0 | M (QED) |
March 28, 2005 | 16:09 | Northern Sumatra, Indonesia see 2005 Sumatra earthquake |
2.07 | 97.01 | 1,313 | 8.7 | M (QED) |
† MG-R = Gutenberg and Richter's (1954) magnitude, MS = 20 s surface-wave magnitude, M = moment magnitude (Hanks and Kanamori, 1979), and MI is an intensity magnitude, ML is local magnitude (Richter, 1935).
‡ GMT
* Fatalities estimated as high as 655,000.
Source: United States Geological Survey (USGS) [1]
[sửa] Other earthquakes not listed by the USGS
Date | Site | Deaths | Magnitude or intensity* | Comments |
464 BC | Sparta, Greece | ? | – | Led to a helot uprising and strained relations with Athens, one of the factors that led to the Peloponnesian War |
226 BC | Rhodes, Greece | ? | – | Destroyed Colossus of Rhodes and city of Kameiros |
365 | Knossos, Crete (Greece) | 50,000 | XI | |
365 | Cyrene, Libya | ? | – | |
May 20 526 | Antiochia, Syria | 250,000 | – | |
844 | Damascus, Syria | 50,000 | VIII | |
847 | Mosul, Iraq | 50,000 | – | |
847 | Damascus, Syria | 70,000 | X | |
856 | Qumis, Damghan, Iran | 200,000 | – | |
856 | Corinth, Greece | 45,000 | – | |
893 | Caucasus | 82,000 | – | |
893 | Daipur, India | 180,000 | – | |
893 | Ardabil, Iran | 150,000 | – | |
1036 | Shanxi, China | 23,000 | – | |
1042 | Palmyra, Baalbek, Syria | 50,000 | X | |
1057 | Chihli (Hopeh), China | 25,000 | – | |
1138 | Ganzah, Aleppo, Syria | 230,000 | XI | |
1156-1157 | Syria | ? | – | |
1170 | Sicily | 15,000 | – | |
July 5, 1201 | Upper Egypt or Syria | 1,100,000 | IX | |
1268 | Cilicia, Anatolia (Turkey) | 60,000 | – | |
September 27 1290 | Chihli (Hopeh), China | 100,000 | 6.7 | |
May 20 1293 | Kamakura, Japan | 30,000 | – | |
October 18 1356 | Basel, Switzerland | 1,000 | 6.5 | |
January 26 1531 | Lisbon, Portugal | 30,000 | – | |
November 25 1667 | Shemakha, Azerbaijan | 80,000 | XII | |
June 7 1692 | Port Royal, Jamaica | 30,000 | – | |
January 11 1693 | Catania Province, Sicily | 60,000 | – | |
1693 | Naples, Italy | 93,000 | – | |
1707 | Japan (seismic wave) | 30,000 | – | |
December 30 1730 | Hokkaido Island, Japan | 137,000 | – | |
1731 | Beijing, China | 100,000 | – | |
October 11 1737 | Calcutta, India | 300,000 | – | See 1737 Calcutta cyclone |
October 16 1737 | Kamchatka, Russia | 9.3 | See Kamchatka earthquakes | |
June 7 1755 | Northern Persia | 40,000 | – | |
November 18 1755 | Boston, Massachusetts | 0 | – | |
February 28, 1780 | Iran | 200,000 | – | Latitude: 38, longitude: 46.2 |
February 4—5, March 28 1783 | Calabria, Italy | 35,000 | – | |
February 4 1797 | Quito, Ecuador & Cuzco, Peru | 41,000 | – | |
February 10 1797 | Sumatra, East Indies (now Indonesia) | 300 | 8.4 | |
December 8, 1812 at 9:45 | Wrightwood, California, USA (lat. 34.22, long. 117.39) | 40 | ~7 | Destroys church of Mission San Juan Capistrano |
November 24 1833 | Sumatra, East Indies (now Indonesia) | 8.7 | ||
January 23, 1855 21:11 local time | Wairarapa, New Zealand | 4 | ~8.0 | Raised sections of Wellington coastline by 2 metres |
February 16 1861 | Sumatra, East Indies (now Indonesia) | 8.5 | ||
February 3, 1931, 10:47 local time | Napier, New Zealand see Napier earthquake |
258 | 7.9 | Much of city destroyed; 40 km2 of seabed raised to become dry land |
December 25, 1932, | Gansu, China | 70,000 | 7.6 | |
April 21, 1935, 6:02 local time | Hsinchu-Taichung, Taiwan | 3,279 | 7.1 | |
December 20, 1942, | Turkey see NAFZ |
6.9 | ||
November 26, 1943, | Turkey see NAFZ |
7.7 | ||
January 15, 1944, 20:50 GTM-3 | San Juan, Argentina | 8,000 ~ 10,000 | IX (7.8) | The 30 second long earthquake destroyed 95% of the city, located 30 km form the epicentre. |
February 1, 1944, | Turkey see NAFZ |
7.5 | ||
August 17, 1949, | Turkey see NAFZ |
7.1 | ||
August 13, 1951, | Turkey see NAFZ |
6.8 | ||
August 8-August 12, 1953 | Kefalonia, Greece |
476 | 7.2 | 113 tremors over five days |
May 26, 1957, | Turkey see NAFZ |
6.8 | ||
August 19, 1966, | Turkey see NAFZ |
6.6 | ||
July 22, 1967, | Turkey see NAFZ |
7.0 | ||
May 22, 1971, | Turkey see NAFZ |
6.8 | ||
December 23, 1972 | Managua, Nicaragua | 5,000 – 20,000 | 6.3 | Somoza mishandling of earthquake aid has been cited as a contributing factor to the Sandinista revolution; devastated largest city in Nicaragua (Managua) |
June 30, 1975 | Norris Junction, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | 0 | 6.1 | Largest earthquake in Yellowstone Caldera since 1959 Hebgen Lake event |
March 4, 1977 | Bucharest, Romania see 1977 Bucharest Earthquake |
1500 | 7.5 | Lasted ~5 minutes and left the capital devastated. |
June 21, 1990 | Northwestern Iran | 35000 | 7.7 | Called Manjil-Rudbar Earthquake |
March 13, 1992, | Turkey see NAFZ |
6.5 |
Note: Magnitudes are generally estimations from intensity data. When no magnitude was available, the maximum intensity, written as a Roman numeral from I to XII, is given.
[sửa] Recent earthquakes not listed above
Date | Time‡ | Place | Lat. | Long. | Fatalities | Comments | Magnitude |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
September 5, 2004 | 19:07 and 23:57 Japan Time | Off central Tokai region, western Japan | 0 | 20+ injured, tsunami and flooding | 6.9 and 7.4 | ||
October 8, 2004 | 15:35 | Mindoro, Philippines | 13.21 | 121.65 | — | Sporadic blackouts | 6.6 |
October 9, 2004 | 22:26 | 80 kilometres southwest of Managua, Nicaragua | 12 | 86 | 0 | Minimal damage | 6.9 |
October 23, 2004 | 17:56 | Ojiya, Japan see 2004 Chuetsu Earthquake |
37.3 | 138.8 | 46 | 4801 injured; 103,000+ displaced | 6.9 |
October 27, 2004 | 18:34 | Vrancea, Romania | 0 | Telephone service interrupted; felt also in Bulgaria, Ukraine, Moldova and Turkey | 5.8 (Istanbul's Kandilli Observatory reported 6.5) | ||
November 10, 2004 | 22:58 | Solomon Islands | 9 | 159 | 0 | No injuries nor damage | 6.9 |
November 11, 2004 | 21:36 | 96 kilometres west-northwest of Dili, East Timor | 6 | 21 injured | 7.3 | ||
November 15, 2004 | around 9:00 | off coast of Chocó, Colombia | 0 | 11+ injured, 18 homes destroyed, half near Buenaventura | 6.7 | ||
November 21, 2004 | 45 kilometres north-northwest of Dominica | 1 | Half-dozen injured, damage also in Guadeloupe | 6.0 | |||
November 21, 2004 | 48 kilometres south-southwest of San José, Costa Rica | 8 | Half-dozen injured | 6.2 | |||
November 28, 2004 | 18:32 | 900 kilometres northwest of Tokyo, Japan, 50 km below sea level | 0 | 8 injured, utility services interrupted in hundreds of homes | 7.1 | ||
December 23, 2004 | 14:59 | 495 kilometres north of Macquarie Island, SW of New Zealand | 50.24°S | 160.13°E | 0 | Minimal damage reported in southern New Zealand | 8.1 |
February 11, 2005 | 21:00:23.9 | 114 kilometres southwest of Haines Junction, Yukon, Canada | 60.21°N | 139.50°W | 0 | No damage nor injuries | 5.5 |
February 22, 2005 | 02:25:21 UTC, 05:55:21 Local Time | Zarand, Iran see 2005 Zarand earthquake |
30.726°N | 56.817°E | At least 790 | Hundreds injured, damage in some 40 villages, centered 150 miles from Bam, Iran | 6.4 |
March 6, 2005 | 19:06:52 UTC, 3:06:52 AM Local Time | Near Sua-ho, Taiwan | 24.607°N | 121.859°E | 0 | See below | 5.7 |
March 6, 2005 | 19:08:00 UTC, 3:08:00 AM Local Time | Near Sua-ho, Taiwan | 24.650°N | 121.855°E | 0 | Occurred within minutes of a previous earthquake of magnitude 5.7 centered in the same area; no major injuries or damage reported from either earthquake | 5.4 |
March 6, 2005 | 06:17:49 UTC, 1:17:49 AM Local Time | Gaspe Peninsula Canada | 47.750°N | 69.730°W | 0 | 102 km (63 miles) WNW (303°) from Fort Kent, ME | 5.4 |
March 20, 2005 | 01:53 UTC, 10:53 AM Local Time | Offshore of Fukuoka, Japan see Fukuoka earthquake |
33.54°N | 130.12°E | 1 | 1145 injured; 3000+ displaced | 7.0 |
June 13, 2005 | 22:44:33 UTC, 18:44:33 Local Time | Tarapacá, Chile | 19.896°S | 69.125°W | 11 | 115 km (70 miles) ENE of Iquique, Chile. | 7.8 |
June 15, 2005 | 02:50:53 UTC, 18:50:53 Local Time June 14 | Offshore of Northern California, USA | 41.284°N | 125.983°W | 0 | 157 km (98 miles) WSW of Crescent City, California. | 7.2 |
August 16, 2005 | 02:46:30 UTC, 11:46:30 Local Time August 16 | Off the east coast of Honshu, Japan see Miyagi earthquake |
38.259°N | 148.980°E | 0 | 95 km (60 miles) E of Sendai, Miyagi. | 7.2 |
October 8, 2005 | 03:50:38 UTC, 08:50:38 Local Time October 8 | Kashmir see 2005 Kashmir earthquake |
34.43°N | 73.54°E | 100,000 (Nov 23/2005 estimate), can rise to 150,000 | 125 km (75 miles) WNW of Srinagar, Kashmir (pop 894,000) | 7.6 or 7.8 |
December 5, 2005 | 12:19:55 UTC, 14:19:55 Local Time | Lake Tanganyika region See 2005 Lake Tanganyika earthquake |
6.212°S | 29.599°E | 55 km (35 miles) SE of Kalemie, DR Congo | 6.8 | |
January 8, 2006 | 11:34:52 UTC, 13:34:52 Local Time | Southern Greece See January 2006 Southern Greece earthquake |
36.250°N | 23.498°E | 195 km (120 miles) S of Athens, Greece | 6.7 | |
February 23, 2006 | 00:19 Local Time | Northern Mozambique | 140 miles southwest of Beira | 7.5 | |||
April 20, 2006 | 23:25:04 UTC | Koryakia, Russia | 61.069°N | 167.056°E | 0(?) | 200 km (125 miles) NE of Il'pyrskiy, Russia. Several aftershocks, up to 6.1 on the Richter Scale | 7.6 |
May 3, 2006 | 15:26:39 UTC | Tonga | 20.130°S | 174.164°W | 0(?) | Several aftershocks, up to 6.0 on the Richter Scale | 7.9 |
May 16, 2006 | 10:39:23 UTC | Kermadec Islands | 31.559°S | 179.296°W | 0(?) | 7.4 | |
May 26, 2006 | 22:54:02 UTC | Java, Indonesia "See 2006 Java earthquake" |
7.977°S | 110.318°E | 4332 | 25km (15 miles) SSW of Yogyakarta, Indonesia | 6.3 |
[sửa] Largest earthquakes by magnitude
Pos. | Date | Location | Magnitude |
1 | May 22, 1960 | Valdivia, Chile | 9.5 |
2 | October 16, 1737 | Kamchatka, Russia | 9.3 |
3 | March 27, 1964 | Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA (see: Good Friday Earthquake) | 9.2 |
4 | December 26, 2004 | Off west coast northern Sumatra, Indonesia | 9.0-9.3* |
5 | March 9, 1957 | Andreanof Islands, Alaska, USA | 9.1 |
6 | November 4, 1952 | Kamchatka, Russia | 9.0 |
7 | January 26, 1700 | Cascadia subduction zone from Northern California to Vancouver Island | ~9 |
8 | January 31, 1906 | Colombia-Ecuador | 8.8 |
9 | February 4, 1965 | Rat Islands, Alaska, USA | 8.7 |
10 | November 24, 1833 | Sumatra, Indonesia | 8.7 |
11 | November 1, 1755 | Lisbon, Portugal | ~8.7 |
12 | March 28, 2005 | Sumatra, Indonesia | 8.5-8.7* |
13 | December 16, 1920 | Ningxia-Gansu, China | 8.6 |
14 | August 15, 1950 | Assam-Tibet | 8.6 |
* Scientists have not yet agreed on an official magnitude.
[sửa] Deadliest earthquakes on record
Rank | Name | Date | Location | Fatalities | Magnitude | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "Shaanxi" | January 23, 1556 | Shaanxi, China | 830,000 | ~8 | |
2 | "Tangshan" | July 27, 1976 | Tangshan, China | 255,000 (official) | 7.5 | Estimated death toll as high as 655,000. |
3 | "Aleppo" | August 9, 1138 | Aleppo, Syria | 230,000 | ||
"Indian Ocean" | December 26, 2004 | Off west coast northern Sumatra, Indonesia | 230,000 | 9.0-9.3 | Deaths from earthquake and tsunami.[2] | |
5 | "Damghan" | December 22, 856 | Damghan, Iran | 200,000 | ||
"Gansu" | December 16, 1920 | Ningxia-Gansu, China | 200,000 | 8.6 | Major fractures, landslides. | |
"Tsinghai" | May 22, 1927 | Tsinghai, China | 200,000 | 7.9 | Large fractures. | |
8 | "Ardabil" | March 23, 893+ | Ardabil, Iran | 150,000 | ||
9 | "Kanto" | September 1, 1923 | Kanto, Japan | 143,000 | 7.9 | Great Tokyo fire. |
10 | "Ashgabat" | October 6, 1948 | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 110,000 | 7.3 | |
11 | "Kashmir" | October 8, 2005 | Kashmir & N.W.F.P, Pakistan | 100,000 (estimated) , 80,000 (official) | 7.6 or 7.8 | 3.5 Million people homeless, 100,000 feared dead |
Source: USGS [3] |
[sửa] See also
- Southeastern U.S. earthquakes of 2003
- California earthquakes of June 2005
[sửa] External links
- Earthquakes Canada
- Earthquakes in India
- IRIS Seismic Monitor, Recent earthquakes around the world
- Recent New Zealand earthquakes
- SeismoArchives, Seismogram Archives of Significant Earthquakes of the World
- USGS list of current earthquakes