Date	Location	Coordinates		Deaths	Mag	Comments
1902 Dec 16	Turkestan	40.8 N	72.6 E	4,500	6.4	-
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	1.0 N	81.5 W	1,000	8.9	-
1906 Mar 17	Formosa, Kagi	-	-	1,300	7.1	-
1906 Aug 17	Chile, Santiago	33.0 S	72.0 W	20,000	8.6	-
1907 Jan 14	Jamaica, Kingston	18.2 N	76.7 W	1,600	6.5	-
1907 Oct 21	Central Asia	38.0 N	69.0 E	12,000	8.1	-
1908 Dec 28	Italy, Messina	38.0 N	15.5 E	70,000 to 100,000	7.5	Deaths from earthquake and tsunami.
1912 Aug 9	Marmara Sea	40.5 N	27.0 E	1,950	7.8	-
1915 Jan 13	Italy, Avezzano	42.0 N	13.5 E	29,980	7.5	-
1920 Dec 16	China, Gansu	35.8 N	05.7 E	200,000	8.6	Major fractures, landslides.
1923 Sep 1	Japan, Kwanto Tokyo-Yokohama	35.0 N	139.5 E	143,000	8.3	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	7.9	-
1927 May 22	China, near Xining	36.8 N	102.8 E	200,000	8.3	Large fractures.
1929 May 1	Iran	38 N	58 E	3,300	7.4	-
1930 Jul 23	Italy	41.1 N	15.4 E	1,430	6.5	-
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	8.9	-
1934 Jan 15	India, Bihar-Nepal	26.6 N	86.8 E	10,700	8.4	-
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.
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	8.0	-
1943 Sep 10	Japan, Tottori	35.6 N	134.2 E	1,190	7.4	-
1944 Dec 7	Japan, Tonankai	33.7 N	136.2 E	1,000	8.3	-
1945 Jan 12	Japan Mikawa	34.8 N	137.0 E	1,900	7.1	-
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	8.4	-
1948 Jun 28	Japan, Fukui	36.1 N	136.2 E	5,390	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	8.7	Great topographical changes, landslides, floods.
1954 Sep 9	Algeria, Orleansville	36 N	1.6 E	1,250	6.8	-
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	5.9	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 Apr 29	Meckering, Australia	31.6 S	117.0 E	-	6.9	-
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	7.8	$530,000 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	-
1975 Sep 6	Turkey	38.5 N	40.7 W	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)	8.0	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)	8.1	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	Turkey-USSR border region	41.0 N	44.2 E	25,000	7.0	-
1989 Dec 28	Newcastle, Australia	32.95 S	151.61 E	13	5.6	First deadly Australian earthquake. 160 injuries, 60,000 buildings damaged, felt area of over 200,000 square km, about 4 billion AU dollars losses, 1186 million AU dollars insured losses (source ICA).
1990 Jun 20	Western Iran	37.0 N	49.4 E	40,000	7.7	Landslides.
1994 Jan 17	Northridge (Los Angeles)	34.21 N	118.54 W	57	6.7	15 billion US dollars losses. Occurred on a "blind thrust" fault.
1995 Jan 17	Kobe, Japan	34.58 N	135.01 E	5500	6.9	35,000 people injured, over 147 billion US dollars losses.
1998 Jun 26	Adana - Ceyhan, Turkey	36.95 N	35.31 E	155	6.2
1999 Aug 17	Izmit, Turkey	40.74 N	29.86 E	30,000	7.6	34,000 people injured
1999 Sep 20	Chi-Chi, Taiwan	23.78 N	121.09 W	2333	7.6	10,000 people injured

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