{"id":19191,"date":"2025-10-19T10:15:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T09:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/?p=19191"},"modified":"2026-04-08T07:58:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T06:58:01","slug":"summary-of-the-most-fatal-earthquake-events-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/?p=19191","title":{"rendered":"Summary of the Most Fatal Earthquake Events (Table)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Rank<\/th>EQ Date<\/th>Mag.<\/th>Name<\/th>Preferred Toll<\/th>Approx. Shaking<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>16\/12\/1920<\/td>Mw8.3<\/td>Haiyuan<\/td>273400<\/td>0.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>27\/07\/1976<\/td>Mw7.6<\/td>Tangshan<\/td>242419<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>26\/12\/2004<\/td>Mw9<\/td>Indian Ocean Tsunami<\/td>228194<\/td>0.005<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>01\/09\/1923<\/td>Mw7.9<\/td>Great Kanto<\/td>105385<\/td>0.105<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>05\/10\/1948<\/td>Mw7.2<\/td>Ashgabat<\/td>100000<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>12\/05\/2008<\/td>Mw7.9<\/td>Sichuan<\/td>88287<\/td>0.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>28\/12\/1908<\/td>Mw7.24<\/td>Messina<\/td>85926<\/td>0.97<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>08\/10\/2005<\/td>Mw7.6<\/td>Kashmir<\/td>81000<\/td>0.673<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>12\/01\/2010<\/td>Mw7<\/td>Haiti<\/td>80000<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>31\/05\/1970<\/td>Mw7.9<\/td>Ancash<\/td>66794<\/td>0.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.5<\/td>06\/02\/2023<\/td>Mw7.7 and Mw7.5*<\/td>Turkey-Syria<\/td>52355<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>20\/06\/1990<\/td>Mw7.4<\/td>Manjil-Rudbar<\/td>45000<\/td>0.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>22\/05\/1927<\/td>Mw7.7<\/td>Gansu<\/td>41420<\/td>0.976<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>30\/05\/1935<\/td>Mw8.1<\/td>Quetta<\/td>40000<\/td>0.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>26\/12\/1939<\/td>Mw7.7<\/td>Erzincan<\/td>39035<\/td>0.845<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>13\/01\/1915<\/td>Mw6.99<\/td>Avezzano<\/td>32610<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>26\/12\/2003<\/td>Mw6.6<\/td>Bam<\/td>31000<\/td>0.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>25\/01\/1939<\/td>Mw7.7<\/td>Chillan<\/td>30000<\/td>0.995<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>07\/12\/1988<\/td>Mw6.7<\/td>Spitak<\/td>25076<\/td>0.997<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>04\/02\/1976<\/td>Mw7.5<\/td>Guatemala<\/td>22778<\/td>0.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>11\/03\/2011<\/td>Mw9<\/td>Tohoku<\/td>22152<\/td>0.171<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>04\/04\/1905<\/td>Mw7.8<\/td>Kangra<\/td>20000<\/td>0.95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>16\/09\/1978<\/td>Mw7.4<\/td>Tabas-e-Golban<\/td>19214<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>17\/08\/1999<\/td>Mw7.6<\/td>Izmit<\/td>17217<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>15\/01\/1934<\/td>Mw8<\/td>Bihar<\/td>15772<\/td>0.993<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>04\/01\/1970<\/td>Mw7.2<\/td>Tonghai<\/td>15621<\/td>0.95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>21\/10\/1907<\/td>Mw7.2<\/td>Karatag<\/td>14000<\/td>0.65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>26\/01\/2001<\/td>Mw7.6<\/td>Bhuj<\/td>13823<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>29\/02\/1960<\/td>Mw5.7<\/td>Agadir<\/td>13100<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>31\/08\/1968<\/td>Mw7.2<\/td>Great Dasht-e-Bayaz<\/td>12488<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>01\/09\/1962<\/td>Ms6.9<\/td>Buyin-Zahra<\/td>12225<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/td>10\/07\/1949<\/td>Mw7.6<\/td>Khait<\/td>12000<\/td>0.02<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>10\/08\/1931<\/td>Mw7.9<\/td>Fuyun<\/td>10200<\/td>0.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/td>19\/09\/1985<\/td>Mw8<\/td>Mexico City<\/td>10153<\/td>0.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/td>29\/09\/1993<\/td>Mw6.2<\/td>Latur-Osmanabad<\/td>10050<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35<\/td>12\/04\/1921<\/td>Ml6.5<\/td>Ningxia<\/td>10000<\/td>0.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>25\/08\/1933<\/td>Mw7.3<\/td>Diexi<\/td>9365<\/td>0.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>25\/04\/2015<\/td>Mw7.8<\/td>Nepal<\/td>9055<\/td>0.945<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
38<\/td>15\/01\/1944<\/td>Mw7.1<\/td>San Juan<\/td>8000<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
39<\/td>23\/12\/1972<\/td>Ms6.2<\/td>Managua<\/td>7500<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40<\/td>16\/08\/1976<\/td>Mw8<\/td>Moro Gulf<\/td>7079<\/td>0.12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
41<\/td>22\/03\/1966<\/td>Mw6.8<\/td>Hebei<\/td>7064<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42<\/td>26\/05\/2006<\/td>Mw6.4<\/td>Java<\/td>6736<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
43<\/td>16\/01\/1995<\/td>Mw6.9<\/td>Kobe<\/td>6433<\/td>0.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
44<\/td>25\/06\/1976<\/td>Mw7.1<\/td>Irian Jaya<\/td>6000<\/td>0.08<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
45<\/td>23\/01\/1909<\/td>Ms7<\/td>Silakor<\/td>6000<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
46<\/td>05\/08\/1949<\/td>Ml6.8<\/td>Ambato<\/td>6000<\/td>0.733<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>16\/03\/1925<\/td>Ms7<\/td>Dali<\/td>5808<\/td>0.931<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48<\/td>01\/05\/1929<\/td>Mw7.1<\/td>Kopet-Dagh<\/td>5803<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
49<\/td>22\/08\/1902<\/td>Mw7.7<\/td>Atushi<\/td>5653<\/td>0.912<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
50<\/td>10\/04\/1972<\/td>Ms6.9<\/td>Qir<\/td>5374<\/td>0.991<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
51<\/td>28\/06\/1948<\/td>Mw7<\/td>Fukui<\/td>5131<\/td>0.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
52<\/td>10\/10\/1980<\/td>Mw7.1<\/td>El Asnam<\/td>4900<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
53<\/td>15\/08\/1950<\/td>Mw8.6<\/td>Assam<\/td>4826<\/td>0.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
54<\/td>24\/03\/1923<\/td>Mw7.2<\/td>Luhuo<\/td>4800<\/td>0.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
55<\/td>16\/12\/1902<\/td>Ml6.4<\/td>Andizhan<\/td>4722<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
56<\/td>30\/05\/1998<\/td>Mw6.5<\/td>Badakhshan 2<\/td>4500<\/td>0.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
57<\/td>28\/09\/2018<\/td>Mw7.5<\/td>Sulawesi<\/td>4340<\/td>0.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
58<\/td>26\/11\/1943<\/td>Ms7.2<\/td>Ladik<\/td>4020<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
59<\/td>27\/11\/1945<\/td>Mw8<\/td>Makran<\/td>4000<\/td>0.075<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60<\/td>03\/10\/1914<\/td>Ms6.9<\/td>Burdur<\/td>4000<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>04\/02\/1998<\/td>Mw5.9<\/td>Badakhshan 1<\/td>4000<\/td>0.828<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62<\/td>01\/02\/1944<\/td>Ms7.2<\/td>Gerede<\/td>3959<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
63<\/td>17\/08\/1906<\/td>Mw8.5<\/td>Valparaiso<\/td>3882<\/td>0.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
64<\/td>24\/11\/1976<\/td>Mw7<\/td>Muradiye<\/td>3840<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
65<\/td>31\/07\/1937<\/td>Ml6.9<\/td>Heze<\/td>3833<\/td>0.987<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
66<\/td>28\/04\/1903<\/td>Mw7<\/td>Malazgirt<\/td>3560<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
67<\/td>13\/02\/1902<\/td>Ml6.9<\/td>Shemakha<\/td>3500<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
68<\/td>20\/04\/1935<\/td>Ms7.1<\/td>Miaoli<\/td>3276<\/td>0.995<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
69<\/td>07\/03\/1927<\/td>Mw7.1<\/td>Tango<\/td>3274<\/td>0.95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
70<\/td>28\/12\/1974<\/td>Ms6.2<\/td>Pattan<\/td>3150<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
71<\/td>02\/03\/1933<\/td>Mw8.4<\/td>Sanriku-oki<\/td>3064<\/td>0.02<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
72<\/td>18\/04\/1906<\/td>Mw7.9<\/td>San Francisco<\/td>3000<\/td>0.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
73<\/td>13\/12\/1982<\/td>Mw6.2<\/td>Dhamar<\/td>3000<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
74<\/td>20\/12\/1942<\/td>Mw7.2<\/td>Erbaa<\/td>3000<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
75<\/td>28\/07\/1981<\/td>Mw7.2<\/td>Golbaf<\/td>3000<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
76<\/td>13\/04\/2010<\/td>Mw6.9<\/td>Yushu<\/td>2968<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
77<\/td>23\/11\/1980<\/td>Mw6.89<\/td>Irpinia<\/td>2919<\/td>0.966<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
78<\/td>27\/04\/1931<\/td>Ms6.3<\/td>Zangezur<\/td>2890<\/td>0.983<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
79<\/td>09\/08\/1912<\/td>Ms7.3<\/td>Saros-Marmara<\/td>2836<\/td>0.993<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
80<\/td>17\/07\/1998<\/td>Mw7<\/td>Aitape<\/td>2683<\/td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
81<\/td>12\/12\/1992<\/td>Mw7.7<\/td>Flores<\/td>2519<\/td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
82<\/td>19\/08\/1966<\/td>Mw6.8<\/td>Varto<\/td>2517<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
83<\/td>06\/05\/1930<\/td>Ms7.6<\/td>Salmas<\/td>2514<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/td>20\/09\/1999<\/td>Mw7.6<\/td>Chi-Chi<\/td>2492<\/td>0.94<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
85<\/td>31\/03\/1931<\/td>Ml5.6<\/td>Managua<\/td>2450<\/td>0.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
86<\/td>16\/07\/1990<\/td>Mw7.7<\/td>Luzon<\/td>2430<\/td>0.798<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
87<\/td>14\/08\/2021<\/td>Mw7.2<\/td>Haiti<\/td>2400<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
88<\/td>06\/09\/1975<\/td>Ms6.7<\/td>Lice<\/td>2385<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
89<\/td>04\/11\/1952<\/td>Mw9<\/td>Kamchatka<\/td>2336<\/td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
90<\/td>12\/01\/1945<\/td>Ms6.8<\/td>Mikawa<\/td>2306<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
91<\/td>21\/05\/2003<\/td>Mw6.8<\/td>Boumerdes<\/td>2278<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
92<\/td>25\/05\/1923<\/td>Ml5.7<\/td>Torbat<\/td>2219<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
93<\/td>06\/02\/1973<\/td>Ml7.7<\/td>Luhuo<\/td>2199<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
94<\/td>04\/02\/1975<\/td>Mw7<\/td>Haicheng<\/td>2041<\/td>0.651<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
95<\/td>19\/04\/1902<\/td>Mw7.5<\/td>Guatemala<\/td>2000<\/td>0.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
96<\/td>27\/05\/1995<\/td>Mw7<\/td>Neftegorsk<\/td>1989<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
97<\/td>25\/01\/1999<\/td>Mw6.1<\/td>Armenia<\/td>1885<\/td>0.422<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
98<\/td>23\/07\/1930<\/td>Mw6.72<\/td>Vulture<\/td>1881<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
99<\/td>30\/07\/1917<\/td>Mw7.3<\/td>Daguan<\/td>1879<\/td>0.042<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100<\/td>04\/08\/1946<\/td>Mw7.9<\/td>Dominican Republic<\/td>1790<\/td>0.05<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A detailed summary of the most fatal earthquake events including the preferred value plausible ranges, and ranges in the literature where errors are present (including the Risklayer CATDAT Fatality estimate for Turkey-Syria). Data published 07\/02\/2023. Estimates of fatalities for global lower and upper are all global sources (including ones with errors thus this shows the implausible range) Preferred toll and plausible range are those to be used in publications for news. Data is global and has been collected over decades. The Turkey-Syria event includes an estimate from CATDAT Risklayer.
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