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List of historical earthquakes
Historical earthquakes is a list of significant earthquakes known to have occurred prior to the beginning of the 20th century. As the events listed here occurred before routine instrumental recordings, they rely mainly on the analysis of written sources. There is often significant uncertainty in location and magnitude and sometimes date for each earthquake. The number of fatalities is also often highly uncertain, particularly for the older events.
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Pre-11th century 11th–18th centuries 19th century See also References External links
Pre-11th century
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Xia China 1831 BC or Listed in the Bamboo see Mount Tai ? ? [1][2] 1731 BC Annals earthquake
Ms Led to a helot uprising Sparta, Greece and strained relations with 7.2 464 BC see 464 BC Sparta ? Athens, one of the factors [3] (approx) earthquake that led to the Peloponnesian War
Rhodes, Greece Destroyed Colossus of 226 BC see 226 BC Rhodes ? – Rhodes and city of [4] earthquake Kameiros
Portugal and Galicia 60 BC ? 8.5 Caused a tsunami [5] coasts
Asia minor Destroyed 13 cities in Asia Described by the historians AD 17 At night see 17 AD Lydia 37.85 27.3 ? (minor) Tacitus and Pliny the Elder earthquake
Brought down a large part Bay of Naples, Italy Seneca describes it in his February 5, AD of Pompeii, caused severe see 62 Pompeii ? 5–6 "Quaestiones Naturales VI" 62 damage in Herculaneum earthquake [6] and Nuceria.
Dian Kingdom, probably Flooded administrative AD 110 Yunnan, southwestern – [7] thousands centre of the Dian Kingdom China
Antioch December 13, see 115 Antioch 36.1 36.1 ~260,000 7.5 M [8] AD 115 s earthquake
Ammianus Marcellinus[9] May 18, 363 Syria Destruction also in "The "thousands" ~7 and numerous other late AD see 363 earthquake Holy Land", Petra Antiquity writers[10]
Crete (Greece) Destruction also in Cyrene Ammianus Marcellinus[9] July 21, AD 365 see 365 Crete "thousands" XI & Alexandria (by tsunami). and numerous other late earthquake Uplifted Crete by 9 metres. Antiquity writers[10]
Cape St. Vincent, According to Roman 382 7.5 Ammianus Marcellinus Portugal historian Ammianus
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Date Time‡ Place Lat Long Fatalities Mag. Comments Sources Marcellinus, the earthquake and corresponding tsunami sank two islets that were situated near Cape St. Vincent.
The city of Antioch was Antioch, Turkey greatly damaged, and some May 19, AD Procopius, II.14.6; sources see 526 Antioch 250,000 7.0 decades later the city's 526 based on John of Ephesus earthquake population was just 300,000.
Mw Triggered a devastating Beirut, Tyre, Tripoli tsunami, all the cities of the July 6, AD 551 see 551 Beirut 33.9 35.5 30,000 7.5 Phoenician coast from Tyre [11] earthquake to Tripoli were reduced to ruins
The cities of Tiberias, Beit She'an, Hippos and Pella The Levant January 18, AD "tens of 7 to 7.5 were largely destroyed see 749 Galilee [12] 749[12][13] thousands" (approx) while many other cities earthquake across the Levant region were heavily damaged.
Damascus, Syria November 24, see 847 Antioch 33.5 36.3 70,000 7.3 [11][14] AD 847 earthquake
December AD Corinth, Greece 37.9 22.9 45,000 – [14][15] 856
Qumis, Iran. From Khuvar to Bustam and December 22, Gurgan. The town of The city of Qumis was half AD 856 Qumis (Hecatompylos) 36.23 54.14 45,000–200,000. destroyed and had 45,096 [14][16] (aftershocks for hardest hit. casualties. about a year) see 856 Damghan earthquake
Sendai, Japan [17] July 13, AD 869 see 869 Sanriku 38.5 143.8 ~1,000 8.6–9.0 Ms earthquake
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Regarded as a 'fake earthquake', due to Ardabil, Iran March 23, AD misunderstanding of see 893 Ardabil 38.28 48.30 150,000 – – 893 original Armenian sources earthquake for the 893 Dvin event. [18][19][20][21]
Dvin, Armenia December 28, see 893 Dvin 40.0 44.6 30,000 – Mislocated in India [22] AD 893 earthquake
11th–18th centuries
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December, Taizhou, Jiangsu, 32.0 119.0 22,391 [23][24] 1037 China
August 12, Palmyra, Baalbek, 35.1 38.9 50,000 7.2 (>VIII) [11][14] 1042 Syria, Lebanon
Near East March 18, see 1068 Near East 20,000 ≥ 7.0 [25][26] 1068 earthquake
Aleppo, Syria October 11, see 1138 Aleppo 36.1 36.8 230,000 7.1 [11][27] 1138 earthquake
Hama, Syria August 12, "Tens of M Largest in a sequence lasting 08:15 see 1157 Hama 35.1 36.3 7.2 s [11][27][28] 1157 thousands" from late 1156 to early 1159 earthquake
Sicily February 4, see 1169 Sicily 37.3 15.0 15,000 X [29] 1169 earthquake
Eastern Numerous 5,000[30]-80,000 in Mediterranean 7.3–7.5[31] Syria, Lebanon, central southern sources from June 29, 1170 06:29 34.4 36.4 Aleppo see 1170 Syria −7.7[32] Turkey Crusader 25,000 in Hama earthquake times[27][28]
Eastern 1,100,000 July 5, 1201 Mediterranean; see (includes Damage across a wide area from and/or May 7.6 – 1202 Syria famine/disease Syria to Upper Egypt 20, 1202 earthquake deaths)
Cyprus Caused damage at Paphos, May 11, 1222 06:15 see 1222 Cyprus 34.7 32.6 7.0–7.5 [33] Limassol and Nicosia earthquake
Cilicia, Anatolia (Armenian Kingdom of 1268 Cilicia) 37.5 35.5 60,000 7 (approx) – see 1268 Cilicia earthquake
Chihli (Hopeh), China September see 1290 Chihli 41.5 119.3 100,000 6.8 M [34] 27, 1290 s earthquake
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Kamakura, (now in Kanagawa Prefecture, May 26, 1293 Kantō region,) Japan 35.2 139.4 23,024 7.1 [35] see 1293 Kamakura earthquake
August 8, 1303 Crete Triggered a major tsunami that 06:00 35 27 up to 10,000 ~8 [36] 1303 earthquake, Greece devastated Alexandria in Egypt
January 1, Crimea, Ukraine Not known 6 [37] 1341
Friuli, Venice, Rome January 25, 15:00 see Earthquake of 46.37 13.58 10,000 6.9 [14] 1348 1348
Basel, Switzerland October 18, see 1356 Basel 47.5 07.6 1,000 6.2 M [38] 1356 w earthquake
Struck during synod – later called Canterbury, UK "Earthquake Synod" – called to May 21, 1382 see 1382 Dover ? 5.8 [39][40] condemn heresy of John Wycliffe Straits earthquake – some saw as portentous
Catalonia (now Spain) Sometimes called the terratrèmol February 2, Catalan earthquake of 42.4 2.2 1,000s VIII–IX de la candelera because it took [14][41][42] 1428 1428 place during the Candlemas.
Rhodes Largest of a series that lasted 10 3 May 1481 03:00 see 1481 Rhodes 36.0 28.0 30,000 7.1 [43] months earthquake
Honshu September 08:00 see 1498 Nankai 34.0 138.1 31,000 8.6 M [44] 20, 1498 local time s earthquake
Nepal 30% of Nepalese June 6, 1505 see 1505 Lo Mustang 29.5 83.0 8.2 – population earthquake
Istanbul, Turkey September 22:00 see 1509 Istanbul 40.9 28.7 10,000 7.2 M [45] 10, 1509 s earthquake
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Lisbon, Portugal January 26, 04:30 see 1531 Lisbon 38.9 −09.0 30,000 6.9 [46] 1531 earthquake
Shaanxi, China January 23, Deadliest earthquake in recorded see 1556 Shaanxi 34.5 109.7 830,000+ 8.2–8.3 USGS 1556 history earthquake
Ferrara, Italy Azariah de November 19:10 see 1570 Ferrara 44.817 11.633 70–200 5.5 Rossi's Kol 16–17, 1570 earthquake Elohim [14][47]
Valdivia, Chile December 16, 18:30 see 1575 Valdivia −39.8 −73.2 ? 8.5 [14][48] 1575 earthquake
November 24, 12:30 Arica, Chile -18.500 -70.400 ? 8.5 M [49] 1604 local time I
Shikoku, Honshu, February 3, 20:00 Japan 33.5 138.5 thousands 7.9 M [50] 1605 local time see 1605 Keichō s Nankaido earthquake
Qiongshan, Hainan, July 13, 1605 19.9 110.5 3,000 7.5 (X) [51] China
Quebec, Canada February 5, Landslides were the primary see 1663 Charlevoix 47.6 70.1 0 7.3–7.9 [52] 1663 feature earthquake
Dubrovnik, Croatia April 6, 1667 see 1667 Dubrovnik 42.3 18.1 3,000 7.2 [53] earthquake
Shamakhi, Azerbaijan November 25, see 1667 Shamakhi 40.6 48.6 80,000 6.9 M [34] 1667 s earthquake
August 17, Anatolia, Turkey 40 36 8,000 8 USGS 1668
Lima, Peru October 20, 11:30 see 1687 Peru −15.2 −75.9 5,000 8.2 [14] 1687 earthquake
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Province of Completely destroyed Cerreto Benevento, Italy Sannita and Guardia June 5, 1688 41.3 14.6 est. 10,000 7 [54] see 1688 Sannio Sanframondi, heavily damaged earthquake Benevento.
Salta Province, The small village of Talavera del September Argentina 11:00 −25.40 −64.80 ~13 7.0 Esteco was completely [55] 13, 1692 see 1692 Salta destroyed. earthquake
Port Royal, Jamaica 11:43 7 (approx) June 7, 1692 see 1692 Jamaica 17.9 −76.8 2,000+ [56][57] local time (X) earthquake
Catania Province, January 11, Sicily 60,000 7.5 – 1693 see 1693 Sicily earthquake
Irpinia, Italy September 5, 11:40 see 1694 Irpinia– 40.88 15.35 6,000 6.9 M [58] 1694 w Basilicata earthquake
Cascadia subduction January 26, zone ~21:00 9 M (Satake et al., 1996) USGS 1700 see 1700 Cascadia earthquake
Norcia, Italy January 14, 18:00 see 1703 Apennine 42.7 13.07 6,240–9,761 6.7 M [14][59] 1703 w earthquakes
L'Aquila, Italy February 2, 11:05 see 1703 Apennine 42.43 13.3 2,500–5,000 6.7 M [14][59] 1703 w earthquakes
Kantō region, Japan December 31, 17:00 see 1703 Genroku 35.0 140.0 5,233 8.2 M [60] 1703 s earthquake
Japan October 28, 14:00 see 1707 Hōei 33.0 136.0 5,000+ 8.6 [61] 1707 local time earthquake
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Tabriz, Iran April 26, 1721 see 1721 Tabriz 37.9 46.7 ~80,000 VIII-IX [62] earthquake
Valparaiso, Chile July 8, 1730 08:45 see 1730 Valparaiso −32.5 −71.5 ? 8.7 [63] earthquake
September 10:00 Beijing, China 40.0 116.2 100s 6.5 [64][65] 30, 1730 local time
Irpinia, Italy November 29, 8:40 local see 1732 Irpinia 41.0727 15.0623 6.6 M [66] 1732 time s earthquake
October 16, 15:30 Kamchatka, Russia 51.1 158.0 8.3 M See Kamchatka earthquakes [67][68] 1737 local time s
Lima & Callao, Peru October 28, 22:30 see 1746 Lima–Callao −11.35 −77.28 4,000–5,000 8.6–8.8 M [69] 1746 local time w earthquake
Concepción, Chile 1:00 local May 25, 1751 see 1751 Concepción −36.830 −73.030 8.5 M USGS time I earthquake
1,200 June 7, 1755 Northern Persia 34.0 51.5 5.9 [65][71] 40,000[70]
Lisbon, Portugal November 1, 10:16 see 1755 Lisbon 36 −11 80,000 8.7 Caused a huge tsunami USGS 1755 earthquake
Boston, November 18, Massachusetts, USA 09:11 42.7 −70.2 0 5.9 M [72][73] 1755 see 1755 Cape Ann w earthquake
Eastern M Earthquake in same area on November 25, 19:23 Mediterranean s 33.7 35.9 1,000s 7.4 October 30 considered to be a [11] 1759 local time see Near East foreshock earthquakes of 1759
Northeastern Bay of [75] April 2, 1762 Bengal[74] 22.0 92.0 200 up to 8.8 Mw
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Date Time‡ Place Lat Long Fatalities Mag. Comments Sources see 1762 Arakan earthquake Komárom, Kingdom of June 28, Hungary 05:28 47.73 18.15 83 6.2 to 6.5 M [76] 1763 see 1763 Komárom w earthquake
Destroyed Spanish colonial October 21, Saint Joseph, Trinidad 10.65 −61.43 7.9 capital of San Jose, Trinidad [77] 1766 and Tobago (now St. Joseph)
Port-au-Prince, Haiti 19:15 June 3, 1770 see 1770 Port-au- 18.7 −72.63 200+ 7.5 M [78] local time w Prince earthquake
Guatemala July 29, 1773 see 1773 Guatemala 14.6 -90.7 5–600 7.5 earthquake
Tabriz, Iran January 8, see 1780 Tabriz 38.0 46.2 200,000 7.4 M [79][80] 1780 s earthquake
February 4–5, Calabria, Italy Mw First in a sequence of five [81] March 28, 12:00 see 1783 Calabrian 38.15 15.70 35,000 6.9 earthquakes Mw ≥ 5.9 to hit 1783 earthquakes Calabria in less than two months
Mw Triggered a landslide that Sichuan, China blocked the Dadu river – the 04:00 June 1, 1786 see 1786 Kangding- 29.9 102.0 ~100,000 7.75 collapse of the dam during an [82] local time Luding earthquake aftershock and subsequent flood caused most of the casualties
Quito, Ecuador & February 4, Cuzco, Peru 12:30 41,000 7.3 M [83] 1797 see 1797 Riobamba w earthquake
Sumatra, East Indies February 10, (now Indonesia) −1.0 99.0 300 8.4 [84][85][86] 1797 see 1797 Sumatra earthquake
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19th century
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