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Largest Earthquakes |
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Deadliest Earthquakes |
| Year
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Date |
Magnitude |
Fatalities |
Region |
|
Date |
Magnitude |
Fatalities |
Region |
| 2009 |
|
09/29 |
8.1 |
192 |
Samoa Islands Region |
|
09/30 |
7.5 |
1117 |
Southern Sumatra |
| 2008 |
|
05/12 |
7.9 |
87,652 |
Eastern Sichuan, China |
|
05/12 |
7.9 |
87,652 |
Eastern Sichuan, China |
| 2007 |
|
09/12 |
8.5 |
25 |
Southern Sumatera, Indonesia |
|
08/15 |
8.0 |
514 |
Near the Coast of Central Peru |
| 2006 |
|
11/15 |
8.3 |
0 |
Kuril Islands |
|
05/26 |
6.3 |
5,749 |
Java, Indonesia |
| 2005 |
|
03/28 |
8.6 |
1,313 |
Northern Sumatra, Indonesia |
|
10/08 |
7.6 |
80,361 |
Pakistan |
| 2004 |
|
12/26 |
9.1 |
227,898 |
Off West Coast of Northern Sumatra |
|
12/26 |
9.1 |
227,898 |
Off West Coast of Northern Sumatra |
| 2003 |
|
09/25 |
8.3 |
0 |
Hokkaido, Japan Region |
|
12/26 |
6.6 |
31,000 |
Southeastern Iran |
| 2002 |
|
11/03 |
7.9 |
0 |
Central Alaska |
|
03/25 |
6.1 |
1,000 |
Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan |
| 2001 |
|
06/23 |
8.4 |
138 |
Near Coast of Peru |
|
01/26 |
7.7 |
20,023 |
India |
| 2000 |
|
11/16 |
8.0 |
2 |
New Ireland Region, P.N.G. |
|
06/04 |
7.9 |
103 |
Southern Sumatera, Indonesia |
| 1999 |
|
09/20 |
7.7 |
2,297 |
Taiwan |
|
08/17 |
7.6 |
17,118 |
Turkey |
| 1998 |
|
03/25 |
8.1 |
0 |
Balleny Islands Region |
|
05/30 |
6.6 |
4,000 |
Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border Region |
| 1997 |
|
10/14 |
7.8 |
0 |
South of Fiji Islands |
|
05/10 |
7.3 |
1,572 |
Northern Iran |
| |
|
12/05 |
7.8 |
0 |
Near East Coast of Kamchatka |
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| 1996 |
|
02/17 |
8.2 |
166 |
Irian Jaya Region Indonesia |
|
02/03 |
6.6 |
322 |
Yunnan, China |
| 1995 |
|
07/30 |
8.0 |
3 |
Near Coast of Northern Chile |
|
01/16 |
6.9 |
5,530 |
Kobe, Japan |
| |
|
10/09 |
8.0 |
49 |
Near Coast of Jalisco Mexico |
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| 1994 |
|
10/04 |
8.3 |
11 |
Kuril Islands |
|
06/20 |
6.8 |
795 |
Colombia |
| 1993 |
|
08/08 |
7.8 |
0 |
South of Mariana Islands |
|
09/29 |
6.2 |
9,748 |
India |
| 1992 |
|
12/12 |
7.8 |
2,519 |
Flores Region, Indonesia |
|
12/12 |
7.8 |
2,519 |
Flores Region, Indonesia |
| 1991 |
|
04/22 |
7.6 |
75 |
Costa Rica |
|
10/19 |
6.8 |
2,000 |
Northern India |
| |
|
12/22 |
7.6 |
0 |
Kuril Islands |
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| 1990 |
|
07/16 |
7.7 |
1,621 |
Luzon, Philippine Islands |
|
06/20 |
7.4 |
50,000 |
Iran |
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