Date	Location	Deaths	Magnitude
Aug. 9, 1138	Aleppo, Syria	230,000	n.a.
Sept. 1290	Chihli, China	100,000	n.a.
Jan. 23, 1556	Shansi, China	830,000	n.a.
Nov. 1667	Shemakha, Caucasia	80,000	n.a.
Jan. 11, 1693	Sicily, Italy	60,000	n.a.
Nov. 18, 1727	Tabriz, Iran	77,000	n.a.
Nov. 1, 1755	Lisbon, Portugal	70,000	8.7
Feb. 4, 1783	Calabria, Italy	50,000	n.a.
Dec. 16, 1857	Naples, Italy	11,000	6.9
Oct. 27, 1891	Mino-Owari, Japan	7,200	8.0
Jun. 27, 1897	Assam, India	1,500	8.3
April. 18, 1906	San Franciso, California	3,000	7.8
Aug. 20, 1906	Valparaíso, Chile	20,000	8.2
Dec. 28, 1908	Messina, Italy	100,000	7.5
Dec. 16, 1920	Gansu, China	200,000	8.6
Sept. 1, 1923	Kwanto, Japan	143,000	8.3
Mar. 7, 1927	Tango, Japan	3,000	7.6
May 22, 1927	near Xining, China	200,000	8.3
Dec. 25, 1932	Gansu, China	70,000	7.6
Mar. 2, 1933	Sanriku, Japan	3,000	8.4
Jan. 15, 1934	Erzincan, Turkey	10,700	8.1
May 30, 1935	Quetta, Pakistan	50,000	7.5
Dec. 26, 1944	Erzincan, Turkey	32,700	7.8
Dec. 7, 1944	Tonankai, Japan	1,200	8.1
Dec. 20, 1946	Nankaido, Japan	1,300	8.1
Oct. 5, 1948	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, USSR	110,000	7.3
Aug. 15, 1950	Assam, Tibet	1,500	8.6
Feb. 29, 1960	Agadir, Morocco	10,000	5.7
May 22, 1960	Western Chile	2,000	9.5
May 31, 1970	Peru	66,000	7.8
Feb. 4, 1975	Haicheng, China	10,000	7.0
Feb. 4, 1976	Guatemala	23,000	7.5
July 27, 1976	Tangshan, China	255,000	8.0
Sept 19, 1985	Mexico City, Mexico	9,500	8.1
Dec. 7, 1988	Spitak, Armenia	9,500	6.8
June 20, 1990	Northwest Iran	50,000	7.7
July 16, 1991	Northern Philippines	2,000	7.6
Sept 30, 1993	Killari, India	10,000	7.4
Jan. 17, 1995	Kobe, Japan	6,100	7.2
July 17, 1998	New Guinea	2,100	7.0
Jan. 25, 1999	Colombia	1,100	6.2
Aug. 17, 1999	Izmit, Turkey	17,000	7.4
Sep. 20, 1999	Chi-Chi, Taiwan	2,400	7.7
Jan. 26, 2001	Gujarat north-western India	20,000	7.9
May 21, 2003	Northern Algeria	2,200	6.8
Dec 23, 2003	Bam, Iran	30,000	6.6
Dec 26, 2004	Indonesian	270,000	9.0
Mar 28, 2005	Nias, Indonesian	1,300	8.7
Oct 8, 2005	Kashmir, Packistan	55,000	7.6
Jul 17, 2006	Java, Indonesian	658	7.7