Re: Ithza-zulzilat-il-Ardu … When the Earth is shaken …
A brief history prior to 1950
· 1950 08 15 - Assam - Tibet - M 8.6 Fatalities 1,526
· 1950 05 21 - Cusco, Peru - M 6.0 Fatalities 83
· 1949 08 22 - Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands), British Columbia, Canada - M 8.1
· 1949 08 17 - Erzurum, Turkey - M 6.8 Fatalities 320
· 1949 08 05 - Ambato, Ecuador - M 6.8 Fatalities 5,050
· 1949 07 10 - Khait, Tajikistan - M 7.5 Fatalities 12,000
· 1949 04 13 - Puget Sound, Washington - M 7.1 Fatalities 8
· 1948 10 05 - Ashgabat, Turkmenistan - M 7.3 Fatalities 110,000
· 1948 06 28 - Fukui, Japan - M 7.3 Fatalities 3,769
· 1948 05 25 - Sichuan, China - M 7.3 Fatalities 800
· 1948 05 11 - Moquegua, Peru - M 7.4 Fatalities 70
· 1947 11 23 - Southwest Montana - M 6.3
· 1947 11 01 - Satipo, Peru - M 7.3 Fatalities 233
· 1947 10 16 - Wood River, Alaska - M 7.2
· 1947 08 10 - Southern Michigan - M 4.6
· 1947 08 05 - Pasni, Iran - M 7.3
· 1947 05 06 - Wisconsin
· 1946 12 20 - Nankaido, Japan - M 8.1 Fatalities 1,330
· 1946 11 10 - Ancash, Peru - M 7.3 Fatalities 1,400
· 1946 08 08 - Samana, Dominican Republic - M 7.6
· 1946 08 04 - Samana, Dominican Republic - M 8.0 Fatalities 100
· 1946 06 23 - Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada - M 7.3 Fatalities 2
· 1946 05 31 - Ustukran, Turkey - M 5.9 Fatalities 1,300
· 1946 04 01 - Unimak Island, Alaska - M 8.1 Fatalities 165
· 1945 11 27 - Makran Coast, Pakistan - M 8.0 Fatalities 4,000
· 1945 01 12 - Mikawa, Japan - M 7.1 Fatalities 1,961
· 1944 12 07 - Tonankai, Japan - M 8.1 Fatalities 1,223
· 1944 09 05 - Between Massena, New York and Cornwall, Ontario, Canada - M 5.8
· 1944 07 12 - Sheep Mountain, Idaho - M 6.1
· 1944 02 01 - Gerede, Turkey - M 7.4 Fatalities 2,790
· 1944 01 15 - San Juan, Argentina - M 7.4 Fatalities 8,000
· 1943 11 26 - Ladik, Turkey - M 7.6 Fatalities 4,000
· 1943 11 03 - Skwenta, Alaska - M 7.4
· 1943 09 10 - Tottori, Japan - M 7.4 Fatalities 1,190
· 1943 04 06 - Illapel - Salamanca, Chile - M 8.2 Fatalities 25
· 1943 01 30 - Yanaoca, Peru Fatalities 200
· 1942 12 20 - Erbaa, Turkey - M 7.3 Fatalities 1,100
· 1942 11 26 - Turkey - M 7.6 Fatalities 4,000
· 1942 08 24 - Off the coast of central Peru - M 8.2 Fatalities 30
· 1942 08 06 - Guatemala - M 7.9 Fatalities 38
· 1941 04 29 - Meeberrie, Australia - M 7.2
· 1940 12 24 - Ossipee Lake, New Hampshire - M 5.5
· 1940 12 20 - Ossipee Lake, New Hampshire - M 5.5
· 1940 11 10 - Vrancea, Romania - M 7.3 Fatalities 1,000
· 1940 05 24 - Callao, Peru - M 8.2 Fatalities 249
· 1940 05 19 - Imperial Valley, California - M 7.1 Fatalities 9
· 1939 12 26 - Erzincan, Turkey - M 7.8 Fatalities 32,700
· 1939 01 25 - Chillan, Chile - M 7.8 Fatalities 28,000
· 1938 11 10 - Shumagin Islands, Alaska - M 8.2
· 1938 02 01 - Banda Sea, Indonesia - M 8.5
· 1938 01 23 - Maui, Hawaii - M 6.8
· 1937 07 22 - Central Alaska - M 7.3
· 1937 03 09 - Western Ohio - M 5.4
· 1935 11 01 - Temiscaming, Quebec, Canada - M 6.1
· 1935 10 31 - Helena, Montana - M 6.0 Fatalities 2
· 1935 10 19 - Helena, Montana - M 6.3 Fatalities 2
· 1935 10 12 - Helena, Montana - M 5.9
· 1935 07 16 - Taiwan (Formosa) - M 6.5 Fatalities 2,740
· 1935 05 30 - Quetta, Pakistan - M 7.5 Fatalities 30,000
· 1935 04 20 - Taiwan (Formosa) - M 7.1 Fatalities 3,270
· 1934 06 08 - Parkfield, California - M 6.1
· 1934 05 04 - Chugach Mountains, Alaska - M 7.1
· 1934 03 12 - Kosmo, Utah - M 6.6 Fatalities 2
· 1934 01 30 - Excelsior Mountains, Nevada - M 6.5
· 1934 01 15 - Bihar, India - Nepal - M 8.1 Fatalities 10,700
· 1933 11 20 - Baffin Bay, Canada - M 7.4
· 1933 08 25 - Sichuan, China - M 7.4 Fatalities 9,300
· 1933 03 11 - Long Beach, California - M 6.4 Fatalities 115
· 1933 03 02 - Sanriku, Japan - M 8.4 Fatalities 2,990
· 1932 12 25 - Gansu, China - M 7.6 Fatalities 275
· 1932 12 21 - Cedar Mountain, Nevada - M 7.2
· 1932 06 18 - Colima, Mexico - M 7.8
· 1932 06 06 - Eureka, California - M 6.4 Fatalities 1
· 1932 06 03 - Jalisco, Mexico - M 8.1 Fatalities 45
· 1931 12 17 - Charleston, Mississippi - M 4.6
· 1931 08 16 - Valentine, Texas - M 5.8
· 1931 08 10 - Xinjiang, China - M 8.0 Fatalities 10,000
· 1931 04 27 - Zangezur Mountains, Armenia - Azerbaijan border - M 5.7Fatalities 2,800
· 1931 03 31 - Managua, Nicaragua - M 6.0 Fatalities 2,500
· 1931 02 02 - Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand - M 7.9 Fatalities 256
· 1931 01 15 - Oaxaca, Mexico - M 7.8 Fatalities 114
· 1930 10 19 - Napoleonville, Louisiana - M 4.2
· 1930 07 23 - Irpinia, Italy - M 6.5 Fatalities 1,404
· 1930 05 06 - Salmas, Iran (Persia) - M 7.2 Fatalities 2,500
· 1929 11 18 - Grand Banks, Newfoundland-Nova Scotia, Canada - M 7.2Fatalities 28
· 1929 10 06 - Holualoa, Hawaii - M 6.5
· 1929 05 26 - South of Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada - M 7.0
· 1929 05 01 - Koppeh Dagh, Iran (Persia) - M 7.4 Fatalities 3,800
· 1929 03 07 - Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska - M 7.8
· 1928 12 01 - Talca, Chile - M 7.6 Fatalities 225
· 1928 11 03 - Eastern Tennessee - M 4.5
· 1927 11 04 - Lompoc, California - M 7.1
· 1927 10 24 - Southeast Alaska - M 7.1
· 1927 05 22 - Tsinghai, China - M 7.6 Fatalities 40,900
· 1927 03 07 - Tango, Japan - M 7.6 Fatalities 3,020
· 1926 10 22 - Monterey Bay, California - M 6.1
· 1926 06 29 - Santa Barbara, California - M 5.5 Fatalities 1
· 1925 06 29 - Santa Barbara, California - M 6.8 Fatalities 13
· 1925 06 28 - Clarkston Valley, Montana - M 6.6
· 1925 03 16 - Yunnan, China - M 7.1 Fatalities 5,800
· 1925 03 01 - Charlevoix-Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada - M 6.2
· 1923 09 01 - Kanto (Kwanto), Japan - M 7.9 Fatalities 143,000
· 1923 05 25 - Torbat-e Heydariyeh, Iran - M 5.7 Fatalities 2,200
· 1923 03 24 - Near Luhuo, Sichuan, China - M 7.3 Fatalities 3,500
· 1923 02 03 - Kamchatka - M 8.5
· 1923 01 22 - Humbolt County, California - M 7.2
· 1922 11 11 - Chile-Argentina Border - M 8.5
· 1922 03 10 - Parkfield, California - M 6.1
· 1922 01 31 - Eureka, California - M 7.3
· 1920 12 16 - Haiyuan, Ningxia, China - M 7.8 Fatalities 200,000
· 1920 09 07 - Toscana, Italy - M 6.4 Fatalities 171
· 1920 06 05 - Taiwan region - M 8.0 Fatalities 5
· 1919 06 29 - Mugello, Tuscany - M 6.3 Fatalities 100
· 1918 12 06 - Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada - M 7.0
· 1918 10 11 - Mona Passage - M 7.5 Fatalities 116
· 1918 04 21 - San Jacinto, California - M 6.8 Fatalities 1
· 1918 02 13 - Nan’ao, Guangdong, (Kwangtung), China - M 7.3 Fatalities 1,000
· 1917 07 30 - Yunnan, China - M 7.5 Fatalities 1,800
· 1917 01 20 - Bali, Indonesia Fatalities 1,500
· 1916 10 18 - Irondale, Alabama - M 5.1
· 1916 02 21 - Waynesville, North Carolina - M 5.2
· 1915 10 03 - Pleasant Valley, Nevada - M 7.1
· 1915 06 23 - Imperial Valley, California - M 6.3 Fatalities 6
· 1915 01 13 - Avezzano, Italy - M 7.0 Fatalities 32,610
· 1914 10 03 - Burdur, Turkey (Ottoman Empire) - M 7.0 Fatalities 4,000
· 1914 03 05 - Georgia - M 4.5
· 1913 11 04 - Abancay, Peru Fatalities 150
· 1912 08 09 - Murefte, Turkey (Ottoman Empire) - M 7.8 Fatalities 2,800
· 1912 07 07 - Paxson, Alaska - M 7.2
· 1911 07 01 - Calaveras fault, California - M 6.5
· 1911 06 15 - Ryukyu Islands, Japan - M 8.1 Fatalities 12
· 1911 06 07 - Off Guerrero, Mexico - M 7.7 Fatalities 45
· 1911 06 02 - South Dakota - M 4.5
· 1911 02 18 - Sarez, Tajikistan - M 7.4 Fatalities 90
· 1911 01 03 - Chong-Kemin, Kyrgyzstan - M 7.8 Fatalities 450
· 1910 09 09 - Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska - M 7.0
· 1910 08 05 - Oregon - M 6.8
· 1910 05 04 - Cartago, Costa Rica - M 6.4 Fatalities 700
· 1910 04 12 - Taiwan region - M 7.6
· 1909 09 27 - Wabash River Valley, Indiana - M 5.1
· 1909 05 26 - Aurora, Illinois - M 5.1
· 1909 05 16 - North Dakota - M 5.5
· 1909 01 23 - Silakhor, Iran (Persia) - M 7.3 Fatalities 6,000
· 1908 12 28 - Messina, Italy - M 7.2 Fatalities 70,000
· 1908 12 12 - Off the Coast of Central Peru - M 8.2
· 1908 05 15 - Gulf of Alaska - M 7.0
· 1907 10 21 - Qaratog, Tajikistan - M 8.0 Fatalities 12,000
· 1907 04 15 - Guerrero, Mexico - M 7.7
· 1907 01 14 - Kingston, Jamaica - M 6.5 Fatalities 1,000
· 1906 11 15 - Socorro area, New Mexico - Intensity VII
· 1906 08 17 - Valparaiso, Chile - M 8.2 Fatalities 3,882
· 1906 07 12 - Socorro area, New Mexico - Intensity VII
· 1906 04 18 - San Francisco, California - M 7.8 Fatalities 3000
· 1906 03 16 - Chia-i, Taiwan - M 6.8 Fatalities 1,250
· 1906 01 31 - Off the Coast of Esmeraldas, Ecuador - M 8.8 Fatalities 1,000
· 1905 09 08 - Calabria, Italy - M 7.9 Fatalities 557
· 1905 07 09 - Mongolia - M 8.4
· 1905 04 13 - Iowa
· 1905 04 04 - Kangra, India - M 7.5 Fatalities 19,000
· 1904 08 27 - Fairbanks, Alaska - M 7.3
· 1904 08 11 - Samos, Greece - M 6.2 Fatalities 4
· 1904 03 21 - Southeast Maine - M 5.1
· 1903 08 11 - Southern Greece - M 8.3
· 1903 05 28 - Gole, Turkey (Ottomon Empire) - M 5.8 Fatalities 1,000
· 1903 04 28 - Turkey - M 7.0 Fatalities 3,500
· 1902 12 16 - eastern Uzbekistan (Turkestan) - M 6.4 Fatalities 4,700
· 1902 04 19 - Guatemala - M 7.5 Fatalities 2,000
· 1901 12 31 - Cook Inlet, Alaska - M 7.1
· 1901 12 18 - Ayvalik, Turkey (Ottoman Empire) - M 5.9
· 1901 05 17 - Near Portsmouth, Ohio - M 4.2
· 1901 03 03 - Parkfield, California - M 6.4
· 1900 10 09 - Kodiak Island, Alaska - M 7.7
· 1899 12 25 - San Jacinto, California - M 6.7 Fatalities 6
· 1899 09 23 - Copper River delta, Alaska - M 7.0
· 1899 09 20 - Menderes Valley, Turkey - M 6.9 Fatalities 1,100
· 1899 09 10 - Yakutat Bay, Alaska - M 8.0
· 1899 09 04 - Cape Yakataga, Alaska - M 7.9
· 1899 04 16 - Eureka, California - M 7.0
· 1898 04 15 - Mendocino County, California - M 6.8
· 1898 03 31 - Mare Island, California - M 6.3
· 1897 06 20 - Calaveras fault, California - M 6.3
· 1897 06 12 - Assam, India - M 8.3 Fatalities 1,500
· 1897 05 31 - Giles County, Virginia - M 5.9
· 1896 06 15 - Sanriku, Japan - M 8.5 Fatalities 27,000
· 1895 10 31 - Charleston, Missouri - M 6.6
· 1892 04 21 - Winters, California - M 6.4
· 1892 04 19 - Vacaville, California - M 6.4 Fatalities 1
· 1892 02 24 - Imperial Valley, California - M 7.8
· 1891 10 27 - Mino-Owari, Japan - M 8.0 Fatalities 7,273
· 1890 02 24 - Corralitos, California - M 6.3
· 1887 06 08 - Almaty, Kazakhstan - M 7.3
· 1887 05 03 - Northern Sonora, Mexico - M 7.4 Fatalities 51
· 1886 09 01 - Charleston, South Carolina - M 7.3 Fatalities 60
· 1884 09 19 - Near Lima, Ohio - M 4.8
· 1884 08 10 - New York City, New York - M 5.5
· 1882 11 08 - Denver, Colorado - M 6.6
· 1879 01 13 - St. Augustine, Florida
· 1877 11 15 - Eastern Nebraska - M 5.1
· 1877 05 10 - Offshore Tarapaca, Chile - M 8.3 Fatalities 34
· 1875 05 18 - northern Colombia - M 7.3 Fatalities 16,000
· 1873 11 23 - California - Oregon Coast - M 7.3
· 1872 12 15 - Lake Chelan, Washington - M 6.8
· 1872 03 26 - Owens Valley, California - M 7.4 Fatalities 27
· 1872 01 28 - Samaxi, Azerbaijan - M 5.7 Fatalities 118
· 1871 10 09 - New Jersey - Delaware border
· 1871 10 09 - New Jersey - Delaware border
· 1871 02 20 - Lanai, Hawaii - M 6.8
· 1868 10 21 - Hayward, California - M 6.8 Fatalities 30
· 1868 08 13 - Arica, Peru (now Chile) - M 9.0 Fatalities 25,000
· 1868 04 03 - Ka’u District, Island of Hawaii - M 7.9 Fatalities 77
· 1868 03 29 - Ka’u District, Island of Hawaii - M 7.0
· 1867 11 18 - Puerto Rico Region
· 1867 04 24 - Manhattan, Kansas - M 5.1
· 1865 10 08 - Santa Cruz Mountains, California - M 6.5
· 1865 08 17 - Memphis, Tennessee - M 5.0
· 1857 12 16 - Naples, Italy - M 6.9 Fatalities 11,000
· 1857 01 09 - Fort Tejon, California - M 7.9 Fatalities 1
· 1855 01 23 - Wellington, New Zealand - M 8.0 Fatalities 4
· 1843 02 08 - Leeward Islands - M 8.3 Fatalities 5,000
· 1843 01 05 - Northeast Arkansas - M 6.3
· 1838 06 - San Francisco area, California - M 6.8
· 1836 06 10 - South San Francisco Bay region, California - M 6.5
· 1835 02 20 - Concepcion, Chile - M 8.2 Fatalities 500
· 1823 06 02 - South flank of Kilauea, Hawaii - M 7.0
· 1821 07 10 - Camana, Peru - M 8.2 Fatalities 162
· 1819 06 16 - Gujarat, India Fatalities 2,000
· 1812 12 21 - West of Ventura, California - M 7.1 Fatalities 1
· 1812 12 08 - Southwest of San Bernardino County, California - M 6.9Fatalities 40
· 1812 03 26 - Caracas, Venezuela - M 7.7 Fatalities 26,000
· 1812 02 07 - New Madrid Region - M 7.7
· 1812 01 23 - New Madrid Region - M 7.5
· 1811 12 16 - New Madrid Region - M 7.0
· 1811 12 16 - New Madrid Region - M 7.7 Fatalities Several
· 1791 05 16 - Moodus, Connecticut
· 1787 05 02 - Puerto Rico - M 8.0
· 1783 11 30 - New Jersey - M 5.3
· 1783 02 04 - Calabria, Italy Fatalities 50,000
· 1780 02 06 - Northwest Florida
· 1755 11 18 - Cape Ann, Massachusetts
· 1755 11 01 - Lisbon, Portugal - M 8.7 Fatalities 70,000
· 1755 06 07 - Kashan, Iran Fatalities 40,000
· 1746 10 28 - Lima, Peru Fatalities 5,000
· 1744 06 14 - Southern Cape Ann, Massachusetts region
· 1730 07 08 - Valparaiso, Chile - M 8.7 Fatalities 5
· 1727 11 18 - Tabriz, Iran Fatalities 77,000
· 1727 11 10 - Northern Cape Ann region, Massachusetts
· 1700 01 26 - Cascadia Subduction Zone - M 9.0
· 1693 01 11 - Sicily, Italy - M 7.5 Fatalities 60,000
· 1692 06 07 - Jamaica Fatalities 2,000
· 1687 10 20 - Lima, Peru - M 8.5 Fatalities 600
· 1668 08 17 - Anatolia, Turkey - M 8.0 Fatalities 8,000
· 1667 11 - Shemakha, Caucasia Fatalities 80,000
· 1664 05 12 - Ica, Peru - M 7.3 Fatalities 400
· 1663 02 05 - Charlevoix-Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada - M 7
· 1663 02 05 - St. Lawrence Valley region, Quebec, Canada - M 7.0
· 1638 06 11 - St. Lawrence region
· 1619 02 14 - Trujillo, Peru - M 7.7 Fatalities 350
· 1568 - Moodus-East Haddam, Connecticut - Intensity VI
· 1556 01 23 - Shensi, China - M 8.0 Fatalities 830,000
· 1290 09 27 - Chihli, China Fatalities 100,000
· 1268 - Silicia, Asia Minor Fatalities 60,000
· 1138 08 09 - Aleppo, Syria Fatalities 230,000
· 0893 03 23 - Ardabil, Iran Fatalities 150,000
· 0856 12 22 - Damghan, Iran Fatalities 200,000