DATE YEAR LOCATION DEAD PROPERTY RICHTER
THOUSANDS MILLIONS SCALE
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1700 BC. Crete severe
1700 BC. Egypt major
373 BC. Helice, Greece
17 A.D. Philadelphia, Asia Minor
363 AD Petra, Jordan
365 Knossos, Crete 50
7/21 365 Kourion, Cyprus 3000 7
403 Constantinople (Chrysostom exiled)
5/20 526 Antioch, Syria 250
528 Antioch, Syria
844 Damascas, Syria 50
847 Mosul, Iraq 50
847 Damascas, Syria 50
856 Corinth, Greece 45
856 Qumis, Damghan, Iran 200
893 Caucasus, Russia 51
893 Daipur, India 180
893 Ardabil, Iran 150
1038 Shansi, China 23
1042 Palmyra, Baalbek, Syria 50
1057 Chihli, China 25
1138 Ganzah, Aleppo, Syria 230
1170 Sicily, Italy 15
1201 Upper Egypt, or Syria 1000
1257 Kamakura, Japan
1268 Cilicia, modern Turkey 60
9/27 1290 Chihli, China 100 6.75
5/20 1293 Kamakura, Japan 30
1400 Ethiopia
1456 Naples, Italy 60
1/26 1531 Lisbon, Portugal 30
12/10 1542 Sicily, Italy
1/23-24 1556 Shaanxi, China 830 XI
1562 Santiago de los Caballeros Dominican Repub.
1563 Cattaro, Montenegro, Yugoslavia devastated
4/6 1580 Belgium
1647 Santiago chile severe equake
6/21 1660 Pyrenees
11 1667 Shemaka, Azerbaijan, Russia 80 6.9
1667 Cattaro, Montenegro, Yugoslavia devastated
1668 Shantung, China 50 XII
1678 Lahijan, Iran large
1692 Port Royal, Jamaica -destroyed city
9/8 1692 Belgium
1/11 1693 Catania, Italy 59.963
1693 Naples, Italy 96.5 XI
1694 Italy
1703 Jeddo, Japan 200
1727 Tabriz, Iran 77
12/30 1730 Hokkaido, Japan 137
1731 Beijing, China 100
10/11 1737 Calcutta, India 300
1739 China 50
1746 Callao, Peru Equake+tidal wave 6
6/7 1755 Northern Iran 40
11/1 1755 Lisbon, Portugal 58 8.75
1759 Baalbek, Syria severe
9/14 1777 Manchester, England 0 IV to V
1780 Tabriz, NW Iran 100
2/4 1783 Calabria, Southern Italy 50
11-7 1788 Ethiopia
2/4 1797 Quito, Ecuador 41
12/16,1/23,2/7 1811 New Madrid, Missouri 0.01 7.95
1816 Luhuo, Suchang China 2.9
1819 Cutch, India 1.5
9/5 1822 Aleppo, Asia Minor 22
12/28 1828 Echigo, Honshu, Japan 30
1836 N.East Bay California 7
1836 N. Japan 28.321
1847 Zenkoji, Japan 34
1857 Cholane, California 8
1857 Tejon Pass, California --- 7.5
1858 Corinth, Greece
8/13-15 1868 Peru & Ecuador 47.5
1868 S. East Bay California 7
5/16 1875 Venezuela & Columbia 16
6/30 1880 Ethiopia
1883 Java, Indonesia 100
8/31 1886 Charleston, South Carolina 60 77 IX
1890 San Bernadino Valley California 7.0
1891 Osaka, Japan 10
~1892 Anza, California 7
1893 Malatya, E Turkey
1894 Armenia, Russia
6/15 1896 Sanriku, Japan 27.12
1897 Assam, India 1.5
1898 Japan 22
1899 Armenia Russia
4/29 1903 Malazgird Turkey 6 7.0
1905 Jammu & Kashmir, India 19 8.6
4/18-19 1906 San Francisco 0.5 333 8.3
8/16 1906 Valpraiso, Chile 20 3556 8.6 Others say 1.5
1907 Kingston, Jamaica 1.4
12/28 1908 Messina, Italy 86 7.5
8/9 1912 Murefte Turkey 1.0 7.3
1914 Armenia, Russia
1/13 1915 Abruzzi (Avezano), Italy 31.2 7.5
1918 San Jacinto Valley, Cal 7
12/16 1920 Gansu (Kansu), China 168 8.6
3/24 1923 Luhuo, Suchang China 3 7.3
9/1 1923 Tokyo, Japan 110.325 700kHomes 8.3
5/27 1927 Nan-Shan, China 200 8.3
1927 Kingston, Jamaica-devastating
1928 Corinth, Greece
1930 Apennine Mts, Italy 1.5
1932 Gansu (Kansu), China 70
5/2 1933 Japan 2.99 8.9
1/15 1934 Bihar-Nepal, India 10.7 8.4
5/31 1935 Quetta,Baluchistan(Pakistan) 38.3 7.5
1/24 1939 Chile 28 8.3
12/26 1939 Erzincan, Turkey 34.2 7.9
12/20 1942 Niksau, Turkey 3 7.0
11/27 1943 Ladik, Turkey 4.0 7.3
2/1 1944 Grede, Turkey 4.0 7.3
1946 Alaska, Hawaii USA 0.15
5/31 1946 Eastern Turkey 1.3 6.0
12/21 1946 Honshu, Japan 2 8.4
10/5 1948 Soviet Union 110 no reading
5/21 1950 CUsco, Peru .090
6/28 1948 Fukui (Fuki), Japan 5.131 7.3
8/5 1949 Pelileo, Ecuador 6 20 6.8
1949 USSR 16
8/15 1950 Assam, India" 1.53 8.7
3/18 1953 NW Turkey 1.2 7.2
9/9-12 1954 Northern Algeria 1.425 6.8
6/10-17 1956 Kabul, Afghanistan 2 7.7
7/2 1957 Northern Iran 2.5 7.4
12/13 1957 Western Iran 1.7 7.1
1957 Outer Mongolia 1.2
5/21-23 1960 Southern Chile 5.5 1175 8.3
2/29 1960 Agada (Agadir), Morocco 12 5.8
9/1 1962 NW Iran 12.23 7.1
1962 Italy
1963 Barce, Libya 0.3
1963 Taiwan 0.1
7/26 1963 Skopje, Yugoslavia 1.1 6.0
3/27 1964 Anchorage, Alaska, USA 0.1 8.5
8/19 1966 Varto, Eastern Turkey 2.5 6.9 IX
1967 Caracas, Venezuela 0.266
8/31 1968 Dashta Bayaz, NE Iran 12 7.4
0.0968 1969 Southern tip of Sinai, Egypt 7.1
3/28 1970 Gediz, Western Turkey 1.7355 7.3 IX
5/31 1970 Off Coast of Chimbote, Peru 7 230 7.7
1971 San Fernando, California, USA 0.064
12/23 1972 Managua, Nicaragua 5 6.2
2/6 1973 Luhuo, Suchang China 5 7.9
12/28 1974 Pakistan 5.2 6.3
9/6 1975 Lice, Turkey 2.3485 6.7 VIII
1975 Liaoning, China <10 7.3
2/4 1976 Guatemala 22.8 1.4 7.5
5/6 1976 NE Italy 0.946 6.5
6/26 1976 Irian Jaya, New Guinea 0.443 7.1
7/4 1976 N. Bali, Indonesia 0.5 5.6
7/28 1976 Tangshan, China (some est. 1.1M) 374 8.1
8/17 1976 Mindanao, Philippines 8 7.8
11/24 1976 Caldiran, Eastern Turkey 3.84 7.5 X
1976 U.S.S.R. 5?
3/4 1977 Bucharest, Romania 1.541 7.5
8/19 1977 Indonesia 0.2 8
11/23 1977 NW Argentina 0.1 8.2
9/16 1978 Iran 25 7.7
1979 Colombia, Ecuador 0.6 7.9
9/12 1979 Irian Java, Indonesia 0.1 8.1
10/10 1980 el-Asnam, Algeria 4 7.5
11/23 1980 Southern Italy 4.8 7.2
1983 Eastern Turkey 1.4 7.1
9/19 1985 Mexico City, Mexico 9 8.1
12/7 1988 Spitak, Armenia, Russia 25 2.5% USSR GDP 6.8
10/17 5:04pm 1989 San Francisco, California USA 0.067 3.575 injured $6B 7.1
6/21 12:31am 1990 Zanjan, NW Iran 40 dam burst, villages buried 7.5
7/16 1990 Luzon, Philippines 0.5 7.7 1K injured, U.S. mil. helps
4/21 1991 Limon, Costa Rica 0.07 10K homeless 7.2
10/20 1991 Almora, Uttar Pradesh, India 0.341 7.1
3/14 1992 Erzincan, Turkey 0.8 180K homeless
3/16 1992 Erzincan, Turkey 6
10/12 1992 20 mi SW Cairo, Egypt 0.37 3.3 injured 5.9
12/ 1992 Maumere, Indonesia 1.5 80% bldgs 7.5
7/13 1993 50m W. of Hokkaido .038+.1 7.8
8/8 1993 Guam 0 71 injuries 8.1
8/19/1994 NW Algeria 0.15 286 injuries 9K homeless aftershock 5.1
1/17 1995 Kobe and West Japan 5.5 7.2
TOTAL 6931.11 thousand 1593.1
There have been 1.45 million earthquake fatalities this century N.O.A.A. 1980 & B.SSA 1981-1989
does not include Tangshan
Ethiopia had 50 quakes before 1875
There were 58 quakes in Greece and Turkey between 1902 and 1946
There were 82 quakes in Greece and Turkey between 1947 and 1966
There were 45 quakes in Greece and Turkey between 1967 and 1976
There were 9 quakes in Greece and Turkey between 1977 and 1981
"Santiago, Chile had 24 quakes between 1955 and 1985."
"Encyclopedia, Britannica"
"Jim Hummel, San Jose Mercury News Sat May 14, 1983"
AP 6/22/90 Houston Chronicle
"In 2000 AD., 290 million people at risk"
HURRICANES "DEAD (1,000's)"
10/7 1737 "Bengal, India" 300
-11 1780 Caribbean Islands 25
10/5 1864 "Calcultta, India" 60
1876 "Bengal, India" 200
1881 "Haiphong, Vietnam" 300
9/8 1900 Galveston 6
1906 Hong Kong 10
1928 USA 2
10/16 1942 "Bengal, India" 35
5/28-29 1963 Bangladesh 22
1965 Bangladesh 37
11/13 1970 Bangladesh 500
1974 "Honduras, H. Fifi" 4
1888-1976 Other 51.372
1888-1976 Other 2.515
~5/5 1991 Bangladesh 138
TOTAL 1497 thousand
"FLOODS, TSUNAMIS" "DEAD (1,000's)"
4000-3500 BC. Sumeria
7/21 365 Alexandria&Greece from Kourion earthquake 3 "1,000's"
726 Tidal wave near Thera caused by volcano
1099 England & Netherlands 50
1228 Holland 100
1354-1359 China
11/18 1421 Netherlands 10
1642 China 300
1707 Japan (Tsunami) 30
11/1 1755 "Sanriku, Japan (Tsunami)" 10
1824 Russia 10
8/27 1883 Krakatoa (Tsunami) 30
9-10 1887 "Huang He River, China" 900
1889 "Johnstown, Pa." 2.2
6/15 1896 "Sanriku, Japan (Tsunami)" 27
1900 "Galveston, Tx." 5
1911 "Chang Jim River, China" 100
8 1931 "Huang He River, China" 3700
10/30 1937 near Damascas, Syria 3
1939 Northern China 275
1942 "Kaifang, China" 300
8/11 1979 Morvi India 10
1991 China
TOTAL 5852.2 thousand
VOLCANOS "DEAD (1,000's)"
4377 BC "major, Nazama, South Oregon"
3199 BC "major, N. hemisphere"
1628 BC. "major, N. hemisphere"
?1500 BC. " Santorini, Greece" ?
1153 BC. "major, N. hemisphere"
79 "Mt. Vesuvius, Italy" 18
260 "Ilpango volcano, El Salvador"
300 AD Volcano Xitli in Mexico
541 AD "major, N. hemisphere"
1169 "Mt. Etna, Sicily" 15
1532-33 Cotopaxi C. Ecuador
1631 Mt. Vesuvius 4
1663 Mt. Fugendake Japan
3/25 1669 "Mt. Etna, Sicily, Italy" 20
1698 Cotopaxi C. Ecuador destroyed Tacunga
1744 Cotopaxi C. Ecuador heard 500 mi away
1766 Hekla in Iceland
1772 "Mt. Papandayan, Java" 3
6-8 1783 "Mt. Skaptor, Iceland" 10
1792 "Mt. Unzen-Dake (Mt. Fugendake), Japan" 10.4 or 15K
4/5 1815 "Tambora, Java, Indonesia" 11.5
1837 Zefat, Galilee
8/27 1883 Krakatoa (Tsunami) 35.5 12 mi^2 gone noise heard 3000 mi away
4/18 1902 "Santa Maria, Guatemala" 3.5
5/18 1902 "Mt. Pelee, Martinique" 30
1911 "Mt. Taal, Philippines" 1.4
1919 "Mt. Kelud, Java, Indonesia" 5.1
1930 Indonesia 1.4
1/8-21 1951 "Mt. Lamington, New Guinea" 3.0
1963 Indonesia 1.2
5 1970 Hekla in Iceland
10 1976 "Volcan, de Fuego, Guatemala"
11/1963-1965 "Surtsey, Iceland" 0
4/26 1966 "Mt. Kelud, Java, Indonesia" 1
5/18 1980 "major, Mt. St. Helens" 0.06
8 1980 Hekla in Iceland
1982 Yemen 3 500
1982 Mexico 1.7
11/13 1985 "Armero, Colombia Minor Eruption mud slide" 23
8/24 1986 NW Cameroon 1.7
6/3 1991 "Mt. Fugendake, Japan" 0.041
TOTAL 202.7 thousand
FIRES
525 "Antioch, Syria"
1871 Chicago 250
1872 "Tokyo, Japan"
1624 "Oslo, Norway"
9/2-9/9 1666 "London, England"
1909 "Osaka, Japan"
1912 "Osaka, Japan"
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