TYPES OF HAZARDS

AND
WORLDS MOST
DESTRUCTIVE KNOWN
EARTHQUAKE
 Date Location Deaths Magnitude Comments
Jan. 23, 1556 Shansi, China 830,000 ~8
July 27, 1976 Tangshan, China 255,0001 7.5 799,000 injured
Aug. 9, 1138 Aleppo, Syria 230,000 n.a.
Dec. 26, 2004 northern Sumatra 225,000+ 9.0
Jan. 12, 2010 Haiti 222,570 7.0
Dec. 22, 856 A.D Damghan, Iran 200,000 n.a.
May 22, 1927 near Xining, Tsinghai, China 200,000 7.9
Dec. 16, 1920 Gansu, China 200,000 7.8
March 23, 893 A.D Ardabil, Iran 150,000 n.a.
Sept. 1, 1923 Kwanto, Japan 143,000 7.9 40,000 missing and
presumed dead
Oct. 5, 1948 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, USSR 110,000 7.3
Dec. 28, 1908 Messina, Italy 70,000–100,000 7.2
Sept. 1290 Chihli, China 100,000 n.a.
May 12, 2008 Eastern Sichuan, China 87,587 7.9 374,177 injured; 18,392
missing and presumed
dead
Oct. 8, 2005 Pakistan 80,361 7.6 More than 69,000 injured
Nov. 1667 Shemakha, Caucasia 80,000 n.a.
Nov. 18, 1727 Tabriz, Iran 77,000 n.a.
Dec. 25, 1932 Gansu, China 70,000 7.6
Nov. 1, 1755 Lisbon, Portugal 70,000 8.7
May 31, 1970 Chimbote, Peru 70,000-110,000 7.9 150,000 injured; 20,000
missing and presumed
dead
May 30, 1935 Quetta, Pakistan 30,000–60,000 7.5
Jan. 11, 1693 Sicily, Italy 60,000 n.a.
1268 A.D Silicia, Asia Minor 60,000 n.a.
June 20, 1990 Iran 50,000 7.4 More than 60,000 injured
Feb. 4, 1783 Calabria, Italy 50,000 n.a.