Lists of earthquakes

Strongest earthquakes by magnitude by country/territory

• This list is a work in progress. Information is likely to be changed.
• The list refers to current country boundaries rather than those at the date of the earthquake.
• Please note, multiple countries could have the same earthquake listed, such as the 1906 Ecuador–Colombia earthquake being listed for both Ecuador and Colombia.
• Unless otherwise noted, magnitudes are reported on the Moment magnitude scale.

Country/Territory	Magnitude	Date	More information
Afghanistannts|7.8dts|November 15, 1921 Earthquakes with the most property damage This is the top ten major earthquakes by the US dollar value of property losses directly attributable to the earthquake. Rank Event Location Magnitude Property damage 1 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami Japan Most studied earthquakes The 50 most studied earthquakes according to the International Seismological Centre, based on a count of scientific papers that discuss that earthquake. The "Event #" is linked to the ISC Event Bibliography for that event. Rank Event origin time ISC Event # Papers ISC code Event 1 2011-03-11 05:46:23 2069 TOHOKU2011 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami 2 2008-05-12 06:28:00 1706 WENCHUAN2008 2008 Sichuan earthquake 3 2004-12-26 00:58:52 967 SUMATRA2004 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami 4 1999-09-20 17:47:16 771 CHI-CHI1999 1999 Jiji earthquake 5 1995-01-16 20:46:51 558 SHYOGO1995 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake 6 2010-02-27 06:34:13 551 MAULE2010 2010 Chile earthquake 7 1994-01-17 12:30:54 548 NORTHRIDGE1994 1994 Northridge earthquake 8 2009-04-06 01:32:42 525 LAQUILA2009 2009 L'Aquila earthquake 9 1989-10-18 00:04:14 520 LOMAPRIETA1989 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake 10 2015-04-25 06:11:26 516 GORKHA2015 2015 Nepal earthquake 11 1992-06-28 11:57:35 440 LANDERS1992 1992 Landers earthquake 12 1999-08-17 00:01:38 428 IZMIT1999 1999 İzmit earthquake 13 2016-04-15 16:25:06 366 KUMAMOTO2016 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes 14 2013-04-20 00:02:47 342 LUSHAN2013 2013 Lushan earthquake 15 1964-03-28 03:36:13 333 ALASKA1964 1964 Alaska earthquake 16 1960-05-22 19:11:20 290 VALDIVIA1960 1960 Valdivia earthquake 17 2023-02-06 01:17:34 277 TURKYIE-SYRIA2023 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes 18 2016-08-24 01:36:33 259 AMATRICE2016 2016 Central Italy earthquake 19 2010-09-03 16:35:46 257 DARFIELD2010 2010 Canterbury earthquake 20 2001-01-26 03:16:40 256 BHUJ2001 2001 Gujarat earthquake 21 1985-09-19 13:17:50 253 MEXICOCITY1985 1985 Mexico City earthquake 22 2022-01-15 04:14:45 252 HUNGATONGAHUNGAAPAI2022 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami 23 2016-11-13 11:02:59 251 KAIKOURA2016 2016 Kaikōura earthquake 24 1971-02-09 14:00:40 244 SANFERNANDO1971 1971 San Fernando earthquake 25 1976-07-27 19:42:53 235 TANGSHAN1976 1976 Tangshan earthquake 26 2003-09-25 19:50:07 221 TOKACHI-OKI2003 2003 Tokachi earthquake 27 2019-07-06 03:19:55 221 RIDGECREST2019B 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes 28 1980-11-23 18:34:52 212 IRPINIA1980 1980 Irpinia earthquake 29 2004-10-23 08:55:58 205 MID-NIIGATA2004 2004 Chūetsu earthquake 30 2012-05-20 02:03:53 205 EMILIA2012A 2012 Northern Italy earthquakes 31 2011-02-21 23:51:42 204 CHRISTCHURCH2011 2011 Christchurch earthquake 32 1976-05-06 20:00:12 199 FRIULI1976 1976 Friuli earthquake 33 2005-03-28 16:09:35 197 NIAS2005 2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake 34 2004-09-28 17:15:24 197 PARKFIELD2004 2004 Parkfield earthquake 35 2023-02-06 10:24:50 195 TURKYIE-SYRIA2023A 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes 36 2016-10-30 06:40:19 194 NORCIA2016 2016 Central Italy earthquakes 37 1923-09-01 02:58:35 193 KANTO1923 1923 Great Kantō earthquake 38 1999-10-16 09:46:45 184 HECTOR-MINE1999 1999 Hector Mine earthquake 39 2005-10-08 03:50:37 181 KASHMIR2005 2005 Kashmir earthquake 40 2017-08-08 13:19:49 178 JUIZHAIGOU2017 2017 Jinghe earthquake 41 2001-11-14 09:26:12 176 KUNLUN2001 2001 Kunlun earthquake 42 2015-09-16 22:54:30 175 ILLAPEL2015 2015 Illapel earthquake 43 2014-04-01 23:46:47 167 IQUIQUE2014 2014 Iquique earthquake 44 2021-05-21 18:04:13 166 MADUO2021 2021 Maduo earthquake 45 1979-10-15 23:16:57 165 IMPERIAL1979 1979 Imperial Valley earthquake 46 2002-11-03 22:12:41 164 DENALI2002 2002 Denali earthquake 47 1999-11-12 16:57:19 162 DUZCE1999 1999 Düzce earthquake 48 2010-04-04 22:40:43 158 EL-MAYOR-CUCAPAH2010 2010 Baja California earthquake 49 2019-07-04 17:33:50 158 RIDGECREST2019A 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes 50 2010-01-12 21:53:10 157 HAITI2010 2010 Haiti earthquake Modified from figure 2, "The most studied events", at the ISC's . 2018. 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