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71,000
BC +
4000 |
Indonesia
quake |
An 8.5 quake was generated by the
Toba supereruption between 69,000 adn 77,000 years ago. |
226 BC
? Deaths |
Greece
quake |
An earthquake in the area of Rhodes, Greece
destroys the city of Kameiros and the Colossus of Rhodes. |
373 BC
? Deaths |
Greece
quake |
The first accurate
description of an earthquake was in Strabo's Geography.
He tells of a city, Achea that had slid into the sea from the
earthquake. Achea is thought to be near where Helice is today. |
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BC & AD Demarcation
- Before
Christ &
Anno
Domini (Latin: 'Year
of our Lord' for the current era) |
63 AD
? Deaths |
Italy
quake |
An earthquake
hit the city of Naples in Italy as Emperor Nero sang his vocal
concert debut. Without disturbance Nero continued singing until
finished. |
63 AD
? Deaths |
Italy
quake |
Inthe year 63 the
Romans experience an earthquake in Pompeii that destroyed the
Herculaneum as well as half the city. Oblivious to a possible
sign, they rebuilt their cities to have
Herculaneum and
Pompeii buried by the eruption of
Mount Vesuvius sixteen years later.
See Volcanoes 79 AD |
365 AD
50k Deaths |
Greece
quake |
An earthquake in the area of Knossos, Crete kills
50,000. |
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365 AD |
Libya
quake |
An earthquake occurs in Cyrene, Libya. |
526 AD
250k
Deaths |
Syria
quake |
On May 20th an earthquake at Antiochia, Syria
kills 250,000 people. |
844 AD
50k Deaths |
Syria
quake |
Damascus, Syria is shaken by a quake that kills
50,000 people. |
847 AD
50k Deaths |
Iraq
quake |
50,000 die in an earthquake that rocks Mosul,
Iraq. |
847 AD
70k Deaths |
Syria
quake |
The death toll in a quake that shakes Damascus,
Syria is 70,000. |
856 AD
200k
Deaths |
Iran
quake |
An earthquake in 856 AD occurred in
Qumis, Damghan, Iran killing 200,000 people. |
856 AD
45k Deaths |
Greece
quake |
45,000 are killed in Corinth, Greece by an
earthquake. |
893 AD
82k Deaths |
Caucasus
quake |
82,000 people die when a quake shakes Caucasus. |
893 AD
180k
Deaths |
India
quake |
Daipur, India is rocked by a quake that kills
180,000 people. |
893 AD
150k
Deaths |
Iran
quake |
An earthquake
on March 23rd in Ardabil, Iran kills 150,000
people |
1038 AD
23k
Deaths |
China
quake |
An earthquake in
Shansi, China in 1038 killed 23,000 people. |
1042 AD
50k
Deaths |
Syria
quake |
In Palmyra, Baalbek, Syria a quake kills 50,000
people. |
1138 AD
230k
Deaths |
Syria
quake |
230,000 are killed in a quake that rumbles Ganzah,
Aleppo, Syria. |
1170 AD
15k
Deaths |
Italy
quake |
An earthquake hits
Sicily in Italy in 1170 and kills 15,000 people. |
1191 AD
?
Deaths |
Shemakha,
Caucasia
(Azerbaijan)
quake |
A quake hits
the ancient city of Shemakha, Caucasia in 1191. So destructive
was the quake that government functions were transferred to
Baku.
Shemakha (Shamakhi) was a city near the Caucasus Mountians now
within the borders of Azerbaijan. Caucasia included the
mountains and takes in Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, southern
Russia and possibly a part of northern Turkey. The city is now
the capital of the Shamakhi Rayon (District) in Azerbaijan.
See 1667, 1859 and
1902 |
1201
Deadliest
Ever
1100k |
Syria
quake |
In upper Egypt or Syria an earthquake killed
one-million-one-hundred-thousand people.
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1268 AD
60k
Deaths |
Turkey
quake |
60,000 are killed by an earthquake in Cilicia,
Anatolia (Turkey). |
1290 AD
100k
Deaths |
China
quake - 6.7 |
100,000 are killed in a 6.7 September 27th
earthquake in Chihli, China. |
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1556
Deadliest
in Recorded
History.
830k
Deaths |
China
quake - 8.0 est. |
Estimated at a magnitude 8.0, an earthquake kills 830,000 in Shensi,
China on January 23rd. Many peasants live in manmade caves in
the cliffs that were destroyed in the quake.
Quakes 8.0 - 8.4:
1556,
1667,
1811,
1812,
1891,
1894,
1897,
1899,
1905,
1906,
1907,
1920,
1933,
1938,
1939,
1944,
1946,
1949,
1957, 1970,
1985, 1986,
1994, 1995,
1996, 1998,
2000,
2001,
2003,
2004,
2006,
2007,
2009 |
1667
8k
Deaths |
Turkey
quake - 8.0 |
In Anatolia Turkey a magnitude 8.0 quake hits
Anatolia Turkey on August 17th, killing 8000.
Quakes 8.0 - 8.4:
1556,
1667,
1811,
1812,
1891,
1894,
1897,
1899,
1905,
1906,
1907,
1920,
1933,
1938,
1939,
1944,
1946,
1949,
1957, 1970,
1985, 1986,
1994, 1995,
1996, 1998,
2000,
2001,
2003,
2004,
2006,
2007,
2009 |
1667
80k
Deaths |
Shemakha,
Caucasia
(Azerbaijan)
quake |
A quake hits
the ancient city of Shemakha, Caucasia in November, killing 80,000
people.
Shemakha (Shamakhi) was a city near the Caucasus Mountians now
within the borders of Azerbaijan. Caucasia included the
mountains and takes in Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, southern
Russia and possibly a part of northern Turkey. The city is now
the capital of the Shamakhi Rayon (District) in Azerbaijan.
See 1191, 1859 and
1902 |
1692
3.5k
Deaths |
Jamaica
quake |
On June 7th, Port
Royal in Jamaica is hit with a large quake. More than 2,500
people were killed. Fissures appeared all over the Islands. Port
Royal had slid into the sea. 1000 addional people died from
injuries and desease. |
1693
60k
Deaths |
Sicily
quake |
In 1693 a quake
hit Catania, Sicily killing 60,000 people. |
1693
93k
Deaths |
Italy
quake |
An earthquake in
Naples, Italy in 1693 killed 93,000 people. |
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1700s |
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1700 |
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1700 |
Cascadia
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quake - 9.0
tsunami |
What is called the Cascadia Earthquake occurs on
January 26 with a magnitude of 9.0. No written records were kept
by the inhabitants but Japanese records show a tsunami that
could only be explained by considering the Cascadia Earthquake.
Native American legends place the quake from northern California
to Vancouver Island.
Quakes 9.0+: 1700,
1952,
1960,
1964,
2004 &
2011 |
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1755 |
1755
100k
Deaths |
Portugal
quake - 8.7
3rd Deadliest Tsunami
60,000 Deaths |
On
November 1st, All Saints' Day, an 8.7 earthquake hits Lisbon,
Portugal. Over 100,000 people are killed overall . 85% of the
buildings, including Cathedrals, churches, great stone palaces
collapsed crushing 30,000 people. 20,000 people died in the
fires that followed. 40 minutes after another large quake hit
and killed 1000s more destroying most of the remaining
buildings. The Quake was felt over a third of Europe and much of
north Africa. A military barracks collapsed killing 500 in
Luxembourg, 1000 miles away and 10,000 died in Morocco from the
tremors and tsunami. Of the toll 60,000 died, in the 50 foot
tsunami that hit the coast line.
Quakes 8.5 - 8.9:
1755,
1896,
1906,
1920,
1950,
1965,
2005,
2007, &
2010
6 deadliest tsunamis: 1755,
1883,
1908,
1960,
2004 &
2011 |
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1755 |
Philosophy
Study
quakes |
The Portugal quake
of 1755 caused philosophical thoughts about a 'just and
harmoniously ordered universe' to be questioned causing many
philosophers to begin taking on a new 'questioning attitude'.
Out of the philosophical considerations the study of earthquakes
began. The first scientific inquiries on studying earthquakes
was began by Marquess de Pombal of Lisbon, Portugal. John
Mitchell, an English physicist created the first theories of
wave motion while studying the effects of earthquakes throughout
Eruope. |
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1780 |
1780
200k
Deaths |
Iran
quake |
On February 28th an earthquake kills 200,000 in
Iran. |
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1783
61k
Deaths |
Italy
quake |
On February
4th An earthquake hit Calabria in Italy.
About 61,000 people were killed. 30,000 died from collasping
buildings with aftershocks, tsunamis,desease, famine, and fire
killing another 30,000. Hundreds had been rocked into fissures
or that opened under them to be shot out by geysers of hot
gaseous mud; burns crippled the survivors. |
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1797
41k
Deaths |
Ecuador
quake |
On February
4th an earthquake at Quinto, Ecuador kills 41,000 people. |
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1800s |
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1811 |
1811
? Deaths |
Missouri
quake - 8.1 |
The New Madrid Earthquake is an 8.1
est. On December
16th followed by other quakes between January 23rd and February
7th 1812. New lakes were formed as large areas of land sank. The
Mississippi River overturned boats and changed it course as new
lakes formed, due to the quakes. The Quake qas felt as far
as Boston and rang bells in Virginia.
Although minimal, the damage would have been greater today with
the substantially larger population and development.
Quakes 8.0 - 8.4:
1556,
1667,
1811,
1812,
1891,
1894,
1897,
1899,
1905,
1906,
1907,
1920,
1933,
1938,
1939,
1944,
1946,
1949,
1957, 1970,
1985, 1986,
1994, 1995,
1996, 1998,
2000,
2001,
2003,
2004,
2006,
2007,
2009 |
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1812 |
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1812 |
Missouri
quake - 7.8 |
Following
the massive quake in December a 7.8 earthquake again hits the New Madrid Fault on January
23rd. |
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1812 |
Missouri
quakes - 8.0 |
A magnitude 8.0 quake hits the New Madrid Fault on
February 7th.
Quakes 8.0 - 8.4:
1556,
1667,
1811,
1812,
1891,
1894,
1897,
1899,
1905,
1906,
1907,
1920,
1933,
1938,
1939,
1944,
1946,
1949,
1957, 1970,
1985, 1986,
1994, 1995,
1996, 1998,
2000,
2001,
2003,
2004,
2006,
2007,
2009 |
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1823 |
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1823 |
Hawaii
quake - 6.8 |
A 6.8 earthquake hits south of Kilauea Island ,
Hawaii on June 2nd. |
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1836 |
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1836 |
California
quake - 6.5 |
The San Francisco Bay region is hit on June 10th
by a 6.5 quake. |
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1838 |
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1838 |
California
quake - 6.8 |
In June San Francisco Peninsula is hit by a 6.8
quake. |
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1843 |
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1843 |
Arkansas
quake - 7.9 |
The Marked Tree quake in Arkansas on January 5th
was 7.9, on the not yet invented Richter scale. |
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1857 |
|
1857 |
California
quake - 7.9 |
On January 9th A 7.9 Quake runs along the San
Andreas fault from Parkfield to Wrightwood. |
1857
11k
Deaths |
Italy
quake - 6.9 |
In Naples 11,000 are killed by a 6.9 quake on
December 16th. |
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1859 |
1859
?
Deaths |
Azerbaijan
quake |
A quake hits
the area of Shemakhi District in Azerbaijan in 1859 and the
destruction caused a transfer of the Shamakhi government center
to Baku.
See 1191, 1667 and
1902 |
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1865 |
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1865 |
California
quake - 6.5 |
At 6:46 PM on October 8th a 6.5 quake hits San
Jose, California. |
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1868 |
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1868 |
Hawaii
quake - 7.9 |
77 are killed on April 3rd in a 7.9 quake at
Hilea in southeast Hawaii. |
1868
25k Deaths |
Peru
quakes |
On August 13th a number of earthquake
hit southern Peru killing 25,000 people. $300 million in damages
occured at Arequipa, Tacna, and Chincha. |
1868
30 Deaths |
California
quake - 6.8 |
In a 6.8 quake 30 die in Hayward, California on
October 21st. |
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1871 |
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1871 |
Hawaii
quake - 6.8 |
Molokai, Hawaii experiences a 6.8 earthquake on
February 20th. |
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1872 |
1872
60 Deaths |
California
quake - 7.6 |
The Lone Pine Quake in Owens Valley, California
was 7.6 killing 60 people on March 26th. Over the next three
days 1,000 aftershocks occured. |
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1872 |
Washington
quake - 7.3 |
A 7.3 quake occurs in the North Cascades in
Washington territory on December 15th. |
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1873 |
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1873 |
California /
Oregon
quake - 7.3 |
On November 23rd off the coast of California and
Oregon an earthquake is estimated to be 7.3. |
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1875 |
1875
16k Deaths |
Venezuela / Columbia
quake |
On May 16th an
earquake rocked Venezuela and Columbia. 16,000 people were
killed. |
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1883 |
1883
36k Deaths |
Indonesia
4th Deadliest Tsunami
36,000 Deaths |
A tsunami is
triggered by the collapse of the caldera on Krakatau Island
during the volcanic eruption in August 1883. Coastlines of
Sumatra and Jave in Indonesia were flooded with giant waves as
hight as 140 feet. The tsunami traveled over 4,000 miles from
Krakatau Island. 165 villiages were destroyed killing 36,000
people.
6 deadliest tsunamis: 1755,
1883,
1908,
1960,
2004 &
2011 |
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1886 |
1886
110
Deaths |
S.
Carolina
quake - 7.3 |
A 7.3
est. quake killed 110 people when it hits on August 31st at Charleston,
South Carolina. Aftershocks continued over the next year or so.
Damages reached $5 million. Sub-surface activity between the
mantle and the earth's crust creating stresses, is believed to
be the cause of this quake. |
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1890 |
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1890 |
California
quake - 6.3 |
On April 24th at 11:36 an earthquake hitting
Corralitos, California is estimated at 6.3. |
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1891 |
1891
7.3k
Deaths |
Japan
quake - 8.0 |
Mino-Owari in Japan is shaken on October 28th by
an 8.0 eathquake that kills 7,300.
Quakes 8.0 - 8.4:
1556,
1667,
1811,
1812,
1891,
1894,
1897,
1899,
1905,
1906,
1907,
1920,
1933,
1938,
1939,
1944,
1946,
1949,
1957, 1970,
1985, 1986,
1994, 1995,
1996, 1998,
2000,
2001,
2003,
2004,
2006,
2007,
2009 |
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1891 |
Study
Quakes |
Survivors of the
1891 quake in Japan was interviewed by scientist B. Koo. He
discovered the land had slipped along a 60-mile-long line as
much as 40 feet. Koo was the first to challenge the belief that
faults were created by quakes, proposing that faults were
instead the cause. |
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1892 |
1892
1 Death |
California
quake - 6.4 |
A 6.4 quake kills one person on April 19th in
Vacaville, California. |
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1892 |
California
quake - 6.4 |
Winters, California feels a 6.4 quake on April
21st. |
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1894 |
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1894 |
Argentina
quake - 8.0 |
An 8.0
quake hit the San Juan province of Argentina on October 27th.
This was the most powerful quake in Argentina's recorded history.
Quakes 8.0 - 8.4:
1556,
1667,
1811,
1812,
1891,
1894,
1897,
1899,
1905,
1906,
1907,
1920,
1933,
1938,
1939,
1944,
1946,
1949,
1957, 1970,
1985, 1986,
1994, 1995,
1996, 1998,
2000,
2001,
2003,
2004,
2006,
2007,
2009 |
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1895 |
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1895 |
Missouri
quake - 6.6 |
A 6.6 quake on October 31st dances the nerves in
Charleston, Missouri. |
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1896 |
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1896 |
Japan
quake - 8.5 |
On June 15th an 8.5 quake hits Sanriku, Japan.
Quakes 8.5 - 8.9:
1755,
1896,
1906,
1920,
1950,
1965,
2005,
2007, &
2010 |
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1897 |
1897
1.5k
Deaths |
India
quake - 8.3 |
1,500 people are killed by
the 8.3 Great Assam Quake, in India on June 12th. Reports
vary substantially on the death tolls, with one saying 'a
negligible death toll.'
Quakes 8.0 - 8.4:
1556,
1667,
1811,
1812,
1891,
1894,
1897,
1899,
1905,
1906,
1907,
1920,
1933,
1938,
1939,
1944,
1946,
1949,
1957, 1970,
1985, 1986,
1994, 1995,
1996, 1998,
2000,
2001,
2003,
2004,
2006,
2007,
2009 |
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1897 |
California
quake - 6.3 |
The Calaveras fault in California is shaken on
June 20th by a 6.3 earthquake. |
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1898 |
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1898 |
California
quake - 6.3 |
Mare Island, California is hit by a 6.3 quake on
March 31st. |
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1898 |
California
quake - 6.8 |
A 6.8 quake shakes up Mendocino County,
California early on April 15th. |
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1899 |
1899
-0- Deaths |
Alaska
2
quakes - 7.9 - 8.0 |
On September 3rd
and 10th at Displacement Bay
and Yakutat Bay, the largest vertical surface displacement
caused two large quakes in the uninhabited areas, The September
3rd quake was a 7.9 maginitude with the September 10th quake
having been a magnitude 8.0. The Yukatat Glacier had slid
uphill. Huge chuncks of ice from the Hubbard Glacier fell into
the bay. The Muir Glacier, 150 miles away, had shattered and
began to retreat.
Quakes 8.0 - 8.4:
1556,
1667,
1811,
1812,
1891,
1894,
1897,
1899,
1905,
1906,
1907,
1920,
1933,
1938,
1939,
1944,
1946,
1949,
1957, 1970,
1985, 1986,
1994, 1995,
1996, 1998,
2000,
2001,
2003,
2004,
2006,
2007,
2009 |
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