disasters

earthquakes




Timeline of Events
YearMonthDayEvent
526 May 31 Antioch Earthquake Kills 250,000
557 Dec 14 Earthquake Rocks Constantinople
893 Dec 28 Earthquake Destroys Dvin, Armenia
1138 Oct 11 Massive Earthquake Strikes Syria
1293 May 26 Kanagawa Japan Earthquake: Kills About 30,000
1667 Apr 06 Dubrovnik Devastated By Earthquake
1783 Feb 05 Tremors In Calabria
1835 Feb 20 Concepcion, Chile Destroyed By Earthquake
1861 Mar 20 Earthquake Levels Mendoza, Argentina
1886 Aug 31 Earthquake In Charleston,South Carolina Kills 100
1906 Apr 18 San Francisco Wrecked By Earthquake And Fire
1923 Sep 01 Great Kantō Earthquake Killing 105,000 People
1932 Dec 25 7.6 Gansu China Quake Kills 275
1939 Dec 27 Erzincan, Turkey Quake Kills 30,000
1948 Oct 05 110,000 Died In Ashgabat Earthquake
1949 Aug 05 Ecuadoran Earthquake Causes Death And Destruction
1953 Mar 18 Earthquake In Turkey Kills 265
1966 Apr 25 Tashkent Destroyed By Massive Quake
1976 Feb 04 22,000 Die In Honduras Earthquake
1976 Nov 24 4,000-5,000 Are Killed By Earthquake In Turkey
1987 Oct 01 Eartquake Shakes The San Gabriel Valley
1989 Dec 28 5.6 Earthquake Kills 13 In New South Wales, Newcastle
1991 Oct 20 Earthquake In India Kills Over 1,000 People
1992 Mar 13 6.8 Earthquake Kills 500 In Erzincan, Turkey
1992 Oct 12 510 Dead In Cairo Earthquake
2001 Jan 26 20,000 Deaths Caused By Gujarat, India Earthquake
2003 May 21 Algerian Earthquake Kills Over 2,000
2009 Apr 06 307 Die In Earthquake In Italy
2009 Sep 30 2009 Sumatran Earthquakes Kill Over 1,115
2012 Nov 11 6.8 Earthquake Burma, 26 Dead
2013 Nov 28 Earthquake Measuring 5.6 Kilsl Seven Injures 45 In Iran