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A pie chart comparing the seismic moment release of the three largest earthquakes for the hundred-year period from 1906 to 2005 with that for all earthquakes of magnitudes <6, 6 to 7, 7 to 8, and >8 for the same period. The 2011 Japan quake would be roughly similar to Sumatra. Earthquakes of magnitude 8.0 and greater from 1900 to 2018.
The following is a list of significant earthquakes from 2021–2030, listing earthquakes of magnitude 7 and above, or which caused human fatalities. Deaths due to earthquake-caused tsunamis are included.
Up to 66,900 people died from earthquakes in 2023, the highest death toll for earthquakes since 2010. At least 59,488 people died in the Turkey–Syria doublets of February, which dominated world headlines because of its extensive devastation; the first mainshock was also the largest earthquake of the year at M w 7.8.
The earthquake also triggered the world's biggest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986. 22 February 2011. New Zealand. A 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit Christchurch, killing at least 180 people.
The largest earthquake in U.S. history was the 1964 Good Friday quake in Alaska, a 9.2 magnitude temblor that killed 131 people. It lasted four and a half minutes and ran along the Aleutian fault.
2010 Haiti earthquake: January 12, 2010 3 87,587 7.9 China: 2008 Sichuan earthquake: May 12, 2008 4 87,351 7.6 Pakistan: 2005 Kashmir earthquake: October 8, 2005 5 62,013 7.8 Turkey, Syria: 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes: February 6, 2023 6 34,000 [4] 6.6 Iran: 2003 Bam earthquake: December 26, 2003 7 20,085 7.7 India: 2001 Gujarat earthquake
M w [39] The second largest earthquake in recorded history. 1964 Alaska earthquake: 3 February 1965 19:01 (local time) Rat Islands, Alaska: 0 8.7 M w [40] One of the largest earthquake in recorded history. 1965 Rat Islands earthquake: 17 October 1966 16:42 (local time) Huacho, Peru: 100 8.1 M w [41] 1966 Peru earthquake: 16 May 1968 09:49 ...
Biggest earthquake in 48 hours recorded. Met Office issues magma warning as likelihood of imminent eruption remains. Evacuation zone 'still dangerous' as eruption could occur with only minutes' notice