Editing Lists of earthquakes (section)

===Deadliest earthquakes by year since 1929===
{| class="sortable wikitable sticky-header" style="font-size:100%;"
|-
! Date
! Magnitude
! Location
! Depth (km)
! [[Modified Mercalli intensity scale|MMI]]
! data-sort-type="number" | Deaths
|-
| [[1929 Kopet Dag earthquake|May 1, 1929]]
| 7.2
| {{flag|Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic}}, [[Ahal Region]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 3,257–3,800
|-
| [[1930 Irpinia earthquake|July 23, 1930]]
| 6.6
| {{Flag|Italy|1861}}, [[Irpinia]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 1,404
|-
| [[1931 Fuyun earthquake|August 10, 1931]]
| 8.0
| {{Flag|China|1928}}, [[Xinjiang]] Province
| 20.0
| data-sort-value="11" | XI
| 10,000
|-
| [[1932 Mazandaran earthquake|May 20, 1932]]
| 5.4
| {{Flag|Persia|1906}}, [[Mazandaran province]]
| 12.0
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 1,070
|-
| [[1933 Diexi earthquake|August 25, 1933]]
| 7.3
| {{flag|China|1928}}, [[Sichuan]] Province
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 6,865–9,300
|-
| [[1934 Nepal–India earthquake|January 15, 1934]]
| 8.0
| {{flag|Nepal}}, [[Koshi Province|Koshi]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 10,700–12,000
|-
| [[1935 Quetta earthquake|May 30, 1935]]
| 7.7
| {{flag|British Raj}}, [[Khanate of Kalat]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 30,000–60,000
|-
| [[1936 Lingshan earthquake|April 1, 1936]]
| 6.8
| {{flag|China|1928}}, [[Guangxi|Guangxi Province]]
| 0.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 1,001
|-
| [[1937 Heze earthquakes|July 31, 1937]]
| 6.9
| {{Flag|China|1928}}, [[Shandong Province]]
| 25.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 3,252
|-
| [[1938 Kırşehir earthquake|April 19, 1938]]
| 6.6
| {{Flag|Turkey}}, [[Kırşehir Province]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 224
|-
| [[1939 Erzincan earthquake|December 27, 1939]]
| 7.8
| {{Flag|Turkey}}, [[Erzincan Province]]
| 20.0
| data-sort-value="12" | XII
| 32,700–32,968
|-
| [[1940 Vrancea earthquake|November 10, 1940]]
| 7.7
| {{Flag|Romania}}, [[Vrancea County]]
| 133.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 1,000
|-
| [[1941 Jabal Razih earthquake|January 11, 1941]]
| 5.8–6.5
| {{Flag|Yemen|1927}}, [[Razih District]]
| 35.0
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 1,200
|-
| [[1942 Niksar–Erbaa earthquake|December 20, 1942]]
| 7.0
| {{Flag|Turkey}}, [[Erbaa]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 3,000
|-
| [[1943 Tosya–Ladik earthquake|November 27, 1943]]
| 7.5
| {{Flag|Turkey}}, [[Çankırı]]
| 20.0
| data-sort-value="11" | XI
| 2,824–5,000
|-
| [[1944 San Juan earthquake|January 15, 1944]]
| 7.0
| {{Flag|Argentina}}, [[San Juan Province, Argentina|San Juan]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 10,000
|-
| [[1945 Balochistan earthquake|November 28, 1945]]
| 8.1
| {{Flag|British Raj}}, [[Makran|Makran Coast]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 300–4,000
|-
| [[1946 Dominican Republic earthquake|August 4, 1946]]
| 7.8
| {{Flag|Dominican Republic}}, [[Samaná Province|Samaná]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 2,550
|-
| [[1947 Satipo earthquake|August 4, 1947]]
| 7.7
| {{Flag|Peru}}, [[Junín Province]]
| 20.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 233–2,233
|-
| [[1948 Ashgabat earthquake|October 6, 1948]]
| 7.3
| {{Flag|Soviet Union|1936}}, [[Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 10,000–110,000
|-
| [[1949 Khait earthquake|July 10, 1949]]
| 7.5
| {{Flag|Soviet Union|1936}}, [[Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic]]
| 18.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 7,200
|-
| [[1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake|August 15, 1950]]
| 8.6
| {{Flag|India}}, [[Assam]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="11" | XI
| 4,800
|-
| [[1951 El Salvador earthquake|May 6, 1951]]
| 5.9–6.2
| {{Flag|El Salvador}}, [[Usulután Department|Usulután]]
| 85.0
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 400–1,100
|-
| [[1952 Severo-Kurilsk earthquake|November 5, 1952]]
| 9.0
| {{Flag|Soviet Union|1936}}, [[Russian Soviet Socialist Republic]]
| 21.6
| data-sort-value="11" | XI
| 2,336
|-
| [[1953 Yenice–Gönen earthquake|March 18, 1953]]
| 7.5
| {{Flag|Turkey}}, [[Balıkesir Province]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 1,070
|-
| [[1954 Chlef earthquake|September 9, 1954]]
| 6.7
| {{Flag|France|1830}}, [[Chlef Province]], [[Algeria]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="11" | XI
| 1,243–1,409
|-
| [[1955 Lanao earthquake|March 31, 1955]]
| 7.4
| {{Flag|Philippines|1936}}, [[Western Mindanao]]
| 35.0
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 465
|-
| [[1956 Hormozgan earthquake|October 31, 1956]]
| 6.4
| {{Flag|Iran|1925}}, [[Hormozgan province|Hormozgan]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="7" | VII
| 347
|-
| [[1957 Farsinaj earthquake|December 13, 1957]]
| 6.5
| {{Flag|Iran|1925}}, [[Hamadan province|Hamadan]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="7" | VII
| 1,130
|-
| [[1958 Firuzabad earthquake|August 16, 1958]]
| 6.7
| {{Flag|Iran|1925}}, [[Lorestan province|Lorestan]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="7" | VII
| 132
|-
| [[1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake|August 18, 1959]]
| 7.3
| {{Flag|United States|1959}}, [[Montana]]
| 5.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 28
|-
| [[1960 Agadir earthquake|February 29, 1960]]
| 5.8
| {{Flag|Morocco}}, [[Souss-Massa]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 12,000–15,000
|-
| [[1961 Fars earthquake|June 11, 1961]]
| 6.4
| {{Flag|Iran|1925}}, [[Fars province]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 60
|-
| [[1962 Buin Zahra earthquake|September 1, 1962]]
| 7.1
| {{Flag|Iran|1925}}, [[Qazvin province]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 12,225
|-
| [[1963 Skopje earthquake|July 26, 1963]]
| 6.1
| {{Flag|Yugoslavia}}, [[Socialist Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 1,070
|-
| [[1964 Alaska earthquake|March 27, 1964]]
| 9.2
| {{Flag|United States}}, Alaska
| 25.0
| data-sort-value="11" | XI
| 131
|-
| [[1965 Valparaíso earthquake and the El Cobre dam failures|March 28, 1965]]
| 7.4–7.6
| {{Flag|Chile}}, [[Valparaíso Region]]
| 70.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 400–500
|-
| [[1966 Xingtai earthquakes|March 22, 1966]]
| 6.8
| {{Flag|China}}, [[Hebei]]
| 20.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 8,064
|-
| [[1967 Caracas earthquake|July 29, 1967]]
| 6.6
| {{Flag|Venezuela|1954}}, [[Vargas (state)|Vargas]]
| 25.0
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 225–300
|-
| [[1968 Dasht-e Bayaz and Ferdows earthquakes|August 31, 1968]]
| 7.1
| {{Flag|Iran|1925}}, [[South Khorasan province]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 15,900
|-
| [[1969 Yangjiang earthquake|July 25, 1969]]
| 6.4
| {{Flag|China}}, [[Guangdong]]
| 20.0
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 3,000
|-
| [[1970 Ancash earthquake|May 31, 1970]]
| 7.9
| {{Flag|Peru}}, [[Department of Ancash|Ancash]]
| 45.0
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 66,794–70,000
|-
| [[1971 Bingöl earthquake|May 22, 1971]]
| 6.6
| {{Flag|Turkey}}, [[Bingöl Province|Bingöl]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 875<ref>{{cite web|title=22 Mayıs 1971 Bingöl Depremi Ms:6.8|website=AFAD|language=tr|url=https://deprem.afad.gov.tr/tarihteBuAy?id=23|access-date=April 5, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| [[1972 Qir earthquake|April 10, 1972]]
| 6.7
| {{Flag|Iran|1925}}, [[Fars province|Fars]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 5,374
|-
| [[1973 Luhuo earthquake|February 6, 1973]]
| 7.6
| {{Flag|China}}, [[Sichuan]]
| 11.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 2,175–2,204
|-
| [[1974 Zhaotong earthquake|May 10, 1974]]
| 7.1
| {{Flag|China}}, [[Yunnan]]
| 14.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 1,641–20,000
|-
| [[1975 Lice earthquake|September 6, 1975]]
| 6.7
| {{Flag|Turkey}}, [[Diyarbakır Province|Diyarbakır]]
| 26.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 2,311
|-
| [[1976 Tangshan earthquake|July 28, 1976]]
| 7.6
| {{Flag|China}}, [[Hebei Province|Hebei]]
| 12.2
| data-sort-value="11" | XI
| 242,719–655,000
|-
| [[1977 Vrancea earthquake|March 4, 1977]]
| 7.5
| {{Flag|Romania|1948}}, [[Vrancea County|Vrancea]]
| 85.3
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 1,700
|-
| [[1978 Tabas earthquake|September 16, 1978]]
| 7.4
| {{Flag|Iran|1925}}, [[Yazd province|Yazd]]
| 33.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 15,000–25,000
|-
| [[1979 Tumaco earthquake|December 12, 1979]]
| 8.2
| {{Flag|Colombia}}, [[Nariño Department|Nariño]]
| 33.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 300–600
|-
| [[1980 El Asnam earthquake|October 10, 1980]]
| 7.1
| {{Flag|Algeria}}, [[Chlef Province|Chlef]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 2,633–5,000
|-
| [[1981 Golbaf earthquake|June 11, 1981]]
| 6.6
| {{Flag|Iran}}, [[Kerman province|Kerman]]
| 33.0
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 3,000
|-
| [[1982 North Yemen earthquake|December 13, 1982]]
| 6.2
| {{Flag|North Yemen}}, [[Dhamar Governorate|Dhamar]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 2,800
|-
| [[1983 Erzurum earthquake|October 30, 1983]]
| 6.6
| {{Flag|Turkey}}, [[Erzurum Province|Erzurum]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 1,340
|-
| [[1984 Nagano earthquake|September 13, 1984]]
| 6.3
| {{Flag|Japan|1947}}, [[Nagano Prefecture|Nagano]]
| 2.0
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 14
|-
| [[1985 Mexico City earthquake|September 19, 1985]]
| 8.0
| {{Flag|Mexico}}, [[Michoacán]]
| 20.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 5,000–45,000
|-
| [[1986 San Salvador earthquake|October 10, 1986]]
| 5.7
| {{Flag|El Salvador}}, [[San Salvador department|San Salvador]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 1,000–1,500
|-
| [[1987 Ecuador earthquakes|March 6, 1987]]
| 7.1
| {{Flag|Ecuador|1900}}, [[Sucumbios Province|Sucumbíos]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 1,000
|-
| [[1988 Armenian earthquake|December 7, 1988]]
| 6.8
| {{Flag|Soviet Union}}, [[Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic]]
| 5.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 25,000–50,000
|-
| [[1989 Gissar earthquake|January 23, 1989]]
| 5.3
| {{Flag|Soviet Union}}, [[Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic]]
| 33.0
| data-sort-value="7" | VII
| 274
|-
| [[1990 Manjil–Rudbar earthquake|June 21, 1990]]
| 7.4
| {{Flag|Iran}}, [[Gilan province|Gilan]]
| 18.5
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 35,000–40,000
|-
| [[1991 Uttarkashi earthquake|October 20, 1991]]
| 6.8
| {{Flag|India}}, [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| 11.6
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 768–2,000<ref>{{cite anss|M 6.8 – 32&nbsp;km E of Uttarkashi, India|1991|usp0004y1r/impact|access-date=March 28, 2022}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref>
|-
| [[1992 Flores earthquake and tsunami|December 12, 1992]]
| 7.8
| {{Flag|Indonesia}}, [[Flores Sea]] offshore
| 27.7
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 2,500<ref>{{cite web|title=Today in Earthquake History|publisher=United States Geological Survey|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/today/index.php?month=12&day=12&submit=View+Date|access-date=March 27, 2022}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>
|-
| [[1993 Latur earthquake|September 29, 1993]]
| 6.2
| {{Flag|India}}, [[Maharashtra]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 9,748
|-
| [[1994 Páez River earthquake|June 6, 1994]]
| 6.8
| {{Flag|Colombia}}, [[Cauca Department|Cauca]]
| 12.1
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 1,100
|-
| [[Great Hanshin earthquake|January 17, 1995]]
| 6.9
| {{Flag|Japan|1947}}, [[Kobe]]
| 21.9
| data-sort-value="11" | XI
| 5,502–6,434
|-
| [[1996 Lijiang earthquake|February 3, 1996]]
| 6.6
| {{Flag|China}}, [[Yunnan]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 309–322
|-
| [[1997 Qayen earthquake|May 10, 1997]]
| 7.3
| {{Flag|Iran}}, [[Khorasan province|Khorasan]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 1,567
|-
| [[May 1998 Afghanistan earthquake|May 30, 1998]]
| 6.5
| {{Flag|Afghanistan|1997}}, [[Takhar Province|Takhar]]
| 33.0
| data-sort-value="7" | VII
| 4,000–4,500
|-
| [[1999 İzmit earthquake|August 17, 1999]]
| 7.6
| {{Flag|Turkey}}, [[İzmit]]
| 17.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 17,127–18,373
|-
| [[2000 Enggano earthquake|June 4, 2000]]
| 7.9
| {{Flag|Indonesia}}, [[Enggano Island]] offshore
| 44.0
| data-sort-value="6" | VI
| 103<ref>{{cite anss|M 7.9 – 103&nbsp;km S of Bengkulu, Indonesia|2000|usp0009txv}}</ref>
|-
| [[2001 Gujarat earthquake|January 26, 2001]]
| 7.6
| {{Flag|India}}, [[Bhuj]]
| 16.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 13,805–20,023
|-
| [[2002 Hindu Kush earthquakes|March 25, 2002]]
| 6.1
| {{Flag|Afghanistan|2002}}, [[Baghlan Province]]
| 8.0
| data-sort-value="7" | VII
| 1,200
|-
| [[2003 Bam earthquake|December 26, 2003]]
| 6.6
| {{Flag|Iran}}, [[Bam, Iran|Bam]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 34,000
|-
| [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|December 26, 2004]]
| 9.2–9.3
| {{Flag|Indonesia}}, [[Sumatra]] offshore
| 30.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 227,898
|-
| [[2005 Kashmir earthquake|October 8, 2005]]
| 7.6
| {{Flag|Pakistan}}, [[Balakot]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="11" | XI
| 86,000–87,351
|-
| [[2006 Yogyakarta earthquake|May 27, 2006]]
| 6.4
| {{Flag|Indonesia}}, [[Yogyakarta]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 5,749<ref>{{cite anss|M 6.3 – 10&nbsp;km E of Pundong, Indonesia|2006|usp000ej1c}}</ref>
|-
| [[2007 Peru earthquake|August 15, 2007]]
| 8.0
| {{Flag|Peru}}, [[Ica, Peru|Ica]] offshore
| 39.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 595
|-
| [[2008 Sichuan earthquake|May 12, 2008]]
| 7.9
| {{Flag|China}}, [[Sichuan]]
| 19.0
| data-sort-value="11" | XI
| 87,587
|-
| [[2009 Sumatra earthquakes|September 30, 2009]]
| 7.6
| {{Flag|Indonesia}}, [[Padang]] offshore
| 90.0
| data-sort-value="7" | VII<ref>{{cite anss|M 7.6 – 30&nbsp;km WSW of Pariaman, Indonesia|2022|usp000h237/executive|access-date=January 8, 2022}}</ref>
| 1,115
|-
| [[2010 Haiti earthquake|January 12, 2010]]
| 7.0
| {{Flag|Haiti}}, [[Léogâne]]
| 13.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 46,000–160,000
|-
| [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|March 11, 2011]]
| 9.1
| {{Flag|Japan}}, [[Sendai]] offshore
| 29.0
| data-sort-value="11" | XI
| 19,759
|-
| [[2012 East Azerbaijan earthquakes|August 11, 2012]]
| 6.4
| {{Flag|Iran}}, [[East Azerbaijan]]
| 9.0
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 306
|-
| [[2013 Balochistan earthquakes|September 24, 2013]]
| 7.7
| {{Flag|Pakistan}}, [[Balochistan]]
| 15.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 825
|-
| [[2014 Ludian earthquake|August 3, 2014]]
| 6.1
| {{Flag|China}}, [[Yunnan]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 617
|-
| [[April 2015 Nepal earthquake|April 25, 2015]]
| 7.8
| {{Flag|Nepal}}, [[Gorkha District]]
| 8.2
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 8,962
|-
| [[2016 Ecuador earthquake|April 16, 2016]]
| 7.8
| {{Flag|Ecuador}}, [[Esmeraldas, Ecuador|Esmeraldas]]
| 20.6
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII<ref>{{cite anss|M 7.8 – 27&nbsp;km SSE of Muisne, Ecuador|2016|us20005j32/executive|access-date=January 8, 2022}}</ref>
| 676
|-
| [[2017 Iran–Iraq earthquake|November 12, 2017]]
| 7.3
| {{Sort flagicon|Iran}}{{Sort flagicon|Iraq}} [[Iran]]–[[Iraq]] border Region
| 19.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 630
|-
| [[2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami|September 28, 2018]]
| 7.5
| {{Flag|Indonesia}}, [[Palu]]
| 20.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 4,340
|-
| [[2019 Albania earthquake|November 26, 2019]]
| 6.4
| {{Flag|Albania}}, [[Durrës]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 51
|-
| [[2020 Aegean Sea earthquake|October 30, 2020]]
| 7.0
| {{Flag|Greece}}<br>{{Flag|Turkey}}<br>[[Aegean Sea]]
| 21.0
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 119
|-
| [[2021 Haiti earthquake|August 14, 2021]]
| 7.2
| {{Flag|Haiti}}, [[Nippes]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="9" | IX
| 2,248
|-
| [[June 2022 Afghanistan earthquake|June 21, 2022]]
| 6.0
| {{Flag|Afghanistan}}, [[Khost Province|Khost]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="8" | VIII
| 1,052–1,163
|-
| [[2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes|February 6, 2023]]
| 7.8 & 7.7
| {{Flag|Turkey}}, [[Southeastern Anatolia Region|Southeastern Anatolia]]<br>{{flagicon|Ba'athist Syria}} [[Syria]], [[Aleppo Governorate|Aleppo]] and [[Idlib Governorate|Idlib]]
| 10.0 & 7.4
| data-sort-value="12" | XII
| 59,488–62,013
|-
| [[2024 Noto earthquake|January 1, 2024]]
| 7.5
| {{Flag|Japan}}, [[Ishikawa Prefecture|Ishikawa]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="10" | X
| 526
|-
| [[2025 Myanmar earthquake|March 28, 2025]] 
| 7.7
| {{Flag|Myanmar}}, [[Sagaing Region]]
| 10.0
| data-sort-value="10" |X
| 5,456
|-
|}
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