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USGS LIST OF SIGNIFICANT EARTHQUAKES

This is a list of significant earthquakes as listed by the USGS . For other ancient or recent earthquakes not listed here, see the tables below.

† MG-R = Gutenberg and Richter's (1954) magnitude, MS = 20 s surface-wave magnitude, M = Moment Magnitude (Hanks and Kanamori, 1979), and MI is an intensity magnitude, ML is local magnitude (Richter, 1935). 

‡ GMT

  • Fatalities estimated as high as 655,000.


''Source: United States Geological Survey (USGS) {Link without Title} ''


OTHER EARTHQUAKES NOT LISTED BY THE USGS

''Note: Magnitudes are generally estimations from intensity data. When no magnitude was available, the Maximum Intensity , written as a Roman Numeral from I to XII, is given.''


RECENT EARTHQUAKES NOT LISTED ABOVE



LARGEST EARTHQUAKES BY MAGNITUDE

  • Scientists have not yet agreed on an official magnitude.



DEADLIEST EARTHQUAKES ON RECORD



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