The document provides information about historic earthquakes around the world, including their magnitudes, locations, dates, and impacts. It lists the largest earthquakes by magnitude, as well as the deadliest earthquakes by number of fatalities. Accompanying tables rank these earthquakes and include additional details. The document also provides links to video and other resources about several major historic earthquakes.

1. Historic Earthquakes

2. Historic Earthquakes Largest earthquake by magnitude ~8.7 Lisbon, Portugal 01 – 11 – 1755 10 8.7 Sumatra, Indonesia 25 – 11 – 1833 8 8.7 Rat Islands, Alaska, USA 04 – 02 – 1965 8 8.8 Colombia-Ecuador 31 – 01 – 1906 7 ~9 Cascadia subduction zone 26 – 01 – 1700 6 9.0 Kamchatka, Russia 04 – 11 – 1952 5 9.2 Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA 27 – 03 – 1964 3 ~9.3 Kamchatka, Russia 16 – 10 – 1737 3 9.3 Off west coast northern Sumatra, Indonesia 26 – 12 – 2004 2 9.5 Valdivia, Chile 22 – 05 – 1960 1 Magnitude Location Date Rank

3. Historic Earthquakes Deadliest earthquake on record 7.6 or 7.8 100,000 (estimated), 80,000 (official) India & N.W.F.P, Pakistan 08 – 10 – 2005 10 7.3 110,000 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 06 – 10 – 1948 9 7.9 143,000 Kantō, Japan 01 – 09 – 1923 8 150,000 Ardabil, Iran 23 – 03 – 893+ 7 8.6 200,000 Ningxia-Gansu, China 16 – 12 – 1920 6 200,000 Damghan, Iran 22 – 12 – 0856 5 8.5 230,000 Aleppo, Syria 09 – 08 – 1338 4 9.3 ~230,210 dead and missing Off West coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia 26 – 12 – 2004 3 7.5 255,000 (official) Tangshan, China 27 – 07 – 1976 2 8.0 830,000 Shaanxi, China 23 – 01 – 1556 1 Magnitude Fatalities Location Date Rank