Some Major Earthquakes Throughout History
Major earthquakes throughout history in pictures. Statistics from The Geological Society of London.1906 - USA (California, San Francisco) : Richter scale 7.8 (death 3000)
1908 - Italy (Messina) : Richter scale 7.5 (death 25,926)
1923 - Japan (Yokohama) : Richter scale 8.3 (death 142,800)
1936 - Pakistan (Quetta) : Richter scale 7.5 (death 35,000)
1939 - Chile (Concepcion) : Richter Scale 8.3 (death 28,000)
1939 - Turkey (Erzincan) : Richter scale 8.0 (death 36,740)
1960 - Morocco (Agadir) : Richter scale 5.9 (death 12,000)
1970 - Peru (Chimbote) : Richter scale 7.7 (death 67,000)
1976 - China (Tangshan) Richter scale 8.0 (death 290,000)
1976 - Guatemala City : Richter scale 7.5 (death 22,084)
1985 - Mexico City : Richter scale 8.1 (death 10,000)
1988 - Armenia (Spitak) : Richter scale 6.9 (death 25,000)
1989: USA (California, San Francisco) : Richter scale 7.0 (death 68)
July 1990 - Baguio City, Philippines (death about 5000)
1995 - Japan (Kobe) : Richter scale 7.2 (death 6348)
1999 - Turkey (Kocaeli) : Richter scale 7.4 (death 19,118)
2004 - Indian Ocean earthquake & tsunami : Richter scale 9.2 (death 230,000)
2008 - Sichuan Province : Richter scale 8.8 (death 68,000)
2010 - Chile (Maule Region) : Richter scale 8.8 (death 486)
2011 - Japan : Richter scale 8.9
