Date Location Deaths Magnitude Jan. 23, 1556 Shansi, China 830,000 n.a. July 27, 1976 Tangshan, China 255,000 8.0 Aug. 9, 1138 Aleppo, Syria 230,000 n.a. May 22, 1927 near Xining, China 200,000 8.3 Dec. 16, 1920 Gansu, China 200,000 8.6 Sept. 1, 1923 Kwanto, Japan 143,000 8.3 Oct. 5, 1948 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, USSR 110,000 7.3 Dec. 28, 1908 Messina, Italy 100,000 7.5 Sept. 1290 Chihli, China 100,000 n.a. Nov. 1667 Shemakha, Caucasia 80,000 n.a. Nov. 18, 1727 Tabriz, Iran 77,000 n.a. Nov. 1, 1755 Lisbon, Portugal 70,000 8.7 Dec. 25, 1932 Gansu, China 70,000 7.6 May 31, 1970 Peru 66,000 7.8 Jan. 11, 1693 Sicily, Italy 60,000 n.a. May 30, 1935 Quetta, Pakistan 50,000 7.5 Feb. 4, 1783 Calabria, Italy 50,000 n.a. June 20, 1990 Northwest Iran 50,000 7.7 July 16, 1991 Northern Philippines 2,000 7.7 Jan. 17, 1995 Kobe, Japan 5,100 7.2 May 21, 2003 Northern Algeria 2,200 6.8 Dec 23, 2003 Bam, Iran 30,000 6.6
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