Significant Earthquakes of the 1800s

• August 16, 1868, San Pablo, Guayaquil,ibarra, Colombia, EcuadorM7.7 · 70,000 deaths
• June 15, 1896, Sanriku, JapanM8.3 · 27,122 deaths · 11,000 houses destroyed · tsunami
• March 26, 1812, La Guaira, VenezuelaM7.7 · 26,000 deaths · tsunami
• August 13, 1868, Arica, ChileM8.5 · 25,000 deaths · $300 million · tsunami
• July 1, 1879, Gansu Province, ChinaM8 · 22,000 deaths
• September 12, 1850, Xichang, Sichuan, ChinaM7.5 · 20,650 deaths
• August 13, 1822, Halab,dimashq (Damascus),, Antakya, Syria, Turkey20,000 deaths · tsunami
• November 17, 1893, Quchan, Mashhad, Bojnurd, IranM6.6 · 18,000 deaths
• June 2, 1859, Erzurum, TurkeyM6.1 · 15,000 deaths
• October 15, 1883, Ayvalik, Izmir, Cesme, TurkeyM7.3 · 15,000 deaths · 3,600 houses destroyed
• March 20, 1861, Mendoza, San Luiz, Argentina14,000 deaths · tsunami
• October 23, 1815, Shanxi Province, ChinaM6.8 · 13,000 deaths · 20,000 houses destroyed
• April 22, 1853, Shiraz, Iran13,000 deaths
• May 8, 1847, Zenkoji, Nagano, JapanM7.4 · 12,000 deaths · 34,000 houses destroyed
• November 22, 1815, Bali, IndonesiaM7.3 · 11,453 deaths · tsunami
• September 16, 1857, Calabria,montemurro, Italy10,000 deaths
• December 16, 1857, Campania, Potenza, ItalyM6.5 · 10,000 deaths
• April 3, 1881, Cesme, Khios, Turkey, GreeceM7.3 · 7,866 deaths · tsunami
• June 12, 1830, Hebei Province, ChinaM7.5 · 7,477 deaths · 200,000 houses destroyed
• October 27, 1891, Mino-Owari, JapanM8.4 · 7,273 deaths · 142,177 houses destroyed
• March 2, 1825, Blida, Algiers, Algeria7,000 deaths
• November 11, 1855, Tokyo, JapanM7 · 6,757 deaths · 50,000 houses destroyed · tsunami
• September 6, 1833, Yunnan Province, ChinaM8 · 6,700 deaths · 87,620 houses destroyed · tsunami
• January 1, 1837, Beirut (Beyrout), Zefat (Safed), Lebanon, IsraelM6.4 · 6,000 deaths · tsunami
• July 26, 1805, Molise, Rosolone, Napoli (Naples), Isernia, Italy5,600 deaths
• May 7, 1842, Cap-HaitienM8 · 5,300 deaths · tsunami
• February 8, 1843, Pointe-A-Pitre, GuadeloupeM8.5 · 5,000 deaths · tsunami
• January 6, 1872, Quchan, IranM6.3 · 4,000 deaths
• February 16, 1810, Iraklion (Candia), Crete, Greece3,000 deaths · tsunami
• August 11, 1831, Barbados, Saint Vincent, Dominica, Antigua3,000 deaths
• 1838, Tel Aviv-Yafo (Jaffa),palestine, Israel3,000 deaths
• December 24, 1854, Nankaido, JapanM8.4 · 3,000 deaths · 20,000 houses destroyed · tsunami
• May 30, 1885, Srinagar, Kashmir, IndiaM6.3 · 3,000 deaths
• December 8, 1816, Sichuan Province, ChinaM6.5 · 2,854 deaths · 1,104 houses destroyed
• March 2, 1856, Sangihe Pulau (Volcanic), Indonesia2,806 deaths · tsunami
• September 29, 1899, Banda Sea, IndonesiaM7.8 · 2,460 deaths · tsunami
• May 10, 1877, Off North Coast, ChileM8.3 · 2,385 deaths · tsunami
• July 28, 1883, Casamicciola, Forino, Lacco Ameno, Ischia Is, Italy2,313 deaths · 2,278 houses destroyed
• April 11, 1870, Batang, Sichuan Province, ChinaM7.3 · 2,300 deaths
• February 28, 1855, Tayabas, Bursa, TurkeyM6.7 · 2,200 deaths
• March 25, 1806, Jalisco,oaxaca,michoacan, MexicoM7.5 · 2,000 deaths
• May 31, 1818, Morelos-Guerrero,mexico City,guadalajaraM8.2 · 2,000 deaths · tsunami
• March 21, 1829, Torrevieja, Murcia, Spain2,000 deaths · 3,000 houses destroyed
• October 12, 1851, Vlore (Valona),berat, Turkey, AlbaniaM6.6 · 2,000 deaths · tsunami
• February 22, 1852, Khabushan (NW Kuchan), IranM5.8 · 2,000 deaths
• June 6, 1862, Tainan, TaiwanM6.5 · 2,000 deaths
• December 23, 1871, Quchan, IranM5.6 · 2,000 deaths
• May 1874, Bhola, Bangladesh2,000 deaths · tsunami
• March 22, 1879, Bozqush, Ardabil, Gamrud, Tark, Manan, IranM6.7 · 2,000 deaths
• December 16, 1887, Yunnan Province, ChinaM6.8 · 2,000 deaths
• April 3, 1872, Antakya (Antioch), Suedije, TurkeyM7.3 · 1,800 deaths · tsunami
• January 11, 1897, Qeshm Island, Larak Island, IranM6.1 · 1,600 deaths
• June 16, 1819, Rann of Kutch,ahmadabad,poonah,bhooj, IndiaM7.7 · 1,543 deaths · 1,547 houses destroyed · tsunami
• June 12, 1897, Assam, Bangladesh, IndiaM8 · 1,542 deaths · tsunami
• May 12, 1844, Kashan, Qamsar, Kamu, Kushian, Chuka, IranM6.4 · 1,500 deaths
• December 18, 1828, Sandyo IN Etigo, Japan1,443 deaths · 11,750 houses destroyed · tsunami
• July 9, 1854, Iga, Ise, Yamato, Japan1,352 deaths · 5,000 houses destroyed
• July 10, 1894, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,349 deaths · tsunami
• April 29, 1855, Bursa, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,300 deaths
• May 3, 1875, Capali, Dinar, Civril, Yaka, TurkeyM7.3 · 1,300 deaths · 1,000 houses destroyed

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• 1803 2
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• 1807 1
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• 1813 2
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• 1834 14
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• 1837 11
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• 1853 12
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• 1860 7
• 1861 14
• 1862 11
• 1863 16
• 1864 7
• 1865 13
• 1866 12
• 1867 11
• 1868 26
• 1869 22
• 1870 17
• 1871 18
• 1872 17
• 1873 12
• 1874 11
• 1875 22
• 1876 4
• 1877 8
• 1878 21
• 1879 10
• 1880 18
• 1881 21
• 1882 11
• 1883 6
• 1884 14
• 1885 22
• 1886 4
• 1887 14
• 1888 12
• 1889 11
• 1890 5
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• 1892 14
• 1893 17
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• 1896 18
• 1897 25
• 1898 14
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• 2100s BC 1
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• 200s BC 10
• 100s BC 4
• 99 to 1 BC 13
• Years 1 to 99 23
• 100s 18
• 200s 7
• 300s 31
• 400s 20
• 500s 30
• 600s 9
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• 800s 54
• 900s 25
• 1000s 52
• 1100s 50
• 1200s 54
• 1300s 78
• 1400s 92
• 1500s 172
• 1600s 329
• 1700s 410
• 1800s 1,073
• 1900s 2,620
• 2000s 1,472

Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24.