Significant Earthquakes of the 900s
Every significant earthquake NOAA records from 900 to 999.
Map
Every one of the 900s with a location. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
Every earthquake
Oldest first.
- September 9, 910, Kufah,baghdad, Iraq
- April 912, Dinavar, Iran
- 922, Kumanonada, Japan
- June 942, Bukhara, Uzbekistan
- September 15, 942, Ladnesa, Iran
- August 20, 943, Nisa, Turkmenistan
- 951, Antakya, Halab (Aleppo),rahba,duluk, Turkey, Syria
- August 20, 953, Nisa, Turkmenistan
- April 15, 956, Hamadan, Iran
- 957, Ray, Talqan, Iran
- April 957, Kerend,qasr-E-Shirin, Halwan, Iran, Iraq
- February 23, 958, Talqan, Rey (Ray), Afghanistan, Iran
- March 958, Halwan,jalula,khanikin,baghdad, Iraq
- July 22, 963, Sicily, Italy
- September 2, 967, Honorias, Paphlagonia, Turkey
- 972, Antakya (Antioch), Syria, Turkey
- August 19, 977, Taheri (Siraf), Iran
- June 17, 978, Taheri (Siraf), Iran
- February 10, 985, Benevento, Italy
- May 13, 986, Al-Mawsil (Mosul), Iraq
- October 25, 989, Istanbul (Constantinople), Turkey
- 990, Benevento, Italy
- April 5, 991, Dimashq (Damascus), Syria
- August 23, 999, Hunan Province, China
- October 999, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
Other centuries
- 2100s BC 1
- 2000s BC 2
- 1600s BC 1
- 1500s BC 1
- 1400s BC 1
- 1300s BC 1
- 1200s BC 1
- 1000s BC 1
- 700s BC 1
- 500s BC 3
- 400s BC 5
- 300s BC 4
- 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
- 700s 29
- 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
Sources
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.