M A S T E R P A G E
NotableWorld Earthquakes
1900 – 1992*
3.4b
Time
Latitude
Longitude
Depth (in km)**
Magnitude
Location
Deaths
North Latitudes and West Longitudes
4/18/06
38 N
123 W
—
8.3
San Francisco, CA
700
2/29/60
30 N
10 W
—
5.9
Morocco
14,000
3/28/64
61 N
148 W
33
8.5
Alaska
131
2/9/71
34 N
118 W
13
6.7
San Fernando, CA
65
12/23/72
12 N
86 N
5
6.2
Nicaragua
5,000
2/4/76
15 N
89 W
5
7.5
Guatemala
22,000
9/19/85
18 N
103 W
—
8.1
Mexico
9,500
10/10/86
14 N
89 W
8
5.4
El Salvador
1,000
3/6/87
0 N
78 W
33
6.9
Ecuador
1,000
10/18/89
37 N
122 W
19
7.1
Loma Prieta, CA
63
6/28/92
34 N
117 W
—
7.1
Landers, CA
1
North Latitudes and West Longitudes
12/28/08
38 N
15 E
—
7.5
Messina, Italy
120,000
1/13/15
42 N
13 E
—
7.5
Central Italy
30,000
12/16/20
37 N
106 E
—
8.5
China
180,000
9/1/23
35 N
140 E
—
8.2
Kwanio, Japan
143,000
12/25/32
40 N
97 E
—
7.6
China
12/26/39
40 N
40 E
—
8.0
Turkey
23,000
6/28/48
36 N
136 E
20
7.3
Honshu, Japan
5,121
9/1/62
36 N
50 E
20
7.3
Iran
14,000
7/26/63
42 N
22 E
5
6.0
Macedonia
1,200
8/31/68
34 N
59 E
13
7.3
Iran
11,600
2/4/75
41 N
123 E
33
7.4
China
“Few”
5/6/76
46 N
13 E
9
6.5
Italy
7/14/76
40 N
118 E
23
7.8
Tangshan, China
250,000
3/3/77
46 N
27 E
94
7.2
Romania
2,000
10/10/80
36 N
1 E
10
7.4
Algeria
11/23/80
41 N
15 E
10
6.9
Italy
3,000
6/11/81
30 N
58 E
33
6.9
Iran
3,000
7/28/81
30 N
58 E
33
7.3
Iran
1,500
5/28/83
41 N
139 E
24
7.8
Japan
107
10/30/83
40 N
42 E
33
6.9
Turkey
1,342
8/20/88
27 N
87 E
71
6.6
Nepal
1,450
11/6/88
23 N
100 E
10
7.6
Burma
730
12/7/88
41 N
44 E
10
6.8
Armenia
25,000
6/20/90
38 N
50 E
10
7.6
Iran
<40,000
7/16/90
16 N
121 E
36
7.7
Philippines
1,700
South Latitudes and West Longitudes
1/25/39
36 S
72 W
60
8.3
Chillan, Chile
30,000
8/6/49
2 S
78 W
60
6.8
Ecuador
6,000
5/22/60
40 S
73 W
—
8.5
Chile
5,700
5/31/70
9 S
79 W
43
7.8
Peru
66,000
12/12/79
2 S
79 W
32
7.9
Ecuador
600
3/3/85
33 S
72 W
—
7.8
Chile
177
South Latitudes and East Longitudes
8/5/49
2 S
119 E
3
8.0
Indonesia
3
8/1/89
5 S
139 E
33
5.9
New Guinea
90
12/27/89
33 S
152 E
15
5.4
Australia
13
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