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Ancient Events - 1700s - 1800s - 1900s - This Century - 2005
226 BC	Greece quake	An earthquake in the area of Rhodes, Greece destroys the city of Kameiros and the Colossus of Rhodes.
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365 AD	Greece quake	An earthquake in the area of Knossos, Crete kills 50,000.
365 AD	Libya quake	An earthquake occurs in Cyrene, Libya.
526 AD	Syria quake	On May 20th an earthquake at Antiochia, Syria kills 250,000 people.
844 AD	Syria quake	Damascus, Syria is shaken by a quake that kills 50,000 people.
847 AD	Iraq quake	50,000 die in an earthquake that rocks Mosul, Iraq.
847 AD	Syria quake	The death toll in a quake that shakes Damascus, Syria is 70,000.
856 AD	Iran quake	An earthquake in 856 AD occurred in Qumis, Damghan, Iran killing 200,000 people.
856 AD	Greece quake	45,000 are killed in Corinth, Greece by an earthquake.
893 AD	Caucasus quake	82,000 people die when a quake shakes Caucasus.
893 AD	India quake	Daipur, India is rocked by a quake that kills 180,000 people.
893 AD	Iran quake	An earthquake in Ardabil, Iran kills 150,000 people
1042 AD	Syria quake	In Palmyra, Baalbek, Syria a quake kills 50,000 people.
1138 AD	Syria quake	230,000 are killed in a quake that rumbles Ganzah, Aleppo, Syria.
1201 AD	Syria quake	In upper Egypt or Syria an earthquake killed one-million-one-hundred-thousand people.
1268 AD	Turkey quake	60,000 are killed by an earthquake in Cilicia, Anatolia (Turkey).
1290 AD	China quake	100,000 are killed in a 6.7 September 27th earthquake in Chihli, China.
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1556	China quake	Estimated at a magnitude 8 an earthquake kills 830,00 in Shensi, China on January 23rd.
1668	Turkey quake	In Anatolia Turkey a magnitude 8 quake hits Anatolia Turkey on August 17th, killing 8000.
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1700s
1700	CA OR WA B.C. quake tsunami	What is called the Cascadia Earthquake occurs on January 26 with a magnitude of 9. No written records were kept by the inhabitants but Japanese records show a tsunami that could only be explained by considering the Cascadia Earthquake. Native American legends place the quake from northern California to Vancouver Island.
1755	Portugal.Morocco tsunami	A tsunami is triggered by an 8.5 quake to slam Portugal and Morocco killing 60,000 people.
1755	Portugal quake	70,000 are killed by a November 1st, 8.7 earthquake in Lisbon, Portugal.
1780
1780	Iran quake	On February 28th an earthquake kills 200,000 in Iran.
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1800s
1811
1811	Missouri quake	The New Madrid Earthquake is an 8.1 On December 16th followed by other quakes between January 23rd and February 7th 1812. New lakes were formed as large areas of land sank. The Mississippi River changed it course due to the quakes. Although minimal the damage would have been greater today with the substantially larger population and development.
1812
1812	Missouri quake	7.8 again his the New Madrid Fault on January 23rd.
1812	Missouri quake	A magnitude 8 quake hits the New Madrid Fault on February 7th.
1823
1823	Hawaii quake	A 6.8 earthquake hits south of Kilauea Island , Hawaii on June 2nd.
1836
1836	California quake	The San Francisco Bay region is hit on June 10th by a 6.5 quake.
1838
1838	California quake	In June San Francisco Peninsula is hit by a 6.8 quake.
1843
1843	Arkansas quake	The Marked Tree quake in Arkansas on January 5th was 7.9, on the not yet invented Richter scale.
1857
1857	California quake	On January 9th A 7.9 Quake runs along the San Andreas fault from Parkfield to Wrightwood.
1857	Italy quake	In Naples 11,000 are killed by a 6.9 quake on December 16th.
1865
1865	California quake	At 6:46 PM on October 8th a 6.5 quake hits San Jose, California.
1868
1868	Hawaii quake	77 are killed on April 3rd in a 7.9 quake at Hilea in southeast Hawaii.
1868	California quake	In a 6.8 quake 30 die in Hayward, California on October 21st.
1871
1871	Hawaii quake	Molokai, Hawaii experiences a 6.8 earthquake on February 20th.
1872
1872	California quake	The Lone Pine Quake in Owens Valley, California is 7.6 killing 27 people on March 26th.
1872	Washington quake	A 7.3 quake occurs in the North Cascades in Washington territory on December 15th.
1873
1873	California / Oregon quake	On November 23rd off the coast of California and Oregon an earthquake is estimated to be 7.3.
1886
1886	S. Carolina quake	A 7.3 quake kill 60 on August 31st in Charleston, South Carolina.
1890
1890	California quake	On April 24th at 11:36 an earthquake hitting Corralitos, California is estimated at 6.3.
1891
1891	Japan quake	Mino-Owari in Japan is shaken on October 27th by an 8 eathquake that kills 7,273
1892
1892	California quake	A 6.4 quake kill one person on April 19th in Vacaville, California.
1892	California quake	Winters, California feels a 6.4 quake on April 21st.
1895
1895	Missouri quake	A 6.6 quake on October 31st dances the nerves in Charleston, Missouri.
1896
1896	Japan quake	On June 15th an 8.5 quake hits Sanriku, Japan.
1897
1897	India quake	1,500 people are killed by an 8.3 quake in Assam, India on June 12th.
1897	California quake	The Calaveras fault in California is shaken on June 20th by a 6.3 earthquake.
1898
1898	California quake	Mare Island, California is hit by a 6.3 quake on March 31st.
1898	California quake	A 6.8 quake shakes up Mendocino County, California early on April 15th.
1899
1899	Alaska quake	A 7.9 quake on September 4th roughs up Cape Yakataga, Alaska.
1899	Alaska quake	Yakutat Bay, Alaska is hit on September 10th by an earthquake of a magnitude 8.
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1900s
1900
1900	Alaska quake	Kodiak Island, Alaska feels a 7.7 quake on October 9th.
1901
1901	California quake	Parkfield, California is hit by a 6.4 earthquake on March 3rd.
1904
1904	Alaska quake	A 7.3 quake shakes Fairbanks, Alaska on August 27th.
1905
1905	China quake	On July 9th Mongolia, China is hit by an 8.4 earthquake.
1906
1906	Colombia-Ecuador quake	Both countries of Colombia and Ecuador experience an 8.8 earthquake on January 31st that kills 1000 people.
1906	California quake	3000 people are killed in the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 that ran along the San Andreas fault from San Juan Bautista to Cape Mendocino on April 18th.
1906	Chile quake	On August 17th Valparaiso, Chile looses 20,000 lives to an 8.2 quake.
1908
1908	Italy quake	70.000 lose their lives by a 7.2 earthquake on December 28th in Messina, Italy.
1911
1911	California quake	A 6.5 earthquake occurs on the Calaveras fault in California on July 1st.
1915
1915	Nevada quake	Pleasant Valley, Nevada is rocked on October 3rd by a 7.1 quake.
1918
1918	Puerto Rico quake	The Island nation Puerto Rico is shaken by a 7.5 earthquake on October 11th.
1918	B. Columbia quake	Vancouver Island in Canada's British Columbia rocks on December 6th with a 7.0 earthquake.
1920
1920	China quake	The population of Ningxia-Kansu, in China is shook up on December 16 with a death toll of 200,000.
1922
1922	California quake	A 7.3 quake shakes the ocean floor off Cape Mendocino, California on January 31st.
1922	California quake	Parkfield, California feels the rumbling of a 6.1 quake on March 10th.
1923
1923	California quake	A 7.2 earthquake shakes the ocean floor off Cape Mendocino again nearly one year after the last quake in the same area in California on January 22nd.
1923	Japan quake	September 1st rolls a 7.9 quake on Kanto, Japan killing 143,000 people.
1925
1925	Quebec quake	Charlevoix, Quebec in Canada is hit by a 6.3 March 1st quake.
1925	Montana quake	Clarkston Valley, Montana is rocked with a 6.6 earthquake on June 28th
1925	California quake	A 6.8 earthquake kills 13 rolling through Santa Barbara, California on June 29th.
1926
1926	California quake	Monterey Bay, California is shaken by a 6.1 earthquake on October 22nd at 12:35 in the afternoon.
1926	California quake	Monterey Bay, California is again shaken by a 6.1 earthquake on October 22nd one hour at 1:35 in the afternoon.
1927
1927	Japan quake	3,020 people are killed by a 7.6 quake in Tango, Japan on March 7th.
1927	China quake	A May 22nd, 7.1 quake shakes Tsinghai, China killing 200,000 people.
1927	California quake	An offshore earthquake rocks Lompoc, California with a 7.1 reading on November 4th.
1929
1929	Nova Scotia quake	Grand Banks, Nova Scotia in Canada is shaken by a 7.3 earthquake on November 29th.
1932
1932	Nevada quake	Cedar Mountain in Nevada is rocked by a 7.2 quake on December 21st.
1933
1933	Japan quake	2,990 people die on March 2nd in an 8.4 earthquake at Sanriku, Japan.
1933	California quake	A 6.4 quake kill 115 people on March 11th in Long Beach, California.
1933	Canada quake	Baffin Bay off the shores of Northeastern Canada is hit by an earthquake on January 15th judged as 7.4 in intensity.
1934
1934	India quake	10,700 people die in the 7.4 January 15th quake in Bihar, India.
1934	California quake	A 6.1 quake on June 8th rocks Parkfield, California.
1935
1935	Quebec quake	Timiskaming, Quebec in Canada is rocked on November 1st by a 6.2 earthquake.
1937
1937	Alaska quake	Salcha, Alaska is shaken by a 7.3 earthquake on July 22nd.
1938
1938	Hawaii quake	Maui, Hawaii is hit with a 6.8 earthquake on January 22nd.
1938	Alaska quake	Shumagin Islands in Alaska is shaken by an 8.2 quake on November 10th.
1939
1939	Turkey quake	The death toll from a December 26th, 7.8 quake at Erzincan, Turkey was 32,700.
1940
1940	California quake	9 die in a 7.1 earthquake on May 19th in Imperial Valley, California.
1944
1944	Japan quake	An 8.1 earthquake on December 7th at Tonankai, Japan leaves a death toll of 1,223
1946
1946	Alaska quake	136 die in the 7.3 quake at Unimak Island in Alaska on April 1st.
1946	British Columbia quake	Vancouver Island, British Columbia in Canada is rocked on June 23rd by a 7.3 earthquake.
1946	Dom.Republic quake	The Dominican Republic is shaken by a Number 8 earthquake on August 4th killing 100 people.
1946	Hawaiian tsunami	Hilo on the island of Hawaii was hit by a "killer tsunami."
1946	Japan quake	1,330 people are killed on December 20th at Nankaido, Japan in an 8.1 earthquake.
1947
1947	Alaska quake	Fairbanks, Alaska is hit by a 7.2 earthquake on October 16th.
1949
1949	Washington quake	8 people are dead after a 7.1 quake on April 13th at Olympia, Washington.
1949	B. Columbia quake	Queen Charlotte Island, British Columbia in Canada is shaken up by an 8.1 earthquake on August 22nd.
1950
1950	Assam/ Tibet quake	In the area shared by Assam and Tibet an 8.6 quake hits on August 15th killing 1.526 people.
1951
1951	Hawaii quake	A 6.9 earthquake shakes Kona, Hawaii on August 21st.
1952
1952	California quake	In Kern County, California 12 die in the 7.3 earthquake of July 21st.
1952	Russia quake	A 9 quake shakes Kamchatka in Russia on November 4th.
1954
1954	Spain quake	In Spain a 7.9 earthquake hits on March 29th.
1954	Nevada quake	Rainbow Mountain, Nevada is shaken by a 6.6 earthquake on July 6th.
1954	Nevada quake	A 6.8 quake shakes Stillwater, Nevada on August 24th.
1954	Nevada quake	A 7.1 earthquake rattles On December 16th at Fairview Peak, Nevada.
1954	Nevada quake	Dixie Valley is rumbled by a 6.8 earthquake on December 16th.
1955
1955	California quake	On October 24th in Concord, California one person is killed in a 5.4 earthquake.
1957
1957	Alaska quake	An earthquake of 8.1 roughs up Andreanof Island in Alaska on March 9th.
1957	China quake	Gobi-Altai, Mongolia in China looses 30 people to an 8.1 earthquake.
1958
1958	Alaska quake	Huslia, Alaska feels a 7.3 quake on April 7th.
1958	Alaska quake	5 die in the 7.7 quake of July 10th at Fairweather, Alaska.
1959
1959	Montana quake	A 7.3 earthquake kills 28 people on August 18th at Hebgen Lake in Montana.
1960
1960	Morocco quake	A death toll of 10,000 is reached after the 5.7 earthquake in Agadir, Morocco on February 29th.
1960	Chile quake	The Great Chilean Earthquake of 9.5 killed 5,700 on May 22nd.
1964
1964	Alaska quake	The 9.2 Good Friday Earthquake takes 125 lives along Prince William Sound in Alaska.
1964	Japan quake	26 die in the 7.5 quake at Niigata, Japan on June 16th.
1965
1965	Alaska quake	In Alaska on Rat Island an 8.7 quake rumbles on February 4th.
1965	Washington quake	Puget Sound area from Seattle to Tacoma is shaken killing 7 people on April 29th by a 6.5 Earthquake.
1966
1966	California quake	A 6.1 quake rocks Parkfield, California on June 28th.
1966	California quake	Truckee, California is hit by a 5.9 earthquake on September 12th.
1967
1967	India quake	Koyna, India is shaken on December 10th in a 6.3 earthquake.
1969
1969	California quake	1 person is killed in a 5.7 earthquake in Santa Rosa, California on October 2nd.
1970
1970	Peru quake	A death toll of 66,000 is reached during the May 31st 7.9 quake in Peru.
1970	Colombia quake	An earthquake of 8 on the Richter Scale rumbles Colombia on July 31st.
1971
1971	California quake	San Fernando in California is hit by a 6.7 earthquake that kills 65 people.
1975
1975	China quake	10,000 are killed in the 7.0 quake of February 4th in Haicheng, China.
1975	California quake	A 5.8 quake shakes Oroville, California on August 1st.
1975	Hawaii quake	2 die in the 7.2 earthquake of November 29th at the south end of the island Kilauea in Hawaii.
1976
1976	Guatemala quake	23,000 die in Guatemala on February 4th during a 7.5 earthquake.
1976	China quake	A 7.5 earthquake hits Tangshan, China on July 27th. At least 255,000 are killed with the toll possibly reaching over 600,000.
1979
1979	California quake	A 5.7 quake hits Coyote Lake, California on August 6th.
1979	California quake	On October 15th Imperial Valley, California is rocked by a 6.4 earthquake.
1980
1980	California quake	A 5.8 earthquake shook Livermore, California on January 24th.
1980	California quake	A 6.1 quake on May 25th shook up Mammoth Lakes, California at 4:33 PM.
1980	California quake	A second earthquake of 5.9 hits Mammoth Lakes again on May 25th at 4:49 PM, just 16 minutes after the first 6.1 quake.
1980	California quake	A Third earthquake of 5.8 hits Mammoth Lakes again on May 25th at 7:44 PM, 3 hours and 11 minutes after the first 6.1 quake and 2 hours and 55 minutes after the second 5.9 quake.
1980	California quake	On May 27th, two days after 3 earthquakes the same day, another quake shakes Mammoth Lakes with a 6 on the Richter Scale.
1980	California quake	Gorda Plate, California is shaken by a 7.2 earthquake on November 8th.
1983
1983	California quake	Coaliinga, California is hit by a 6.5 earthquake on May 2nd.
1983	Idaho quake	2 die in a 7.0 earthquake on October 28th at Borah Peak, Idaho.
1983	Hawaii quake	A 6.7 quake rocks Kaoiki, Hawaii on November 16th.
1984
1984	California quake	A 6.2 earthquake shakes up Morgan Hill, California on April 24th.
1984	California quake	Round Valley, California is shaken on November 23rd by a 5.7 quake.
1985
1985	Mexico quake	9,500 are killed in Michoacan, Mexico in an intensity 8 earthquake on September 19th.
1985	N.W.Territories quake	A 6.8 quake rocks Nahanni, Northwest Territories in Canada on December 23rd.
1986
1986	Alaska quake	A magnitude 8 quake shakes Andreanof Island in Alaska on May 7th.
1986	California quake	A 6.1 quake shake up northern Palm Springs, California on July 8th.
1986	California quake	On July 21st at Chalfant Valley, California magnitude 6.2 earthquake shakes the valley.
1987
1987	California quake	Whittier Narrows, California is shaken by a 5.9 quake on October 1st killing 8 people.
1987	Alaska quake	A 7.9 quake splashes the shore when it shakes in the Gulf of Alaska on November 30th.
1988
1988	Australia quake	The first of three quakes shake Tennant Creek, in Australia on January 22nd with a magnitude of 6.3 at 12:35 AM.
1988	Australia quake	3 hours 22 minutes after the first, a second earthquake of 6.4 rumbles Tennant Creek, Australia on January 22nd at 3:57 AM.
1988	Australia quake	After two early morning quakes a third occurs at 12:04 PM on January 22nd at Tennant Creek, Australia with a magnitude of 6.6; greater than the first two.
1988	Alaska quake	On March 6th in the Gulf of Alaska a 7.8 quake shakes the ocean floor.
1988	Quebec quake	Saguenay, Quebec in Canada is rocked by a 5.9 earthquake on November 25th.
1988	Armenia quake	25,000 are killed in Spitak, Armenia by a 6.8 earthquake on December 7th.
1989
1989	California quake	A 6.9 quake kills 63 on October 18th at Loma Prieta, California.
1989	Quebec quake	A magnitude 6 quake shakes Ungava, Quebec in Canada on December 25th.
1991
1991	California quake	Sierra Madre, California is shaken on June 28th by a 5.6 quake.