Question: Which country has the most earthquakes?

Lists of earthquakes




The following is a list of earthquake lists, and of top earthquakes by magnitude and fatalities.
Lists by period
Before 1901
1901–2000
2001–present
Lists by country


Afghanistan
Algeria
Argentina
Mendoza Province
Armenia
Australia
Azerbaijan
Azores, autonomous region of Portugal
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
China
Sichuan Province
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Cyprus
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Fiji
Georgia (country)
Germany
Greece
Guam
Guatemala
Haiti
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Italy
Irpinia
Japan
Mexico
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Peru
Philippines
Romania
Vrancea County
Russia
Samoa
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Tajikistan
Taiwan
Tonga
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States
Alaska
California
Hawaii
Illinois
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Washington
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Yemen

Lists by region
Caribbean
Levant
South Asia
Largest earthquakes by year

These are the largest or most notable earthquakes per year since the start of the 21st century.


Largest earthquakes by magnitude


Listed below are all the 36 known earthquakes with an estimated magnitude of 8.5 or higher since the year 1500. Limited to a timeframe with enough data, this gives a rough estimate of its frequency per century. (The timeframe does not include outlying events like the earlier 1361 Shōhei earthquake and 869 Sanriku earthquake, both estimated to have magnitude ≥ 8.5.)
Prior to the development and deployment of seismographs – starting around 1900 – magnitudes can only be estimated, based on historical reports of the extent and severity of damage.[2]



Statistics are,


Note that historical records are known to be incomplete. Earthquakes that occurred in remote areas prior to the advent of modern instrumentation in the early to mid 1900s were not well-reported, and exact locations and magnitudes of such events are often unknown. Therefore, the apparent increase in large earthquake frequency over the last few centuries is unlikely to be real.
Largest earthquakes by country/territory
This list is a work in progress. Information is likely to be changed.
Please note, multiple countries could have the same earthquake listed, such as the 1906 Ecuador–Colombia earthquake being listed for both Ecuador and Colombia.
Unless otherwise noted, magnitudes are reported on the Moment magnitude scale (Mw).

Costliest earthquakes
This is a list of major earthquakes by the dollar value of property (public and private) losses directly attributable to the earthquake. Rank values are assigned based on inflation-adjusted comparison of property damage in US dollars. Wherever possible, indirect and socioeconomic losses are excluded. Please note that damage estimates for particular earthquakes may vary throughout time as more data becomes available.

Deadliest earthquakes

The following is a summary list of earthquakes with over approximately 100,000 deaths:

Most studied earthquakes
The 50 most studied earthquakes according to the International Seismological Centre (ISC), based on a count of scientific papers (mostly in English) that discuss that earthquake; subsequent additions are not included in the counts. The "Event #" is linked to the ISC Event Bibliography for that event.

Transcribed from figure 2, "The most studied events", at the ISC's .
. 2018.
See also

List of deadly earthquakes since 1900
List of natural disasters by death toll#Earthquakes
Lists of earthquakes by year




 around the world.

, Recent earthquakes around the world

, Seismogram Archives of Significant Earthquakes of the World

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