Living with Earthquakes - Earthquake Engineering for Structural Design - page 39

Table2.4 Earthquakes of 20th Century producing great economical or cultural
damage, important number of deaths , >10000, or having great magnitude, M >7
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Year Date Location Magnitude Deaths Damage (billion $)
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1905 04.04 India, Kangra 8.6 20000

1906 18.04 USA , San Francisco 7.8 1000 0.5

1906 17.08 Chile,Valparaiso 8.2 20000

1906 31.01 Ecuador 8.8

1908 28.12 Italy, Messina 7.5 83000

1920 16.12 China , Gansu 8.6 220000

1923 03.02 Kamchatka 8.5

1923 01.09 Japan , Kanto 8.3 143000

1927 22.05 China , Xining 8.3 200000

1932 25.12 China, Gansu 7.6 70000

1935 30.05 Pakistan, Quelta 7.5 60000

1938 01.02 Indonesia 8.5

1939 25.12 Chile, Conception 8.3 25000

1939 26.12 Turkey, Erzincan 7.9 25000

1940 10.11 Romania,Vrancea 7.4

1940 18.05 USA, El Centro 7.1

1948 05.10 Turkmenistan, Ashgabat 7.3 110000

1950 15.08 India, China border 8.6

1952 04.11 Kamchatka 9.0

1957 09.03 Aleutian Islands 9.1

1960 24.04 Morocco, Agadir 5.9 12000

1960 22.05 Chile, Valdivia 9.5 6000 0.5

1963 13.10 Kuril Islands 8.5

1964 28.03 USA, Alaska, Anchorage 9.2 116 0.4

1970 31.05 Peru, Ancash 8.1 66000 0.5

1976 27.07 China, Tangshan 8.0 250000 (660000) 2

1977 04.04 Romania, Vrancea 7.2 1600 2

1980 10.10 Algeria, El Asnam 7.3 9700 2

1985 19.09 Mexico, Mexico City 8.1 20000 5

1988 07.12 Armenia, Spitak 7.1 25000 16

1989 17.10 USA, Loma Prieta 7.1 70 8

1990 21. 07 Iran, Manjil 7.7 40000
1993 29.09 India, Killari 6.3 23000
1994 17. 01 USA , Northridge 6.7 63 40
1995 17. 01 Japan, Kobe 6.9 5600 140
1997 26.09 Italia, Umbria 5.9 11 (great cultural losses)
1997 10. 05 Iran, Ardebil 7.1 1600
1998 30. 05 Afghanistan 7.1 5000
1999 17. 08 Turkey, Izmit 7.4 20000 30
1999 21. 09 Taiwan, Chi- Chi 7.3 2500 1
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