Some Major Earthquakes Throughout History (Don't Miss)

Major Earthquakes throughout history in pictures. Statics from The Geological Society Of London.

Year: 1906

Location: USA (California, San Francisco)

Richter Scale: 7.8

Deaths: 3,000

Cost ($m) : 524




Year: 1908

Location: Italy (Messina)

Richter Scale: 7.5

Deaths: 25,926

Cost ($m): 116

Year: 1923

Location: Japan (Tokyo-Yokohama)

Richter Scale: 8.3

Deaths: 1,42,800

Cost ($m): 2,800

Year: 1936

Location: Pakistan (Quetta)

Richter Scale: 7.5

Deaths: 35,000

Cost ($m): 25

Year: 1939

Location: Chile (Concepcion)

Richter Scale: 8.3

Deaths: 28,000

Cost ($m): 100

Year: 1939

Location: Turkey (Erzincan)

Richter Scale: 8.0

Deaths: 36,740

Cost ($m): 20

Year: 1960

Location: Morocco (Agadir)

Richter Scale: 5.9

Deaths: 12,000

Cost ($m): 120

Year: 1970

Location: Peru (Chimbote)

Richter Scale: 7.7

Deaths: 67,000

Cost ($m): 550

Year: 1976

Location: China (Tangshan)

Richter Scale: 8.0

Deaths: 2,90,000

Cost ($m): 5,600

Year: 1976

Location: Guatemala (Guatemala City)

Richter Scale: 7.5

Deaths: 22,084

Cost ($m): 1,100

Year: 1985

Location: Mexico (Mexico City)

Richter Scale: 8.1

Deaths: 10,000

Cost ($m): 4,000

Year: 1988

Location: Armenia (Spitak)

Richter Scale: 6.9

Deaths: 25,000

Cost ($m): 14,000

Year: 1989

Location: USA (California, San Francisco)

Richter Scale: 7.0

Deaths: 68

Cost ($m): 6,000

Year: July, 1990

Location: Baguio City, Philippines

Deaths: App. 1,621

Richter Scale: 7.8

Year: 1995

Location: Japan (Kobe)

Richter Scale: 7.2

Deaths: 6,348

Cost ($m): 2,00,000

Year: 1999

Location: Turkey (Kocaeli)

Richter Scale: 7.4

Deaths: 19,118

Cost ($m): 20,000

Year: 2004

Location: Indian Ocean earthquake & tsunami

Richter Scale: 9.1-9.3 (3rd largest earthquake ever recorded on a seismograph)

Deaths: 2,30,210+ (the fifth deadliest earthquake in recorded history)

Year: 2008

Location: Sichuan Province

Richter Scale: 8.0

Deaths: 68,000

Cost ($m): 20,000

Year: 2010

Location: Chile (Maule Region)

Richter Scale: 8.8 (It ranks as the sixth largest earthquake ever to be recorded by a seismograph)

Deaths: 562 identified

(One of the five most powerful earthquakes in the world overall since modern record-keeping began in 1900)

Year: 2011

Location: Japan

Richter Scale: 8.9

Aftershocks: 1,021+ (63+ above 6.0 moment magnitude scale)

Casualties: 15,057, 5,282 injured, 9,121 people missing

Cost ($m): 300