37 An earthquake destroys Antioch.
62 A great earthquake damages cities in Calabria including Pompeii.
151 Mytilene and Smyrna are destroyed by an earthquake.
365 An earthquake devastates Cyrene, Libya.
447 Earthquakes level most of the walls of Constantinople, which are rebuilt within sixty days.
528 Natural disaster: An earthquake strikes Antioch, killing thousands, and causing a fire that destroyed the Great Church built by Constantine the Great.
539 Antioch struck by an earthquake.
551 Beirut destroyed by earthquake and tsunami.
555 An earthquake devastates Latakia.
714 An earthquake strikes Syria.
717 An earthquake shakes many places in northern Syria, and destroys the Old Church of Edessa.
740 An earthquake strikes Constantinople and the surrounding countryside, causing destruction to the city's land walls and buildings, and many deaths.
748 An earthquake strikes the Middle East from northern Egypt to northwestern Mesopotamia, destroying many remnants of Byzantine culture.
757 A major earthquake strikes Palestine and Syria
856 November- Earthquake in Corinth, Greece, kills an estimated 45,000
856 Another deadly earthquake strikes Damghan, Iran, killing 200,000 people.
1016 Earthquakes partly destroy the Dome of the Rock.
1089 August 11, powerful earthquake recorded in Britain
1201 Major earthquake kills 1.1 million people in upper Egypt and Syria.
1268 An earthquake in Cilicia kills an estimated 60,000 people.
1283 Earthquake destroys two thirds of the cave city of Vardzia
1290 A large earthquake strikes the Chinese province of Hebei, killing an estimated 100,000.
1293 An earthquake in Kamakura, Japan kills an estimated 30,000.
1531 Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake - thousands die.
1556 The Shaanxi Earthquake, the deadliest earthquake in history, occurs with its epicenter in Shaanxi province, China. 830,000 people may have been killed.
1667 Devastating earthquake rocks Caucasia, killing 80,000 people.
1692 Earthquake destroys Port Royal, capital of Jamaica and submerges major part of it - estimated 1000-3000 dead, 23000 injured
1703 An earthquake hits the town of L'Aquila, Italy.
1703 An earthquake hits Norcia, Italy.
1704 Earthquake strikes Gondar in Ethiopia.
1727 Earthquake in Tazriz, Persia - about 77,000 dead.
1750 Small earthquake in London, England
1755 1755 Lisbon earthquake: In Portugal, Lisbon is destroyed by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing 60,000 - 90,000 people.
1761 Earthquake in London breaks chimneys in Limehouse and Poplar
1763 earthquake in Komarom, Hungary
1773 Antigua Guatemala is destroyed by an earthquake and the capital of Guatemala is moved to Guatemala City
1783 Earthquake in Calabria, Italy - 50.000 dead
1793 Unsen volcano erupts in Japan and causes an earthquake. About 53.000 dead
1807 Earthquake in Lisbon, Portugal.
1809 Severe earthquakes strike the Azores and sinks the village of
1811 Earthquake in Mississippi Valley near New Madrid reverses the course of the river for a while.
1812 An earthquake destroys Caracas, Venezuela.
1817 Earthquake in Palermo, Italy
1822 An earthquake in Chile raises the coastal area.
1835 oncepci
1855 The region of Wairarapa, New Zealand was hit by the strongest earthquake ever recorded in New Zealand, which reached Magnitude 8.1 on the Richter Scale. There were five deaths.
1857 Earthquake at Fort Tejon, California with an estimated magnitude of 7.9
1857 Earthquake in Tokyo, Japan kills over 100,000.
1857 An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.9 kills 11,000 people in Naples, Italy.
1872 Earthquake at Lone Pine, California with an estimated magnitude of 7.2 .
1884 A severe earthquake, magnitude 5.5, (intensity VII) occurs off the northeast Atlantic coast. The area affected extends from central Virginia to southern Maine, and west as far as Cleveland.
1887 The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
1887 Earthquake in Sonora, Mexico
1891 An 8.0 earthquake strikes the village of Utsuzumi in rural Gifu, Japan, killing over 7,000 across the region and creating a 3-meter-tall surface fault that is still visible today
1895 Most recent major earthquake in the New Madrid Fault Zone
1895 a major earthquake severely damages Ljubljana, Slovenia.
1905 In India, an earthquake near Kangra, kills 20,000.
1906 Earthquake in Ecuador (8.6 in Richter scale).
1911 Earthquake in Swab, South Germany
1920 8.6 Richter scale Earthquake causes landslide in Gansu Province, China - 180.000 dead.
1927 Earthquake in Yugoslavia - 700 dead
1927 8.6 richter scale earthquake in Xining, China kills 200,000
1928 Earthquake destroys Corinth - 200.000 buildings destroyed
1929 1929 Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake centered on Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula area, killing 28. As of 1997, it is Canada's most lethal earthquake.
1930 An earthquake in the Izu Peninsula of Japan kills 223 people and destroys 650 buildings
1931 An earthquake destroys Managua, Nicaragua killing 2,000.
1932 Earthquake in the Kansu Province in China - 70,000 dead
1933 Earthquake in Long Beach, California kills 117 people.
1935 Earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan - 26,000 dead
1939 Earthquake kills 30.000 in Chile - about 50.000 sq mi razed
1949 6.75 Richter scale earthquake in Ecuador kills 6000 and destroys 50 towns.
1952 A magnitude 7.5 earthquake (richter scale) strikes Tehachapi, California, destroying unreinforced brick buildings.
1952 8.25 Richter scale earthquake in Kamchatka
1953 An earthquake hits western Turkey killing 250.
1953 Earthquake devastates islands of the Ionian Sea
1960 May 22
1963 An earthquake in Libya destroys the village of Barce - 500 are killed.
1963 An earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia leaves 1,800 dead.
1966 An earthquake occurs in Turkey - 2,394 dead, 10,000 injured.
1966 An earthquake in eastern Turkey destroys whole cities.
1967 An earthquake in Caracas, Venezuela leaves 240 dead.
1968 An earthquake occurs in Sicily - 231 dead, 262 injured.
1971 May 12
1972 A 7.0 Richter scale earthquake kills 1/5 of the population of Iranian province of Fars.
1972 An earthquake lasting 20 seconds destroys most of Bingol, Turkey - more than 1000 are killed, 10,000 made homeless
1972 A 6.25 Richter scale earthquake occurs in Managua, Nicaragua
1972 An earthquake in Nicaragua kills 5,000-10,000 in the capital Managua.
1976 In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000.
1978 A powerful magnitude 6.5 earthquake hits Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city, resulting in the total collapse of an apartment building at the central Ippodromio district and the subsequent death of more than 40 people.
1980 A series of earthquakes in southern Italy kills approximately 4,800 people.
1985 An 8.1 Richter scale earthquake strikes Mexico City. More than 9,000 people are killed, 30,000 injured, and 95,000 left homeless.
1986 An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter Scale strikes San Salvador, El Salvador, killing an estimated 1,500 people.
1991 A 7.0 Richter Scale earthquake hits Northern Italy; 2,000 dead.
1992 In eastern Turkey, an earthquake registering 6.8 on the Richter scale kills over 500.
1992 Roermond, the Netherlands, is rocked by an earthquake along the Peel Fault.
1993 A magnitude 7.8 earthquake off Hokkaido, Japan launches a devastating tsunami, killing 202 on the small island of Okushiri, Hokkaido.
1993 An earthquake centred on Killari, Maharashtra, India kills nearly 10,000 people.
1993 An earthquake hits Flores, Indonesia, leaving 2200 dead.
1995 A magnitude 7.3 earthquake called "the Great Hanshin earthquake" occurs near Kobe, Japan, causing great property damage and killing 6,433 people.
1995 Neftegorsk, Russia is hit by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake, killing at least 2000 people (2/3rd of the town's population).
1997 An earthquake near Ardekul, in northeastern Iran, kills at least 2,400.
1997 An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.
1998 An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5,000.
1998 A 6.6 magnitude earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000.
1998 A tsunami triggered by an undersea earthquake destroys 10 villages in Papua New Guinea, killing an estimated 1,500, leaving 2,000 more unaccounted for and thousands more homeless.
1999 A 6.0 Richter scale earthquake hits western Colombia, killing at least 1,000.
1999 A 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes Istanbul and northwestern Turkey, killing more than 17,000 and injuring 44,000. This earthquake is the first of a long series of unrelated but frequent earthquakes throughout the world during the years 1999 and 2000. Some connect the earthquake to the fact that the Umbra of the August 11 solar eclipse was right above Istanbul.
1999 A powerful magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits Athens, killing 143 people and injuring more than 2,000.
2001 A 6.6 magnitude earthquake hits El Salvador, killing at least 400.
2003 An earthquake in the oumerd
2003 A 6.4 Richter scale earthquake occurs near the Greek Ionian island of Lefkada; 24 are injured.
2003 An earthquake shakes up California, killing 2 people.
2003 A massive earthquake devastates southeastern Iran. Over 40,000 people are reported killed in the city of Bam.
2004 One of the worst natural disasters in recorded history hits southeastern Asia when the strongest earthquake in 40 years hits the entire Indian Ocean region. The massive 9.3 magnitude earthquake, epicentered just off the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, generates enormous tsunami waves that crash into the coastal areas of a number of nations including Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Burma and Indonesia. The official death toll in the affected countries stands at 186,983 while more than 40,000 people are still missing.
2005 (California earthquakes of June 2005): A 6.7 aftershock, which followed a 5.3 earthquake the previous day, hits California making it the 4th earthquake since June 12 in California.