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Rank ⇵Year ⇵Location ⇵Estimated Deaths ⇵Magnitude ⇵
1Shaanxi, China15568.0830,000
2Tangshan, China19767.8242,769 - 655,000
3Antioch, Byzantine Empire5267.0250,000
4Haiyuan, China19207.8273,400
5Aleppo, Syria1138Unknown230,000
6Indian Ocean (Sumatra)20049.1227,898
7Damghan, Iran8567.9200,000
8Hongdong, China13038.0200,000
9Haiti20107.0100,000 - 316,000
10Ardabil, Iran893Unknown150,000
11Kanto, Japan19237.9142,800
12Ashgabat, Turkmenistan19487.3110,000
13Messina, Italy19087.182,000
14Chihli, China12906.8100,000
15Sichuan, China20087.987,587
16Kashmir, Pakistan20057.687,351
17Shemakha, Azerbaijan16676.980,000
18Tabriz, Iran1727Unknown77,000
19Lisbon, Portugal17558.5 - 9.060,000 - 100,000
20Yungay, Peru19707.966,000
21Sicily, Italy16937.460,000
22Quetta, Pakistan19357.760,000
23Gansu, China19327.670,000
24Calabria, Italy17836.950,000
25Manjil-Rudbar, Iran19907.440,000 - 50,000
26Gulshan, China19277.640,900
27Turkey-Syria20237.859,259
28Erzincan, Turkey19397.832,700
29Chillan, Chile19397.828,000
30Valparaiso, Chile19068.220,000
31Spitak, Armenia19886.825,000 - 50,000
32Agadir, Morocco19605.812,000 - 15,000
33Bam, Iran20036.626,271
34Kangra, India19057.820,000
35Gujarat, India20017.720,023
36Tohoku, Japan (Tsunami)20119.119,759
37Guatemala19767.523,000
38Qazvin, Iran19627.112,225
39Tabas, Iran19787.415,000 - 25,000
40Nicaragua19726.310,000
41Latur, India19936.29,748
42Mino-Owari, Japan18918.07,273
43Nepal20157.88,964
44Michoacan, Mexico19858.010,000
45Luristan, Iran19097.38,000
46Avezzano, Italy19156.732,610
47Fukui, Japan19487.13,769
48Ashika, Japan19277.32,925
49Assam-Tibet, India/China19508.64,800
50San Francisco, USA19067.93,000+
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