50 Deadliest earthquakes Rank Death toll (estimate) Event Location Date 1. 830,000 1556 Shaanxi earthquake China January 23, 1556 2. 650,000–779,000[17][18][19] 1976 Tangshan earthquake China July 28, 1976 3. 273,400[6] 1920 Haiyuan earthquake China December 16, 1920 3. 250,000–300,000[20] 526 Antioch earthquake Byzantine Empire May 526 5. 260,000[8] 115 Antioch earthquake Byzantine Empire December 13, 115 6. 230,000 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake Indonesia December 26, 2004 6. 230,000 1138 Aleppo earthquake Syria October 11, 1138 8. 200,000 [21] 1303 Hongdong earthquake China September 17, 1303 8. 200,000 856 Damghan earthquake Iran December 22, 856 8. 200,000[22] 1780 Tabriz earthquake Iran January 8, 1780 11. 170,000[23] 896 Udaipur earthquake India 896 12. 159,000[24] [25] 2010 Haiti earthquake Haiti January 12, 2010 13. 150,000 893 Ardabil earthquake Iran March 23, 893 14. 142,807[26][27] 1923 Great Kanto earthquake Japan September 1, 1923 15. 130,000[28] 533 Aleppo earthquake Syria November 29, 533 16. 123,000[1] 1908 Messina earthquake Italy December 28, 1908 17. 110,000 1948 Ashgabat earthquake Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union (now Turkmenistan) October 5, 1948 18. 100,000 1290 Chihli earthquake China September 27, 1290 18. 100,000 1970 Ancash earthquake Peru May 31, 1970 18. 100,000[29] 2005 Kashmir earthquake Pakistan (Azad Kashmir) October 8, 2005 21. 87,587[30][31] 2008 Sichuan earthquake China May 12, 2008 22. 80,000[32] 1721 Tabriz earthquake Iran April 26, 1721 22. 80,000[33] 458 Antioch earthquake Turkey & Syria September 458 22. 80,000 1667 Shamakhi earthquake Azerbaijan November 1667 22. 80,000 1854 Great Nankaidō earthquake Japan November 1854 22. 80,000[34] 1169 Aleppo earthquake Syria 1169 27. 77,000 1727 Tabriz earthquake Iran November 18, 1727 28. 73,000[35] 1718 Gansu earthquake China June 19, 1718 29. 70,000[36] 1033 Ramala earthquake Palestine December 10, 1033 29. 70,000[37] 847 Damascus earthquake Syria 847 29. 70,000[38] 1868 Ecuador earthquakes Ecuador August 15, 1868 and August 16, 1868 32. 60,000[39] 587 Antioch earthquake Byzantine Empire September 30, 587 32. 60,000[40] 1101 Iran earthquake Iran 1101 32. 60,000 1268 Cilicia earthquake Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (now Turkey) 1268 32. 60,000 1693 Sicily earthquake Italy January 11, 1693 32. 60,000 1935 Balochistan earthquake British India (now part of Pakistan) May 31, 1935 37. 50,000[41] 844 Damascus earthquake Syria September 18, 844 37. 50,000[42] 1042 Tabriz earthquake Iran November 4, 1042 37. 50,000 1783 Calabrian earthquakes Italy 1783 37. 50,000 1990 Manjil-Rudbar earthquake Iran June 21, 1990 37. 40,000–50,000 [43] 1755 Lisbon earthquake Portugal November 1, 1755 42. 45,000[44] 850 Iran earthquake Iran July 15, 850 42. 45,000[45] 856 Corinth earthquake Greece December 856 42. 45,000[46] 856 Tunisia earthquake Tunisia December 3, 856 45. 42,571[47] 1668 Shandong earthquake China July 25, 1668 46. 40,900 1927 Gulang earthquake Gansu, China 1927 47. 40,000[48] 342 Antioch earthquake Syria 342 47. 40,000[49] 662 Damghan earthquake Iran April 26, 662 47. 40,000[50] 1455 Naples earthquake Italy December 5, 1455 47. 40,000[51] 1754 Cairo earthquake Egypt September 2, 1754 47. 40,000[52] 1755 Tabriz earthquake Iran June 7, 1755 47. 40,000 1797 Riobamba earthquake Ecuador 1797
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