Earthquakes around the World

The following is a list of many of the major earthquakes around the world, with the Richter Scale magnitude, and the approximate number of fatalities.

Date	Scale	Location	Deaths	Source
11 Mar 2011	9.0	Sendai, Japan
22 Feb 2011	6.3	Christchurch, New Zealand	160	source
14 Apr 2010	6.9	Qinghai, China	2,200	source
27 Feb 2010	8.8	Concepcion, Chile	800	source
12 Jan 2010	7.0	Port-au-Prince, Haiti	230,000	source
30 Sep 2009	7.6	Sumatra, Indonesia.	1,000
06 Apr 2009	6.3	L’Aquila, Italy	300
29 Oct 2008	6.4	Balochistan, Pakistani	300
12 May 2008	7.8	Sichua, China	87,000
15 Aug 2007	7.9	Ica, Peru	519
17 Jul 2006	7.7	Java, Indonesia	650
27 May 2006	6.2	Yogyakarta, Indonesia	5,700
01 Apr 2006	6.0	Iran	70
08 Oct 2005	7.6	Kashmir, Pakistan	73,000
28 Mar 2005	8.7	Nias, Indonesia	1,300
22 Feb 2005	6.4	Zarand, Iran	700
26 Dec 2004	9.2	Asia	230,000	source
24 Feb 2004	6.5	Morocco	500
26 Dec 2003	6.3	Bam, Iran.	26,000
21 May 2003	6.7	Algeria	2,000
01 May 2003	6.4	Turkey	160
24 Feb 2003	6.3	Xinjiang, China	260
31 Oct 2002	5.9	San Giuliano di Puglia, Italy	27
26 Jan 2001	7.9	Gujarat , India	20,000
12 Nov 1999	7.2	Ducze, Turkey	400
21 Sep 1999	7.6	Taiwan	2,500
17 Aug 1999	7.4	Istanbul, Turky	17,000
30 May 1998	6.9	Northern Afghanistan	4,000
12 May 1997	7.1	Birjand, Iran	1,600
27 May 1995	7.5	Sakhalin, Russia	1,989
17 Jan 1995	7.2	Kobe, Japan	6,430
30 Sep 1993	6.4	India	10,000
21 Jun 1990	7.7	Gilan, Iran	40,000
07 Dec 1988	6.9	Armenia	25,000
19 Sep 1985	8.1	Mexico City	10,000
28 Jul 1981	7.3	Iran	1,500
11 Jun 1981	6.6	Iran	3,000
04 Mar 1977	7.2	Bucharest, Romania	1,500
28 Jul 1976	7.8	Tangshan, China	250,000
23 Dec 1972	6.5	Managua, Nicaragua	10,000
31 May 1970	7.9	Yungay, Peru	66,000
26 Jul 1963	6.9	Skopje, Macedonia	1,000
22 May 1960	9.5	Chile	5,000	source
01 Sep 1923	7.9	Kanto, Tokyo, Japan	142,800
18 Apr 1906	7.9	San Francisco, USA	3,000