Yr | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
00 | Tonga
China China |
Iran
Vanuatu |
Japan | Argentina | Indonesia
Argentina Taiwan |
Indonesia
Turkey Indonesia Taiwan Iceland |
Japan
Nicaragua Afgh. |
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99 | Papua NG
Columbia! |
S. Cruz
Afgh. |
Indonesia
China India |
Papua NG
Rus/China |
Iran
Papua NG Papua NG |
Mexico
Mexico |
Honduras
Bang. |
Iran
Turkey! Costa Rica Turkey |
Greece
Turkey Taiwan Mexico |
California
Peru |
Turkey
Turkey Turkey Papua NG China Vanuatu |
Turkey
Phillipines Indonesia Algeria |
98 | Loyal.
China Chile |
N. Atlantic
Afgh. |
Iran
China Balleny Is Italy Fiji |
Indonesia
Iran Austria |
Taiwan
Indonesia Bolivia China Afgh. |
Turkey | Azores Is
S. Cruz Taiwan Papua NG |
Ecuador
Japan China |
Indonesia | Indonesia | Banda S
Iran China CERAM S |
Afgh. |
97 | Mexico
China Bolivia |
Turkm/Iran
Pakistan Arm/Az/Iran |
China
Pakistan Phillip. |
China
China S. Cruz |
Mexico
Iran India New Z. |
Pacific
Iran |
Venezuela
Sth Africa |
Indonesia | New Z.
Italy Indonesia |
Fiji
Chile Peru |
China
Vanuatu India/Bang Indonesia |
Russia
Papua NG |
96 | Indonesia | China
Kuril Is INDONESIA Ascen. Peru Mexico |
China
Ecuador |
Fiji
Solom. |
China | Mid-Atl.
Alaska Alaska Phillip. Flores S Russia |
Indonesia | Solom.
Fiji |
Easter Is | Cyprus
Japan |
Peru
Kashmir |
Mid-Atl |
95 | Japan
Japan! Columbia |
Wyoming
New Z. Columbia Taiwan Cyprus |
Columbia
Indonesia |
TONGA
Phillip. |
Phillip.
Greece Timor Loyal. Russia |
Greece
Taiwan |
New Z.
China! China CHILE |
Solom.
Solom. Mari. |
Mexico | Turkey
Peru/Ec. Indonesia MEXICO Japan Mexico China |
Indonesia
Egypt |
Japan
Guatemala Banda S |
94 | California
Indonesia |
Uganda
Vanuatu Indonesia Iran |
Iran
Haiti Fiji Mid-Atl. |
Indonesia
Taiwan Columbia BOLIVIA New Z Iran |
Mexico
Vanuatu Russia |
Algeria | S Africa
California Taiwan |
KURIL IS
Indonesia Kuril Is |
Phillip. | Japan | ||
93 | S Africa
Jamaica Japan China China |
S. Cruz | Peru | Phillip.
Argentina |
Russia
New Z Iran |
Costa Rica
Japan Columbia |
Sudan
MARI. Afgh. |
Mexico
Oregon India |
Japan
Papua NG Papua NG |
Russia | Vanuatu | |
92 | Indonesia
Vanuatu S Africa |
Iran
Costa Rica Turkey |
Netherlands
California |
Samoa
Papua NG Kyrgystan Phillip. Pakistan Cuba S. Cruz |
California | Japan | Krygystan
Pakistan Ascen. |
Nicaragua
Iran Zaire |
Vanuatu
Egypt Vanuatu Vanuatu Columbia Columbia New Z. Egypt Morocco Papua NG Russia |
Indonesia
China Banda S |
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91 | Burma
Hindu Kush |
France
China |
China | Peru
Afgh/Sov Costa Rica Sov. |
Sov.
Panama Indonesia |
Sov.
Phillip. Indonesia El Salv. California |
Timor
Romania Iran/Iraq |
California | Guatemala
Papua NG |
Solom.
India |
Iran
Columbia Arabia Iran |
Romania
Kuril Is Sandw. |
90 | Fiji
Loyal. Vanuatu Phillip. |
Mari.
Indonesia China |
Italy
Sudan Sudan Peru Romania |
Peru
Phillip. Sov/China Iran! Iran |
Indonesia
Hindu Kush Phillip. |
Sov/China | S Africa | China
Hindu Kush |
Iran
Indonesia |
Sov
Sicily Yugoslav Costa Rica |
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89 | Sov. | Japan | Indonesia
Malawi |
China
Mexico |
Venezuela
China MACQ. |
Bangladesh | Indonesia
Sov California Ethiopia |
China | California
China Solom. Algeria |
Japan
China Iran |
Phillip.
Australia Papua NG |
|
88 | China
S Africa |
India/Bang.
California Phillip. |
Alaska
Iran |
Peru | California
Phillip. |
Taiwan | Burma/India
Solom. Solom. Nepal/India |
Czech.
Papua NG |
Greece
Algeria |
Guatemala
China! |
Iran
Sov/Turkey! |
|
87 | Iran
Italy Sov./China Algeria Sandw. |
Papua NG | New Z.
Chile Columbia Japan |
Indonesia | Italy
Phillip. Phillip. Iran |
Phillip. | Vanuatu | China
Chile Peru |
Macq.
Ecuador |
California
Peru California Tonga Is Papua NG Indonesia |
Alaska
California Iran California Timor Alaska |
Japan |
86 | Peru | Peru
India Mexico |
Turkey
Alaska Sov/Turkey Taiwan |
Turkey
Venezuela Tibet Papua NG |
Iran
Venezuela |
Indonesia
Romania |
Greece | El Salv.
Turkey NEW Z. |
Taiwan
Brazil |
Bulgaria
Poland |
||
85 | Argentina | Iran | Chile
Italy Chile Phillip. Bolivia |
Chile
China Phillip. |
Papua NG | Tonga Is | Papua NG
Hindu Kush |
Peru
China |
China
Indonesia Mexico! Mexico New Z. |
Guatemala
Sov. Algeria |
Indonesia
Vanuatu Vanuatu |
Vanuatu
Sicily |
84 | Indonesia
Idaho |
Afgh.
Solom. |
Japan
Sov. Sov. Papua NG |
Italy
California Italy |
Italy
Italy Yugoslavia |
Ontario
Domin. R |
Indonesia | Japan | Tonga
Turkey |
Mid-Atl
Indonesia Vanuatu |
India | |
83 | Greece
Mexico |
Yugoslavia | Japan
Papua NG Iran Columbia |
Costa Rica
Indonesia |
California
Japan |
Costa Rica
Turkey Shetland Is Sicily Iran |
Germany
Greece Japan Sov. Phillip. |
Chile
Idaho Turkey |
China
Belgium Hawaii Banda S Chagos A |
Guatemala
NW Africa Hindu Kush |
||
82 | Phillip.
Greece |
Indonesia | Japan
Peru Peru |
S Africa | Mexico
Mexico China El Salv. Sov. |
Macq. | S. Cruz
Panama |
Guatemala | Algeria
Albania |
Arabia!
Hindu Kush Tonga Flores Is |
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81 | Indonesia
China Atl-Ind. Alaska |
Italy
S Africa Greece |
Greece
Greece |
Peru
Vanuatu |
New Z. | Iran
Hindu Kush Peru |
Loyalty Is
Vanuatu Iran |
Samoa Is
Kashmir |
Chile
Venezuela Mexico |
Pakistan
Greece New Z. New Z. |
||
80 | Azores Is | Italy
Kuril Is |
Loyal.
Alaska |
Fiji | Yugoslavia | California
Phillip. |
S. Cruz
Greece S. CRUZ Iran Vanuatu Nepal |
Honduras
Ecuador India |
Japan
Japan |
Algeria
Mexico! Loyalty Is |
California
Peru Italy! Italy |
Iran
Iran |
Legend
Deaths | Homeless | Magnitude |
Grey: 1-9
Blue: 10-99 Green: 100-999 Orange: 1,000-9,999 Red: 10,000-99,999 |
Underline: 100-999
Italic: 1,000-9999 Underline & Italic: 10,000-99,999 Underline&Italic & !: 100,000-999,999 |
Boldface: 7.0-7.9
BOLDFACE & CAPS: 8.0-8.9 |
Only earthquakes which caused at least 1 death, 100 people homeless, or were 7.0+ on the Richter scale are displayed in the above table.
Abbreviations:
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To see more information on each year of earthquakes, click the year link on the left column.
Some things to note:
n | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
Theoretical probability of having n events | 0.08 | 0.21 | 0.26 | 0.21 | 0.13 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.009 | 0.003 | 0.0008 | 0.0002 | 4e-5 |
Predicted months with n events | 20.2 | 49.8 | 61.4 | 50.5 | 31.1 | 15.4 | 6.3 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.04 | 0.01 |
Actual months with n events | 18 | 53 | 62 | 55 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Year | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | Avg |
# quakes, 6.0-6.9 | 112 | 93 | 79 | 115 | 105 | 104 | 141 | 161 | 185 | 160 | 125 | 113 | 113 | 120 |
# quakes, 7.0-7.9 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 23 | 18 |
# quakes, 8.0+ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
quake deaths | 1080 | 26552 | 617 | 51916 | 2326 | 3814 | 10036 | 1038 | 7949 | 419 | 2907 | 8928 | 22711 | N/A |
Why does it feel like there are more earthquakes now than in the past? There are several reasons:
For more information on earthquakes, there's no better resource
than the
USGS National Earthquake Information
Center.
Last modified: November 10, 1999.