Most destructive earthquake records in the world

Date

Location

Number of people dead

Mag

22/12/856

Damghan, Iran

200,000

23/01/1556

Shansi, China

830,000

11/01/1693

Sicilia, Italy

60,000

01/11/1755

Lisbon, Portugal

70,000

8,7

11/10/1737

Calcutta, India

300,000

 

16/12/1920

Gansu, China

200,000

8,6

31/05/1970

Peru

66,000-66,00

7,8

27/07/1976

Tangshan, China

255,000

8,0