1. | 830,000 | 1556 Shaanxi earthquake | China | January 23, 1556 | 2. | 316,000 | 2010 Haiti earthquake | Port-au-Prince, Haiti | January 12, 2010 | 3. | 273,400 | 1920 Haiyuan earthquake | China | December 16, 1920 | 4. | 260,000 | 115 Antioch earthquake | Syria | December 13, | 5. | 250,000–300,000[ | 526 Antioch earthquake | Syria | May | 6. | 242,769–779,000 | 1976 Tangshan earthquake | China | July 28, 1976 | 7. | 230,273–310,000 | 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake | Indonesia | December 26, 2004 | 8. | 230,000 | 1138 Aleppo earthquake | Syria | October 11, 1138 | 9. | 200,000–475,800 | 1303 Hongdong earthquake | China | September 17, 1303 | 10. | 200,000 | 856 Damghan earthquake | Iran | December 22, 856 | 11. | 170,000[ | 896 Udaipur earthquake | India | 896 | 12. | 150,000 | 893 Ardabil earthquake | Iran | March 23, 893 | 13. | 142,807 | 1923 Great Kanto earthquake | Japan | September 1, 1923 | 14. | 130,000 | 533 Aleppo earthquake | Syria | November 29, 533 | 15. | 123,000 | 1908 Messina earthquake | Italy | December 28, 1908 | 16. | 110,000 | 1948 Ashgabat earthquake | Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union(now Turkmenistan) | October 5, 1948 | 17. | 100,000 | 1290 Chihli earthquake | China | September 27, 1290 | 17. | 100,000 | 1755 Lisbon earthquake | Portugal | November 1, 1755 | 17. | 100,000 | 1970 Ancash earthquake | Peru | May 31, 1970 | 20. | 87,587 | 2008 Sichuan earthquake | China | May 12, 2008 | 21. | 86,000 | 2005 Kashmir earthquake | Pakistan (Azad Kashmir) | October 8, 2005 | 22. | 80,000 | 458 Antioch earthquake | Syria | September 458 | 22. | 80,000 | 1667 Shamakhi earthquake | Azerbaijan | November 1667 | 22. | 80,000 | 1854 Great Nankaid? earthquake | Japan | November 1854 | 22. | 80,000 | 1169 Aleppo earthquake | Syria | 1169 | 26. | 77,000 | 1727 Tabriz earthquake | Iran | November 18, 1727 | 27. | 73,000 | 1718 Gansu earthquake | China | June 19, 1718 | 28. | 70,000 | 1033 Ramala earthquake | Israel | December 10, 1033 | 28. | 70,000 | 847 Damascus earthquake | Syria | 847 | 28. | 70,000 | 1868 Ecuador earthquakes | Ecuador | August 15, 1868 and August 16, 1868 | 31. | 60,000 | 587 Antioch earthquake | Syria | September 30, 587 | 31. | 60,000 | 1101 Iran earthquake | Iran | 1101 | 31. | 60,000 | 1268 Cilicia earthquake | Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia(now Turkey) | 1268 | 31. | 60,000 | 1693 Sicily earthquake | Italy | January 11, 1693 | 31. | 60,000 | 1935 Balochistan earthquake | British India (now part of Pakistan) | May 31, 1935 | 36. | 50,000 | 844 Damascus earthquake | Syria | September 18, 844 | 36. | 50,000 | 1042 Tabriz earthquake | Iran | November 4, 1042 | 36. | 50,000 | 1783 Calabrian earthquakes | Italy | 1783 | 36. | 50,000 | 1990 Manjil-Rudbar earthquake | Iran | June 21, 1990 | 40. | 45,000 | 850 Iran earthquake | Iran | July 15, 850 | 40. | 45,000 | 856 Corinth earthquake | Greece | December 856 | 40. | 45,000 | 856 Tunisia earthquake | Tunisia | December 3, 856 | 43. | 42,571 | 1668 Shandong earthquake | China | July 25, 1668 | 44. | 40,900 | 1927 Gulang earthquake | Gansu, China | 1927 | 45. | 40,000–250,000 | 1721 Tabriz earthquake | Iran | April 26, 1721 | 46. | 40,000 | 342 Antioch earthquake | Syria | 342 | 46. | 40,000 | 662 Damghan earthquake | Iran | April 26, 662 | 46. | 40,000 | 1455 Naples earthquake | Italy | December 5, 1455 | 46. | 40,000 | 1754 Cairo earthquake | Egypt | September 2, 1754 | 46. | 40,000 | 1755 Tabriz earthquake | Iran | June 7, 1755 | 46. | 40,000 | 1797 Riobamba earthquake | Ecuador | 1797 | 47. | 10,000 | 1703 Apennine earthquakes | Italy | January 14, 1703, January 16, 1703, and February 2, 1703 |
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