1556: Shanxi, China
明代陕西大地震
The deadliest quake of all time might be one of the least talked about, considering it occurred nearly 450 years ago.The 1556 quake claimed the lives of some 830,000 people. Why the massive death toll? Blame the quake's strength (8.0 on the Richter scale, or more than 30 times more powerful than the recent quake in Haiti) as well as timing and location. The pre-modern structures were utterly unable to withstand a quake of such force, and massive landslides contributed to the casualties.
历史上最可怕的地震也许是最少被谈及的一场地震,因为它发生450年之前。这场地震导致83万人死亡。为何死亡人数如此巨大?原因在于震级(里氏8.0怎么更新最新版本级,比刚发生的海地地震强30倍),还有时间和地点。古代的房屋建筑完全不能抵挡这样的大地震,大面积的山体滑坡也导致不少人遇难。
11906年美国旧金山大地震
  1906418日晨513分,旧金山发生8.3级地震,无数房屋被震倒,水管、煤气管道被毁。地震后不久发生大火,整整燃烧了杨幂被强吻3天,烧毁了520个街区的近3万栋楼房。
21908年意大利墨西拿大地震
19081228日晨525分,意大利西西里岛的墨西拿市发生7.5级地震。地震时,城市房屋跳动旋转,地缝开合喷水,海峡峭壁坍塌入海By today's standards, the earthquake that struck beneath the Messina Strait — which separates the regions of Sicily and Calabria — on December 28, 1908, was a magnitude 7.5. A subsequent tsunami sent waves as much as 40 feet high crashing into the Italian coast. More than 80,000 people were killed and dozens of towns destroyed.
分隔西西里和克拉布利亚的墨西拿海湾下爆发的这场7.5级大地震引发了海浪高达40英尺的海啸。超过八万人在此次地震中丧生,许多城镇被毁。
3 1920: Haiyuan, China
宁夏海原地震
The Dec. 16, 1920 Haiyuan earthquake — which registered a 7.8 magnitude on the Richter scale — caused rivers to change course and sent landslides pouring down mountains. Destruction stretched across seven Chinese provinces. Sujiahe, a town in in Xiji County, was completely buried under a landslide. An estimated 200,000 people died in the disaster, which was felt as far away as Norway.
1920年十月十六日宁夏海原发生的里氏7.8级大地震使得河流改道,并导致山体滑坡。七省同时受灾。西吉县苏家河镇在一次滑坡中整体被埋。二十万人死于此次地震,并且震感远至挪威。
41923年:日本(东京-横滨)大地震  
  192391日上午1158分,日本横滨、东京一带发生8.3级地震。两座城市如同米箩作上下和水平筛动,建筑物纷纷倒塌。城市陷入火海,日本全国财富的5%化为灰烬。震级(里氏):8.3 / 死亡人数:142,800 / 财产损失:28亿美元
51936年:巴基斯坦(奎达)大地震
  震级(里氏):7.5 / 死亡人数:35,000 / 财产损失:2500万美元
61939年:智利(康塞普西翁)大地震
震级(里氏):8.3 / 死亡人数:28,000 / 财产损失:1亿美元
71939年:土耳其(埃尔津詹)大地震
  震级(里氏):8.0 / 死亡人数:36,740 / 财产损失:2000万美元
81960年智利康赛普西翁大地震  
连续遭到225次强烈地震袭击,其中超过8级的3次,超过7级的10次,最大8.5级。
 这次灾难使6000余人丧生,10万人家被毁,全国1/5的工业遭到破坏,经济损失高达4亿美元。这次大地震还造成了20世纪最大的海浪高达6m的一次海啸。
91960年:摩洛哥(阿加迪尔)大地震
  震级(里氏):5.9 / 死亡人数:12,000 / 财产损失:1.2亿美元
10196638日邢台地震 
 震级为6.8级,震源深度10km。在两个星期后的322日,在隆尧县北面的宁晋县又连续发生了6.77.2两次地震。

  8064人死亡,38000人受伤,毁坏房屋500万间,直接经济损失约10亿元人民币。
111970年:秘鲁(钦博特)大地震三金是指哪三金?
The Great Peruvian Earthquake hit the coastal town of Chimbote, Peru on May 31, 1970 — measuring a 7.9 magnitude on the Richter scale. The epicenter of the quake was 15 miles away from the city, in the Pacific Ocean, yet the disaster claimed the lives of some 70,000 people and left more than 800,000 homeless. Landslides, with debris traveling at speeds of up to 200 mph down the sides of the Nevado Huascaran mountain, destroyed whole villages. Tremors could be felt in Lima — some 400 miles away.
1970年五月三十一日,秘鲁沿海城市钦博特发生了里氏7.9级的大地震。震中在太平洋中,
距离钦博特15英里。地震造成七万人丧生,超过八十万人无家可归。夹带着瓦砾的泥石流坡以每小时200米的速度滑下瓦斯兰卡山,摧毁山下全镇。400英里以外的秘鲁首都利马都有震感。
121976年:中国(唐山)大地震China has the misfortune to have had the second deadliest earthquake on record, the 1976 Great Tangshan Earthquake, which struck in the country's northeast. It'd be more accurate to call this a binary quake: an aftershock that struck 16 hours after the initial temblor measured an identical 7.8 on the Richter scale and was equally destructive.
继陕西地震之后,中国又发生了第二大强度的地震,1976年唐山大地震,确切来说是两次大地震:地震后16小时,里氏7.8级的余震又造成了巨大损失。
111976年:危地马拉(危地马拉城)大地震
震级(里氏):7.5 / 死亡人数:22,084 / 财产损失:11亿美元
121985年:墨西哥(墨西哥城)大地震
震级(里氏):8.1 / 死亡人数:10,000 / 财产损失:40亿美元
131988年:亚美尼亚(斯皮塔克)大地震
震级(里氏):6.9 / 131989年:美国(加州/旧金山)大地震
  震级(里氏):7.0 / 死亡人数:68 / 奥运会入场国家顺序财产损失:60亿美元
死亡人数:25,000 财产损失:140亿美元
141995年:日本(神户)大地震
震级(里氏):任达华三级片7.2 / 死亡人数:6348 / 财产损失:2000亿美元。
  国庆不放假属于违法吗1995117日晨546分,日本神户市发生7.2级直下型地震,造成5400多人丧生,3.4万多人受伤,19万多幢房屋倒塌和损坏,直接经济损失达1000亿美元,震后又发生500多处火灾。
151999年:土耳其(科贾埃利)
震级(里氏):7.4 / 死亡人数:19,118 / 财产损失:200亿美元
16  1999  台湾集集地震 
 集集地震是百年来台湾本岛所发生的一次最大地震,震级为7.6。震中位于南投县集集镇一带,震源深度8km,破裂长度11km。共有2539人死亡和失踪,725人重伤,11306人轻伤,住房全倒9909幢,半倒为7575幢,约10余万人无家可归,直接经济损失达92亿元。 
1720031226日伊朗巴姆(Bam)地震 
 这次地震只有6.8级,却造成了4.1万人死亡,使具有千年历史的巴姆古城毁于一旦。
182004年:印度洋地震和海啸On Dec. 26, 2004 a 9.2 magnitude earthquake rocked the bottom of the Indian Ocean, releasing energy equivalent to that of 23,000 atomic bombs. The largest earthquake in 40 years, the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake (so named because the epicenter was near the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra) launched a tsunami across the Indian Ocean, sending a series of waves as high as 50 feet crashing onto the shores of 11 countries. Some people were swept out to
sea while others drowned in their homes, unable to escape. According to the U.S. Geological survey, the official death toll was 227,898.