Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions By toddles597 Aug 9, 1138 Aleppo, Syria: deadly earthquake killing 230,000 people Sep 13, 1290 Chihli, China: Earthquake killed 100,000 people Jan 23, 1556 Shaanxi (Shensi) province, China, on of the most deadly earthquakes in history, 830,000 lives lost Nov 21, 1667 Shemakha, Caucasia; earthquake claiming the lives of 80,000 people Jan 11, 1693 Sicily, Italy; earthquake killed approx. 60,000 people Oct 28, 1707 Japan; tsunami caused by an earthquakes drowned approx. 30,000 people Nov 18, 1727 Tabriz, Iran; approx. 77,000 killed in earthquake Nov 1, 1755 Portugal; earthquake, fires and Atlantic tsunami leveled Lisbon and was felt as far away as South France and Africa; 70,000 killed Feb 4, 1783 Calabria, Italy; A series of 6 earthquakes over a 2 month period caused massive destruction and killed over 50,00 people. Apr 18, 1908 San Francisco; An earthquake accompnied by a fire razed more than 4 sq mi; estimates 700 to 3,000 dead or missing. Jan 13, 1915 Avezzano, Italy; 7.5 magnitude earthquake left 29,980 dead. Sep 1, 1923 Japan; 7.9 Magnitude earthquake destroys one-third of Tokyo and most of Yokohoma more than 140,000 killed Mar 2, 2022 Earthquake in Damghan, Iran, killing 200,000 Mar 2, 2022 Ardabil, Iran, earthquake killed 150,000 people
