This is a list of the ten most powerful earthquakes ever recorded. The magnitudes of pre twentieth century quakes are estimated.
This is a list of the ten deadliest earthquakes ever recorded. Magnitudes and fatalities before 1900 are estimates. Fatalities include deaths resulting from landslides, tsunamis, fires — all deaths resulting from effects of the quake. Question marks indicate that, from the historical data, we have no reliable way to estimate the magnitude.
This is a list of the ten costliest earthquakes, in terms of total dollar amount of property damage. The numbers for property amount is given in billions (1,000,000,000) of dollars, in terms of contemporary US dollar values.
