February 9, 1971
Southern California - Magnitude 6.5
65 deaths
December 23, 1972
Managua, Nicaragua - Magnitude 6.2
5,000 deaths
February 4, 1976
Guatemala - Magnitude 7.9
22,000 deaths
July 27, 1977
Tangshan, China - Magnitude 7.6
250,000+ deaths
March 4, 1980
Romania - Magnitude 7.2
2,000 deaths
October 10, 1980
Algeria - Magnitude 7.7
35,000 deaths
November 23, 1981
Southern Italy - Magnitude 7.2
3,000 deaths
June 11, 1982
Southern Iran - Magnitude 6.9
3,000 deaths
December 13, 1983
Yemen - Magnitude 6.0
28,000 deaths.
October 30, 1985
Turkey - Magnitude 6.0
1,342 deaths
September 19, 1989
Mexico - Magnitude 7.0
10,000 deaths
December 7, 1989
Armenia - Magnitude 6.9
25,000 deaths
October 17, 1989
Northern California - Magnitude 7.1
67 deaths
June 20, 1990
Iran - Magnitude 7.7
40,000 deaths