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The Significant Earthquake Database contains information about destructive earthquakes from 2150 B.C. to the present that meet at least one of the following criteria: moderate damage (approximately $1 million or more), 10 or more deaths, Magnitude 7.5 or greater, Modified Mercalli Intensity of X or greater, or earthquakes that generated tsunamis.
Please cite this data/database as doi: 10.7289/V5TD9V7K
Use the Natural Hazards Image Database to browse significant earthquake images.
Significant earthquake event data is available through the NCEI Hazardous Event Lookup (HazEL) search tool.
Use the Natural Hazards Interactive Map to browse data from significant tsunami, earthquake, and volcano events around the world.