This is a list of earthquakes in 1916. Only magnitude 6.0 or greater earthquakes appear on the list. Lower magnitude events are included if they have caused death, injury or damage. Events which occurred in remote areas will be excluded from the list as they wouldn't have generated significant media interest. All dates are listed according to UTC time. Remarkably despite the large number of 7.0+ events the death toll for the year was only 181. Japan displayed many events and there were clusters of quakes in parts of Latin America.

Overall

By death toll

Rank Death toll Magnitude Location MMI Depth (km) Date 1 Taiwan, Changhua County Note: At least 10 casualties

By magnitude

Rank Magnitude Death toll Location MMI Depth (km) Date 1 , east of New Britain 2 , Papua (province) = 3 , southeast of the Ryukyu Islands = 3 , Fox Islands (Alaska) = 3 , Santiago del Estero Province 4 , east of the Kuril Islands = 5 , off the west coast = 5 southern Indian Ocean = 5 , Rio San Juan Department = 5 Taiwan, Changhua County = 6 , Papua (province) = 6 , Gulf of Nicoya = 6 = 6 , East Sepik Province = 6 , south of Java = 6 , off southeast coast of Honshu = 6 , Ayacucho Region = 7 Ottoman Empire Sivas Province = 7 , Rat Islands, Alaska = 7 , Izu Islands = 7 Mona Passage = 7 , Veracruz = 7 , northern Sumatra = 7 , Potosi Department = 7 Nepal, Mahakali Zone Note: At least 7.0 magnitude

Notable events

January

+DateCountry and location Mw Depth (km) MMINotes Casualties Dead Injured , east of New Britain 7.9 35.0 Some homes were damaged or destroyed. A tsunami was observed. , Papua (province) 7.1 25.0 , Papua (province) 7.7 35.0 Turkey, Sivas Province 7.0 15.0 , northeast of Hokkaido 6.9 250.0 , Alba County 6.5 35.0

February

+DateCountry and location Mw Depth (km) MMINotes Casualties Dead Injured , southeast of the Ryukyu Islands 7.4 0.0 Depth unknown. , Kuril Islands 6.7 35.0 , Rat Islands, Alaska 7.0 15.0 , off the west coast 7.2 15.0 21, Skyland, North Carolina5.50.0Depth unknown

March

+DateCountry and location Mw Depth (km) MMINotes Casualties Dead Injured , southeast of Hokkaido 6.6 35.0 , southwest Ryukyu Islands 6.5 0.0 Depth unknown.

April

+DateCountry and location Mw Depth (km) MMINotes Casualties Dead Injured southern Indian Ocean 7.2 0.0 Depth unknown. , Izu Islands 6.6 35.0 Foreshock. , Fox Islands (Alaska) 7.4 170.0 , Izu Islands 7.0 35.0 , Badakhshan Province 6.2 220.0 Mona Passage 7.0 80.0 Some damage was caused. , Rio San Juan Department 7.2 0.0 Depth unknown. , Gulf of Nicoya 7.1 0.0 Damage costs of $25,000 (1916 rate) were reported. Depth unknown.

June

+DateCountry and location Mw Depth (km) MMINotes Casualties Dead Injured , Veracruz 7.0 150.0 , Santiago del Estero Province 7.4 600.0

July

+DateCountry and location Mw Depth (km) MMINotes Casualties Dead Injured , Stromboli 5.1 0.0 An eruption at Stromboli was in progress at the time. Some homes were damaged. Depth unknown. 7.1 600.0 , off the east coast of Honshu 6.8 35.0 , northern Sumatra 7.0 100.0

August

+DateCountry and location Mw Depth (km) MMINotes Casualties Dead Injured , East Sepik Province 7.1 0.0 Depth unknown. , Potosi Department 7.0 180.0 , off the east coast of Honshu 6.8 35.0 Nepal, Mahakali Zone 7.0 20.0 Taiwan, Changhua County 7.2 5.0 This was part of a series of earthquakes which struck Taiwan from August 1916 to January 1917. The death toll was put at 180. 614 homes were destroyed. 180

September

+DateCountry and location Mw Depth (km) MMINotes Casualties Dead Injured , south of Java 7.1 100.0 340 homes were destroyed. , off the southeast coast of Honshu 7.1 35.0

October

+DateCountry and location Mw Depth (km) MMINotes Casualties Dead Injured , Ayacucho Region 7.1 0.0 Depth unknown. 18 Alabama, USA, Irondale5.10.0Largest Earthquake in Alabama history. Several chimneys damaged with the most severe damage in Irondale. Several wells in Pell City went dry as a result of the Earthquake. Depth unknown.00? , Sea of Okhotsk 6.5 100.0 , east of the Kuril Islands 7.3 15.0

November

+DateCountry and location Mw Depth (km) MMINotes Casualties Dead Injured Taiwan, Nantou County 6.0 0.0 Part of the ongoing sequence in Taiwan. 1 person was killed and another 20 were injured. 97 homes were destroyed. Depth unknown. 1 20 , off the east coast of Honshu 6.6 35.0 , Sanchez Ramirez Province 6.6 0.0 Depth unknown.

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