List of costliest earthquakes

This is a list of major earthquakes by the dollar value of property (public and private) losses directly attributable to the earthquake. Only earthquakes that have caused over $1 billion US dollars are listed here. Rank values are assigned based on inflation-adjusted comparison of property damage in US dollars. Wherever possible, indirect and socioeconomic losses are excluded. Damage estimates for particular earthquakes may vary over time as more data becomes available. Losses from earthquake–induced landslides and tsunamis are also be included.

List of earthquakes by cost
Rank Event Location Magnitude Property damage
1 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami  Japan 9.1[1] $360 billion[2][3]
2 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake  Japan 6.9 $200 billion[4]
3 2008 Sichuan earthquake China Sichuan, China 8.0 Ms $150 billion[5]
4 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake Turkey Turkey, Syria Syria 7.8 and 7.7 Mw $118.8 billion[6][7]
5 1994 Northridge earthquake United States California, United States 6.7 $50 billion[8]
6 2010 Canterbury earthquake  New Zealand 7.0 $40 billion[9]
7 2004 Chūetsu earthquake  Japan 6.8 $28 billion[10][11]
8 2011 Sikkim earthquake  India 6.9 $22.3 billion[12]
9 1999 İzmit earthquake  Turkey 7.6 $20 billion[10]
10 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes  Japan 7.0 $20 billion[13]
11 2009 L'Aquila earthquake  Italy 6.3 $16 billion[14]
12 2012 Northern Italy earthquakes  Italy 6.1[15] $15.8 billion[13]
13 2011 Christchurch earthquake  New Zealand 6.3[16] $15–40 billion[17][18]
14 2010 Chile earthquake  Chile 8.8[19] $15–30 billion[19]
15 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami  Indonesia 9.1-9.3 $15 billion[20]
16 1980 Irpinia earthquake  Italy 6.9[10] $15 billion[10]
17 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake  Japan 6.6 $12.5 billion[13]
18 2020 Zagreb earthquake  Croatia 5.3 $11.7 billion[21]
19 1976 Tangshan earthquake China Hebei, China 7.6 $10 billion[22]
20 1999 Jiji earthquake  Taiwan 7.7 $10 billion
21 April 2015 Nepal earthquake    Nepal 7.8 $10 billion[23]
22 2014 Ludian earthquake  China 6.1 $9.9 billion[24]
23 2017 Puebla earthquake  Mexico 7.1 $8 billion[13]
24 2010 Haiti earthquake  Haiti 7.0 $7.8-8.5 billion[25]
25 2021 Fukushima earthquake  Japan 7.1 $7.7 billion[13]
26 2001 Gujarat earthquake  India 7.7 $7.5 billion[26]
27 2018 Osaka earthquake  Japan 5.5 $7 billion[13]
28 2013 Lushan earthquake  China 6.6 $6.8 billion[13]
29 2005 Kashmir earthquake  Pakistan [lower-alpha 1] 7.6 $6.6 billion[13]
30 2017 Kermanshah earthquake  Iran 7.3 $6.2 billion[27]
31 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake United States California, United States 6.9 $5.6–6 billion
32 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes United States California, United States 7.1 $5.3 billion[13]
33 2003 Boumerdès earthquake  Algeria 6.8 $5 billion[13]
34 August 2016 Central Italy earthquake  Italy 6.2 $5 billion[13]
35 2020 Petrinja earthquake  Croatia 6.4 $5 billion[28]
36 1985 Mexico City earthquake  Mexico 8.0 $5 billion[29]
37 2017 Chiapas earthquake  Mexico 8.2 $4 billion[13]
38 2022 Fukushima earthquake  Japan 7.3 $4 billion[30]
39 2016 Ecuador earthquake  Ecuador 7.8 $3.3 billion[13]
40 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake  Indonesia 6.4 $3.1 billion[13]
41 June 2011 Christchurch earthquake  New Zealand 6.0 $3 billion[13]
42 2009 Sumatra earthquakes  Indonesia 7.6 $2.2 billion[13]
43 1977 Vrancea earthquake  Romania 7.5 $2.1 billion[13]
44 2001 Nisqually earthquake United States Washington, United States 6.8 $2 billion[31]
45 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi earthquake  Japan 6.6 $2 billion[13]
46 2011 Van earthquakes  Turkey 7.1 $1.5 billion[13]
47 2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami  Indonesia 7.5 $1.5 billion[13]
48 2021 Haiti earthquake  Haiti 7.2 $1.5 billion[32]
49 2019 Sichuan earthquake  China 5.8 $1.3 billion[13]
50 2010 Baja California earthquake  Mexico 7.2 $1.1 billion[13]
51 2012 Yiliang earthquakes  China 5.5 $1 billion[13]
52 2010 Kaohsiung earthquake  Taiwan 6.3 $1 billion[13]
53 2019 Albania earthquake  Albania 6.4 $1 billion[13]

See also

Notes
  1. The status of Kashmir is disputed, see Kashmir conflict

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