List of earthquakes in 1900

April
Strongest magnitude	6.9 Mw Japan
Total fatalities	0
Number by magnitude
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	0
6.0–6.9	1

January
Strongest magnitude	7.5 Mw Russia
Total fatalities	0
Number by magnitude
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	4
6.0–6.9	1

Earthquakes in 1900
4.0–5.9 magnitude; 6.0–6.9 magnitude;	7.0–7.9 magnitude; 8.0+ magnitude;
Strongest magnitude	United States, Kodiak Island, Alaska (Magnitude 7.9) October 9
Deadliest	Venezuela, Miranda (state) (Magnitude 7.7) October 29 25 deaths
Total fatalities	35
Number by magnitude
9.0+	0
	1901 →

This is a list of earthquakes in 1900. Only magnitude 6.0 or greater earthquakes appear on the list. Exceptions to this are earthquakes which 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. The countries and their flags are noted as they would have appeared in this year for example the Netherlands being in control of present-day Indonesia. An average year with 13 magnitude 7.0+ events being reported. The death toll was low with an event in Venezuela making up the vast majority of the total.

Overall

By death toll

Rank	Death toll	Magnitude	Location	MMI	Depth (km)	Date
1	25	7.7	Venezuela, offshore Miranda (state)	X (Extreme)	0.0	October 29

Note: At least 10 casualties

By magnitude

Rank	Magnitude	Death toll	Location	MMI	Depth (km)	Date
1	7.9	0	United States, Kodiak Island, Alaska	VIII (Severe)	0.0	October 9
2	7.7	25	Venezuela, offshore Miranda (state)	X (Extreme)	0.0	October 29
3	7.6	0	United Kingdom, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands	VI (Strong)	0.0	July 29
4	7.5	0	Russia, Sea of Okhotsk	( )	450.0	January 31
5	7.3	0	Mexico, Jalisco	( )	10.0	January 20
6	7.2	0	Costa Rica, Guanacaste Province	( )	0.0	June 21
= 7	7.1	0	German Empire, Bismarck Sea, German New Guinea	( )	0.0	September 17
= 7	7.1	0	Russia, Kuril Islands	IX (Violent)	35.0	December 25
= 8	7.0	0	Netherlands, southern Sumatra, Dutch East Indies	( )	0.0	January 5
= 8	7.0	0	German Empire, Bismarck Sea, German New Guinea	( )	0.0	January 11
= 8	7.0	0	Japan, Miyagi Prefecture, Honshu	( )	5.0	May 11
= 8	7.0	0	El Salvador, offshore	( )	0.0	November 9
= 8	7.0	0	Russia, east of the Kuril Islands	( )	35.0	November 24

Note: At least 7.0 magnitude

Notable events

January


Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Casualties
Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Dead	Injured
5^[1]^[2]	Dutch East Indies, southern Sumatra	7.0	0.0		Depth unknown.
11^[1]^[2]	German Empire, Bismarck Sea, German New Guinea	7.0	0.0		Depth unknown.
14^[3]	Dutch East Indies, West Java	0.0	0.0	VII	Magnitude and depth unknown. Many homes in Sukabumi sustained damage.
18^[1]^[2]	Russia, Kuril Islands	6.7	35.0
20^[1]^[2]^[4]	Mexico, Jalisco	7.3	10.0		Some damage was caused in Colima. Landslides were reported in Guadalajara.
31^[1]^[2]	Russia, Sea of Okhotsk	7.5	450.0

April


Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Casualties
Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Dead	Injured
24^[1]^[2]	Japan, Ryukyu Islands	6.9	35.0

May

May
Number by magnitude
Strongest magnitude	7.0 M_w Japan
Total fatalities	0
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	1
6.0–6.9	1


Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Casualties
Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Dead	Injured
11^[1]^[2]	Japan, Miyagi Prefecture, Honshu	7.0	5.0
16^[1]^[2]	Mexico, Jalisco	6.9	0.0		Depth unknown.

June

June
Number by magnitude
Strongest magnitude	7.2 M_w Costa Rica
Total fatalities	0
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	1
6.0–6.9	0


Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Casualties
Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Dead	Injured
21^[1]^[2]	Costa Rica, Guanacaste Province	7.2	0.0		Depth unknown.

July

July
Number by magnitude
Strongest magnitude	7.6 M_w United Kingdom
Total fatalities	0
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	1
6.0–6.9	0


Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Casualties
Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Dead	Injured
29^[1]^[2]	United Kingdom, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands	7.6	0.0		Depth unknown.

August

August
Number by magnitude
Strongest magnitude	6.8 M_w Japan
Deadliest	0.0 M_w United States 5 deaths
Total fatalities	5
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	0
6.0–6.9	2


Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Casualties
Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Dead	Injured
5^[1]^[2]	Japan, off the east coast of Honshu	6.6	35.0
11^[5]	United States, southeastern Alaska	0.0	0.0		An earthquake originated in Lituya Bay which caused a significant tsunami in the area. 5 people were killed in the ensuing flooding as the waves swept ashore.	5
29^[1]^[2]	Japan, off the south coast of Hokkaido	6.8	35.0

September

September
Number by magnitude
Strongest magnitude	7.1 M_w United Kingdom
Total fatalities	0
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	1
6.0–6.9	1


Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Casualties
Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Dead	Injured
10^[6]	German Empire, north of New Britain, German New Guinea	6.8	0.0		Depth unknown. Some homes were damaged.
17^[1]^[2]^[7]	German Empire, Bismarck Sea, German New Guinea	7.1	0.0		Depth unknown. Minor material damage was caused.

October

October
Number by magnitude
Strongest magnitude	7.9 M_w United States
Deadliest	7.7 M_w Venezuela 25 deaths
Total fatalities	30
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	2
6.0–6.9	1


Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Casualties
Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Dead	Injured
7^[1]^[2]^[8]	Dutch East Indies, Papua (province)	6.9	0.0		Depth unknown. A tsunami washed ashore at Yapen leaving 5 people dead and the destruction of 1 home.	5
9^[9]^[10]	United States, Kodiak Island, Alaska	7.9	0.0	VIII	Largest event in 1900. Depth unknown. Property and infrastructure damage was caused on Kodiak Island.
29^[1]^[2]^[11]	Venezuela, offshore Miranda (state)	7.7	0.0	X	Deadliest event in 1900. Depth unknown. Further information: 1900 San Narciso earthquake .	25

November

November
Number by magnitude
Strongest magnitude	7.0 M_w 2 events
Total fatalities	0
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	2
6.0–6.9	2


Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Casualties
Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Dead	Injured
5^[1]^[2]	Japan, Izu Islands	6.6	5.0
9^[1]^[2]	El Salvador, offshore	7.0	0.0		Depth unknown.
12^[1]^[2]	German Empire, Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia	6.9	0.0		Depth unknown.
24^[1]^[2]	Russia, east of the Kuril Islands	7.0	35.0

December

December
Number by magnitude
Strongest magnitude	7.1 M_w Russia
Total fatalities	0
8.0–8.9	0
7.0–7.9	1
6.0–6.9	0


Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Casualties
Date	Country and location	M_w	Depth (km)	MMI	Notes	Dead	Injured
25^[1]^[2]^[12]	Russia, Kuril Islands	7.1	35.0	IX

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v t e Earthquakes by year
19th century	1900
20th century	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Historical earthquakes Lists of earthquakes

v t e Earthquakes in 1900–1909
1900	Caracas (7.7, Oct 28)
1901	Black Sea (7.2, Mar 31) Cheviot (6.9, Apr 13) Richfield (7.0, Nov 13)
1902	Shamakhi (6.9, Feb 13)† Guatemala (7.5, Apr 18)† Turkestan (7.7, Aug 22)‡ † Andijan (6.4, Dec 16)‡ †
1904	Kresna (6.9 & 7.2, Apr 4) † Cape Turnagain (6.8–7.2, Aug 9) Samos (6.8, Aug 11) Oslo (5.4, October 23) Douliu (6.1, Nov 6)†
1905	Kangra (7.8, Apr 4) †‡ Tsetserleg (8.0, July 9) Bolnai (8.4, July 23) Calabria (7.2, Sept 8) †
1906	Ecuador–Colombia (8.8, Jan 31) † Meishan (6.8, Mar 17) † San Francisco (7.8, Apr 18) † Swansea (5.2, June 27) Valparaíso (8.2, Aug 16) †‡ Aleutian Islands (8.4, Aug 17) Xinjiang (7.9, Dec 22) †
1907	Sumatra (7.5–8.0, Jan 4) † Kingston (6.5, Jan 14) † Qaratog (7.4, Oct 21) †‡ Calabria (5.9, Oct 23) †
1908	Messina (7.1, Dec 28) †‡
1909	Borujerd (7.3, Jan 23) †‡ Benavente (6.0, Apr 23) † Kerinci (7.6, Jun 4) † Provence (6.2, June 11) † Anegawa (6.9, August 14) † Wabash River (5.1, Sept 27)
† indicates earthquake resulting in at least 30 deaths ‡ indicates the deadliest earthquake of the year