Biggest earthquakes worldwide by economic damage 1980-2023

Most severe earthquakes by economic damage worldwide from 1980 to 2023

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Release date

February 2024

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

1980 to 2023

Supplementary notes

*Data on Japan 2011 earthquake. Data on the other earthquakes taken from the following sources:

Kobe Earthquake 1995.

Sichuan Earthquake 2008.

Northridge Earthquake 1994.

**Some sources estimate the costs to be closer to 200 billion dollars.

***Some sources estimate the total rebuilding costs to be over 160 billion dollars.

Numbers for the 2023 earthquake in Turkey and Syria can be found here.

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