On this day: 5 August

M6.5 earthquake, Tungurahua

5 August 1949Ecuador6,000 killed$8m damage

Asamayama eruption (VEI 4)

5 August 1783Japan1,491 killed

M6.9 earthquake, Lombok Island

5 August 2018IndonesiaTriggered a tsunami560 killed7,733 injured$509m damage

M6.0 earthquake, Sichuan Province

5 August 2008China4 killed29 injured

Merapi eruption (VEI 2)

5 August 2001Indonesia2 killed

M5.4 earthquake, Orkney

5 August 2014South Africa1 killed17 injured13 homes destroyed$40m damage

M6.3 earthquake, Sarangani

5 August 2026PhilippinesTriggered a tsunami

M5.4 earthquake, Shangdong Province: Pingyuan

5 August 2023China24 injured213 homes destroyed

M5.6 earthquake, Mendoza

5 August 2006Argentina

M4.5 earthquake, Ho Chi Minh City

5 August 2005Vietnam

M4.8 earthquake, Yunnan Province: Huize

5 August 2005China9 injured3,700 homes destroyed

M7.5 earthquake, Santa Cruz Islands

5 August 1982Solomon Islands

Earthquake, Seikaido-Nankaido

5 August 1968JapanTriggered a tsunami

M6.8 earthquake, Ecuador

5 August 1950Ecuador

M7.6 earthquake, Gwadar

5 August 1947Pakistan

M5.8 earthquake, Liaoning Province

5 August 1940China1,190 homes destroyed

Tsunami, Yorkshire, England

5 August 1938UKWaves up to 4.7 m

M6.9 earthquake, Sanriku, Japan

5 August 1927JapanTriggered a tsunami

M7.7 earthquake, Sanriku

5 August 1897JapanTriggered a tsunami

M6.0 earthquake, Yunnan Province

5 August 1876China60 injured

Earthquake, Melbourne

5 August 1875AustraliaTriggered a tsunami

Tsunami, Sydney Harbor

5 August 1867Australia

M7.3 earthquake, Costa Rica-Panama

5 August 1854Costa RicaTriggered a tsunami

Earthquake, Western

5 August 1766Turkey