On this day: 9 July

Earthquake, Iga, Ise, Yamato

9 July 1854Japan1,352 killed5,000 homes destroyed

Sao Jorge eruption (VEI 0)

9 July 1757Portugal1,053 killed

Earthquake, Sao Jorge

9 July 1757Azores (Portugal)Triggered a tsunami1,053 killed

M6.1 earthquake, Anboledas

9 July 1950Colombia300 killed$20m damage

M7.8 earthquake, Central

9 July 1971ChileTriggered a tsunami83 killed447 injured$236m damage

M7.0 earthquake, Cariaco-Cumana

9 July 1997VenezuelaTriggered a tsunami81 killed522 injured$81m damage

M7.7 earthquake, Dodecanese

9 July 1956GreeceTriggered a tsunami56 killed100 injured529 homes destroyed

M5.4 earthquake, Jiangsu Province: Liyang

9 July 1979China41 killed2,987 injured113,909 homes destroyed

M6.2 earthquake, Faial, Pico, Terceira

9 July 1998Azores (Portugal)10 killed100 injured1,500 homes destroyed$72m damage

M6.3 earthquake, Qeshm Island: Qeshm,Bandar Abbas,Genu

9 July 1902Iran10 killed

Tsunami, Azores

9 July 1847PortugalWaves up to 7 m10 killed100 injured

M5.6 earthquake, Mindanao: Makilala, Tulunan

9 July 2019Philippines1 killed3 injured

M6.4 earthquake, Aegean Sea: Magnesia

9 July 1980Greece1 killed$5m damage

M6.0 earthquake, Oaxaca: Miahiatlan

9 July 1951Mexico1 killed

Katla eruption

9 July 2011Iceland

M5.7 earthquake, Yunnan Province: Yaoan County

9 July 2009China336 injured

M5.9 earthquake, Sulawesi: Donggala

9 July 2005Indonesia6 homes destroyed

M6.0 earthquake, Astara, Bilasuvar, Imisli

9 July 1998Armenia

M5.0 earthquake, Honshu: Ito, Ajiro

9 July 1989Japan

M6.8 earthquake, Aegean Sea

9 July 1956GreeceTriggered a tsunami

M6.8 earthquake, Kitgum

9 July 1912Uganda

Tsunami, Matavanu Volcano

9 July 1907Samoa

Savaii eruption (VEI 2)

9 July 1907Samoa

M8.4 earthquake, Mongolia

9 July 1905Mongolia

Tsunami, Piegon Bay

9 July 1895New ZealandWaves up to 5 m

Tsunami, N. Kuril Islands

9 July 1854Russia

Earthquake, Buga,Cali,Popayan

9 July 1766Colombia

Earthquake, Santiago

9 July 1657ChileTriggered a tsunami

M6.2 earthquake, Piura

9 July 1587PeruTriggered a tsunami

M6.4 earthquake, Enshunada Sea

9 July 1498JapanTriggered a tsunami

Earthquake, Antakya (Antioch)

9 July 581Turkey

Earthquake, Antakya (Antioch)

9 July 557Turkey

Earthquake, Bayrut (Beirut)

9 July 553Lebanon

Earthquake, Halab (Aleppo); Turkey: Antakya (Antioch)

9 July 552Syria

M7.3 earthquake, Bayrut (Beirut); Egypt; Iraq;saudi Arabia

9 July 551LebanonTriggered a tsunami

Earthquake, Turkey

9 July 253Turkey

Earthquake, Crete

9 July 251Greece