Lower magnitude events are included if they 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.

Worst affected were Chile, Turkey, Bulgaria and the Philippines.

Oaxaca, Mexico and Puno Region, Peru sustained several large earthquakes with the former seeing four reaching above magnitude 7.0.

In spite of a series of earthquakes, only four deaths were caused in Mexico during the year.