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.

The planet experienced an unusually busy year, with twenty-nine earthquakes that reached 7.0 or greater.

The year was characterised by a number of quakes that caused substantial deaths.

Faring worst was Turkey, which had three separate deadly events, including the deadliest of the year in November.