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.

This event which struck Turkey in July was part of a series of earthquakes across the globe which made up the bulk of the death toll of 961.

Turkey itself had two destructive events within days however Venezuela had the highest death toll with 300 of the years fatalities.

India was struck by a large earthquake in December which caused 180 deaths.