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.

Maximum intensities are indicated on the Mercalli intensity scale and are sourced from United States Geological Survey (USGS) ShakeMap data.

The vast majority of this total was caused by a destructive event in Iran in August with nearly 10,500 deaths.

Events in the Philippines, Italy and Indonesia also had significant fatalities.