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.

Other magnitude 7.0+ events shook the Caribbean, China and the southwest Pacific Islands.

At the end of the year, Pakistan was struck by a modest 6.2 magnitude earthquake causing 5,300 deaths.

Gabon in central Africa was hit by a rare earthquake in September.