It has been the location for many large and damaging earthquakes since historical records began, most of which triggered devastating tsunamis.

Movement on this fault zone has been responsible for many major damaging earthquakes, such as the 1981 Dawu earthquake.

In 1992, Cairo was hit by a damaging earthquake, that caused 545 deaths, 6512 injuries and left 50,000 people homeless.

The ground motion levels and descriptions associated with each intensity value are based on recent damaging earthquakes.

Each new damaging earthquake serves as a source of new information on building properties in the region.

Several damaging historical earthquakes, such as the 1570 Ferrara earthquake, have occurred in the area.

Aftershocks affected the area for several years, probably including a damaging earthquake in western Khurasan.

It was the last in a sequence of major damaging earthquakes that struck the area between 1851 and 1895.

Not a particularly damaging earthquake, the event caused two direct injuries.

Along with being the largest, it is almost the most damaging earthquake as well.