Last ##ia 's Armenian earthquake , with 25,000 killed , ( 13,000 injured and half a million homeless ) brought the earth 's yearly death total to its highest since 1976 , when 10 times many died in a Chinese earthquake . 2,000 more died in other quakes last year . The geological survey reported 61 significant quakes last year , including sites on the Nepal - Burma border , the Nepal - India border and the Burma - China border . The United States recorded three significant earthquakes , in the cities of Alaska , 1850 and Pasadena , California . Canada had one ; 1850 , Africa and Japan also recorded relatively minor earthquakes .
Last year's Armenian earthquake, with 25,000 killed, (13,000 injured and half a million homeless) brought the earth's yearly death total to its highest since 1976, when 10 times many died in a Chinese earthquake. 2,000 more died in other quakes last year. The geological survey reported 61 significant quakes last year, including sites on the Nepal-Burma border, the Nepal-India border and the Burma-China border. The United States recorded three significant quakes, in the Gulf of Alaska, Whittier and Pasadena, California. Canada had one; Europe, Africa and Japan also recorded relatively minor quakes.