High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Earthquakes in 2007 resulted in about 712 fatalities. The 2007 Peru earthquake was the deadliest with 519 fatalities. The September 2007 Sumatra earthquake was the largest in 2008 with a 8.4 on the moment magnitude scale. The 2007 Solomon Islands earthquake caused a significant tsunami that killed 52 people. There were four 8.0 or higher earthquake in 2007 which is the highest ever recorded for a single year. Other significant earthquakes in 2007 struck Chile, and Japan.