Earthquake

Monday, August 20, 2007

Largest earthquakes by magnitude

Pos.

Date

Location

Magnitude

1

May 22, 1960

Valdivia, Chile (see: Great Chilean Earthquake)

9.5

2

December 26, 2004

Off west coast northern Sumatra, Indonesia (see: 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake)

9.31

3

October 16, 1737

Kamchatka, Russia (see: Kamchatka earthquakes)

9.3

4

March 27, 1964

Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA (see: Good Friday Earthquake)

9.2

5

March 9, 1957

Andreanof Islands, Alaska, USA

9.1

6

November 4, 1952

Kamchatka, Russia

9.0

7

January 26, 1700

Cascadia subduction zone (see: Cascadia earthquake)

9

8

January 31, 1906

Colombia-Ecuador

8.8

9

February 4, 1965

Rat Islands, Alaska, USA

8.7

10

November 25, 1833

Sumatra, Indonesia

8.7

11

November 1, 1755

Lisbon, Portugal (see: 1755 Lisbon earthquake)

8.7

12

March 28, 2005

Sumatra, Indonesia

8.5-8.7

13

December 16, 1920

Ningxia-Gansu, China

8.6

14

August 15, 1950

Assam-Tibet

8.6

15

December 16, 1575

Valdivia, Chile

8.5

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