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