Wednesday, August 5, 2015

TOP 10 LARGEST EARTHQUAKES IN THE WORLD

May 22, 1960Valdivia, Chile1960 Valdivia earthquake9.5
March 27, 1964Prince William SoundAlaska, USA1964 Alaska earthquake9.3
December 26, 2004Indian Ocean, Sumatra, Indonesia2004 Indian Ocean earthquake9.1
March 11, 2011Pacific Ocean, Tōhoku region, Japan2011 Tōhoku earthquake9.0
November 4, 1952KamchatkaRussian SFSRSoviet Union1952 Kamchatka earthquakes9.0
August 13, 1868Arica, Chile (then Peru)1868 Arica earthquake9.0 (est.)
January 26, 1700Pacific Ocean, USA and Canada (then part of the British Empire)1700 Cascadia earthquake8.7–9.2 (est.)
July 9, 869Pacific Ocean, Tōhoku region, Japan869 Sanriku earthquake8.9 (est.)
December 2, 1611Pacific Ocean, Hokkaido, Japan1611 Sanriku earthquake8.9 (est.)
April 2, 1762ChittagongBangladesh (then Kingdom of Mrauk U)1762 Arakan earthquake8.8 (est.)

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