Top 20 Largest Earthquakes in the World

Date Time Latitud Longitud

Mag Location Alternative Name (UTC) (UTC) e e References

1. 9.5 Bio-Bio, Chile Valdivia Earthquake 1960- 19:11 38.14°S 73.41°W Kanamori &
05-22 Anderson,
1975

2. 9.2 Southern Alaska 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964- 03:36 60.91°N 147.34°W Kanamori &
Prince William Sound 03-28 Anderson,
Earthquake, Good Friday 1975
Earthquake

3. 9.1 Off the West Coast Sumatra-Andaman Islands 2004- 00:58 3.30°N 95.98°E Duputel et al.,
of Northern Sumatra Earthquake, 2004 Sumatra 12-26 2012
Earthquake and Tsunami, Indian
Ocean Earthquake

4. 9.1 Near the East Coast Tohoku Earthquake 2011- 05:46 38.30°N 142.37°E Duputel et al.,
of Honshu, Japan 03-11 2012

5. 9.0 Off the East Coast of Kamchatka, Russia 1952- 16:58 52.62°N 159.78°E Kanamori,
the Kamchatka 11-04 1976
Peninsula, Russia

6. 8.8 Offshore Bio-Bio, Maule Earthquake 2010- 06:34 36.12°S 72.90°W Duputel et al.,
 Date Time Latitud Longitud
Mag Location Alternative Name (UTC) (UTC) e e References

Chile 02-27 2012

7. 8.8 Near the Coast of 1906 Ecuador–Colombia 1906- 15:36 0.96°N 79.37°W Kanamori,
Ecuador Earthquake 01-31 1977

8. 8.7 Rat Islands, Aleutian Rat Islands Earthquake 1965- 05:01 51.25°N 178.72°E Kanamori &
Islands, Alaska 02-04 Anderson,
1975

9. 8.6 Eastern Xizang-India Assam, Tibet 1950- 14:09 28.36°N 96.45°E Kanamori,
border region 08-15 1977

10. 8.6 Off the West Coast   2012- 08:39 2.33°N 93.06°E Duputel et al.,
of Northern Sumatra 04-11 2012

11. 8.6 Northern Sumatra, Nias Earthquake 2005- 16:10 2.09°N 97.11°E NEIC
Indonesia 03-28

12. 8.6 Andrean of Islands,   1957- 14:23 51.50°N 175.63°W Johnson et al.,
Aleutian Islands, 03-09 1994
Alaska

13. 8.6 South of Alaska Unimak Island Earthquake, 1946- 12:29 53.49°N 162.83°W Lopez & Okal,
 Date Time Latitud Longitud
Mag Location Alternative Name (UTC) (UTC) e e References

Alaska 04-01 2006

14. 8.5 Banda Sea   1938- 19:04 5.05°S 131.61°E Okal &
02-01 Reymond,
2003

15. 8.5 Atacama, Chile Chile-Argentina Border 1922- 04:33 28.29°S 69.85°W Kanamori,
11-11 1977

16. 8.5 Kuril Islands   1963- 05:18 44.87°N 149.48°E Kanamori &
10-13 Anderson,
1975

17. 8.4 Near the East Coast Kamchatka, Russia 1923- 16:02 54.49°N 160.47°E Okal, 1992
of Kamchatka 02-03
Peninsula, Russia

18. 8.4 Southern Sumatra,   2007- 11:10 4.44°S 101.37°E NEIC

Indonesia 09-12

19. 8.4 Near the Coast of Arequipa, Peru Earthquake 2001- 20:33 16.27°S 73.64°W Duputel et al.,
Southern Peru 06-23 2012

20. 8.4 Off the East Coast of Sanriku, Japan 1933- 17:31 39.21°N 144.59°E Kanamori,
 Date Time Latitud Longitud
Mag Location Alternative Name (UTC) (UTC) e e References

Honshu, Japan 03-02 1971

Source:

https://www.usgs.gov/natural-hazards/earthquake-hazards/science/20-largest-earthquakes-world?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-
science_center_objects

Source title:

20 Largest Earthquakes in the World

(11/02/2021)

Submitted by: Marjorie Morelos Ramos

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