Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Largest earthquakes in history

By magnitude (Japan quake comes in as #4)

Event Date/time Lat Long Mag FatalitiesRegion
1. 1960-05-22 19:11 -38.29 -73.05 9.5 1,655 Chile
2. 1964-03-28 03:36 61.02 -147.65 9.2 125 Prince William Sound, Alaska
3. 2004-12-26 00:58 3.295 95.982 9.1 227,898 off the west coast of northern Sumatra
4. 2011-03-11 05:46:23 38.322 142.369 9.0
Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan
5. 1952-11-04 16:58 52.76 160.06 9.0
Kamchatka, Russia
6. 2010-02-27 06:34:14 -35.846 -72.719 8.8
Offshore Maule, Chile
7. 1906-01-31 15:36 1.0 -81.5 8.8 1,000 Colombia-Ecuador
8. 1965-02-04 05:01 51.21 -178.50 8.7
Rat Islands, Alaska
9. 2005-03-28 16:09 2.074 97.013 8.6 1,313 Northern Sumatra, Indonesia

By casualties (Japan will not make this somewhat subjective list):
Rank Death toll Event Location Year
1. &0000000000830000000000830,000 1556 Shaanxi earthquake China 01556-01-21556
2. &0000000000242419000000242,419–779,000 1976 Tangshan earthquake China 01976-07-281976
3. &0000000000316000000000316,000+ 2010 Haiti earthquake Haiti 02010-01-122010
4. &0000000000250000000000250,000 526 Antioch earthquake Antioch, Byzantine Empire (now Turkey) 00526-526
5. &0000000000235502000000235,502 1920 Haiyuan earthquake China 01920-12-11920
6. &0000000000230210000000230,210 2004 Indonesian earthquake Indonesia 02004-12-262004
7. &0000000000230000000000230,000 1138 Aleppo earthquake Syria 01138-1138
8. &0000000000200000000000200,000 856 Damghan earthquake Iran 00856-12-2          856
9. &0000000000150000000000150,000 893 Ardabil earthquake Iran 00893-03-2893
10. &0000000000142000000000142,000 1923 Great Kanto earthquake Japan 01923-09-1923
11. &0000000000137000000000137,000 1730 Hokkaido earthquake Japan 0171730
12. &0000000000123000000000123,000 1908 Messina earthquake Italy 01908-12-21908
13. &0000000000110000000000110,000 1948 Ashgabat earthquake Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union (now Turkmenistan) 01948-10-01948
14. &0000000000100000000000100,000 1290 Chihli earthquake China 01290-09-21290
15. &0000000000100000000000100,000 1755 Lisbon earthquake Portugal 01755-11-011755
16. &0000000000100000000000100,000 1667 Shamakhi earthquake Azerbaijan 01667-11 1667

Or see the USGS list.

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