Largest Earthquakes in the World Since 1900
Location
Date UTC
Magnitude
Coordinates
1.
Chile
1960 05 22
9.5
38.24 S
73.05 W
2.
Prince William Sound, Alaska
1964 03 28
9.2
61.02 N
147.65 W
3.
Andreanof Islands, Alaska
1957 03 09
9.1
51.56 N
175.39 W
4.
Kamchatka
1952 11 04
9.0
52.76 N
160.06 E
5.
Off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra
2004 12 26
9.0
3.30 N
95.78 E
6.
Off the Coast of Ecuador
1906 01 31
8.8
1.0 N
81.5 W
7.
Rat Islands, Alaska
1965 02 04
8.7
51.21 N
178.50 E
8.
Assam - Tibet
1950 08 15
8.6
28.5 N
96.5 E
9.
Kamchatka
1923 02 03
8.5
54.0 N
161.0 E
10.
Banda Sea, Indonesia
1938 02 01
8.5
5.05 S
131.62 E
11.
Kuril Islands
1963 10 13
8.5
44.9 N
149.6 E