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| x Great Chilean Earthquake |
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May 22, 1960 7:11PM UTC | 9.5 |
The 1960 Valdivia earthquake or Great Chilean Earthquake (Spanish: Gran terremoto de Valdivia) of 22 May 1960 is to date the most powerful earthquake ever recorded, rating 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale. It occurred in the afternoon (19:11 GMT,...
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| x 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake |
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Dec 26, 2004 12:58AM UTC | 9.3 |
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea megathrust earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on December 26, 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The quake itself is known by the scientific community as the...
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| x Good Friday Earthquake |
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Mar 28, 1964 3:36AM UTC | 9.2 |
The 1964 Alaska earthquake, also known as the Great Alaska Earthquake, began at 5:36 P.M. AST on Friday, March 27, 1964. Across south-central Alaska, ground fissures, collapsing buildings, and tsunamis directly caused about 131 deaths. This Alaskan...
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| x 1957 Andreanof Islands earthquake | Mar 9, 1957 2:22PM UTC | 9.1 |
The 1957 Andreanof Islands earthquake was a magnitude 8.6 MW (8.3 Ms) megathrust earthquake that took place on March 9, 1957. It was centered at 51°30′N 175°42′W / 51.5°N 175.7°W / 51.5; -175.7, south of the Andreanof Islands group of the...
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| x Cascadia earthquake |
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Jan 26, 1700 | 9 |
The 1700 Cascadia earthquake was a magnitude 8.7 to 9.2 megathrust earthquake that occurred in the Cascadia subduction zone in 1700. The earthquake involved the Juan de Fuca Plate underlying the Pacific ocean, from mid-Vancouver Island in British...
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| x Kamchatka earthquakes | Nov 4, 1952 4:58PM UTC | 9 |
Two Kamchatka earthquakes, which occurred at approximately the same location off the coast of Kamchatka Peninsula in far eastern Russia on October 16, 1737 and November 4, 1952, were megathrust earthquakes and caused tsunamis. They occurred where...
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| x Colombia-Ecuador earthquake | Jan 31, 1906 3:36PM UTC | 8.8 | ||
| x 1755 Lisbon earthquake |
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Nov 1, 1755 10:16AM UTC | 8.7 |
The 1755 Lisbon earthquake, also known as the Great Lisbon Earthquake, took place on 1 November 1755, at around 9:40 in the morning. The earthquake was followed by a tsunami and fires, which caused near-total destruction of Lisbon in the Kingdom of...
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| x 2005 Sumatra earthquake |
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Mar 28, 2005 4:09PM UTC | 8.7 |
The 2005 Sumatra earthquake, referred to as the Nias Earthquake by the scientific community, was a major earthquake on 28 March 2005, located off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia. Approximately 1,300 people were killed by the earthquake...
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| x Rat Islands, Alaska, USA 1965 earthquake | Feb 4, 1965 5:01AM UTC | 8.7 | ||
| x Ningxia-Gansu, China earthquake | Dec 16, 1920 12:05PM UTC | 8.6 | ||
| x Assam-Tibet earthquake | Aug 15, 1950 2:09PM UTC | 8.6 | ||
| x Sanriku, Japan earthquake | Jun 15, 1896 7:32PM UTC | 8.5 | ||
| x Sanriku, Japan 1933 earthquake | Mar 2, 1933 5:31PM UTC | 8.4 | ||
| x Coastal Peru earthquake | Jun 23, 2001 8:33PM UTC | 8.4 | ||
| x Mongolia earthquake | Jul 9, 1905 9:40AM UTC | 8.4 | ||
| x Hokkaid_, Japan earthquake | Sep 25, 2003 7:50PM UTC | 8.3 | ||
| x Assam, India earthquake | Jun 12, 1897 11:06AM UTC | 8.3 | ||
| x Valparaso, Chile earthquake | Aug 17, 1906 12:40AM UTC | 8.2 | ||
| x Bolivia earthquake | Jun 9, 1994 12:33AM UTC | 8.2 | ||
| x Shumagin Islands, Alaska, USA earthquake | Nov 10, 1938 8:18PM UTC | 8.2 | ||
| x New Madrid earthquake |
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Dec 16, 1811 8:00AM UTC | 8.1 |
The 1811 and 1812 New Madrid Earthquakes are the most intense intraplate earthquake series to have occurred in the contiguous United States, beginning with an initial pair of very large earthquakes on December 16, 1811. These earthquakes, as well as...
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| x Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada earthquake | Aug 22, 1949 4:01AM UTC | 8.1 | ||
| x Nankaido, Japan earthquake | Dec 20, 1946 7:19PM UTC | 8.1 | ||
| x Govi-Altai Province, Mongolia earthquake | Dec 4, 1957 3:37AM UTC | 8.1 | ||
| x Tonankai, Japan earthquake | Dec 7, 1944 4:35AM UTC | 8.1 | ||
| x Bihar, India earthquake | Jan 15, 1934 8:43AM UTC | 8.1 | ||
| x Shaanxi Earthquake |
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Jan 23, 1556 | 8 |
The 1556 Shaanxi earthquake (Chinese: 华县大地震; pinyin: Huà xiàn dà dìzhèn) or Jiajing earthquake (Chinese: 嘉靖大地震; pinyin: jiājìng dà dìzhèn) is the deadliest earthquake on record, killing approximately 830,000 people. It occurred on the morning of 23...
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| x 1985 Mexico City earthquake |
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Sep 19, 1985 1:17PM UTC | 8 |
The 1985 Mexico City earthquake, a magnitude 8.1 earthquake that struck Mexico on 19 September 1985 at 7:19 local time, caused the deaths of about 10,000 people and serious damage in the nation's capital. This earthquake had significant long-term...
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| x New Madrid, Missouri, USA Feb 7 1812 earthquake | Feb 7, 1812 9:45AM UTC | 8 | ||
| x Anatolia, Turkey earthquake | Aug 17, 1668 | 8 | ||
| x Dominican Republic earthquake | Aug 4, 1946 5:51PM UTC | 8 | ||
| x Mino-Owari, Japan earthquake | Oct 27, 1891 9:38PM UTC | 8 | ||
| x Colombia 1970 earthquake | Jul 31, 1970 5:08PM UTC | 8 | ||
| x Andreanof Islands, Alaska, USA earthquake | May 7, 1986 10:47PM UTC | 8 | ||
| x Yakutat Bay, Alaska, USA earthquake | Sep 10, 1899 9:41PM UTC | 8 | ||
| x New Ireland, Papua New Guinea earthquake | Nov 16, 2000 4:54AM UTC | 8 | ||
| x 1923 Great Kanto earthquake |
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Sep 1, 1923 2:58AM UTC | 7.9 |
The 1923 Great Kantō earthquake (関東大震災, Kantō daishinsai) struck the Kantō plain on the Japanese main island of Honshū at 11:58:44 am JST on September 1, 1923. Varied accounts hold that the duration of the earthquake was between 4 and 10 minutes....
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| x Fort Tejon earthquake | Jan 9, 1857 4:24PM UTC | 7.9 |
The Fort Tejon earthquake occurred at about 8:20 AM (Pacific time) on January 9, 1857. It ruptured the San Andreas Fault for a length of about 225 miles (350 kilometers), between Parkfield and Wrightwood. The average slip along the fault was 4.5...
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| x Hilea, southeast Hawaii, Hawaii, USA earthquake | Apr 3, 1868 2:25AM UTC | 7.9 | ||
| x Peru earthquake | May 31, 1970 8:23PM UTC | 7.9 | ||
| x Tsinghai, China earthquake | May 22, 1927 10:32PM UTC | 7.9 | ||
| x Cape Yakataga, Alaska, USA earthquake | Sep 4, 1899 12:22AM UTC | 7.9 | ||
| x Gulf of Alaska 1987 earthquake | Nov 30, 1987 7:23PM UTC | 7.9 | ||
| x Denali National Park, Alaska, USA earthquake | Nov 3, 2002 10:12PM UTC | 7.9 | ||
| x Spain 1954 earthquake | Mar 29, 1954 6:17AM UTC | 7.9 | ||
| x 1906 San Francisco earthquake |
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Apr 18, 1906 1:12PM UTC | 7.8 |
The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was a major earthquake that struck San Francisco, CA and the coast of Northern California at 5:12 A.M. on Wednesday, April 18, 1906. The most widely accepted estimate for the magnitude of the earthquake is a...
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| x 1939 Erzincan earthquake | Dec 26, 1939 11:57PM UTC | 7.8 |
The Erzincan earthquake of 1939 was a major natural disaster that hit the province of Erzincan in eastern Turkey at 1:57 am (GMT 11:57 pm) on December 27, 1939. The earthquake of seven violent shocks, the biggest one measuring 8.2 on the Richter...
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| x Rat Islands, Alaska, USA 2003 earthquake | Nov 17, 2003 6:43AM UTC | 7.8 | ||
| x Gulf of Alaska 1988 earthquake | Mar 6, 1988 10:35PM UTC | 7.8 | ||
| x New Madrid, Missouri, USA Jan 23 1812 earthquake | Jan 23, 1812 3:00PM UTC | 7.8 | ||
| x 2001 Gujarat earthquake | Jan 26, 2001 3:16AM UTC | 7.7 |
The 2001 Gujarat earthquake occurred on January 26, 2001, at 08:46 AM, and coincided with the 51st celebration of India's Republic Day. The location of the epicentre was Bhuj (23.6° N 69.8° E) Gujarat, India. With a moment magnitude (Mw) of between...
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| x Chi-Chi earthquake |
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Sep 20, 1999 5:47PM UTC | 7.7 |
Jiji earthquake (traditional Chinese: 集集大地震; pinyin: jíjí dàdìzhèn), also known as the 921 earthquake (traditional Chinese: 九二一大地震) occurred at 1:47:15.9 CST (17:47:15.9 UTC) on September 21, 1999 in Chichi, Nantou, Taiwan and measured 7.6 on the...
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| x El Salvador earthquake | Jan 13, 2001 5:33PM UTC | 7.7 | ||
| x Nicaragua earthquake | Sep 2, 1992 12:16AM UTC | 7.7 | ||
| x Fairweather, Alaska, USA earthquake | Jul 10, 1958 6:15AM UTC | 7.7 | ||
| x Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA earthquake | Oct 9, 1900 12:28PM UTC | 7.7 | ||
| x 1872 Lone Pine earthquake |
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Mar 26, 1872 10:30AM UTC | 7.6 |
The Great Lone Pine earthquake was one of the largest earthquakes to hit California in recorded history. The quake struck on March 26, 1872 and its epicenter was near Lone Pine, California in Owens Valley. The true size of this earthquake is not...
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| x 1976 Tangshan earthquake |
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Jul 27, 1976 7:42PM UTC | 7.6 |
The Tangshan Earthquake also known as the Great Tangshan Earthquake, was a natural disaster that occurred on July 28, 1976. It is believed to be the largest earthquake of the 20th century by death toll. The epicenter of the earthquake was near...
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| x 1999 Izmit, Turkey Earthquake |
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Aug 17, 1999 12:01AM UTC | 7.6 |
The 1999 İzmit earthquake was a 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck northwestern Turkey on August 17, 1999, at about 3:01am local time. The event lasted for 37 seconds, killing around 17 thousand people and leaving approximately half a million...
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