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This table shows a list
of the 16
largest earthquakes in the World since 1900 including the March 11,
2011 earthquake in Japan.
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Location |
Date UTC |
Magnitude |
Lat. |
Long. |
| 1 |
Chile |
1960 05 22 |
9.5 |
-38.29 |
-73.05 |
| 2 |
Prince William Sound, Alaska |
1964 03 28 |
9.2 |
61.02 |
-147.65 |
| 3 |
Off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra |
2004 12 26 |
9.1 |
3.30 |
95.78 |
| 4 |
Kamchatka |
1952 11 04 |
9.0 |
52.76 |
160.06 |
| 4 |
Near East Coast
of Honshu, Japan
|
2011 03 11
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9.0
|
38.322
|
142.369
|
6
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Offshore Maule, Chile |
2010 02 27 |
8.8 |
-35.846 |
-72.719 |
6
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Off the Coast of Ecuador |
1906 01 31 |
8.8 |
1.0 |
-81.5 |
8
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Rat Islands, Alaska |
1965 02 04 |
8.7 |
51.21 |
178.50 |
9
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Northern Sumatra, Indonesia |
2005 03 28 |
8.6 |
2.08 |
97.01 |
9
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Assam - Tibet |
1950 08 15 |
8.6 |
28.5 |
96.5 |
11
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Andreanof Islands, Alaska |
1957 03 09 |
8.6 |
51.56 |
-175.39 |
12
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Southern Sumatra, Indonesia |
2007 09 12 |
8.5 |
-4.438 |
101.367 |
13
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Banda Sea, Indonesia |
1938 02 01 |
8.5 |
-5.05 |
131.62 |
14
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Kamchatka |
1923 02 03 |
8.5 |
54.0 |
161.0 |
15
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Chile-Argentina Border |
1922 11 11 |
8.5 |
-28.55 |
-70.50 |
16
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Kuril Islands |
1963 10 13 |
8.5 |
44.9 |
149.6 |
Updated
March 14, 2009
The San Francisco, Califiornia USA April 18, 1906 earthquake is
estimated at between 7.7 to 7.9
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