10 Major Earthquakes that occurred from 1900 to 2016 - AYUSH & NIKHIL

  • Off The Coast Of Equador

    Time: 15:35 UTC Location/Epicenter: Lat. 1.0, Long. -81.5 Magnitude: 8.8 Tectonic Plate: South American After/Fore Shock: The aftershock was very minor having of a magnitude of only 3.5.
  • Chile - Argentina Border

    Time: 4:32 UTC Location/Epicenter: Lat. 28.55, Long. -70.50 Magnitude: 8.5 Tectonic Plate: Nazca, South American After/Fore Shock: The aftershock caused a semi major tsunami.
  • Kamchatka

    Time: 4:58 UTC Location/Epicenter: Lat. 54.0, Long. 161.0 Magnitude: 8.5 Tectonic Plate: Eurasian After/Fore Shock: The aftershock caused a major tsunami.
  • Banda Sea, Indonesia

    Time: 19:04 UTC Location/Epicenter: Lat. -5.05, Long. 131.62 Magnitude: 8.5 Tectonic Plate: Australian, Eurasian After/Fore Shock: The foreshocks had magnitudes of 3.5 - 4.5 happening a week before the earthquake.
  • Assam - Tibet

    Time: 14:09 UTC Location/Epicenter: Lat. 28.5, Long. 96.5 Magnitude: 8.6 Tectonic Plate: Indian After/Fore Shock: The foreshocks were very soft almost unfelt and the aftershocks were more destructive than the earthquake itself.
  • Kamchatka

    Time: 16:58:26 UTC Location/Epicenter: Lat. 52.76, Long. 160.06 Magnitude: 9.0 Tectonic Plate: Pacific, Eurasian After/Fore Shock: The foreshock was very minor but the aftershocks triggered a super tsunami but no aftershocks lasted for more than 19 seconds.
  • Andreanof Islands, Alaska

    Time: 14:22:31 UTC Location/Epicenter: Lat. 51.56, Long. -175.39 Magnitude: 8.6 Tectonic Plate: Pacific, North American After/Fore Shock: Combined all shocks cost 5.2 million dollars to rebuild.
  • Chile

    Time: 19:11:14 UTC Location/Epicenter: Lat. -38.28, Long. -73.05 Magnitude: 9.5 Tectonic Plate: Nazca, Antartic After/Fore Shock: Combined cost 800 million dollars to rebuild, made a nearby volcano to explode, and a few tsunamis appeared as well.
  • Kuril Islands

    Time: 5:17 UTC Location/Epicenter: Lat. 44.9, Long. 149.6 Magnitude: 8.5 Tectonic Plate: Pacific After/Fore Shock: Both After & Fore shocks created tsunamis.
  • Alaska (The Great Alaskan Earthquake)

    Time: 3:36 UTC Location/Epicenter: Lat. 61.02, Long. -147.65 Magnitude: 9.2 Tectonic Plate: Pacific, North American After/Fore Shock: Thousands of aftershocks caused hundreds of tsunamis and other disasters. The total cost of rebuilding was about 2.3 billion dollars.