Worlds Largest Earthquakes

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  • 9.0 North America Earthquake

    This quake affectde 1,000 kilometres of coastline caused a Tsunami that crossed the Pacific ocean and damaged coastal villages in Japan.
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  • 8.7 Chile Earthquake and Tsunami

    A quake struck the city of Valparaiso 120km off the capital Santiago, Creating a Tsunami which hit 1000 km of coastline.
  • 8.7 Portugal Earthquake

    Portugals capital Lisbon was struck by a quake which killed a quarter of the cities population.
  • 9.0 Peru Arica Earthquake

    The port of Arica was hit by a quake 1,400 kilometres away.
  • 8.8 Ecuador Earthquake

    An earthquake off the coast of Ecuador and Columbia.
  • 9.0 East Russian Earthquake

    A quake off the coast of Kamchatka peninsula caused pacific wide Tsunamis.
  • 9.5 Chile Earthquake

    A southern Chile quake killed over 1,600 people and left 2,000,000 people homeless.
  • 9.2 Earthquake and Tsunami in Alaska

    The quake and tsunami killed 128 people and caused major damage to Alaskas largest city Anchorage.
  • 8.7 Alaska quake

    A quake in the Rat Islands created a 10 metre high Tsunami.
  • 9.1 Indonesia Underwater quake.

    An undersea Earthquake which caused a massive Tsunami which destroyed coast lines in countries around the Indian ocean killing over 220,000 people.
  • 8.8 Chillean coast

    An offshore earthquake and tsunami killed over 500 mostly in the coastal area of Maul
  • 8.9 Northeast Japan underwater quake

    A northeastern undersea quake in Japan caused a giant 10 metre high Tsunami which destroyed parts of Japan.