biggest Earthquakes around the world

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  • 9.0 North America

    A eartquake happen in the coasline of north America set off a tsunami that crossed the Pacific Ocean and caused damage to the villages in Japan.

  • 8.7 Chile

    A quake hit in city of Valparaiso which caused a tsunami 120 kilometres northwest of the capital Santiago.

  • 8.7 Portugal, November 1, 1755

    8.7 Portugal, November 1, 1755
    This earthquake occurred on All Saint's Day while many of the 250,000 inhabitants of Lisbon were in Church. The earthquake killed a quarter of the city's population.

  • 9.0 Peru

    9.0 earthquake occurred near Arica which is now part of Chile
    was hit by a quake 9.0 magnitude scale which you can feel from the quake if you are about 1,400 kilometres (870 miles) away.

  • 8.8, Ecuador, January 31, 1906

    8.8, Ecuador, January 31, 1906
    A magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Ecuador and Colombia generated a strong tsunami that killed 500 to 1500 there and it was so strong you can feel it as far away as San Francisco.

  • 9.0, Russia

    the coast of remote Kamchatka peninsula in Russia's far east caused Pacific-wide tsunamis.The depth of the trench at the point of the earthquakes is 7,000–7,500 meters. Northern Kamchatka lies at the western end of the Bering fault, between the Pacific Plate and North American Plate.

  • 9.5 Chile

    9.5 Chile
    It killed about 1,600 people and left 2,000,000 homeless. It came in the afternoon and made a big tsunami affected southern Chile, Hawaii, Japan and the Philippines.

  • 9.2 Alaska, United States,

    9.2 Alaska, United States,
    killed about 128 people and it was the biggest earthquake they ever had

  • 8.7 Alaska, February 4, 1965

    8.7 Alaska, February 4, 1965
    the earthquake hit remote Rat Islands which made a tsunami reported to be 10 meters high.

  • 9.1 Indonesia

    9.1 Indonesia
    A big earth Indian Ocean caused a massive tsunami in boxing day, kills over 230,000 people in fourteen countries, with waves up to 30 meters (100 feet) high. It was one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. Indonesia was the hardest hit, followed by Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand.

  • 8.8 Chilean coast

    8.8 Chilean coast
    magnitude of 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale,shaking lasting for about three minutes. It ranks as the eighth largest earthquake ever to be recorded by a seismograph.It killed more than 500 people in the coastal area of Maule.

  • 8.9 Japan

    8.9 Japan
    it was japans biggest eartquake in history,When the 8.9 earthquake happend chast mints a tsunami 10-metre-high crashed throug the northeast Japan.