Top 17 Earthquakes Ever Recorded

  • Off the Coast of Ecuador

    Colombia generated a strong tsunami that killed 500 to 1500 people there.
  • Chile-Argentina Border

    The earthquake caused severe damage. Leading up to 5 to 25 million dollars U.S. in damage.
  • Kamchatka

    The magnitude of the earthquake was 8.5.
  • Banda Sea, Indonesia

    The shock was felt on the Banda and Kai Islands.
  • Assam-Tibet

    About 70 villages were destroyed, mainly by landslides caused by the earthquake.
  • Kamchatka

    The 8.2 earthquake generated a tsunami that struck the Hawaiian Islands at 1:00 pm.
  • Andreanof Islands, Alaska

    Andreanof Islands, Alaska
    Thus earthquake destroyed two bridges on Adak Island, damaging houses, and left a 4.5 meter Crack in a road.
  • Chile

    Aproximately the earthquake killed 1,500, injured 3,000, and left 2,000,000 homeless.
  • Kuril Islands

    The magnitude of the earthquake was 8.5.
  • 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake

    This great earthquake took 131 lives. The tsunami took 122 lives and the earthquake took 9 lives.