Top Ten Earthquakes in History

Off the Coast of Ecuador

Jan 31, 1906

Magnitude: 8.8
Plates: Nazca & South American Plates

Assam-Tibet, India

Aug 15, 1950

Magnitude: 8.6
Plates: Eurassian & Indian Continental Plates

Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia

Nov 4, 1952

Magnitude: 9.0

Chile

May 22, 1960

Magnitude: 9.5
Plates: Nazca & South American Plates

Prince William Sound, Alaska

Mar 27, 1964

Magnitude: 9.2
Plates: Pacific & North American Plates

Rat Islands, Alaska

Feb 4, 1965

Magnitude: 8.7
Plates: Pacific & North American Plates

Off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra

Dec 26, 2004

Magnitude: 9.1
Plates: Indian & Burman Plates

Northern Sumatra, Indonesia

Mar 28, 2005

Magnitude: 8.6
Plates: Sunda & Australia Plates

Offshore Maule, Chile

Feb 27, 2010

Magnitude: 8.8
Plates: Nazca & South American Plates

Near the East Coast of Hanshu, Japan

Mar 11, 2011

Magnitude: 9.0
Plates: Pacific & North American Plates