World's largest recorded earthquakes By Billie.Feehan Jan 26, 1700 North America - Magnitude 9.0 Jul 8, 1730 Chile - Magnitude 8.7 Nov 1, 1755 Portugal- Magnitude 8.7 Aug 13, 1868 Peru - magniitude 9.0 Jan 31, 1906 Ecuador - Magnitude 8.8 Nov 4, 1952 Russia - Magnitude 9.0 May 5, 1960 Chile - Magnitude 9.5 killed more than 1,600 people and left 2,000,000 homeless. Mar 27, 1964 Alaska, United States - Magnitude 9.2 killed 128 people Dec 26, 2004 Indonesia - Magnitude 9.1 killing more than 220,000 people. Feb 27, 2010 Chilean coast - magnitude 8.8 Feb 4, 2011 Alaska - Magnitude 8.7 Mar 11, 2011 Japan - Magnitude 8.9