Most powerful earthquakes

By matthewcolbert

  • Ecuador-Columbia Earthquake.

    Ecuador-Columbia Earthquake.
    This earthquake triggered several aftershocks.8.8.

  • Assam-Tibet Earthquake

    Assam-Tibet Earthquake
    Caused landslides and occurred I India. 8.6.

  • Kamchatka

    Kamchatka
    Produced a pacific wide tsunami.9.0.

  • Valdivia Earthquake

    Valdivia Earthquake
    Most powerful earthquake ever recorded.9.5.

  • Great Alaskan Earthquake

    Great Alaskan Earthquake
    Most powerful earthquake in U.S. history.9.4.

  • Rat Islands Earthquake

    Rat Islands Earthquake
    Demonstrated the potential of a large earthquake.8.7.

  • Sumatra Earthquake

    Sumatra Earthquake
    Ruptured the greatest fault length ever recorded.9.1.

  • Indian ocean earthquake

    Indian ocean earthquake
    Occurred in a fairly rural place and didn't cause a tsunami. 8.6.

  • Maule Earthquake

    Maule Earthquake
    Resulted in a tsunami hitting many coastal towns.8.8.

  • Tohoku Earthquake

    Tohoku Earthquake
    Caused one of the most destructive tsunamis ever.9.1.