Strongest Earthquakes Worldwide by Magnitude Since 1900

  • Chile Agentina Border

    Chile Agentina Border
    Magnitude of 8.5
    Caused a tidal wave/ tsunami
    Lost several hundred lives
  • Kamchatka

    Magnitude of 8.5
  • Band Sea, Indomesia

    Magnitude of 8.5
  • Assam, Tibet

    Assam, Tibet
    Magnitude of 8.6
    At least 780 lives lost
    A dam broke 8 days later and 536 lives were lost
  • Off shore Maule, Chile

    Magnitude of 8.8
    Generated a strong tsunami
    500 to 1500 lives lost
  • Kamchatka

    Magnitude of 9.0
    Caused by an 8.2 earthquake in Hawaii
    No lives lost
  • Andreanof Islands, Alaska

    Magnitude of 8.6
    Mount Vsevidof erupted after 200 years
  • Lituya Bay, Alaska

    Caused by a landslide
    Initial wave up to 520 meters tall
    Traveling at 100 miles per hour
  • Chile

    Chile
    Magitude of 9.5
    World's largest earthquake
    Approximately 1,655 lives lost
  • Chile (Pacific Ocean)

    Caused by an 8.3 earthquake that occurred off the coast of south Central Chile
    Up to 2,290 people died from the earthquake and the tsunami
  • Kuril Islands

    Magnitude of 8.5
  • Prince William Sound, Alaska

    Prince William Sound, Alaska
    Magnitude of 9.2
    Combination of an earthquake and a tsnami
    Lost 128 lives
  • Rat Islands,Alaska

    Magnitude of 8.7
  • Hawaii (Pacific Ocean)

    Caused by an earthquake with magnitude of 7.2 and a subsequent landslide
    2 people died
  • Grand Banks, Canada (Alantic Ocean)

    Caused by an offshore earthquake of magnitude of 7.2
    27 people died
  • Papua, New Guinea

    Papua, New Guinea
    Tsunami caused by and underwater landslide triggered by an earthquake
    Thousands of people killed
  • Indonesia, W Thailand, Sri Lanka, SE India

    Caused by a 9.0 earthquake in the souther Indian Ocean
    About 150,000 people died
  • Off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra

    Off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra
    Magnitude of 9.1
  • Northern Sumatra, Indonesia

    Magnitude of 8.6
  • southern Sumatra, Indonesia

    Magnitude of 8.5
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    about1.33 pounds
  • Near the Coast of Honshu, Japan

    Magnitude of 9.0
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  • Christopher Colunbus

    Christopher Colunbus
    Italian explorer
    Sailed the Alantic Ocean in1492
    Sailed 4 ships