Great Magnitude Earthquakes
Magnitude 8 - ∞
Can cause serious damage in areas several hundred miles across
96
Total Earthquakes
Earthquakes (96 total)
M9.5
May 22, 1960
1960 Great Chilean Earthquake (Valdivia Earthquake)
Depth: 25.00 km
7:11 PM
M9.2
Mar 28, 1964
1964 Prince William Sound Earthquake, Alaska
Depth: 25.00 km
3:36 AM
M9.1
Mar 11, 2011
2011 Great Tohoku Earthquake, Japan
Depth: 29.00 km
5:46 AM
M9.1
Dec 26, 2004
2004 Sumatra - Andaman Islands Earthquake
Depth: 30.00 km
12:58 AM
M9.0
Nov 4, 1952
89 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
Depth: 21.60 km
4:58 PM
M8.8
Jul 29, 2025
2025 Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia Earthquake
Depth: 35.00 km
11:24 PM
M8.8
Feb 27, 2010
36 km WNW of Quirihue, Chile
Depth: 22.90 km
6:34 AM
M8.7
Feb 4, 1965
Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Depth: 30.30 km
5:01 AM
M8.6
Apr 11, 2012
off the west coast of northern Sumatra
Depth: 20.00 km
8:38 AM
M8.6
Mar 28, 2005
78 km WSW of Singkil, Indonesia
Depth: 30.00 km
4:09 PM
M8.6
Mar 9, 1957
81 km ESE of Adak, Alaska
Depth: 25.00 km
2:22 PM
M8.6
Aug 15, 1950
1950 Assam-Tibet Earthquake
Depth: 15.00 km
2:09 PM
M8.6
Apr 1, 1946
1946 Aleutian Islands (Unimak Island) Earthquake, Alaska
Depth: 15.00 km
12:29 PM
M8.5
Oct 13, 1963
132 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia
Depth: 35.00 km
5:17 AM
M8.5
Feb 1, 1938
141 km WNW of Tual, Indonesia
Depth: 25.00 km
7:04 PM
M8.5
Nov 11, 1922
94 km ENE of Vallenar, Chile
Depth: 70.00 km
4:32 AM
M8.4
Sep 12, 2007
122 km SW of Bengkulu, Indonesia
Depth: 34.00 km
11:10 AM
M8.4
Jun 23, 2001
6 km SSW of Atico, Peru
Depth: 33.00 km
8:33 PM
M8.4
Mar 2, 1933
1933 Sanriku (Sanriku-oki) Earthquake, Japan
Depth: 15.00 km
5:31 PM
M8.4
Feb 3, 1923
121 km ESE of Mil’kovo, Russia
Depth: 15.00 km
4:01 PM
M8.3
Jul 23, 1905
121 km WNW of Tosontsengel, Mongolia
Depth: 15.00 km
2:46 AM
M8.3
Aug 19, 1977
265 km SW of Waingapu, Indonesia
Depth: 25.00 km
6:08 AM
M8.3
Sep 16, 2015
48 km W of Illapel, Chile
Depth: 22.44 km
10:54 PM
M8.3
May 24, 2013
Sea of Okhotsk
Depth: 598.10 km
5:44 AM