Largest earthquakes by magnitude

Pos.	Date	Location	Name	Magnitude
1	May 22, 1960	Valdivia, Chile	1960 Valdivia earthquake	9.5
2	March 27, 1964	Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA	1964 Alaska earthquake	9.2
3	December 26, 2004	Sumatra, Indonesia	2004 Indian Ocean earthquake	9.1
4	March 11, 2011	Sendai, Japan	2011 Sendai earthquake	9.1 [1]
5	November 4, 1952	Kamchatka, Russia (then USSR)	Kamchatka earthquakes	9.0 [2]
6	February 27, 2010	Maule, Chile	2010 Chile earthquake	8.8
7	January 31, 1906	Ecuador–Colombia	1906 Ecuador-Colombia earthquake	8.8
8	November 25, 1833	Sumatra, Indonesia	1833 Sumatra earthquake	8.8 (est.)
9	January 26, 1700	Pacific Ocean, USA and Canada	1700 Cascadia earthquake	8.7–9.2 (est.)[3]
10	February 4, 1965	Rat Islands, Alaska, USA	1965 Rat Islands earthquake	8.7
11	November 1, 1755	Lisbon, Portugal	1755 Lisbon earthquake	8.7 (est.)[4]
12	July 8, 1730	Valparaiso, Chile	1730 Valparaiso earthquake	8.7-9.0 (est.)[5]
13	March 28, 2005	Sumatra, Indonesia	2005 Sumatra earthquake	8.6
14	March 9, 1957	Andreanof Islands, Alaska, USA	1957 Andreanof Islands earthquake	8.6
15	August 15, 1950	Assam, India – Tibet, China	1950 Medog earthquake	8.6
16	August 13, 1868	Arica, Chile (then Peru)	1868 Arica earthquake	8.5–9.0 (est.)[6]
17	September 12, 2007	Sumatra, Indonesia	September 2007 Sumatra earthquakes	8.5
18	October 13, 1963	Kuril Islands, Russia (USSR)	1963 Kuril Islands earthquake	8.5 [7]
19	February 1, 1938	Banda Sea, Indonesia (Dutch East Indies)	1938 Banda Sea earthquake	8.5
20	February 3, 1923	Kamchatka, Russia (USSR)	Kamchatka earthquakes	8.5 [7]
21	November 11, 1922	Atacama Region, Chile	1922 Vallenar earthquake	8.5 [8]
22	May 24, 1751	Concepción, Chile (Kingdom of Chile)	1751 Concepción earthquake	8.5 (est.)
23	October 20, 1687	Lima, Peru (Viceroyalty of Peru)	1687 Peru earthquake	8.5 (est.)
24	December 16, 1575	Valdivia, Chile (Kingdom of Chile)	1575 Valdivia earthquake	8.5 (est.)

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