|
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World's Strongest
Earthquakes
|
Year
|
Location
|
Magnitude
|
|
1960
|
Chile
|
9.5
|
|
1964
|
Prince
William Sound, Alaska
|
9.2
|
|
1957
|
Andreanof
Islands, Aleutian Islands
|
9.1
|
|
1952
|
Kamchatka
|
9.0
|
|
1906
|
Off coast
of Equador
|
8.8
|
|
1965
|
Rat Islands,
Aleutian Islands
|
8.7
|
|
1897
|
Assam,
India
|
8.7
|
|
1950
|
India-China
border
|
8.6
|
|
1950
|
Assam,
India
|
8.6
|
|
1923
|
Kamchatka
|
8.5
|
|
1938
|
Banda
Sea Indonesia
|
8.5
|
|
1963
|
Kuril
Islands
|
8.5
|
|
1920
|
Kansu,
China
|
8.5
|
|
1985
|
Mexico
City, Mexico
|
8.1
|
|
1977
|
Sumbawa
Island, Indonesia
|
8.0
|
World's
Deadliest Earthquakes
|
Year
|
Location
|
Deaths
|
|
1556
|
Shensi, China
|
830,000
|
|
1976
|
Tangshan, China
|
*255,000
|
|
1138
|
Syria, Aleppo
|
230,000
|
|
1927
|
Xining, China
|
200,000
|
|
1920
|
Gansu, China
|
180,000
|
|
1923
|
Kwanto, Japan
|
143,000
|
|
1290
|
Chihli (Hopei), China
|
100,000
|
|
1908
|
Messina, Italy
|
*100,000
|
|
1755
|
Lisbon, Portugal
|
70,000
|
*Number of casualties is estimated.
Source
www.usgs.gov 10/17/01
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