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A pie chart comparing the seismic moment release of the three largest earthquakes for the hundred-year period from 1906 to 2005 with that for all earthquakes of magnitudes <6, 6 to 7, 7 to 8, and >8 for the same period. The 2011 Japan quake would be roughly similar to Sumatra. Earthquakes of magnitude 8.0 and greater from 1900 to 2018.
1960 Concepción earthquakes: 22 May 1960 15:11 (local time) Valdivia, Chile: 6,000 9.5 M w [37] The largest earthquake in recorded history. 1960 Valdivia earthquake: 13 October 1963 15:17 (local time) Kuril Islands, USSR (present-day Russia) 0 8.5 M w [38] One of the largest earthquake in recorded history. 1963 Kuril Islands earthquake: 27 ...
The 2011 TÅhoku earthquake and tsunami became the costliest natural disaster, resulting in approximately $360 billion in property damage at the time, followed by the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes and the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, which resulted in $163.6 billion and $150 billion in damage, respectively.
Historical earthquakes is a list of significant earthquakes known to have occurred prior to the early 20th century. As the events listed here occurred before routine instrumental recordings — later followed by discoveries of Earth's tectonic plates, [1] seismotomography imaging technique, [2] observations using space satellites from outer space, [3] artificial intelligence (AI)-based ...
Throughout the year, earthquakes killed 593 people, making 2024 the least deadliest year for earthquakes since 2020. The vast majority of the year's fatalities were attributed to a M w 7.5 earthquake that struck the west coast of Honshu in Japan immediately after 2024 began, which was also the strongest event of the year and the deadliest in ...
The list incorporates high-quality earthquake source (i.e., origin time, location and earthquake magnitude) and fatality information from several sources. Earthquake locations are taken from the Centennial Catalog [ 1 ] and the updated Engdahl, van der Hilst and Buland earthquake catalog, [ 2 ] which is complete to December 2005.
M w (USGS) Centred 99km WNW of Luwuk, Indonesia, at a depth of 11.0km. [22] July 29, 2021 06:15 Alaska Peninsula, United States see 2021 Chignik earthquake: 55.325 -157.841 0 8.2 M w (USGS) Centred 104km SE of Perryville, Alaska, United States, at a depth of 32.2km. [23] August 11, 2021 17:46 Mindanao, Philippines see 2021 Davao Oriental ...
M w (USGS) Centred 11 km NNW of Bordj el Kiffan, Algeria, at a depth of 10.0 km. [120] August 3, 2014 08:30 Yunnan, China see 2014 Ludian earthquake: 27.189 103.409 617 dead 112 missing 6.2 M w (USGS) Centred 11 km west of Wenping, China, at a depth of 12.0 km. [121] August 5, 2014 10:22 South Africa see 2014 Orkney earthquake-26.972 26.709 1 5.4