Magnitude 8 and Greater Earthquakes Since 1900
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| Date - UTC - Time | Latitude | Longitude | Magnitude | Fatalities | Region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1960-05-22 19:11 | -38.29 | -73.05 | 9.5 | 1,655 | Chile |
| 2. | 1964-03-28 03:36 | 61.02 | -147.65 | 9.2 | 125 | Prince William Sound, Alaska |
| 3. | 2004-12-26 00:58 | 3.295 | 95.982 | 9.1 | 227,898 | off the west coast of northern Sumatra |
| 4. | 1952-11-04 16:58 | 52.76 | 160.06 | 9.0 | Kamchatka, Russia | |
| 5. | 1906-01-31 15:36 | 1.0 | -81.5 | 8.8 | 1,000 | Colombia-Ecuador |
| 6. | 1965-02-04 05:01 | 51.21 | -178.50 | 8.7 | Rat Islands, Alaska | |
| 7. | 2005-03-28 16:09 | 2.074 | 97.013 | 8.6 | 1,313 | Northern Sumatra, Indonesia |
| 8. | 1957-03-09 14:22 | 51.56 | -175.39 | 8.6 | Andreanof Islands, Alaska | |
| 9. | 1950-08-15 14:09 | 28.5 | 96.5 | 8.6 | 1,526 | Assam-Tibet |
| 10. | 2007-09-12 11:10:26 | -4.438 | 101.367 | 8.5 | 25 | Southern Sumatra, Indonesia |
| 11. | 1963-10-13 05:17 | 44.9 | 149.6 | 8.5 | Kuril Islands | |
| 12. | 1938-02-01 19:04 | -5.05 | 131.62 | 8.5 | Banda Sea | |
| 13. | 1923-02-03 16:01 | 54.0 | 161.0 | 8.5 | Kamchatka | |
| 14. | 1922-11-11 04:32 | -28.553 | -70.755 | 8.5 | Chile-Argentina Border | |
| 15. | 2001-06-23 20:33 | -16.264 | -73.641 | 8.4 | 75 | near the coast of southern Peru |
| 16. | 1933-03-02 17:31 | 39.22 | 144.62 | 8.4 | 2,990 | Sanriku, Japan |
| 17. | 1917-06-26 05:49 | -15.0 | -173.0 | 8.4 | Tonga | |
| 18. | 1905-07-23 02:46 | 49.0 | 98.0 | 8.4 | central Mongolia | |
| 19. | 1905-07-09 09:40 | 49.0 | 99.0 | 8.4 | Mongolia | |
| 20. | 2006-11-15 11:14 | 46.592 | 153.226 | 8.3 | Kuril Islands | |
| 21. | 2003-09-25 19:50 | 41.815 | 143.910 | 8.3 | Hokkaido, Japan region | |
| 22. | 1994-10-04 13:22 | 43.773 | 147.321 | 8.3 | 11 | Kuril Islands |
| 23. | 1977-08-19 06:08 | -11.085 | 118.464 | 8.3 | 100 | south of Sumbawa, Indonesia |
| 24. | 1958-11-06 22:58 | 44.329 | 148.623 | 8.3 | Kuril Islands | |
| 25. | 1924-04-14 16:20 | 7.023 | 125.954 | 8.3 | Mindanao, Philippines | |
| 26. | 1903-08-11 04:32 | 36.36 | 22.97 | 8.3 | southern Greece | |
| 27. | 1996-02-17 05:59 | -0.891 | 136.952 | 8.2 | 166 | Irian Jaya region, Indonesia |
| 28. | 1994-06-09 00:33 | -13.841 | -67.553 | 8.2 | 5 | La Paz, Bolivia |
| 29. | 1969-08-11 21:27 | 43.478 | 147.815 | 8.2 | Kuril Islands | |
| 30. | 1968-05-16 00:49 | 40.903 | 143.346 | 8.2 | 47 | off the east coast of Honshu, Japan |
| 31. | 1959-05-04 07:15 | 53.351 | 159.645 | 8.2 | 1 | near the east coast of Kamchatka |
| 32. | 1948-01-24 17:46 | 10.5 | 122.0 | 8.2 | 72 | Panay, Philippines |
| 33. | 1943-04-06 16:07 | -30.75 | -72.0 | 8.2 | 18 | off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile |
| 34. | 1942-08-24 22:50 | -15.0 | -76.0 | 8.2 | Mato Grosso, Brazil | |
| 35. | 1941-11-25 18:03 | 37.171 | -18.960 | 8.2 | Azores-Cape St. Vincent Ridge | |
| 36. | 1940-05-24 16:33 | -10.5 | -77.0 | 8.2 | near the Coast of central Peru | |
| 37. | 1938-11-10 20:18 | 55.33 | -158.37 | 8.2 | Shumagin Islands, Alaska | |
| 38. | 1919-04-30 07:17 | -19.823 | -172.215 | 8.2 | Tonga region | |
| 39. | 1918-09-07 17:16 | 45.5 | 151.5 | 8.2 | Kuril Islands | |
| 40. | 1908-12-12 12:08 | -14.0 | -78.0 | 8.2 | off the coast of central Peru | |
| 41. | 1906-08-17 00:40 | -33.0 | -72.0 | 8.2 | 3,882 | Valparaiso, Chile |
| 42. | 2007-04-01 20:39:58 | -8.466 | 157.043 | 8.1 | 34 | Solomon Islands |
| 43. | 2007-01-13 04:23:21 | 46.243 | 154.524 | 8.1 | East of the Kuril Islands | |
| 44. | 2004-12-23 14:59 | -49.312 | 161.345 | 8.1 | north of Macquarie Island | |
| 45. | 1998-03-25 03:12 | -62.877 | 149.527 | 8.1 | Balleny Islands region | |
| 46. | 1989-05-23 10:54 | -52.341 | 160.568 | 8.1 | Macquarie Island region | |
| 47. | 1979-12-12 07:59 | 1.598 | -79.358 | 8.1 | 600 | near the coast of Ecuador |
| 48. | 1977-06-22 12:08 | -22.878 | -175.900 | 8.1 | Tonga region | |
| 49. | 1974-10-03 14:21 | -12.254 | -77.524 | 8.1 | 78 | near the coast of central Peru |
| 50. | 1971-01-10 07:17 | -3.132 | 139.697 | 8.1 | Papua, Indonesia | |
| 51. | 1966-10-17 21:41 | -10.807 | -78.684 | 8.1 | 125 | near the coast of central Peru |
| 52. | 1957-12-04 03:37 | 45.15 | 99.21 | 8.1 | Gobi-Altai, Mongolia | |
| 53. | 1952-03-04 01:22 | 42.5 | 143.0 | 8.1 | 31 | Hokkaido, Japan region |
| 54. | 1949-08-22 04:01 | 53.62 | -133.27 | 8.1 | Queen Charlotte Island, B.C., Canada | |
| 55. | 1946-12-20 19:19 | 32.5 | 134.5 | 8.1 | 1,330 | Nankaido, Japan |
| 56. | 1946-04-01 12:28 | 52.75 | -163.50 | 8.1 | 165 | Unimak Islands, Alaska |
| 57. | 1944-12-07 04:35 | 33.75 | 136.00 | 8.1 | 1,223 | Tonankai, Japan |
| 58. | 1934-01-15 08:43 | 27.55 | 87.09 | 8.1 | 10,700 | Bihar, India |
| 59. | 1932-06-03 10:36 | 19.84 | -103.99 | 8.1 | Jalisco, Mexico | |
| 60. | 1911-06-15 14:26 | 28.0 | 130.0 | 8.1 | 12 | Ryukyu Islands, Japan |
| 61. | 2009-09-29 17:48:11 | -15.558 | -172.073 | 8.0 | 0 | Samoa Islands region |
| 62. | 2007-08-15 23:40:57 | -13.386 | -76.603 | 8.0 | 650 | Near the Coast of Central Peru |
| 63. | 2006-05-03 15:26 | -20.187 | -174.123 | 8.0 | Tonga | |
| 64. | 2000-11-16 04:54 | -3.980 | 152.169 | 8.0 | 2 | New Ireland region, Papua New Guinea |
| 65. | 1995-10-09 15:35 | 19.055 | -104.205 | 8.0 | 49 | Near Coast of Jalisco, Mexico |
| 66. | 1995-07-30 05:11 | -23.340 | -70.294 | 8.0 | 3 | Near Coast of Northern Chile |
| 67. | 1986-05-07 22:47 | 51.520 | -174.776 | 8.0 | Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska | |
| 68. | 1985-09-19 13:17 | 18.190 | -102.533 | 8.0 | 9,500 | Michoacan, Mexico |
| 69. | 1985-03-03 22:47 | -33.135 | -71.871 | 8.0 | 177 | offshore Valparaiso, Chile |
| 70. | 1976-08-16 16:11 | 6.292 | 124.090 | 8.0 | 8,000 | Mindanao, Philippines |
| 71. | 1970-07-31 17:08 | -1.49 | -72.56 | 8.0 | Colombia | |
| 72. | 1946-08-04 17:51 | 19.25 | -69.00 | 8.0 | 100 | Dominican Republic |
| 73. | 1945-11-27 21:57 | 24.5 | 63.0 | 8.0 | 4,000 | off the coast of Pakistan |
| 74. | 1939-04-30 02:55 | -10.5 | 158.5 | 8.0 | Solomon Islands | |
| 75. | 1931-08-10 21:18 | 47.1 | 89.8 | 8.0 | 5 | northern Xinjiang, China |
| 76. | 1928-06-17 03:19 | 16.33 | -96.7 | 8.0 | Oaxaca, Mexico | |
| 77. | 1920-09-20 14:39 | -20.0 | 168.0 | 8.0 | Loyalty Islands | |
| 78. | 1920-06-05 04:21 | 23.5 | 122.0 | 8.0 | Taiwan region | |
| 79. | 1918-08-15 12:18 | 5.653 | 123.563 | 8.0 | 50 | Celebes Sea |
| 80. | 1917-05-01 18:26 | -29.0 | -177.0 | 8.0 | Kermadec Islands, New Zealand | |
| 81. | 1915-05-01 05:00 | 47. | 155. | 8.0 | Kurile Islands | |
| 82. | 1914-05-26 14:22 | -2. | 137. | 8.0 | West New Guinea | |
| 83. | 1907-10-21 04:23 | 38.00 | 69.00 | 8.0 | Afghanistan | |
| 84. | 1903-01-04 05:07 | -20.00 | -175.00 | 8.0 | Tonga | |
| 85. | 1902-06-11 05: | 50.00 | 148.00 | 8.0 | Sea of Okhotsk |
South Latitudes and West Longitudes are indicated by NEGATIVE numbers.
Source: USGS NEIC PDE catalog; Data are preliminary.
