Magnitude 8 and Greater Earthquakes Since 1900
The lists and statistics on this webpage have not been updated since December 2012. Many of these will be updated and available when we have completed the transition into the new earthquake database. We hope to provide this sometime in 2015.
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| Date - UTC - Time | Latitude | Longitude | Magnitude | Fatalities | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960/05/22 19:11 | -38.29 | -73.05 | 9.5 | 1655 | Chile |
| 1964/03/28 03:36 | 61.02 | -147.65 | 9.2 | 125 | Prince William Sound, Alaska |
| 2004/12/26 00:58 | 3.295 | 95.982 | 9.1 | 227898 | off the west coast of northern Sumatra |
| 2011/03/11 05:46:23 | 38.322 | 142.369 | 9.0 | 28050 | Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan |
| 1952/11/04 16:58 | 52.76 | 160.06 | 9.0 | Kamchatka, Russia | |
| 2010/02/27 06:34:14 | -35.846 | -72.719 | 8.8 | 577 | Offshore Maule, Chile |
| 1906/01/31 15:36 | 1.0 | -81.5 | 8.8 | 1000 | Colombia-Ecuador |
| 1965/02/04 05:01 | 51.21 | -178.50 | 8.7 | Rat Islands, Alaska | |
| 2005/03/28 16:09 | 2.074 | 97.013 | 8.6 | 1313 | Northern Sumatra, Indonesia |
| 1957/03/09 14:22 | 51.56 | -175.39 | 8.6 | Andreanof Islands, Alaska | |
| 1950/08/15 14:09 | 28.5 | 96.5 | 8.6 | 1526 | Assam-Tibet |
| 2007/09/12 11:10:26 | -4.438 | 101.367 | 8.5 | 25 | Southern Sumatra, Indonesia |
| 1963/10/13 05:17 | 44.9 | 149.6 | 8.5 | Kuril Islands | |
| 1938/02/01 19:04 | -5.05 | 131.62 | 8.5 | Banda Sea | |
| 1923/02/03 16:01 | 54.0 | 161.0 | 8.5 | Kamchatka | |
| 1922/11/11 04:32 | -28.553 | -70.755 | 8.5 | Chile-Argentina Border | |
| 2001/06/23 20:33 | -16.264 | -73.641 | 8.4 | 75 | near the coast of southern Peru |
| 1933/03/02 17:31 | 39.22 | 144.62 | 8.4 | 2990 | Sanriku, Japan |
| 1917/06/26 05:49 | -15.0 | -173.0 | 8.4 | Tonga | |
| 1905/07/23 02:46 | 49.0 | 98.0 | 8.4 | central Mongolia | |
| 1905/07/09 09:40 | 49.0 | 99.0 | 8.4 | Mongolia | |
| 2006/11/15 11:14 | 46.592 | 153.226 | 8.3 | Kuril Islands | |
| 2003/09/25 19:50 | 41.815 | 143.910 | 8.3 | Hokkaido, Japan region | |
| 1994/10/04 13:22 | 43.773 | 147.321 | 8.3 | 11 | Kuril Islands |
| 1977/08/19 06:08 | -11.085 | 118.464 | 8.3 | 100 | south of Sumbawa, Indonesia |
| 1958/11/06 22:58 | 44.329 | 148.623 | 8.3 | Kuril Islands | |
| 1924/04/14 16:20 | 7.023 | 125.954 | 8.3 | Mindanao, Philippines | |
| 1903/08/11 04:32 | 36.36 | 22.97 | 8.3 | southern Greece | |
| 1996/02/17 05:59 | -0.891 | 136.952 | 8.2 | 166 | Irian Jaya region, Indonesia |
| 1994/06/09 00:33 | -13.841 | -67.553 | 8.2 | 5 | La Paz, Bolivia |
| 1969/08/11 21:27 | 43.478 | 147.815 | 8.2 | Kuril Islands | |
| 1968/05/16 00:49 | 40.903 | 143.346 | 8.2 | 47 | off the east coast of Honshu, Japan |
| 1959/05/04 07:15 | 53.351 | 159.645 | 8.2 | 1 | near the east coast of Kamchatka |
| 1948/01/24 17:46 | 10.5 | 122.0 | 8.2 | 72 | Panay, Philippines |
| 1943/04/06 16:07 | -30.75 | -72.0 | 8.2 | 18 | off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile |
| 1942/08/24 22:50 | -15.0 | -76.0 | 8.2 | 30 | Off the coast of central Peru |
| 1941/11/25 18:03 | 37.171 | -18.960 | 8.2 | Azores-Cape St. Vincent Ridge | |
| 1940/05/24 16:33 | -10.5 | -77.0 | 8.2 | near the Coast of central Peru | |
| 1938/11/10 20:18 | 55.33 | -158.37 | 8.2 | Shumagin Islands, Alaska | |
| 1919/04/30 07:17 | -19.823 | -172.215 | 8.2 | Tonga region | |
| 1918/09/07 17:16 | 45.5 | 151.5 | 8.2 | Kuril Islands | |
| 1908/12/12 12:08 | -14.0 | -78.0 | 8.2 | off the coast of central Peru | |
| 1906/08/17 00:40 | -33.0 | -72.0 | 8.2 | 3882 | Valparaiso, Chile |
| 2009/09/29 17:48:10 | -15.489 | -172.095 | 8.1 | 192 | Samoa Islands region |
| 2007/04/01 20:39:58 | -8.466 | 157.043 | 8.1 | 34 | Solomon Islands |
| 2007/01/13 04:23:21 | 46.243 | 154.524 | 8.1 | East of the Kuril Islands | |
| 2004/12/23 14:59 | -49.312 | 161.345 | 8.1 | north of Macquarie Island | |
| 1998/03/25 03:12 | -62.877 | 149.527 | 8.1 | Balleny Islands region | |
| 1989/05/23 10:54 | -52.341 | 160.568 | 8.1 | Macquarie Island region | |
| 1979/12/12 07:59 | 1.598 | -79.358 | 8.1 | 600 | near the coast of Ecuador |
| 1977/06/22 12:08 | -22.878 | -175.900 | 8.1 | Tonga region | |
| 1974/10/03 14:21 | -12.254 | -77.524 | 8.1 | 78 | near the coast of central Peru |
| 1971/01/10 07:17 | -3.132 | 139.697 | 8.1 | Papua, Indonesia | |
| 1966/10/17 21:41 | -10.807 | -78.684 | 8.1 | 125 | near the coast of central Peru |
| 1957/12/04 03:37 | 45.15 | 99.21 | 8.1 | Gobi-Altai, Mongolia | |
| 1952/03/04 01:22 | 42.5 | 143.0 | 8.1 | 31 | Hokkaido, Japan region |
| 1949/08/22 04:01 | 53.62 | -133.27 | 8.1 | Queen Charlotte Island, B.C., Canada | |
| 1946/12/20 19:19 | 32.5 | 134.5 | 8.1 | 1330 | Nankaido, Japan |
| 1946/04/01 12:28 | 52.75 | -163.50 | 8.1 | 165 | Unimak Islands, Alaska |
| 1944/12/07 04:35 | 33.75 | 136.00 | 8.1 | 1223 | Tonankai, Japan |
| 1934/01/15 08:43 | 27.55 | 87.09 | 8.1 | 10700 | Bihar, India |
| 1932/06/03 10:36 | 19.84 | -103.99 | 8.1 | Jalisco, Mexico | |
| 1911/06/15 14:26 | 28.0 | 130.0 | 8.1 | 12 | Ryukyu Islands, Japan |
| 2007/08/15 23:40:57 | -13.386 | -76.603 | 8.0 | 650 | Near the Coast of Central Peru |
| 2006/05/03 15:26 | -20.187 | -174.123 | 8.0 | Tonga | |
| 2000/11/16 04:54 | -3.980 | 152.169 | 8.0 | 2 | New Ireland region, Papua New Guinea |
| 1995/10/09 15:35 | 19.055 | -104.205 | 8.0 | 49 | Near Coast of Jalisco, Mexico |
| 1995/07/30 05:11 | -23.340 | -70.294 | 8.0 | 3 | Near Coast of Northern Chile |
| 1986/05/07 22:47 | 51.520 | -174.776 | 8.0 | Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska | |
| 1985/09/19 13:17 | 18.190 | -102.533 | 8.0 | 9500 | Michoacan, Mexico |
| 1985/03/03 22:47 | -33.135 | -71.871 | 8.0 | 177 | offshore Valparaiso, Chile |
| 1976/08/16 16:11 | 6.292 | 124.090 | 8.0 | 8000 | Mindanao, Philippines |
| 1970/07/31 17:08 | -1.49 | -72.56 | 8.0 | Colombia | |
| 1946/08/04 17:51 | 19.25 | -69.00 | 8.0 | 100 | Dominican Republic |
| 1945/11/27 21:57 | 24.5 | 63.0 | 8.0 | 4000 | off the coast of Pakistan |
| 1939/04/30 02:55 | -10.5 | 158.5 | 8.0 | Solomon Islands | |
| 1931/08/10 21:18 | 47.1 | 89.8 | 8.0 | 5 | northern Xinjiang, China |
| 1928/06/17 03:19 | 16.33 | -96.7 | 8.0 | Oaxaca, Mexico | |
| 1920/09/20 14:39 | -20.0 | 168.0 | 8.0 | Loyalty Islands | |
| 1920/06/05 04:21 | 23.5 | 122.0 | 8.0 | Taiwan region | |
| 1918/08/15 12:18 | 5.653 | 123.563 | 8.0 | 50 | Celebes Sea |
| 1917/05/01 18:26 | -29.0 | -177.0 | 8.0 | Kermadec Islands, New Zealand | |
| 1915/05/01 05:00 | 47. | 155. | 8.0 | Kurile Islands | |
| 1914/05/26 14:22 | -2. | 137. | 8.0 | West New Guinea | |
| 1907/10/21 04:23 | 38.00 | 69.00 | 8.0 | Afghanistan | |
| 1903/01/04 05:07 | -20.00 | -175.00 | 8.0 | Tonga | |
| 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.
