Largest Earthquakes ever recorded
1. Valdivia, Chile 22 May 1960 (magnitude 9.5)
2. Prince William Sound, Alaska 28 March 1964 (magnitude 9.2)
3. Sumatra, Indonesia 26 December 2004 (magnitude 9.1)
4. Sendai, Japan 11 March 2011 (magnitude 9.0)
5. Kamchatka, Russia 4 November 1952 (magnitude 9.0)
6. Bio-bio, Chile 27 February 2010 (magnitude 8.8)
7. Off the coast of Ecuador 31 January 1906 (magnitude 8.8)
8. Rat Islands, Alaska 2 April 1965 (magnitude 8.7)
9. Sumatra, Indonesia 28 March 2005 (magnitude 8.6)
10. Assam - Tibet 15 August 1950 (magnitude 8.6)