Mexico's biggest earthquake occurred in 1985. This devastating earthquake, known as the Mexico City earthquake, had a magnitude of 8.0 and caused widespread destruction and loss of life.
The Earthquake of Kobe occurred in Japan in 1995.
It depends on the earthquake you are talking about. Many have occurred in Japan. The most recent is the 2011 earthquake.
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The Kobe earthquake occurred in Japan in the year 1995.
The largest earthquake in South Carolina occurred in Charleston, SC on September 1, 1886. It had a magnitude of 7.3. Earthquakes are terrible
The biggest tsunami in China occurred in South Sea China in 1782. The tsunami resulted in 40,000 fatalities. The deadliest tsunami ever was in the Indian Ocean in 2004 when over 225,000 people lost their lives.
The earthquake in Southern Ocean North of Macquire Island in 2004 is the biggest earthquake reported in Australia, with a magnitude of 8.1
The largest earthquake recorded by man was the magnitude 9.5 Valdivia earthquake in Chile which occurred on the 22nd of May, 1960.
The biggest earthquake in our century is the Indian Ocean earthquake in December 2004 with a magnitude of 9.1. But that's not exactly in the last five years, so the Sendai earthquake in Japan today (March 11, 2011) is the biggest earthquake in the last 5 years, with a magnitude of 8.9.
The biggest earthquake ever recorded, which occurred near the cities of Valdivia and Puerto Montt, Chile, in 1960. Known as the Great Chilean Earthquake, the quake measured an impressive 9.5 on the Richter scale. The death toll of the Great Chilean Earthquake is not known, although the USGS estimates about 1,655 people died, and the earthquake may have caused as much as $800 billion US Dollars in damage.
the biggest earthquake recorded was 9.1 on the Richter scale.