The largest earthquake recorded to date was a magnitude 9.5 that occurred in Chile on Sunday, May 22, 1960.
The largest recorded earthquake in the world was a magnitude 9.5 (Mw) in Chile on May 22, 1960.
On 3-28-1964 there was an earthquake in Price William Sound, Alaska that reached 9.2 on the richter scale
According to Wikipedia, the largest earthquake recorded was as follows: Date: May 22nd 1960 Location: Valdivia, Chile Magnitude: 9.5.
The largest earthquake fault is San Andreas fault.
Japan suffered its largest earthquake to date on Friday, March 11, 2011, at 2:46:23 PM (Japan Standard Time) at the epicenter.
The largest recorded earthquake to date, the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, was calculated to be 9.5 MW (moment magnitude scale). The scale has no boundaries, though the chance of earthquakes of increasingly greater magnitude occurring diminishes rapidly.
Actually, the largest recorded earthquake goes to Chile in 1960 with a 9.5 magnitude earthquake.
Aug 5 1910 and Sept 21 1993... both were about the same in shock size. The 1910 earthquake was the largest historical shock within the state's boundaries, but it occurred too far offshore to cause damage, whereas the damaging 1993 earthquake was the largest historical earthquake beneath the land area of Oregon
The Great Chilean Earthquake
No there has never been an earthquake with a magnitude of 10.0 that has ever been recorded. The largest recorded to date was the magnitude 9.5 earthquake that occurred in Valdivia Chile in 1960.
The date of the Christchurch Earthquake was September 4, 2010. The earthquake hit at 4:35am.