The top 10 largest death tolls in an earthquake by name and the number of fatalities are 1) Shaanxi with an estimated 820,000-830,000 deaths, 2) Haiyuan with 273,400 deaths, 3) Tangshan with 242,769 deaths, 4) Antioch with 240,000 deaths, 5) Indian Ocean with 230,210 deaths, 6) Aleppo with 230,000 deaths, 7) Haiti with an estimated 100,000 to 316,000 deaths, 8) Damghan with an estimated 200,000 deaths, 9) Ardabil with an estimated 150,000 deaths, and 10) Messina with 123,000 deaths.
May 22, 1960
Valdivia, Chile
Valdivia earthquake
9.5
March 27, 1964
Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA
Alaska earthquake
9.2
December 26, 2004
Indian ocean, Sumatra, Indonesia
Indian Ocean earthquake
9.1-9.3
November 4, 1952
Kamchatka, Russia (then USSR)
Kamchatka earthquakes
9.0
March 11, 2011
Pacific Ocean, Tōhoku region, Japan
Tōhoku earthquake
9.0
November 25, 1833
Sumatra, Indonesia
Sumatra earthquake
8.8-9.2
January 31, 1906
Ecuador - Colombia
Ecuador-Colombia earthquake
8.8
February 27, 2010
Maule, Chile
Chile earthquake
8.8
January 26, 1700
Pacific Ocean, USA and Canada
Cascadia earthquake
8.7-9.2
July 8, 1730
Valparaiso, Chile
Valparaiso earthquake
8.7-9.0
830000 in Shensi in 1556
Transform boundaries produce the largest earthquakes.
The largest active belt is the one that nearly surrounds the Pacific Ocean
Of the largest earthquakes recorded, Chile has the most, a total of 5/27.
The plate boundaries that have the largest magnitude earthquakes are convergent plates. Convergent plates are moving together and eventually collide. These plates are usually along the edge of an ocean and next to a continent.
England is not that prone to earthquakes. However, there have also been some earthquakes that have caused damage but not as much damage compared to other parts of the world. The largest earthquake that hit the country was in 1931 with a magnitude of 6.1.
Transform boundaries produce the largest earthquakes.
81% of earthquakes
The earthquakes will be 90%-81% of the largest 40,000km long.
The largest earthquakes ever was the Valdivia earthquake in Chile in 1960 with a magnitude of 9.5. The second largest was the Alaska earthquake in 1964 with a magnitude of 9.2.
About 90% of the world's earthquakes and 80% of the world's largest earthquakes occur along the Ring of Fire.
The largest active belt is the one that nearly surrounds the Pacific Ocean
Of the largest earthquakes recorded, Chile has the most, a total of 5/27.
Little Earthquakes - video - was created in 1992-10.
The plate boundaries that have the largest magnitude earthquakes are convergent plates. Convergent plates are moving together and eventually collide. These plates are usually along the edge of an ocean and next to a continent.
If you take the past earthquakes and study them and how they were you can find out about where some future earthquakes might be then you can provide a warning for earthquakes about 10% of the time.
The worlds largest recorded earthquake occurred in southern Chile in 1960. It had a 9.5 mangitude
Earthquakes are not born. Alaska had it's largest quake in 1964.