These are the 10 biggest earthquakes in history
This Wednesday's 8.8-degree earthquake in the Kamchatka region of Russia is the eighth largest ever recorded.
The 8.8 degree earthquake that occurred early in the morning in the Russian Kamchatka peninsula is the eighth largest ever recorded in the world. First is the 9.5 degree earthquake that struck Valdivia, Chile, in 1960.
These are the biggest earthquakes ever recorded, according to the U.S. Center for Geological Research. USGS\u00u00A0
The 10 largest earthquakesTop 10
1- Valdivia, Chile, 22 May 1960: 9.5
2- Alaska, USA, 28 March 1964: 9.2.
3.- Sumatra,Indonesia, 26 December 2004: 9.1.
4- Fukushima (Japan), 11 March 2011:9.
5- Russia, 4 November 1952:9.
6- Chile, 27 February 2010: 8.8.
7- Ecuador and Colombia, 31 January 1906: 8.8.
8- Kamchatka (Russia), 30 July 2025: 8.8.
9- Rat Islands (Alaska), 4 February 1965: 8.7.
10- Tibet, 15 August 1950: 8.6.
To these ten earthquakes must be added those that occurred in Peru, California (USA) and Chile in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, among which there are only approximate estimates: Callao and Lima (8.6 to 9 degrees) in 1746; Arica (Chile), almost 9 degrees in 1868, and California, 8.7 to 9.2 degrees in 1700.
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