1960 Chile earthquake: 1960 occurred on May 22nd, with a magnitude of 9.5. This is one of the strongest earthquakes in human history, which caused great losses and casualties.
2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake: It occurred on February 26th, 2004, with the magnitude of 9. 1, which was the third largest earthquake on record, causing a huge tsunami and disaster.
20 1 1 Tohoku earthquake in Japan: It occurred on March 20 1 1 day1/with a magnitude of 9.0. This is the strongest earthquake in Japan's history, which has caused serious consequences such as tsunami and nuclear leakage.
1964 Alaska earthquake: It occurred on March 27th, 1964, with a magnitude of 9.2. This is the strongest earthquake in the history of North America, causing large-scale destruction and casualties.
1952 Kamatoka Earthquake in the Soviet Union: It occurred in19521.4, with a magnitude of 9.0, and was the largest inland earthquake in history, causing great damage and casualties.
In addition to the above-mentioned super-strong earthquakes, there are many other earthquakes with large magnitude in human history. Here are some other super earthquakes:
1906 San Francisco earthquake: it occurred on April 1906 with a magnitude of 8.3. This is one of the worst earthquakes in American history, which caused massive destruction and casualties.
1964 Chile earthquake: It occurred on May 22nd, 1964, with a magnitude of 9.0, which is one of the strongest earthquakes recorded in Chile and the second highest in the world.
20 10 Haiti earthquake: occurred at 20 10, 1, with a magnitude of 7.0. Although the magnitude was not as high as the above earthquake, Haiti's fragile infrastructure caused more than 200,000 deaths and millions of people lost their homes.
Tangshan earthquake (1976): It occurred on1July 28th, 976, with a magnitude of 7.8. It was one of the largest earthquakes in China's history, causing more than 240,000 deaths.
In addition to the earthquakes mentioned above, the following are some other earthquakes with larger magnitude in history:
1923 Great Kanto Earthquake in Japan: It occurred on 1 September, 923/day, with a magnitude of 7.9, causing a large number of houses to collapse, fires and other disasters, with an estimated death toll of more than 65,438+10,000.
1730 Hebei earthquake: It occurred on July 28th, 1730, with a magnitude of about 8.0. It is one of the largest earthquakes in China history, causing extensive damage and casualties.
20 16 earthquake in central Italy: it occurred on August 24, 20 16, with a magnitude of 6.2, causing large-scale destruction and casualties, including 300 deaths and more than 4,000 homeless people.
1949 Sacramento earthquake, California: It occurred on1949 65438+February 20th, with a magnitude of 6.4, causing a lot of house damage and casualties.
20 15 Nepal earthquake: occurred on April 25th, 20 15, with a magnitude of 7.8. This is one of the strongest earthquakes recorded in Nepal, causing tens of thousands of deaths and huge losses.
Wenchuan earthquake in 2008: It occurred on June 23rd 1556+65438, with a magnitude of about 8.0. This is one of the most destructive earthquakes on record in the world. It is estimated that the earthquake caused 800,000 to 8.3 million deaths.
20 17 Mexico earthquake: it occurred on September 20 19, 2065438, with a magnitude of 7. 1. This is one of the worst earthquakes recorded in Mexico, which killed more than 360 people and damaged a lot of buildings.
1970 Peru earthquake: It occurred on May 3 1 65438, with a magnitude of 7.9. It was one of the largest earthquakes in South America's history, killing more than 70,000 people.
20 18 Lombok earthquake in Indonesia: It occurred on August 5, 20 18 with a magnitude of 6.9, killing at least 20 people, injuring more than 400 people and causing a large number of buildings to collapse.
1985 Mexico city earthquake: It occurred on1September/September, 1985 19, with magnitude of 8.0, causing a large number of buildings to collapse and 10000 people to die.