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What is the strongest earthquake in history? Where did it happen? What is the order of magnitude?
Chile earthquake (1May 2, 9601day): Moment magnitude 9.5. It happened in the central waters of Chile, and triggered a tsunami and volcanic eruption. The earthquake killed 5,000 people and left 2 million homeless.

Alaska Earthquake (1March 28th, 964): Moment magnitude 9.2. The tsunami triggered this time caused 125 deaths and property losses of 3 1 1 billion dollars. Strong earthquakes were felt in most parts of Alaska, Yukon, Canada and Colombia.

Sumatra earthquake in Indonesia (65438+February 26th, 2004): Moment magnitude is 9. 1, which occurred in Aceh province, Sumatra Island, Indonesia. The tsunami triggered by the earthquake swept through Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia and India, leaving about 300,000 people missing or dead.

Great East Japan Earthquake (20/KOOC-0//KOOC-0/March/KOOC-0//KOOC-0/): Moment magnitude 9.0. The epicenter was located in the Pacific Ocean130km east of Miyagi Prefecture, with a focal depth of 20km. According to Japanese official statistics (as of April 14 19)

Kamchatka peninsula earthquake (1954165438+1October 4th): moment magnitude 9.0. The epicenter was located off the coast of southern kamchatka peninsula.

Ecuador earthquake (190665438+1October 3 1): the moment is 8.8. About 1000 people died in this earthquake, which triggered a tsunami about 5 meters high and hit the coast of Ecuador, and about 500 people died in this tsunami.

The Chile earthquake (2065438+February 27th, 2000) with a moment magnitude of 8.8 and a focal point of 35km killed at least 52 1 person, 59 people were missing and 12000 people were injured.

Alaska earthquake (1February 4, 965): 8.7. The epicenter was located near adak Island in Andre Yanov Islands, Alaska.

Sumatra earthquake in Indonesia (March 28, 2005): 8.6. The epicenter was located in the northern coast of Sumatra Island, Indonesia, with a focal point of 30 kilometers, causing 13 13 deaths.

Alaska earthquake (1March 9, 957): moment 8.6. The epicenter was located near adak Island in Andre Yanov Islands, Alaska, which was very close to the epicenter of the Alaska M8.7 earthquake of 1965.

Medog earthquake in Tibet, China (1August 950 15): moment magnitude 8.6. More than 2000 houses and temples were destroyed. The Yarlung Zangbo River in China and the Yarlung Zangbo River in India were the worst hit, with at least 1500 people killed.

Most seismic data

The biggest earthquake in the world is the Great East Japan Earthquake (Richter scale) on March 1 1.

The biggest earthquake in China was the August 1950 earthquake with magnitude 8.6 in Tibet.

The earthquake that occurred in the eastern Mediterranean in July was 120 1, and the death toll was 165438+ one million.

The largest earthquake loss was the Great East Japan Earthquake in March of 20 1 1, and the loss was estimated to be between12.2 billion and 235 billion US dollars (about 800 billion yuan to10.5 trillion yuan).