The most famous one in North America was the San Fransisco earthquake of 1906. A great fire followed this quake. Seven hundred people died and property damage amounted to about 425 million dollars.
More recently, in February 1971, a heavy earthquake in the Los Angeles area caused many million dollars in damage to homes, businesses and roadways.
One of the most famous earthquakes in Europe took place in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1755. The city was destroyed and at least thirty thousand people were killed.
Also, two great earthquakes that caused enormous damage took place in Tokyo, Japan and in the Kansu province of China. The Tokyo earthquake of 1923 killed more than a hundred thousand people and destroyed Tokyo and Yokohama. The Chinese earthquake of 1920 covered more than 300 square miles and killed about two hundred thousand people.
It occurred in the afternoon (19:11 GMT, 14:11 local time) and its resulting tsunami affected southern Chile, Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, eastern New Zealand, southeast Australia, and the Aleutian Islands in Alaska.
And the strongest-ever earthquake in the US?
It took place in Prince William Sound, Alaska, on March 28, 1964, and measured 9.2 on the Richter scale. The destruction was massive, although "only" 125 lives were lost as a result of the earthquake and the ensuing tsunami.
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The biggest earthquake on record occurred off the coast of Chile in 1960. It was magnitude 9.5 on the Richter Scale. It had the same energy as 178 billion tons of TNT or about 10 million Hiroshima bombs.
It is believed that the asteroid that hit the Yucatan Peninsula 65.5 million years ago may have caused an earthquake of magnitude 13.0. This would have the same energy of 100 trillion tons of TNT or 6 billion Hiroshima bombs.
The recorded earthquake of highest magnitude was of 9.7 in chile.
In 2011 the biggest earthquake hit Japan giving a 7.1 damage followed by a tsunami.
March 11, 2011, was the largest earthquake in Japan, with a magnitude of 9.0.
The most powerful earthquake reported in history was the 1960 earthquake in Chili which measured 9.5 on the Richter scale.
The largest modern earthquake happened on May 22, 1960 in Valdivia, Chile. it registered a 9.5.
The most recent large earthquake of magnitude 9.0 or larger was a 9.0 magnitude earthquake in Japan in 2011 (as of March 2011), and it was the largest earthquake since records began. No, it wasn't. The largest earthquake ever recorded was the Chilean earthquake on May 20th, 1960. It measured 9.5 magnitude on the Richter's scale.
Magnitude 9.2 including Alaska and 9.0 in the lower 48 states.According to USGS National Earthquake Information Center it was magnitude 9.2 on March 28, 1964 in Prince William Sound, Alaska.On January 26, 1700.was the largest known earthquake (magnitude 9.0) to have occurred in the "lower 48" United States that rocked Cascadia, a region 600 miles long that includes northern California, Oregon, Washington, and southern British Columbia
the sumatra earthquake was the onget earthquake in history, it lasted about 10 minutes and killed over 300,000 people
The Great Chilean Earthquake
The largest in recorded history was a 9.5 earthquake in Chile.
The largest earthquake in the history of Michigan was a 4.6 magnitude earthquake on August 10, 1947.
The 1960 Valdivia earthquake in Chile had a magnitude of 9.5. The largest recorded in human history.
The "worst" earthquake in modern history occurred on May 22, 1960, in Valdivia, Chile. It measured 9.5 on the Richter scale, the largest recorded earthquake in history.
The 1964 Alaska Earthquake. It measured between 9.2 and 9.4 on the Richter Scale, making it the 2nd largest earthquake ever recorded. 143 people were killed.
The 9.0 magnitude earthquake that occurred Friday, March 11, 2011, at 2:46:23 PM (Japan Standard Time) just off the coast of Japan. It was the largest earthquake to happen in Japan in recorded history, and the largest in 140 years. UPDATE: Official magnitude was updated to 9.1 on Nov 7, 2016.
The most powerful earthquake recorded in Chile was the 9.5 magnitude quake (moment magnitude) that struck Valdivia, Chile on May 22, 1960. This is also the largest recorded earthquake in modern times.
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The most powerful earthquake reported in history was the 1960 earthquake in Chili which measured 9.5 on the Richter scale.
Not that has ever been recorded by man. The largest recorded earthquake occurred off the west coast of Chile in 1960 and had a magnitude of 9.5. It is thought that the impact that occurred 65.5 million years ago creating the Chixulub crater beneath the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico (and thought to have contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs) yielded energy equivalent to an earthquake of magnitude 12.5.
the worst earthquake in history is the hediezz earthquake