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The biggest earthquake in 2010 was the magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile on February 27, 2010. This earthquake caused widespread damage and resulted in a significant number of casualties.
Mexico's biggest earthquake occurred in 1985. This devastating earthquake, known as the Mexico City earthquake, had a magnitude of 8.0 and caused widespread destruction and loss of life.
The biggest earthquake in our century is the Indian Ocean earthquake in December 2004 with a magnitude of 9.1. But that's not exactly in the last five years, so the Sendai earthquake in Japan today (March 11, 2011) is the biggest earthquake in the last 5 years, with a magnitude of 8.9.
The largest recorded earthquake in Australia occurred on September 8, 1902, with a magnitude of 6.6. It was centered in the town of Warooka on South Australia's Yorke Peninsula.
The largest recorded earthquake in history was a magnitude 9.5 event that occurred in Chile in 1960. It caused widespread destruction and a tsunami that caused devastation across the Pacific Ocean.