Sorted by Magnitude Selected earthquakes of general historic interest. All earthquake dates are UTC, not local time.. 8.5 1. 1960 05 22 - Chile - M 9.5 2. 1964 03 28 - Prince William Sound, Alaska - M 9.2 3. 2004 12 26 - Sumatra-Andaman Islands - M 9.1 4. 2011 03 11 - Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 9.0 5. 1952 11 04 - Kamchatka - M 9.0 6. 2010 02 27 - Offshore Bio-Bio, Chile - M 8.8 7. 1906 01 31 - Off the Coast of Esmeraldas, Ecuador - M 8.8 8. 1965 02 04 - Rat Islands, Alaska - M 8.7 9. 2005 03 28 - Northern Sumatra, Indonesia - M 8.6 10. 1957 03 09 - Andreanof Islands, Alaska - M 8.6 11. 1950 08 15 - Assam - Tibet - M 8.6 12. 2007 09 12 - Southern Sumatra, Indonesia - M 8.5 13. 1963 10 13 - Kuril Islands - M 8.5 14. 1938 02 01 - Banda Sea, Indonesia - M 8.5 15. 1923 02 03 - Kamchatka - M 8.5 16. 1922 11 11 - Chile-Argentina Border - M 8.5 6.0 1. 2011 03 11 - Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 9.0 Fatalities 28,050 2. 1896 06 15 - Sanriku, Japan - M 8.5 Fatalities 27,000 3. 1933 03 02 - Sanriku, Japan - M 8.4 Fatalities 2,990 4. 2003 09 25 - Hokkaido, Japan Region - M 8.3 5. 1968 05 16 - Off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 8.2 Fatalities 47 6. 1944 12 07 - Tonankai, Japan - M 8.1 Fatalities 1,223 7. 1946 12 20 - Nankaido, Japan - M 8.1 Fatalities 1,330 8. 1911 06 15 - Ryukyu Islands, Japan - M 8.1 Fatalities 12 9. 1952 03 04 - Hokkaido, Japan region - M 8.1 Fatalities 31 10. 1891 10 27 - Mino-Owari, Japan - M 8.0 Fatalities 7,273 11. 1923 09 01 - Kanto (Kwanto), Japan - M 7.9 Fatalities 143,000 12. 1927 03 07 - Tango, Japan - M 7.6 Fatalities 3,020 13. 1964 06 16 - Niigata, Japan - M 7.5 Fatalities 26 14. 2004 09 05 - Near the South Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 7.4 15. 1943 09 10 - Tottori, Japan - M 7.4 Fatalities 1,190 16. 1948 06 28 - Fukui, Japan - M 7.3 Fatalities 3,769 17. 2004 09 05 - Near the South Coast of Western Honshu, Japan - M 7.2 18. 2005 08 16 - Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 7.2 19. 2009 08 09 - Near the South Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 7.1 20. 1945 01 12 - Mikawa, Japan - M 7.1 Fatalities 1,961 21. 2004 11 28 - Hokkaido, Japan Region - M 7.0 22. 2005 11 14 - Off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 7.0 23. 2003 05 26 - Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 7.0 24. 2003 10 31 - Off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 7.0

25. 2008 06 13 - Eastern Honshu, Japan - M 6.9 Fatalities 13 26. 1995 01 16 - Kobe, Japan - M 6.9 Fatalities 5,502 27. 2004 12 06 - Hokkaido, Japan Region - M 6.8 28. 2008 05 07 - Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 6.8 29. 2008 07 23 - Eastern Honshu, Japan - M 6.8 Fatalities 1 30. 2008 09 11 - Hokkaido, Japan region - M 6.8 31. 2009 10 30 - Ryukyu Islands, Japan - M 6.8 32. 2003 10 08 - Hokkaido, Japan Region - M 6.7 33. 2007 03 25 - Near the West Coast of Honshu,Japan - M 6.7 Fatalities 1 34. 2009 08 17 - Southwestern Ryukyu Islands, Japan - M 6.7 35. 2000 10 06 - Western Honshu, Japan - M 6.7 36. 2004 09 06 - Near the South Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 6.6 37. 2004 10 23 - Near the West Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 6.6 Fatalities 40 38. 2005 03 20 - Kyushu, Japan - M 6.6 Fatalities 1 39. 2007 07 16 - Near the west coast of Honshu, Japan - M 6.6 Fatalities 9 40. 2009 08 12 - Izu Islands, Japan region - M 6.6 41. 2004 05 29 - Off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 6.5 42. 2005 12 02 - Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 6.5 43. 2005 10 19 - Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 6.3 44. 2006 06 11 - Kyushu, Japan - M 6.3 45. 2009 08 10 - Near the South Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 6.1 Fatalities 1

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