Biggest Earthquakes Globally - Since 1917
A comprehensive real-time tracking of the biggest and strongest earthquakes around the world in the last since 1917.
Biggest Earthquakes Globally
By Magnitude, Last Since 1917
| Map Index | When | Where | Magnitude | Depth (km / mi) | Lat / Long | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 65 Years Ago | 🇨🇱 1960 Great Chilean (Valdivia Earthquake) | 9.5 | 1388 | 25.00 / 15.53 | -38.14 / -73.41 |
| 2 | 61 Years Ago | 🇺🇸 The 1964 Prince William Sound, Alaska | 9.2 | 1723 | 25.00 / 15.53 | 60.91 / -147.34 |
| 3 | 20 Years Ago | 🇮🇩 2004 Sumatra - Andaman Islands | 9.1 | 1274 | 30.00 / 18.64 | 3.29 / 95.98 |
| 4 | 14 Years Ago | 🇯🇵 2011 Great Tohoku, Japan | 9.1 | 2184 | 29.00 / 18.02 | 38.30 / 142.37 |
| 5 | 72 Years Ago | 🇷🇺 89 km ESE Of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia | 9.0 | 1246 | 21.60 / 13.42 | 52.62 / 159.78 |
| 6 | 119 Years Ago | 🇪🇨 1906 Ecuador-Colombia | 8.8 | 1191 | 20.00 / 12.43 | 0.95 / -79.37 |
| 7 | 15 Years Ago | 🇨🇱 36 km WNW Of Quirihue, Chile | 8.8 | 1991 | 22.90 / 14.23 | -36.12 / -72.90 |
| 8 | 60 Years Ago | 🇺🇸 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska | 8.7 | 1164 | 30.30 / 18.83 | 51.25 / 178.72 |
| 9 | 79 Years Ago | 🇺🇸 1946 Aleutian Islands (Unimak Island), Alaska | 8.6 | 1138 | 15.00 / 9.32 | 53.49 / -162.83 |
| 10 | 74 Years Ago | 🇮🇳 1950 Assam-Tibet | 8.6 | 1138 | 15.00 / 9.32 | 28.36 / 96.44 |
| 11 | 68 Years Ago | 🇺🇸 81 km ESE Of Adak, Alaska | 8.6 | 1138 | 25.00 / 15.53 | 51.50 / -175.63 |
| 12 | 20 Years Ago | 🇮🇩 78 km WSW Of Singkil, Indonesia | 8.6 | 1138 | 30.00 / 18.64 | 2.08 / 97.11 |
| 13 | 13 Years Ago | 🇮🇩 Off The West Coast Of Northern Sumatra | 8.6 | 2048 | 20.00 / 12.43 | 2.33 / 93.06 |
| 14 | 102 Years Ago | 🇨🇱 94 km ENE Of Vallenar, Chile | 8.5 | 1112 | 70.00 / 43.50 | -28.29 / -69.85 |
| 15 | 87 Years Ago | 🇮🇩 141 km WNW Of Tual, Indonesia | 8.5 | 1112 | 25.00 / 15.53 | -5.04 / 131.61 |
| 16 | 61 Years Ago | 🇷🇺 132 km ESE Of Kuril’Sk, Russia | 8.5 | 1112 | 35.00 / 21.75 | 44.87 / 149.48 |
| 17 | 102 Years Ago | 🇷🇺 121 km ESE Of Mil’Kovo, Russia | 8.4 | 1086 | 15.00 / 9.32 | 54.49 / 160.47 |
| 18 | 92 Years Ago | 🇯🇵 1933 Sanriku (Sanriku-Oki), Japan | 8.4 | 1086 | 15.00 / 9.32 | 39.21 / 144.59 |
| 19 | 24 Years Ago | 🇵🇪 6 km SSW Of Atico, Peru | 8.4 | 1086 | 33.00 / 20.51 | -16.27 / -73.64 |
| 20 | 17 Years Ago | 🇮🇩 122 km SW Of Bengkulu, Indonesia | 8.4 | 1086 | 34.00 / 21.13 | -4.44 / 101.37 |
| 21 | 119 Years Ago | 🇲🇳 121 km WNW Of Tosontsengel, Mongolia | 8.3 | 1068 | 15.00 / 9.32 | 49.29 / 96.84 |
| 22 | 47 Years Ago | 🇮🇩 265 km SW Of Waingapu, Indonesia | 8.3 | 1062 | 25.00 / 15.53 | -11.16 / 118.38 |
| 23 | 118 Years Ago | 🇺🇸 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska | 8.3 | 1060 | 110.00 / 68.35 | 51.85 / 178.18 |
| 24 | 106 Years Ago | 🇵🇭 75 km SSW Of Malisbeng, Philippines | 8.3 | 1060 | 20.00 / 12.43 | 5.54 / 123.99 |
| 25 | 78 Years Ago | 🇯🇵 68 km S Of Shing?, Japan | 8.3 | 1060 | 15.00 / 9.32 | 33.12 / 135.91 |