Rank
|
Location
|
Date
|
Magnitude
|
1.
|
Chile
|
May 22, 1960
|
9.5
|
2.
|
Prince
William Sound, Alaska
|
March 28,1964
|
9.2
|
3.
|
Aleutian
Islands
|
March 9, 1957
|
9.1
|
4.
|
Japan
|
March 11,2011
|
9.0
|
5.
|
Kamchatka
|
Nov. 4, 1952
|
9.0
|
6.
|
Coast
of Sumatra, Indonesia
|
Dec. 26, 2004
|
9.0
|
7.
|
Off
the coast of Ecuador
|
Jan. 31, 1906
|
8.8
|
8.
|
Offshore
Maule, Chile
|
Feb. 27, 2010
|
8.8
|
9.
|
Rat
Islands, Aleutian Islands
|
Feb. 4, 1965
|
8.7
|
10.
|
Northern
Sumatra, Indonesia
|
March 28,2005
|
8.7
|