| 
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 | 





