Largest earthquakes worldwide on record since 1900 - list, stats and map

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Since 1900, there were 118 quakes of magnitudes up to 9.5:

5 quakes above magnitude 9
113 quakes between magnitude 8 and 9

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Latest: Mag. 8.1 Earthquake South Sandwich Islands region -

Strongest: Mag. 9.5 Earthquake 1960 Great Chilean Earthquake (Valdivia Earthquake) -

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Showing quakes since 1900magnitude 8 or higher (118 quakes):

Largest earthquakes worldwide on record since 1900 - list, stats and map
Date and Time	Mag Depth	Location	Details
Aug 12, 2021 04:35 pm (GMT -2)	8.1 23 km	South Sandwich Islands region 1 report	Info
Thursday, July 29, 2021 GMT (1 quake)
Jul 28, 2021 09:15 pm (GMT -9)	8.2 35 km	103 mi east of Sand Point, Aleutians East, Alaska, United States 193 reports	Info
Thursday, March 4, 2021 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 5, 2021 07:28 am (GMT +12)	8.1 29 km	Kermadec Islands, New Zealand 15 reports	Info
Sunday, May 26, 2019 GMT (1 quake)
May 26, 2019 02:41 am (Lima)	8.0 109 km	85 km southeast of Lagunas, Loreto, Peru 772 reports	Info
Sunday, August 19, 2018 GMT (1 quake)
Aug 19, 2018 12:19 pm (Fiji)	8.1 566 km	South Pacific Ocean, 115 km northeast of Tavunasici Island, Eastern, Fiji 58 reports	Info
Friday, September 8, 2017 GMT (1 quake)
Sep 7, 2017 10:49 pm (GMT -6)	8.1 60 km	North Pacific Ocean, 88 km southwest of Topon, Chiapas, Mexico 317 reports	Info
Tuesday, November 24, 2015 GMT (1 quake)
Nov 24, 2015 07:48 pm (Asuncion)	8.2 0 km	Boqueron, Paraguay 2 reports	Info
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 GMT (1 quake)
Apr 1, 2014 06:46 pm (GMT -5)	8.2 25 km	95km NW of Iquique, Chile 14 reports	Info
Friday, May 24, 2013 GMT (1 quake)
May 24, 2013 04:44 pm (GMT +11)	8.3 598 km	Sea of Okhotsk 34 reports	Info
Wednesday, February 6, 2013 GMT (1 quake)
Feb 6, 2013 12:12 pm (GMT +11)	8.0 24 km	SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS	Info
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 GMT (2 quakes)
Apr 11, 2012 04:43 pm (GMT +6)	8.2 25 km	off the west coast of northern Sumatra	Info

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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 4 x 10¹⁹ joules (1.1 x 10⁷ gigawatt hours, equivalent to 9.4 x 10⁹ tons of TNT or 590190.9 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

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