Historic earthquakes of magnitude 8.0 and above
Magnitude
8.8 Kamchatka
peninsula, Russia
29 Jul 2025
9.5 Great
Chilean earthquake,
Valdivia, 1960
9.1 Sumatra -
Andaman Islands
2004
9.2 Prince William
Sound, Alaska, 1964
9.0
9.1 Great
Tohoku
quake,
Japan
2011
8.0
1900
1940
1980
2020
Magnitude
8.8 Kamchatka
peninsula, Russia
29 Jul 2025
9.5 Great Chilean
earthquake, Valdivia, 1960
9.1 Sumatra -
Andaman Islands
2004
9.2 Prince William
Sound, Alaska, 1964
9.0
9.1
Great Tohoku
earthquake,
Japan, 2011
8.0
1900
1920
1940
1960
1980
2000
2020
Magnitude
8.8 Kamchatka peninsula,
Russia, 29 Jul 2025
9.5 Great Chilean
earthquake, Valdivia, 1960
9.1 Great Tohoku
earthquake, Japan, 2011
9.2 Prince William
Sound, Alaska, 1964
9.0
9.1 Sumatra -
Andaman
Islands, 2004
8.0
1900
1920
1940
1960
1980
2000
2020
8.8 Kamchatka peninsula,
Russia, 29 Jul 2025
9.5 Great Chilean
earthquake, Valdivia, 1960
9.1 Great Tohoku
earthquake, Japan, 2011
Magnitude
9.1 Sumatra -
Andaman Islands,
2004
9.2 Prince William
Sound, Alaska, 1964
9.0
8.0
1900
1920
1940
1960
1980
2000
2020
8.8 Kamchatka
peninsula, Russia,
29 Jul 2025
Magnitude
9.5 Great Chilean
earthquake, Valdivia, 1960
9.1 Great Tohoku
earthquake, Japan, 2011
9.2 Prince William
Sound, Alaska, 1964
9.1 Sumatra - Andaman
Islands, 2004
9.0 Petropavlovsk-
Kamchatsky, Russia, 1952
9.0
8.0
1900
1920
1940
1960
1980
2000
2020
Magnitude
8.8 Kamchatka
peninsula, Russia
29 Jul 2025
9.5 Great
Chilean earthquake,
Valdivia, 1960
9.1 Sumatra -
Andaman Islands
2004
9.2 Prince William
Sound, Alaska, 1964
9.0
9.1 Great
Tohoku
quake,
Japan
2011
8.0
1900
1940
1980
2020
Magnitude
8.8 Kamchatka
peninsula, Russia
29 Jul 2025
9.5 Great Chilean
earthquake, Valdivia, 1960
9.1 Sumatra -
Andaman Islands
2004
9.2 Prince William
Sound, Alaska, 1964
9.0
9.1
Great Tohoku
earthquake,
Japan, 2011
8.0
1900
1920
1940
1960
1980
2000
2020
Magnitude
8.8 Kamchatka peninsula,
Russia, 29 Jul 2025
9.5 Great Chilean
earthquake, Valdivia, 1960
9.1 Great Tohoku
earthquake, Japan, 2011
9.2 Prince William
Sound, Alaska, 1964
9.0
9.1 Sumatra -
Andaman
Islands, 2004
8.0
1900
1920
1940
1960
1980
2000
2020
8.8 Kamchatka peninsula,
Russia, 29 Jul 2025
9.5 Great Chilean
earthquake, Valdivia, 1960
9.1 Great Tohoku
earthquake, Japan, 2011
Magnitude
9.1 Sumatra -
Andaman Islands,
2004
9.2 Prince William
Sound, Alaska, 1964
9.0
8.0
1900
1920
1940
1960
1980
2000
2020
8.8 Kamchatka
peninsula, Russia,
29 Jul 2025
Magnitude
9.5 Great Chilean
earthquake, Valdivia, 1960
9.1 Great Tohoku
earthquake, Japan, 2011
9.2 Prince William
Sound, Alaska, 1964
9.1 Sumatra - Andaman
Islands, 2004
9.0 Petropavlovsk-
Kamchatsky, Russia, 1952
9.0
8.0
1900
1920
1940
1960
1980
2000
2020