List of most powerful EQ's since 1900, Japanese Quake would be number five | |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1257246 ![]() 03/11/2011 05:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to earthquake.usgs.gov] Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1259842Largest Earthquakes in the World Since 1900 Location Date UTC Magnitude Lat. Long. Reference 1. Chile 1960 05 22 9.5 -38.29 -73.05 Kanamori, 1977 2. Prince William Sound, Alaska 1964 03 28 9.2 61.02 -147.65 Kanamori, 1977 3. Off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra 2004 12 26 9.1 3.30 95.78 Park et al., 2005 4. Kamchatka 1952 11 04 9.0 52.76 160.06 Kanamori, 1977 5. Offshore Maule, Chile 2010 02 27 8.8 -35.846 -72.719 PDE 6. Off the Coast of Ecuador 1906 01 31 8.8 1.0 -81.5 Kanamori, 1977 7. Rat Islands, Alaska 1965 02 04 8.7 51.21 178.50 Kanamori, 1977 8. Northern Sumatra, Indonesia 2005 03 28 8.6 2.08 97.01 PDE 9. Assam - Tibet 1950 08 15 8.6 28.5 96.5 Kanamori, 1977 10. Andreanof Islands, Alaska 1957 03 09 8.6 51.56 -175.39 Johnson et al., 1994 11. Southern Sumatra, Indonesia 2007 09 12 8.5 -4.438 101.367 PDE 12. Banda Sea, Indonesia 1938 02 01 8.5 -5.05 131.62 Okal and Reymond, 2003 13. Kamchatka 1923 02 03 8.5 54.0 161.0 Kanamori, 1988 14. Chile-Argentina Border 1922 11 11 8.5 -28.55 -70.50 Kanamori, 1977 15. Kuril Islands 1963 10 13 8.5 44.9 149.6 Kanamori, 1977 Updated 2010 March 29 Counting last nights quake in Japan, three of out of the top seven have happened withing the last seven years. Boy some of them strong ones are pretty recent |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1259842 ![]() 03/11/2011 05:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to earthquake.usgs.gov] Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1259842Largest Earthquakes in the World Since 1900 Location Date UTC Magnitude Lat. Long. Reference 1. Chile 1960 05 22 9.5 -38.29 -73.05 Kanamori, 1977 2. Prince William Sound, Alaska 1964 03 28 9.2 61.02 -147.65 Kanamori, 1977 3. Off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra 2004 12 26 9.1 3.30 95.78 Park et al., 2005 4. Kamchatka 1952 11 04 9.0 52.76 160.06 Kanamori, 1977 5. Offshore Maule, Chile 2010 02 27 8.8 -35.846 -72.719 PDE 6. Off the Coast of Ecuador 1906 01 31 8.8 1.0 -81.5 Kanamori, 1977 7. Rat Islands, Alaska 1965 02 04 8.7 51.21 178.50 Kanamori, 1977 8. Northern Sumatra, Indonesia 2005 03 28 8.6 2.08 97.01 PDE 9. Assam - Tibet 1950 08 15 8.6 28.5 96.5 Kanamori, 1977 10. Andreanof Islands, Alaska 1957 03 09 8.6 51.56 -175.39 Johnson et al., 1994 11. Southern Sumatra, Indonesia 2007 09 12 8.5 -4.438 101.367 PDE 12. Banda Sea, Indonesia 1938 02 01 8.5 -5.05 131.62 Okal and Reymond, 2003 13. Kamchatka 1923 02 03 8.5 54.0 161.0 Kanamori, 1988 14. Chile-Argentina Border 1922 11 11 8.5 -28.55 -70.50 Kanamori, 1977 15. Kuril Islands 1963 10 13 8.5 44.9 149.6 Kanamori, 1977 Updated 2010 March 29 Counting last nights quake in Japan, three of out of the top seven have happened withing the last seven years. Boy some of them strong ones are pretty recent No doubt, the 1960's were also pretty active. |
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