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World's Big Earthquakes 

Largest Earthquakes
In The World
and Contiguous U.S.

    WORLD

    Magnitude Date Location
    9.5 May 22, 1960 Chile
    9.2 March 27, 1964 Prince William Sound, Alaska
    9.1 December 26, 2004 West Coast of Northern Sumatra
    9.1 March 9, 1957 Andreanof Islands, Alaska
    9.0 November 4, 1952 Kamchatka
    8.8 January 31, 1906 Off coast of Ecuador
    8.7 February 3, 1965 Rat Islands, Alaska
    8.6 August 15, 1950 Assam, India-Tibet
    8.5 February 4, 1923 Kamchatka
    8.5 February 2, 1938 Banda Sea, Indonesia
    8.5 October 13, 1963 Kuril Islands


    CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES

    Magnitude Date Location
    8.1 December 16, 1811 New Madrid, Missouri
    8.0 February 17, 1812 New Madrid, Missouri
    7.9 January 9, 1857 Fort Tejon, California
    7.8 January 23, 1812 New Madrid, Missouri
    7.8 April 18, 1906 San Francisco, California
    7.4 March 26, 1872 Owens Valley, California
    7.4 November 8, 1980 Off Coast of Northern California
    7.3 February 23, 1892 Laguna Salada, Baja California
    7.3 December 14, 1872 North Cascades, Washington
    7.3 August 31, 1886 Charleston, South Carolina
    7.3 January 31, 1922 Offshore of Eureka, California
    7.3 July 21, 1952 Kern County, California
    7.3 June 28, 1992 Landers, California
    7.3 August 17, 1959 Hebgen Lake, Montana
    7.2 April 25, 1992 Cape Mendocino

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