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Historical Great Earthquakes

Every magnitude 8.0 and above earthquake recorded worldwide since 1900, sourced from the USGS catalog. These "great" events are the rarest and most destructive class of seismic activity on Earth.

100
M8.0+ since 1900
M9.5
Strongest recorded
Jul 29, 2025
Most recent
M8.0
Minimum magnitude
M8.0 — 78 km NE of Navarro, Peru · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.0 — 2013 Santa Cruz Islands Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.0 — 41 km SW of San Vicente de Cañete, Peru · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.0 — 2006 Tonga Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.0 — 2000 New Ireland Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.0 — 1995 Colima-Jalisco, Mexico Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.0 — 36 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.0 — 1986 Atka, Alaska Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.0 — 1985 Michoacan, Mexico Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.0 — 25 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.0 — 1976 Kermadec Islands, New Zealand Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.0 — 1972 Mindanao, Philippines Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.0 — 1971 New Britain Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.0 — 95 km N of San Antonio del Estrecho, Peru · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.0 — 1949 Haida Gwaii Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.0 — 1942 Southwest Indian Ridge Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.0 — 1934 Bihar-Nepal Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.0 — The 1917 Samoa-Tonga Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.0 — 1906 Papua New Guinea Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.0 — Tonga · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.0 — 60 km W of Diego de Almagro, Chile · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.0 — 1989 Macquarie Ridge Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.0 — 1941 Hyuganada Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.0 — The 1911 Kemin Earthquake, Kyrgyzstan · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.1 — 1996 Biak, Indonesia Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.1 — 1920 Vanuatu Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.1 — 2021 South Sandwich Islands Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.1 — 2021 Kermadec Islands, New Zealand Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.1 — 2009 Samoa Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.1 — 2007 Solomon Islands Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.1 — 2007 Kuril Islands Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.1 — 2004 Tasman Sea Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.1 — 1998 Balleny Islands Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.1 — 1971 Bougainville Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.1 — 67 km W of Paramonga, Peru · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.1 — 1963 Banda Sea Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.1 — 4 km ESE of Cañete, Chile · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.1 — 1957 Gobi-Altay, Mongolia Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.1 — 1952 Tokachi-Oki Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.1 — 1945 Makran Subduction Zone Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.1 — 1944 Toankai Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.1 — 45 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.1 — 21 km NNE of Minas de Marcona, Peru · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.1 — 1939 Sulawesi Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.1 — 1932 Jalisco, Mexico Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.1 — 1929 South Sandwich Islands Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.1 — 1919 Tonga Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.1 — 1918 Kuril Islands Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.1 — 1910 Taiwan Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.1 — 1924 Mindanao, Philippines Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.2 — 1919 Papua New Guinea Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.2 — 1914 Biak Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.2 — 2003 Tokachi-Oki Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.2 — 2021 Chignik, Alaska Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.2 — 2018 Fiji Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.2 — 2017 Tehuantepec, Mexico Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.2 — 93 km NW of Iquique, Chile · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.2 — 2012 Wharton Basin Aftershock · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.2 — 55 km NNW of Reyes, Bolivia · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.2 — 1969 Hokkaido Toho-oki Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.2 — 1968 Tokachi-Oki Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.2 — 1965 Ceram Sea Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.2 — 121 km SSE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.2 — 21 km SE of Huacho, Peru · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.2 — 1917 Kermadec Islands, New Zealand Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.2 — The 1907 Sumatra Earthquake and Tsunami · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.2 — The 1906 Valparaiso, Chile Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.2 — 1938 Semidi Islands, Alaska Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.2 — 1920 Hualien, Taiwan Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.3 — 48 km W of Illapel, Chile · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.3 — 2013 Sea of Okhotsk Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.3 — 2006 Kuril Islands Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.3 — 48 km E of Shikotan, Russia · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.3 — 1977 Sumba, Indonesia Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.3 — 1958 Kuril Islands Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.3 — 68 km S of Shing?, Japan · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.3 — 1918 Mindanao, Philippines Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.3 — 1906 Western Aleutian Islands (Hawadax/Rat Islands) Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.3 — The 1905 Bulnay (Bolnai), Mongolia Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.4 — 122 km SW of Bengkulu, Indonesia · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.4 — 6 km SSW of Atico, Peru · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.4 — 1933 Sanriku (Sanriku-oki) Earthquake, Japan · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.4 — 1923 Kamchatka, Russia Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.5 — 1963 Kuril Islands Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.5 — 1938 Banda Sea Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.5 — 94 km ENE of Vallenar, Chile · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.6 — 2012 Wharton Basin Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.6 — 78 km WSW of Singkil, Indonesia · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.6 — 1957 Atka, Alaska Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.6 — 1950 Assam-Tibet Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.6 — 1946 Unimak Island, Alaska Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.7 — 1965 Western Aleutian Islands (Hawadax/Rat Islands) Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.8 — 2025 Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.8 — 2010 Maule, Chile Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM8.8 — 1906 Ecuador-Colombia Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM9.0 — 89 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia · click to simulate P/S wavesM9.1 — 2011 Great Tohoku Earthquake, Japan · click to simulate P/S wavesM9.1 — 2004 Sumatra - Andaman Islands Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM9.2 — The 1964 Prince William Sound, Alaska Earthquake · click to simulate P/S wavesM9.5 — 1960 Great Chilean Earthquake (Valdivia Earthquake) · click to simulate P/S waves
100 great earthquakes · since 1900

Event Catalog

Data courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) ANSS Comprehensive Catalog. Magnitudes reflect the preferred value in the USGS record.