2023年1月27日 · From the devastating Sumatran quake and tsunami of 2004 to a monstrous temblor in Siberia that, thankfully, killed no one, here are the 20 largest earthquakes ever recorded, according to the...

2019年8月2日 · They’re measured using seismograph networks and assigned a number out of 10 on the Richter scale. Currently, no known faults are large enough to cause an earthquake with a perfect 10 magnitude–but some of the 10 largest earthquakes ever …

2018年2月13日 · At 19:11:14 UTC, the largest earthquake in recorded history occurred. The earthquake triggered a tsunami that affected most of the Pacific, causing fatalities in Hawaii, Japan, and the Philippines. In Chile alone, it killed 1,655 …

2019年6月26日 · A list of the 20 largest earthquakes in the world. View 20 Largest Earthquakes in the World on Map. No. Mag Location Alternative Name Date (UTC) Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude References; 1. 9.5: Bio-Bio, Chile: Valdivia Earthquake: 1960-05-22: 19:11: 38.14°S: 73.41°W: Kanamori & Anderson, 1975: 2. 9.2:

Just like the Richter scale, the moment magnitude scale is logarithmic, which means that for each whole number you go up on the scale, an earthquake gets 10 times more powerful. For …

The largest earthquake instrumentally recorded had a magnitude of 9.5 and occurred in southern Chile on May 22, 1960. It produced a tsunami that killed people around the Pacific Basin - in Hawaii, California, Japan, the Philippines and other locations.

The highest magnitude ever recorded on the Richter scale for an earthquake is 9.5. This was the Great Chilean Earthquake, which occurred on May 22, 1960.

2017年6月14日 · Here are the top ten most powerful earthquakes ever recorded by the Moment magnitude scale, MMS; denoted as M w or M in recorded history, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), a scientific agency of the United States government.

2022年5月27日 · A new scale, called moment magnitude has now replaced the Richter Scale as the standard for measuring large earthquakes worldwide. The Richter Scale assigns a magnitude based on the largest jolt of energy recorded on a seismograph, plus the distance of the seismograph from the earthquake source.

2018年4月2日 · The 10 largest magnitudes in recorded history 1. Valdivia, Chile 22 May 1960 (magnitude 9.5) This earthquake killed 1655 people, injured 3000 and displaced two million. It caused US$550 million damage in Chile, while the tsunami that it spawned caused deaths and damage as far away as Hawaii, Japan and the Philippines. The 'rupture zone' of the ...