Earthquakes
Earthquakes influence our Earth a great deal. Have you heard about the Nepal earthquake? Or all the earthquakes happening presently in Papua New Guinea? Possibly the earthquake in Valdivia, Chile in 1960? These are all caused by movement of plate tectonics. Large earthquakes can happen anytime, anywhere because of movement under the crust. Below is a List of the 10 largest earthquakes recorded in the world since 1900.
Largest Earthquakes since 1990
- Chile | May 22, 1960 | Magnitude: 9.5
- Prince William Sound, Alaska | March 28, 1984 | Magnitude: 9.2
- Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands | March 9, 1957 | Magnitude: 9.1
- Japan | March 11, 2011 | Magnitude: 9.0
- Kamchatka | November 4, 1952 | Magnitude: 9.0
- Off western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia | December 26, 2004