The 5 Biggest Earthquakes in History

The Alaskan earthquake

Also called Great Alaska Earthquake occurred on March 27, 1964 at 17:36 hours. Fortunately the quake of 9.2 Richter degrees occurred in the unpopulated state.
This great earthquake and tsunami took the lives of 128 people (113 tsunami, earthquake 15).

Earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia

The December 26, 2004 an earthquake measuring 9.1 on the Richter scale was recorded at 6:58 hours.
The earthquake occurred when the tectonic plates of India and Burma made contact whose energy is said to be 23,000 times greater than that generated by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The balance of the earthquake and tsunami: 280 thousand victims.

The worst earthquake in Japan's history

The March 11, 2011, the Pacific plate moved west with respect to the North American plate, 130 kilometers east of the city of Sendai. The magnitude was 9 degrees on the Richter scale. The death toll was more than 20,000, more than 3000 missing and 6000 injured 25.

1952 Kamchatka earthquake

The main quake occurred at 16:58 GMT (4:58 local time) on November 4, 1952. The magnitude of 9.0 Mw. A tsunami caused great destruction and loss of life around the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Kuril Islands. Hawaii was also hit, with estimated damages of up to $ 1 million, but no human casualties reported. The tsunami reached as far away as Alaska, Chile and New Zealand