The Most Powerful Earthquakes in History

Their sequence takes into account only scientific-discreet earthquakes, as even at various times in history mankind has faced even more severe natural disasters but unable to measure.

The longest earthquake in time, in the world, has occurred on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

He lasted all 10 minutes. As the most powerful earthquake is known in Chile with a magnitude 9.5 on the Richter scale, reports the Ora News.

1. The Great Earthquake of Chile” is the greatest earthquake of all time measured on the Richter scale.

Tsunami, which reached a height of 10 feet [10 m] as a result of the earthquake, spread to a depth of 10,000 miles [10 thousand km] and reached Japan and the Philippines. More than 2,000 people lost their lives.

2. The 9.2 earthquake that took place in Alaska in 1964 was recorded as the second - worst measuring earthquake. It lasted three minutes, created huge tsunami waves that were up to ten feet [10 m] high.

3. Japan, one of the world's largest earthquakes, faced the largest earthquake in its history in 2011. The strong waves of the tsunami caused by the quake in the Tohoku region of Japan rose to 40.5 feet [40.5 m] and were effective in an area of ten miles [10 km] from shore to the interior.

4. The earthquake that took place on the Indonesian island of Sumatra in 2004 lasted about 10 minutes and is the longest recorded earthquake in the world. The quake caused the earth to tremble to an inch [1 cm] and caused more earthquakes as far as Alaska and affected four countries. Some 230 thousand people lost their lives from this natural disaster, while another 1 million remained homeless. This is considered one of the most tragic natural disasters in history.

5. The size of the earthquake that took place in 1952 east of Russia was the magnitude of 9 on the Richter scale. The Kamchatka region, where the quake occurred, is located at the northern end of the “Pacific Fire Ring”, where earthquake plates are located between Australia, Asia, and America and high seismic activity.

6. Chile experienced another 8.8 - magnitude earthquake that lasted 1.5 minutes in 2010. The quake took over 700 lives.

7. Sumatra Island, in northern Indonesia, was hit by another earthquake measuring 8.6 in 2005, a year after the big earthquake in 2004. The quake, accompanied by a giant tsunami, left more than 1300 casualties behind.

8. The 8.8 - year earthquake that affected Ecuador and Colombia in 1906 killed more than a thousand people.