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The 20 largest recorded earthquakes in history

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INTRO: As the world's tectonic plates crash, grind and dive into one another, they release their pent-up energy in giant earthquakes that can rock the ground, trigger volcanic eruptions, move mountains and unleash tsunamis.

And since scientists figured out how to measure earthquake magnitude in the early 1900s, some truly massive quakes have shaken our planet. These are the monstrous "megathrust" earthquakes, the most powerful quakes in the world. A huge fraction of these earthquakes occurred in a handful of subduction zones along the seismically restless "Ring of Fire" in the Pacific, where tectonic plates dive beneath one another.

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 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)... (MORE - details)

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20. Sanriku-Oki, Japan; 1933; magnitude 8.4

19. Arequipa, Peru; 2001; magnitude 8.4

18. South of Sumatra, 2007, magnitude 8.4

17. Near Kamchatka Peninsula, 1923, magnitude 8.4

16. Kuril Islands, Russia; 1963; magnitude 8.5

15. Atacama, Chile; 1922; magnitude 8.5

14. Banda Sea, Indonesia; 1938; magnitude 8.5

13. Unimak Island, Alaska; 1946; magnitude 8.6

12. Andreanof Islands, Alaska; 1957; magnitude 8.6

11. Northern Sumatra, Indonesia; 2005; magnitude 8.6

10. Off the west coast of northern Sumatra, 2012, magnitude 8.6

9. Assam-Tibet, 1950, magnitude 8.6

8. Rat Islands, Alaska; 1965; magnitude 8.7

7. Off the coast of Ecuador, 1906, magnitude 8.8

6. Offshore Maule, Chile; 2010; magnitude 8.8

5. Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia; 1952; magnitude 9.0

4. Tōhoku, Japan; 2011; magnitude 9.1

3. Sumatra-Andaman Islands, 2004, magnitude 9.1

2. Prince William Sound, Alaska; 1964; magnitude 9.2

1. Valdivia, Chile; 1960; magnitude 9.5
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