🌍 Largest Earthquakes in History

Interactive timeline of the most powerful seismic events ever recorded

Magnitude 9.0+ (Mega)

Magnitude 8.5-8.9 (Great)

Magnitude 8.0-8.4 (Major)

Magnitude 7.5-7.9 (Large)

Magnitude 7.0-7.4 (Significant)

9.5

Largest Magnitude
(Chile 1960)

830K

Most Deaths
(Shaanxi 1556)

40+

Major Earthquakes
(7.0+ shown)

$360B

Costliest Disaster
(Japan 2011)