Let's start with a "quick" list:
The most powerful earthquakes in a century
Keywords: earthquake, earthquake, tsunami, JAPAN, TOKYO
By Bénédicte Lutaud 11 / 03 / 2011 | Updated: 14: 25
The largest magnitude earthquake ever recorded is 1960 in Chile with 9,5. But the most deadly earthquakes are those of Haiti in 2010 and Tangshan in China, in 1976, with more than 230.000 dead.
This Friday, at 14h46 local time, an earthquake followed by a major tsunami hit northeast Japan. With a magnitude of 8,9, it is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the archipelago, according to the Japanese meteorological agency.
The country that holds the record for the most powerful earthquake in a century remains however Chile, with an earthquake of a magnitude of 9,5 in 1960, which made 5.700 dead. The most powerful earthquakes are not necessarily the most deadly. That of Haiti, in January 2010, made more than 240.000 dead with a magnitude of 7.
Here is the list of the most powerful earthquakes in a century (according to the Moment * scale). Earthquakes with no casualties are not taken into account.
- 1960 CHILE - An 9,5 earthquake, followed by a devastating tsunami in several countries bordering the Pacific Ocean, makes 5.700 dead in Chile, 61 in Hawaii and 130 in Japan.
- 1964 ALASKA - An 9,2 earthquake near Prince William Sound, followed by a tsunami, killed about 100 people.
- 2004 ASIA - An 9,1 earthquake off the island of Sumatra causes the December 26 tsunami. This tidal wave devastated a dozen neighboring countries and made more than 227.000 dead.
- 1952 USSR - An earthquake of magnitude 9 on the Kamchatka Peninsula causes a devastating tsunami felt until Chile and Peru: more than 2.300 dead.
- 1906 ECUADOR - An 8,8 earthquake off the coast of Colombia and Ecuador causes a tsunami that kills 1,000 people.
- 2010 CHILE - An earthquake of magnitude 8,8 and a tsunami affect the center of Chile and make 523 dead.
- 2005 INDONESIA - An 8,6 earthquake near Nias Island off Sumatra makes 900 dead and 6.000 injured.
- 1920 CHINA - Gansu earthquake of 8,6 makes 200.000 dead.
- 1932 JAPAN - An 8,3 earthquake makes 143.000 dead in Kanto. It is followed by a gigantic fire.
- 1939 CHILE - An 8,3 earthquake in Chillan makes 28.000 dead.
- 1976 CHINA - In Tangshan (Hebei Province, East China), an 8,2 earthquake makes 240.000 dead. This is the official figure but other estimates report 500.000 to 800.000 direct or indirect victims.
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- 1927 CHINA - An earthquake in Xining (Qinghai Province, near Tibet) of 8,3 makes 200.000 dead.
- 1985 MEXICO - An 8,1 earthquake in Michoacan, makes 20.000 dead.
- 2007 PERU - An earthquake in Lima with a magnitude of 8 makes 387 dead.
- 1948 TURKMENISTAN - An 7,3 earthquake makes 110.000 dead.
- 2010 HAITI - An earthquake of magnitude 7 is between 250.000 and 300.000 dead, more than 300.000 injured and more than one million displaced people, according to a report of the UN.
* Earthquakes are now classified according to the "magnitude of Moment" - the energy released by the earthquake - but the result does not differ greatly with the Richter scale.
(INA video: http://www.ina.fr/video/CAB04013472/ja2 ... 76.fr.html )
Source: http://www.lefigaro.fr/international/20 ... siecle.php
I do not understand why the order is not chronological?
A more complete list, chronological it: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_de_c ... _sismiques
If all the jerks are noted on the wiki page, then it seems that there is clearly, since the year 2000, an increase of telluric activity. It should also add volcanoes:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_ ... epuis_1900
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_ ... i%C3%A8cle
After that it may be that an impression since the media speaks more and that one makes more and more readings (satellites in particular) ... I mean by that before some passed unnoticed not?
I will try to put a little bit in analysis and images ... To follow!
Uh ok what connection with earthquakes?