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0 earthquake was, it's not the world's biggest recorded quake. It is Japan's largest quake, but dating back to 1900, four other earthquakes of magnitude 9.0 or greater have ruptured across the globe, according to data from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).Here is the countdown to the top 10 largest earthquakes recorded 10. Chile earthquate (2010)
Location: Chile | Date: February 27, 2010 | Magnitude: 8.8-9.2
Chile was stuck by earthquake on the coast of central child on Saturday 27, February 2010 at (06:34 UTC). It lasted for about 3 minutes and was of magnitude 8.8. The earthquake result a tsunami that struck several coastal town in south central Chile. The several military troop handle the different affected area. The causalities wasnt that high. Around 9% of people became homeless, 525 people lost their lives, and 25 people were missing. The earthquake create the property damage around 15-20 million. 9. Ecuador Colombia earthquake (1906) Location: Sumatra, Indonesia| Date: January| Magnetite: 8.8-9.2 Ecuador Colombia Earthquake occurred at 15:36 UTC on January 31 with a magnitude of 8.8. The earthquake result a destructive tsunami that caused around 500 causalities. The life damage is less due to the thin population. Around 500-1500 people have lost their life. However, there is no exact reliable data to reply on. 7. Sumatra earthquake(1833) Location: Pacific Ocean, USA and Canada | Date: November 25, 1833 | Magnetite: 8.8-9.2 The Sumatra earthquake with a magnitude 8.8 -9.2 occurred on November 25 1833. The earthquake lasted for 5 minutes in Bengkulu and 3 minutes in Padang. There is no exact data of property damage and loss of life. However, tsunami had created devastating with southwest coast of Sumatra from pariamanto Bengkulu.
6. Africa Chile earthquake (1615) Location: Arica Chile | Date: September 16, 1615 | Magnetite: 8.8 This was another devastating earthquake in the Chile Africa earthquake was on occurred on September 16, 1615. Over 1 to 5 million properties was destructed. It was the oldest earthquake ever recorded that occurred in 16th century.
earthquake struck large landslides and tsunami at different nearest location. The tsunami wave killed 199 people and cause approximately 300-400 million dollar properly damage only in Alaska. The death number is quite low compared to the earthquake magnitude due to low population density. The tsunami also generates the largest waves outside of Alaska that occurred along the pacific coasts of Canada. TI caused approximately 5 million dollar property damage in Canada.
Conclusion: Earthquake has occurred several times in history. Some has changes the structure of the national forever. The biggest earthquake that occurred in past sometimes created strong attention to the national to follow different path to prevent it.