•1960 05 22 – Chile – M 9.5
•1964 03 28 – Prince William Sound, Alaska – M 9.2
•2004 12 26 – Sumatra-Andaman Islands – M 9.1
•1952 11 04 – Kamchatka – M 9.0
•1868 08 13 – Arica, Peru (now Chile) – M 9.0
•1700 01 26 – Cascadia Subduction Zone – M 9.0
•2010 02 27 – Offshore Bio-Bio, Chile – M 8.8
•1906 01 31 – Off the Coast of Esmeraldas, Ecuador – M 8.8
•1965 02 04 – Rat Islands, Alaska – M 8.7
•1755 11 01 – Lisbon, Portugal – M 8.7
•1730 07 08 – Valparasio, Chile – M 8.7
•2005 03 28 – Northern Sumatra, Indonesia – M 8.6
•1957 03 09 – Andreanof Islands, Alaska – M 8.6
•1950 08 15 – Assam – Tibet – M 8.6
•2007 09 12 – Southern Sumatra, Indonesia – M 8.5
•1963 10 13 – Kuril Islands – M 8.5
•1938 02 01 – Banda Sea, Indonesia – M 8.5
•1923 02 03 – Kamchatka – M 8.5
•1922 11 11 – Chile-Argentina Border – M 8.5
•1896 06 15 – Sanriku, Japan – M 8.5
•1687 10 20 – Lima, Peru – M 8.5
•2001 06 23 – Near the Coast of Peru – M 8.4
•1933 03 02 – Sanriku, Japan – M 8.4
•1905 07 09 – Mongolia – M 8.4
•2006 11 15 – Kuril Islands – M 8.3
•2003 09 25 – Hokkaido, Japan Region – M 8.3
•1958 11 06 – Kuril Islands – M 8.3
•1903 08 11 – Southern Greece – M 8.3
•1897 06 12 – Assam, India – M 8.3
•1877 05 10 – Offshore Tarapaca, Chile – M 8.3
•1843 02 08 – Leeward Islands – M 8.3
•1994 06 09 – Bolivia – M 8.2
•1943 04 06 – Illapel – Salamanca, Chile – M 8.2
•1942 08 24 – Off the coast of central Peru – M 8.2
•1940 05 24 – Callao, Peru – M 8.2
•1938 11 10 – Shumagin Islands, Alaska – M 8.2
•1908 12 12 – Off the Coast of Central Peru – M 8.2
•1906 08 17 – Valparaiso, Chile – M 8.2
•1835 02 20 – Concepcion, Chile – M 8.2
•1821 07 10 – Camana, Peru – M 8.2
•2009 09 29 – Samoa Islands region – M 8.1
•2007 01 13 – East of the Kuril Islands – M 8.1
•2007 04 01 – Solomon Islands – M 8.1
•2004 12 23 – North of Macquarie Island – M 8.1
•1998 03 25 – Balleny Islands Region – M 8.1
•1974 10 03 – Near the Coast of Central Peru – M 8.1
•1966 10 17 – Near the Coast of Peru – M 8.1
•1957 12 04 – Gobi-Altay, Mongolia – M 8.1
•1949 08 22 – Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada – M 8.1
•1946 12 20 – Nankaido, Japan – M 8.1
•1946 04 01 – Unimak Island, Alaska – M 8.1
•1944 12 07 – Tonankai, Japan – M 8.1
•1934 01 15 – Bihar, India – Nepal – M 8.1
•1932 06 03 – Jalisco, Mexico – M 8.1
•2007 08 15 – Near the Coast of Central Peru – M 8.0
•2006 05 03 – Tonga – M 8.0
•2000 11 16 – New Ireland Region, Papua New Guinea – M 8.0
•1985 09 19 – Michoacan, Mexico – M 8.0
•1970 07 31 – Colombia – M 8.0
•1946 08 04 – Samana, Dominican Republic – M 8.0
•1945 11 27 – Makran Coast, Pakistan – M 8.0
•1931 08 10 – Xinjiang, China – M 8.0
•1920 06 05 – Taiwan region – M 8.0
•1907 10 21 – Qaratog, Tajikistan – M 8.0
•1899 09 10 – Yakutat Bay, Alaska – M 8.0
•1891 10 27 – Mino-Owari, Japan – M 8.0
•1855 01 23 – Wellington, New Zealand – M 8.0
•1787 05 02 – Puerto Rico – M 8.0
•1668 08 17 – Anatolia, Turkey – M 8.0
•1556 01 23 – Shensi, China – M 8.0