List of megathrust earthquakes
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This is a list of megathrust earthquakes that have occurred. Megathrust earthquakes are large seismic events that take place along convergent plate boundaries, particularly at subduction zones. Examples of subduction zones include the Sumatra and Java trenches, Nankai Trough and Peru-Chile trench which are frequent sources of these earthquakes.
List[]
The inclusion criteria in this list is any notable subduction earthquake of at least magnitude 8.0.
Pre-11th century[]
Date | Time‡ | Location | Fatalities | Mag. | Effects/notes |
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60 BC | Cabo de San Vicente, Portugal | 8.5 | Possible tsunami. Considered the oldest record of an earthquake in the Portuguese earthquake catalogs. | ||
July 21, 365 AD | Crete, Greece see 365 Crete earthquake |
"thousands" | 8.6 | Devastation in Cyrene & Alexandria by a tsunami. Uplift of up to 9 metres in Crete. Maximum intensity XI (Extreme). | |
November 29, 684 AD | Nankai Trough, Japan see 684 Hakuhō earthquake |
8.4 | |||
July 13, 869 AD | Sanriku, Japan see 869 Sanriku earthquake |
1,000+ | 8.4–9.0 | Major tsunami. Several hundred villages destroyed. | |
August 26, 887 AD | Nankaido, Japan see Tōkai earthquakes |
"many" | 8.6 | Major tsunami recorded in Osaka Bay. Landslides reported. | |
December 11, 1096 AD | Nankaido, Japan see Tōkai earthquakes |
"many" | 8.4 | Destructive earthquake and tsunami, damaging many homes and shrines. | |
February 22, 1099 AD | Nankai Trough, Japan see Nankai earthquakes |
8.4 |
11th–18th century[]
Date | Time‡ | Location | Fatalities | Mag. | Effects/notes |
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August 8, 1303 | "dawn" | Crete, Greece see 1303 Crete earthquake |
4,000+ | 8.0 | Maximum intensity IX (Violent). Tsunami damage in Alexandria, Egypt and along the Syrian coast. Many buildings damaged in Cairo due to the earthquake. |
July 26, 1361 | Tokai region, Japan see 1361 Shōhei earthquake |
8.5 | |||
September 1, 1420 | Omate, Peru see 1420 Caldera earthquake |
8.5–9.0 | |||
September 20, 1498 | 08:00 | Nankaido, Japan see 1498 Nankai earthquake |
26,000 | 8.6 | Major tsunami. |
June 6, 1505 | Nepal and India see 1505 Lo Mustang earthquake |
8.2–8.9[1] | At least 30% of the Nepalese polulation perished. Extreme damage in Nepal and northern India. | ||
December 16, 1575 | 18:30 | Valdivia, Chile see 1575 Valdivia earthquake |
1,500 | 8.5 | Maximum intensity X (Extreme). |
January 22, 1582 | 16:30 | Arequipa, Peru | "many" | 8.4 | Maximum intensity X (Extreme). Many buildings collapsed or were severely damaged. |
March 17, 1584 | Lima, Peru | 8.4 | Maximum intensity VII (Very strong). Severe damage in Lima. | ||
June 10–11, 1585 | 18:30 | Aleutian subduction zone, Alaska see 1585 Aleutian Islands earthquake |
Unknown | 9.25 | Tsunami killed natives in the Hawaiian Islands and reported in Japan. |
July 10, 1586 | 19:00 | Lima, Peru see 1586 Lima–Callao earthquake |
22 | 8.5 | Maximum intensity X (Extreme). 1,000 km by 120 km area of Peruvian coastline severely affected. A significant local tsunami was reported in Lima. The tsunami was confused with that of the Aleutian Islands event in tsunami catalogs. |
February 28, 1600 | 20:00 | Omate, Peru | 8.1 | ||
November 24, 1604 | 18:30 | Arica, Chile see 1604 Arica earthquake |
174 | 8.5–9.4 | |
February 3, 1604 | 20:00 | Japan see 1605 Nankai earthquake |
"thousands" | 8.0 | |
October 20, 1609 | 01:00 | Peru | 8.6 | ||
December 2, 1611 | Sanriku coast, Japan see 1611 Sanriku earthquake |
5,000 | 8.1 | ||
February 14, 1619 | 16:30 | Trujillo, Peru | 350 | 8.6 | |
August 1, 1629 | Banda Sea , Dutch East Indies (present-dayIndonesia) 1629 Banda Sea earthquake |
Unknown | 8.2–8.8 | Major tsunami. | |
May 14, 1647 | 02:30 | Santiago, Chile see 1647 Santiago earthquake |
1,000 | 8.5 | |
October 20, 1687 | 10:30 | Lima, Peru see 1687 Peru earthquake |
5,000 | 8.7 | 8-meter tsunami in Peru. Tsunami reported in Japan. |
April 16, 1690 | Leeward Islands see |
8.0 | Maximum intensity IX. | ||
January 27, 1700 | 05:00 | Cascadia subduction zone, United States and Canada see 1700 Cascadia earthquake |
9.0–9.2 | Tsunami in Japan and the Pacific Northwest. | |
December 30, 1703 | 17:00 | Boso Peninsula, Japan see 1703 Genroku earthquake |
5,233 | 8.0 | Maximum intensity IX. |
October 28, 1707 | 14:00 (local time) | Japan see 1707 Hōei earthquake |
5,000 | 8.7–9.3 | Tsunami |
May 4, 1714 | Main Himalayan Thrust, Bhutan | Unknown | 8.5 | [2] | |
May 4, 1730 | Valparaíso, Chile see 1730 Valparaíso earthquake |
Unknown | 9.1–9.3 | 16-meter-high tsunami. | |
November 4, 1737 | 08:00 | Kamchatka, Russian Empire see 1737 Kamchatka earthquake |
9.0–9.3 | ||
December 24, 1737 | Valdivia, Chile see 1737 Valdivia earthquake |
8.0 | |||
October 29, 1746 | 03:30 | Lima, Peru see 1746 Lima–Callao earthquake |
1,141 | 8.6 | |
May 25, 1751 | 01:00 | Concepción, Chile see 1751 Concepción earthquake |
8.5 | ||
November 1, 1755 | 09:30 | Lisbon, Portugal see 1755 Lisbon earthquake |
50,000 | 8.7–9.0 | Tsunami. |
March 30, 1761 | 23:01 | Lisbon, Portugal see 1761 Lisbon earthquake |
Unknown | 8.0–8.5 | Tsunami. |
January 22, 1780 | Java, Indonesia | 8.5[3] | Severe damage | ||
April 3, 1787 | 23:01 | Oaxaca, New Spain (now Mexico) see 1787 New Spain earthquake |
11 | 8.6 | Tsunami. |
July & August, 1788 | Alaska Peninsula, Alaska, Russia (now United States) see |
Unknown | 8.0 | Intensity VII. Major tsunami, 10 to 30 meters high. Many native Russians killed. The second earthquake triggered a 91-meter tsunami. Thought to be one earthquake rather than two.[4] | |
22 August, 1792 | Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia | Unknown | 8.25 | [5] | |
10 Frbruary, 1797 | Sumatra, Indonesia see 1797 Sumatra earthquake |
300 | 8.4 | [6] |
19th century[]
Date | Time‡ | Location | Fatalities | Mag. | Effects/notes |
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4 April, 1819 | Copiapó, Chile see |
Unknown | 8.5 | Ms [7] Copiapó totally destroyed by the earthquake. Caldera suffered massive damage. Minor tsunami. | |
20 November, 1822 | Valparaíso Region, Chile see 1822 Valparaíso earthquake |
72-300+ | 8.5 | Ms [7] | |
30 March, 1828 | Sumatra, Indonesia see 1833 Sumatra earthquake |
Numerous | 8.8–9.2 | Destructive tsunami. | |
20 February, 1835 | Concepción, Chile see 1835 Concepción earthquake |
50+ | 8.5 | Ms [7] Large tsunami. | |
20 February, 1835 | Valdivia, Chile see 1837 Valdivia earthquake |
8.5 | Ms [7] | ||
11 January, 1839 | Morning | Martinique, Lesser Antilles see 1839 Martinique earthquake |
390–4,000 | 8.0 | |
17 May, 1841 | Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia | 8.4 | 6-meter tsunami. | ||
8 February, 1843 | 10:37 | Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles see 1843 Guadeloupe earthquake |
1,500–5,000 | 8.5 | |
7 April, 1845 | 10:37 | Oaxaca & Guerrero, Mexico see |
Unknown | 8.0 | Felt strongly in Mexico City, resulting in significant damage.[8] |
25 November, 1852 | 22:40 | Banda Islands, Banda Sea, Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) see 1852 Banda Sea earthquake |
60+ | 8.4–8.8 | Tsunami up to 8 meters tall. Felt IX in Banda Neira. |
23 December, 1854 | 16:00 | Nankai Trough, Japan see 1854 Nankai earthquake, 1854 Tōkai earthquake & Ansei great earthquakes |
5,000+ | 8.4 | Major damage caused by tsunami inundation. |
24 December, 1854 | 09:00 | 8.4 | |||
16 February, 1861 | Sumatra, Indonesia see 1861 Sumatra earthquake |
Thousands | 8.5 | ||
17 November, 1865 | Pacific Ocean, Tonga | 0 | 8.0 | Felt in ships as well. Two-meter tsunami caused limited damage.[9] | |
13 August, 1868 | Arica, Peru & Chile see 1868 Arica earthquake |
25,000 | 9.0 | ||
?? ??, 1873 | Papua New Guinea | "Some" | 8.0 | Felt IX. Some damage to villages and people killed. Minor tsunami. | |
28 March, 1875 | Pacific Ocean, New Caledonia | 25+ | 8.1–8.2[10] | Four-meter tsunami caused at least 25 deaths. | |
9 May, 1877 | 21:16 | Iquique, Chile see 1877 Iquique earthquake |
2,385 | 8.9 | Fiji accounts for most of the deaths attributed to the tsunami. |
7 September, 1882 | 03:20 local time | Iquique, Panama see |
250 | 8.3 | Destructive tsunami |
6 September, 1889 | 12:00 | Celebes Sea, Indonesia | 8.0 | Damaging tsunami up to 4 meters in height. | |
15 June, 1896 | 10:33 | Sanriku, Japan see 1896 Sanriku earthquake |
27,122 | 8.6 | Weakly felt earthquake but a major tsunami up to 38 meters in height. |
10 September, 1899 | Yakutat Bay, Alaska see 1899 Yakutat Bay earthquakes |
0 | 8.2 & 8.2 | Large coastal uplift and tsunami. |
20th century[]
Date | Time‡ | Location | Fatalities | Mag. | Effects/notes |
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22 September, 1902 | 01:46 | Guam, United States | 0 | 8.1 | Felt IX. No tsunami. |
27 February, 1903 | 01:46 | Java, Indonesia | 0 | 8.1 | |
31 January, 1906 | 15:36 | Ecuador & Colombia see 1906 Ecuador-Colombia earthquake |
500–1,000 | 8.8 | [11] |
17 August, 1906 | 00:40 | Valparaíso, Chile see 1906 Valparaíso earthquake |
4,000 | 8.2 | [12] |
14 September, 1906 | 16:04 | Finisterre Range, Papua New Guinea | "Hundreds" | 8.0 | [13] Felt X. Many landslides and tsunamis triggered.[14] |
4 January, 1907 | 12:20 local time | Nias Island, Indonesia see 1907 Sumatra earthquake |
2,188 | 8.2 | [15] Destructive tsunami, up to 15 meters high, killing most of the inhabitants. |
26 June, 1917 | 05:49 local time | Pacific Ocean, Samoa see 1917 Samoa earthquake |
2 | 8.5 | Mw [16] 12.2-meter tsunami. |
15 August, 1918 | 20:18 local time | Mindanao, Philippines see 1918 Celebes Sea earthquake |
52 | 8.3 | Mw [17] |
10 November, 1922 | 23:53 local time | Atacama Region, Chile see 1922 Vallenar earthquake |
~500 | 8.5 | Mw [18][19] |
3 February, 1923 | 04:01 local time | Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia see February 1923 Kamchatka earthquake |
3 | 8.4 | Ms [20] Felt XI. Tsunami. |
14 April, 1923 | 02:31 local time | Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia see April 1923 Kamchatka earthquake |
36 | 8.2 | Mw [21] Felt X. Tsunami up to 30 meters. |
1 September, 1923 | 11:58 local time | Kantō Plain, Japan see 1923 Great Kantō earthquake |
148,000 | 8.1 | Mw [22] Felt XI. A conflagaration and firenado killed tens of thousands in the Kantō Plain. Tsunami up to 12 meters caused extensive damage. One of the deadliest earthquakes in human history. |
14 April, 1924 | 16:20 | Mindanao, Philippines | 0 | 8.0 | Mw [23] |
3 June, 1932 | 04:36 | Jalisco, Mexico see 1932 Jalisco earthquakes |
400+ | 8.1 | Mw [24] Multiple mainshocks. |
15 January, 1934 | 08:43 | Himalayas, Nepal & India see 1934 Nepal–India earthquake |
12,000 | 8.0 | Mw [25] Major damage in both countries. Widespread liquefaction. |
24 May, 1940 | 11:35 | Lima, Peru see 1940 Lima earthquake |
300 | 8.2 | Mw [26] Majority of the deaths were from Callao and Lima. |
13 May, 1942 | 21:13 local time | Manabí Province, Ecuador see 1942 Ecuador earthquake |
200+ | 8.3 | Ms [27] |
24 August, 1942 | 17:40 local time | Lima, Peru see 1942 Peru earthquake |
30 | 8.1 | Mw [28] |
6 April, 1943 | 12:07 local time | Coquimbo Region, Chile see 1943 Ovalle earthquake |
11 | 8.1 | Mw [29] |
7 December, 1944 | 13:35 local time | Tōkai region, Japan see 1944 Tōnankai earthquake |
3,538 | 8.1 | Mw [30] |
28 November, 1945 | 01:26 local time | Balochistan, British India (present–day Pakistan) see 1945 Balochistan earthquake |
4,000 | 8.0 | Mw [31] Tsunami. |
1 April, 1946 | 03:29 local time | Aleutian Islands, Alaska see 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake |
173 | 8.6 | Mw [32] Majority of the deaths was the result of the tsunami hitting Hawaii. One tsunami fatality in California. |
21 December, 1946 | 04:19 local time | Nankaidō, Japan see 1946 Nankai earthquake |
1,362+ | 8.3 | Mw [33] |
15 August, 1950 | 19:39 local time | Mishmi Hills, India & Tibet see 1950 Assam-Tibet earthquake |
4,800 | 8.6 | Mw [34] |
4 March, 1952 | 10:22 local time | Hokkaido, Japan see 1952 Tokachi earthquake |
33 | 8.1 | Mw [35] |
5 November, 1952 | 03:58 local time | Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia see 1952 Severo-Kurilsk earthquake |
10,000–15,000 | 9.0 | Mw [36] 5th largest in recorded history. |
9 March, 1957 | 04:22 local time | Andreanof Islands, Alaska see 1957 Andreanof Islands earthquake |
0 | 8.6 | Mw [37] |
21 May, 1960 | 06:02 local time | Concepción, Chile see 1960 Concepción earthquakes |
125 | 8.1 | Mw [38] Foreshock to the next earthquake on 22 May. |
22 May, 1960 | 15:11 local time | Valdivia, Chile see 1960 Valdivia earthquake |
1,000–7,000 | 9.5 | Mw [39] The largest earthquake in recorded history. |
13 October, 1963 | 15:17 local time | Kuril Islands, USSR (present-day Russia) see 1963 Kuril Islands earthquake |
0 | 8.5 | Mw [40] One of the largest earthquake in recorded history. |
27 March, 1964 | 17:36 local time | Prince William Sound, Alaska see 1964 Alaska earthquake |
131 | 9.2 | Mw [41] The second largest earthquake in recorded history. |
24 January, 1965 | 09:11 local time | , Indonesia see 1965 Ceram Sea earthquake |
71 | 8.2 | Mw [42] |
3 February, 1965 | 19:01 local time | Rat Islands, Alaska see 1965 Rat Islands earthquake |
0 | 8.7 | Mw [43] One of the largest earthquake in recorded history. |
17 October, 1966 | 16:42 local time | Huacho, Peru see 1966 Peru earthquake |
100 | 8.1 | Mw [44] |
16 May, 1968 | 09:49 local time | Hokkaido, Japan see 1968 Tokachi earthquake |
47–57 | 8.2 | Mw [45] |
11 August, 1969 | 21:27 local time | Kuril Islands, USSR | 0 | 8.2 | Mw [46] |
3 October, 1974 | 09:21 local time | Lima, Peru see 1974 Lima earthquake |
78 | 8.1 | Mw [16] |
14 January, 1976 | 16:47 | Kermadec Islands, New Zealand | 0 | 8.0 | Ms [47] |
16 August, 1976 | 00:11 local time | Mindanao, Philippines see 1976 Moro Gulf earthquake |
5,000–7,000 | 8.0 | Mw [16] |
12 December, 1977 | 02:59 local time | Ecuador–Colombia see 1979 Tumaco earthquake |
300–600 | 8.2 | Mw [48] |
3 March, 1985 | 19:47 local time | Valparaíso Region, Chile see 1985 Algarrobo earthquake |
177 | 8.0 | Mw [49] |
19 September, 1985 | 07:17 local time | Michoacan, Mexico see 1985 Mexico City earthquake |
9,500–45,000 | 8.0 | Mw [50] |
30 July, 1995 | 14:59 local time | Antofagasta, Chile see 1995 Antofagasta earthquake |
2 | 8.0 | Mw [51] |
9 October, 1995 | 10:35 local time | Antofagasta, Chile see 1995 Colima–Jalisco earthquake |
49–58 | 8.0 | Mw [52] |
17 February, 1996 | 14:59 local time | Irian Jaya, Indonesia see 1996 Biak earthquake |
166 | 8.1 | Mw [53] |
21st century[]
Date | Time‡ | Location | Fatalities | Mag. | Effects/notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
23 June, 2001 | 15:33 local time | Department of Arequipa, Peru see 2001 southern Peru earthquake |
74 | 8.4 | Mw [54] |
26 September, 2003 | 04:50 local time | Hokkaido, Japan see 2003 Tokachi earthquake |
0 | 8.2 | Mw [55] Two missing, more 840 injured. |
26 December, 2004 | 07:58 local time | Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia see 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami |
227,898 | 9.1 | Mw [56] Indian Ocean basin-wide by teletsunami. |
28 March, 2005 | 23:09 local time | Nias & Simeulue, North Sumatra, Indonesia see 2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake |
915–1,314 | 8.6 | Mw [57] |
15 November, 2006 | 08:14 local time | Kuril Islands, Russia see 2006 Kuril Islands earthquake |
0 | 8.3 | Mw [58] |
2 April, 2007 | 07:39 local time | Solomon Islands see 2007 Solomon Islands earthquake |
52 | 8.1 | Mw [59] At least 60 missing. |
15 August, 2007 | 18:40 local time | Department of Ica & Department of Ica, Peru see 2007 Peru earthquake |
519 | 8.0 | Mw [60] |
12 September, 2007 | 18:10 local time | Bengkulu, Indonesia see September 2007 Sumatra earthquakes |
23 | 8.4 | Mw [61] |
29 September, 2009 | 06:48 local time | near Samoa and American Samoa, Pacific Ocean see 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami |
192 | 8.1 | Mw [62] Doublet earthquake rupturing an outer rise normal fault and the megathrust.[63] |
27 February, 2010 | 03:34 local time | Maule Region, Indonesia see 2010 Chile earthquake |
525 | 8.8 | Mw [64] |
11 March, 2011 | 14:46 local time | Tohoku region, Japan see 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami |
16,000–20,000 | 9.1 | Mw [65] More than 2,550 missing. One death each in Papua, Indonesia and California by tsunami. |
6 February, 2013 | 12:12 local time | Temotu Province, Solomon Islands see 2013 Solomon Islands earthquake |
9 | 8.0 | Mw [66] |
1 April, 2014 | 20:46 local time | Iquique, Chile see 2014 Iquique earthquake |
6 | 8.2 | Mw [67] |
16 September, 2015 | 03:58 local time | Coquimbo Region, Chile see 2015 Illapel earthquake |
16 | 8.3 | Mw [68] At least 6 missing in Chile. |
4 March, 2021 | 08:28 local time | Kermadec Islands, New Zealand see 2021 Kermadec Islands earthquakes |
0 | 8.1 | Mw [69] Was preceded by an Mw 7.4 foreshock and unrelated Mw 7.3 event a few hours earlier. |
29 July, 2021 | 22:15 local time | Alaska, United States see 2021 Chignik earthquake |
0 | 8.2 | Mw [70] Was preceded by two foreshocks – Mw 7.8 and 7.6. |
12 August, 2021 | 16:35 local time | South Sandwich Islands see 2021 South Sandwich Islands earthquakes |
0 | 8.1 | Mw [71] Was preceded by an Mw 7.5 foreshock that occurred three minutes earlier. |
See also[]
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- ^ "M 8.0 - 26 km NW of El Habillal, Mexico". USGS. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ "M 8.0 - 36 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile". USGS. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ "M 8.0 - 5 km E of El Colomo, Mexico". USGS. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
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- ^ "M 8.2 - 134 km SSW of Kushiro, Japan". earthquake.usgs.gov. USGS. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
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- ^ "M 8.2 - 93 km NW of Iquique, Chile". earthquake.usgs.gov. USGS. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ "M 8.3 - 48 km W of Illapel, Chile". earthquake.usgs.gov. USGS. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
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