List of Great Earthquakes

This page documents the earthquakes of magnitude 8.0 or above that have occurred in Real Life and Hypothetically.

Pre - 1800[]

1626 Italy earthquake - A magnitude 8.2 earthquake that hit in the Ionian Sea off the coast of Sicily, causing a tsunami 4 metres high in the process.
1629 Tohoku earthquake - a magnitude 8.5 megathrust that hit off the coast, causing a tsunami that killed thousands of people.
1699 Southern California earthquake - A magnitude 8.0 earthquake that struck the San Andreas Fault near San Diego and Los Angeles, causing extensive damage.
1727 Alaska earthquake - A magnitude 9.0 megathrust earthquake hit, causing a 12 metre tsunami to travel across much of the Pacific in the process.
1759 Valdivia earthquake - A magnitude 8.9 megathrust earthquake hit offshore Chile, causing a 15 metre tsunami to travel across the Pacific, wiping out thousands of people in the process.
1787 Jalisco earthquake - A magnitude 8.4 earthquake hit off the Pacific coast of Mexico, causing a 7 metre tsunami to hit much of the Pacific, killing thousands of people in the process.

1800 New Madrid earthquake - A magnitude 8.2 earthquake hit, causing devastating damages across 5 states in the process.
1819 Indonesian earthquake - A magnitude 8.8 megathrust earthquake hit offshore,causing a 9 metre tsunami to travel across much of the Indian Ocean in the process.
1847 Fiji earthquake - A magnitude 8.0 earthquake hit the islands, causing a local tsunami in the process.
1847 Papa New Guinea earthquake - A magnitude 8.3 earthquake hit, causing a 3 metre tsunami to hit local islands in the process.
1859 New Mexico earthquake - A magnitude 8.0 earthquake hit, severely damaging or destroying most buildings within a 700 mile radius of the event.

Great 2013 Earthquake
2034 Kansai earthquake and tsunami - A hypothetical 2034 megathrust earthquake that struck most of Japan. The USGS suggests it as a 9.1 but the JMA suggests it as 9.3. It caused 27 m high tsunami that struck Kochi.