Friday, March 11, 2011

Earthquakes, more violent and more destructive

The list of the most powerful earthquakes in recent history, that since they are officially registered and unique methods, provided by the American United States Geological Survey (USGS). And one of the most destructive in history. I PIU 'POWERFUL 1) 1960, May 22: Chile, magnitude 5.9 2) 1964, March 28: Prince William Sound (Alaska), magnitude 9.2 3) 2004, 26 December: Sumatra-Andaman Islands, magnitude 9.1 4) 1952, 4 November: Kamchatka (Russia), magnitude 9.0 5) 1868, August 13: Arica, Peru (now Chile), magnitude 9.0 6) 1700, January 26: the Cascadia Subduction Zone (U.S.

West Coast), magnitude 9.0 7) 2011 , March 11: East Coast of Honshu (Japan), magnitude 8.9 8) 2010, February 27: Bio-Bio (Chile), magnitude 8.8 9) 1906, Jan. 31: Coast Esmeralda (Ecuador), magnitude 8.8 10) 1965, February 4: Rat Islands (Alaska), magnitude 8.7 The PIU 'DESTRUCTIVE 1) 1556, January 23: Shaanxi (Shensi, China), magnitude 8 to 870,000 deaths.

2) 1976, 27 spire: Tangshan (China), magnitude 7.5 - 255,000 deaths. 3) 1138, August 9: Aleppo (Syria), magnitude unknown - 230,000 deaths. 4) 2004, January 26: Sumatra, measuring 9.1 - 228,000 deaths. 5) 2010, December 1: Haiti, magnitude 7.0 - 222,570 deaths. 6) 856, December 22: Iran, magnitude unknown - 200,000 deaths.

7) 1920, December 16: Haiyuan, Ningxia (Ning-Hsia, China), magnitude 7.8 - 200,000 deaths. 8) 893, March 23: Iran, magnitude unknown - 150,000 dead. 9) 1923, September 1: Kanto (Japan), magnitude 7.9 - 142,800 deaths. 10) 1948, October 5: turkmenistan, magnitude 7.3 - 110,000 deaths.

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