by One of the strongest earthquakes that were ever recorded met Russia in the Far East early Wednesday, which led to Tsunami waves washing ashore in Japan and Alaska, and demands that people in the Pacific be on alert or move to higher soil.
The Temblor of 8.8 magnitude made warnings in Hawaii, North and Central America and the Pacific Islands south towards New Zealand. Officials warned that the potential Tsunami risk could take more than a day.
Here is a look at some of the most powerful earthquakes so far, which, according to the US Geological Survey, were previously recorded.
1. Biobío, Chile
An earthquake of the size of 9.5 magnitude in a central region of Chile 1960. The earthquake of Valdivia or a large earthquake of the Chilean earthquake. The largest Temblor led to more than 1,600 deaths in the country and beyond. Thousands of people were injured.
2. Alaska
In 1964, an earthquake of 9.2 size shot the Prince William Sound of Alaska, which lasted almost 5 minutes. More than 130 people were killed in the largest earthquake in the USA and the subsequent tsunami. There were huge landslides and towering waves that caused severe floods. After the event, thousands of aftershocks followed for the first quake for weeks.
3. Sumatra, Indonesia
An earthquake of 9.1 magnitude and the resulting tsunami in 2004 destroyed Southeast and South Asia and East Africa and killed 230,000 people. Indonesia alone recorded more than 167,000 deaths when entire municipalities were wiped out.
4. Tohoku, Japan
An earthquake of strength 9.1 in 2011 hit Japan’s coast in 2011 and triggered a towering tsunami that obtained into the nuclear power plant in Fukushima. It threw out electricity and cooling systems and triggered the meltdown in three reactors. In the quake and tsunami, more than 18,000 people were killed, some of whom have never been recovered.
5. Kamchatka, Russia
In 1952, a quake of the strength caused 9.0 significant damage, but despite a tsunami that hit Hawaii with 9.1-meter waves.
6. Biobío, Chile
A massive earthquake of 8.8 magnitude met in 2010 Central Chile, which shook the capital for a minute and half and triggered a tsunami. More than 500 people were killed in the catastrophe.
7. Esmeraldas, Ecuador
In 1906, an earthquake of 8.8 killed and the resulting tsunami killed around 1,500 people. Its effects were felt for miles along the Central American coast and San Francisco and Japan.
8. Alaska
In 1965, a quake of size 8.7 hit Alaska’s rat islands and caused an 11-meter tonsami of 35 feet (35 feet). There were some relatively low damage, including cracks in buildings and an asphalt landing railway.
9. Tibet
At least 780 people were killed when an earthquake of 8.6 was killed in 1950. Dozens of villages were destroyed, including at least one that slid into a river. There were also larger landslides that jammed the subansiri river in India. When the water finally broke through, it led to a fatal 7-meter wave.
10. Sumatra, Indonesia
In 2012, a mighty earthquake of 8.6 size hit the west coast of North Sumatra in Indonesia. Although the quake caused little damage, it increased the pressure on an error that was the source of the devastating 2004 tsunami.
