Great Earthquakes (M8.0-plus)

Great earthquakes — can cause devastating damage over very large areas. Average ~1 per year worldwide.

Top Countries for M8.0-plus

Peru 3
Indonesia 2
Chile 2
2006 Tonga Earthquake 1
2004 Tasman Sea Earthquake 1
2007 Solomon Islands Earthquake 1
2021 South Sandwich Islands Earthquake 1
Chile Earthquake 1
2013 Santa Cruz Islands Earthquake 1
2003 Tokachi-Oki Earthquake 1
Magnitude Location Date & Time Depth Alert
M 8.8 2025 Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia Earthquake Jul 29, 2025 23:24 35.00 km Red T
M 8.1 2021 South Sandwich Islands Earthquake Aug 12, 2021 18:35 22.79 km Green
M 8.2 2021 Chignik, Alaska Earthquake Jul 29, 2021 06:15 35.00 km Yellow T
M 8.1 2021 Kermadec Islands, New Zealand Earthquake Mar 4, 2021 19:28 28.93 km Green T
M 8.0 78 km NE of Navarro, Peru May 26, 2019 07:41 122.57 km Orange T
M 8.2 2018 Fiji Earthquake Aug 19, 2018 00:19 600.00 km Green T
M 8.2 2017 Tehuantepec, Mexico Earthquake Sep 8, 2017 04:49 47.39 km Red T
M 8.3 48 km W of Illapel, Chile Sep 16, 2015 22:54 22.44 km Orange T
M 8.2 93 km NW of Iquique, Chile Apr 1, 2014 23:46 25.00 km Yellow T
M 8.3 2013 Sea of Okhotsk Earthquake May 24, 2013 05:44 598.10 km Green T
M 8.0 2013 Santa Cruz Islands Earthquake Feb 6, 2013 01:12 24.00 km Green T
M 8.2 2012 Wharton Basin Aftershock Apr 11, 2012 10:43 25.10 km Green
M 8.6 2012 Wharton Basin Earthquake Apr 11, 2012 08:38 20.00 km Yellow
M 9.1 2011 Great Tohoku Earthquake, Japan Mar 11, 2011 05:46 29.00 km
M 8.8 2010 Maule, Chile Earthquake Feb 27, 2010 06:34 22.90 km
M 8.1 2009 Samoa Earthquake Sep 29, 2009 17:48 18.00 km
M 8.4 122 km SW of Bengkulu, Indonesia Sep 12, 2007 11:10 34.00 km
M 8.0 41 km SW of San Vicente de Cañete, Peru Aug 15, 2007 23:40 39.00 km
M 8.1 2007 Solomon Islands Earthquake Apr 1, 2007 20:39 24.00 km
M 8.1 2007 Kuril Islands Earthquake Jan 13, 2007 04:23 10.00 km
M 8.3 2006 Kuril Islands Earthquake Nov 15, 2006 11:14 10.00 km
M 8.0 2006 Tonga Earthquake May 3, 2006 15:26 55.00 km
M 8.6 78 km WSW of Singkil, Indonesia Mar 28, 2005 16:09 30.00 km
M 9.1 2004 Sumatra - Andaman Islands Earthquake Dec 26, 2004 00:58 30.00 km
M 8.1 2004 Tasman Sea Earthquake Dec 23, 2004 14:59 10.00 km
M 8.2 2003 Tokachi-Oki Earthquake Sep 25, 2003 19:50 27.00 km
M 8.4 6 km SSW of Atico, Peru Jun 23, 2001 20:33 33.00 km
M 8.0 2000 New Ireland Earthquake Nov 16, 2000 04:54 33.00 km