Biggest quakes since 1900: • May 22, 1960 (Chile): An earthquake measuring 9.5 struck Santiago and Concepcion. Some 5,000 people were killed. • March 28, 1964 (Alaska): An earthquake and ensuing tsunami claimed 125 lives. The quake, measuring 9.2, was felt over Alaska and in parts of Yukon and British Columbia, Canada. • March 9, 1957 (Alaska): A 9.1 earthquake hit the Andreanof Islands. • Nov 4, 1952 (Russia): A 9.0 quake generated a tsunami. No lives were lost. • Dec 26, 2004 (Indonesia): A quake measuring 8.9 struck Aceh in Sumatra and triggered a tsunami that killed thousands in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia and India. • Jan 31, 1906: An earthquake measuring 8.8 near Ecuador and Colombia, generated a tsunami that killed up to 1,000. • Feb 4, 1965 (Alaska): Measuring 8.7, the quake generated a tsunami. • August 15, 1950 (Tibet/India): 2,000 homes, temples and mosques were destroyed in a quake measuring 8.6. At least 1,500 people were killed. • Feb 3, 1923: Kamchatka was struck by a quake with a magnitude of 8.5. • Feb 1, 1938: Indonesia - An 8.5 magnitude earthquake in Banda Sea generated tsunamis. —Reuters
