Statistics for TOP 10 Countries in: Strongest Earthquakes

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Magnitude	Date	Location	% Correct
9.4–9.6	May 22, 1960	Valdivia, Chile	84%
9.1–9.3	3 December 26, 2004	Indian Ocean, Sumatra, Indonesia	69%
9.2	March 27, 1964	Prince William Sound, Alaska, United States	69%
9.0	March 11, 2011	Pacific Ocean, Tōhoku region, Japan	66%
9.0	November 4, 1952	Kamchatka, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union	31%
9.0 (est.)	August 13, 1868	Arica, Chile (then Peru)	30%
8.8 (est.)	February 27, 2010	Pacific Ocean, Shikoku region, Japan	29%
8.7–9.2 (est.)	January 26, 1700	Pacific Ocean, Tōhoku region, Japan	29%
8.7 (est.)	January 26, 1700	Pacific Ocean, USA and Canada (then claimed by the Spanish Empire and the British Empire)	21%
8.5–9.0	November 1, 1755	Atlantic Ocean, Lisbon, Portugal	20%
8.6	April 11, 2012	Indian Ocean, Sumatra, Indonesia	20%
8.6	March 28, 2005	Sumatra, Indonesia	19%
8.7	August 15, 1950	Assam, India – Tibet, China	15%
8.7	February 4, 1965	Rat Islands, Alaska, United States	15%
8.6	March 9, 1957	Andreanof Islands, Alaska, United States	14%
8.8 (est.)	April 2, 1762	Offshore Maule, Chile	13%
8.7 (est.)	July 8, 1730	Valparaiso, Chile (then part of the Spanish Empire)	13%
8.8 (est.)	January 31, 1906	Sumatra, Indonesia (then part of the Dutch East Indies)	9%
8.9 (est.)	July 9, 869	Ecuador – Colombia	8%
8.6 (est.)	March 28, 1787	Oaxaca, Mexico (then part of the Spanish Empire)	8%
8.6 (est.)	October 28, 1746	Lima, Peru (then part of the Spanish Empire)	5%
8.8 (est.)	November 25, 1833	Chittagong, Bangladesh (then Kingdom of Mrauk U)	1%