Magnitude 8.0 and greater earthquakes since 1900 (original) (raw)

image/svg+xml Magnitude 8.0 and greater earthquakes since 1900 Earthquakes of moment magnitude 8.0 and greater since 1900, charted by CMG Lee. The apparent 3D volumes of the bubbles are linearly proportional to their respective fatalities, i.e. their radii are linearly proportional to the cube root of the fatalities. Data is from http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/year/mag8/magnitude8\_1900\_date.php , http://comcat.cr.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000f1s0 and http://comcat.cr.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000h4jh . 9.5 9.4 9.3 9.2 9.1 9.0 8.9 8.8 8.7 8.6 8.5 8.4 8.3 8.2 8.1 8.0 2015 2010 2005 2000 1995 1990 1985 1980 1975 1970 1965 1960 1955 1950 1945 1940 1935 1930 1925 1920 1915 1910 1905 1900 Year Magnitude Asia (44) South America (20) Australia/Oceania (15) North America (13) Europe (2) Antarctica (1) Sea of Okhotsk Tonga southern Greece Mongolia central Mongolia Ecuador-Colombia Valparaiso,Chile Afghanistan off coast of central Peru Ryukyu Islands, Japan West New Guinea Kurile Islands Kermadec Islands, New Zealand Tonga Celebes Sea Kuril Islands Tonga region Taiwan region Loyalty Islands Vallenar, Chile-Argentina border Kamchatka, Russia, USSR Mindanao, Philippines Oaxaca, Mexico northern Xinjiang, China Jalisco, Mexico Sanriku, Japan Bihar, India Banda Sea, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) Shumagin Islands, Alaska Solomon Islands near coast of central Peru Azores-Cape St. Vincent Ridge off coast of central Peru off coast of Coquimbo, Chile Japan off coast of Paki-stan Unimak Islands, Alaska, USA Domi- nican Repu-blic Nankaido, Japan Panay, Philippines Queen Charlotte Island, Canada Assam-Tibet, China Hokkaido, Japan region Kamchatka, Russia, USSR Andreanof Islands, Alaska, USA Gobi-Altai, Mongolia Kuril Islands, USSR near east coast of Kamchatka, USSR Chile Kuril Islands, Russia, USSR Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA Rat Islands, Alaska, USA near coast of central Peru off east coast of Honshu, Japan Kuril Islands, Russia, USSR Colombia Papua, Indonesia near coast of central Peru Mindanao, Philippines Tonga region south of Sumbawa, Indonesia near coast of Ecuador offshore Valparaiso, Chile Michoacan, Mexico Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA Macquarie Island region La Paz, Bolivia Kuril Islands, Russia near coast of north Chile near coast of Mexico Irian Jaya region, Indonesia Balleny Islands region New Ireland region, Papua New Guinea near coast of southern Peru Hokkaido, Japan north of Macquarie Island, Australia Indian Ocean, off west coast of northernSumatra, Indonesia Northern Sumatra Tonga Kuril Islands east of Kuril Islands Solomon Islands near coastof Peru Southern Sumatra Samoa Islands region Maule, Chile Tōhoku, off east coast of Honshu, Japan Indian Ocean, off west coast of north Sumatra Indian Ocean, off Sumatra coast Lata, Solomon Islands Sea of Okhotsk offshore N.Chile offshore Coquimbo, Chile offshore Chiapas, Mexico Fiji region