This is a listing of some of the most powerful earthquakes in recent history, and the measurements that were recorded for them on the Richter Scale.
| Japan (1933) | 8.9 |
| Valdez, AK (1964) | 8.5 |
| San Francisco, CA (1906) | 8.3 |
| Mexico City, Mexico (1985) | 8.1 |
| Indonesia (1977) | 8.0 |
| San Francisco, CA (1989) | 7.1 |
| Armenia, U.S.S.R., (1988) Gulf of Alaska (1987) |
6.9 |
| Hawaii (1963) Los Angeles, CA (1994) |
6.6 |
| Central Wyoming (1984) | 5.3 |
| Cheesequake, NJ (1979) Westchester County, NY (1985) |
3.5 |
Scholastic Math, December 1, 1989
- Subjects:Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Volcanoes, Charts and Graphs, Statistics, Measurement, Real-World Science, Classification
- Skills:Charts and Graphs, Science
