Top 5 biggest earthquakes ever
* 9.5 2.67 gigatons 11.2 EJ Valdivia earthquake (Chile), 1960
* 9.3 1.34 gigatons 5.62 EJ Indian Ocean earthquake, 2004
* 9.2 946 megatons 3.98 EJ Anchorage earthquake (Alaska, USA), 1964
* 9.0 474 megatons 2.00 EJ Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal), 1755 <-------------------------------
* 8.9 336 megatons 1.41 EJ Japan earthquake, 2011
Top 5 deadliest earthquakes ever
* 830,000 Shaanxi earthquake (China), 1556
* 242,419–779,000 Tangshan earthquake (China), 1976
* 316,000+ Haiti earthquake (Haiti), 2010
* 250,000 Antioch earthquake (Antioch, Byzantine Empire - Turkey), 526
* 235,502 Haiyuan earthquake (China), 1920