Before revision: 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami 4.36 g 6.9 8 km 12 2008 Iwate–Miyagi Nairiku earthquake 1.92 g 7.7 8 km 2,415 1999 Jiji earthquake 1.82 g 6.7 18 km 57 1994 Northridge earthquake 1.81 g 9.5 33 km 1,000–6000 1960 Valdivia earthquake1.62 g 7.810 km57,658 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake 2.22 g 6.2 5 km 185 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake 1.26 g 7.1 10 km 0 2010 Canterbury earthquake 1.25 g 6.6 8.4 km 58–65 1971 Sylmar earthquake 1.04 g 6.6 10 km 11 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake0.98 g 7.016.1 km1182020 Aegean Sea earthquake0.91 g 6.917.6 km5,502–6,4341995 Great Hanshin earthquake 0.8 g 7.212 km2222013 Bohol earthquake0.65 6.919 km631989 Loma Prieta earthquake0.5 g 7.013 km100,000–316,0002010 Haiti earthquake0.34 g 6.415 km5,7782006 Yogyakarta earthquake0.18 g National Research Council (U.S.).
After revision: 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami 4.36 g 6.9 8 km 12 2008 Iwate–Miyagi Nairiku earthquake 1.92 g 7.7 8 km 2,415 1999 Jiji earthquake 1.82 g 6.7 18 km 57 1994 Northridge earthquake 1.81 g 9.5 33 km 1,000–6000 1960 Valdivia earthquake2.22 g 7.810 km57,658 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake 1.32 g 6.2 5 km 185 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake 1.26 g 7.1 10 km 0 2010 Canterbury earthquake 1.25 g 6.6 8.4 km 58–65 1971 Sylmar earthquake 1.04 g 6.6 10 km 11 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake0.98 g 7.016.1 km1182020 Aegean Sea earthquake0.91 g 6.917.6 km5,502–6,4341995 Great Hanshin earthquake 0.8 g 7.212 km2222013 Bohol earthquake0.65 6.919 km631989 Loma Prieta earthquake0.5 g 7.013 km100,000–316,0002010 Haiti earthquake0.34 g 6.415 km5,7782006 Yogyakarta earthquake0.18 g National Research Council (U.S.).