Three of world's deadliest earthquakes occurred in Indonesia.
VIVAnews - An earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter Scale shook Samoa, United States, on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 local time.
The earthquake, which triggered Tsunami, killed at least 39 people.
However, the earthquake did not even make the list of strongest earthquakes in the world. Here is the list of the world’s most powerful earthquakes according to the US Geological Survey (USGS), published on news.com.au on Wednesday, September 30.
Three of them hit Indonesia.
1.9.5 SR-measured earthquake struck Chile on May 22, 1960. The lives of 1655 people were taken. A Tsunami, which was caused by the earthquake, also killed 68 people in Hawaii, 138 in Japan and 32 in the Philippines.
2.An earthquake, which measures 9.2 on the Richter scale, hit Alaska on March 28, 1964. Fifteen people were killed and 113 others died due to the following Tsunami.
3.On December 26, 2004, a 9.1 SR-measured earthquake took place in Aceh. The earthquake led to a devastating Tsunami which killed 230.000 people in several countries throughout the world. The deadliest earthquake ever in history.
4.Hawaii was hit by an earthquake that measures 9.0 on the Richter scale on November 4, 1952. Fortunately, nobody was killed.
5.A 8.8 SR-measured earthquake occurred in Ecuador on January 31, 1906. The earthquake elicited Tsunami that killed 1500 people in Ecuador and Columbia.
6.A 8.7 SR-measured earthquake shook Alaska on February 1965. No dead victims reported.
7.An earthquake that measures 8.6 on the Richter scale hit Indonesia on March 28, 2005. More than 1.300 people died.
8.A 8.6 SR-measured earthquake rocked Tibet on August 15, 1950. Seven hundred and eighty people were killed.
9.Alaska, March 9. 1957. An earthquake measuring 8.6 on the Richter scale occurred. Nobody was killed.
10.On September 12, 2007, Indonesia was hit by a 8.8 SR-measured earthquake. At least 25 people died.
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