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Biggest Earthquakes since 1900  
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China's recent earthquake hit the richter scale 7.9 and took out nearly 15,000 people. These are the highest ranking earthquakes in the world since 1900.

1.	Chile 1960 Magnitude 9.5
2.	Prince William Sound, Alaska 1964 Magnitude 9.2
3.	Off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra 2004 Magnitude 9.1
4.	Kamchatka 1952 Magnitude 9.0
5.	Off the Coast of Ecuador 1906 Magnitude 8.8
6.	Rat Islands, Alaska 1965 Magnitude 8.7
7.	Northern Sumatra, Indonesia 2005 Magnitude 8.6
8.	Assam - Tibet 1950 Magnitude 8.6
9.	Andreanof Islands, Alaska 1957 Magnitude 8.6
10.	Banda Sea, Indonesia 1938 Magnitude 8.5
11.	Kamchatka 1923 Magnitude 8.5
12.	Chile-Argentina Border 1922 Magnitude 8.5
13.	Kuril Islands 1963 Magnitude 8.5

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Source: USGS Nat'l Earthquake Information Center

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