The biggest earthquakes of the last 100 years

The biggest earthquakes of the last 100 years A look at the deadliest earthquakes in the world in the last century. Here are the 10 biggest earthquakes ever recorded. As the Earth's tectonic plates collide; Giant earthquakes arise, whose accumulated energy can shake the ground, trigger volcanic eruptions, move mountains and cause tsunamis. Since scientists figured out how to measure earthquake magnitude in the early 1900s, some really big earthquakes have rocked the world. These are the "megathrust" earthquakes, the strongest earthquakes in the world. The majority of these earthquakes occurred in a handful of subduction zones along the seismically active "Ring of Fire" in the Pacific, where tectonic plates crossed each other. Here are the 10 largest earthquakes ever recorded.

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