Location: Japan

Magnitude: 7.9

Deaths: 142,800

2. The Tangshan Earthquake (1976)

Location: China

Magnitude: 7.8

Deaths: 240,000

3. The Haiti Earthquake (2010)

Location: Haiti

Magnitude: 7.0

Deaths: 220,000

4. The Great Chilean Earthquake (1960)

Location: Chile

Magnitude: 9.5

Deaths: 1,655

5. The Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake (2004)

Location: Indian Ocean

Magnitude: 9.1

Deaths: 227,898

6. The Great Alaska Earthquake (1964)

Location: Alaska, USA

Magnitude: 9.2

Deaths: 139

7. The Sendai Earthquake (2011)

Location: Japan

Magnitude: 9.0

Deaths: 15,899

8. The Wenchuan Earthquake (2008)

Location: China

Magnitude: 7.9

Deaths: 87,587

9. The San Francisco Earthquake (1906)

Location: San Francisco, USA

Magnitude: 7.9

Deaths: 3,000

10. The Christchurch Earthquake (2011)

Location: Christchurch, New Zealand

Magnitude: 6.3

Deaths: 185