Examples
Examples of megathrust earthquakes are listed in the following table.
Event | Estimated Moment Magnitude | Tectonic Plates Involved | Other Details/Notes |
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365 Crete earthquake | 8.0+ | African Plate subducting beneath the Aegean Sea Plate |
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1575 Valdivia earthquake | 8.5 | Nazca Plate subducting beneath the South American Plate | |
1700 Cascadia earthquake | 8.7–9.2 | Juan de Fuca Plate subducting beneath the North American Plate |
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1737 Kamchatka earthquake | 9.0 | Pacific Plate subducting beneath the Okhotsk Plate |
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1755 Lisbon earthquake | 8.5–9.0 | Hypothesized to be part of a young subduction zone but origin still debated |
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1868 Arica earthquake | 8.5–9.0 | Nazca Plate subducting beneath the South American Plate |
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1877 Iquique earthquake | 8.8 | Nazca Plate subducting beneath the South American Plate | |
1946 Nankaidō earthquake | 8.1 | Philippine Sea Plate subducting beneath the Eurasian Plate | |
1952 Kamchatka earthquake | 9.0 | Pacific Plate subducting beneath the Okhotsk Plate |
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1957 Andreanof Islands earthquake | 8.6–9.1 | Pacific Plate subducting beneath the North American Plate |
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1960 Great Chilean Earthquake | 9.5 | Nazca Plate subducting beneath the South American Plate |
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1964 Alaska earthquake ("Good Friday" earthquake) | 9.2 | Pacific Plate subducting beneath the North American Plate |
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2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake ("Indian Ocean earthquake") | 9.1–9.3 | India Plate subducting beneath the Burma Plate |
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2010 Maule earthquake ("Chile earthquake") | 8.8 | Nazca Plate subducting beneath the South American Plate |
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2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami | 9.0 | Pacific Plate subducting beneath the Okhotsk Plate |
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