Notable Earthquakes
| PGA single direction (max recorded) |
PGA vector sum (H1, H2, V) (max recorded) |
Mag | Depth | Fatalities | Earthquake |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.7g | 2.99 g | 9.0 | 30 km | >15000 | 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami |
| 2.2g | 6.3 | 5 km | 185 | February 2011 Christchurch earthquake | |
| 2.13g | 6.4 | 6 km | 1 | June 2011 Christchurch earthquake | |
| 4.36g | 6.9/7.2 | 8 km | 12 | 2008 Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku earthquake | |
| 1.7g | 6.7 | 19 km | 57 | 1994 Los Angeles earthquake | |
| 1.47g | 7.1 | 42km | 4 | April 2011 Miyagi earthquake | |
| 1.26g | 7.1 | 10 km | 0 | 2010 Canterbury earthquake | |
| 1.01g | 6.6 | 10 km | 11 | 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake | |
| 1.01g | 7.3 | 8 km | 2,415 | 1999 Jiji earthquake | |
| 1.0g | 6.0 | 8 km | 0 | December 2011 Christchurch earthquakes | |
| 0.8g | 6.8 | 16 km | 6,434 | 1995 Kobe earthquake | |
| 0.78g | 8.8 | 23 km | 521 | 2010 Chile earthquake | |
| 0.6g | 6.0 | 10 km | 143 | 1999 Athens earthquake | |
| 0.51g | 6.4 | 612 | 2005 Zarand earthquake | ||
| 0.5g | 7.0 | 13 km | 92,000-316,000 | 2010 Haiti earthquake | |
| 0.438g | 7.7 | 44 km | 27 | 1978 Miyagi earthquake (Sendai) | |
| 0.367g | 5.2 | 1 km | 9 | 2011 Lorca earthquake | |
| 0.25 - 0.3g | 9.5 | 33 km | 1,655 | 1960 Valdivia earthquake | |
| 0.24g | 6.4 | 628 | 2004 Morocco earthquake | ||
| 0.18g | 9.2 | 23 km | 143 | 1964 Alaska earthquake |
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