The 10 most powerful earthquakes that struck the world since 1950, one of which reached 9.5 on the Richter scale!

Arab Weather - Earthquake is a destructive natural phenomenon, which lies in a rapid ground vibration followed by seismic waves, and the reason for this phenomenon is due to the movement of the so-called ground tectonic plates, which leads to the breaking of ground rocks and the occurrence of vibration waves whose impact on the surface of the earth is sometimes disastrous.

Humans measure the strength of earthquakes using several scales, perhaps the most prominent of which is the Richter scale , which ranks earthquakes from 1 to 10 according to the strength, with 10 being the strongest.

Predicting earthquakes is done on 3 levels, the first is where the earthquakes are located, by defining the areas of permanent seismic activity, the second level is the force with which the earthquakes occur, and the third is the timing of the earthquake, which is currently impossible and there is no way for us to know that.

The 10 most powerful earthquakes that have hit the Earth since 1950, according to the Richter Scale:

Earthquake Chile (magnitude 9.5) occurred this earthquake Atarej 22.05.1960, the strongest recorded earthquake in the history of mankind, caused the earthquake and tsunami waves have affected both the United States, Japan and the Philippines has resulted in the earthquake and tsunami killed nearly 6,000 people.

Alaska earthquake (magnitude 9.2 ): It occurred on March 28 , 1964. This earthquake caused a tsunami that caused material losses of 311 million dollars, and killed 143 people.

Sumatra earthquake - Indonesia ( magnitude 9.1 ): occurred on 12-26-2004 . This great earthquake caused huge tsunami waves that affected several countries and killed more than a quarter of a million people.

Honshu earthquake - Japan (magnitude 9.0): On 03/11/2011, one of the most seismic impact in history, which caused this earthquake , which lasted for 6 minutes massive tsunami, caused material losses worth billions more than 18 thousand people killed.

• The Kamachka earthquake - Russia ( magnitude 9.0 ): on 4/11/1952 and caused material losses estimated at one million dollars, but without causing casualties.
• Chile earthquake ( magnitude 8.8 ): on February 27 , 2010, killing 525 people and destroying hundreds of buildings.
• An earthquake in the coast of Ecuador ( magnitude 8.8 ): on 01/31/1906 and caused the death of approximately 1,000 people.
• Rat Island earthquake - Alaska ( magnitude 8.7 ): On February 4 , 1965, this large earthquake caused a tsunami, but without significant losses due to the scarcity of population and cities.
• Sumatra earthquake - Indonesia ( magnitude 8.6 ): This earthquake occurred on March 28, 2005 and killed 1,346 people.
• Assam earthquake in Tibet between India and China (magnitude 8.6): This earthquake occurred on 8/15/1950, and caused the deaths of 30 000 people, destroying thousands of homes, temples and mosques.