The earthquake with the largest magnitude:1On May 22, 960, an earthquake of magnitude 65438+8.5 occurred in Buller, Chile, which was the largest earthquake in history. In this earthquake, there were at least five strong earthquakes of magnitude 7 or above in just over 30 hours, three of which reached magnitude 8 or above. Most of the hundreds of thousands of houses in the epicenter collapsed, and in some places the ground fell more than 2 meters in a few minutes. The earthquake also brought a severe tsunami to the whole Pacific region, destroying the buildings along the coast of Hawaii; In Otsuka, Japan, the tsunami threw the fishing boat onto the dock at an altitude of 2.4 meters, pushing it to 46 meters of land, and finally caused the fishing boat to fall between the broken walls of the house.
The earthquake with the largest casualties: It is generally believed that 1556/kloc-0 occurred in Xihua County, China on October 23rd, with the heaviest casualties. According to Sejong's records, there were more than 830,000 officials and soldiers who were crushed to death, and the unknown number that was not reported could not be counted.
The earthquake with the greatest ground damage:1Alaska M8.4 earthquake on March 28th, 964, with crustal rupture in the epicenter area, horizontal displacement of 20m and focal fault of 30m. It is the earthquake with the biggest ground damage and crustal change at present.
The earthquake that caused the biggest fire: September 1 0923, the Kanto 8.2 earthquake in Japan burned 366,000 houses in Tokyo; There are 108000 people who are dead and unaccounted for; Yokosuka City burned 35,000 houses; Yokohama burned down 58,000 houses.
Earthquake that caused the biggest flood: June 1, 786 An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 occurred in the south of Kangding, China. A landslide caused the Dadu River to burst its banks and triggered a catastrophic flood, killing hundreds of thousands of people.
Earthquake causing the largest debris flow: On May 3rd1,65438,970, an earthquake of magnitude 7.6 occurred off the coast of Ancahu, Peru. The nearby Faskalan Mountain collapsed due to the earthquake, resulting in a huge debris flow with a speed of 250-400 kilometers per hour, with an estimated volume of 654.38 billion cubic meters. At least 50,000 people were buried by mudslides, along with buildings caused by the earthquake.
The country with the worst earthquake disaster in the world: According to statistics, there were about 1 0,000 earthquakes with more than 1,000 people in history, including 227 in China, 0.39 in Iran, 0.48 in Turkey, 85 in Italy and 78 in Japan. There were 60 earthquakes in China with 1 1,000 deaths; National death 19 people. Therefore, China is one of the countries that suffered the most earthquake disasters in the world.