11. Escala Richter Extremamente raro (Desconhecido) Nunca registrado. > 10,0 Extremo 1 a cada 20 anos Devasta zonas num raio de milhares de quilômetros. 9,0-9,9 Excepcional 1 por ano Pode causar danos sérios em zonas num raio de centenas de quilômetros. 8,0-8,9 Importante 18 por ano Pode provocar danos graves em zonas mais vastas. 7,0-7,9 Grande 120 por ano Pode ser destruidor em zonas num raio de até 180 quilômetros em áreas habitadas. 6,0-6,9 Forte 800 por ano Pode causar danos maiores em edifícios mal concebidos em zonas restritas. Provoca danos ligeiros nos edifícios bem construídos. 5,0-5,9 Moderado ~ 6200 por ano Tremor notório de objetos no interior de habitações, ruídos de choque entre objetos. Danos importantes pouco comuns. 4,0-4,9 Ligeiro ~49000 por ano Frequentemente sentido mas raramente causa danos. 3,0-3,9 Pequeno ~1000 por dia Geralmente não se sente mas é detectado/registado. 2,0-2,9 Muito pequeno ~ 8000 por dia Micro tremor de terra, não se sente [3] . < 2,0 Micro Frequência Efeitos Magnitude Descrição
14. Maiores terremotos da história 8.5 2007 Sumatra earthquakes Sumatra , Indonesia September 12, 2007 8.5 [11] 1963 Kuril Islands earthquake Kuril Islands , Russia ( USSR ) October 13, 1963 8.5 1938 Banda Sea earthquake Banda Sea , Indonesia ( Dutch East Indies ) February 1, 1938 8.5 [11] 1923 Kamchatka earthquakes Kamchatka , Russia ( USSR ) February 3, 1923 8.5 [10] 1922 Vallenar earthquake Atacama Region , Chile November 11, 1922 8.5 (est.) 1751 Concepción earthquake Concepción , Chile ( Kingdom of Chile ) May 24, 1751 8.5 (est.) 1687 Peru earthquake Lima , Peru ( Viceroyalty of Peru ) October 20, 1687 8.5 (est.) 1575 Valdivia earthquake Valdivia , Chile ( Kingdom of Chile ) December 16, 1575 8.5–9.0 (est.) [9] 1868 Arica earthquake Arica , Chile (then Peru ) August 13, 1868 16 8.6 2005 Sumatra earthquake Sumatra , Indonesia March 28, 2005 8.6 1957 Andreanof Islands earthquake Andreanof Islands , Alaska , USA March 9, 1957 8.6 1950 Medog earthquake Assam , India – Tibet , China August 15, 1950 13 8.7 1965 Rat Islands earthquake Rat Islands , Alaska , USA February 4, 1965 8.7 (est.) [8] 1755 Lisbon earthquake Lisbon , Portugal November 1, 1755 8.7–9.0 (est.) [7] 1730 Valparaiso earthquake Valparaiso , Chile July 8, 1730 8.7–9.2 (est.) [6] 1700 Cascadia earthquake Pacific Ocean , USA and Canada January 26, 1700 9 8.8 2010 Chile earthquake Maule , Chile February 27, 2010 8.8 1906 Ecuador-Colombia earthquake Ecuador – Colombia January 31, 1906 8.8–9.2 (est.) 1833 Sumatra earthquake Sumatra , Indonesia November 25, 1833 6 9.0 [3] [4] [5] 2011 Sendai earthquake Sendai , Japan March 11, 2011 9.0 [2] 1952 Kamchatka earthquakes Kamchatka , Russia (then USSR ) November 4, 1952 4 9.1 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake Sumatra , Indonesia December 26, 2004 3 9.2 1964 Alaska earthquake Prince William Sound , Alaska , USA March 27, 1964 2 9.5 1960 Valdivia earthquake Valdivia , Chile May 22, 1960 1 Magnitude Name Location Date Rank
15. Mais fatais 8.7-9.0 (est.) 10,000– 100,000 Lisbon , Portugal November 1, 1755 " Lisbon " 14 Unknown 108,800+ Edo , Japan December 31, 1703 " Genroku " 13 7.3 110,000 Ashgabat , Turkmenistan October 6, 1948 "Ashgabat" 12 7.1 123,000 [22] Messina , Italy December 28, 1908 " Messina " 11 7.9 142,000 Kantō region , Japan September 1, 1923 "Great Kantō " 10 Unknown 150,000 (est) Ardabil , Iran March 22, 893 " Ardabil " 9 7.9 (est.) 200,000 (est) Damghan , Iran December 22, 856 " Damghan " 8 7.0 222,570 (Haitian sources) 50,000-92,000 (non-Haitian sources) Haiti January 12, 2010 "Haiti" 7 Unknown 230,000 Aleppo , Syria October 11, 1138 "Aleppo" 6 9.1 230,210+ [16] [17] Sumatra , Indonesia December 26, 2004 " Indian Ocean " 5 7.8 235,502 [15] Ningxia – Gansu , China December 16, 1920 " Gansu " 4 8.0 (est.) 250,000 [14] Antioch , Turkey (then Byzantine Empire ) May 21, 525 " Antioch " 3 7.5-7.8 242,419– 779,000 Tangshan , China July 28, 1976 " Tangshan " 2 8.0 (est.) 820,000– 830,000 (est.) [13] Shaanxi , China January 23, 1556 " Shaanxi " 1 Magnitude Fatalities Location Date Name Rank
18. Tsunami do Japão http://tvig.ig.com.br/id/8a4980262e545e72012eb53a5baa254b.html http://noticias.uol.com.br/ultimas-noticias/internacional/2011/03/15/novo-incendio-atinge-usina-nuclear-em-fukushima-no-japao. jhtm http://tvig.ig.com.br/id/8a4980262e545e72012eb5389a932477.html
19. Terremoto nosso de cada dia http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/ http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/topics/100_chance. php ? sms_ss = blogger&at_xt =4ca52fdeb0ca17d3,0
20. Terremoto em SP 2008 – 5,2 na Escala Richter http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/SaoPaulo/0,,MUL421647-5605,00. html