The earth was shaking again. Size 8.8 degrees of the Richter scale, the earthquake noted on Tuesday night to Wednesday (29-30.07.2025) off the Hersonissos Kamchatka in the Russia It is now ranked among the strongest recorded on the planet.
According to the data and the classification of the US Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake in Russia occupies the 6th placeequivalent to the earthquake in the Biobio region of Chile in 2010, also 8.8 Richter. That earthquake is considered one of the most devastating in the modern history of Chile, with 523 dead and over 370,000 damaged houses.
The strongest earthquake ever recorded was that of Baldivia, in 1960, again in Chile, 9.5 Richter. The so -called “great earthquake of Chile” caused the deaths of 1,655 people and left over 2 million homeless people.
Second on the list comes the 1964 earthquake in Alaska, with a size of 9.2. Also known as the “earthquake of Good Friday”, it caused the deaths of 130 people and losses of $ 2.3 billion.
In third place is the earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia in 2004 (9.1 Richter), which caused a tsunami deadly, with over 280,000 dead across South Asia and East Africa.
Following are the 9.1 Richter earthquakes in Japan in 2011, 9 Richter in Kamchatka in 1952, 8.8 Richter in Ecuador and Colombia in 1906, 8.7 in Alaska in 1965, and 8.6 in Tibet (1950) and Sumatra (2012).