| 번호 | 발생 위치 (지진명) | 발생일시 | 규모 | 위도 | 경도 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bio-Bio, Chile (Valdivia Earthquake) | 1960-05-22 | 9.5 | 38.14°S | 73.41°W |
| 2 | Southern Alaska (1964 Great Alaska Earthquake) | 1964-03-28 | 9.2 | 60.91°N | 147.34°W |
| 3 | Off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra (Sumatra-Andaman Islands Earthquake) | 2004-12-26 | 9.1 | 3.30°N | 95.98°E |
| 4 | Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan (Tohoku Earthquake) | 2011-03-11 | 9.1 | 38.30°N | 142.37°E |
| 5 | Off the East Coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia (Kamchatka) | 1952-11-04 | 9 | 52.62°N | 159.78°E |
| 6 | Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia | 2025-07-29 | 8.8 | 52.45°N | 160.26°E |
| 7 | Near the Coast of Ecuador (1906 Ecuador–Colombia Earthquake) | 1906-01-31 | 8.8 | 0.96°N | 79.37°W |
| 8 | Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska (Rat Islands Earthquake) | 1965-02-04 | 8.7 | 51.25°N | 178.72°E |
| 9 | Eastern Xizang-India border region (Tibet Earthquake) | 1950-08-15 | 8.6 | 28.36°N | 96.45°E |
| 10 | off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra | 2012-04-11 | 8.6 | 2.33°N | 93.06°E |
| 11 | Northern Sumatra, Indonesia (Nias Earthquake) | 2005-03-28 | 8.6 | 2.09°N | 97.11°E |
| 12 | Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska | 1957-03-09 | 8.6 | 51.50°N | 175.63°W |
| 13 | South of Alaska (Unimak Island Earthquake) | 1946-04-01 | 8.6 | 53.49°N | 162.83°W |
| 14 | Banda Sea | 1938-02-01 | 8.5 | 5.05°S | 131.61°E |
| 15 | Atacama, Chile (Chile-Argentina Border Earthquake) | 1922-11-11 | 8.5 | 28.29°S | 69.85°W |
| 16 | Kuril Islands | 1963-10-13 | 8.5 | 44.87°N | 149.48°E |
| 17 | Near the East Coast of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia (Kamchatka) | 1923-02-03 | 8.4 | 54.49°N | 160.47°E |
| 18 | Southern Sumatra, Indonesia | 2007-09-12 | 8.4 | 4.44°S | 101.37°E |
| 19 | Near the Coast of Southern Peru (Arequipa, Peru Earthquake) | 2001-06-23 | 8.4 | 16.27°S | 73.64°W |
| 20 | Off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan (Sanriku Earthquake) | 1933-03-02 | 8.4 | 39.21°N | 144.59°E |
| 21 | Off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan (Sanriku Earthquake) | 1933-03-02 | 8.4 | 39.21°N | 144.59°E |
※ 일반적으로 규모 7.5 이상의 지진이 파괴적인 지진해일 발생
(출처 : USGS)