| 1 | M9.1 | 2011 Great Tohoku Earthquake, Japan | 2011-03-11 | 29 km |
| 2 | M9.1 | 2004 Sumatra - Andaman Islands Earthquake | 2004-12-26 | 30 km |
| 3 | M8.8 | 2025 Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia Earthquake | 2025-07-29 | 35 km |
| 4 | M8.8 | 2010 Maule, Chile Earthquake | 2010-02-27 | 22.9 km |
| 5 | M8.6 | 2012 Wharton Basin Earthquake | 2012-04-11 | 20 km |
| 6 | M8.6 | 78 km WSW of Singkil, Indonesia | 2005-03-28 | 30 km |
| 7 | M8.4 | 122 km SW of Bengkulu, Indonesia | 2007-09-12 | 34 km |
| 8 | M8.4 | 6 km SSW of Atico, Peru | ? | 33 km |
| 9 | M8.3 | 48 km W of Illapel, Chile | 2015-09-16 | 22.44 km |
| 10 | M8.3 | 2013 Sea of Okhotsk Earthquake | 2013-05-24 | 598.1 km |
| 11 | M8.3 | 2006 Kuril Islands Earthquake | 2006-11-15 | 10 km |
| 12 | M8.2 | 2021 Chignik, Alaska Earthquake | 2021-07-29 | 35 km |
| 13 | M8.2 | 2018 Fiji Earthquake | 2018-08-19 | 600 km |
| 14 | M8.2 | 2017 Tehuantepec, Mexico Earthquake | 2017-09-08 | 47.39 km |
| 15 | M8.2 | 93 km NW of Iquique, Chile | 2014-04-01 | 25 km |
| 16 | M8.2 | 2012 Wharton Basin Aftershock | 2012-04-11 | 25.1 km |
| 17 | M8.16 | 2003 Tokachi-Oki Earthquake | 2003-09-25 | 27 km |
| 18 | M8.1 | 2021 South Sandwich Islands Earthquake | 2021-08-12 | 22.79 km |
| 19 | M8.1 | 2021 Kermadec Islands, New Zealand Earthquake | 2021-03-04 | 28.93 km |
| 20 | M8.1 | 2009 Samoa Earthquake | 2009-09-29 | 18 km |
| 21 | M8.1 | 2007 Solomon Islands Earthquake | 2007-04-01 | 24 km |
| 22 | M8.1 | 2007 Kuril Islands Earthquake | 2007-01-13 | 10 km |
| 23 | M8.1 | 2004 Tasman Sea Earthquake | 2004-12-23 | 10 km |
| 24 | M8 | 78 km NE of Navarro, Peru | 2019-05-26 | 122.57 km |
| 25 | M8 | 2013 Santa Cruz Islands Earthquake | 2013-02-06 | 24 km |
| 26 | M8 | 41 km SW of San Vicente de Cañete, Peru | 2007-08-15 | 39 km |
| 27 | M8 | 2006 Tonga Earthquake | 2006-05-03 | 55 km |
| 28 | M8 | 2000 New Ireland Earthquake | ? | 33 km |
| 29 | M7.9 | 45 km S of Levuka, Fiji | 2018-09-06 | 670.81 km |
| 30 | M7.9 | 261 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska | 2018-01-23 | 14.06 km |
| 31 | M7.9 | 35 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea | 2017-01-22 | 135 km |
| 32 | M7.9 | 140 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea | 2016-12-17 | 94.54 km |
| 33 | M7.9 | Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska | 2014-06-23 | 109 km |
| 34 | M7.9 | 47 km E of ?arai, Japan | 2011-03-11 | 42.6 km |
| 35 | M7.9 | 58 km W of Tianpeng, China | 2008-05-12 | 19 km |
| 36 | M7.9 | 87 km SW of Sungai Penuh, Indonesia | 2007-09-12 | 35 km |
| 37 | M7.9 | 2002 Denali Fault, Alaska Earthquake | 2002-11-03 | 4.2 km |
| 38 | M7.9 | South Indian Ocean | ? | 10 km |
| 39 | M7.9 | 103 km S of Bengkulu, Indonesia | ? | 33 km |
| 40 | M7.8 | 25 km SW of Kablalan, Philippines | 2026-06-07 | 56.991 km |
| 41 | M7.8 | 140 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia | 2025-09-18 | 27 km |
| 42 | M7.8 | Pazarcik earthquake, Kahramanmaras earthquake sequence | 2023-02-06 | 10 km |
| 43 | M7.8 | 2020 Perryville, Alaska Earthquake | 2020-07-22 | 28 km |
| 44 | M7.8 | 69 km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands | 2016-12-08 | 40 km |
| 45 | M7.8 | 53 km NNE of Amberley, New Zealand | 2016-11-13 | 15.11 km |
| 46 | M7.8 | 27 km SSE of Muisne, Ecuador | 2016-04-16 | 20.59 km |
| 47 | M7.8 | southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia | 2016-03-02 | 24 km |
| 48 | M7.8 | Bonin Islands, Japan region | 2015-05-30 | 664 km |
| 49 | M7.8 | 67 km NNE of Bharatpur, Nepal | 2015-04-25 | 8.22 km |
| 50 | M7.8 | 206 km SW of Prince Rupert, Canada | 2012-10-28 | 14 km |
| 51 | M7.8 | 215 km SW of Sungai Penuh, Indonesia | 2010-10-25 | 20.1 km |
| 52 | M7.8 | 75 km E of Sinabang, Indonesia | 2010-04-06 | 31 km |
| 53 | M7.8 | 196 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu | 2009-10-07 | 35 km |
| 54 | M7.8 | 97 km WSW of Te Anau, New Zealand | 2009-07-15 | 12 km |
| 55 | M7.8 | south of the Fiji Islands | 2007-12-09 | 152.5 km |
| 56 | M7.8 | 102 km ENE of Iquique, Chile | 2005-06-13 | 115.6 km |
| 57 | M7.8 | Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska | 2003-11-17 | 33 km |
| 58 | M7.8 | Southern Qinghai, China | 2001-11-14 | 10 km |
| 59 | M7.8 | 138 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea | ? | 33 km |
| 60 | M7.8 | 135 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea | ? | 30 km |
| 61 | M7.7 | 2025 Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar) Earthquake | 2025-03-28 | 10 km |
| 62 | M7.7 | southeast of the Loyalty Islands | 2023-05-19 | 18.053 km |
| 63 | M7.7 | southeast of the Loyalty Islands | 2021-02-10 | 10 km |
| 64 | M7.7 | 123 km NNW of Lucea, Jamaica | 2020-01-28 | 14.86 km |
| 65 | M7.7 | Komandorskiye Ostrova, Russia region | 2017-07-17 | 10 km |
| 66 | M7.7 | Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands | 2016-07-29 | 196 km |
| 67 | M7.7 | 53 km SW of Iquique, Chile | 2014-04-03 | 22.4 km |
| 68 | M7.7 | Scotia Sea | 2013-11-17 | 10 km |
| 69 | M7.7 | 113 km NW of Bela, Pakistan | 2013-09-24 | 15 km |
| 70 | M7.7 | 79 km ESE of Kh?sh, Iran | 2013-04-16 | 80 km |
| 71 | M7.7 | 156 km ENE of Poronaysk, Russia | 2012-08-14 | 583.2 km |
| 72 | M7.7 | 272 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan | 2011-03-11 | 18.6 km |
| 73 | M7.7 | 148 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu | 2009-10-07 | 45 km |
| 74 | M7.7 | 140 km WNW of Manokwari, Indonesia | 2009-01-03 | 17 km |
| 75 | M7.7 | Sea of Okhotsk | 2008-07-05 | 632.8 km |
| 76 | M7.7 | 36 km ESE of Tocopilla, Chile | 2007-11-14 | 40 km |
| 77 | M7.7 | 226 km SSW of Singaparna, Indonesia | 2006-07-17 | 20 km |
| 78 | M7.7 | south of the Fiji Islands | 2002-08-19 | 675.4 km |
| 79 | M7.7 | Fiji region | 2002-08-19 | 580 km |
| 80 | M7.7 | 17 km NW of Bhach?u, India | ? | 16 km |
| 81 | M7.7 | 28 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador | ? | 60 km |
| 82 | M7.6 | 2025 Aomori Prefecture, Japan Earthquake | 2025-12-08 | 40.72 km |
| 83 | M7.6 | Drake Passage | 2025-10-10 | 5.639 km |
| 84 | M7.6 | 210 km SSW of George Town, Cayman Islands | 2025-02-08 | 14.326 km |
| 85 | M7.6 | 19 km E of Gamut, Philippines | 2023-12-02 | 40 km |
| 86 | M7.6 | 82 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga | 2023-05-10 | 210 km |
| 87 | M7.6 | Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia | 2023-01-09 | 104.95 km |
| 88 | M7.6 | 35 km SSW of Aguililla, Mexico | 2022-09-19 | 26.943 km |
| 89 | M7.6 | 70 km E of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea | 2022-09-10 | 116 km |
| 90 | M7.6 | 2020 Sand Point, Alaska Earthquake | 2020-10-19 | 28.37 km |
| 91 | M7.6 | 48 km NE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea | 2019-05-14 | 10 km |
| 92 | M7.6 | 41 km SW of Quellón, Chile | 2016-12-25 | 38 km |
| 93 | M7.6 | 185 km WNW of Iñapari, Peru | 2015-11-24 | 620.56 km |
| 94 | M7.6 | 155 km WNW of Iñapari, Peru | 2015-11-24 | 606.21 km |
| 95 | M7.6 | 93 km SSE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands | 2014-04-12 | 22.56 km |
| 96 | M7.6 | 11 km ENE of Hojancha, Costa Rica | 2012-09-05 | 35 km |
| 97 | M7.6 | 89 km E of Sulangan, Philippines | 2012-08-31 | 28 km |
| 98 | M7.6 | Kermadec Islands region | 2011-07-06 | 17 km |
| 99 | M7.6 | 61 km W of Bantogon, Philippines | 2010-07-23 | 578 km |
| 100 | M7.6 | 30 km WSW of Pariaman, Indonesia | 2009-09-30 | 81 km |