Largest earthquakes in history

By magnitude (Japan quake comes in as #4)

Event	Date/time	Lat	Long	Mag	Fatalities	Region
1.	1960-05-22 19:11	-38.29	-73.05	9.5	1,655	Chile
2.	1964-03-28 03:36	61.02	-147.65	9.2	125	Prince William Sound, Alaska
3.	2004-12-26 00:58	3.295	95.982	9.1	227,898	off the west coast of northern Sumatra
4.	2011-03-11 05:46:23	38.322	142.369	9.0		Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan
5.	1952-11-04 16:58	52.76	160.06	9.0		Kamchatka, Russia
6.	2010-02-27 06:34:14	-35.846	-72.719	8.8		Offshore Maule, Chile
7.	1906-01-31 15:36	1.0	-81.5	8.8	1,000	Colombia-Ecuador
8.	1965-02-04 05:01	51.21	-178.50	8.7		Rat Islands, Alaska
9.	2005-03-28 16:09	2.074	97.013	8.6	1,313	Northern Sumatra, Indonesia

By casualties (Japan will not make this somewhat subjective list):

Rank	Death toll	Event	Location	Year
1.	&0000000000830000000000830,000	1556 Shaanxi earthquake	China	01556-01-21556
2.	&0000000000242419000000242,419–779,000	1976 Tangshan earthquake	China	01976-07-281976
3.	&0000000000316000000000316,000+	2010 Haiti earthquake	Haiti	02010-01-122010
4.	&0000000000250000000000250,000	526 Antioch earthquake	Antioch, Byzantine Empire (now Turkey)	00526-526
5.	&0000000000235502000000235,502	1920 Haiyuan earthquake	China	01920-12-11920
6.	&0000000000230210000000230,210	2004 Indonesian earthquake	Indonesia	02004-12-262004
7.	&0000000000230000000000230,000	1138 Aleppo earthquake	Syria	01138-1138
8.	&0000000000200000000000200,000	856 Damghan earthquake	Iran	00856-12-2          856
9.	&0000000000150000000000150,000	893 Ardabil earthquake	Iran	00893-03-2893
10.	&0000000000142000000000142,000	1923 Great Kanto earthquake	Japan	01923-09-1923
11.	&0000000000137000000000137,000	1730 Hokkaido earthquake	Japan	0171730
12.	&0000000000123000000000123,000	1908 Messina earthquake	Italy	01908-12-21908
13.	&0000000000110000000000110,000	1948 Ashgabat earthquake	Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union (now Turkmenistan)	01948-10-01948
14.	&0000000000100000000000100,000	1290 Chihli earthquake	China	01290-09-21290
15.	&0000000000100000000000100,000	1755 Lisbon earthquake	Portugal	01755-11-011755
16.	&0000000000100000000000100,000	1667 Shamakhi earthquake	Azerbaijan	01667-11 1667

Or see the USGS list.