The biggest earthquakes in the world since 1900 Northern Sumatra, Indonesia 2005 (Magnitude: 8.6)

SUMATRA, INDONESIA - JANUARY 10: In this U.S. Navy handout photo, a Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) vehicle delivers much needed materials and supplies to the citizens in the city of Meulaboh on January 10, 2005, on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. Military personnel and vehicles assigned to USS Bonhomme Richard of Expeditionary Strike Group Five (ESG-5) are supporting Operation Unified Assistance, the humanitarian operation effort in the wake of the tsunami, caused by a 9.0 magnitude, submarine earthquake near Northern Indonesia, which crashed into coastal areas across Southeast Asia killing more than 150,00 people. (Photo by Bart A. Bauer/U.S. Navy/Getty Images)

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