Statistics for Largest Earthquakes By Year

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Event	Magnitude	Answer	% Correct
2018 Fiji earthquake	8.2	Fiji	100%
2001 southern Peru earthquake	8.4	Peru	100%
2019 Peru Earthquake	8	Peru	100%
2016 Ecuador earthquake	7.8	Ecuador	99%
2015 Illapel earthquake	8.3	Chile	98%
2014 Iquique earthquake	8.2	Chile	98%
2010 Chile earthquake	8.8	Chile	98%
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami	9.1	Japan	98%
2003 Hokkaidō earthquake	8.3	Japan	98%
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami	9.2	Indonesia	97%
2000 Enggano earthquake	7.9	Indonesia	97%
2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes	8.6	Indonesia	97%
September 2007 Sumatra earthquake	8.4	Indonesia	97%
2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake	8.6	Indonesia	97%
2008 Sichuan earthquake	7.9	China	96%
2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami	8.1	Samoa	96%
2006 Kuril Islands earthquake	8.3	Russia	93%
2013 Okhotsk Sea earthquake	8.3	Russia	93%
2017 Chiapas earthquake	8.2	Mexico	91%
2002 Denali earthquake	7.9	USA	90%
1999 Jiji earthquake	7.7	Taiwan	58%