Seeing the 8.3 Register on the Quake Cam gives me chills every time I see it!
Quoting: Col. Mattie. Ditto
Here are all the 8.0+ quakes since 2000
8's = 19
9's = 2
8.3 46km W of Illapel, Chile 2015-09-16 22:54:33 UTC 25.0 km
8.2 94km NW of Iquique, Chile 2014-04-01 23:46:47 UTC 25.0 km
8.3 Sea of Okhotsk 2013-05-24 05:44:48 UTC 598.1 km
8.0 76km W of Lata, Solomon Islands 2013-02-06 01:12:25 UTC 24.0 km
8.2 off the west coast of northern Sumatra 2012-04-11 10:43:10 UTC 25.1 km
8.6 off the west coast of northern Sumatra 2012-04-11 08:38:36 UTC 20.0 km
9.0 near the east coast of Honshu, Japan 2011-03-11 05:46:24 UTC 29.0 km
8.8 offshore Bio-Bio, Chile 2010-02-27 06:34:11 UTC 22.9 km
8.1 Samoa Islands region 2009-09-29 17:48:10 UTC 18.0 km
8.5 southern Sumatra, Indonesia 2007-09-12 11:10:26 UTC 34.0 km
8.0 near the coast of central Peru 2007-08-15 23:40:57 UTC 39.0 km
8.1 Solomon Islands 2007-04-01 20:39:58 UTC 24.0 km
8.1 east of the Kuril Islands 2007-01-13 04:23:21 UTC 10.0 km
8.3 Kuril Islands 2006-11-15 11:14:13 UTC 10.0 km
8.0 Tonga 2006-05-03 15:26:40 UTC 55.0 km
8.6 northern Sumatra, Indonesia 2005-03-28 16:09:36 UTC 30.0 km
9.1 off the west coast of northern Sumatra 2004-12-26 00:58:53 UTC 30.0 km
8.1 north of Macquarie Island 2004-12-23 14:59:04 UTC 10.0 km
8.3 Hokkaido, Japan region 2003-09-25 19:50:06 UTC 27.0 km
8.4 near the coast of southern Peru 2001-06-23 20:33:14 UTC 33.0 km
8.0 New Ireland region, Papua New Guinea 2000-11-16 04:54:56 UTC 33.0 km
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