New York: A magnitude-7.8 earthquake shook Ecuador's central coast on Saturday. The country's vice president called it the strongest to hit the country in decades. Here is a list of some of the world's strongest earthquakes since 1900:

22 May 1960: A magnitude-9.5 earthquake in southern Chile and ensuing tsunami kill at least 1,716 people.

28 March 1964: A magnitude-9.2 quake in Prince William Sound, Alaska, kills 131 people, including 128 from a tsunami.

26 December 2004: A magnitude-9.1 quake in Indonesia triggers an Indian Ocean tsunami, killing 230,000 people in a dozen countries.

11 March 2011: A magnitude-9.0 quake off the northeast coast of Japan triggers a tsunami, killing more than 18,000 people.

4 November 1952: A magnitude-9.0 quake in Kamchatka in Russia's Far East causes damage but no reported deaths despite setting off 9.1-meter (30-foot) waves in Hawaii.

27 February 2010: A magnitude-8.8 quake shakes Chile, generating a tsunami and killing 524 people.

31 January 1906: A magnitude-8.8 quake off the coast of Ecuador generates a tsunami that kills at least 500 people.

4 Februay 1965: A magnitude-8.7 quake strikes Alaska's Rat Islands, causing an 11-meter (35-foot) -high tsunami.

28 March 2005: A magnitude-8.6 quake in northern Sumatra in Indonesia kills about 1,300 people.

15 Auguast 1950: A magnitude-8.6 earthquake in Tibet kills at least 780 people.

15 August 1950: A magnitude-8.6 earthquake in Tibet kills at least 780 people.

11 April 2012: A magnitude-8.6 quake off the west coast of northern Sumatra in Indonesia triggers tsunami warnings in more than two dozen nations.

9 March 1957: A magnitude-8.6 quake strikes the Andreanof Islands in Alaska triggers a 16-meter (52-foot) -high tsunami.

12 September 2007: A magnitude-8.5 quake near Sumatra in Indonesia kills at least 25 people.

1 February 1938: A magnitude-8.5 quake in Banda Sea, Indonesia, generates a small tsunami.

3 February 1923: A magnitude-8.5 quake in Kamchatka in Russia’s Far East triggers a tsunami.

11 November 1922: A magnitude-8.5 quake along the Chile-Argentina border triggers a tsunami that causes damage along Chile’s coast.

13 October 1963: A magnitude-8.5 quake in the Kuril Islands triggers a tsunami.