The tectonic activity along the Ring of Fire also results in about 90% of the world’s earthquakes, including the Valdivia Earthquake of Chile in 1960, the strongest recorded earthquake at 9.5 ...

Note that these are the earthquakes with the highest magnitudes, not the ones with the highest death tolls or most collateral damage suffered. The Valdivia Earthquake of May 22, 1960, also known ...