Megathrust earthquake

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Megathrust earthquake - earthquakes that occur at subduction zones at destructive convergent plate boundaries, where one tectonic plate is forced underneath another. These earthquakes are the planet's most powerful, with moment magnitudes (Mw) that can exceed 9.0. Article “Megathrust earthquake” in English Wikipedia has 45.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 36 references and 6 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2025 the article “Megathrust earthquake” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 6 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Megathrust earthquake”, its content was written by 136 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 319 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 261 times in English Wikipedia and cited 984 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #925 in March 2011
• Global: #7287 in January 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #1962 in March 2011
• Global: #5898 in March 2011

There are 22 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Megathrust earthquake		45.7662
2	Turkish (tr) Mega bindirmeli deprem		37.7753
3	Malay (ms) Gempa bumi tujahan mega		32.4335
4	Armenian (hy) Մեգաերկրաշարժեր		32.3107
5	Korean (ko) 해구형 지진		31.7991
6	Indonesian (id) Gempa bumi berskala besar		29.8939
7	Slovenian (sl) Tektonski potres		21.3121
8	Thai (th) แผ่นดินไหวเมกะทรัสต์		18.3471
9	Portuguese (pt) Megassismo		17.4357
10	Urdu (ur) میگا تھرسٹ زلزلے		17.2615

The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Megathrust earthquake		2 624 999
2	Spanish (es) Megaterremoto		300 850
3	Chinese (zh) 大型逆衝區地震		122 689
4	Indonesian (id) Gempa bumi berskala besar		78 257
5	Russian (ru) Мегаземлетрясение		48 127
6	Italian (it) Megasisma		32 927
7	French (fr) Mégaséisme		26 388
8	Korean (ko) 해구형 지진		17 536
9	Thai (th) แผ่นดินไหวเมกะทรัสต์		14 917
10	Turkish (tr) Mega bindirmeli deprem		14 081

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Megathrust earthquake		11 414
2	Spanish (es) Megaterremoto		1 487
3	Indonesian (id) Gempa bumi berskala besar		756
4	Chinese (zh) 大型逆衝區地震		587
5	Turkish (tr) Mega bindirmeli deprem		435
6	Korean (ko) 해구형 지진		222
7	Russian (ru) Мегаземлетрясение		185
8	Italian (it) Megasisma		172
9	Simple English (simple) Megathrust earthquake		126
10	French (fr) Mégaséisme		123

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Megathrust earthquake		136
2	Spanish (es) Megaterremoto		30
3	Russian (ru) Мегаземлетрясение		29
4	French (fr) Mégaséisme		20
5	Chinese (zh) 大型逆衝區地震		19
6	Swedish (sv) Mega-thrust-jordbävningar		16
7	Indonesian (id) Gempa bumi berskala besar		10
8	Ukrainian (uk) Мегаземлетрус		10
9	Korean (ko) 해구형 지진		8
10	Vietnamese (vi) Siêu động đất		7

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Spanish (es) Megaterremoto		3
2	English (en) Megathrust earthquake		1
3	Indonesian (id) Gempa bumi berskala besar		1
4	Vietnamese (vi) Siêu động đất		1
5	Azerbaijani (az) Meqazəlzələ		0
6	Basque (eu) Megabultzada lurrikara		0
7	Persian (fa) زمین‌لرزه کلان‌راندگی		0
8	French (fr) Mégaséisme		0
9	Armenian (hy) Մեգաերկրաշարժեր		0
10	Italian (it) Megasisma		0

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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