1. San Francisco, California. April 18th, 1906. (magnitude: about 8)
This earthquake was amazing because everyone could see the "Strike-slip". The crack went through the city and far beyond it. The crack was 248 miles long and 6 miles deep!
2. Tokyo Japan. September 1st, 1923. (magnitude: about 8.2)
140,000 people were killed in this earthquake.
Here is a link to some amazing earthquake ghost town villages in Italy.
http://www.weather.com/travel/earthquake-ghost-towns-italy-photos-20130805?pageno=1