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130,000 homes where destroyed in the earthquake
Approx. 2000
The 1960 Valdivia Earthquake and tsunami or the Great Chilean earthquake on 22 May 1960 was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. Various studies have placed it at 9.4-9.6 on the moment magnitude there were Approximately 1,655 Deaths that happened when this Earthquake struck.
after shocks!
they are like little earthquakes after a big earthquake
The largest earthquake ever recorded was the 1960 Valdivia earthquake in Valdivia, Chile which measure at 9.5 on the Richter scale.
130,000 homes where destroyed in the earthquake
Approx. 2000
The valdivia earthquake caused a lot of damage. But I am not sure what kind of damage it caused.
i think it was this earthquake..Valdivia, Chile1960 Valdivia earthquake it had 6,000 causalities and was 33km in depth
there was 15 after shocks
No. The Valdivia earthquake was on a convergent boundary.
It is the biggest earthquake ever! With a magnitude of 9.5
>200
there were 525 after shocks two weeks after the amin earthquake
The Valdivia earthquake in 1960 was the strongest one ever recorded by man. It rated 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale and caused a powerful and destructive tsunami.
Earthquakes do not have formal names in the way that hurricanes do, but they are referred to by where and when they hit. The largest earthquake on record is known as the 1960 Valdivia Earthquake. It ocurred on May 22, 1960, centered near Valdivia, Chile.