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The Chilean earthquake that occurred on the 27th of February 2010 commenced at 06:34:14 GMT / 03:34:14 local time. The worlds largest recorded earthquake, also occurred off the coast of Chile in 1960 on the 22nd of May at 19:11 GMT / 14:11 local time. Please see the related links and questions for further information.
Chile lies on the boundry of two techtonic plates, the South American plate and the Nazca plate. It has experienced many earthquakes. The two most notable are the 1960 Great Chilean earthquake also know as the Valdivia earthquake. It was the largest earthquake ever measured and recorded. It was also the location for the 5th largest recorded earthquake, the 2010 Chilean earthquake of February 27th, 2010.
The Chile earthquake, powerful as it was, was not nearly powerful enough to tilt the earth. If you imagine a large bell in a cathedral and you hit that bell with a spoon, that is about the effect that an earthquake has on the earth as a whole. It caused some MAJOR destruction and caused Chile to pay millions for the damage, and many people were killed or injured.
The 1st tremor larger than magnitude 5.0 was at 06:34 UTC on Feb 27,2010 measuring 8.8 on the Richter Scale. It lasted about 3 minutes. It has suffered many aftershocks 6 larger than mag 6.0. It is still happening as of Feb 29th, 2010 @ 13:57 UTC. It also spawned a secondary earthquake of 6.3 in Argentina with an aftershock of 6.1.
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Chile did not have any hurricanes in 2010. It had an earthquake which killed 525 people.
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The Chilean earthquake that occurred on the 27th of February 2010 commenced at 06:34:14 GMT / 03:34:14 local time. The worlds largest recorded earthquake, also occurred off the coast of Chile in 1960 on the 22nd of May at 19:11 GMT / 14:11 local time. Please see the related links and questions for further information.
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Chile lies on the boundry of two techtonic plates, the South American plate and the Nazca plate. It has experienced many earthquakes. The two most notable are the 1960 Great Chilean earthquake also know as the Valdivia earthquake. It was the largest earthquake ever measured and recorded. It was also the location for the 5th largest recorded earthquake, the 2010 Chilean earthquake of February 27th, 2010.
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