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There was $500 million damage to the south of Chile (1960 dollars) , $50 million damage to Japan, $75 million damage to Hawaii and $500,000 damage to the west coast of USA. The total amount of damage losses were estimated at half a billion 1960 dollars
It cost 50 trillion doll hairs to rebuild chile after the earthquake.
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May 22 1960
May 22, 1960.
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In 1960 chile , they had a 9.5 magnitude. Every damage cost 500 million dollars because the earthquake was so bad. It had cost half a billion dollars and thats a lot of money for a country like that to pay so much. That was the hugest earthquake in the world.
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The largest earthquake recorded to date was a magnitude 9.5 that occurred in Chile on Sunday, May 22, 1960. Approximately 1,655 people were killed, 3,000 injured, 2 million homeless, and $550 million damage in southern Chile. The resulting tsunami caused 61 deaths, $75 million damage in Hawaii; 138 deaths and $50 million damage in Japan; 32 dead and missing in the Philippines; and $500,000 damage to the west coast of the United States.
No, a 9.5 magnitude earthquake hit Chile in 1960.
The largest earthquake ever recorded was the 1960 Valdivia earthquake in Valdivia, Chile which measure at 9.5 on the Richter scale.
May 22, 1960.