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What is the biggest earth quake?

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The largest earthquake with a magnitude documented by instruments was the 1960 Valdivia Earthquake in Chile, which had a moment magnitude of about 9.5. Thermonuclear blasts are measured in megatons; the Valdivia Earthquake released gigatons of energy.

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The longest earthquake was in Lisbon, Portugal in 1755 and it lasted 10 minutes. It started at 9:40 am and was followed by tsunamis and fires. It killed between 10000 and 100000 people

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The 1960 Valdivia Earthquake in Chile (magnitude 9.5)

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The most largest earthquakes are in Japan, there are earthquakes there everyday, mostly there are small earthquakes.

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The Sumatra earthquake of 2004 was one of the worst and longest in history. With a magnitude of 9.1 to 9.3, it lasted at least 10 minutes.

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the longest earthquake was The Sumatran-Andaman earthquake it was about 500 to 600 seconds

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was the Chile Earthquake in 1960 it was of 9.5 in the ricketier

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Japan, a 8.9

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