The highest magnitude earthquake ever recorded was the 9.5 magnitude earthquake that struck Chile on the 22nd of May, 1960.
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The biggest earthquake ever recorded in New Zealand was the Wairarapa earthquake in 1855. This earthquake had a magnitude of 8.2.
Not that has ever been recorded by man. The largest recorded earthquake occurred off the west coast of Chile in 1960 and had a magnitude of 9.5. It is thought that the impact that occurred 65.5 million years ago creating the Chixulub crater beneath the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico (and thought to have contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs) yielded energy equivalent to an earthquake of magnitude 12.5.
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The strongest earthquake in the United Kingdom was on June 7, 1931 and the epicenter was in Dogger Bank. The earthquake was then named Dogger Bank earthquake 1931.
No, the highest ever recorded earthquake registered at 9.5
No. Highest ever recorded was a 7.0.
There is no absolute top to the Richter scale, although the largest earthquake ever recorded by mankind was the Valdivia earthquake in Chile that was the equivalent of 9.5 on the Richter scale in 1960. While no earthquake any stronger has ever been recorded, the impact that caused the Chicxulub crater in the Yucatan Peninsula about 65 million years ago has been calculated to have been the equivalent of about 13.0 on the Richter scale.
The biggest earthquake ever recorded in New Zealand was the Wairarapa earthquake in 1855. This earthquake had a magnitude of 8.2.
the smallest earthquake recorded on the Richter scale was 0.1
The largest earthquake ever recorded was the 1960 Valdivia earthquake in Valdivia, Chile which measure at 9.5 on the Richter scale.
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No, the humans of Earth have not yet recorded a 10.0 earthquake.
10 of course! The Richter scale holds the numbers from 0 to 10. 0 is the weekest and 10 is the strongest yet there has never been an earthquake with a magnitude of 10. Th highest ever recorded was in Chile 2010 with a magnitude of 9.5.
10 of course! The Richter scale holds the numbers from 0 to 10. 0 is the weekest and 10 is the strongest yet there has never been an earthquake with a magnitude of 10. Th highest ever recorded was in Chile 2010 with a magnitude of 9.5.
Define "worst". The largest earthquake measured by seismograph was the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, with a magnitude of 9.5.The highest casualty total is from an earthquake in China in 1556, which killed over three-quarters of a million people.
10 of course! The Richter scale holds the numbers from 0 to 10. 0 is the weekest and 10 is the strongest yet there has never been an earthquake with a magnitude of 10. Th highest ever recorded was in Chile 2010 with a magnitude of 9.5.