The 2010 earthquake that hit Chile was a magnitude 8.8.
The most powerful earthquake recorded in Chile was the 9.5 magnitude quake (moment magnitude) that struck Valdivia, Chile on May 22, 1960. This is also the largest recorded earthquake in modern times.
In the year 2010 in the middle of June, there has been 32 miners trapped under ground in a mine. They have spent 2 and a half months there. Today, on October 13,2010, over half the miners were rescued. None of the miners have been injured, and none have died. Chile had an earthquake with a moment magnitude of 9.5 on May 22, 1960. Chile had an earthquake with a moment magnitude of 8.8 on February 27, 2010.
No there has never been an earthquake with a magnitude of 10.0 that has ever been recorded. The largest recorded to date was the magnitude 9.5 earthquake that occurred in Valdivia Chile in 1960.
The most recent Chilean earthquake mainshock occurred on the 27th of February 2010 and according to the US Geological Survey, rated at 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale. Chile has also suffered earthquakes in the past, including the largest earthquake ever recorded by seismometer which occurred on the 22nd of May, 1960 and had a magnitude of 9.5.
The 2010 earthquake that hit Chile was a magnitude 8.8.
The biggest earthquake reported in 2010 was the Chile Earthquake on February 27 with a magnitude of 8.8.
8.8 on the Richter scale
The Earthquake of February 27,2010 had a magnitude of 8.8
It was a magnitude 8.8
The magnitude 9.5 earthquake that occurred in Valdivia Chile in 1960.
The recent (February 2010) Chilean earthquake had a moment magnitude of 8.8. In the past, Chile suffered the worlds most powerful recorded earthquake which occurred on the 22nd of May, 1960 and had a magnitude of 9.5.
The 1960 Valdivia earthquake in Chile had a magnitude of 9.5. The largest recorded in human history.
9.5 on the richtorscale
9.5
The epicenter for the 1960 Great Chilean Earthquake or Valdivia Earthquake happened near the city of Cantete about 100 miles south of the 2010 Chile earthquake.
The most powerful earthquake recorded in Chile was the 9.5 magnitude quake (moment magnitude) that struck Valdivia, Chile on May 22, 1960. This is also the largest recorded earthquake in modern times.