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The 1960 Valdivia earthquake or Great Chilean Earthquake of 22 May 1960 is to date the most powerful earthquake ever recorded on Earth, rating 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale. It occurred in the afternoon and its resulting tsunami affected southern Chile, Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, eastern New Zealand, southeast Australia, and the Aleutian Islands in Alaska
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∙ 7y agoThis list shows the 5 earthquakes from the most to least powerful according to their magnitude on the Richter scale:
- 1960 Chile - M 9.5
- 2004 Sumatra - M 9.1
- 2011 Tōhoku Japan - M 9.0
- 1952 Kamchatka - M 9.0
- 1868 Arica, Peru (now Chile) - M 9.0
*As of October 2016
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∙ 12y agoThe biggest earthquake measured 9.5 on the ritcher scale.
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∙ 11y agothe biggest and deadliest earthquake that recorded is in tangshan china.that killed 830000 people in shensi province of china.
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∙ 14y agoThe worst earthquake was in Chile. The earthquake rocked the country at a magnitude of 9.5.
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∙ 13y agohe largest earthquakes ever was the Valdivia earthquake in Chile in 1960 with a magnitude of 9.5. The second largest was the Alaska earthquake in USA in 1964 with a magnitude of 9.2.
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∙ 13y agoIt was a 9.5 magnitude quake that took place May22nd 1960. In Canete, Chile.
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