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It's hard to say for sure, since there are different formulae for calculating an earthquake's magnitude. Generally, though, people say the biggest recorded was in Chile in 1960, with a magnitude (Mw, i.e. calculated by considering the size and amount of slip instead of the magnitude of the waves produced) of 9.5. See the link I added for additional info.

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