The 2010 earthquake in Chile had a magnitude of 8.8, making it one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded. It caused widespread damage and triggered a tsunami that affected several countries in the Pacific region.
The Chile earthquake, powerful as it was, was not nearly powerful enough to tilt the earth. If you imagine a large bell in a cathedral and you hit that bell with a spoon, that is about the effect that an earthquake has on the earth as a whole. It caused some MAJOR destruction and caused Chile to pay millions for the damage, and many people were killed or injured.
The largest earthquake on record was a magnitude 9.5 on May 22, 1960. of the coast of Chile. The City of Valdivia was worst hit. The earthquake also generated a tsunami that struck portions of Hawaii, Japan, and Australia.
The 2010 Chile earthquake occurred off the coast of central Chile, near the city of Concepción. The approximate coordinates of the earthquake were 35.846°S latitude and 72.719°W longitude.
The tsunami generated by the 2010 Chile earthquake took approximately 15 hours to reach Chile after the earthquake occurred.
Chile was hit by an earthquake early morning on Feb. 27th 2010
I was there and it was A.M
No not New York but an earthquake hit Chile
The Earthquake of February 27,2010 had a magnitude of 8.8
9.5
No, a 9.5 magnitude earthquake hit Chile in 1960.
Yes. Chile was devastated by an earthquake and tsunami on May 22, 1960.
No
4 January 2011
Chile
8.8 on the Richter scale
The earthquake struck at 0634 GMT, 115km (70 miles) Northeast of the city of Concepcion and 325km Southwest of the capital Santiago. It is the biggest to hit Chile in 50 years. It killed over 85 people :'(