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  2. 1960 Valdivia earthquake - Wikipedia

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    The 1960 Valdivia earthquake and tsunami (Spanish: Terremoto de Valdivia) or the Great Chilean earthquake (Gran terremoto de Chile) on 22 May 1960 was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. Most studies have placed it at 9.4–9.6 on the moment magnitude scale, [1] while some studies have placed the magnitude lower than 9.4.

  3. List of earthquakes in Chile - Wikipedia

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    Some virtually have the same epicenters like the 1604 and 1868 (in Arica), the 1730 and 1822 (in Valparaíso), the 1751 and 1835 (in Concepción), and the 1575 and 1837 (in Valdivia). The strongest known recorded in modern times was also in Chile, the 1960 Valdivia earthquake.

  4. List of earthquakes in 1960 - Wikipedia

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    The 1960 Valdivia earthquake was the largest event recorded by a seismograph. Chile was left with major destruction from the earthquake and a large tsunami which swept across the Pacific. 2.226 people were killed and 3,000 were injured. 58,622 homes were destroyed. Damage costs were $1 billion (1960 rate).

  5. 1960 in Chile - Wikipedia

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    22 May – occurs the 1960 Valdivia earthquake With a magnitude of 9.5 MW, it is the largest recorded in the history of mankind Its epicenter was the city of Valdivia and mainly affected the area between Talca and Chiloé Archipelago The earthquake was felt in different parts of the planet and produced both a tidal wave —which affected various locations throughout the Pacific Ocean such as ...

  6. Lists of earthquakes - Wikipedia

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    May 22, 1960: Valdivia, Chile 1960 Valdivia earthquake: 9.4–9.6 2 March 27, 1964: Prince William Sound, Alaska, United States ... May 22, 1960: 1960 Valdivia earthquake

  7. List of megathrust earthquakes - Wikipedia

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    M w [39] Foreshock to the next earthquake on 22 May. 1960 Concepción earthquakes: 22 May 1960 15:11 (local time) Valdivia, Chile: 6,000 9.5 M w [40] The largest earthquake in recorded history. 1960 Valdivia earthquake: 13 October 1963 15:17 (local time) Kuril Islands, USSR (present-day Russia) 0 8.5 M w [41] One of the largest earthquake in ...

  8. 1960 Concepción earthquakes - Wikipedia

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    They formed part of the foreshock sequence for the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the largest recorded earthquake in history. [6] The first was on May 21 at 06:02 UTC-4. [3] [7] Its epicenter was near Cañete, Bío Bío Region, Chile, and its magnitude was 8.1 [1] or 8.3 [2] M W and 7.3 [3] or 7.5 [4] M S. This earthquake, which lasted 35 seconds ...

  9. List of historical earthquakes - Wikipedia

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    Historical earthquakes is a list of significant earthquakes known to have occurred prior to the early 20th century. As the events listed here occurred before routine instrumental recordings – later followed by seismotomography imaging technique, [1] observations using space satellites from outer space, [2] artificial intelligence (AI)-based early earthquake warnings [3] – they rely mainly ...