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The 1960 Valdivia earthquake and tsunami (Spanish: Terremoto de Valdivia) or the Great Chilean earthquake (Gran terremoto de Chile) occurred on 22 May 1960. 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.
A pie chart comparing the seismic moment release of the three largest earthquakes for the hundred-year period from 1906 to 2005 with that for all earthquakes of magnitudes <6, 6 to 7, 7 to 8, and >8 for the same period. The 2011 Japan quake would be roughly similar to Sumatra. Earthquakes of magnitude 8.0 and greater from 1900 to 2018.
2012 Haida Gwaii earthquake – magnitude 7.8 earthquake with an epicenter on Moresby Island in British Columbia, the second largest Canadian earthquake ever recorded by a seismometer, over 100,000 people were evacuated to higher ground in the state of Hawai'i
M w [38] One of the largest earthquake in recorded history. 1963 Kuril Islands earthquake: 27 March 1964 17:36 (local time) Prince William Sound, Alaska: 131 9.2 M w [39] The second largest earthquake in recorded history. 1964 Alaska earthquake: 3 February 1965 19:01 (local time) Rat Islands, Alaska: 0 8.7 M w [40] One of the largest earthquake ...
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 earthquake warning systems [3] — they rely mainly ...
The largest recorded megathrust earthquake was the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, estimated between magnitudes 9.4–9.6, centered off the coast of Chile along the Peru-Chile Trench, where the Nazca plate subducts under the South American plate. [26] This megathrust region has regularly generated extremely large earthquakes.
The largest earthquake ever recorded was a magnitude 9.5 on May 22, 1960 in Chile on a fault that is almost 1,600 km (1,000 miles) long. ... Through history, Nankai Trough earthquakes have been ...
The 2021 Haiti earthquake was the country's largest earthquake in its modern history. The June 2022 Afghanistan earthquake caused severe destruction and many villages were destroyed. The 2022 West Java earthquake killed hundreds and destroyed tens of thousands of houses, despite its moderate magnitude.