chile earthquake 1960

These images vividly illustrate that the tsunami waves generated by the recent Chilean earthquake were far less severe than the waves created by a massive earthquake in Chile in 1960, the largest quake ever recorded.


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Valdivia earthquake, Chile –


The 1960 Chile Earthquake


May 22, 1960 - Chile - An


Great Chilean Earthquake, 1960


Chile 1960 May 22 19:11:14 UTC

On May 22, 1960, a Mw 9.5 earthquake, the largest earthquake ever instrumentally recorded, occurred in southern Chile. The series of earthquakes that followed ravaged southern Chile and ruptured over a period of days a...
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The most powerful earthquake ever recorded struck near Valdivia, Chile on May 22, 1960, at 2:11 PM local time. As many as 6000 people were killed. Many more would have been, had it not been for Chile's preparedness for...
chile earthquake 1960