Barrientos has since spent years studying earthquakes. He directs the National Seismological Center at the University of Chile in Santiago. The temblor he experienced in 1960 was the most powerful ...

The biggest earthquake in history ever recorded was a 9.5 magnitude earthquake in Chile in 1960. Earthquakes happen at the boundaries of tectonic plates, the divisions of the Earth's crust that ...

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck off coast of Northern Chile region on Friday, the German Research Center for Geosciences ...

Until now, the largest earthquake ever recorded was the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, which hit southern Chile with a magnitude between 9.4 and 9.6, killing up to 6,000 people and sending tsunamis ...

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake has struck northern Chile, causing minor infrastructure damage and cutting power to over 20,000 people.

Associated waves reached Peru, Chile, New Zealand ... this megathrust was the largest Chilean earthquake since 1960. Helpfully, in the aftermath of the earlier Valdivia event, officials had ...

"And now we have found it." Before this study, the largest earthquake ever recorded was in 1960. The Valdivia earthquake, which struck in southern Chile, was placed at a 9.4-9.6 magnitude.

A new study has found evidence that the largest earthquake in history may have been a 9.5 magnitude Chilean quake that happened nearly four millennia ago. Researchers from Chile, the United ...

In 1960, all of Chile shook violently for more than 10 minutes. That quake along the western coast of South America was so big, it changed the way... When The Biggest Earthquake Ever Recorded Hit ...

Residents of Valdivia, Chile, inspect an enormous crack caused by the Great Chilean Earthquake on May 22, 1960. Barrientos has since spent years studying earthquakes. He directs the National ...