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 ...

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 ...

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.

There have been earthquakes in Florida, with most clustered in the northwestern Panhandle. A 4.4-magnitude quake hit the ...

Have feedback? Add a comment below! The largest earthquake recorded happened in Bio-Bio, Chile on May 22, 1960. At around 3:11 pm, the ground shook for around 10 minutes. The earthquake is ...

Whereas the 9.5 magnitude earthquake in Chile killed around 2,000 ... The universe has thrown us a curveball': Largest-ever map of space reveals we might have gotten dark energy totally wrong ...

A 7.4 magnitude earthquake strikes off the southern coasts of Chile and Argentina, the United States Geological Survey says.

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 ...