The Valdivia earthquake is the strongest ever to be recorded Image ... Probably the second deadliest earthquake in recorded history and the worst of the past 100 years also occurred in China.

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) named the Valdivia earthquake, a.k.a. the Great Chilean Earthquake, the strongest quake ever recorded ... The city hurt worst was Valdivia, where ...

The most powerful earthquake ever recorded on Earth was a magnitude 9.5 in Chile on May 22, 1960. There were more than 2,000 fatalities – among the worst 200 earthquakes ever recorded ...

The quake also damaged nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, leading to one of the biggest nuclear disasters in history. This earthquake was the largest ever recorded in ...

researchers determined that the quake was the biggest deep earthquake ever recorded. A prior deep earthquake, in Bolivia in 1994, was the same magnitude, but released less energy. The rupture ...

So while rare, the UK does have a history of earthquakes – but what is the biggest earthquake ever recorded in the country? In June 1931 in Dogger Bank in the North Sea, there was an ...

West Texas was hit by its largest earthquake on record on Wednesday, rattling parts of the Permian Basin in a reminder of the seismic impact of fracking. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake hit at 3:34 p ...

The earthquake of May 22, 1960, that struck the town of Valdivia in southern Chile is the most powerful ever recorded ... is the deadliest recorded quake in history. Probably the second deadliest ...

The 2010 Maule Earthquake, sometimes referred to as the 2010 Chile earthquake, struck roughly 3 km and 1.9 miles off the coast of Pelluhue February 27.