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.

With a magnitude of between 9.1 and 9.3, this earthquake is the second largest ever recorded, and it also had the longest duration, lasting between eight and 10 minutes. Devastating tsunamis hit ...

Let us look at the worst earthquakes that have caused ... is the strongest earthquake ever recorded. It hit the Valdivia town in southern Chile on May 22, 1960, and its magnitude was measured ...

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 ...

making it the highest-magnitude earthquake ever recorded. It is estimated that anywhere from 1,000 to 6,000 people died from the earthquake itself and other resulting natural disasters.

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 ...

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 ...

The catastrophic earthquake that rattled Turkey and Syria on February 6 has evoked memories of the past and how people across the world have seen some of history's worst, deadliest and biggest ...

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 ...

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.