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 ...

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 strong earthquake struck northern Chile on Friday, June 6, causing minor infrastructural damage and power disruptions.

The 8.8 magnitude earthquake that struck off coastal Chile in the early hours of the morning is one of the biggest temblors anywhere in more than a century. Data from the U.S. Geological Survey ...

As the largest earthquake ever recorded, it not only reshaped the coastal landscapes of Chile but also sent ripples of change across the globe. Earthquakes occur due to the sudden release of ...

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 ...

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 ...

On May 22, 1960, a devastating earthquake hit southern Chile. For 10 minutes ... was roughly a magnitude 9.5, the largest ever recorded before or since. But could quakes get bigger?

The earthquake, which was the fifth largest since 1900, lasted for 90 seconds ... Rodrigo Munoz Rogers ’12 has family members in Chile, many of whom live near Santiago. When he heard about the ...

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 ...