In reality, Chile has experienced hundreds of significant earthquakes from 1570 to 2015, 29 of which are considered severe (above magnitude 8). Among them are the aforementioned earthquakes of 1575 ...

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Chile lies in one of the most seismically active areas of the world. In 1960, it suffered the world's largest recorded earthquake which resulted in thousands of deaths. Monday's earthquake struck ...

Chile is also one of the countries with the highest seismic activity in the world. It was also the site of the most powerful earthquake ever recorded, the 1960 Valdivia Earthquake, which measured ...

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The strongest earthquake ever recorded was the 1960 Valdivia earthquake in Chile, measuring 9.5 on the Richter scale. Scientists have said for a 10.0 earthquake to occur, it would have to be along ...

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The largest recorded earthquake, a 9.5-magnitude, occurred in Chile on May 22, 1960. It originated from a fault almost 1,000 miles long.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 jolted Antofagasta, Chile on Thursday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said. The earthquake struck 84 km northwest of Calama, EMSC reported.