Earthquake — Chile: Puerto Montt, Valdivia

When

22 May 1960

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

9.5

Where

Chile

Coordinates

38.14° S, 73.41° W

Deaths

2226

Injuries

3000

Damage musd

1000

Houses destroyed

58622

Intensity mmi

12

Depth km

33

9.4–9.6 magnitude earthquake in Chile

On 22 May 1960, an earthquake and tsunami occurred in Chile, devastating the city of Valdivia. Most studies have placed it at 9.4–9.6 on the moment magnitude scale, making it the strongest earthquake ever recorded, while some studies have placed the magnitude lower than 9.4. It occurred in the afternoon, and lasted 10 minutes.

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The 9.5 Valdivia earthquake affects Chile with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XII (Extreme)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Büyük Şili Depremi: tüm zamanların richter skalasıyla ölçülmüş en büyük depremidir”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Erdbeben der Stärke 9,5 in Chile, 4.000 bis 5.000 Tote”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Великое Чилийское землетрясение (магнитуда 9,5 — самая высокая из всех когда-либо зарегистрированных в мире)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Chile se registra un terremoto de 9,5, el más grande registrado en la Historia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “智利发生强烈地震后，地震时停时止延续一个多月，14万人死亡，方圆6百公里变成废墟。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “M9.5のチリ地震発生。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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