Largest earthquake ever recorded (Valdivia, Chile, 1960, 9.5 magnitude)

[rabs]

People will be talking tomorrow (Friday) about the Japan quake. DUers can wow them with this information -- ensuing tsunami swept across Pacific, including Hawaii, Japan, Philippines and U.S. west coast.

The 8.9 in Japan compares with the 8.8 quake that hit Chile one year ago, on Feb. 27.


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Historic Earthquakes


Chile
1960 May 22 19:11:14 UTC
Magnitude 9.5

The Largest Earthquake in the World

Approximately 1,655 killed, 3,000 injured, 2,000,000 homeless, and $550 million damage in southern Chile; tsunami caused 61 deaths, $75 million damage in Hawaii; 138 deaths and $50 million damage in Japan; 32 dead and missing in the Philippines; and $500,000 damage to the west coast of the United States.



http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/events/1960_05_22.php

[malaise]

1. It's the largest one in Japan since 1900

from BBC

Devastation again!