2023年1月27日 · Approximately 1,655 people died in the largest earthquake ever recorded, which struck Valdivia, Chile, on May 22, 1960. Thousands more were injured, and millions were left homeless.

The 50 most studied earthquakes according to the International Seismological Centre (ISC), based on a count of scientific papers (mostly in English) that discuss that earthquake. The "Event #" is linked to the ISC Event Bibliography for that event.

2019年6月26日 · The mechanism of great Banda Sea earthquake of 1 February 1938: applying the method of preliminary determination of focal mechanism to a historical event. earth and planetary science letters, 216(1), 1-15.

The largest earthquake instrumentally recorded had a magnitude of 9.5 and occurred in southern Chile on May 22, 1960. It produced a tsunami that killed people around the Pacific Basin - in Hawaii, California, Japan, the Philippines and other locations.

2019年8月2日 · Currently, no known faults are large enough to cause an earthquake with a perfect 10 magnitude–but some of the 10 largest earthquakes ever recorded come extremely close. Let’s take a look at these epic-scale disasters, sorted by magnitude.

But on 11 April 2012, a huge 8.6 M w earthquake 610km off the Banda Aceh coast was recorded, followed closely by another that registered 8.2 M w. The strength and location of these …

2018年2月13日 · At 19:11:14 UTC, the largest earthquake in recorded history occurred. The earthquake triggered a tsunami that affected most of the Pacific, causing fatalities in Hawaii, Japan, and the Philippines. In Chile alone, it killed 1,655 …

2022年5月27日 · Here are the 10 biggest earthquakes in history with the largest magnitudes ever recorded. An estimated 500,000 detectable earthquakes take place around the world each year, about 100,000 of which can be felt and 100 of which cause damage.

2023年9月8日 · The strongest earthquake ever recorded is the Bio-Bio, Chile earthquake of 1960, with a magnitude of 9.5 on the Richter scale. How are earthquakes measured? Earthquakes are typically measured using the Richter scale or the moment magnitude scale (Mw).

2023年11月14日 · The very largest quake ever to be recorded was the Great Chilean Earthquake (Valdivia Earthquake) on 22 May 1960. At magnitude 9.5, it was about as large as an earthquake according to geophysical laws can be.