What is the largest earthquake ever measured?
Where was it?
Blogged by: Rezso
Grade 9
Answer
The largest earthquake ever measured was The Great Chilean Earthquake in Chile near Valdivia. This earthquake occurred on May 22 1960 at 3:11pm. This massive earthquake had a magnitude of 9.5 and lasted 11 ~ 13 minutes. 178 Gigatons of energy was dispersed which is the equivalent of 1000 atom bombs. Over 6,000 people were killed and over $1 billion in damage was estimated. A stunning fact is that the quake was so powerful that people over 650 km away in Hawaii felt it. Valdivia, Chile, is located in a region called Los Ríos which is along the coast of the Pacific Ocean. The city has a population of 155,000. The main economic activities are beer production and forestry. The city also has multiple Universities and Colleges like The Austral University of Chile.
That is my inquiry question and answer for my earthquake assignment.
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