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 ...

The tectonic activity along the Ring of Fire also results in about 90% of the world’s earthquakes, including the Valdivia Earthquake of Chile in 1960, the strongest recorded earthquake at 9.5 ...

An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck off the ... and about 163 km (100 miles) west-northwest of Valdivia in the Pacific Ocean.

They even withstood the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the strongest earthquake in human history. Video by Juan Francisco Riumalló Produced by Anna Bressanin Scott Lincicome at the US think tank Cato ...