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Good Friday Earthquake, March 27, 1964, south central Alaska
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What are the biggest earthquake magnitudes?
12is the biggest magnitude of an earthquake.
What's the biggest earthquake?
The biggest earthquake measured 9.5 on the ritcher scale.
What was the biggest earthquake in Mexico?
The biggest earthquake reported in Mexico was the Mexico City Earthquake in 1985. It had a magnitude of 8.5, and caused about 10,000 deaths.
What was the biggest earthquake?
The most recent large earthquake of magnitude 9.0 or larger was a 9.0 magnitude earthquake in Japan in 2011 (as of March 2011), and it was the largest earthquake since records began. No, it wasn't. The largest earthquake ever recorded was the Chilean earthquake on May 20th, 1960. It measured 9.5 magnitude on the Richter's scale.
How big was the biggest earthquake?
Not all earthquakes that ever happened have been recorded. We've only recorded them for a little over a century, I believe. So you can't tell for certain. But the biggest earthquake on record is the Valdivia earthquake, from 1960. It measured 9.5 on the Richter scale. (a scale ranging from 1-10)The highest magnitude earthquake occurred in Chile in 1960 with a scale of 9.5.
