What is the fastest earthquake ever recorded?

Answer 1

The Great Chilean Earthquake of 1960The Valdivia earthquake or Great Chilean Earthquake (Spanish: Gran terremoto de Valdivia) of May 22, 1960, is to date the most powerful earthquake ever recorded, rating 9.5 on the Moment Magnitude scale.

It occurred in the afternoon (19:11 GMT, 14:11 local time) and its resulting tsunami affected southern Chile, Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, eastern New Zealand, southeast Australia, and the Aleutian Islands in Alaska.

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AnswerFrom Yahoo: The biggest earthquake since 1900 recorded with modern equipment occurred on May 22, 1960, in Chile and measured 9.5 on the Richter scale. More than 2,000 people were killed, 3,000 injured, and 2,000,000 left homeless. The temblor caused $550 million in damage, and the destruction didn't end there -- the earthquake also caused a tsunami that resulted in 61 deaths and $75 million damage in Hawaii; 138 deaths and $50 million damage in Japan; 32 deaths in the Philippines; and $500,000 in damage to the west coast of the United States.

Checking other sites, including the Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences of New Zealand and the Geophysics Program at the University of Washington. Every site we checked corroborated the first site's information.

Okay, we now know about the biggest quake in the world, but what about the biggest quake to hit the United States? Well, it was a 9.2 rocker that hit Prince William Sound, Alaska, on March 28, 1964. The destruction was massive, but, luckily, only 125 lives were lost as a result of the earthquake (15) and ensuing tsunami (110).
The strongest earthquake ever recorded is the 1960 Valdivia Earthquake that occurred in Chile. This had a magnitude of 9.5.

Answer 2

Although this is purely hypothesis based, the most powerful earthquake happened billions of years ago. When the meteor that killed the dinosaurs struck, it had the power to (eventually after some time) break apart Pangaea (all of the continents together) into multiple land masses. Like i said, i don't even know if this is right, because we don't even know if a meteor hit earth. but this is what i think.

Answer 3

The strongest earthquake ever recorded was 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale and occurred in Valdivia, Chile in 190.

Answer 4

The magnitude 9.5 earthquake that occurred in Valdivia Chile in 1960.

Answer 5

northridge and the one of 1817

Answer 6

12.7

Answer 7

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