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The 1960 Valdivia earthquake (Spanish: Terremoto de Valdivia) or Great Chilean earthquake (Gran terremoto de Chile) of 22 May was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. Various studies have placed it at 9.4–9.6 on the moment magnitude scale.
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22 May 1960 – Chile - Magnitude 9.5
28 March 1964 – Prince William Sound, Alaska - Magnitude 9.2
26 December 2004 – Off the west coast of northern Sumatra - Magnitude 9.1
4 November 1952 – Kamchatka - Magnitude 9
13 August 1868 – Arica, Peru (now part of Chile) - Magnitude 9
26 January 1700 – North Pacific coast of America - Magnitude 9 (estimated)
27 February 2010 – off Bio-Bio, Chile - Magnitude 8.8
13 January 1906 – coast of Ecuador - Magnitude 8.8
1 November 1755 – Lisbon - Magnitude 8.7
15 August 1950 – Assam-Tibet - Magnitude 8.6