Just How Big Was the Biggest Earthquake?

Thursday, May 24, 2012 - 14:50 in Earth & Climate

This week marks the anniversary of the largest earthquake ever recorded -- a magnitude-9.5 earthquake that ripped along the coast of southern Chile on May 22, 1960. [More]

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