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More news from Chile in the immediate aftermath of this morning’s magnitude 8.8 quake

This from AP: Candia was visiting his wife’s 92-year-old grandmother in Talca when the quake struck. “Everything was falling — chests of drawers, everything,” he said. “I was sleeping with my 8-year-old son Diego and I managed to cover his … Continue reading

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Is Chile’s magnitude-8.8 quake the largest that seismologists have ever recorded?

No, but the largest earthquake ever recorded hit the exact same area (central Chile) fifty years ago, on May 22, 1960. It was a magnitude 9.5 earthquake, and here’s how that one was reported in the United States:

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Historical perspective on this morning’s magnitude 8.8 quake in central Chile

In the same area a magnitude 9.5 earthquake struck (May 22, 1960): And in 1939 was another large quake:

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