Note that these are the earthquakes with the highest magnitudes, not the ones with the highest death tolls or most collateral damage suffered. The Valdivia Earthquake of May 22, 1960, also known ...
An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck off the ... and about 163 km (100 miles) west-northwest of Valdivia in the Pacific Ocean.
the speaker interviews seismologist H.I.S. Thirlaway regarding the 1960 Valdivia earthquake in Chile. Thirlaway discusses the human consequences of earthquakes, engineering solutions that might help ...