Since there are seismographs, the most powerful earthquake ever recorded dates back to May 22, 1960, when the city of Valdivia, in Chile, was affected by a magnitude of magnitude between 9.2 and 9.4. The event sparked a tsunami who reached Hawaii, Japan, Philippines, New Zealand and Australia, causing devastation thousands of kilometers away.
On March 27, 1964, a violent magnitude of magnitude between 9.2 and 9.3 hit Alaska, generating an anomalous wave that caused the death of 139 people. Among the most tragic disasters of recent history, the Sumatra earthquake of 26 December 2004, of similar magnitude, followed by one of the most devastating tsuits ever observed, is also mentioned.
On 11 March 2011 Japan was shaken by an earthquake of magnitude between 9.0 and 9.1: the tsunami that followed exceeded 40 meters high, leaving a trail of destruction and victims. Finally, in Kamchatka, on November 4, 1952 a shock of magnitude 9.0 completely submerged the island of Severo-Kurilsk due to the wave generated by the earthquake.
