The 1960 Valdivia earthquake and tsunami or the Great Chilean earthquake occurred on 22 May 1960. Most studies have placed it at 9.4–9.6 on the moment magnitude scale, making it the strongest earthqua
Collapsed buildings in Valdivia
Travel time of the tsunami across the Pacific Ocean at one-hour intervals
Hilo, Hawaii, after the tsunami
Effect of the tsunami at Kamaishi, Japan
The Ring of Fire is a tectonic belt of earthquakes and volcanoes.
1960 Valdivia earthquake
…monetary cost ranged from US$400 million to $800 million (or US$4.4 billion to $8.7 billion in 2025, adjusted for inflation). Chile is located along the Pacific Ring of Fire, a known zone of high seismicity. The earthquake was a megathrust earthquake resulting from the release of mechanical stress between the subducting…
The tectonic plates of the Pacific Ocean in the Early Jurassic (180 Ma)
Layers of phreatomagmatic tephra on Deception Island