The Valdivian Earthquake, or the Great Chilean Earthquake, is the largest on record. It measured in at a magnitude of 9.5.

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1. Chile 1960: Magnitude 9.4 to 9.6 Initially thought to be a magnitude 9.5, an earthquake 100 miles off the city of Valdivia on the coast of Chile is the strongest to have been recorded. It took ...