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Was the Haitian Earthquake the largest ever recorded?
No, the Haitian earthquake had a magnitude of 7.0 (on the moment magnitude scale) whereas the largest recorded earthquake had a magnitude of 9.5. This occurred on the 22nd of May, 1960 and affected Chile in South America. Please see the related link.
Was there ever a magnitude ten earthquake?
No. The largest ever recorded was in 1965 in Chile and that was a 9.5.
What was the biggest earthquake?
The most recent large earthquake of magnitude 9.0 or larger was a 9.0 magnitude earthquake in Japan in 2011 (as of March 2011), and it was the largest earthquake since records began. No, it wasn't. The largest earthquake ever recorded was the Chilean earthquake on May 20th, 1960. It measured 9.5 magnitude on the Richter's scale.
How does 8.9 rank out of the most powerful earthquakes?
The biggest reported earthquake had a magnitude of 9.5. The earthquake in Japan had a magnitude of 8.9, and that's the 5th largest earthquake reported.
What are 5 major earthquakes recorded and what was their magnitude?
1 the magnitude 9.5 earthquake that occured in valdivia chile in 1960. 2. the strongest earthquake ever recorded was 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale and occured 3. the largest earthquake recorded to date was a magnitude 9.5 that occured in chile on sunday may 4. it mighted be 1 magnitude 5. a there was cuss words on here sry
