The Strongest Earthquake Ever Recorded | Chile 1960 Disaster

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[00:00:00]The strongest earthquake ever recorded.

[00:00:03]On this day, May 22nd, 1960, Southern Chile was hit by the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in human history. The earthquake [music] measured an unimaginable. Cities collapsed, roads split apart, entire [music] communities were destroyed within minutes. Witnesses described endless shaking as panic [music] spread across Southern Chile.

[00:00:24]But the earthquake was only the beginning. Powerful [music] tsunami waves crossed the Pacific Ocean, hitting Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, and the United States.

[00:00:34]>> [music] >> Thousands of people were killed, injured, or left homeless after the disaster. The quake was so powerful, it even triggered volcanic eruptions and permanently [music] changed the landscape. More than six decades later, the Great Chilean earthquake is still [music] studied by scientists worldwide.

[00:00:51]A disaster so massive, scientists say it literally shook the entire Earth.