On this day 57 years ago, the largest earthquake ever recorded by instruments struck southern Chile with a magnitude we now know to be at least 9.5. This earthquake generated a tsunami that traveled through every ocean on earth, though large, dangerous waves only impacted the coastlines around the Pacific Ocean. Read more about this event and the dataset from the US NWS Pacific Tsunami Warning Center here: https://sos.noaa.gov/Datasets/dataset.php?id=613 | NOAA Science On a Sphere

On this day in 1960, the largest earthquake ever recorded by instruments struck southern Chile with a magnitude we now know to be at least 9.5. This earthquake generated a tsunami that traveled through every ocean on earth, though large, dangerous waves only impacted the coastlines around the Pacific Ocean. This visualization from the US NWS Pacific Tsunami Warning Center shows the tsunami wave propagating across the Pacific Ocean. Read more here: https://sos.noaa.gov/datasets/tsunami-historical

🌍 THE LARGEST EARTHQUAKE IN HUMAN HISTORY Name: 1960 Valdivia Earthquake (also known as the Great Chilean Earthquake) Date: May 22, 1960 Location: Near Valdivia, Chile Magnitude: 9.5 on the Moment Magnitude Scale (Mw) Depth: Approximately 33 km (20 mi) Duration of shaking: Around 10 minutes 🧭 TECTONIC SETTING Caused by the subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate. This tectonic boundary is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, known for frequent and powerful earthquakes. 💥 E

Tsunami - Valdivia 1960 (Parte 2 de 3) Mini documental hecho por WroKeN. Recreado con I.A. y otras herramientas. Basado en hechos reales del gran terremoto del sur de Chile: narraciones de personas que vivieron el tsunami, ya sea en primera persona o a través de los relatos de familiares y amigos. Inspirado en el documental de testimos "Al Sur del Mundo". Documental realizado sin financiamiento, sin apoyo externo y sin fines de lucro. Si deseas apoyar este proyecto, puedes hacerlo comentando, da