Get 54 Locations Of Earthquakes In South America

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Ecuador, Chile, Mexico, Peru, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and El Salvador are some of the most vulnerable countries.

The strongest earthquake in South America since 1900 occurred 63 years ago: Major magnitude 9.5 earthquake - 38 km south of Cañete, Provincia de Arauco, Region del Biobio, Chile, on Sunday, May 22, 1960 at 19:11 GMT.

Countries such as Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru face high hazard and risk; Chile also faces high hazard, but the vulnerability of buildings is much lower compared with the northern countries due to modern and stringent building codes.

Largest Earthquakes ever recorded Valdivia, Chile 22 May 1960 (magnitude 9.5) ... Prince William Sound, Alaska 28 March 1964 (magnitude 9.2) ... Sumatra, Indonesia 26 December 2004 (magnitude 9.1) ... Sendai, Japan 11 March 2011 (magnitude 9.0) ... Kamchatka, Russia 4 November 1952 (magnitude 9.0)

On July 31, 1970, an 8 magnitude earthquake struck Colombia. On June 9, 1994, Bolivia suffered an 8.2 quake. On January 25, 1999, a 6.2 quake hit Colombia. Coastal Peru was struck by a 7.5 quake on June 23, 2001.

In South America, most of the seismicity is located on the western coast due to large subduction zones along Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, and Chile, whereas the eastern part of the continent that covers Brazil and part of Argentina is seismically stable with very low to moderate seismicity.

The earthquake that struck near Valdivia, Chile, in 1960 was the most powerful temblor in recorded history. The quake left about two million people homeless. On May 22, 1960, the most powerful earthquake in recorded history—magnitude 9.5—struck southern Chile.