The scale also has no upper limit. The largest recorded earthquake occurred along the subduction zone in Chile in 1960. It was a magnitude 9.5 but larger earthquakes may be possible. Fortunately, ...

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 place shortly before new ...

The earthquake measured as a 2.9 magnitude with a depth of 9.5 km. If you felt it, be sure to let the USGS know. The last earthquake to occur in northwest Ohio before the Hicksville earthquake ...