May 22 history spans Chile’s 1960 quake, Constantine’s death, the Wright brothers’ patent, and major births and deaths in ...

Chile's precarious location makes it a prime target for seismic activity, including the most powerful earthquake scientists have ever recorded, reports CBS News Correspondent Bill Whitaker. Even today ...

In 1960, all of Chile shook violently for more than 10 minutes. That quake along the western coast of South America was so big, it changed the way... When The Biggest Earthquake Ever Recorded Hit ...

The 8.3 magnitude quake and following tsunami in Chile Wednesday continued to spread seismic energy and waves throughout the Pacific in a pattern eerily similar to the 1960 quake that registered 8.6 ...

The massive, 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Chile Feb. 27 occurred in an offshore zone that was under increased stress caused by a 1960 quake of magnitude 9.5, according to geologists. The ...

The magnitude-8.8 earthquake that struck off the coast of Chile early Saturday was a megathrust type and occurred along the same fault responsible for the biggest quake ever measured, a 1960 tremor ...

On May 22nd, 1960, Chile produced a massive magnitude 9.5 earthquake, the greatest monster of an earthquake ever recorded by seismologists. Foreshocks, aftershocks, tsunami, and even a volcanic ...

Fifty years ago, the strongest earthquake ever recorded in history rocked the city of Valdivia, Chile. On May 22, 1960, the 9.5 magnitude earthquake struck the epicenter near the city of Cañete.

The rumbling started on the afternoon of May 22, 1960. Sergio Barrientos, then about 8 years old, was walking down a street in his hometown in southern Chile when the ground started to shake. He ...