1960 CHILEAN EARTHQUAKE

• Also named Valdivia earthquake
• Its the most powerful earthquake ever recorded

Chilean tsunami & earthquake
Locations it affected: Chile, Hawaii, Japan, The Philippines, New Zealand, and Australia.
May 22, 1960 in the afternoon
Lasted approximately 10 minutes.
Magnitude: 9.5

CHILEAN TSUNAMI

• Locations it hit: hawaii, Japan, and the philipines
• It hit durring the earthquake
• The wave height was 10.7 meters high

TECTONIC SETTING

• The Nazca tectonic plate moved approximately 54 feet
• The fault was about 72 feet
• it was a transform boundary

DESTRUCTION

• Approximately 2 million people left homeless
• 6,000 estimated dead
• $400 to $800 million dollars of damage

RESOURCES

• http://www.kids-fun-science.com/1960-chile-earthquake.html
• http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_Valdivia_earthquake