Where did the most powerful earthquake in history take place?

southern Alaska

southern Chile

southern Kamchatka Peninsula

northern Sumatra

The most powerful earthquake ever recorded occurred on May 22, 1960 near Valdivia in southern Chile. Various studies have placed it at 9.4–9.6 on the moment magnitude scale.

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