The country once the most powerful earthquake in the world

Chile is the country that experienced the world's strongest earthquake with a magnitude of 9.5, killing thousands of people.

Scientists evaluate earthquake strength based on the intensity and duration of seismic waves, according to Sun. A strong earthquake of 3 - 5 degrees is considered a mild earthquake, from 5 - 7 degrees is a moderate earthquake, from 7-8 degrees is a strong earthquake, from 8 degrees or more is a very strong earthquake.

A Chilean street after the world's strongest earthquake on May 22, 1960.(Photo: Wikimedia).

The most powerful man in the world ever recorded occurred near Valdivia, south of Chile on May 22, 1960. This earthquake has a magnitude of 9.5 degrees and lasts for 10 minutes. It creates a tsunami that kills between 1,000 and 6,000 people.

Chile is located on the Pacific Ring of Fire , the area surrounding the Pacific Ocean with a length of 40,000km. This is where many of the world's most erupted earthquakes and volcanoes occur. According to statistics, about 80% of earthquakes on Earth occur at this belt.

The second most powerful earthquake in the world, but killing the most people, attacked Sumatra in Indonesia in 2004. Its intensity reached 9.3 degrees, causing a large tsunami in the Indian Ocean, killing about 28,000. people in many different countries.

According to National Geographic, earthquakes happen due to the giant tectonic plates of the Earth's crust moving slowly, colliding with each other. This impact did not deform many surfaces, but formed a large compression between the two-dimensional boundary. When energy is released, it causes large vibrations called seismic waves , which pass through layers of rock to the ground.