Date in year · 1960 · The 1960s
On May 22, 1960, the Great Chilean earthquake, measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, hits southern Chile, becoming the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. The year's #1 song was "Theme from A Summer Place" by Percy Faith. Rudi Völler, Yelena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova, Gustavo Petro would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · May 22, 1960
The 1960 Valdivia earthquake and tsunami or the Great Chilean earthquake occurred on 22 May 1960. 4. It occurred in the afternoon, and lasted 10 minutes.
Around 1960
1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1960th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 960th year of the 2nd millennium, the 60th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1960s decade.
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9.4–9.6 magnitude earthquake in Chile
The 1960 Valdivia earthquake and tsunami or the Great Chilean earthquake occurred on 22 May 1960. 4. It occurred in the afternoon, and lasted 10 minutes.
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