Here come da "Big One". Art Bell alert!
The Big One? Same continent anyway! from the USGS site:
Chile
1960 May 22 19:11:14 UTC
Magnitude 9.5
The Largest Earthquake in the World
More than 2,000 killed, 3,000 injured, 2,000,000 homeless, and $550 million damage in southern Chile; tsunami caused 61 deaths, $75 million damage in Hawaii; 138 deaths and $50 million damage in Japan; 32 dead and missing in the Philippines; and $500,000 damage to the west coast of the United States.