The biggest quake since 1900 was a 9.5 quake in 1960 in .....Chile!!
Don't these reporters know how to google? Sheesh!!!
Totally Crappy Research as Ususal!
The biggest quake since 1900 was a 9.5 quake in 1960 in .....Chile!!
LOL..., I think the title to this article is ....
And even in the article itself, it mentions what you just said...
If the magnitude of the Chilean earthquake stands, it would be tied as the fifth-strongest earthquake recorded since 1900, when records were first kept. An earthquake off the coast of Ecuador in 1906 also was recorded to have a magnitude of 8.8.
The most powerful earthquake recorded also occurred in Chile, in 1960. It had a magnitude of 9.5. In southern Chile alone, that earthquake killed approximately 1,655 people, left about two million homeless, and caused $550 million in damage.
I'm not sure what research, as you say, they weren't doing... :-) ...