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On May 22, 1960, Chile experienced the world's largest earthquake. With a magnitude of 8.3, More than 2,000 people in Chile were killed. What made this natural disaster even deadlier Was that a career in on the coast of Chile, Closing seismic waves and tsunamis To hit To Hawaii, Japan, and a small part of the united west coast. Besides the major death and injury tolls that these countries faced, They all faced serious economic problems Which added up …

…to the earthquake's actual strike and seismic sea waves. The first shock that Chile felt was on May 21st, at 10:02 a.m. This shock caused a severe amount of casualties, but not as much as the shock on May 22nd, at 7:11 p.m. All together, the earthquakes that occurred over the two days caused an astonishing $3 Billion in property damage (across all four affected countries) as well as a government estimated 2 million people left homeless.