Did you know the world’s most powerful earthquake, and its resulting tsunami, impacted Qld? 🌊 Sixty-years-ago, a 9.5 magnitude earthquake struck Chile. Its impact was felt along the Qld coastline, with wave run-up extending from the Gold Coast to Cairns. Tsunami is not common in Qld but the impact of the Chile quake shows the need to be prepared, which is why we created a handy guide outlining the risk and impact of tsunami to Qld: disaster.qld.gov.au/…/Docu…/Tsunami-Guide-For-Queensland.pdf Ne

On this day in 1960, the largest earthquake ever recorded by instruments struck southern Chile with a magnitude we now know to be at least 9.5. This earthquake generated a tsunami that traveled through every ocean on earth, though large, dangerous waves only impacted the coastlines around the Pacific Ocean. This visualization from the US NWS Pacific Tsunami Warning Center shows the tsunami wave propagating across the Pacific Ocean. Read more here: https://sos.noaa.gov/datasets/tsunami-historical