Scientists found evidence of an earthquake so big, it drove humans away for 1,000 years

Researchers have discovered proof of an ancient Chile megaquake that sent a tsunami traveling over 5,000 miles to New Zealand.

Fallen trees in a river after an earthquake. Image source: Vera / Adobe

Researchers believe the tsunami caused by the Chile megaquake traveled all the way to New Zealand. That’s almost 6,000 miles from the point of origin. The tsunami waves were so powerful, they flung coastal boulders the size of cars hundreds of miles inland. For comparison, researchers believe the new Chile megaquake hit with a magnitude of 9.5. The rupture it created was roughly 620 miles long, compared to the 500 miles long rupture made by the Valdivia earthquake.James Goff, a co-author of the new study, and a geologist at the University of Southampton in England says nobody believed an earthquake this size was possible in the northern part of the country.

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