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what is the biggest recorded earthquake in history
The world's largest earthquake with an instrumentally documented magnitude occurred on May 22, 1960 near Valdivia, in southern Chile
what was the magnitude of the 1960 valdivia earthquake
Various studies have placed the 1960 Valdivia earthquake at 9.4–9.6 on the moment magnitude scale.
how many people died in the 1960 valdivia earthquake
The death toll arising from the 1960 Valdivia earthquake are not certain. Various estimates range between 1,000 and 7,000.
what's the biggest recorded earthquake in history in europe
On December 28, 1908, the most destructive earthquake in recorded European history struck the Straits of Messina in southern Italy.

Question: what were the casualties
Self-contained rewrite: what were the casualties from the 1908 messina earthquake