This was the strongest earthquake affecting Chile since the magnitude 9.5 1960 Valdivia earthquake ( the most energetic earthquake ever measured in the world ) , and it was the strongest earthquake worldwide since the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and until the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake . It is tied with the 1906 Ecuador – Colombia and 1833 Sumatra earthquakes as the sixth strongest earthquake ever measured , approximately 500 times more powerful than the 7.0 Mw earthquake in Haiti one month prior in January 2010
1960 Valdivia earthquake
1960 Valdivia earthquake
2010 Chile earthquake