October 17, 1989, San Francisco, California, USA
Earthquake, magnitude of which was 7.1 magnitude, occurred just before the baseball game “World Series”, so in the U.S., this earthquake is also called the “earthquake World Series.” In comparison with other earthquake victims was not much: 68 people. Tremors were completely destroyed by a network of roads, and the overall material damage estimated at $ 6 billion.
Valdivia was a 9.5, not 9.6.
Also: Alaska, 1964: 9.2 and Kamchatka, Russia, 1952: 9.0.
Damn Earth.
BTW, the latest earthquake had a magnitude of 9 not 9.1.