World / Chile earthquake Chile Quake Among Biggest In a Century Only four have been bigger since 1900 By John Johnson, Newser Staff Posted Feb 27, 2010 1:56 PM CST Copied Residents look at a collapsed building in Concepcion, Chile, Saturday. (AP Photo) See 11 more photos Chile's 8.8-magnitude earthquake is one of the biggest recorded anywhere in the world in the last century. This one ties for fifth since 1900, notes CNN: Chile, 9.5, 1960. Prince William Sound, 9.2, 1964. Sumatra, 9.4, 2004. Kamchatka, 9.0, 1952. Ecuador, 8.8, 1906. (More Chile earthquake stories.) Report an error