The most powerful earthquake ever recorded was the Valdivia earthquake of 1960, off the coast of Chile. Thousands of people lost their lives, yet it’s one small group who died that always seizes my heart, one moment I can-NOT imagine suffering. It’s also how I feel right now as a Knick fan after last night’s 121-99 disaster of an L against Atlanta.
The Valdivia earthquake came a day after a three-quake sequence 450 miles north in Concepción. After one of those earthquakes, villagers from Ancud, a town 300 miles south of Valdivia — 750 south of Concepción — were so scared they went out in their boats.