Portal:Latin America/Did you know/Week 27, 2006

• ...that the strongest recorded eathquake ever was the Great Chilean Earthquake of 1970, which measured 9.5 moment magnitude?
• ...that the eruption of Nevado del Ruiz in 1985 was so bad that it cost 20% of the GDP

of Colombia to repair the wreckage?

• ...that Hurricane Allen was one of only two hurricanes in the Atlantic to achieve 190 mph winds?
• ...that Paricutín, a volcano in Mexico, is often considered one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World?
• ...that Volcán de Fuego in Guatemala has smouldered almost constantly since at least the Spanish conquest?