TOP 5 STRONGEST EARTHQUAKE IN THE WORLD SINCE 1900

1. MAGNITUDE : 9.5 

Chile; 12 May 1960

source : http://1.usa.gov/iJDMy

Casualties : Approx. 1,655

Injuries : 3,000

Homeless : 2 Million

Cost of Damage : US$550M

Affected Countries due to Tsunami: 

Japan - 138 deaths and US$50M damage

Philippines - 32 dead and missing

USA West Coast - 61 deaths (Hawaii) and US$500,000 damage

Severe damage from shaking occurred in the Valdivia-Puerto Montt area. Most of the casualties and much of the damage was because of large tsunamis which caused damage along the coast of Chile from Lebu to Puerto Aisen and in many areas of the Pacific Ocean. Puerto Saavedra was completely destroyed by waves which reached heights of 11.5 m (38 ft) and carried remains of houses inland as much as 3 km (2 mi). Wave heights of 8 m (26 ft) caused much damage at Corral.

TOP 5 RICHEST MEN OF THE WORLD YEAR 2011

1. CARLOS SLIM HELU

Net Worth : US$ 74.0 billion

source : http://bit.ly/e0LZ6O

Age : 71 years old

Citizenship : Mexico

Sources of Wealth : Telmex, América Móvil, Grupo Carso

Carlos Slim Helu is again Forbes richest man of the world surpassing Microsoft's Bill Gates for the second time. He had a pretty comfortable life growing up as he has a wealthy real estate salesman father. Slim graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico with an engineering degree then later began investing in different business throughout the Mexican market. Not long afterwards, these businesses became the base of his conglomerate Grupo Carso.