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Chilean Earthquake Moved Entire City 10 Feet West, Shifted Other Parts of South America

 

ScienceDaily (Mar. 8, 2010) — The massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck the west coast of Chile last month moved the entire city of Concepcion at least 10 feet to the west, and shifted other parts of South America as far apart as the Falkland Islands and Fortaleza, Brazil.

 

Chilean earthquake moved entire city 10 feet west, shifted other parts of South America

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