More Chile Earthquakes


Issue: National


Summary: Although the main earthquake with a magnitude of 8.1 broke the central section of the seismic gap at a length of 100 kilometers, two large segments further north and south remain intact, and these segments are able to cause strong earthquakes with a high risk of ground shaking and tsunamis. With aftershocks measuring up to a magnitude 7.2 on April 2nd, this earthquake was a serious deal. The HART task force was deployed to survey the quake locations in order to do more research on the rupture process of the earthquakes. 25 seismometers were also deployed to evaluate further data.


Opinion: Gathering earthquake data is crucial to understanding what's going on. Continuous surveying of continental plates is extremely necessary to make sure that major land masses are not planning on having mass movement... The results would be disastrous.