Chile's 147-Year Earthquake Time Bomb

The Atacama-Tarapacá seismic gap in northern Chile is a 500-km locked fault that hasn't moved in 147 years while accumulating strain at 68 mm/year. GPS shows coastal crust dragged 10 meters inland. When it ruptures, it could cascade into neighboring segments.

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