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Chile quake didn’t reduce risk

In 2010 tremor, faults ruptured mainly outside area due for a big one

By Alexandra Witze

- More than 2 years ago

The magnitude-8.8 earthquake that pummeled Chile in February 2010 did not relieve seismic stress the way scientists thought it might have, a new study suggests.

GAP REMAINS A major earthquake that hit Chile in February 2010 (star marks epicenter) did not relieve seismic stress in a region known as the “Darwin gap” that lies between areas hit by quakes in 1928 and 1960.