Andes quake risk
People living on the west side of the Andes generally expect large earthquakes, like the magnitude-8.8 quake that struck last year off the coast of Chile. But those farther inland are also at risk, a new study suggests. Global-positioning data show that the ground east of the central Andes, such as in eastern Bolivia, moves far less than the west and hence might be building up stress.
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