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Chile Becomes Ideal Lab for Studying Seismic Activity
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TALCA, CHILE -- When an aftershock nearly as big as Haiti's earthquake jolted this city on Friday, those already reeling from last month's huge quake shuddered in fear. But Jeff Genrich, a 53-year-old earthquake scientist from California, lolled in bed. Staying still, Genrich said he tried to estimate the power of the seismic waves....
Most people here are thoroughly rattled after an 8.8-magnitude quake, one of the most powerful on record, struck this swath of south-central Chile on Feb. 27, killing more than 450 people, buckling bridges and downing buildings. But earthquake scientists, many of them from the United States, immediately flocked to Chile to search for clues that will help them determine the coming of the next big one.
... The sheer size of the quake, along with aftershocks so powerful they could be considered significant quakes in their own right, is providing scientists with a rare opportunity. Bevis, who is in the capital, Santiago, organizing teams of American scientists for field work, said the objective is to install sensors and collect data about post-quake ground movements.
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