Chile is located in the so-called “Ring of Fire” — where tectonic plates clash under the surface of the Pacific Ocean and spawn earthquakes and tsunamis.

Earthquakes occur when the rock on one side of a fault slips relative to the other. The fault surface can be vertical, ...

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In 2010, an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck the coast of Chile. It shook the central and southern parts of the country for more than three minutes, causing widespread damage which destroyed buildings, ...

Chileans still have painful memories of a magnitude 8.8 earthquake in 2010 that triggered a tsunami and killed 526 people. Since that disaster, Chilean authorities have sought to improve emergency ...

A magnitude 2.5 to 3 is the smallest earthquake generally felt by people, according to the Associated Press. A magnitude 4 earthquake can cause moderate damage and magnitude 5 can cause ...

LOS ANGELES − A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck near Malibu ... registered a series of 3.0 or lower aftershocks closer to the ocean in the moments following the temblor. The quake sent ...

An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 on Richter Scale jolted Tibet ... Tibet and Nepal lie on a major geological fault line where the Indian tectonic plate pushes up into the Eurasian plate, and ...

An earthquake was reported in southeast New Mexico. It happened about 13 miles southwest of Carlsbad in Eddy County.The earthquake happened at 3:02 p.m. Friday, March 7, according to the U.S ...