Chile Quake Occurred in Zone of "Increased Stress"
Monday, March 1, 2010 - 12:28
in Earth & Climate
The massive, 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Chile Feb. 27 occurred in an offshore zone that was under increased stress caused by a 1960 quake of magnitude 9.5, according to geologist Jian Lin of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI).