Here's a forward about the recent event in Chile. On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 7:44 PM, Cheryl Jones <cheryl.ca...@verizon.net>wrote:
> Precise GPS measurements from before and after the earthquake, the fifth > largest ever recorded by seismographs, show that the country's capital, > Santiago, moved 11 inches west. Even Buenos Aires, nearly 800 miles from the > epicenter, shifted an inch. The image above uses red arrows to represent the > relative direction and magnitude of the ground movement in the vicinity of > the quake. > > Read More > http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/03/chile-earthquake-moved-entire-city-10-feet-to-the-west#ixzz0hjZC8fIu >