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The Great Chilean Earthquake
Chile is known for the Great Chilean Earthquake, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake in 1960. The last most recent earthquake is a 4.5 magnitude in Catamarca Province. This earthquake hit on November 12. We want to build our structure here to help assure people that their safety is covered. Building more buildings here will help lower the death toll and save many lives. With Chile sitting on the Nazca Plate and South American Plate, we know that this will be a big challenge.

May 22, 1960, The Great Chilean Earthquake hit with a big 9.1 earthquake that lasted around 12 minutes. This quake cost thousands of lives, there isn’t an accurate count of how many died but around 6,000 people have experienced collisions.

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