Chile Earthquake Moved Entire City 10 Feet to the West

infosmell.com — The magnitude 8.8 quake that struck near Maule, Chile Feb. 27 moved the entire city of Concepcion 10 feet to the west. Precise GPS measurements from before and after the earthquake, the 5th largest ever recorded by seismographs, show that the country's capital, Santiago, moved 11 inches west. Even Buenos Aires, nearly 800 miles from the [...] Mar 8, 2010 View in Crawl 4