which fault is Chile on?
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Lying parallel to the plate boundary in Northern Chile, the Atacama Fault Zone (AFZ) is more than 1,100 km long and 30 to 50 km large.
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The exact location of an earthquake.
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(m)\n\nIn geology, faults are discontinuities (cracks) in the Earth's crust that are the result of differential motion within the crust. Faults are the source of many earthquakes that are caused by slippage vertically or laterally along the fault. The largest examples are at tectonic plate boundaries, but many small faults are known to exist that are far from active plate boundaries.
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~d1hossain is close.  What you need to check out is "tectonic" plates and tectonic mechanics/physics.   You might also want to look into seismology, volcanism, and diastrophism.  As for the relative danger zones, you might want to look into tsunamis and other seismic displacements.  "Nearness" to a fault is relative in the world of geology.  Few places on earth are not "near" a fault and safe from the effects of a cataclysmic underslide, as evidenced by the Rockies and the Himalayas.\nThat's all of your homework I'll do for you.  If it isn't homework, and you are asking out of genuine curiosity, all the more reason to do your own reasearch.  It's called learning.
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The San Francisco 1906 earthquake occurred along the well-known San Andreas fault. The San Andreas fault is where two different blocks of the Earth's crust contact each other. Take a look at these websites for more information:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_San_Francisco_earthquake\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Andreas_Fault
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Ferdinand Megellan...\n\nAbout 10,000 years ago, migrating Native Americans settled in fertile valleys and along the coast of what is now Chile. The Incas briefly extended their empire into what is now northern Chile, but the area's barrenness prevented extensive settlement.\n\nIn 1520, while attempting to circumnavigate the earth, the Portuguese Ferdinand Magellan, discovered the southern passage now named after him, the Strait of Magellan. The next Europeans to reach Chile were Diego de Almagro and his band of Spanish conquistadors, who came from Peru in 1535 seeking gold. The Spanish encountered hundreds of thousands of Indians from various cultures in the area that modern Chile now occupies. These cultures supported themselves principally through slash-and-burn agriculture and hunting. The conquest of Chile began in earnest in 1540 and was carried out by Pedro de Valdivia, one of Francisco Pizarro's lieutenants, who founded the city of Santiago on February 12, 1541. Although the Spanish did not find the extensive gold and silver they sought, they recognized the agricultural potential of Chile's central valley, and Chile became part of the Viceroyalty of Peru.\n\n \nPedro de ValdiviaConquest of the land that is today called Chile took place only gradually, and the Europeans suffered repeated setbacks at the hands of the local population. A massive Mapuche insurrection that began in 1553 resulted in Valdivia's death and the destruction of many of the colony's principal settlements. Subsequent major insurrections took place in 1598 and in 1655. Each time the Mapuche and other native groups revolted, the southern border of the colony was driven northward. The abolition of slavery in 1683 defused tensions on the frontier between the colony and the Mapuche land to the south, and permitted increased trade between colonists and Mapuches.\n\nThe drive for independence from Spain was precipitated by usurpation of the Spanish throne by Napoleon's brother Joseph in 1808. A national junta in the name of Ferdinand—heir to the deposed king—was formed on September 18, 1810. The junta proclaimed Chile an autonomous republic within the Spanish monarchy. A movement for total independence soon won a wide following. Spanish attempts to reimpose arbitrary rule during what was called the "Reconquista" led to a prolonged struggle.\n\n \nBernardo O'HigginsIntermittent warfare continued until 1817, when an army led by Bernardo O'Higgins, Chile's most renowned patriot, and José de San Martín, hero of the Argentine War of Independence, crossed the Andes into Chile and defeated the royalists. On February 12, 1818, Chile was proclaimed an independent republic under O'Higgins' leadership. The political revolt brought little social change, however, and 19th century Chilean society preserved the essence of the stratified colonial social structure, which was greatly influenced by family politics and the Roman Catholic Church. A strong presidency eventually emerged, but wealthy landowners remained extremely powerful.\n\n \nWar of the Pacific: The Battle of Iquique on May 21, 1879Toward the end of the 19th century, the government in Santiago consolidated its position in the south by ruthlessly suppressing the Mapuche Indians. In 1881, it signed a treaty with Argentina confirming Chilean sovereignty over the Strait of Magellan. As a result of the War of the Pacific with Peru and Bolivia (1879–83), Chile expanded its territory northward by almost one-third, eliminating Bolivia's access to the Pacific, and acquired valuable nitrate deposits, the exploitation of which led to an era of national affluence. The Chilean Civil War in 1891 brought about a redistribution of power between the President and Congress, and Chile established a parliamentary style democracy. However, the Civil War had also been a contest between those who favored the development of local industries and powerful Chilean banking
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Chile is the only South American country that has a large kiwi export trade. They are the world's 3rd largest producer of kiwi fruit (behind Italy and New Zealand).
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Mt Tarawera (check your spelling) lies between the Mayor Island Fault Belt and the North Island Shear Belt. This fault system are fractures along the subduction zone formed by the Pacific Tectonic Plate and the continental crust upon which New Zealand is located. The subduction of the Pacific Plate with the continental crust generates the heat required for volcanic magma to form, and the two fault zones provide that heated material access to the surface.
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Most earthquake happens around the edge of the Pacific Ocean. Namely Japan, Alaska, California, etc. Its been called the Ring of Fire, because numerous volcano eruptions have been caused by earthquakes in these areas. The cause of the earthquake is due to the movement of 2 or more underground plates rubbing against each other either in a vertical or horizontal movement. Usually these movement goes smoothly without anyone noticing, but when a big shift - slippage occur we observe this as a major earthquake. Just like rubbing your hands together, most of the time it will go smoothly, but once in a while you will catch and cause a big jerk.
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Portillo.I guess. It's in Chile.
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Japan, US, Mexico, etc around the Pacific Ocean.  Subject to a lot of earthquakes and volcanoes (caused by the same thing)
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The possibility exists.. The probability is low. \n\nFor what it's worth, It doesn't require a fault to have an earthquake. Keep that in mind. Shifting plate can happen over areas where tectonic plates are non existent. \n\nThere has been measurable earthquakes in the northeast since recording began. \nEven up to a magnitude 7.. \nBelow is a map of recorded historical earthquakes. \nhttp://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/us_damage_eq.php
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marikina fault line!!!
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well, at least one would be earthquakes, which happen when the earth's plates shift and collide. there is at least one major earthquake fault line under california
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look up plate tectonics
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http://www.worldwide.edu/ci/chile/fschools_k12.html \nis a web ring of many of the different scholls in Chile.\n\nAnother option is to contact the local embassy; can locate these on line in web searches..
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Drive Interstate Highway 5 from just south of Gilroy California to L.A. and you'll be right on the fault line. The fault also extends into the Pacific where it meets the bottom of the ocean north of San Fransisco. All of these places are of course in California.