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Descriptions of witnesses who experienced the great Chile megaquake may support the idea that prograde ground motion contributes to earthquake damage. Coastal changes in megaquakes may be related to a distinctive tectonic framework.
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Castaños, H., Lomnitz, C. (2012). The Great 1960 Chile Megaquake. In: Earthquake Disasters in Latin America. SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2810-3_2
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