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Mineral rush: How Chile's mega mines are critical to our electric future
And that means a LOT of mining. A copper mine in the Antofagasta region of Chile A copper mine in the Antofagasta region of Chile No-one likes to talk about this kind of thing because mining is ...
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Mega earthquake, tsunami hit Chile’s Atacama Desert some 3,800 years ago
Some 3,800 years ago a massive 9.5-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami with waves as high as 20 metres (66 feet) slammed the coastline of Chile’s Atacama Desert, the world’s driest ...
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'Biggest earthquake in human history' caused a 5000-mile-long megatsunami that sent massive waves crashing from Chile to New Zealand, study finds
The 9.5 magnitude earthquake struck about 3,800 years in northern Chile, the study in the Science Advances journal determined. The study said it was a megathrust earthquake, which is when one ...