[Rockhounds] Scientists find evidence of largest earthquake in human history 3, 800 years ago

[Paul]

Scientists find evidence of largest earthquake in human
history 3,800 years ago By Sommer Brokaw, UPI, April 19, 2022
https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2022/04/19/scientists-find-evidence-biggest-earthquake-powerful-as-biggest-ever-recorded/4581650394177/

Live Science, July 19, 2022
https://www.livescience.com/biggest-earthquake-found-chile

Salazar, D., Easton, G., Goff, J., Guendon, J.L., González-Alfaro, J.,
Andrade, P., Villagrán, X., Fuentes, M., León, T., Abad, M. and
Izquierdo, T., 2022. Did a 3800-year-old M w~ 9.5 earthquake
trigger major social disruption in the Atacama Desert?. Science
advances, 8(14), no.eabm2996. Open access paper
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abm2996

Yours,

Paul H.