At 3:34 a.m. (local time) on February 27, 2010, a magnitude Mw 8.8 earthquake occurred in Central Chile and extended over around 500 km along the Maule and Bio Bio regions, a convergent zone between the Nazca and South America plates (Figure 1a). The occurrence of this large earthquake in the context of active subduction zones, as Central Chile, was expected by many Chilean and European res ...[Read More]
Ten years after the 2010 Maule earthquake: how science and ancestral knowledge build-up resilient societies
Tren Tren and Cai Cai Vilu, mythological beings of the Mapuche culture. Tren Tren Vilu is the terrestrial snake, who dominates the lands and take care of the nature spirits and Cai Cai Vilu the sea snake, who dominates the ocean and take care of the water spirits.
