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Is Brazil at Risk for Great Earthquakes?

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Is Brazil at Risk for Great Earthquakes?

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Is Brazil at Risk for Great Earthquakes? Saturday February 27, 2010 #spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}zSB(3,3) Today, as Chile faces the aftermath of the M8.8 earthquake which occurred off its coast at 3:34 a.m. local time, travelers might be wondering what Brazil’s situation is in regard to similar earthquakes. Although Brazil is not free from seismic events, it has a different geological situation from Chile and other South American countries where the risk of great earthquakes is higher. Open this Seismic Hazard Map for the continent’s risk zones at a glance. Why is Brazil’s situation different? Andrew Alden, About.com Guide to Geology, explains in Earthquakes in a Nutshell that “earthquake energy comes from the stresses of plate tectonic