San Ramon failure " is ready to cause a major earthquake "

According to studies by academic experts from the University of Chile, San Ramon failure is active and "ready to create a new major earthquake "

The results of the research, published recently in one of the most important magazines in the world geology -Geology- determine the geological fracture, located in the eastern sector of the capital "has generated at least two earthquakes of magnitude 7.5 in the last 17,000 years, and the last occurred about 8,000 years ago. Then, according to this background, the failure would be ready to generate a new major earthquake, "says researcher and study co-author Gabriel Vargas.
In this regard, the geographer Marcelo Lagos, consulted by the Metro site explained that the failure is itself a fracture that "builds tension and that tension is released by earthquakes." "Nobody can say specifically when, but there is a chance, and where there is a likelihood it means that there are risks. The main issue here is to understand that somehow changes the scenario of seismic hazard in the city of Santiago because we now have a source of danger which is next to us in the contact about the central valley and the mountains of the Andes " said the expert. Asked how would an earthquake of great magnitude in the area, the geographer said "we are top of the fountain, accelerations surface will probably be higher which are designed structures." Lagos added that "much of the near-failure trace of human settlements, we talk about an area of ​​influx of at least 10 kilometers, will be exposed to stresses that could lead to structural damage and that means you need to worry" .