G / 01 OPEN OBSERVATION
The Earth never stops.
Read its movements.
Find the context.
SEISMIC RECORD / CHILE AND THE WORLDEnter the observatory
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- 01Magnitude
- How much. Not how it felt.
The USGS preferred value describes event size, not damage.
- 02Depth
- Distance beneath the surface.
Map colours distinguish shallow, intermediate and deep events.
- 03Coverage
- The record is not the whole picture.
Detection of small events varies between networks and territories.