The behaviour of a seismic fault in Chile seemed to confound predictions of how often giant earthquakes should recur. Examination of a 2,000-year record of tsunami deposits in the region clarifies matters.
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Barrientos, S. Giant returns in time. Nature 437, 329 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/437329a
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