The earth is made up of tectonic plates whose movements when they meet result in earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.
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While there are many things that are not a good idea to do in an area that has a high risk of earthquakes, probably the single most dangerous thing to put in such a location would be a nuclear power plant.
By looking at the rocks and the way the layers of rock are stacked scientist feel they have pretty good idea of the time and severity of many past earthquakes.
there was a 8.2 off the coast of central Peru on 1908/12/12 12:08
One 8.1 near the coast of central Peru 1966/10/17 21:41