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Chile

The 1960 Valdivia earthquake shook for about ten minutes. Its tsunami crossed the whole Pacific, striking Hawaii about 15 hours later and Japan after about 22.

Where its story happens

Valdivia, at 39.81°S, 73.25°W. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.

Five things to know about Chile

In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the easy countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.

  1. Where it is. It's Chile, the long, thin strip down the Pacific coast of South America, west of Argentina. See Chile on a map.
  2. It is more than 4,000 km long but only about 180 km wide on average.
  3. The giant stone statues of Easter Island belong to it, more than 3,500 km out in the Pacific.
  4. Its northern desert is the driest place on Earth outside the poles.
  5. The strongest earthquake ever recorded struck this country in 1960, at magnitude 9.5.

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