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Week 8; Mass wasting hazards

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 Chile is exposed to dealing with landslides.  The cause of the land slides are due to other natural disasters or heavy rain fall. Chile commonly deals with other environmental issues such as earthquakes. Chiles chances of dealing with land slides are high. Think hazard reports that this is due to rainfall patterns, terrain slope, geology, soil, land cover, and of course earthquakes ; which chile is highly prone to. An example of an earthquake leading to a landslide would be the 1960 9.5m earthquake in Chile. After the earthquakes, floods and land slides followed. The land slides affected many communities . Causing destruction and damaging houses of surrounding communities.  A recent landslide in Chile that took place on September 20, 2023 caused three fatalities, and one person missing.  People were isolated, two houses were destroyed, and many others were affected. This land slidwas caused due to heavy rain fall in the Aracunia region of Chile.  Citations;  Araya-Cornejo, Cristian,