科学家说，智利康塞普西翁发生的灾难性8.8级地震导致城市向西移位三米多。
美国几所大学的研究人员还说，2月27日发生的地震强度之大，导致智利首都圣地亚哥也向西南西方向移位大约27厘米。
甚至圣地亚哥以东1400多公里的阿根廷首都布宜诺斯艾利斯也西移了两厘米以上。
研究人员是在比较了全球定位卫星在地震前后拍摄的照片之后得出以上结论的。
智利政府说，地震导致大约452人丧生。
Scientists say the 8.8 magnitude earthquake that devastated the Chilean city of Concepcion shifted it more than three meters to the west.
Researchers from several universities in the United States also say the February 27th quake was so powerful it moved the capital of Santiago about 27 centimeters to the west-southwest.
Even the Argentinian capital of Buenos Aires, located more than 1,400 kilometers east of Santiago, shifted more than two centimeters to the west.
The researchers compared data taken by global positioning satellites before and after the earthquake to reach their conclusions.
The Chilean government says about 452 people were killed by the quake.