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During the great earthquake in Chile in 1960, what mitigated the loss of life?
a. It did not occur in an area that was very populated.
b. Chile’s excellent building codes kept most structures standing.
c. Chile’s location next to the Pacific Ocean.
d. The people felt the foreshocks before the actual earthquake hit and left their homes.

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During the great earthquake in Chile in 1960, the cause that mitigated the loss of life was that the people felt the foreshocks before the actual earthquake hit and left their homes.
GeoPanther

The correct answer is - d. The people felt the foreshocks before the actual earthquake hit and left their homes.

Before the major earthquake stroke, there were multiple others that were in front of it, and this scared and also warned the people, so they left their homes as quick as possible. When the main earthquake stroke, it was with a magnitude of 9.5, and it was and remained as the strongest earthquake of the 20th century. The earthquake itself did not killed any people, but the resulting tsunami managed to kill little over 1,600 people, and living 2 million people effectively homeless.