Earth's crust was thought to deform uniformly over most of the seismic cycle. Analysis of two centuries of nautical surveys from Chile reveals temporal variability that complicates our view of time-dependent seismic hazards.
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Meltzner, A. The rise and fall of an island. Nature Geosci 8, 501–502 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2477
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