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Posted: 05 Nov 2009 at 1:14pm |
Astonishing, who'd have thought that echoes of past quakes could continue for hundreds of years. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8342600.stm
In the journal Nature, researchers described a new pattern in the frequency of aftershocks that could explain some major quakes. They found that, away from plate boundaries, echoes of past earthquakes can continue for several hundred years. |
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