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Are huge earthquakes linked?

Posted By Barry Ritholtz On March 22, 2011 @ 4:30 am In Current Affairs,Science | Comments Disabled

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New Scientist.com:

“What is clear is that for the 6.2 years since 2004, there have been more great earthquakes around the world than in any 6.2-year period throughout the 110-year history of seismic recordings.”
-Thorne Lay at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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Source:
The megaquake connection: Are huge earthquakes linked? [2]
Catherine Brahic
New Scientist, 16 March 2011
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20928043.000-the-megaquake-connection-are-huge-earthquakes-linked.html


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