4.9-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Southern California
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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Dozens of small earthquakes have shaken the San Francisco Bay Area over the last month, rattling nerves and raising fears that more seismic events may be on the horizon.
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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A specific type of earthquake that can cause particularly intense shaking is more common than previously believed, some scientists say — carrying potentially profound ...
A series of strong quakes abroad and smaller ones at home has Californians increasingly asking the same question: Is the “Big One” looming? Two earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 or greater struck within days of each other in Alaska and Japan earlier this ...
Rock rheology governs the deformation of rocks in reaction to forces within the Earth's interior. Rheology is the scientific study of material properties, specifically focusing on the relationship between stress (force per unit area) and strain rate (rate of deformation).
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