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San Andreas Fault

The San Andreas Fault In a recent issue of Nature, U.S. seismologists report that the devastating earthquake of 2004 that caused tsunamis in the Indian Ocean had also affected California’s San Andreas...

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When earthquakes break…

Busted again! Why do some rocks break so easily once an earthquake begins? In a giant quake, the fracture, where the two sides of the fault grind against each other, can extend dozens or hundreds of...

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