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Geologists Warned of Haiti Earthquake
Scientists have known for years that the fault Haiti sits on was due for a large-magnitude quake—they just didn’t know when. A 2008 paper predicted a quake registering up to 7.2, but “it could have...
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Q&A About Haiti Quake
Confused about why the Haitian earthquake didn't also hit the Dominican Republic or cause a tsunami? Slate provides answers: Why so much destruction? Haiti has no national building codes, and though...
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Earthquake Prediction: California Is Next
Is what happened in Japan set to repeat itself in California? Author Simon Winchester thinks so. In an article for Newsweek that’s turning some heads , Winchester notes that though scientists aren’t...
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US Installing Quake Sensors in Northern Mexico
Next time the ground shakes in Mexico, the Department of Defense and the US Geological Survey want to know about it. The agencies are spending $500,000 to install earthquake monitoring machines in...
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