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The Earth’s largest earthquakes can weaken the strength of fault zones worldwide, including California’s San Andreas Fault (above), and trigger periods of increased global seismic activity, according to new research.

RICE (US)—The massive 2004 earthquake that triggered killer tsunamis throughout the Indian Ocean appears to have weakened at least a portion of California’s famed San Andreas Fault, according to a new report by U.S. seismologists. Continue…

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 16:14 - 2 Comments


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