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  2. What causes earthquakes? The science behind why seismic ... - AOL

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    Earthquakes are common on the West Coast, with multiple plate boundaries like the San Andreas fault making geologic activity more likely. They are rarer on the East Coast, but they do happen ...

  3. Seismic Seconds - Wikipedia

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    The program analysed the causes of six incidents, five involving the loss of human life. The better-known sequel to Seismic Seconds, Seconds From Disaster, was spun off from the series. In the British version, the narrator says in the voiceover: Disasters don't just happen. They're the result of a sequence of events, locked together in time.

  4. Earthquakes happen all the time, you just can't feel them. A ...

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    About 55 earthquakes a day – 20,000 a year – are recorded by the National Earthquake Information Center. A quick guide to how they are measured. Earthquakes happen all the time, you just can't ...

  5. Quake (natural phenomenon) - Wikipedia

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    An earthquake is a phenomenon that results from the sudden release of stored energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. At the Earth's surface, earthquakes may manifest themselves by a shaking or displacement of the ground and sometimes cause tsunamis, which may lead to loss of life and destruction of property. An earthquake is ...

  6. Earthquake - Wikipedia

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    In its most general sense, the word earthquake is used to describe any seismic event that generates seismic waves. Earthquakes can occur naturally or be induced by human activities, such as mining, fracking, and nuclear tests. The initial point of rupture is called the hypocenter or focus, while the ground level directly above it is the epicenter.

  7. Why do earthquakes happen? - AOL

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    Turkey is reeling after being hit by two powerful earthquakes in quick succession on Monday morning.. The first, the worst to strike the country since the Erzincan quake of 1939, measured 7.8 on ...

  8. Mega Disasters - Wikipedia

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    Mega Disasters is an American documentary television series that originally aired from May 23, 2006, to July 2008 on History Channel.Produced by Creative Differences, the program explores potential catastrophic threats to individual cities, countries, and the entire globe.

  9. Why do earthquakes happen? - AOL

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