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"Earthquake Theory Shaken"
by Betsy Mason
A widely accepted theory about earthquakes has received a major shakeup. A team of geologists studying the San Andreas fault near Los Angeles found that bigger earthquakes aren't necessarily preceded by longer periods of inactivity on the fault. ...