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Chile Earthquake Registers 8.2 on the Richter Scale

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Chile is a country that is hit by the majority of earthquakes in the world. The reason for that is the Ring of Fire in the ambit of which it lies. This volcanic circle off the Pacific Coast is...

Predicting Earthquakes Before They Strike

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An earthquake that struck the city of L’Aquila, Italy, on April 6, 2009, and took the lives of more than 300 people and left thousands homeless began the development of tools that will allow experts to warn the general public of such tragedies in the future.

 

Before the earthquake in L’Aquila, most of ...
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