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Three Large Earthquakes in Two Minutes

August 26th, 2010 Posted in Geology.com

“A magnitude-8.1 earthquake and tsunami that killed 192 people last year in Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga actually was a triple whammy: The 8.1 ‘great earthquake’ concealed and triggered two major quakes of magnitude 7.8.” Quoted from the University of Utah press release.


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