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Are Big Earthquakes Occurring More Frequently?
December 13, 2011 | MSNBC

A number of recent large earthquakes have caused some people to believe that such events are now occurring with greater frequency. However, events that are randomly distributed over time can occur in clusters.


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Evidence of Plate Tectonics on Mars?
January 29, 2011 | Live Science
Most scientists who have studied Mars believe that plate tectonics did not play an important...

Plate Tectonics and Geomagnetic Reversals
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USGS on Ohio Fluid Injection Well Earthquakes
April 5, 2012 | USGS
"There is a credible connection between the wastewater injection activities near Youngstown and the recent...


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