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Earthquake Hazard Maps and Surprise Earthquakes
September 2, 2012 | University of Missourii

“Three of the largest and deadliest earthquakes in recent history occurred where earthquake hazard maps didn’t predict massive quakes. A University of Missouri scientist and his colleagues recently studied the reasons for the maps’ failure to forecast these quakes.” Quoted from the University of Missouri press release.

Seth Stein is Deering Professor of Geological Sciences at Northwestern makes a presentation on this study in the video below.


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