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New study cites lower rate of quakes along some subduction zones

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 04, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Most earthquakes occur along fault lines, which form boundaries between two tectonic plates. As the relative speed of the plates around a fault increases, is there a corresponding increase in the number of earthquakes produced ...

Samoan Tsunami wave was 46 feet high

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 04, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (6) | 0

(AP) -- The tsunami that killed more than 200 people in the Samoan islands and Tonga earlier this year towered up to 46 feet (14 meters) high - more then twice as tall as most of the buildings it slammed into, scientists ...

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