An imminent swarm of tiny quakes beneath western North America could help seismologists prepare for a big one — but only if they can learn to interpret the tremors, finds Naomi Lubick.
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Lubick, N. Seismology: The secret chatter of giant faults. Nature 466, 312–313 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/466312a
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