New analyses of old data show that a devastating earthquake of 1897 stemmed from slippage of a hitherto unknown fault. That event illustrates what might happen elsewhere today.
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Thatcher, W. Pop-up disaster. Nature 410, 757–758 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35071199
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