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Published online 3 September 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030901-3
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Earthquake fired steam-powered boulders
Heat from sliding rocks created pressure-cooker effect.
It was no ordinary earthquake that struck near the town of Chi-Chi in central Taiwan on 21 September 1999. The ground seemed to explode as huge boulders were flung into the air, and flashes of light lit the night sky.
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