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Published online 25 May 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070521-9
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GPS could offer better fault line mapping
Satellites help to pinpoint highest-risk earthquake zones.
Global positioning systems (GPS) could help identify the places most at risk of devastating earthquakes, say researchers who have used the technology to identify high-hazard 'locked zones' that can spawn giant quakes.
GPS has been used already to reveal the location of a locked zone to the west of Seattle, suggesting that the epicentre of a future quake could be closer to the city than experts had previously predicted.
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