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Published online 10 June 2009 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2009.561
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Typhoons trigger gentler tremors
Small quakes may act as a release valve that prevents catastrophic convulsions.
Typhoons pack enough punch to trigger slow earthquakes in eastern Taiwan, scientists have found.
Slow earthquakes occur as a result of slippage or rupture of a geologic fault — the same process that leads to violent earthquakes.
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So the climate change is good. The stronger Typhoons/Hurricanes caused by climate change will reduce earthquakes. I guess we will see that in one of the contrarian site soon :(
Come on, don't be so cynical. This article connotes no excuse for the climate change.