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Solving the Paradox of Deep Earthquakes

For decades, geophysicists have known that earthquakes should not occur at depth inside the earth. But they do. Finally, we know how and why these events happen

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 271 Issue 3This article was originally published with the title “Solving the Paradox of Deep Earthquakes” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 271 No. 3 (), p. 64
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0994-64