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ON Saturday and Sunday, May 18 and 19, severe earthquake shocks were experienced in the southwestern United States and in Italy. In the United States eleven shocks were felt at places so far apart as 800 miles in Southern California and Arizona. The town of Imperial is reported in ruins, with five people killed and many injured. Owing to the disruption of communications, further details are not yet available. The place most affected in Italy appears to have been San Servo.
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Earthquakes in the United States and in Italy. Nature 145, 817 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145817b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/145817b0