In December 1992, part of the San Andreas fault ruptured. No damage was caused, because instead of lasting for a few seconds, this earthquake sequence took a week. So why are other earthquakes fast?
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Segall, P. Earthquakes: slow down for safety. Nature 383, 21–22 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/383021a0
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