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Quake analysis rewrites history books

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New Madrid quakes were smaller than originally thought.

A series of earthquakes that hit the North American heartland nearly 200 years ago were considerably smaller than reported in the history books, according to research presented at a meeting this week.

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Lovett, R. Quake analysis rewrites history books. Nature (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2010.212

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