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A new study by Prof. Ariel Chipman of The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem ...

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Federal cuts to the U.S. Geological Survey have prompted fears of losing vital information on earthquake activity and ...

Seismologist Deborah Kilb was wading through California earthquake records from the past four decades when she noticed ...