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Earthquake
An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of stored energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves.
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Dec. 19, 2024 — New research shows that three sites spread along an approximately 620-mile portion of today's Denali Fault were once a smaller united geologic feature indicative of the final joining of two land ...
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