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ISBN: 9781264118113
Author: Plummer
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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The arguments in favor of and against predicting earthquake. Also determine reaction of a community if a prediction were made that within a month, a large earthquake would occur nearby.

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The shaking of the surface of the Earth is regarded to as an earthquake. Earthquakes cause damage to the property and maybe life-threatening in some cases. The magnitude and intensity are the two measures of the earthquakes. Earthquakes are responsible for triggering landslide, tsunami, and aftershocks.

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