Sunday, 21 April 2013

Numbers support theory large earthquakes can trigger another far away

Salt Lake City (UPI) Apr 19, 2013



Big earthquakes can trigger other quakes far from their geographical center at least 9 percent of the time, a statistical analysis by a U.S. researcher shows.
With a number of huge earthquakes in recent years - in Sumatra, Indonesia, in December 2004, Chile in February 2010 and Japan in 2011 --leading many to question whether one large quake can cause another on the other side of the w