Earthquakes+
12.001+–+22+October+2012+
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US+Geological+
Survey+
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Sumatra,(2004(
Lay+et+al.,+2005+
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Source: Lay, Thorne, Hiroo Kanamori, et al. "The Great Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake of 26
December 2004." Science 308, no. 5725 (2005): 1127-33.
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Hai.,(2010(
US+Geological+Survey+
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Lin+et+al.,+2010+
Last+rupture:+
May+7,+1842+
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Source: Lin, Jian, Ross S. Stein, et al. "USGS-WHOI-DPRI Coulomb Stress-transfer Model for the
January 12, 2010, Mw= 7.0 Haiti earthquake." US Geological Survey Open-File Rep 1019 (2010).
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Japan,(March(11(2011(
US+Geological+Survey+
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Water(wave(
Clockwise+parIcle+paths+
Rayleigh(wave(
Counterclockwise+
parIcle+paths+at+surface,+
clockwise+at+depth+
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See the animation on his website: http://www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/Demos/waves/wavemotion.html.
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Kobe EQ ground motion 1
Kobe EQ ground motion 2
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