Midwest quakes are aftershocks from 1800s

Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - 17:14 in Earth & Climate

The small earthquakes that sporadically rattle the central United States may be aftershocks from a few extremely large quakes that occurred in the region in the 1800s, according to a new study.

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