Earthquakes

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A sudden motion or trembling in the crust caused by the abrupt release of accumulated stress along a fault. Different types of earthquakes or seismicity include low frequency, high frequency (or ‘volcano tectonicearthquakes) and hybrid earthquakes; and tremor. Earthquakes can occur in swarms, where the largest magnitude earthquakes are all of a similar size.

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