EARTHQUAKE HISTORY! How do we know what& #39;s going on when the earth shakes? Is this New England quake a freak occurrence? What do all these magnitude scales mean, anyhow?
--> A thread of some of the recent, readable books on earthquakes and how we study them.
In case New England& #39;s fuss and commotion over today& #39;s earthquake has West Coasters feeling all smug, @SeismoSue also has an earthquake trail guide for California quakes. More on her work here: https://www.seismosoc.org/news/at-work-susan-hough/">https://www.seismosoc.org/news/at-w...
But wait -- no earthquakes in the heartland, right? mid-America just has to dodge tornados? Check out THE LOST HISTORY OF THE NEW MADRID EARTHQUAKES for 19th-century ruckus along the Mississippi River -- and dead-serious science of present-day quakes. https://bookshop.org/books/the-lost-history-of-the-new-madrid-earthquakes/9780226273754">https://bookshop.org/books/the...
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