East Coast Earthquakes
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This episode reviews the recent 4.8 magnitude New Jersey earthquake, its causes, and its implications. I also discuss a few other topics, including tectonic plates and fault lines, the rarity of significant earthquakes on the US East Coast, and different earthquake measurement scales.
00:00 Introduction
01:29 Tectonic Plates and Fault Lines
02:30 Intra Plate Events
03:26 Frequency and Magnitude Relationship
07:11 Earthquake Measurement Scales
10:46 Quakes and CC
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