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Earth's crust is the planet's outermost layer. It is made of solid rock and sits on top of another layer, called the mantle. The mantle flows and stretches like bubble gum, while the crust above ...

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The 1956 earthquake was a mainshock–aftershock sequence, with aftershocks lasting at least eight months after the mainshock.

A team of geologists and mineral physicists at Harvard University, the University of California, Argonne National Laboratory ...

Brenainn Simpson works for the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Geological Survey of New South Wales and publishes with the permission of the Chief Geoscientist and Head ...