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How the moon and sun may trigger slow earthquakes on Earth
Source: Phys.org · Published

While not quite a fatal attraction, the gravitational pull of the moon and sun creates tiny stresses on Earth that can trigger events known as slow earthquakes. These are movements along fault lines…
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