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NOVA SCIENCENOW
S5 Ep6: Detecting Earthquakes
- Aired: 02/23/2011
- 10:39
- Expires:
- Rating: NR


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Earthquakes: Expert Q
Seismologist Frank Vernon answers questions about earthquakes past, present, and future.
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Geophysicist Beatrice Magnani answers questions about the New Madrid Seismic Zone and its deadly potential.
Find the Tectonic Fault
In this seismic image, see if you can locate an unsettling new fault just discovered beneath the Mississippi River.
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