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Science 5 June 1992:
Vol. 256. no. 5062, pp. 1430 - 1432
DOI: 10.1126/science.256.5062.1430
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Small Earthquakes, Tectonic Forces

Thomas C. Hanks 1

1 U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3591

Earthquake scaling and frequency-of-occurrence relations require that small earthquakes be just as important as larger ones in redistributing the forces that drive relative displacements across active faults of any dimension, including plate boundaries.

Submitted on January 31, 1992
Accepted on April 14, 1992


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