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Science 25 April 1997:
Vol. 276. no. 5312, p. 526
DOI: 10.1126/science.276.5312.526
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Earthquake Prediction: Warnings Precede Chinese Temblors

Li Hui and Richard A. Kerr

BEIJING--Seven magnitude-6-plus earthquakes have rocked Jiashi County in far northwestern China in the past 3 months. But seismologists have helped keep the death toll to a minimum by issuing three accurate predictions of imminent quakes.

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