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Japan is prone to large earthquakes, but none were reported in the area in the morning.
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Eastern Canada has a relatively low rate of earthquake activity, according to Natural Resources Canada, but there have been large earthquakes before, with about four exceeding magnitude 4 per year.
CNN: Quake reported in eastern Canada
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Study co-author Geoffrey Abers of Columbia University said that "there's something important about getting unexpectedly large earthquakes out of small systems that we have discovered here, " adding that "the risk of humans inducing large earthquakes from even small injection activities is probably higher" than had been believed.
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What is known about past large Himalayan earthquakes, what is uncertain, and where are the gaps in knowledge and in seismicity where large and destructive events could occur in the foreseeable future?
UNESCO: ICTP seismology workshop in Nepal focuses on Himalayan hazards | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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There are many possible causes for such sounds, he said, including large waves, earthquakes, shifting sands in dunes or deserts, far off thunder or man-made sources like factories, explosions or sonic booms.
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In Arkansas, known for the rich Fayettevile Shale reserve, a drilling moratorium on new injection wells has been established as scientists believe that the large number of earthquakes recorded in the region may been a result of fracking.
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Just as an example, here is a picture of Blackpool, the nearest large city, before the earthquakes.
FORBES: Shale Fracking Causes Earthquakes
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Given the magnitude of the earthquakes, the immediate concern was that a large tsunami would be generated.
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Fan Xiao, chief engineer at the Sichuan Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, told Global Times on Monday that the huge pressure of large reservoirs built on the fault line may have induced the Ya'an earthquakes and the more powerful Wenchuan earthquake in 2008.
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