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Los Angeles enjoying 1,000 year seismic lull

The Los Angeles basin appears to be in a seismic "lull" characterized by relatively smaller and infrequent earthquakes, according to a study in the September issue of Geology. Study has implications for seismic hazard assessment, whose models generally assume random quake activity.

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