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The area of influence of earthquakes could be larger than is currently thought

Dr Álvaro Corral, a UAB Department of Physics researcher, studies the relationships between the time and place of earthquake occurrences using statistical physics methods. By analysing data on the distance between consecutive earthquakes, Dr Corral has concluded that the area of influence of seismic activity could be larger than was thought until now.

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