Earthquake frequency has a similar scale invariance, which was observed in the 1940s. The big ones come to mind—Lisbon 1755, San Francisco 1989—but many small earthquakes occur in California ...

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Earthquake frequency has a similar scale invariance, which was observed in the 1940s. The big ones come to mind – Lisbon 1755, San Francisco 1989 – but many small earthquakes occur in ...