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The weird way the Los Angeles basin alters earthquakes
Los Angeles sits above an enormous bowl of sediment ... The desert megacity of Tehran in Iran also sits atop a geologic basin filled with river sediments, and there is growing concern about ...
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Why earthquakes make Los Angeles shake like a bowl of jelly
Geology-induced complications Los Angeles ... Put another way, imagine the Los Angeles basin as a giant bowl of jelly – the dense rocky mountains and underlying rock make up the bowl, while ...
The Los Angeles earthquake hit a fault system that could pose a massive threat. Here’s what to know.
and it spurred research that has given scientists a good understanding of their general layout in the Los Angeles basin, ...