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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/18/2018-set-to-be-year-of-big-earthquakes
Sloshing of Earth’s core may spike major earthquakes
By Paul Voosen, Science, October 30, 2017
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/10/sloshing-earth-s-core-may-spike-major-earthquakes
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https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2017AM/webprogram/Paper300667.html
https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2017AM/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/300667
https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2017AM/webprogram/Session43268.html
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Yours,
Paul H.