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Topic: seismology

Taylor Swift performs during The Eras Tour at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

An earthquake or a Taylor Swift concert?

Gabriella Ferrigine
Taylor Swift performs onstage during the Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour at Lumen Field on July 22, 2023 in Seattle, Washington. (Mat Hayward/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)

Wait, did Swifties cause an earthquake?

Olivia Luppino
An earthquake survivor reacts as rescuers look for victims and other survivors in Hatay, the day after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's southeast on February 7, 2023. (BULENT KILIC/AFP via Getty Images)

Why we can’t predict earthquakes yet

Harold Tobin - The Conversation
Electricity and Earthquakes (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why earthquakes send out electricity

Matthew Rozsa
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Illustration of a coronal mass ejection impacting the Earth s atmosphere. These events, CMEs for short, are powerful releases of solar charged particles (plasma) and magnetic field, travelling on the solar wind. (Getty Images/MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)

Could the sun cause earthquakes?

Matthew Rozsa
Concerned dog looking at a Richter Scale (Getty Images/Salon)

Can dogs predict earthquakes?

Nicole Karlis
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California overdue for major earthquake?

Richard Aster - The Conversation
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Bay Area shaken by 2 quakes in 2 days

Nicole Karlis
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Earthquakes: Deadly & needed

David Nabhan
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