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Minimal recorded earthquakes^*

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA

Abstract

Small earthquakes near Riverside have been identified with magnitudes as low as 0.4. The corresponding energy is of the order of 10¹² ergs. The number of shocks increases regularly with decreasing magnitude.

Footnotes

^* Manuscript received for publication March 3, 1948.

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