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Earthquake Damage: Are Bad Maps to Blame? - Time

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Tara Thean writes:

Flawed hazard maps may be partly blamed for the devastation that accompanied the devastating earthquakes that have struck Japan, Haiti and China in recent years, according to a new study published in the journal Tectonophysics.

 

http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/09/03/earthquake-damage-are-bad-maps-to-blame/

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