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Improved earthquake early-warning system could be used worldwide

02 Dec 2013
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Early warning: could a new technique provide better earthquake alerts? (Courtesy: iStockphoto/tomislz)
Geophysicists in the US have developed a new way of calculating the magnitude of an imminent earthqu

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Ian Randall is a science writer based in New Zealand
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