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Nov 30, 2009
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seis'mic gap'




the part of an active fault that has experienced little or no seismic activity for a long period, indicating the buildup of stresses that are useful in predicting earthquakes.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

seismicseismicity
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