‘Stormquakes’ real but not dangerous, say scientists

WASHINGTON—Scientists have discovered a mashup of two feared disasters—hurricanes and earthquakes—and they’re calling them “stormquakes.” The shaking of the sea floor during hurricanes and nor’easters can rumble like a  3.5-magnitude earthquake and can last for days, according to a study in this week’s journal Geophysical Research Letters. The quakes are fairly common, but they weren’t […]

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