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Old 29-April-2008, 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Nick Theodorakis View Post
[grammar nitpick]I thought epicenter meant the location on the earth's surface that was above the focus of the quake.[/grammar nitpick].

Nick
True, nitpick accepted. I also would not recommend standing at the epicenters right now, just to be on the safe side, movement is occurring!
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I know you are a person who takes his physics seriously, but isn't it said that most great discoveries aren't discovered with "Eureka!" but with, "Hmmm, that's funny." Big Don
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