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Fault curvature may control where big earthquakes occur - marc / berkeley - 11-30-2016 (Article Link) Major earthquakes -- magnitude 8.5 and stronger -- occur where faults are mostly flat, say University of Oregon and French geologists. Curvier faults, they report in the journal Science, are less likely to experience earthquakes exceeding that strength. RE: Fault curvature may control where big earthquakes occur - Island Chris - 12-02-2016 Thanks, I read the link and forwarded it to two scientists who work on such quakes Chris