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Supershear earthquakes are super powerful, and a lot less rare than previously thought

Por: Los Angeles Times Science November 18, 2022

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On April 18, 1906, San Francisco phonograph dealer Peter Bacigalupi's day began like none other. I was awakened from a sound slumber by a terrific trembling, which acted in the same manner as would a bucking broncho [sic],” he wrote of the historic earthquake that seemed to toss his bed “up and down in all four directions at once.” Across town, missionary Donaldina Cameron jolted awake at 5:12 a.m. to a surreal scene in which “the... + full article



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