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What criteria determines whether earthquakes are classified as new or aftershocks?
I was able to figure out the Criteria , by a little armchair research & inputs from user "nate" & from user "Universal_learner" & from Britannica & from Wiki :
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What criteria determines whether earthquakes are classified as new or aftershocks?
It's always beneficial to refer to what the USGS states:
"Foreshock" and "aftershock" are relative terms.
Foreshocks are earthquakes that precede larger earthquakes in the same ...
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What criteria determines whether earthquakes are classified as new or aftershocks?
That's an interesting question. Without checking literature, this is my take for an answer...
A given earthquake has a defined, estimated focus and epicenter. That being said, I assume that an "...
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What is the reason behind the density being negative value
You are looking at low order polynomial approximations of density. Such approximations are only valid over a certain range, typically the range over which the underlying data were collected. Applying ...
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