General topics in earthquake science, such as the nature of an earthquake itself and sequences of small events called swarms, as opposed to one named event. A topic belongs here when its cited article describes how earthquakes or earthquake sequences work. It excludes named historical earthquakes. These concepts explain the sudden release of strain energy in the crust, and how swarms differ from a main shock and aftershocks.
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Earthquake swarm (Wikipedia)
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In seismology, an earthquake swarm is a sequence of seismic events occurring in a local area within a relatively short period.
Earthquake (Wikipedia)
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An earthquake, also called a quake, tremor, or temblor, is the shaking of the Earth's surface resulting from a sudden release of energy in the lithosphere that creates seismic waves.
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