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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Inspired by the M3.8 earthquake outside of Chicago earlier this month, Sue Hough of the USGS put forth this op-ed to the Chicago Tribune<BR>

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<a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ct-oped-0212-earthquake-20100211,0,2052242.story">http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ct-oped-0212-earthquake-20100211,0,2052242.story</a><BR>

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Enjoy,<BR>

Oliver<BR>

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Oliver Boyd, Ph.D.<BR>

Research Geophysicist<BR>

U.S. Geological Survey<BR>

3876 Central Ave<BR>

Memphis, TN<BR>

Phone: (901) 678-3463<BR>

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