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Hough, S.E. (2008). Large 19th Century Earthquakes in Eastern/Central North America: A Comparative Analysis. In: Fréchet, J., Meghraoui, M., Stucchi, M. (eds) Historical Seismology. Modern Approaches in Solid Earth Sciences, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8222-1_17
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