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A SECOND example of the disturbance of the ionosphere by an earthquake has been documented at the University of Hawaii after the August 11, 1969, Kurile Islands earthquake. A detailed study of this phenomenon associated with the May 1968 Japanese earthquake has already been presented1.
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WEAVER, P., YUEN, P., PROLSS, G. et al. Acoustic Coupling into the Ionosphere from Seismic Waves of the Earthquake at Kurile Islands on August 11, 1969. Nature 226, 1239–1241 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/2261239a0
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