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Bed of Sea May Reveal Causes of Quakes: Soundings to Be Made
The Carnegie Institution and the Navy Hydrographic Office start a seismic study off California and Mexico using a new sonic depth finder. Destroyers Itt and Corry will map the ocean floor from San Francisco to near the Mexican coast, aiming to explain earthquake origins along the Pacific.
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