Abstract
Earthquakes are closely connected with all aspects of geological time [97], and the history of tectonic movements deforming the earth’s crust provides us with important information on the earth’s structure. In seismically active zones, earthquakes, as dynamic sequences of the system of deep cracks in the earth, are an unavoidable phenomenon, predetermined by natural laws.
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Beinin, L. (1985). Public Health Consequences of Earthquakes. In: Medical Consequences of Natural Disasters. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70532-8_2
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