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The April 14th, 2010 Yushu earthquake, a devastating earthquake with foreshocks

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  1. School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China

    SiDao Ni

  2. Institute of Geophysics, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing, 100081, China

    WeiTao Wang

  3. National Earthquake Infrastructure Service, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing, 100036, China

    Li Li

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Ni, S., Wang, W. & Li, L. The April 14th, 2010 Yushu earthquake, a devastating earthquake with foreshocks. Sci. China Earth Sci. 53, 791–793 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-010-0083-2

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