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2024-10-16 00:54:10 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 7A2D56502C5AA9B330C429DA861934DE400E079C81CB02065F3ED2560CE268C6
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The last M>7 earthquake was less than two months ago; gaps of that length or even longer are very common. Gaps/clusters in worldwide large earthquakes are not indicative of any specific future behavior. https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/why-are-we-having-so-many-earthquakes-has-naturally-occurring-earthquake-activity-been https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=-89.00782,-137.8125&extent=88.99557,497.8125&range=search&search=%7B%22name%22:%22Search%20Results%22,%22params%22:%7B%22starttime%22:%222014-10-08%2000:00:00%22,%22endtime%22:%222024-10-15%2023:59:59%22,%22minmagnitude%22:7,%22orderby%22:%22time%22%7D%7D Fact-checks of user's history of earthquake-related misinformation: https://www.vice.com/en/article/kz4jyz/earthquake-conspiracy-theorists-are-wreaking-havoc-during-emergencies https://www.inverse.com/science/earthquake-prediction-dutchsinse-holmquist-conspiracy
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