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Can Scientists Predict When Quakes Will Strike?

A technician at the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics claims he predicted the devastating quake that hit central Italy this week by measuring radon gas seeping from the fault. U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Susan Hough discusses the technique's efficacy.

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