'Slow' quakes can travel backward ? with gusto

"Slow earthquakes" are weird enough, with a sluggish pace that is at odds with the better-known quakes that rapidly shift the Earth's surface. Now researchers have discovered yet another strange feature of this recently discovered class of earthquakes: Slow-motion quakes can go backward. Suddenly, and with more gusto.

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43228509/ns/technology_and_science-science/

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