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Jan 2024
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077 = Earth That Quakes and Quick Fire T...

Matt Parker, Bec Hill
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In this episode…

🌏 How often do earthquakes take place in the same location, on the same date, in different years? 

🔔 Dingletts, dingletts and more dingletts! 

💨 A fundamental buoyancy error. 

If you want to look into the data Matt used for his earthquake problem, you can find that here: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-data.

If you want to see the plots Matt mentions, please head on over to ⁠Twitter⁠ or ⁠Patreon⁠

Here are Bec's podcast recommendations:

- Science Vs: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/science-vs

- A Podcast of Unnecessary Detail: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a-podcast-of-unnecessary-detail/id1441973787

- Swindled: https://swindledpodcast.com/

- Decoder Ring: https://slate.com/podcasts/decoder-ring

- And of course, her own brand new podcast 'Enemy In Paris': https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/enemy-in-paris/id1720149980

As always, send us your general problems and solutions to the website: www.aproblemsquared.com.

If you want more from A Problem Squared, you can also find us on Instagram and Discord.

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