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  "@id": "https://anchorfact.org/kb/kb-2026-00455",
  "headline": "Earthquakes",
  "description": "Earthquakes occur when tectonic plates suddenly slip along faults, releasing accumulated stress as seismic waves. Measured by seismographs. Magnitude scales: Richter (local, historical), Moment Magnitude (Mw, modern — logarithmic: each 1.0 increase = 32x more energy). Largest recorded: 1960 Chile (Mw 9.5).",
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