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MY 97-YEAR-OLD FRIEND TOLD ME THAT HE BELIEVES EARTHQUAKES ARE CAUSED FROM HIGH POPULATED PLACES PUMPING MUCH WATER FROM BELOW THE GROUND, & THAT MEXICO CITY WAS BUILT OVER A LAKE. IF A SHIP WERE ON THE OCEAN AND RAN INTO AN ENORMOUS HOLE, THE SHIP WOULD FALL INTO THE HOLE...SAME WITH GROUND. SO I WONDERED IF THERE IS SOME KIND OF A PATTERN OF "MORE EARTHQUAKES" HAPPENING WHERE THERE ARE "MORE PEOPLE," AND IF THE OPPOSITE IS ALSO TRUE... ARE THERE FEWER EARTHQUAKES WHERE FEWER PEOPLE LIVE? MY FRIEND ALSO SAID THAT EARTHQUAKES HAPPEN IN "DRY SEASONS" MORE THAN IN "WET SEASONS." THANK YOU!
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