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Hours after the Landers earthquake, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck in Big Bear, “which was on a different fault, but also the aftershocks to Big Bear extended down to the San Andreas in a different location,” Jones said.

From Los Angeles Times

“So we now had a continuous line of aftershocks coming all the way down to the San Andreas,” Jones said.

From Los Angeles Times

I do not believe England's long barren run in Australia is down to the quality of their players.

From BBC

If this long winless streak is not down to ability, it must be down to mentality.

From BBC

She thinks the rise is down to tighter controls on sending money from bank accounts and people not expecting to be scammed with gift cards as it is a "relatively new" fraud.

From BBC