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Why Does the Earth Quake?

Since ancient times, people have wondered: Why does the ground sometimes shake?

The ancient Greeks believed that their god Atlas lost a war against Zeus, the king of the gods. Zeus condemned Atlas to bear the Earth on his shoulders. To ease this burden, Atlas sometimes shifted the world from one shoulder to the other. When he did so, the Earth shook.