Assertion: earthquake's magnitude | /r/HasProperty | pivotal
Facets:
value: to the development of earthquake science
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: The April 18, 1906 San Francisco earthquake (magnitude 7.8) was pivotal to both earthquake hazard awareness and the development of earthquake science – including the fundamental insight that earthquakes arise from faults that abruptly rupture and slip.