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In 4.1 Earthquake is being changed from an 8s channeled spell to a 2s cast/10s duration spell (despite the 40% dmg reduction for some stupid reason).
To be fair, this change will give Elemental Shaman more mobility, something they are in sore need of. Also, you can be casting other AoE spells during the 6 seconds you are no longer channeling Earthquake. My guess is someone at Blizzard felt it would be overpowered to keep the same dmg on Earthquake if you can be casting other AoE spells at the same time.