The earthquake, measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale, hit the country on Saturday afternoon. |
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We're even looking at video right now at how that earthquake rattled the same region then. |
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The plan was to build a wall that shook and rattled, simulating an earthquake, complete with sound effects. |
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Almost miraculously, these structures were spared the ravages of the 1906 earthquake. |
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The earthquake was followed by alarming aftershocks up to seven hours later and officials warned of more to come. |
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There may have been about 150 aftershocks since the weekend earthquake in South Asia. |
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The earthquake and its aftershocks dislodged many rocks and mines, sending them tumbling onto roads once considered safe. |
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These maps graphically illustrate the change in earthquake probability during aftershock and possible foreshock sequences. |
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Was there a new earthquake or an aftershock, which possibly could be triggering more tsunami waves? |
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There is shock and bewilderment in surrounding mountain villages too, where the earthquake and subsequent aftershocks have caused landslides. |
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Yesterday, we had a tremor that they said was an aftershock from a big earthquake that devastated Turkey. |
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Strict rent control laws here hold down rents but give landlords little incentive to shell out for earthquake proofing. |
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When an earthquake lifts the ocean floor, it heaves up a mass of water thousands of feet deep which then falls back. |
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In fact, the earthquake was so powerful that the Earth may have even wobbled on its axis. |
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The hotel was the first to reopen after the 1906 earthquake and fires leveled every hotel in the city. |
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Within days of the earthquake she had been flown out of the country and was back home with her parents. |
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This earthquake was the seventh in a series of repeating earthquakes on this stretch of the fault. |
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Apparently Britain had moved a millimetre, it's so weird to contemplate that an earthquake can move a land mass that's so far away. |
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Sunday's quake was both an aftershock of last year's tremor, and an earthquake in its own right. |
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Fifteen years ago this Tuesday a political earthquake brought down the Berlin Wall. |
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A doctor from Tameside Hospital is joining a team of physicians on a mercy mission to help earthquake victims. |
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In addition, wall anchorage to satisfy earthquake loading conditions must resist very high loads. |
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As every hour passes, the death toll from the most powerful earthquake in four decades climbs steadily. |
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Combined with the spectres of disease and hunger, the cold is expected to claim the lives of many who survived the initial earthquake. |
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This week, the PM was sunning himself in Tuscany when a political earthquake shook Europe. |
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The same danger lurks there as caused a political earthquake in France two weeks ago. |
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All of the parties praised the fact that the expected political earthquake had not taken place. |
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The very fact that people choose to live in this earthquake danger zone serves as further evidence of their sense of risk and adventure. |
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Short-term earthquake prediction, on the other hand, is more deterministic and relies on the detection of precursory phenomena. |
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Japan is the only country in the world to maintain a major research programme in earthquake prediction. |
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In 1853 Perry was greeted with an earthquake centered right in the city, causing further decimation. |
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A strong earthquake shook northwest Japan yesterday, destroying homes, derailing a bullet train and cutting water and power supplies. |
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But the private sector considers the possibility of an earthquake devastating our city as less remote. |
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Even when the full enormity of the earthquake sank in, the scientists were at a loss to know what to do. |
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The epicentre of that earthquake was about 20 kms north of Napier, on the opposite side of the North Island. |
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Relief workers arrived to find devastation in the region closest to the epicenter of the earthquake that spawned the killer tsunami. |
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Compelling evidence indicates that major civilizations have been severely affected by earthquakes and earthquake storms. |
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This was followed by more earthquake storms and a series of steam explosions that sent ash 10,000 to 11,000 feet above their vent. |
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It turns out, as we know today, that large earthquakes in the eastern Mediterranean are clustered in time in the form of earthquake storms. |
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In the year which followed the changes in temperature in all of Europe, earthquake storms were more common than usual. |
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The 9.0 earthquake that shook the earth under the Indian Ocean was an anomaly. |
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Mr Khan said earlier that the confirmed casualty toll from the earthquake was 39,422 dead and 65,038 injured. |
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Noaa would record the earthquake on seismographs and issue bulletins about the progress of a tsunami. |
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The Government has already identified areas that are vulnerable to earthquake based on seismic activity. |
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A year after the earthquake that devastated Gujarat, local people still live in tents or temporary shelters. |
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Jenny shouted with a voice of thunder that shook the air in a composed earthquake. |
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The senator accused the Australian Government of being miserly with its earthquake relief fund. |
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First, the earthquake occurred near the earth's surface, at a depth of approximately eleven kilometers. |
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The region experiences a high rate of seismic activity, making it susceptible to earthquake damage. |
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The tsunami was caused by an earthquake and was unrelated to climate change. |
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Last September, Taiwan suffered a massive earthquake which measured 7.3 on the Richter scale. |
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Next to the turntable, the car shop had lost much of it's walls to earthquake damage over the years. |
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There were no reports of damage or injuries, and the earthquake did not trigger a tsunami. |
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In October an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale struck Japan's Niigata prefecture. |
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In the eighth century, another earthquake struck, but by that time the city had been abandoned. |
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These observations are consistent with what seismologists are learning about how the earthquake progressed, Haeussler said. |
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Whatever the exact explanation, it is well known that not every undersea earthquake produces a tsunami. |
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As in Turkey, here too multi-storey buildings collapsed not because of the force of the earthquake but due to poor construction. |
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The human toll in the devastating Iranian earthquake seems almost unfathomable. |
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In case the dam collapses due to an earthquake or any other fault, the devastation will be unimaginable. |
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In Pakistan, rescuers are frantically searching for survivors in the rubble of Saturday's earthquake. |
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Some of these areas are accessible now only by helicopter because the roads were just completely wiped off the map by the earthquake. |
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The temblor proved that an earthquake smaller in magnitude can cause greater damage than a more powerful earthquake. |
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Columns are attached to the walls by a system of horizontal tensile wires, so as to brace the entire structure against earthquake forces. |
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For example, for more than ten years before the 1964 earthquake near Nigata, Japan, there was an anomalous uplift of the earth crust. |
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In the 70 years prior to the 1906 earthquake, a temblor of at least magnitude 6 struck the region an average of every four years, she said. |
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The insurance company upscaled the amount it estimated the earthquake would cost. |
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During a typical year, 18 major temblors and one great earthquake occur worldwide. |
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To listen to the endless vapourings on the broadcast media, you would think there had been an earthquake at Holyrood. |
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The geographic point directly above the focus is called the earthquake epicenter. |
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There was a 7.1 earthquake down south last week, and a quick sharp jolt here on Saturday night. |
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South Asian officials say the death toll has now topped 1,300 following a massive 7.6 magnitude earthquake today. |
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The assessment of specific earthquake hazards has involved seismologists, geologists, and earthquake engineers. |
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Through compilations of time-integrated geological and seismological information, areas of high earthquake risk can be identified. |
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He later attributed his discovery of reflection seismology to surviving the 1906 San Francisco earthquake as a child. |
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The earthquake resulted from horizontal displacement of the ground across a nearly vertical fault plane. |
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Reports about the 7.9 earthquake remain sketchy, but an earthquake of that magnitude can do massive damage. |
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Others, citing religious creeds of one kind or another, claim it was God that unleashed the earthquake and tidal waves to punish humanity. |
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The size and depth of these magma chambers can be determined by mapping the earthquake activity around them. |
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In California our homeowner's insurance policy had lengthy earthquake exclusions. |
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Large taluses were added to the southwest and east sides to strengthen the outer wall and to make it earthquake resistant. |
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It wasn't until after she completed her formal education that Hutton chose earthquake science, or seismology, as a profession. |
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Despite tremendous technological advances in earthquake seismology, many fundamental mysteries remain. |
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In 1932, a magnitude 8.4 thrust earthquake struck about 100 km to the north-north-west. |
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The prediction is based on tallies of recorded earthquake occurrences over hundreds of years. |
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The earthquake struck at around lunchtime on the last full day of their holiday. |
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The upper plate moves seaward, and a massive tsunami can be produced along with catastrophic destruction from earthquake shaking. |
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One has to realise that, in order for an earthquake to occur you have to accumulate strain energy. |
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A planet-wide earthquake shook it as though someone were trying to throttle it. |
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However disaster struck Messina on 28 December 1908 when an earthquake almost totally destroyed the city. |
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A major earthquake has struck Tokyo about every 75 years for the past several centuries. |
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But it was over so quickly that many people didn't realise that the shaking ground and strange deep rumble was actually an earthquake. |
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The impact of the earthquake itself also caused a lot of structural damage to buildings further inland. |
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The camp hit the headlines when scenes of destruction similar to damage after an earthquake sparked an international outcry. |
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Old-style seismographs recorded the jiggling of an earthquake on a rotating drum. |
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An earthquake in ad 62 caused serious damage, while the eruption of Vesuvius on 24 August ad 79 overwhelmed the whole town. |
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In particular, seamounts on the subducting plate may serve as earthquake nucleation sites or asperities. |
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Fears were growing today for three York tourists who were holidaying in Thailand when the Asian earthquake struck. |
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At first we thought the road was being shaken by a heavy lorry, but then my uncle said it was an earthquake. |
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The once thriving riverside town has been reduced to rubble, most of its buildings leveled by the earthquake. |
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Similar earthquake swarms were recorded in 1998 and 2001, but no explosion occurred in either year, Pierson said. |
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So now seismologists are actually recording the swarms of the earthquake activity from the volcano. |
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We want to understand the connections between aseismic deformation and earthquake occurrence. |
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The phenomenon surprised experts, who concluded the sequence was an earthquake swarm. |
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One survivor said it was literally like an earthquake and it left that building just a burned-out hulk. |
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The starting point of an earthquake under ground is called the hypocentre or focus. |
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Displacement at the hypocentre of the earthquake must be sufficiently large to propagate to the surface. |
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Or was it when you saw images of earthquake damage, diseased people or identikit pictures of recently deceased people. |
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Three days after the earthquake and devastating tsunami, bodies still litter the streets. |
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Meanwhile, in Australia, some real men were hauled from a mine after being trapped by a rockfall following an earthquake. |
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A severe rockburst shook the earth, almost like an earthquake, and buildings came tumbling down, as old-timers still recollect. |
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In 1839, the seeds of the civil rights earthquake that would rock the United States were sprinkled on a Spanish schooner named La Amistad. |
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The little logical fallacy that bugged me the most was the scene where the earthquake followed the Amtrak train. |
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Questions have also been raised over the possibility of a earthquake fault line nearby. |
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Iranian leaders have promised to rebuild the town, which is on a major earthquake fault line. |
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Then the entire world was rocked by a massive earthquake, which killed more than half the population. |
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The size of an earthquake is not only a function of the amount of displacement but also the area of the fault plane that ruptures. |
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The point on the fault plane where the earthquake rupture is initiated is called the focus or hypocentre. |
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He said that 15,000 people who had been left homeless by the earthquake would be accommodated in 20 tent camps equipped with field kitchens. |
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The impact of these disasters was worsened by a major earthquake and a plague of locusts that destroyed newly planted crops. |
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He is awake in the middle of the night and he feels as if the hotel is being rocked by an earthquake. |
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Today's shallow, thrust-type earthquake occurred off the west coast of northern Sumatra at the interface between the India and Burma plates. |
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Despite heavy, continuous rain and intermittent patches of fog, it would take an earthquake to stop us! |
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Both films take place in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that rocked northern Iran in 1990, killing nearly 50,000 people. |
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Can we develop early warning systems to protect ourselves from nature's convulsions in earthquake and storm? |
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Both Ramezani and Yari noted that it's not only Iranians who are contributing to earthquake relief. |
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As a public spokesman for seismology and earthquake hazard mitigation, Richter often showed an irascible personality. |
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Figure 1 is an isoseismal map of the earthquake zone, showing the distribution of intensities of shaking, with contours of equal intensity. |
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Robert Mallet's detailed study of the 1857 Naples earthquake resulted in the first known isoseismal map. |
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Veena Shankar was trapped in her fourth floor apartment with her two children when the doors jammed after the earthquake. |
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That factor can also be understood in terms of the longer wave train created in an earthquake of large magnitude. |
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The olive ridley turtle is one of several animal species that may have suffered a big setback as a result of last month's earthquake and tsunami. |
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Nine on the Richter scale indicates an earthquake of absolutely awesome destructive power. |
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He had been behind the counter for less than two minutes when he thought the stall had been hit by an earthquake. |
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The Taipei City mass rapid transit system was severely hit by yesterday's earthquake, with service suspended for several hours. |
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The repercussions of the Napa earthquake may go beyond toppled barrel rooms and a disrupted tourist season. |
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However, the era of earthquake seismology as a modern science began in the late 1800s with the installation of sensitive instruments called seismographs. |
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Tan had been trying to ascertain the names of the more than 5,000 schoolchildren who died in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. |
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But since the Beijing Olympics and the Sichuan earthquake in 2008, his politics have become his art. |
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An earthquake rattled the area knocking the teen hero to the ground. |
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It made her chillingly uneasy, like an earthquake shaking the house. |
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More earthquake rumbles follow, each ushering in even more layers of ungodly gorgeous sound and evoking a stomach-turning combination of fear and excitement. |
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The Neapolitan coastal resort of Baiae was favoured by rich Romans in Augustan times, although their marble villas were later overturned by an earthquake. |
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Dodson says the support thus far pales in comparison to what was offered for other disasters, such as the earthquake in Haiti. |
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It happens to open Friday, one week after the Sendai earthquake and tsunami. |
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A tsunami is essentially the same thing, with an earthquake or other event moving the ocean floor up or down and displacing titanic quantities of water. |
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Adams headlined a benefit concert for the victims of the major earthquake that killed 87,000 people, and left 3.5 million people homeless just last year. |
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The catastrophic damage resulting from the 1906 earthquake proved to be the springboard for a century of advances in the understanding and science of earthquakes. |
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An earthquake measuring 5.5 in magnitude rocked the region today. |
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The magnitude of the natural disaster that the Indian Ocean rim countries suffered from the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami is said to be the worst in living memory. |
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Similarly, the seismic vibrations produced when the ground suddenly ruptures radiate out through the Earth's interior from the rupture point, called the earthquake focus. |
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A Royal Navy survey ship has been sent to investigate the epicentre of the underwater earthquake which created the disastrous tsunami in the Indian Ocean. |
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By the time the rain woke me the next morning my stomach rumbled like the epicentre of an earthquake and I realized I had no choice but to take destiny into my own hands. |
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Kobayashi said last month's deadly earthquake in the central region of Niigata and typhoons that hit western provinces would have dampened the figures. |
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This is a satellite image of Japan showing damage after an earthquake and tsunami at the Kirin plant, Sendai. |
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When it moved, it shook his vital organs as if he was standing on an earthquake simulator in a geology museum, and when it spoke, his nerves jumped and jangled in his body. |
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Are they strong enough to withstand an earthquake or a terrorist bomb? |
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The next day, the island's volcano erupts and an earthquake follows. |
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The empiric results enable the geologist and engineer to distinguish, within the limits of a malloseismic district, the tracts to be affected disastrously by an earthquake wave. |
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The earthquake ruptured the San Sebastian system fault, one of the many structures along the transform plate boundary that separates South America from the Caribbean plate. |
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A paramedic from Lancashire has jetted out to Iran with his sniffer dog to hunt for survivors trapped in the wreckage of the devastating earthquake there. |
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Called the San Simeon earthquake after the coastal town nearest its epicenter, the temblor hit hardest in this town known for its sulfur springs and mud baths. |
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Friday's earthquake and the aftershocks have injured 559 people. |
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The earthquake resulted when Earth's crust readjusted to the pressure. |
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However, because such gigantic earthquakes are rare, these methods had been essentially unused until records of the Sumatra earthquake on modern seismometers became available. |
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Boxes filled with emergency goods are winging their way to victims of the Iranian earthquake, thanks to the kind-heartedness of Amesbury Rotary Club members. |
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It was several seconds, perhaps a minute, before jacky said that it must have been an earthquake. |
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Even if an earthquake had escaped the notice of the guards, the fact still remains that if the body was swallowed up, then the grave clothes would be as well. |
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Then a deafening cheer, as 50,000 people realized at once we had just experienced a major earthquake. |
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The cause and outcome of the earthquake swarm are uncertain at this time. |
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The sequential character is known as an earthquake swarm, a phenomenon of periodic tremors that can continue for months or even a year before quieting. |
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To be sure, we can expect to see an outpouring of domestic support akin to that following the May 2008 Sichuan earthquake. |
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In earthquake and hurricane areas there may be further requirements on how the piers are fastened to the foundations, the girders to the posts, and the joists to the girders. |
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The survey also revealed other visible evidence of the earthquake, including clearly developed scarps and cracks where the faults pass beneath glaciers. |
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It could report on earthquake damage or structural problems and warn firefighters of hot spots in buildings where fires are blazing on some floors. |
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Saturday, MARCH 12TH Curious what Disneyland is like when an earthquake hits? |
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The Boxing Day tsunami and the Sumatran earthquake on March 28, which registered 9 on the Richter scale, have made the world conscious of these massive upheavals of the Earth. |
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A first-person video taken from what looks like a hospital ward, or a DMV of sorts, as the first tremors of the earthquake strike. |
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If it leads to real change, not just in tone, but also in doctrine and policy, it would indeed be an earthquake. |
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How concerned should be we be about the imminence of an earthquake there? |
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Only the buildings that were constructed of more substantial materials survived the earthquake. |
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Rose, a young woman abducted and torturously stashed in earthquake ruins last June, was forced to flee to the countryside after her kidnappers made a second attempt. |
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Because the bridge is not situated in an area of high seismicity, the earthquake load was not significant and was not a controlling load in the design. |
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John Thavis, author of The Vatican Diaries called the document an earthquake. |
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The most persuasive evidence for the existence of subduction zones is the narrow Benioff zones of earthquake epicentres dipping away from deep-sea trenches. |
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Interestingly if you search for it online, pretty much the first thing you get is a long page by earthquake experts explaining precisely why it's total bunk. |
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Heavy rains are expected in the earthquake zone this weekend. |
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The stop the war movement has been a political earthquake in Britain. |
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The bridge might be solid and well-made, but if an earthquake causes one or both hills to shake, the bridge is weakened. |
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Where homes once stood, there were scenes resembling an earthquake zone. |
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As part of its retrofit, the building was given a foundation system that allows it to move 28 inches in any horizontal direction in an earthquake. |
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Meanwhile, traumatised survivors are thronging to mosques and the few psychiatric wards as they try to grapple with the mental shocks of Kashmir's devastating earthquake. |
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Apparently, a great earthquake caused a cataclysmic rush of water to submerge the parish of Feadaill at the south end of the loch, and all its inhabitants perished. |
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The earthquake struck an area that is mostly barren plains with scattered fertile land, in the shadow of the snow-crested mountains of the Hindu Kush. |
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A 5.1-magnitude earthquake triggered the collapse of the mountain's north flank, unloosing the biggest landslide ever recorded and an eruption equal to 500 Hiroshimas. |
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It's a time trap, one big playground that sucks you in before you even get to the earthquake simulator or the suspended skeleton of a sperm whale. |
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They moved out, leaving few original inhabitants, and after a 1957 earthquake, the village was completely devoid of inhabitants. |
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When they noticed that many shallow earthquakes came from under it, they searched seismograph records for similar earthquake centers in unsounded parts of the oceans. |
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In 2010 Cuba provided the largest contingent of medical staff during the aftermath of the huge earthquake that shook Haiti. |
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The Japan Times on March 6, 2010, reported that in folklore the fish comes to the beach as an omen of an earthquake. |
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The fund-raisers of South Lakeland and Furness are showing no signs of fatigue as events continue across the district in aid of the Asian earthquake appeal. |
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After the Italians invaded during World War II, an earthquake in 1953, measuring 7.3 on the Richter Scale caused much damage to it and other Ionian islands. |
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In 1997, an earthquake in Assisi caused the collapse of the main cathedral and killed ten people. |
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The area between Ferrara and bologna has had 800 aftershocks since the May 20 earthquake, which is worrying to seismologists. |
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We have been shocked at the terrible news of the earthquake followed by the tidal waves which have caused so much terrible destruction and loss of human life. |
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They have developed algorithms to detect precursory earthquake patterns. |
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On Oct. 17, 1989, the loma Prieta earthquake struck while Lewis sat behind the bars of his prison cell. |
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It is important to realise that the earthquake was not a total apocalypse. |
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Seismologists use geodetic observations such as measurements of tilt and land deformation to predict when an earthquake might be about to take place. |
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The best we can offer is a probability that an earthquake might occur along a fault in a given period of time. |
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He last visited New Zealand in March 2011, shortly after the Christchurch earthquake. |
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Bridges can be designed either to remain elastic during the design earthquake or to undergo irreversible but controlled deformation or displacement. |
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The turbulence shook the jet like an earthquake high in the air. |
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Remember, Karl's scoop last week, timed to the testimony of the three consular aides, set off an earthquake. |
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And obviously, with an earthquake, you do not get advance notice. |
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The foreign minister was particularly scorned for going to the opera on Sunday night and not turning up for work until 31 hours after the earthquake. |
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Condominia on barrier reefs, hotels on exotic beaches, private homes on earthquake fault lines, and ecolodges in volcanic zones are becoming more common. |
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When the Indian state of Gujarat was hit by an earthquake in 2001, thousands of families among Britain's estimated 650,000 people of Gujarati descent were directly affected. |
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There is evidence for inundation by the tsunami caused by the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. |
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A likely triggering mechanism is thought to have been an earthquake causing. |
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The earthquake was of type subduction mechanism, where Indian-Australian plate subduct to the Eurasian plate. |
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The new earthquake devices will be installed under the ocean on the Hikurangi Subduction Zone within the week. |
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The new earthquake devices were installed under the ocean on the Hikurangi Subduction Zone. |
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Seismologists do not rule out the potential of the earthquake striking Oman's eastern coast from the Makran subduction zone. |
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Within one second of the earthquake hitting, the control rods had been inserted and the nuclear reaction had stopped. |
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China's Szechwan province recently went through a devastating earthquake on May 12 this year, which resulted in 70,000 deaths and 20,000 missing. |
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The raids of the Huns and Ostrogoths in the 5th century ravaged the town and the earthquake a century later added to its demise. |
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A BRITISH backpacker on a gap year died following the earthquake in Nepal, his family confirmed last night. |
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With the news of the earthquake in the Samoa region, perhaps Ticketmaster can donate their handling charges to the relief effort? |
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Crews are making major earthquake repairs and tucking wiring, plumbing and ductwork inside the skin of the historic, elegant building. |
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Villaraza, ASEP president, shared his knowledge on wind and earthquake engineering, which are vital factors in structural designs. |
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The earthquake caused major damage in Port-au-Prince, Jacmel and other settlements in the region. |
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The epicenter of the earthquake was located in Hindu Kush Region, the border areas of Afghanistan and Tajikistan at a depth of 86 kilometers. |
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The hypocenter of the earthquake was located about 130km off the Pacific coast of Tohoku region, from Iwate to Ibaraki Prefectures, the JMA said. |
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For example, ENVI can produce maps for crop irrigation management, studies of earthquake fault line movements and analysis of forest growth. |
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But on Nick's first afternoon working alone in the book shop, a devastating earthquake strikes, followed by raging firestorms across the city. |
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A strong earthquake in southern China's Yunnan province killed at least 381 people and injured more than 1,800, The Irrawaddy reported. |
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After the earthquake, many houses needed to be reconstructed. |
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The model will be used to simulate the effects of an earthquake. |
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After the Loma Prieta earthquake, they had to put cribbing under portions of San Francisco's Embarcadero Freeway, for fear it would collapse. |
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Last year's earthquake crushed his house, his livelihood and very nearly his leg, he said, pointing to a plastered limb that refuses to heal. |
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This earthquake was an earthstorm. Hills were waves, and houses cast adrift were wrecked on them. |
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The theory is a vast underwater landslide in the English Channel was triggered by the earthquake, which in turn caused a tsunami. |
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The tsunami triggered by the 1755 Lisbon earthquake reached Holland, although the waves had lost their destructive power. |
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Architectural models were built for tests, and the effects of an earthquake were simulated by marching troops around the models. |
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The Virginia Seismic Zone has not had a history of regular earthquake activity. |
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The earthquake was reportedly felt as far away as Toronto, Atlanta and Florida. |
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The cathedral was seriously damaged by an earthquake of 1382, losing its bells and campanile. |
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In the great earthquake of 1382 the campanile fell, destroying the first three named bells. |
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Following the Japanese earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 Honda announced plans to halve production at its UK plants. |
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One hundred and one UN personnel died in the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the worst loss of life in the organization's history. |
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The island was somewhat affected by the tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. |
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The song was written in support after the earthquake that affected Mexico on 19 September. |
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Tickets were auctioned, raising over half a million US dollars for the NGO's 2010 Haiti earthquake relief. |
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An example of a landslide lake is Quake Lake, which formed as a result of the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake. |
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It was dedicated on September 6, 1921 and was considered one of the first earthquake resistant structures built in North America. |
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The great Sicilian earthquake of 1693 forced the complete rebuilding on new plans of many towns. |
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As at 2010 the trust was actively involved in relief efforts following the Yushu earthquake. |
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Another recent study has claimed water in faults vaporizes during an earthquake, depositing gold. |
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The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake caused destruction and loss of life throughout the Bay Area. |
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The main cause of this decline is the February 2010 Chile earthquake and tsunami. |
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Because of the 1964 Alaska earthquake, the plans raised some concerns of the test triggering earthquakes and causing a tsunami. |
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The energy measured in a seismogram may result from an earthquake or from some other source, such as an explosion. |
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Just a few years before the latter earthquake, the island was struck by a ferocious plague. |
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The city was razed to the ground by the earthquake and the subsequent tsunami and ensuing fires. |
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A tsunami cannot be precisely predicted, even if the magnitude and location of an earthquake is known. |
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Geologists, oceanographers, and seismologists analyse each earthquake and based on many factors may or may not issue a tsunami warning. |
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A sufficiently large earthquake magnitude and other information triggers a tsunami warning. |
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Computers assist in analysing the tsunami risk of every earthquake that occurs in the Pacific Ocean and the adjoining land masses. |
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Some zoologists hypothesise that some animal species have an ability to sense subsonic Rayleigh waves from an earthquake or a tsunami. |
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The phenomenon was also noted by media sources in Sri Lanka in the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. |
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Two other possibilities are that end of ice age deposits either just grew too large and collapsed or they were destabilised by an earthquake. |
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None in this study occurred before 1727, but the same team devoted an article to the 1580 earthquake that year, the classic study. |
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An earthquake in 1580 split the tower in two, and at one time it threatened to collapse completely. |
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In combination with subsequent fires and a tsunami, the earthquake almost totally destroyed Lisbon and adjoining areas. |
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The earthquake accentuated political tensions in the Kingdom of Portugal and profoundly disrupted the country's colonial ambitions. |
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In 1755, the earthquake struck on the morning of 1 November, the holy day of All Saints' Day. |
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Such a hypothesis was raised by reviewing letters sent by Brazilian authorities at the time of the earthquake. |
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Several buildings that had suffered little earthquake damage were destroyed by the subsequent fire. |
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The recovery from the earthquake also led to a rise in the wage premium of construction workers. |
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The earthquake and its fallout strongly influenced the intelligentsia of the European Age of Enlightenment. |
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Rousseau used the earthquake as an argument against cities as part of his desire for a more naturalistic way of life. |
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Hamacher claims that the foundational certainty of Descartes' philosophy began to shake following the Lisbon earthquake. |
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He ordered a query sent to all parishes of the country regarding the earthquake and its effects. |
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The geological causes of this earthquake and the seismic activity in the region continue to be discussed and debated by contemporary scientists. |
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The Dogger Bank earthquake of 1931 was the strongest earthquake recorded in the United Kingdom since measurements began. |
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In 2011, due to a serious earthquake, the nuclear power facility in Fukushima was damaged. |
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On 22 August, she landed provisions for destitute earthquake victims in Peru. |
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This decline was made worse by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which killed nearly 16,000 people. |
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The much improved data from the WWSSN instruments allowed seismologists to map precisely the zones of earthquake concentration worldwide. |
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Both seismic belts meet in Indonesia, making the region has relatively high occurrences of earthquake and volcanic eruption. |
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On 26 December 2004 the countries surrounding the Indian Ocean were hit by a tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. |
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Scientific studies have concluded that an earthquake occurring along this fault zone could generate a significant tsunami. |
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Knowledge of the earthquake and tsunami risks has not been widespread among the general public of the islands located near the trench. |
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On 11 October 1918, the western coast of the island was hit by a major earthquake which caused a tsunami. |
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In 1953, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, was affected by the Santo Domingo earthquake. |
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The location, depth and mechanism of the earthquake are consistent with the event occurring on this subduction zone interface. |
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In 1994, a terrible earthquake happened and Japanese yen became weaker and weaker. |
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All together, these implement the system of earthquake protection called base isolation. |
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Big Pool shows evidence for inundation by the 1775 Lisbon tsunami that was caused by the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. |
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