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earthquake
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earthquake in Greek mythology,
Poseidon was god of earthquakes, and one of his epithets was ‘earth-shaker’.
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EARTHQUAKES:TERRY C. WALLACE
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 10/20/1999; 700+ words
; ...magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred in...California. These earthquakes occurred in...of life from earthquakes is about 17...the deadliest earthquake of this decade...one of these earthquakes, the Turkey earthquake, and talk...
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EARTHQUAKE EDUCATION AND PREPARATION STORE OPENS IN GHIRARDELLI SQUARE
PR Newswire; 1/23/1996; 700+ words
; ...can be. A cut-away of an earthquake-resistant house provides...including fully assembled earthquake kits and a variety of long...Loma Prieta and Northridge earthquakes taught us the importance...The opening of the new Earthquake Outlet in Ghirardelli Square...
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EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS PROGRAM:DAVID APPLEGATE
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 5/22/2008; 700+ words
; ...Survey (USGS) Earthquake Hazards Program...that while earthquakes are inevitable...resilience to earthquakes and other...magnitude-7.9 earthquake that struck...prehistoric earthquakes, instrumental...historical earthquake catalogs generated...
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EARTHQUAKE HAZARD REDUCTION EFFORTS:JOHN R. FILSON FEDERAL DOCUMENT CLEARING HOUSE, INC.
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 3/21/2001; 700+ words
; ...1. Very large earthquakes that occur on the...Type 2. Deep earthquakes, such as the Nisqually earthquake, occur internally...Very large Type I earthquakes are the most infrequent...the same kind of earthquake that struck Alaska...
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EARTHQUAKE FATALITIES HIGH IN 2008
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 1/6/2009; 700+ words
; ...of deaths from earthquakes in a year since...most destructive earthquake of 2008 occurred...The USGS National Earthquake Information Center...locates about 50 earthquakes per day, or about...2008, only 12 earthquakes reached a magnitude...higher, and no earthquake broke a magnitude...
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EARTHQUAKES HIGHLIGHT OHIO'S MANY FAULTS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 1/23/2006; 700+ words
; ...and before that time earthquake data for Ohio was not...recorded a total of six earthquakes in the state, ranging...slip" and generate an earthquake. Most faults in Ohio...surface. Those who study earthquakes speculate that active...Ohio could generate an earthquake with a magnitude of...
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 "The Nation (Karachi, Pakistan)")
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Earthquakes can't be avoided.
Newspaper article from: The Nation (Karachi, Pakistan); 10/30/2008; 700+ words
; ...We cannot avoid earthquake because Pakistan lies...keeping in view the earthquakes. This was stated by...geologists and experts in earthquake studies including Prof...more vulnerable to earthquake. The most dangerous...
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Backgrounder: Earthquakes above 6 magnitude in China since 1976 (2)
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 5/13/2008; 626 words
; Backgrounder: Earthquakes above 6 magnitude in...A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit Pishan County in...A 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit Jiashi (Payzawat...A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit Ninglang Autonomous...
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Earthquakes actually aftershocks of 19th century quakes.(Report)
Newspaper article from: NewsRx Health & Science; 11/22/2009; 700+ words
; ...are signs a big earthquake is coming. Fortunately...that most of these earthquakes are aftershocks...both understanding earthquakes in continents and trying to assess earthquake hazards there...magnitude 7.9 earthquake in Sichuan, China...hadn't been many earthquakes in the past ...
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USGS: Earthquake Death Toll Still Below Long-term Average
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 1/7/1999; 700+ words
; ...The strongest earthquake in 1998, one of only two great earthquakes recorded in the...built to withstand earthquakes) exists that can be destroyed in an earthquake. USGS estimates that several million earthquakes occur in the world...
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Earthquakes, Measuring
Book article from: Mathematics
...intersect is the epicenter of the earthquake. Calculating Earthquake Odds Earthquakes are naturally recurring events...methods to predict when and where earthquakes might happen.* Earthquake probabilities are based on balancing...
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earthquake
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...from a powerful earthquake can trigger smaller earthquakes in a distant...Damage Caused by Earthquakes The effects of an earthquake are strongest...outward from the earthquake epicenter and...cities. Major Earthquakes On average about...
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Earthquake
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science
...shaking vibrations associated with an earthquake. The motion of earthquakes: Seismic waves The vibrations transmitting...avalanches, landslides, and other earthquake damage. Measuring earthquakes An earthquake's power can be measured in two...
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earthquake mechanisms and plate tectonics
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
...Earth's greatest earthquakes are the result of incremental...The largest known earthquake was the 1960, M 9...coast of Chile (see earthquake hazards and prediction and earthquake seismology ). Earthquakes that occur along or...
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earthquake hazards and prediction
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
...zones (see earthquake mechanisms and...occur in large earthquakes; these are...zone megathrust earthquakes. For example...1964 Alaskan earthquake, M 9.2...occurs in large earthquakes. Earthquake-induced landslides...
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