for pp semi protected small yes Image Quake epicenters 1963 98.png thumb 300px Global earthquake epicenter ... An earthquake also known as a quake , tremor or temblor is the result of a sudden release of energy ... to the possible magnitude. The most recent large earthquake of magnitude 9.0 or larger was a 2011 T hoku earthquake and tsunami 9.0 magnitude earthquake in Japan in 2011 as of March 2011 , and it was the largest Japanese earthquake since records began. Intensity of shaking is measured on the modified Mercalli intensity scale Mercalli scale . The shallower an earthquake, the more damage to structures ... Earthquake FAQ publisher Crustal.ucsb.edu date accessdate 2011 07 24 ref At the Earth s surface, earthquakes ... of a large earthquake is located offshore, the seabed may be displaced sufficiently to cause a tsunami ... sense, the word earthquake is used to describe any seismic event whether natural or caused by humans ... nuclear testing nuclear tests . An earthquake s point of initial rupture is called its focus earthquake focus or hypocenter . The epicenter is the point at ground level directly above the hypocenter ... of the rock, thus causing an earthquake. This process of gradual build up of strain and stress punctuated by occasional sudden earthquake failure is referred to as the elastic rebound theory . It is estimated that only 10 percent or less of an earthquake s total energy is radiated as seismic energy. Most of the earthquake s energy is used to power the earthquake Fracture geology fracture ... cite web last Spence first William coauthors S. A. Sipkin, G. L. Choy title Measuring the Size of an Earthquake ... topics measure.php accessdate 2006 11 03 ref Earthquake fault types main Fault geology There are three main types of fault that may cause an earthquake normal, reverse thrust and strike slip. Normal ... less than magnitude 7. This is so because the energy released in an earthquake, and thus its ... 72, No. 1, pp. 151 163 ref ref Sibson, R. H. 2002 Geology of the crustal earthquake source International ... more details
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Earthquakes Expert subject Earthquakes date March 2011 Seismologist s sometimes refer to a a pair of similarly sized earthquake shocks that occur relatively closely spaced in time and location as an earthquake doublet. ref name USGS cite web title Magnitude 7.8 VANUATU Summary publisher USGS date 2009 10 07 url http earthquake.usgs.gov eqcenter recenteqsww Quakes us2009mlcx.php summary accessdate 2009 10 09 ref This is distinct from the normal pattern of earthquake aftershock s. The first earthquake can be some considerable distance and time away from the second. ref cite web url http www.scientificblogging.com news releases doublet earthquakes and earthquake dynamics title Doublet Earthquakes And Earthquake Dynamics date January 30, 2008 publisher scientificblogging.com accessdate 2010 02 03 ref References reflist External links http www.bssaonline.org cgi content abstract 89 5 1147 Worldwide doublets of large shallow earthquakes http www.nature.com nature journal v451 n7178 abs nature06521.html A great earthquake doublet and seismic stress transfer cycle in the central Kuril islands DEFAULTSORT Doublet Earthquake Category Types of earthquake earthquake stub ... more details
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Earthquake clouds are cloud s claimed to be signs of imminent earthquake s. They have been described in antiquity In chapter 32 of his work Brihat Samhita , Indian scholar Varahamihira 505&ndash 587 discussed a number of signs warning of earthquakes, including extraordinary clouds occurring a week before the earthquake. ref http timesofindia.indiatimes.com articleshow 39647948.cms ref In modern times, a few scientists claim to have observed clouds associated with a seismic event, sometimes more than 50 days in advance of the earthquake. Some have even claimed to accurately predict earthquake occurrences by observing clouds. ref http www.informaworld.com smpp content content a783054959 db all order page ref However, these claims have very little support in the scientific community. ref http environment.newscientist.com channel earth mg19826514.600 curious cloud formations linked to quakes.html?feedId online news rss20 Curious cloud formations linked to quakes Distinctive cloud formations were spotted above an active fault in Iran before each of two large earthquakes occurred New Scientist , 11 April 2008 subscription required ref . Research on Earthquake clouds is mostly in China and Japan. See also Earthquake light Earthquake prediction Earthquake weather Resources references Category Pseudoscience Category Cloud types Category Earthquake and seismic risk mitigation id Awan gempa ja tr Deprem bulutu zh ... more details
Earthquakes An earthquake sensitive is a person who claims to have the ability to predict earthquake ... be scientifically employed in earthquake prediction . Sensitives often claim to feel manifest physical and mental effects prior to an earthquake, including Ringing medicine ringing of the ears , dizziness ... that earthquake sensitives are genuinely able to predict earthquakes, and the so called ... has been demonstrated. ref Orey, p. 73 ref Jim Berkland s claim to earthquake sensitivity was formally ... as those of other alleged earthquake sensitives. ref http www.csicop.org specialarticles show psychic ... falsely predicted a very large earthquake, expected to be of Moment Magnitude Scale magnitude 8 , for North Carolina . ref https www2.bc.edu kafka ge187.f00 ge187f00 lect12.html Failed Earthquake ... to earthquakes are similar to the causes of earthquake sensitivity in animals. When pressure builds up prior to an earthquake, the quartz crystal in Earth s interior is deformed and creates an electrical ... to animals. It is theorised that some earthquake sensitives may also be reacting to a change in the electromagnetism ... that radon is emitted prior to an earthquake, enough to be noticed by sensitive humans. ref name O66 Orey, p. 66. ref One earthquake sensitive mentioned in sensitive Cal Orey s The Man Who Predicts ... ref name O66 Other pains aches ref name O66 Notable predictions Since the 1970s, a variety of earthquake ... predicted a magnitude 5.2 earthquake on Thanksgiving . ref Orey, p. 76. ref In January 1980, Mark Waterman, of Walnut Creek, California , experienced ear tones and predicted an earthquake would hit nearby. The following day, a Richter scale magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck in Livermore, California ... an earthquake. A few days later, he had a d j vu experience when his friend asked him exactly the same question about an earthquake of magnitude 5.1 which had occurred in Sharpsburg, Kentucky . On October ... 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake , or World Series earthquake, hit California. ref name Orey, p. 67 Orey ... more details
Earthquakes Unreferenced date May 2007 An interplate earthquake is an earthquake that occurs at the boundary between two tectonic plate s. If one plate is trying to move past the other, they will be locked until sufficient stress builds up to cause the plates to slip relative to each other. The slipping process creates an earthquake with land deformations and resulting seismic wave s which travel through the Earth and along the Earth s surface. Relative plate motion can be lateral as along a transform fault boundary or vertical if along a convergent subduction boundary or a rift geology rift at a divergent boundary. At a subduction boundary the motion is due to one plate slipping beneath the other plate resulting in an interplate thrust or megathrust earthquake . Some areas of the world that are particularly prone to such events include the west coast of North America especially California and Alaska , the northeastern Mediterranean region Greece , Italy , and Turkey in particular , Iran , New Zealand , Indonesia , Japan , and parts of China . See also Intraplate earthquake Fault mechanics Category Plate tectonics Category Types of earthquake tectonics stub it Terremoti tettonici pt Sismo interplacas ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Earthquake Type studio Longtype Artist Electric Sun Cover electricsunearthquake.jpg Released 1979 Recorded November 1978 and January 1979 at Olympic Studios, London Genre Length Label Brain Metronome Producer Uli Jon Roth Reviews Allmusic Rating 3.5 5 Allmusic class album id r251265 pure url yes link Last album This album Earthquake br 1979 Next album Fire Wind br 1980 Earthquake is the first album from Uli Jon Roth s Electric Sun band. It was released in 1979 by Metronome GmbH . Track listing All compositions by Uli Roth Electric Sun 5 16 Lilac 2 49 Burning Wheels Turning 6 41 Japanese Dream 3 52 Sundown 4 06 Winterdays 1 25 Still So Many Lives Away 4 40 Earthquake 10 31 Personnel Uli Roth John Arangel guitar s Clive Edwards Drum kit drums Ule Ritgen bass guitar Produced by Uli Roth for Breeze Music DEFAULTSORT Earthquake Album Category 1979 albums Category Electric Sun albums 1970s rock album stub bg Earthquake it Earthquake Electric Sun ... more details
main Earthquake engineering Image Shaking NDC.jpg thumb right Shake table destructive testing of a model non ductile 6 storey building Earthquake simulation applies a real or simulated vibrational input to a structure that possesses the essential features of a real seismic event. Earthquake simulations are generally performed to study the effects of earthquakes on man made engineered structures, or on natural features which may present a hazard during an earthquake. Dynamic experiments on building and non building structure s may be physical &ndash as with Earthquake shaking table shake table testing &ndash or virtual based on computer simulation . In all cases, to verify a structure s expected seismic performance , researchers prefer to deal with so called real time histories though the last cannot be real for a hypothetical earthquake specified by either a building code or by some particular research requirements. Shake table testing The best way to do it Fact date January 2009 is to put the structure on a earthquake shaking table shake table that simulates the seismic loading and watch what may happen next if you have no time to stand out in the field and wait for a real earthquake to strike, of course . The earliest such experiments were performed more than a century ago ref name SeismicExperiments cite book title Seismic Experiments on the Fracturing and Overturning of Columns author Omori, F. date 1900 publisher Publ. Earthquake Invest. Comm. In Foreign Languages, N.4, Tokyo ref Computational approaches Another way is to evaluate the seismic performance earthquake performance analytically. The very first earthquake simulations were performed by statically applying some ... 2 External links http www.nsf.gov news special reports nees about.jsp Network for Earthquake Engineering ... Earthquake Simulation Category Building Category Earthquake engineering ru simple Earthquake performance simulation ... more details
Refimprove date February 2007 main Earthquake engineering Image Sanfranciscoearthquake1906.jpg thumb right 1906 San Francisco earthquakeEarthquake insurance is a form of property insurance that pays the policyholder in the event of an earthquake that causes damage to the property. Most ordinary homeowners insurance policies do not cover earthquake loss. Most earthquake insurance policies feature a high ... if the home is merely damaged. Rates depend on location and the probability of an earthquake .... In the past, earthquake loss was assessed using a collection of mass inventory data and was based mostly on experts opinions. Today it is estimated using a Damage Ratio DR , a ratio of the earthquake ... Financial Management of Earthquake Risk author EERI Endowment Subcommittee date May 2000 publisher ... an earthquake strong enough to destroy one home will probably destroy dozens of homes in the same area ... earthquake will quickly drain all the company s resources. Insurance companies devote much study and effort toward risk management to avoid such cases. California Earthquake insurance has become a political issue in California , whose residents purchase more earthquake insurance than residents of any other state in the United States of America U.S. After the 1994 Northridge earthquake ... insurance must also offer earthquake insurance. Eventually the legislature created a mini policy that could be sold by any insurer to comply with the mandatory offer law only earthquake loss due ... agency called the CEA California Earthquake Authority . Membership in the CEA by insurers is voluntary ... from member insurers . The state of California specifically states that it does not back up CEA earthquake insurance, in the event that claims from a major earthquake were to drain all CEA funds, nor will it cover claims from non CEA insurers if they were to become insolvent due to earthquake loss ... the Japanese Earthquake Reinsurance scheme in 1966, and the scheme has been revised several times ... more details
Earthquakes Image MexicaliEarthquakeSwarm.gif thumb 250px February 2008 swarm near Mexicali . Earthquake swarms are events where a local area experiences sequences of many earthquake s striking in a relatively short period of time. The length of time used to define the swarm itself varies, but the United States Geological Survey points out that an event may be on the order of days, weeks, or months. ref citeweb title Earthquake Swarms at Yellowstone url http volcanoes.usgs.gov yvo 2004 Apr04Swarm.html publisher United States Geological Survey accessdate 2008 08 27 ref They are differentiated from earthquakes succeeded by a series of aftershock s by the observation that no single earthquake in the sequence is obviously the main shock. Earthquake swarms are one of the events typically preceding eruptions of Volcano volcanoes . One example was the so called Mogul earthquake sequence that began in February 2008 near Reno, Nevada and continued for several months, ending in November 2008. ref citeweb title Swarm of earthquakes shakes Reno area url http www.azcentral.com news articles 2008 04 30 20080430renoquakes0430 ON.html author Ashley Powers coauthors Thomas H. Maugh II publisher Los Angeles Times accessdate 2008 08 27 ref Between February and April the swarm produced more than 1,000 quakes of small magnitude, although the largest measured 4.7. Another example was that affecting the island of El Hierro . From July 2011 until October 2011, hundreds of small earthquakes were measured. The accumulated energy released by the swarm increased dramatically on 28 September. ref http www.02.ign.es ign resources volcanologia html energiaHierro.html ref The swarm was due to the movement ... marcha Hierro elpepusoc 20111010elpepusoc 5 Tes ref See also Blanco Fracture Zone Earthquake storm Gutenberg Richter law Remotely triggered earthquakes Seismology References reflist Category Earthquake swarms Category Tectonics earthquake stub es Enjambre s smico it Sciame sismico ja zh ... more details
File St. Augustine Church.jpg thumb Paoay Church , an earthquake baroque architecture in the Philippines, with thick buttresses supporting the walls. Earthquake Baroque is a style of Baroque architecture found in places like the Philippines and Guatemala , which suffered destructive earthquake s during the 17th century and 18th century, where large public buildings, such as Church building churches were rebuilt in a Baroque style. ref http www.bootsnall.com articles 05 06 antiguas environs antigua guatemala.html Antigua s Environs Antigua, Guatemala . BootsnAll Indie Travel Guide. Retrieved on 2011 07 06. ref Similar events lead to the Pombaline Downtown Pombaline architecture in Lisbon following the 1755 Lisbon earthquake and Sicilian Baroque in Sicily following the 1693 Sicily earthquake 1693 earthquake . Characteristics In the Philippines, destruction of earlier churches from frequent earthquakes have made the church proportion lower and wider side walls were made thicker and heavily buttress ed for stability during shaking. The upper structures were made with lighter materials. ref name City Bell towers are usually lower and stouter compared to towers in less seismically active regions of the world. ref Finch, Ric. http www.rutahsa.com antigua.html Antigue Guatemala Monumental City of the Americas . Rutahsa Adventures. Retrieved on 2011 07 06. ref Towers have thicker girth in the lower levels, progressively narrowing to the topmost level. ref name City http www.aenet.org manila expo page16.htm The City of God Churches, Convents and Monasteries . Discovering Philippines. Retrieved on 2011 07 06. ref File La Merced Church Antigua Guatemala 2.jpg thumb La Merced Church in Antigua ... http heritageconservation.wordpress.com 2006 07 27 paoay church Earthquake Baroque Paoay Church in the Ilocos ... antigua guatemala.html San Pedro de las Huertas , an Earthquake Baroque church in Guatemala http www.aenet.org manila expo page16.htm Earthquake baroque churches of the Philippines Category Baroque ... more details
skin. ref Kaminski, John. http www.marvunapp.com Appendix4 earthquakeimpguard.htm Earthquake, Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe. Accessed Apr. 22, 2009. ref In other media Television Earthquake ... Appendix4 earthquakeimpguard.htm Earthquake Category Comics characters introduced in 1980 Category ... more details
Image EQ storm Turkey.png thumb 300 px Diagram showing westward progression of major earthquakes along the North Anatolian Fault An earthquake storm is a recently proposed theory about earthquake s, where one triggers a series of other large earthquakes&mdash along the same plate tectonics plate boundary&mdash as the stress transfers along the fault system. This is similar to the idea of aftershock s, with the exception that they take place years apart. These series of earthquakes can devastate entire countries or geographical regions. Possible events may have occurred during the end of the Bronze Age , and the latter part of the Roman Empire . It has been suggested that this is what may be North Anatolian Fault occurring in modern day Turkey . ref cite web url http www.bbc.co.uk science horizon 2003 earthquakestorms.shtml title Earthquake Storms work Horizon BBC TV series Horizon date 9pm April 1, 2003 accessdate 2007 05 02 ref The term was coined by Stanford Professor of Geophysics Amos Nur in 2000. ref cite journal title Poseidon s Horses Plate Tectonics and Earthquake Storms in the Late Bronze Age Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean journal Journal of Archaeological Science year 2000 author Amos Nur volume 27 pages 43 63 url http water.stanford.edu nur EndBronzeage.pdf doi 10.1006 jasc.1999.0431 ref See also Earthquake swarm Remotely triggered earthquakes Coulomb stress transfer References reflist Category Earthquake and seismic risk mitigation ... more details
Odaesan Earthquake is an earthquake that happened in Odaesan , on January 20, 2007. ref cite web url http www.bssaonline.org cgi content abstract 100 3 1120 title The 20 January 2007 Odaesan, Korea, Earthquake Sequence Reactivation of a Buried Strike Slip Fault? Kim et al. 100 3 1120 Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America doi 10.1785 0120090069 publisher Bssaonline.org date 2007 01 20 accessdate 2010 10 24 ref ref cite web url http adsabs.harvard.edu abs 2009AGUFM.S51B1413K title Precise Location of the 2007 Odaesan Earthquake Sequence and its Tectonic Implic publisher Adsabs.harvard.edu date 2007 01 20 accessdate 2010 10 24 ref ref cite web url http bssa.geoscienceworld.org cgi content abstract 100 3 1395 title The 20 January 2007 ML 4.8 Odaesan Earthquake and Its Implications for Regional Tectonics in Korea Kim and Park 100 3 1395 Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America doi 10.1785 0120090234 publisher Bssa.geoscienceworld.org date 2007 01 20 accessdate 2010 10 24 ref ref cite web url http www.geosciences journal.org home journal library abstract view.asp?articleUID A5DC2DC3 9313 4E19 8DD7 3FFCEE36F850 title Geosciences Journal publisher Geosciences Journal date accessdate 2010 10 24 ref References reflist coord missing South Korea Category Pyeongchang Category Earthquakes in South Korea Category 2007 earthquakes Earthquake stub ko ... more details
Infobox earthquake title Duvall Earthquake image image alt imagecaption map map alt image name map2 mapsize caption date May 2, 1996 origintime 21 04 Pacific Daylight Time PDT duration magnitude 5.6 Moment magnitude scale M sub w sub depth convert 5 mi 0 abbr on location coord 47.76 N 121.85 W region US type event display inline,title type countries affected USA , Canada damage intensity aftershocks 45 casualties The Duvall Earthquake is an earthquake that hit Duvall, Washington , just outside of Seattle , at 9 04pm PDT on May 2, 1996. The exact location was 47.76 N latitude, 121.85 W longitude. It hit with Magnitude 5.6, and could be felt all over western Washington, northern Oregon, southern British Columbia, and east to Wenatchee . The earthquake was 5 miles 7 km deep. ref cite web url http www.ess.washington.edu SEIS EQ Special Duvall duval.html title The May 2 Duvall Earthquake author date October 2 1996 work publisher University of Washington Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences accessdate 18 February 2011 ref A Seattle Mariners game was in progress when the quake hit, and play was temporarily postponed to verify no structural damage to the Kingdome . ref cite web url http nisquallyquake.wordpress.com 2009 12 16 the may 2 1996 earthquake title The May 2, 1996 Earthquake author date 19 December 2009 work Stories of the Nisqually Earthquake and other NW quakes publisher Wordpress accessdate 18 February 2011 ref At least 45 aftershocks of a magnitude 2 or higher were reported in the subsequent days following the quake. This was the biggest earthquake in Washington since 1965 Olympia earthquake April 1965 until the 2001 Nisqually earthquake . ref cite web url http www.ess.washington.edu SEIS EQ Special pnwtectonics.html title Notable Pacific Northwest Earthquakes Since 1993 author date work publisher The Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network accessdate 18 February 2011 ref References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Duvall Earthquake Category Earthquakes in Washington state Category ... more details
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