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  1. 1966 Varto earthquake

    Earthquake title 1966 Varto earthquake date Start date August 19, 1966 magnitude 6.9 Moment magnitude scale M sub s sub depth map2 Location map Turkey relief label lat 39.2 long 41.6 mark Bullseye1.png marksize 40 position top width 250 float right caption location coord 39.2 N 41.6 E display inline,title countries affected TUR casualties 2,394 killed, 1,489 injured The Varto earthquake of 1966 was an earthquake that occurred on August 19, 1966 in Varto town of Mu Province in eastern Turkey . The magnitude of the earthquake was 6.9 on the surface wave magnitude scale and had a maximum felt intensity of IX Violent on the Mercalli intensity scale . ref http ansiklopedi.blogspot.com 2006 02 varto mu.html tr icon ref The fatalities reached 2,394 and 1,489 people were wounded. The earthquake devastated all the structures in Varto. ref http www.birebir.net detay.asp?d varto depremi tr icon ref ref name Koeri cite web url http www.koeri.boun.edu.tr sismo title Bogazici University Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute National Earthquake Monitoring Center NEMC List of earthquakes 1900 2004 last Bo azi i niversitesi language Turkish accessdate 31 January 2011 ref This disaster was preceded by an earthquake of magnitude 5.6 that hit Varto on March 7, 1966 killing 14 and wounding 75 people. ref http www.belgenet.com deprem depremt.html tr icon ref See also North Anatolian Fault References reflist Earthquakes in Turkey DEFAULTSORT Varto 1966 Category Earthquakes in Turkey Category 1966 in Turkey Category 1966 earthquakes Category Mu Province 1966 Category History of Mu 1966 Turkey hist stub earthquake stub tr 1966 Varto depremi ...   more details



  1. 1946 Varto-H?n?s earthquake

    Earthquake title 1946 Varto H n s earthquake date Start date 1946 9 10 image image alt map2 Location map Turkey relief label lat 39.3 long 41.2 mark Bullseye1.png marksize 40 position top width 250 float right caption depth location coord 39.3 41.2 display inline,title ref name NGDC cite web url http www.ngdc.noaa.gov nndc struts results?eq 0 3825&t 101650&s 13&d 22,26,13,12&nd display title Comments for the Significant Earthquake last NGDC accessdate 28 August 2010 ref magnitude 5.9 Surface wave magnitude M sub s sub intensity VIII ref name koeri cite web url http www.koeri.boun.edu.tr sismo title Bogazici University Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute National Earthquake Monitoring Center NEMC List of earthquakes 1900 2004 B y k Depremler last Bo azi i niversitesi language Turkish accessdate 28 August 2010 ref countries affected flag Turkey casualties 839 The 1946 Varto H n s earthquake occurred at 05 12 local time on 31 May. The earthquake had an estimated Surface wave magnitude magnitude of 5.9 and a maximum felt intensity of VIII destructive on the Mercalli intensity scale , causing 839 casualties. References Reflist Earthquakes in Turkey DEFAULTSORT Varto Hinis 1946 Category Earthquakes in Turkey Category 1946 earthquakes Category 1946 in Turkey Category Mu Province 1946 Earthquake stub Turkey hist stub ...   more details



  1. Varto

    Varto lang ku Gimgim is a town in eastern Turkey occupied primarily by Zaza people Dimili s. The Dimili is known as Kose, also spoken by Dimilis of Xinis. Varto was the site of a major fighting during the Sheikh Said rebellion in 1924, and the 1966 Varto earthquake 1966 earthquake that killed nearly 3,000 people. In the 1990s Varto was one of the hotbeds of Kurdish militancy led by the PKK . Although the city did not see ongoing battles, it was the hometown of many fighters and leading PKK commanders. The Turkish military garrison stationed in the city is surrounded by barbed wire and sandbags. The garrison patrols the city in armored personnel carriers cars , though there has been no fighting in or around the city since the 1990s. Most Zazaki language Dimili speakers are Alevis , whereas most Kurdish speakers are Sunnis . The communities had a separate and quiet existence until recently. The last two decades have seen significant intermarriage, partially aided by the advance of Kurdish nationalism. Varto consists of the main city and 99 villages. The population of Varto city is around 13,000 with another 17,000 living in the villages. In summer Varto and its villages are filled by expatriates that swell the total population well past the 75,000 mark. The current mayor is G l en De er Peace and Democracy Party BDP . The former mayor of Varto, Demir Celik , a pharmacist, is chairman of the Peace and Democracy Party BDP . External links http www.vartositesi.com Vartositesi.com Districts of Turkey provname Mu image Mus coord 39 10 10 N 41 27 15 E region TR type city 10000 display title Category Populated places in Mu Province EAnatolia geo stub cbk zam Varto de Varto fr Varto sw Varto ku Gimgim ru tr Varto, Mu diq Varto ...   more details



  1. 1966 Xingtai earthquake

    Earthquake title Xingtai earthquake date start date March 8, 1966 br China time zone map 1966 Xingtai Earthquake.svg depth location coord 37 04 N 114 29 E display inline,title magnitude 7.2 strongest quake countries affected People s Republic of China casualties 8,064 dead, 38,000 injured The Xingtai Earthquake zh c linktext p linktext X ng t i D D zh n was a sequence of major earthquakes that took place between March 8 and March 29, 1966 in the area administered by the prefecture level city of Xingtai in southern Hebei province, People s Republic of China . The first earthquake with magnitude 6.8 on the Richter scale and epicenter in Longyao County occurred in the early morning of March 8, 1966. It was followed by a sequence of five earthquakes above magnitude 6 on the Richter scale that lasted until March 29, 1966. The strongest of these quakes had a magnitude of 7.2 and took place in the southeastern part of Ningjin County on March 22 ref http kepu.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk english quake outline otl05.html China Virtual Museum Earthquakes ref . The earthquake damage included 8,064 dead, 38,000 injured and more than 5 million destroyed houses ref http houston.china consulate.org eng nv t439315.htm Major earthquakes on Chinese mainland since 1966 by the Consulate General of the People s Republic of China in Houston ref . References reflist DEFAULTSORT 1966 Xingtai Earthquake Category Earthquakes in China Category 1966 in China Xingtai Category 1966 earthquakes Xingtai China hist stub earthquake stub zh ...   more details



  1. Juha Varto

    BLPrefimprove date February 2010 Juha Varto born 27 June 1949 is a Finnish philosopher, considered the most important Phenomenology philosophy phenomenologist in Finland, ref name analytic cite book title Analytic philosophy in Finland year 2003 isbn 9042008377 pages 496 url http books.google.com books?id 1bMpeL1p3KIC&pg PA496&dq 22Juha Varto 22&hl en&ei wokhTcW3M8WQswbu9tD6DQ&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 8&ved 0CEQQ6AEwBw v onepage&q Varto&f false author Leila Haaparanta coauthors Ilkka Niiniluoto accessdate 3 January 2011 ref known also for his prolific output on a variety of philosophical themes. Since 1999 he has been professor of research in visual art and education at the Aalto University School of Art and Design, Helsinki . Before that he taught research methodology and acted ... philosophy at the University of Tampere 1973 1993 . During the 1990s Varto produced citation ... Academy Helsinki. Career Varto s early philosophical interest was in the history of logic his mentor ... . Varto s doctoral thesis dealt with the subject of 12th century logic. Later he wrote on questions that touch upon the relationship between formal and philosophical in logic. Varto s main corpus .... In recent years Varto has published extensive texts on aesthetics and artistic thinking and the methodology ... philosophy Phenomenology emerged around Varto s scholarship activities in the 1980s. This group ... Phenomenological Institute , but after Varto moved to Helsinki it became known as the Society of European .... Like Varto himself, the Institute and later the Society has been active in civil and public ... particular school. ref name analytic Books by Varto in English and German Formal and Philosophical ... Books by Varto in Finnish Nuoruuden viisaus ja muita kirjeit peruskysymyksest The Wisdom ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Varto, Juha ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Varto, Juha Category Finnish philosophers ...   more details



  1. Earthquake

    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 ... over the range of validity of the Richter scale of an earthquake is conventionally reported, with 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 it causes, all else being equal. ref http www.crustal.ucsb.edu outreach faq.php Earthquake FAQ ref At the Earth s surface ... earthquake epicenter 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. Earthquakes away from plate boundaries main Intraplate earthquake Where ...   more details



  1. 1966

    Use mdy dates date March 2011 Year dab 1966 Year nav 1966 C20 year in topic NOTOC Year 1966 Roman numerals MCMLXVI was a common year starting on Saturday link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar . Events January January 1 &ndash In a coup, Colonel Jean B del Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic , ousting President David Dacko . January 2 &ndash A strike of public transportation workers in New York City begins it will end January 13 . January 3 &ndash The first Acid Tests Acid Test is conducted at the Fillmore , San Francisco . January 4 A military ... kiloton hydrogen bomb s near the town of Palomares, Almer a Palomares , and one into the sea, in the 1966 ... by Udo J rgens, text by Udo J rgens and Thomas H rbiger wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 for Austria ..., 1966 British General Election , gaining a 96 seat majority which is a great improvement upon ... work BBC News title 1966 Harold Wilson wins sweeping victory date March 31, 1966 ref The Soviet Union .... April 13 &ndash United States president Lyndon Johnson signs the 1966 Uniform Time Act , dealing ... the Cultural Revolution 1966 May 16 Notice , marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution ... son Ntare V , who is in turn deposed by prime minister Michel Micombero . July 11 &ndash The 1966 ... football team England beats Germany national football team West Germany 4 2 to win the 1966 FIFA ... s Communist Party. An earthquake in Turkey kills 2,394 and injures 10,000. August 15 Syria n and Israel ... larger, at the in Phuoc Tuy Province, Republic of Vietnam . August 19 &ndash An earthquake in eastern ... Births Herman Vizcarra Ortiz June 17 1966 Skate boarder January 1 &ndash Anna Burke , Australia n ... Andersson ice hockey b. 1966 Mikael Andersson , Swedish ice hockey player Jonathan Edwards athlete Jonathan ... Sherman Alexie , Native American author October 8 &ndash Aaron Callaghan footballer born 1966 Aaron ..., editor, musician Martin Taylor footballer born 1966 Martin Taylor , footballer coach Natee Thongsookkaew ...   more details



  1. Earthquake insurance

    Earthquake Reinsurance scheme in 1966, and the scheme has been revised several times since. ref http www.sonpo.or.jp protection disaster earthquake 0015.html , Retrieved on 2008 05 ...Refimprove date February 2007 main Earthquake engineering Image Sanfranciscoearthquake1906.jpg thumb right 1906 San Francisco earthquake Earthquake 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 ... if the home is merely damaged. Rates depend on location and the probability of an earthquake ..., insurance companies must be careful when assigning this type of insurance, because an earthquake ... 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 , nearly ... 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 to structural ... called the CEA California Earthquake Authority . Membership in the CEA by insurers is voluntary and 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 es. http ... year 2008 month April title Earthquake Insurance in Japan edition 2nd ed. url http www.nliro.or.jp english earthquake.html ref Homeowners may buy earthquake insurance from an insurance company as an optional ...   more details



  1. Iceland earthquake

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  1. Managua earthquake

    Managua earthquake may refer to 1931 Nicaragua earthquake 1972 Nicaragua earthquake disambig Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ...   more details



  1. Christchurch earthquake

    Christchurch earthquake may refer to 2010 Canterbury earthquake on 4 September 2010 2011 Christchurch earthquake on 22 February 2011 disambig ...   more details



  1. L'Aquila earthquake

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  1. Earthquake light

    varies, in the 1930 Idu earthquake, lights were reported up to 70 miles from the epicenter. ref name autogenerated1 Lane, F. W. The Elements Rage David & Charles 1966 , pp175 6 ref Earthquake lights ...An earthquake light is an unusual luminous aerial phenomenon that reportedly appears in the sky at or near ... photographs were taken during the Matsushiro earthquake swarm in Nagano , Japan, from ... cite web url http earthquake.usgs.gov learning faq ?categoryID 8&faqID 103 title FAQs What are earthquake ... January 2005 accessdate July 11, 2009 ref Appearance The lights are reported to appear while an earthquake ... concerning the 1975 Kalapana, Hawaii Kalapana earthquake. ref cite web url http hvo.wr.usgs.gov earthquakes destruct 1975Nov29 title November 29, 1975 Kalapana Earthquake publisher Hvo.wr.usgs.gov ... title Glowing lights around an earthquake s epicenter author Paul Simons publisher Times ... and caught on film during the 2007 Peru earthquake 2007 Peru , 2008 Sichuan earthquake 2008 Sichuan , 2009 L Aquila earthquake 2009 L Aquila , ref cite web url http www.nat hazards earth syst sci.net 10 967 2010 nhess 10 967 2010.html title The earthquake lights EQL of the 6 April 2009 Aquila earthquake, in Central Italy, NHESS, V.10, p.967, 2010. ref and 2010 Chile earthquake s. ref cite web ... 2010 03 01 location Lima ref The phenomenon was also reported around the Aimuri Earthquake ... 1868 1961 ref Theories Earthquake lights are caused by an unknown mechanism. There are numerous theories ..., Motoji, A Dark Discharge Model of Earthquake Lightning , Japanese Journal of Applied Physics ... observed at all earthquake events and is yet to be directly experimentally verified. ref cite web url ... precursor of the M 7.1 Mindoro earthquake 1994 , Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 30, Issue 9 ...& version 1& urlVersion 0& userid 10&md5 162ef39f20e8a3e074333af1eddeea60 ref See also Earthquake prediction Earthquake weather Earthquake cloud Michael Persinger References This article uses the Cite.php ...   more details



  1. Canterbury earthquake

    Canterbury earthquake can refer to 1888 North Canterbury earthquake 1901 Cheviot earthquake that caused building damage in Christchurch. 2010 Canterbury earthquake 2011 Canterbury earthquake disambig ja ...   more details



  1. Earthquake (disambiguation)

    wiktionary earthquake An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth s crust that creates seismic waves. Earthquake may also refer to Earthquake film Earthquake film , a 1974 film starring Charlton Heston and Ava Gardner Earthquake cocktail , a cocktail containing absinthe and cognac Earthquake comedian , American stand up comedian Earthquake comics , a fictional character in the Marvel Universe Earthquake Gladiators Earthquake Gladiators , an event in the television series Gladiators Earthquake Samurai Shodown Earthquake Samurai Shodown , a fictional character in the video game series Samurai Shodown Earthquake wrestler , a ringname of John Tenta, Canadian professional wrestler Earthquake The Big One , a former attraction at Universal Studios Florida San Jose Earthquakes , an American professional soccer team Earthquake Modern Family , a Modern Family episode. Earthquake map in mathematics In music Earth Quake band , a 1970s American rock band Earthquake album Earthquake album , an album by Electric Sun Earthquake Lil Wayne song Earthquake Lil Wayne song Earthquake Little Boots song Earthquake Little Boots song Earthquake , a song by Family Force 5 from Business Up Front Party in the Back Earthquake , a Tech N9ne discography Guest appearances song by Tech N9ne Earthquake , a song by The Used from Lies for the Liars See also Lookfrom Earthquake disambig de Earthquake it Earthquake nl Earthquake ja tl Earthquake tr Deprem anlam ayr m ...   more details



  1. Parkfield earthquake

    22 years , between 1857 and 1966. The most recent significant earthquake to occur here happened ...File Parkfield earthquake activity map.gif thumb right 300px Activity snapshot 35 hours after Sept 28, 2004 large earthquake. Parkfield earthquake is a name given to various large earthquake s that occurred in the vicinity of the little town of Parkfield, California , in the United States . The San Andreas Fault San Andreas fault runs through this town, and six successive magnitude 6 earthquakes occurred ... on a Transform fault fault segment between a locked segment to the south last major earthquake 1857 ..., 1881, 1901, 1922, 1934, and 1966 , and the fact that the waveforms from many of these events were ... with the USGS and UC Berkeley had predicted, with a 90 to 95 confidence level, that an earthquake ... bakunLindh85.html ref This was known as the Earthquake prediction Failed Parkfield earthquake prediction Parkfield Earthquake Prediction and the Parkfield Earthquake Experiment, conducted by the USGS ... research parkfield status history.pdf ref but an earthquake of 5.5 magnitude or greater did not occur ... this earthquake. Although well overdue, the probability of this quake occurring in 2004 has been estimated ... tool. Fort Tejon earthquake What is possibly the largest earthquake on the San Andreas fault in the last several hundred years is the 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake , with a fault rupture from the general ... chrono index forttejo.html . The epicenter of this earthquake is by various sources believed to be somewhere ... that this earthquake was preceded by a magnitude 6.0 aftershock foreshock that was centered at Parkfield ... parkfield The Parkfield, California, Earthquake Experiment http www.icdp online.de sites sanandreas ... and earthquake recurrence at Parkfield http www.data.scec.org chrono index forttejo.html Essay and map concerning the Fort Tejon earthquake, showing epicenter near Cholame coord missing Monterey County, California Significant earthquakes in California References reflist DEFAULTSORT Parkfield Earthquake ...   more details



  1. Sumatra earthquake

    Sumatra earthquake may refer to 2000 Sumatra earthquake 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake , also known as the Great Sumatra Andaman earthquake 2005 Sumatra earthquake March 2007 Sumatra earthquakes September 2007 Sumatra earthquakes August 2009 Sumatra earthquake 2009 Padang earthquake disambig ja ...   more details



  1. Earthquake loss

    main Earthquake engineering File Briu1.jpg thumb 578 400 px The Last Day of Pompeii Earthquake loss is the estimation of damage done from an earthquake . It is done so by a Damage Ratio DR , a ratio of the earthquake damage dollar amount to the total value of a building . ref name SeismicRisk cite book title Financial Management of Earthquake Risk author EERI Endowment Subcommittee date May 2000 publisher EERI Publication isbn 0943198216 ref Another method is the use of HAZUS , a computerized procedure for loss estimation. For a long time, it was associated with a collection of mass inventory data and was based mostly on experts opinions. History Ancient builders believed that earthquake losses were a result of wroth Gods. Nowadays, they are attributed to the skills of structural engineers. References reflist 2 DEFAULTSORT Earthquake Loss Category Structural engineering Category Earthquake and seismic risk mitigation Category Earthquake engineering ...   more details



  1. Illinois earthquake

    Illinois earthquake may refer to 1968 Illinois earthquake , magnitude of 5.4, occurred on November 9, 1968 2004 LaSalle County, Illinois earthquake, magnitude of 4.2, occurred on June 28, 2004 2008 Illinois earthquake , magnitude of 5.2, occurred on April 18, 2008 2010 Illinois earthquake , magnitude of 3.8, occurred on February 10, 2010 disambig Category Earthquakes in Illinois ...   more details



  1. 1931 earthquake

    1931 earthquake may refer to 1931 Hawke s Bay earthquake 1931 Dogger Bank earthquake 1931 Nicaragua earthquake Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. disambig ...   more details



  1. Nicaragua earthquake

    Nicaragua earthquake may refer to 1931 Nicaragua earthquake 1972 Nicaragua earthquake 1992 Nicaragua earthquake disambig Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. ...   more details



  1. Earthquake Baroque

    Earthquake Baroque is a style of Baroque architecture found in places, such at the Philippines and Guatemala , which suffered earthquake s during the 17th century and 18th century and where large public buildings, such as Church building churches were rebuilt in a Baroque style. Similar events lead to the Pombaline Downtown Pombaline architecture in Lisbon following the 1755 Lisbon earthquake and Sicilian Baroque in Sicily following the 1693 earthquake . External links http www2.hawaii.edu gaspar paoay.html Earthquake Baroque Paoay Church in the Ilocos http www.bootsnall.com articles 05 06 antiguas environs 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 architectural styles Category Baroque architecture in the Spanish Empire arch style stub philippines stub ...   more details



  1. Doublet earthquake

    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



  1. Kanto earthquake

    Nihongo Kant earthquake kant jishin can refer to any of the historical earthquakes to occur in the Kant region that originate from slippage in the Sagami Trough . Although the 1854 Ansei Great Earthquakes also struck in the region, this term is never used to refer to these quakes. It can refer to 1923 Great Kant earthquake most common usage. 1703 Genroku earthquake in 1703. Also, in the Ruij Kokushi , a historical compilation written in 892, mentions an earthquake that struck the area in 818. coord missing Japan disamb DEFAULTSORT Kanto Earthquake Category Earthquakes in Japan ja ...   more details



  1. Earthquake cloud

    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 ref 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




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