- 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
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- Iceland earthquake
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- 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
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- Christchurch earthquake
Christchurch earthquake may refer to 2010 Canterbury earthquake on 4 September 2010 2011 Christchurch earthquake on 22 February 2011 disambig ... more details
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- L'Aquila earthquake
L Aquila earthquake may refer to 1461 L Aquila earthquake 1703 Apennine earthquakes 1703 L Aquila earthquake 2009 L Aquila earthquake disambig fr S isme L Aquila it Terremoto dell Aquila ... more details
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- Nicaragua earthquake
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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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- Earthquake preparedness
Main Earthquake engineering Earthquake preparedness refers to a variety of measures designed to help individuals, businesses, and local and state governments in earthquake prone areas to prepare for significant earthquakes. Preparedness measures are part of the emergency management cycle, and can be refined through the use of an earthquake scenario , such as The Great Southern California ShakeOut . Awareness of historical events such as those that document the New Madrid Seismic Zone are also useful in anticipating the effects of possible future events. Introduction Earthquake preparedness measures can be divided into Retrofitting and earthquake resistant designs of new buildings and lifeline ... codes in earthquake prone states currently often have specific requirements designed to increase ... under state laws. Modification and earthquake resistant design are also employed in elevated freeway s and bridges. Current buildings code is not designed to make buildings earthquake proof in the sense of them suffering zero damage. The goal of most building designs is to reduce earthquake damage ... 04 15 HOGQ9I7P2T1.DTL . Earthquake modification techniques and modern building codes are designed ... in earthquake territory are encouraged by governments to have an earthquake kit available ... s. State and federal governments publish earthquake preparedness booklets. http www.lafd.org eqindex.htm ... hazards USGS Earthquake hazards http www.earthquakecountry.info earthquakecountry.info Answers to FAQs about Earthquakes and Earthquake Preparedness http www.scec.org The Southern California Earthquake Center SCEC http www.earthquakecountry.info roots Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country An Earthquake ... Dare to Prepare An earthquake preparedness campaign with detailed information of securing your ... New Madrid Earthquake of 1811 1812 Central USA http www.olemiss.edu orgs ccep University of Mississippi,Center for Community Earthquake Preparedness Category Earthquake and seismic risk mitigation ... more details
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- Earthquake Terror
Multiple issues unreferenced October 2006 orphan November 2009 Earthquake Terror is Peg Kehret s most popular book. citation needed date January 2011 It tells the tale of how a boy named Johnathan has to help his crippled sister, Abby, during an earthquake while their parents are at a hospital. An excerpt of Earthquake Terror is currently used in the fifth grade language arts book by Houghton Mifflin in California. citation needed date January 2011 Category American young adult novels Ya novel stub ... more details
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- Earthquake simulation
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
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- Earthquake hotspot
Mergeto Fault geology date August 2009 Multiple issues cleanup August 2009 unreferenced September 2009 orphan February 2010 An earthquake hot spot is a geological term given to an area in which many earthquake s occur. The title of earthquake hot spot is mainly given to areas along Convergent boundary convergent tectonic plate boundaries and transform fault s which often produce earthquakes, such as the San Andreas Fault San Andreas fault in California , or the collision between the Indian Plate Indian and Eurasian Plate Eurasian tectonic plates which recently caused the 6.4 Mw 2008 Pakistan earthquake on October 29, which killed 215 diaspora. DEFAULTSORT Earthquake Hotspot Category Geology Geology stub ... more details
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- Earthquake (album)
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 Next album Fire Wind 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
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- Earthquake (comics)
, rocky skin. ref Kaminski, John. http www.marvunapp.com Appendix4 earthquakeimpguard.htm Earthquake ... Earthquake appears in the X Men animated series as one of the members of the Shi ar guards in the Dark ... earthquakeimpguard.htm Earthquake Category Comics characters introduced in 1980 Category Characters ... more details
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- Interplate earthquake
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
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- Odaesan Earthquake
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 Gangwon Category Earthquakes in South Korea Category 2007 earthquakes Earthquake stub ... more details
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- Characteristic earthquake
A characteristic earthquake is a repeating, large earthquake that occurs more frequently than local Seismology seismic monitoring would suggest. http www.earth.northwestern.edu people seth research eqrec.html Characteristic earthquakes are usually defined from paleoseismology observations. This has important implications for seismic hazard calculations and earthquake insurance rates . Basically, it implies that there is a section of a Fault geology fault that has very little observed seismicity, but is a high hazard because the paleoseismic studies show a regular pattern of large earthquakes. References Reflist Unreferenced date January 2010 Category Seismology geophysics stub ja ... more details
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