These homes are prone to more severe earthquake damage, as they typically can not withstand or flex with the vibration caused by an earthquake. (trustedchoice.com)
The idea is that series of severe earthquakes within a geologically short period of time cause the rising of the land where one tectonic plate slips beneath another slab of Earth's crust in a process called subduction. (sciencedaily.com)
Owners of at least two dozen nuclear reactors across the United States, including the operator of Indian Point 2, have told the NRC that they can not show that their reactors would withstand the most severe earthquake that revised estimates say they might face. (nystateofpolitics.com)