Sentences with phrase «by an earthquake»

Given the structural damage caused by the earthquake to water supply systems, there is an additional risk of water borne diseases affecting large numbers of the urban, rural and displaced populations.

Loans are so important for those projects of renewable energy, save wildlife, protect forest, rebuild hometown which damaged by earthquake.

The nuclear power plant was hit by an earthquake in 2011.

These policies are designed specifically to protect homeowners from suffering a catastrophic loss if their home is completely destroyed by an earthquake.

Similarly, they use seismic signals generated by an earthquake to determine the earthquake's location and intensity.

Scientists rely on the public's reporting of ground shaking to characterize the intensity of ground motion produced by an earthquake.

They were hit by an earthquake roughly 25 times more powerful than experts thought possible in that part of the country.

The 2011 tsunami triggered by an earthquake killed more than 20,000 people and injured countless more.

It was then struck by an earthquake in 1927 meaning it required more repairs which are now taking place.

Within short order the unseen foe from outer space begins killing off humans by first disabling their power grid with an electromagnetic pulse, followed by earthquakes, floods and disease.

It had probably been created by those earthquakes they'd felt a few months ago.

Before you travel to a destination threatened by earthquakes, be sure to understand what your travel insurance policy will cover.

It's important to make sure your home and belongings are covered by earthquake insurance before the shaking begins.

That the land on which your property stands can be grounded by an earthquake.

A common misconception is that earthquake insurance covers all damages caused initially by the earthquake itself.

Most homeowners insurance policies don't cover damage caused to your home by earthquakes.

Its narrow streets with colorful houses speak of days long gone, and it is another place that wasn't hit too hard by the earthquake.

UPDATE: The extensive damage done to dams by the earthquake, some have speculated, may lead the government to strengthen its review process for dam building.

They say, that while that area was slightly less affected by the earthquake, there is now concern of flooding.

Can you afford the cost of repairing or rebuilding your house entirely if it were damaged or destroyed by an earthquake?

A type of insurance protection for damages caused by an earthquake.

You could find yourself responsible for excessive out - of - pocket costs if your home is seriously damaged by an earthquake.

But what about more violent forces, such as those produced by earthquakes?

Three of the plant's six nuclear reactions went into meltdown after it was hit by a tsunami triggered by an earthquake.

Whether certain region is struck by earthquake, flood or hurricane — help needs to arrive quickly.

There are at least 100 volcanoes on the islands, 35 of them still active, and the islands are often hit by earthquakes and tidal waves.

Alberto Burri's «Il Grande Cretto», made between 1984 - 89 in the old Italian city of Gibellina which was devastated by an earthquake in 1968.

«The devastation caused by an earthquake of magnitude 6.4, can only be attributed to inapropriate building design or the reaction of the ground to the seismic waves.

He also happens to be the son of engineer Joe Brody (Bryan Cranston), the lone truth - teller who has spent 15 years trying to prove a nuclear plant meltdown in Japan was caused not by an earthquake but by some living force.

Under pressure to resign as leader of a country ravaged by earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown, Naoto Kan's last act in August 2011 was to transform Japan's energy policy.

After Tokyo was shaken by earthquakes in March 2011, the prominent billionaire property developer Akira Mori called for the country to stop building skyscrapers over 100 metres high.

The social affairs agency and disaster mitigation agency (BPBD) in Poso, Central Sulawesi, have begun distributing aid to people impacted by an earthquake that hit Napu, North Lore district, on Monday.

The content covered by the lesson are; description and use of seismometers, descriptions of the mercalli scale and the magnitude (richter) scale, comparison of damage done by earthquakes of similar size.

According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), within the next 20 years, the city has a one out of five chance of being slammed by an earthquake measuring 6.7 or greater on the Richter scale.

The 1963 eruption was also preceded by earthquakes.

Intensity measures the strength of shaking produced by the earthquake at a certain location.

The equipment was used to measure the velocity and direction of different sound waves generated by earthquakes as they traveled under Sierra Negra.

The maps allow users to zoom in on a property and see which parcels of land could be affected by earthquake hazards.

Obviously, the positive side demonstrates numerous successes, such as from the tens of thousands of lives or more that have been saved by earthquake engineering and the oral tradition that saved the inhabitants of Simeulue island on 26 December 2004.

Where no fault creep occurs, a fault is considered locked and stress will build until it is released by an earthquake.

In the summer of 2016, he traveled to Ecuador to help animals that had been effected by the earthquake earlier in the year.

Experience Mission has made an immediate commitment to help families in this region clear the rubble left by the earthquakes impact.

The energy released on Earth's surface by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami was estimated to be the equivalent of over 1,500 times that of the Hiroshima atomic bomb.

A tsunami caused by an earthquake along a subduction zone happens when the leading edge of the overriding tectonic plate breaks free and springs seaward, displacing the sea floor and the water above it.

These two trips were conducted by the Earthquake Engineers Field Investigation Team and are part of a wider international effort to reduce the impacts of earthquakes globally.