Sentences with phrase «by an earthquake of»

The tsunami formed March 11, 2011, triggered by an earthquake of 9.0 moment magnitude that struck Japan the same day.

«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.

Yansa and the World Wind Energy Association want to set up, together with local organizations, a small wind farm to fund community - led reconstruction in rural indigenous communities devastated by the earthquakes of 7 and 19 September.

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By 2014, that number increased fivefold to 585, while in 2015 the number of earthquakes further increased, the OGS said.

The Oklahoma Geological Survey has determined that the majority of recent earthquakes in central and north - central Oklahoma are very likely triggered by the injection of produced water in disposal wells.»

In April, the OGS said most of the state's recent earthquakes were caused by the injection of wastewater from oil and natural gas drilling operations Earth, which has become increasingly common in recent years.

By 1906, photography was a common enough hobby and a number of survivors managed to capture images of the earthquake aftermath.

L'AQUILA, Italy (Reuters)- Seven years after being devastated by an earthquake that killed more than 300 people, L'Aquila's abandoned city center is a stark reminder of the struggle facing Italian towns hit by a quake last week.

Through her organization, Colombino has been working to improve the lives of those most affected by the earthquake by creating and incubating a Haitian business and corresponding fashion brand, Deux Mains Designs.

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.

Eclipsed in the popular imagination by Apple and battered by the earthquake in Japan and floods in Thailand, Sony looks as defeated as ever, predicting another loss for this fiscal year, this time to the tune of US$ 1.2 billion.

Oklahoma was shaken late Wednesday night by two of the strongest earthquakes to hit the state in recent years, the latest in a series of temblors that many researchers believe are caused by the burial of wastes from oil and gas drilling in the state.

Japan had a stockpile of them when the devastating earthquake and tsunami struck last March, and Weatherhaven participated in the Haitian earthquake relief effort by selling relief agencies 140 temporary shelters at cost.

In a statement, Israeli Intelligence Minister Israel Katz said, «My condolences to the people of Iran and Iraq over the loss of human life caused by the earthquake.»

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Additionally, in the wake of the destruction caused by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, as well as the earthquakes in Mexico, the firm and Goldman Sachs Gives made grants exceeding $ 2 million to organizations providing immediate resources, short - term relief, long - term housing and small business reconstruction and recovery.

Japan's 1995 Kobe earthquake resulted in the loss of 6,432 lives, and the complete destruction of over one hundred thousand buildings — a loss of homes comparable to that caused by Japan's recent tsunami.

Download this issue as a PDF In 2011 the Japanese city of Miyako was destroyed by the Tsunami created by the Tōhoku earthquake.

Reflecting this deficit, the Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast estimates that there is a 93 percent probability of a 7.0 or larger earthquake occurring in the Golden State region by 2045, with the highest probabilities occurring along the San Andreas FauEarthquake Rupture Forecast estimates that there is a 93 percent probability of a 7.0 or larger earthquake occurring in the Golden State region by 2045, with the highest probabilities occurring along the San Andreas Fauearthquake occurring in the Golden State region by 2045, with the highest probabilities occurring along the San Andreas Fault system.

He is one of the earthquake survivors who received rice seeds distributed by Oxfam and our partner, Small Farmer Agricultural Cooperative Federation (SFACF).

Like the others, North Carolina is not a victim of frequent earthquakes and its coastline is not typically as hard hit by hurricanes as states south of it.

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By: Henry Lazenby 24th April 2018 Canadian mining major Barrick Gold's Porgera Joint Venture mine, in Papua New Guinea, is still operating at only 25 % of capacity following a 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck the island on February 26, the company announced on Monday in its first - quarter earnings release.

Japan forced to restrict power usage after the loss of the Fukushima Dai - ichi plant hit by the massive March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

The cathedral is planning to repair earthquake damage in time to reopen this weekend, when it will host a variety of events marking the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, including a Sunday event that will be attended by President Barack Obama.

«My understanding is they were lifting materials to the roof to repair damages that were caused by the earthquake,» said Fire Battalion Chief John Donnelly of the District of Columbia Fire and EMS Department.

Most, and by most I mean a far overwhelming number, of Christians were sickened by the earthquakes in Haiti and Bam, the tsunami's, and every other natural and man - made disaster.

Satan tells the truth in the bible and only kills a handful of people; god murders entire planet - fulls in floods and with earthquakes and fires and genocide - by - Hebrew - clan.

By your own belief system your God is responsible for hurricanes, earthquakes, diseases, cancers, birth defects etc. etc., that torture and kill 10s of thousands every year.

Occasional horrific news stories hint at the me - first legacy of Maoism: A toddler was run over by a car, and no one stopped to help; a greedy company put melamine in milk destined for baby bottles; a Red Cross worker apparently pilfered funds meant for victims of the Sichuan earthquake, spending the money on designer bags and fancy cars.

According to a recent report released by the United States Geological Survey, Oklahoma is just one of eight states identified in the report (also Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Ohio and Texas) where earthquakes are becoming increasingly common, at least partially because of oil and gas drilling practices.

Many of the states affected by human - caused earthquakes have acknowledged the phenomenon, but, as The New York Times notes, «state regulators around the country have not gone as far in controlling industry practices as environmental groups have asked, and there is little sign that the new federal findings will goad them to go farther.»

A lantern swings from the ceiling of the stable as if it has beenrocked by an earthquake, and it fills the stable with bright yellow light.

If I could tell when the end times were on their way by the number of wars, famines, earthquakes and plagues that are afflicting our world, I'd say, «Wow!

I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind.

Same goes for theologies that suggest the poor are poor because of their sins, that if only the sick had more faith or gave more money they would be healed, that the tsunami or the earthquake or the flood that devastated a community was clearly the result of God's wrath on its gay inhabitants, that we can stop rape by teaching women to cover up better, that sex before marriage makes a person «broken» and «unwanted.»

An interesting note: «The same phenomena and portents of the sudden darkness at the sixth hour, a strong earthquake, rent stones, a temple entrance broken in two, and the rising of the dead have been reported by multiple ancient writers for the death of Julius Caesar on March 15, 44 BC.»

At every moment the vast and horrible Thing breaks in upon us through the crevices and invades our precarious dwelling - place, that Thing we try so hard to forget but which is always there, separated from us only by thin dividing walls: fire, pestilence, earthquake, storm, the unleashing of dark moral forces, all these sweep away ruthlessly, in an instant, what we had laboured with mind and heart to build up and make beautiful.

6:12 Then I looked when the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and a huge earthquake took place; the sun became as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the full moon became blood red; 6:13 and the stars in the sky fell to the earth like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when shaken by a fierce wind.

Oh, the Calvinists could make perfect sense of it all with a wave of a hand and a swift, confident explanation about how Zarmina had been born in sin and likely predestined to spend eternity in hell to the glory of an angry God (they called her a «vessel of destruction»); about how I should just be thankful to be spared the same fate since it's what I deserve anyway; about how the Asian tsunami was just another one of God's temper tantrums sent to remind us all of His rage at our sin; about how I need not worry because «there is not one maverick molecule in the universe» so every hurricane, every earthquake, every war, every execution, every transaction in the slave trade, every rape of a child is part of God's sovereign plan, even God's idea; about how my objections to this paradigm represented unrepentant pride and a capitulation to humanism that placed too much inherent value on my fellow human beings; about how my intuitive sense of love and morality and right and wrong is so corrupted by my sin nature I can not trust it.

Pope Francis is sending # 150,000 to families in areas of Mexico worst hit by this week's earthquake which has claimed at least 273 lives.

Therefore, natural disasters (such as the recent tornado outbreak, the Asian tsunami of 2004, the Japanese earthquake, sickness, cancer, accidents) as well as evil perpetuated by others (the Sandy Hook shootings, the Boston bombings, the Holocaust, 9 - 11) are merely expressions of this god's unending, unquenchable, and unpredictable wrath upon humankind.

It is only from the human point of view that the headline, 200 KILLED BY EARTHQUAKE — 5000 HOMELESS, is more distressing than, FARMER KILLED BY LIGHTNING, WIDOW PROSTRATED BY GRIEF.

Joel 2:30,31 «And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and a great earthquake occurred; and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the entire moon became as blood, and the stars of heaven fell to the earth as when a fig tree shaken by a high wind drops its unripe figs.»

Israel becoming a nation again Israel will be in possession of Jerusalem when Israel is surrounded by armies no time is near Earthquakes Seas roaring nations in distress with perplexity wars and terrorism days of Noah and lot the generation at the end 2 Timothy 3:1 - 5, 7 «Difficult Times Will Come» 1But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come.

I'm, struck by how many houses of worship have come down in earthquakes, often killing those praying inside.

In the days and weeks ahead, huge numbers of Japanese will be turning to their country's religious traditions as they mourn the thousands of dead and try to muster the strength and resources to rebuild amid the massive destruction wrought by last Friday's 9.0 magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami.

earthquakes, and that the rise of modern science (inspired, of course, by Enlightenment values exalting human reason over divine revelation) has rendered religion obsolete.

Even when there is no intent, subconscious or otherwise, to teach ethnocentrism and prejudice in our nation - state systems, the presentation of news (e.g. of damage done to people by earthquakes, avalanches, or wars) about distant peoples in a context of passive entertainment and commercial announcements as typically happens In western TV, radio and press fosters indifference.

Matthew attempted to resolve that conflict by distinguishing between the waking of the dead from sleep (which took place at the earthquake), and the coming forth from their graves (which took place «after his resurrection»).