Sentences with phrase «by massive slabs»

At least two people were taken to ambulances while others were being treated by rescue crews, and at least two cars were seen pinned by massive slabs of concrete.

Not exact matches

That's because at seismometers closer to a massive quake's epicenter, the slowly moving vibrations of typical seismic waves often arrive at instruments before Earth's tectonic slabs have stopped shifting, thus masking the signals generated by the temblor's final spasms.

Now, researchers have come up with a way to more quickly gauge a big quake's magnitude and thus provide faster, more accurate tsunami warnings: by measuring the miniscule changes in Earth's gravitational field that are generated when massive slabs of the planet's crust shift by dozens of meters over the course of a few minutes.

You've worked hard at eating healthy, and you don't want to undo that work by going facedown in a massive slab of tiramisu.

The Antarctic ice sheet contains 70 percent of the world's freshwater, so if this massive slab were to completely melt, it threatens to raise global sea levels by a whopping 197 feet (60 meters).