Sentences with phrase «during an earthquake in»

Probably broken into two pieces during an earthquake in A.D. 363, the exhibit has reunited the two halves for the first time in more than 1,500 years.

After investigating seismic waves observed during the earthquake in the Sea of Okhotsk, the researchers found the initial quake triggered four other powerful shocks, one of magnitude 7.8, one of magnitude 8.0 and two of magnitude 7.9.

Not exact matches

CentureLink Field provides one of the most noticeable home advantage of any team in the league; it's incredibly loud (fans generated so much noise during Saturday's defeat of the New Orleans Saints that it caused a minor earthquake), making communication among players on the opposing teams virtually impossible.

The Japanese raised the bed so they could hide underneath during earthquakes, the Indonesians added inflatable elements so they could float in tsunamis, the Chinese added tents to shield from radiation.»

A series of damaging earthquakes and changes in land elevation preceded its only eruption, during the most recent part of the Holocene, which lasted from September 29 to October 6, 1538, when it was formed.

The recent bitcoin fundraising campaigns during Nepal Earthquake, dam burst in Brazilian mine are some of the examples.

However, recent natural disasters have impacted Mexico in such a way that the losses have gone beyond the hundreds who lost their lives during the recent earthquakes.

Ram Prasad Sapkota (62) of Tripureshwor VDC, 35 km from HQ Dhadingbesi of Dhading district mends his house, which collapsed during the earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale in April 25 2015.

She uses as an illustration the fact that foundations for new skyscrapers in Southern California are placed on rollers, enabling them to roll with the movements of the earth during an earthquake so that they won't crack apart.

Due to this, during the past 30 years or so, Japan has developed some of the most sophisticated and earthquake proof architecture in the world.

============ Julius Africanus (c. 160 — c. 240) Chronography, XVIII refers to writings by Thallus and Phlegon concerning the darkness during the Crucifixion: On the whole world there pressed a most fearful darkness; and the rocks were rent by an earthquake, and many places in Judea and other districts were thrown down.

«The Asian tsunami of 2004, the Haitian earthquake, the tornado that struck Central Lutheran Church in Minneapolis during ELCA meetings on homosexuality — these were clearly acts of judgment from God upon sinful people.

Made a vat of «The Lady from Naples Red Sauce» from first book (p. 69) in prep for the GF Allergen - Free pizza I'm going to make this week with my GF Pizza Crust (p. 169) and the Daiya dairy - free (soy - free and nut - free) cheese I purchased from Whole Foods yesterday during the EARTHQUAKE (thought shelves were going to fall on me, though there are worse places to be buried than Whole Foods).

For families living in disaster - prone areas, where the threat of a hurricane, tornado, flood, earthquake, or wildfire is constant, especially during some times of the year, the realization is that it could happen to them next.

These straps may also be beneficial for securing furniture during an earthquake if you live in that type of area.

While seismic waves are now well understood, science still can't explain earthquake lights (EQL), multicolored flashes in the sky typically reported before or during many large tremors.

The monitoring systems communicate with data collection centers in cities receiving SASMEX alerts, through a redundant system of satellite links, Internet links and radio, in case any of these communication lines falls silent during an earthquake.

Four papers in this issue — by Sato et al. on page 1395 (1), Simons et al. on page 1421 (2), Ide et al. on page 1426 (3), and Vigny et al. on page 1417 (4)-- report on both of these magnitude 9 (M9) earthquakes, illustrating the use of networks of Global Positioning System (GPS) detectors to reveal how the Earth's surface deformed during and after the events.

The researchers determined that the earthquakes at Abu Dabbab extend in a line from the coast into the Red Sea, «and the seismicity pattern is arc - shaped in depth, confined to the dome - like structure of the rigid igneous body that formed during the Precambrian era» above an active fault, El Khrepy said.

ICOM has since used satellites to survey damage to ancient mausoleums in Timbuktu during the 2012 civil war in Mali and plans to use them to assess destruction caused by the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.

To ensure safety in ever taller buildings, the potential impacts of uncontrolled fire need to be explicitly considered during the structural design process with the same care as earthquakes and wind.

During the Haiti earthquake, when Diane Caves, a 31 - year - old public health employee at the CDC, died — when the hotel she was staying in in Haiti collapsed — I certainly will never forget sitting down with her husband and father to tell them that she had passed away and been killed there.

An earlier paper by JFAST researchers, published in Science in February 2013 (Lin et al.), also suggested a nearly total stress drop during the earthquake based on an analysis of geophysical data collected during drilling.

Their results, published December 5 in Science, show that friction on the fault was remarkably low during the magnitude 9.0 Tohoku - Oki earthquake that struck off the coast of Japan in March 2011 and triggered a devastating tsunami.

Seismic waves unleashed during Wednesday's magnitude 8.3 earthquake in Chile could have triggered aftershocks as far as 1000 kilometres away.

«How friction evolves during an earthquake: By simulating quakes in a lab, engineers study the way that friction changes along a fault during a seismic event.»

The long - term implications of the study hinge on evidence that the pre-existing faults from the 1944 earthquake have strongly influenced the orientation and location of rupturing during the 2016 event, suggesting that large earthquakes in Japan are most likely to occur in this very same region of the Nankai Trough in the future.

Highly destructive earthquakes caused by subduction occur because of excessive friction that develops during the sliding process, resulting in a build - up of stress.

Previous studies identified three sub-events at intervals of 20 seconds in the seismic signals recorded during the 1980 Irpinia earthquake sequence, whose shared ground motion caused more than 3000 deaths and significant damage to structures.

Using their satellite - based observations — recorded in 2007, 2010, and 2014 — they were able to estimate pore pressure changes at these wells over time, including during the 2012 magnitude 4.8 Timpson earthquake, the region's largest temblor.

The lateral shaking may have been amplified by a phenomenon noted during the Mexico City earthquake in 1985, in which seismic waves bounce off firmer rock below, and intensify the shaking at ground level.

Liverpool Seismologist, Stephen Hicks from the School of Environmental Sciences, who led the research, said: «It was previously thought that dense geological bodies in an active fault zone may cause more movement of the fault during an earthquake.»

«Ventura fault could cause stronger shaking, new research finds: Researchers find that the fault has a staircase - like structure, which would result in stronger shaking and more damage during an earthquake.»

That will provide them with the resistance forces felt in the fault during the slip, filling in a blank in models of earthquake dynamics.

During the period of relatively low - level geothermal operations before 1986, the rate of earthquakes in the region was also low.

The record indicates that 11 tsunamis were generated during that period by earthquakes along the Sunda Megathrust, the 3,300 - mile - long fault running from Myanmar to Sumatra in the Indian Ocean.

This translates into considerably less tension in the partition walls, meaning correspondingly less tension is transferred to the building frame during earthquakes.

Researchers are particularly interested in a system that allows the building to rock in response to an earthquake and on how the walls and floors interact during shaking.

In the current tests of the two - story, 22 - foot - tall structure, the researchers are studying the behavior of full - scale seismic safety systems made from advanced wood materials — including rocking walls, which can rock during a temblor and then re-center back by itself, and a mass timber floor designed to withstand strong earthquakes.

«We can't stop the tide of flu any more than we can turn a hurricane in its course or stop the earth shaking during an earthquake, but we can mitigate the effects and help prevent people from becoming severely ill by preparing well and acting effectively,» he said.

Wastewater created during oil and gas production and disposed of by deep injection into underlying rock layers is the probable cause for a surge in earthquakes in southern Kansas since 2013, a new report in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America concludes.

All those indicted took part in a meeting held in L'Aquila on March 30, 2009, during which they were asked to assess the risk of a major earthquake in view of the many shocks that had hit the city in the previous months.

During the conversation, Bertolaso also told Stati that his second - in - command, Bernardo de Bernardinis, would call her to arrange the meeting in order to «shut up any imbecile, to calm inferences, worries, etc.» This is thought to be a reference to Gioacchino Giuliani, a technician at the National Institute of Nuclear Physics near L'Aquila who it is reported had alarmed people in a nearby town after (falsely) predicting that a major earthquake would strike.

But following the Nepal earthquake — even during the dry season when soils were the most stable — there were also tens of thousands of landslides in the region, according to reconnaissance team estimates.

«Furthermore, large - scale energy storage systems are strongly needed in China [as backup during] frequent natural disasters» such as the recent Sichuan earthquake.

It is the second version of the test building that in August will face the strongest seismic forces, as recorded during the Northridge earthquake.

Calcite precipitates out of pressurized fluids that travel through rock near faults during some earthquakes and gets deposited in layers, like rings of a tree.

He will discuss MyShake and other earthquake early warning systems during a scientific session on Friday, Feb. 12, 10 - 11:30 a.m. EST, during the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, D.C.

Mud volcanoes burble up during earthquakes because the shaking releases mud and water that are trapped beneath barriers in seafloor sediments.

The new measurements in this research were made with cores that showed the results of massive amounts of sediments released by subsea landslides during a subduction zone earthquake — a catastrophic event beneath the sea as well as on land.