Sentences with phrase «ground during the earthquake»

Ground shaking describes the vibration of the ground during an earthquake.

Not exact matches

The research effort began by establishing which factors most influence the pattern of ground shaking during a Cascadia earthquake.

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.

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.

Brooks, along with USGS colleague Sarah Minson and others show that a smartphone's ability to take continuous measurements of its location with GPS can be harnessed to detect and measure the large ground movement that occurs during an earthquake.

Any dam being built during this government - funded boom, as well as those already completed, must be able to withstand the strong ground shaking of an extreme earthquake, says Martin Wieland of the International Commission on Large Dams, a group of engineers that makes recommendations for structural standards.

The second paper, appearing in Science Express, goes into finer detail about the rupture process during the April 25 earthquake and how it shook the ground in Kathmandu.

Using data from the GPS stations, an accelerometer that measures ground motion in Kathmandu, data from seismological stations around the world, and radar images collected by orbiting satellites, an international team of scientists led by Caltech has pieced together the first complete account of what physically happened during the Gorkha earthquake — a picture that explains how the large earthquake wound up leaving the majority of low - story buildings unscathed while devastating some treasured taller structures.

Depending on where you live in the Cascadia region, an earthquake may cause ground shaking, landslides, soil liquefaction (when soil liquefies during shaking), tsunamis, fires, hazardous material spills and building damage.

We also review the hazards associated with earthquakes — the ground shaking, liquefaction (when soil liquefies during shaking), landslides and tsunami that can follow an earthquake and affect residents, homes, businesses and the economy of a region.

Earthquakes cause a variety of earthquake hazards, including ground shaking, landslides, liquefaction (when soil liquefies during shaking) and tsunami.