Sentences with phrase «low magnitude earthquakes»

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A cluster of low - magnitude earthquakes in the New York region has piqued the interest of residents, while some geologists predict the increase in temblors will continue and a large - scale one could be coming.

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.

The islands of the Japanese archipelago are affected both by frequent, low - magnitude earthquakes and tremors and by larger, highly destructive events.

If a massive earthquake strikes near one of the heavily populated cities in the Ganges Plain, however, «such an estimate may be too low by an order of magnitude.

Further, it alerts scientists that earthquake clustering may not only characterise shallow faulting and smaller - sized earthquakes with magnitudes lower than M7 but it is a property of large subduction earthquakes.

He noted that there were two large earthquakes in late 2016, the magnitude 5.8 Pawnee and magnitude 5.0 Cushing earthquakes, and these and other large earthquakes occurred when injection rates were relatively low.

The system works because smaller earthquakes tend to send out high - frequency p waves whereas large - magnitude events radiate lower frequency energy.

In fact, this state experiences 10,000 earthquakes every year, although most are of such a low magnitude that they are barely felt if at all.

However, even a low - magnitude earthquake has the potential to damage the foundation of buildings, and this can lead to costly structural problems such as cracked walls and water leaks.

In fact, this state experiences 10,000 earthquakes every year, although most are of such a low magnitude that they are barely felt if at all.