Sentences with phrase «near the epicenter»

The reserve — home of the panda breeding program — is located near the epicenter of the quake in Wenchuan County.

The mayor of a small town near the epicenter says that while they haven't reported deaths, they're also without power and can't make any definitive determinations yet.

The second, called Onsite, does the same based on just one seismometer, ideally located near the epicenter.

Combined, the researchers found a positive correlation between helium amounts in groundwater and the stress exertion, in which helium content was higher in areas near the epicenter, while concentrations fell further away from the most intense seismic activity.

I wasn't anywhere near the epicenter, but the events of that day rocked my faith forever... [continue reading at Patheos]»

This project is one of several synagogues being excavated near the epicenter of Jesus» ministry, providing new insights into worship communities in the centuries after Jesus.

For the study, Shirzaei and co-authors William Ellsworth of Stanford University, Kristy Tiampo of the University of Colorado Boulder, Pablo González of the University of Liverpool (UK), and Michael Manga of UC Berkeley focused on four high - volume wells used for disposing wastewater near the epicenter for the Timpson, Texas, earthquake, the release said.

But by making quick computer analyses in seismographic stations near the epicenter, warnings can be relayed in seconds, allowing people to take safety precautions and critical infrastructure to be shut down, scientists reported this week at the fall conference of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco.

For example, in the weeks before a magnitude - 5.4 quake struck about 15 kilometers northeast of San Jose in October 2007, an instrument near the epicenter sensed a number of unusual magnetic pulses, presumably emanating from deep in the Earth.

«After careful analysis and calculations, we concluded that the levels of helium - 4 had increased in samples that were collected near the epicenter due to the gas released by the rock fractures,» says lead author Yuji Sano, a professor at the University of Tokyo's Atmosphere Ocean Research Institute.

A team of researchers at the University of Tokyo and their collaborators found that when stress exerted on Earth's crust was high, the levels of a helium isotope, helium - 4, released in the groundwater was also high at sites near the epicenter of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake, a magnitude 7.3 quake in southwestern Japan, which caused 50 fatalities and serious damage.

Japanese researchers have revealed a relationship between helium levels in groundwater and the amount of stress exerted on inner rock layers of Earth, found at locations near the epicenter of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake.

I will interview journalists and bloggers living near the epicenter of an outbreak and compare their views with those covering the situation from abroad.

Shallow earthquakes cause destruction near the epicenter, where the shaking is strongest.

Last month, the civil disturbances disrupted Baltimore, and the Historic Coleridge - Taylor Elementary School lay near their epicenter.

This is or very near the epicenter of the crash.

Communities in remote mountain regions near the epicenter are receiving little attention amidst the massive destruction and numerous casualties in urban centers.

The Young Living Foundation has purchased brick - making equipment to rebuild the first village near the epicenter and then move into more remote areas.

In some towns near the epicenter, 80 percent of structures were destroyed.

Here's an update on major hotels and tourist areas near the epicenter.

As Istanbul sits at the fault's western end, many scientists have thought the city will be near the epicenter of the next major quake.

Ken Girardin, an analyst with the Empire Center for Public Policy, a nonpartisan conservative think tank headquartered in Albany, said that «in terms of high compensation for local law enforcement, Suffolk County has been near the epicenter.»

Those near the epicenter however, were startled out of their homes.

The worst damage reported was to the University of Concepción, near the epicenter of the 8.8 magnitude quake.

The tough reality in most instances is that it's nearly impossible to spread the word to communities most in harm's way — those nearest the epicenter of such temblors — in time to make a big difference.

Close to home I was scheduled to be in China during this time — specifically in Mianyang, near the epicenter of the earthquake — when it struck.

Near the epicenter, plaster fell off buildings, chimneys broke apart and cemetery monuments moved.