Sentences with phrase «of a major earthquake before»

The organization has recently been in the spotlight as a result of an ongoing trial in L'Aquila, in which seven scientists and engineers who served on Italy's «Great Risks Commission» — including longtime INGV President Enzo Boschi — face charges of manslaughter for allegedly downplaying the chances of a major earthquake before the lethal tremor that struck the city in April 2009.

Not exact matches

For example, two years before the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, geophysicist Eric Calais and his colleagues published results of GPS data from the region, noting that «the Enriquillo fault is capable of a M7.2 earthquake if the entire elastic strain accumulated since the last major earthquake was released in a single event».

Unfortunately the tragic earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan last month has caused major damage to Sony's manufacturing infrastructure - and it appears that they'll be gearing up for a staggered single region launch before the end of the year.

Such a sequence would create a perfect storm of apocalypse for the people in the area: a major mega-thrust 9.0 earthquake, a resulting mega-tsunami which would strike the area before evacuations could begin, and then a major eruption at Mt. Fuji that would hamper any recovery operations.