Sentences with phrase «of a major earthquake like»

Where else in the world are huge populations still at risk because they are living in cities where the primary building construction is unreinforced concrete and there is a likelihood of a major earthquake like this?

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Were shallow earthquakes to slide by the grinding and crunching of rock, as geologists once imagined, the process would generate enough heat so that major faults like the San Andreas would be a little warmer along their length than they would be otherwise.

When a lot of slippage happens all at once, the result is a major earthquake, like the one that struck Haiti in January along the Enriquillo - Plantain Garden Fault, which runs in an east / west direction across the Caribbean.

Nearly a decade after her last major show in Los Angeles (a well - deserved early survey at Museum of Contemporary Art), this exhibition of 12 11 1/2 × 10 foot paintings (each «Untitled,» 2013) hits like an earthquake, albeit one that re-stabilizes the ground beneath our feet.

Drivers who move to Louisiana are often shocked by the high insurance rates, for example, while those who move to, say, Iowa, can benefit from cheaper insurance (the lack of major weather, like snow and ice on the roads, also plays a factor, in addition to the risk of natural disasters, like earthquakes or hurricanes).

Northeastern Queens renters insurance can protect your belongings from virtually any type of peril barring major natural disasters like tornadoes, earthquakes, hurricanes and floods.