Sentences with phrase «of giant earthquakes»

Two centuries ago, a series of giant earthquakes rocked the tiny town of New Madrid, Missouri, collapsing chimneys and shaking houses more than 1000 kilometers away.

Douglas Wiens, a geophysicist at Washington University in St. Louis in Missouri who led the 2012 expedition, also hopes for clues to whether anything more than luck explains the lack of giant earthquakes at the Mariana Trench.

Not exact matches

The pendulum may soon, of course, swing the other way when the pros readjust their defenses to stop the running, but until they do, the seismographs will record minor earthquakes each Sunday with the impact of giant on giant (see below) as those fleet and hefty pro runners crunch through the line behind the battering blocking.

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Today, scientists know that Earth's outer layer is divided into giant pieces and that the motion of tectonic plates — as they bump together or slide past each other — helps explain how some earthquakes occur.

These giant waves, caused by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and underwater landslides, are some of the deadliest natural disasters known; the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean killed over 230,000 people, a higher death toll than any fire or hurricane.

When it was first discovered, many scientists thought Cascadia's fault was incapable of generating giant earthquakes.

The earthquake triggered giant landslides along Lake Washington, causing entire blocks of forest to slide into the lake.

Firstly, for land - based volcanoes it is hard to carry out large - scale observations using artificial earthquakes because of the population density, and it is also difficult to detect giant magma buildups with precise visualization because they are often at relatively low depths (roughly 10 km).

The giant Sumatran earthquake raised questions about the sea - floor - age hypothesis, because the old subducting crust there should have ruled out a shock of that size, says Okal.

In the study entitled «The effect of giant lateral collapses on magma pathways and the location of volcanism,» authored by F. Maccaferri, N. Richter and T. Walter, all working at GFZ, in section 2.1 (Physics of earthquakes and volcanoes), the propagation path of magmatic intrusions underneath a volcanic edifice has been simulated by means of a mathematical model.

Giant earthquakes, says Okal, tend to put much of their extra energy into slower, long - period vibrations, rather than adding to the strength of the 1 - hertz - frequency vibrations most effective at knocking down walls.

The epicenter of China's devastating Wenchuan earthquake in 2008 was in the Wolong Nature Reserve, a globally important valuable biodiversity hotspot and home to the beloved and endangered giant pandas.

Saturday's terrible earthquake was the latest result of an ongoing collision of giant pieces of our planet, a slow - moving disaster that started about 50 million years ago.

If they are right, then in less than a million years giant earthquakes will be rocking the eastern coast of North America.

Tidal Waves Strike: An earthquake near the northern Japanese provinces of Iwate, Miagi and Aomari sent a giant tidal wave (now called a tsunami) sweeping ashore.

, a mélange of extended scenes, fresh slides, and cutting - edge research conveyed via solemn talking - heads that brings us up to speed on a few new eco-horrors, such as the terrifying giant jellyfish (right), glacial earthquakes, and CO2 emissions courtesy our own thawing permafrost.

Right on target with expectations are the repeated sequences of characters outrunning all sorts of things, like the giant chasms caused by earthquakes, rocketing fireballs, and plumes of smoke and ash, while on foot, in cars, and airborne.

From the way that the planes are subtly anthropomorphized to the giant crowd scenes to the subtle heightening of everything, from a bravura earthquake sequence to the wind of the title, all of the skills that Miyazaki and his Ghibli animators have accumulated over the years are on full display here, and few films this year will treat the eyes better.

Following the «cataclysmic» that rocks Gotham in its upcoming season finale — which, given that it's named «No Man's Land,» could be a giant earthquake in reference to the similar events that happen in the comic of the same name — executive producer Danny Canon stated season five is «a different show.»

It's a fitting reminder that this coast — beautiful as it is and dotted with tourist villages, parks, and scenic overviews — features a kind of rough trade too: huge storms, earthquakes, tidal waves, giant rocks, and killer waves.

In Mario Super Sluggers, it is one of the few levitating characters that can not feel the effects of a POW ball or when giant in Graffiti Runner; however in Graffiti Runner, it can not create earthquakes as a result.

Players take hold of a random «hero» and wreak havoc in twisted post-apocalyptic Southwest Tokyo; freak earthquakes not just threw the world into chaos, but also resulted in the severance of South Tokyo into its own island partnered with a giant cloud - piercing spire.

It was home to Coney Island's first Ferris wheel, the Barrel of Love, The Human Pool Table, The Earthquake Stairway, a giant spinning disc called the Human Roulette Wheel, and their signature attraction: The Steeplechase Horse ride.

As a reflection of the Great Tohoku Earthquake of 2011, he brought Japanese Buddhist motifs into his works, such as lotus flowers, a 56 - ton replica of a Sanmon (the most important gate of a Japanese Zen Buddhist temple), and the giant fictional creatures that resemble Buddhist guardians from Japanese temples.

In the last fifty years, this type of plate boundary produced three giant earthquakes, Chile, in 1960, Alaska, in 1964 and Sumatra in 2004.

A set of past events pointing toward 21rst Century risks explored in the book: Waking the Giant — How Climate Change Triggers Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tsunamis.