Sentences with phrase «smaller tremors»

In the months before the big quake, a series of smaller tremors jostled central Italy.

Just as a shaky camera results in blurry photographs, even small tremors will interfere with the telescope's image quality.

Engineers in China blame dams for at least 19 earthquakes over the past five decades, ranging from small tremors to one near Guangdong province's Xinfengjiang Dam in 1962 that registered magnitude 6.1 on the Richter scale — severe enough to topple houses.

Residents continued to feel smaller tremors until 1981.

During this process small tremors of the same signature, so - called «repeaters,» occur at distinct recurrence times.

During the meeting on 31 March 2009 — which also included other researchers from the INGV, city officials and representatives of the Civil Protection Department — committee vice chair Barberi, one of the seven to be tried, said there were no grounds for thinking that a major quake was imminent, even though the area around the town had been experiencing a series of smaller tremors in the previous months.

In fact, seismologists know that earthquakes tend to cluster in time and space and so the occurrence of smaller tremors tends to increase the chances that a larger quake will take place, even if the absolute probability of such an event remains low.

The XE's communication skills mean you can anticipate much of this via small tremors feeding through the steering wheel, but the tires certainly compromise Project 8 in the wet, more so on turn - in than corner - exit, no matter the all - wheel - drive hardware.

Authorities have raised alert levels for a volcano on the Indonesian resort island of Bali after hundreds of small tremors stoked fears it could erupt for the first time in more than 50 years.

Even small tremors can shake loose ground, but the worst part is that a sinkhole will swallow up everything in its path.

Hundreds of small tremors have rattled the mountain this week, causing almost 10,000 people to leave their homes as of Friday over fears of a volcanic eruption.

Earthquake central: A small tremor was recorded early Friday in the shale heartland of Oklahoma, one day after state regulators limited work because of seismic activity.

For this, Lay says you would want to show, for instance, that a region which has experienced a large quake recorded unusual seismic activity and perhaps even some small tremors during a previous large event elsewhere on the planet.

The researchers tell BBC that the remaining strain after the rupture, which also triggered a tsunami, may trigger a quake of magnitude 8.5 or higher, or a series of smaller tremors.

As for the idea that the smaller tremors reduce the risk by releasing energy, Bertolaso insisted that he had heard it from scientists at the Italian National Institute for Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), and that he had used the same phrase in the past without being corrected by any of his seismology consultants.

Even today, the New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ) generates more than 200 small tremors each year — and now a team of geophysicists thinks it knows what causes all the shaking.

In 1993, the MD Geological Survey recorded 20 small tremors (ranging from 1.0 to 2.7 on the Richter scale) in the Columbia area

But even a small tremor can cause thousands of dollars in damage, which you must pay out of pocket if you don't have the right earthquake insurance in place.

Older structures built before new earthquake codes came along in the 1970s are at increased risk of damage, even from a small tremor.

Homeowners insurance typically does not provide coverage for earthquakes, but an older home can sustain damage from even a small tremor.

Even a small tremor can cause a cracked foundation, structural damage or destruction of property.