Sentences with phrase «strong quakes»
The phrase "strong quakes" refers to powerful earthquakes that produce strong shaking of the Earth's surface. Full definition
Meanwhile the clock is ticking — California has the highest density of fault lines in urban areas in the U.S. and a 99 percent chance of hosting a magnitude 6.7 or stronger quake in the next 30 years, according to a report recently published in Nature by Richard Allen, director of the Berkeley lab and one of the preeminent seismologists in the country.
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In 1964 a region of this same tectonic clash, called the Alaska — Aleutian Subduction Zone, produced the magnitude 9.2 «Good Friday» earthquake, the second - strongest quake ever recorded.
While it's not clear that there are any additional damages or injuries from this strong aftershock, experts say such strong quakes are huge threats to already - damaged structures...
Earthquake warning systems face a tough trade - off: To give enough time to take cover or shut down emergency systems, alerts may need to go out before it's clear how strong the quake will be.
A few months later stronger quakes shook the towns of Guy and Greenbrier in Arkansas.
Overall, the state saw an uptick in stronger quakes at the beginning of 2016, however.
McCue says New Zealand's earthquake hazard maps anticipate strong quakes emanating from the complex faults in those boundaries.
The report mentioned that some past earthquakes in Italy were followed by equally strong quakes not much later.
But the Northwest is one of the most seismically active regions in the world and has a history of strong quakes.
At magnitude 7.4 it was the strongest quake in the city since the devastating 1985 earthquake that killed 9,500 people.
The worries are a stronger quake than that could cause even more damage where many structures are built to withstand tornado winds but do not have specialized protection against strong seismic activity.
«Residual strain despite mega earthquake: Even the strongest quake ever measured left energy for successors.»
Chile's approach shows that it is possible to build structures that can dramatically reduce the loss of life in a strong quake, but implementing such methods remains a challenge in much of the world.