Sentences with phrase «threat of earthquake»

Being a city on the southwest coastline of California, there is always a threat of earthquake activity in Chula Vista.

If you live in a geographical region where the threat of earthquake is a daily consideration, getting a homeowners quote for supplemental earthquake insurance is a wise move.

These two plates grid over one another producing frequent geologic instability; put Bali under constant threat of earthquake.

How then, with decades of warning and a day set aside specifically to mark the threat of earthquakes, did Nepal manage not to sidestep something so predictable?

Focused only slightly differently is «San Andreas: The Real Fault Line» (6 mins., HD), which spends its opening moments very superficially discussing the real threat of earthquakes in California before delving into the production tricks behind the film's earth - shaking scenes, like a restaurant set designed so that everything visible in the frame is shaking except the floor itself, since it was being prowled by a Steadicam operator.

One reason is the never - ending threat of earthquakes in southern California; which relates to the second, being the wealth and great lifestyle associated with the city.

Moreover, several popular tourist destinations live under the constant threat of earthquakes, including California, Japan, and Indonesia.

The city requires little comprehensive, non-collision related, coverage aside from the ever uncertain threat of earthquakes for the most part.

There are few reasons, outside of the threat of earthquakes, for one to really need extra comprehensive coverage if only driving and commuting within Anaheim.

Not exact matches

Rising sea - levels — particularly when combined with storm events — are just one of several factors that could endanger the integrity of the Delta's 1,100 miles of earthen levees, which protect the state's water supply and the region's agricultural, transportation, and energy systems from flooding and saltwater intrusion.35 Earthquakes, land subsidence, and floods present serious threats to the aging levees as well.

The talent is there, with scoring threats in Navid Khamush and Ali Amin, strong defenders in Ryan Murray and Stefen Dillon, and the return of senior forward Suliman Khorami, who is back after a year with the Earthquakes Academy.

For families living in disaster - prone areas, where the threat of a hurricane, tornado, flood, earthquake, or wildfire is constant, especially during some times of the year, the realization is that it could happen to them next.

A state agency has objected to relicensing the Indian Point nuclear plant on the Hudson River, saying it kills millions of fish larvae and sits near seismic faults with an earthquake threat to millions of people.

But that map ignored the threat of induced earthquakes, precisely because the frequency of these earthquakes was likely to change over the course of 50 years.

SUPERTALL SCRUTINY In presenting the changes that have occurred in the design of skyscrapers since September 11, 2001, in «Castles in the Air,» Mark Lamster notes three threats: aircraft impact, earthquakes and wind.

Even after the situation was brought under relative control over subsequent days and weeks, public concern hung on the threat of radiation almost more than it did than on the tsunami and earthquake themselves, which had killed more than 15,850 people and displaced at least 340,000 more.

So, starting on February 28th, I will be debuting as the host of a new series on the Weather Channel called Hacking the Planet, and this is a series in which, each week, the format is I take a look at some kind of big natural threat, things like hurricanes and tornadoes and earthquakes and the like, and I explore what we understand, the science of how these things work and where they came from and how they stop and then we figure out, well, how can we use this knowledge to our advantage.

«Having no recorded history of mega tsunamis in Hawai'i, and given the tsunami threat to Hawai'i, we devised a model for Magnitude 9 earthquake rates following upon the insightful work of David Burbidge and others.»

Scientists in the Pacific Northwest only discovered the Cascadia threat about 30 years ago, when a University of Washington geologist located evidence of the 1700 earthquake and tsunami.

They also warned that Chile's history of destructive earthquakes posed a threat to the telescope.

«While the west coast may carry the larger burden of potential losses and the greatest threat from the strongest shaking, this report shows that the threat from earthquakes is widespread.»

27.6.1 For the purposes of this clause 27.6, «Force Majeure Event» means any act or event beyond the reasonable control of the Company, including without limitation strikes, lock - outs or other industrial action by third parties, civil commotion, riot, invasion, terrorist attack or threat of terrorist attack, war (whether declared or not) or threat or preparation for war, fire, explosion, storm, flood, earthquake, subsidence, epidemic or other natural disaster, or failure of public or private telecommunications networks.

(a) For the purposes of this clause 13.1, «Force Majeure Event» means any act or event beyond the reasonable control of ELITESINGLES, including without limitation strikes, lock - outs or other industrial action by third parties, civil commotion, riot, invasion, terrorist attack or threat of terrorist attack, war (whether declared or not) or threat or preparation for war, fire, explosion, storm, flood, earthquake, subsidence, epidemic or other natural disaster, or failure of public or private telecommunications networks.

An Event Outside Our Control means any act or event beyond our reasonable control, [including without limitation strikes, lock - outs or other industrial action by third parties, civil commotion, riot, invasion, terrorist attack or threat of terrorist attack, war (whether declared or not) or threat or preparation for war, fire, explosion, storm, flood, earthquake, subsidence, epidemic or other natural disaster, or failure of public or private telecommunications networks].

Includes lessons on: - Australia's «Big Dry» Drought - The 2009 Cockermouth Floods - Kenya's 2009 Drought - Montserrat 1995 - 97 Volcanic Eruption - Pakistan Earthquake 2005 - The potential threat of an Atlantic mega-tsunami

Such a plan may be needed if the school is evacuated or closed as a result of an internal hazardous materials accident, fire, natural gas leak, flooding, earthquake, school violence, bomb threat, terrorist attack, or other local hazard or natural disaster.

Crater - deep potholes, pavement broken up in the wake of a recent earthquake, and puffy undulations resembling gray monochrome quilts pose a serious threat to low - flying spoilers, rims, aprons, and underbodies — but not when you're at the 488 GTB's helm.

While the magnitude of the volcanic earthquakes has decreased, experts say the threat of an eruption is still very much relevant.

Peru is prone to earthquakes and the building blocks of Machu Picchu have been cut precisely enough to simply shake off the threat of tremors!

Even within the state of Oregon, there has been persistent reluctance to spend for school retrofitting programs, according to state officials including Yumei Wang, who leads Oregon's efforts to gird for both (inevitable) earthquake and tsunami threats.

After the great earthquake in Chile last year, I noted the seismic challenge facing the Pacific Northwest, much of which faces the same threat — both from shaking and waves — manifested in Japan:

I encourage you to look at the map we created for the Science Times story showing numbers of school - age children in places with big earthquake threats.

While my print story and post on quake threats last week focused on the seismic peril facing millions of poor people living in fast - growing cities in quake zones, there are plenty of prosperous places that have not adequately responded to their exposure to enormous, and inevitable, earthquake risk.

The reality of the threat has been growing for several decades, and the earthquake in Chile — a reasonably comparable temblor — provided an illustration of the forces that are building off the North American coast.

As with other environmental hazards, from earthquakes to storms, any societal impact will always be a function of the severity and frequency of the danger (in this case periods of high heat), the number of people exposed and their capacity to withstand the threat.

For those who missed it in my piece on Istanbul's earthquake threat, here's a slide show of work from the remarkable collection of earthquake art assembled by Jan Kozak in Prague.

Earthquakes also pose an increased threat as flooding of the delta forces the underlying Earth's crust down, aggravating faults, and tectonic movements have even caused rivers to suddenly and dramatically change course.

Still early, but here are the details we know from USGS: Magnitude 8.0 — 96 km SW of Pijijiapan, Mexico Time 2017-09-08 04:49:17 (UTC) Location15.029 ° N 93.807 ° W Depth 35.0 km From the Pacific tsunami warning center: TSUNAMI THREAT FORECAST ---------------- * HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT THREE HOURS ALONG SOME COASTS OF MEXICO... GUATEMALA... EL.of Pijijiapan, Mexico Time 2017-09-08 04:49:17 (UTC) Location15.029 ° N 93.807 ° W Depth 35.0 km From the Pacific tsunami warning center: TSUNAMI THREAT FORECAST ---------------- * HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT THREE HOURS ALONG SOME COASTS OF MEXICO... GUATEMALA... EL.OF MEXICO... GUATEMALA... EL...

In her time in office, Congresswoman Bonamici has worked to address the problem of ocean pollution — in particular the challenges inflicted upon the Oregon coast by debris from the 2012 earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan, leaving her district with unsightly beaches, high cleanup costs and the threat of invasive species.

Though not a major threat in this part of the country, earthquakes do have the potential to cause expensive damage to your home or business.

Floods, earthquakes, and tornadoes are not covered by a standard renters policy, but you can get riders for special coverage against these threats or separate policies insuring you against loss in these types of instances.