Year After Quake, Napa's Wine Industry Healthy: In the immediate aftermath of last August's earthquake in Napa, photographs quickly circulated of shattered wine racks, toppled barrels and what looked like an endless river of spilled red wine...
Rubble from damaged buildings and other structures remained on the streets even when this photo was taken, nearly
a year after the quake on Dec. 30, 2010.
Not exact matches
L'AQUILA, Italy (Reuters)- Seven
years after being devastated by an earthquake that killed more than 300 people, L'Aquila's abandoned city center is a stark reminder of the struggle facing Italian towns hit by a
quake last week.
This long period of «afterslip» compares to just a
year of afterslip for a similar magnitude
quake in Napa, California in 2014, demonstrating large variation in fault behavior
after earthquakes.
By contrast, nearly all of the predicted afterslip for the Napa
quake was completed a
year after the mainshock.
That would be a big improvement over the warnings issued
after last
year's Tohoku
quake, which Japanese officials initially put at magnitude 8.
After reviewing a 30 -
year catalogue of events, they found no significant evidence that large
quakes regularly trigger tectonic activity 1000 kilometres or more away.
A
year after that tremor, Italian prosecutors charged six scientists and a public official with falsely assuring L'Aquila's residents that a
quake was unlikely, just days before it struck and killed 309 people.
In previous earthquakes in mountainous terrain, many earthquake - initiated landslides occurred from minutes to
years after the initial
quake.
Six seismologists and a public official in Italy were found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to six
years in prison in 2012
after underestimating earthquake risk before a magnitude 6.3
quake hit the city of L'Aquila in April 2009.
In that
year more than 100 people died
after a
quake near the city of Bingöl.
Four -
year - old Labrador pup named Tie Hsiung, whose name translates to «Iron Hero», set out on his first mission as a rescue dog to search for survivors
after a shocking 6.4 magnitude
quake struck the eastern city of Hualien, Taiwan, on 6 Feb (Tues), resulting in a death toll of 10 people.
We sorely missed this kind of depth for
years after the demise of the popularity of arena shooters like Unreal Tournament and
Quake for more accessible experiences.
John Guthrie founder of
Quake command and level designer for both Half Life 1 and Half Life 2 has confirmed that Half Life 3 will ship for both current gen consoles and next - gen consoles
after E3 2014 by which they are aiming to have the first trailer revealed for June next
year.
The Return of
Quake - Yeah, you read that right —
after 20
years, the classic battle arena multiplayer shooter is ready for a new generation promising hours upon hours of trash talk.
«Over a
year after the massive
quake in Haiti there remains a huge need to rebuild and help the country,» said Ben Stiller.
(A great start is «
Years After Haiti
Quake, Safe Housing Is a Dream for Many.»)
Rebuilding is only just beginning
after the
quake destroyed over 700,000 houses in Nepal last
year, reports Ramesh Bhushal
If it does, I'm expecting the tsunami to look much like what hit Hawaii last
year after the tragic
quake in Tokyo... huge fear, huge expectations and in the end, not much.