temblor
भूकंप
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The objective was to protect the cathedral, its occupants, and its contents during the major earthquakes and smaller temblors that could be expected over several centuries.
an earthquake.
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The 'temblor' also damaged hundreds of houses and buildings, including the local legislative council building and several churches and mosques, and five bridges.
In spite of the 'temblor' 's substantial size, the slippage along the fault stopped propagating well before it reached the earth's surface.
The 'temblor' proved that an earthquake smaller in magnitude can cause greater damage than a more powerful earthquake.
The first 'temblor' on Saturday, measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale, hit shortly after midnight, followed by a second measuring 6.2 about seven hours later.
Earthquakes of 9.0 are exceedingly rare and occur only along subduction zones where an intense force builds, perhaps over hundreds of years, until the plate gives way and a violent 'temblor' results.
There have been over 500 aftershocks since the 'temblor' , causing interruptions in the rescue effort.
Even a distant 'temblor' could cause a levee break, inundating heavily populated low-lying residential areas- and more homes are being built in flood-prone areas each year.
In the 70 years prior to the 1906 earthquake, a 'temblor' of at least magnitude 6 struck the region an average of every four years, she said.
The 'temblor' , which injured almost 600 people, hit the northernmost island of Hokkaido hardest, but swayed buildings as far away as Tokyo, about 830 km to the southeast.
Even the global sea level is now half a millimeter higher than it was before the 'temblor' .
Seventy-six houses, several bridges and buildings collapsed totally or partially because of the 'temblor' , which also triggered landslides in affected areas.
For example, seismic instruments about 300 kilometers southwest of Mexico City detect the vibrations spreading from large 'temblors' that occur even farther to the southwest.
The objective was to protect the cathedral, its occupants, and its contents during the major earthquakes and smaller 'temblors' that could be expected over several centuries.
Major 'temblors' hit the island in three periods: 1898-1900, 1933-36, and 1966-67.
Aftershocks continued for months, and two more major 'temblors' shook the Earth again on January 23 and February 7, 1812, finishing off what the December quake had not destroyed and rattling windows in Montreal, a thousand miles away.
Singapore is generally shielded from earthquakes by Indonesia's Sumatra Island, but it does get mild aftershocks during strong 'temblors' in Indonesia.
During a typical year, 18 major 'temblors' and one great earthquake occur worldwide.
For earthquakes, as weather, the long-range perspective is perhaps more useful from the standpoint of how to withstand the power of large 'temblors' over long stretches of time.
In the case of earthquakes, the sensors are used to detect the onset of 'temblors' .
Seismic instruments will be installed along both plates in a section of the fault where small 'temblors' of magnitude 2.0 are frequent.
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