The Japanese Lesson Learned from 100 Years of Earthquake Resistance
It has been nearly 13 years since the horrific earthquake and tsunami that led to the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima power plant in 2011.The fears of the Japanese people ...
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How Strong is a 7.8 Magnitude Earthquake?
A seismologist at the University of Melbourne estimates that the energy released by the earthquake in Turkey on February 6 is enough to power New York City for over four ...
How is earthquake intensity measured?
Today, the moment magnitude scale is used as the standard for measuring large earthquakes, while smaller earthquakes still utilize the Richter scale.A strong earthquake occurred off the coast of the ...
