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Earthquake facts

Earthquake facts Earthquakes are caused by a build-up of stress within the crust, causing rocks to fail suddenly. Some 80 percent of all the planet's earthquakes occur along the Pacific rim. On average, a magnitude 8 (M8) quake strikes somewhere every year.

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The Role of IOC in Coordinating Tsunami Warning Systems

The Role of IOC in Coordinating Tsunami Warning Systems. Tony Elliott Head of ICG/IOTWS Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission IOC Regional Programme Office, Perth. Outline. Introduction to IOC Global Tsunami Information Establishment of ITSU/PTWS, IOTWS, NEAM and CARIBE

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The Changing Earth

The Changing Earth. Chapter Twelve: Earthquakes. 12.1 Earthquakes 12.2 Volcanoes. Investigation 12A. Earthquakes. What conditions affect the timing, duration, and intensity of an earthquake?. 12.1 What is an earthquake like?.

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AfricaArray: Imaging the African Superplume

AfricaArray: Imaging the African Superplume Andy Nyblade , Dept. of Geosciences, Penn State University, University Park, PA Paul Dirks , School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Iris Workshop, Tucson June 10, 2006. www.africaarray.psu.edu.

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On Monitoring the Seismicity of the Aegean Sea and the East Mediterranean Sea

On Monitoring the Seismicity of the Aegean Sea and the East Mediterranean Sea Avi Shapira 1) , James Harris 1) , Nurcan Ozel 2) 1) International Seismological Centre, UK 2) Kandili Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Turkey.

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RISK MANAGEMENT AND VULNERABILITY OF TERRITORY Joel Chenet President Pole des Risques Paolo Gasparini President AMRA

RISK MANAGEMENT AND VULNERABILITY OF TERRITORY Joel Chenet President Pole des Risques Paolo Gasparini President AMRA. Natural catastrophes from 1950 to 1999 in the world of more than 100 victims or more than 100 million US $ of losses. Munich Re (2005). Earthquakes. Industrial accidents.

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Earthquakes

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Earthquake Hazard

Earthquake Hazard. Session 1 Mr. James Daniell. Risk Analysis Earthquake Risk Analysis. Learning Objectives. Develop an understanding of basic earthquake processes From the source, via a path, to the site Explore seismic principles such as waves and other concepts in terms of hazard

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International Monitoring of Nuclear Test Technologies In Use

International Monitoring of Nuclear Test Technologies In Use. Legal basis of the international monitoring of nuclear test Technologies used illustrated with some recent observations Present status of the international network. Mecanical signature

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Marco Olivieri 1 & Richard M. Allen 2 1) Istituto Naz. Di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Roma, Italy

Marco Olivieri 1 & Richard M. Allen 2 1) Istituto Naz. Di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Roma, Italy 2) SeismoLab, UCBerkeley, Berkeley, CA. A Simple and Rapid earthquake Detection and Discrimination System for ELARMS or A new conceptual schema for earthquake detection. Aim of the project.

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Linares

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Chapter 32

Chapter 32. The Architecture of the Earth. Primary Waves. P waves are primary waves; the longitudinal waves generated by an earthquake All waves carry large amounts of energy P-waves are the fastest & travel well through solids and liquids such as in our lithosphere

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THE ZAMBIAN SEISMIC NETWORK

THE ZAMBIAN SEISMIC NETWORK 2009 IRIS/ORFEUS METADATA WORKSHOP BEING HELD IN NOVEMBER IN CAIRO, EGYPT FROM 8-17 NOVEMBER 2009 By A Mulowezi. LOCATION OF ZAMBIA. Area: total: 752,618 sq km POPULATION: 12.1Million. BACKGROUND. ZAMBIAN SEISMIC NETWORK

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The Scientific Advisor of the Libyan National Seismological Network (LNSN) & The Chairman of

Establishment of the L ibyan N ational S eismological N etwork ( LNSN ): An efforts aimed at assessing and mitigating natural disaster risks on the National and regional scale. 2009 IRIS/ORFEUS Metadata Workshop. November 2009 / Cairo, Egypt. Abdunnur Ben Suleman ,

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THE ZAMBIAN SEISMIC NETWORK

THE ZAMBIAN SEISMIC NETWORK 2009 IRIS/ORFEUS METADATA WORKSHOP BEING HELD IN NOVEMBER IN CAIRO, EGYPT FROM 8-17 NOVEMBER 2009 By A Mulowezi. LOCATION OF ZAMBIA. Area: total: 752,618 sq km POPULATION: 12.1Million. BACKGROUND. ZAMBIAN SEISMIC NETWORK

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Existing Infrastructure for International Exchange of Seismic Data

Existing Infrastructure for International Exchange of Seismic Data. Raymond J. Willemann GEM Technology, Washington, D.C. IASPEI: Includes commissions for discussion and to establish standards ISC: Collects, merges,and re-distributes seismic bulletin data

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Earthquake Measurement

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BULGARIAN SEISMOLOGICAL NETWORK

BULGARIAN SEISMOLOGICAL NETWORK D. Solakov 1 , L. Dimitrova 1 , S. Nikolova 1 , St. Stoyanov 1 , S. Simeonova 1 , L. Zimakov 2 , L. Khaikin 3 1 National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography -BAS, Sofia, BULGARIA 2 Refraction Technology, Inc., USA 3 Russia.

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