Yet almost all the semiconductors that go into Dell's computers are made by subcontractors in one earthquake-prone region of this politically sensitive country.
In this respect, the legacy of IGCP 567 will be a strong community of practitioners who are well disposed towards archaeoseismology, advocating a holistic approach that will eventually contribute to the establishment of an essential earthquake culture in the Alpine-Himalayan region, occasionally confronted with the inevitable earthquake catastrophe.
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Fars News Agency said it was the largest earthquake to hit the region in at least 40 years.
Fars News Agency reported that it was the largest earthquake to hit the region in at least 40 years.
But he later revised his forecast and said he no longer expected a serious earthquake to strike the region.
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It certainly helped that the epicentre of the earthquake was in a region within reasonably easy reach of Istanbul.
Only the integration of all potential evidence for past earthquakes enables us to advance our understanding of the complex earthquake history of a region.
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More than 1, 500 people were killed again in 1997 when an earthquake struck the Ghaen region, while in Golbaf, a strong quake which had caused 1, 500 deaths in 1981 caused just five in 1991.
It marks a sharp change in sentiment compared with reactions to previous disasters that prompted residents to open their wallets, such as a devastating earthquake that struck the Sichuan region in 2008, killing 90, 000 people.
Also, the region hit by the earthquake and tsunami tend to have below-average holdings of Brazilian debt.
So what better way to show thanks to everyone who gave the region support after the earthquake than by hosting the largest dinner in Italian history?
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Located in north-east Japan, the 12th-century site, representing the Buddhist Pure Land gained its world heritage status three months after the earthquake and tsunami devastated the surrounding region.
The previous record was an 8.6-magnitude earthquake that struck near the Chubu Region near southwestern Honshu on October 28, 1707, that may have killed 5, 000 people, CNN meteorologist Sean Morris said.
Answers to these questions will contribute to a better assessment of the earthquake hazard and risk in a region where more than 50 million people are at risk from future earthquakes and associated landslides and outburst floods.
The workshop on Seismicity and Earthquake Engineering in the Extended Mediterranean Region will be hosted by the University of Malta, and sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
The Kashmir quake was in just such a region, where a great earthquake was overdue.
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Residents from the Italian region struck by a major earthquake in 2009 have skirmished with police at a demonstration in Rome.
Four plants in northern Japan, including the Central Motor Plant, are near the region where the tsunami and earthquake impacted most severely.
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Trading was tentative Wednesday morning as the market place digested news out of the Indian Ocean region, where a major earthquake occurred near Indonesia overnight.
The serenity of the temples and gardens of Hiraizumi stands in poignant contrast with the deep wounds of a region hit hard by the earthquake of 11 March 2011.
In 1997, an earthquake killed 10 people in the Umbria region, left tens of thousands homeless and seriously damaged monuments and artwork, including the town of Assisi's famed Basilica of St.
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Those will be essential skills in the region devastated by the May 12 earthquake.
Aid and power supplies remained patchy in the northern region of Japan stricken by an earthquake and tsunami.
The quake comes just days after an earthquake of 4.2 magnitude hit the region, sending tremors in New Delhi.
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"Socio-economic development and living conditions in the region have already surpassed pre-earthquake levels, " said Mr Wen, according to the state-run news agency Xinhua.
As people across China's Sichuan province continue to rebuild their lives one year after a 7.9-magnitude earthquake leveled some towns and cities, the region's famed giant pandas are still struggling due to the devastation wreaked by the deadly temblor.
Aftershocks continue to shake the region more than four days after the earthquake, and some were even felt during Friday's funeral.
Around 130, 000 people perished in what has become known as the Great Kanto Earthquake because it took place in the Kanto plains region of Honshu.
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In the Asia region, despite the impact of the earthquake, we were able to maintain a similar level of vehicle sales as the previous year in countries led by Indonesia.
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Nuclear power plants in the region nearest to the epicentre of the earthquake which occurred off the coast early Friday morning have reported to the IAEA that they have detected no trouble, and that no emergency measures have been activated.
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