Many homeowners who live near fault lines skip earthquake insurance.
Although on the same fault line, this earthquake was much less powerful than the previous one.
What is more, Lithuanian geologists have discovered that despite the fact that the Ignalina facility is built on a fault that was the site of an earthquake in 1907 of a magnitude of 7.1 on the Richter scale it is only designed to withstand tremors of up to 5.5.
What is more, Lithuanian geologists have discovered that -- despite the fact that the Ignalina facility is built on a fault that was the site of an earthquake in 1907 of a magnitude of 7.1 on the Richter scale -- it is only designed to withstand tremors of up to 5.5.
Lethal earthquakes are common in Turkey, which lies on the North Anatolian fault, and the nation constantly fears another devastating earthquake.
Neither will cause a huge political earthquake, but the spat is exposing a fault-line among the city's progressive Democrats.
More to the point, it is possible that some of this power might be released before a fault moves catastrophically, and thus provide some warning of an earthquake.
Los Angeles (CNN) -- A magnitude 3.8 earthquake in southern California struck San Bernardino County near the San Andreas Fault Saturday morning, but no major damage was reported, authorities said.
Whether such currents could act as earthquake predictors depends on whether there are changes in the strain on a fault before it slips.
Fan Xiao, chief engineer at the Sichuan Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, told Global Times on Monday that the huge pressure of large reservoirs built on the fault line may have induced the Ya'an earthquakes and the more powerful Wenchuan earthquake in 2008.
They are creating a new political fault line that is ripping through both political parties with the force of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
Basically, this would be like a developer who is building homes along a fault line and only tests the durability of the construction up to a level 4.0 (light) earthquake when there is a decent probability that an 8.0 (major) may hit.
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