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Earthquake
Of or pertaining to the natural phenomenon when tectonic plates slide or move causing the Earth's surface also move which causes devastating damage to cities and towns.
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Earthquake loss
Natural environment; Earthquake
The actual or anticipated damage to life and property caused by earthquakes.
Isoseismal
Natural environment; Earthquake
A contour on a map bounding areas of equal intensity for a particular earthquake.
Earthquake risk
Natural environment; Earthquake
The social and economic consequences of anticipated earthquakes expressed in economic loss or casualties. Risk may be expressedas the probability that these will equal or exceed specified values in ...
Isostasy
Natural environment; Earthquake
A condition of hydrostatic equilibrium with the rigid part of the earth's crust floating on a denser and more mobile sublayer. Thus extensive areas of high topography are underlain by "roots" of ...
Landslide
Natural environment; Earthquake
The perceptible downward sliding or falling of masses of rock or soil; can include earthflows, debris flows, rock avalanches, and rock falls.
Elastic deformation
Natural environment; Earthquake
A nonpermanent deformation in which a solid returns to its original size and shape after an external deforming force is removed.
Lateral spreads
Natural environment; Earthquake
Landslides that form on gentle slopes as the result of liquefactionof a near-surface layer from ground shaking in an earthquake.
