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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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critical facilities
Natural environment; Earthquake
Structures whose functioning during an emergency is essential or whose failure would endanger many lives. May include: structures such as nuclear power plants or large dams whose failure could be ...
geotechnical
Natural environment; Earthquake
Related to the use of scientific methods and engineering principles to acquire, interpret and apply knowledge of earth materials to solving engineering problems.
crust
Natural environment; Earthquake
The outermost major layer of the earth; ranging from 35 to 45 km thick and with a compressional seismic wave velocity (in rock) between 3.0 and 7.5 km/s.
debris flow
Natural environment; Earthquake
A moving mass of rock fragments, soil, and mud, more than half ofthe particles being larger than sand size.
graben
Natural environment; Earthquake
A block of the earth's crust, usually elongated, that has subsided relative to adjacent rocks along bounding faults.
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