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Earthquakes
An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in size from those that are so weak that they cannot be felt to those violent enough to propel objects and people into the air, and wreak destruction across entire cities. The seismicity, or seismic activity, of an area is the frequency, type, and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time. The word tremor is also used for non-earthquake seismic rumbling. …
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MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 July 2024 English
An Accidental History of Canada explores accidents, their causes, consequences, and afterlife, in colonial, Indigenous, and urban contexts, from the 1630s to the 1970s. These investigations make plain that accidents …
natural events such as droughts, epidemics, and earthquakes that affect entire societies, disaster stories …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 6 June 2024 English
In the third year of Russia's invasion, Ukraine has suffered enormous damages, with some sectors—such as buildings and infrastructure—particularly badly hit. The reconstruction effort presents an opportunity for Ukraine to …
and hospitals. Croatia’s experience with two earthquakes in 2020 (EUR 17 billion in damages) provides … energy renovations in buildings damaged in the earthquakes (European Parliamentary Research Service, 2024) …
CIRANO: Centre for Interuniversity Research and Analysis on Organizations · 16 May 2024 French
Les résultats des analyses de contenu et des entretiens menés auprès de gestionnaires et de dirigeants œuvrant dans l’industrie agroalimentaire québécoise mettent en lumière quatre principaux types de motivations : …
disasters, such as floods, droughts, frosts, earthquakes, hurricanes and pestilence. Adverse weather conditions …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 6 May 2024 English
An IGF report outlining technical aspects of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM), examining existing governance frameworks and providing recommendations for policy-makers to improve awareness, education, safety, and regulation of …
potential natural risks such as fire, flooding, and earthquakes. Storage facilities should be isolated from …
CAPP: Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers · 22 April 2024 English
It is the responsibility of each operator to conduct operations safely and in accordance with the circumstances of their operation. [...] As with all aspects of oil and gas operations, …
is a common natural phenomenon and refers to earthquakes associated with energy released when rocks slip … by fluid disposal are extremely small (micro earthquakes) and only measurable using very sensitive instruments …
PI: Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development · 19 April 2024 English
We respectfully acknowledge the space our organization is headquartered in as the traditional and ancestral territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy, comprised of the bands Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai, the Îyârhe …
increase resilience to extreme weather events and earthquakes.1 The modelling completed for that report demonstrated …
PICES: North Pacific Marine Science Organization · 17 April 2024 English
All names and claims expressed in this book of abstracts are solely those of the authors and do not represent those of the PICES Organization, nor those of their affiliated …
Pacific Ring of Fire, a geological region prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, poses a risk to the tourism …
PI: Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development · 17 April 2024 English
We honor the traditional and ancestral territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy, including the Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai bands, the Îyârhe Nakoda Nations comprised of the Goodstoney, Chiniki, and Bearspaw bands, …
(IBC) estimated the economic losses of major earthquakes affecting B.C. and the Ontario/Québec region …
Liu Institute for Global Issues · 29 March 2024 English
Through the use of symbolic tropes, the understand if there is a realistic material rea- President has drawn attention to the perceived soning behind Türkiye’s acquiring of nuclear unfairness of …
that their potential its value, but also recent earthquakes in Febru- adversaries’ nuclear programs are limited …
Wilson Center Canada · 19 March 2024 English
Ott The Strategic Landscape The United States has found itself playing the intense and bloody, in Ukraine and Gaza—have role of international stabilizer and security forced themselves to the top …
soon produced two security arena. geopolitical earthquakes in Southeast Asia. In The Pentagon refers to …