The Southern Great Lakes Seismic Zone is a zone of low to moderate seismic activity surrounding Lake Erie and Lake Ontario in Canada and the United States...
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The New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ), sometimes called the New Madrid Fault Line, is a major seismic zone and a prolific source of intraplate earthquakes...
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The Great Lakes tectonic zone (GLTZ) is bounded by South Dakota at its tip and heads northeast to south of Duluth, Minnesota, then heads east through...
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Pennsylvania's history. The earthquake's epicenter was in the Southern Great Lakes Seismic Zone, about 25 kilometers (16 mi) southwest of Meadville; its depth...
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Pymatuning earthquake, associated with a different seismic region (Southern Great Lakes Seismic Zone). Although a 5.0 magnitude quake is considered to...
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The South West Seismic Zone (also identified as SWSZ) is a major intraplate earthquake province located in the south west of Western Australia. It was...
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low levels of seismicity compared to other subduction zones, Cascadia hosts various types of earthquakes that are recorded by seismic and geodetic instruments...
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occurred in Ohio since 1776. The Western Ohio Seismic Zone and a portion of the Southern Great Lakes Seismic Zone are located in the state, and numerous faults...
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East African Rift (redirect from East african rift zone)
weaker and stronger lithospheric regions in the EARS. Many of the African Great Lakes lie within the Rift Valley. A series of distinct rift basins, the East...
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Buffalo, New York (category New York (state) populated places on Lake Erie)
significant earthquakes, Buffalo is in the Southern Great Lakes Seismic Zone (part of the Great Lakes tectonic zone). Buffalo has four channels within its...
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Water distribution on Earth (section Lakes)
Earth's lakes hold 199,000 km3 of water. Most lakes are in the high northern latitudes, far from human population centers. The North American Great Lakes, which...
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Puget Sound faults (redirect from Southern Washington Cascades Conductor)
mid-crustal seismicity in western Washington outside of Puget Sound are the Saint Helens Zone (SHZ) and Western Rainier Zone (WRZ) at the southern edge of...
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seismic area of the world. In addition to the subduction zone off the west coast of the island, Sumatra also has a large strike-slip fault, the Great...
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Trans-Hudson orogeny (redirect from Trans-Hudsonian Suture Zone)
collisional zone between the Archean Wyoming and Superior provinces. Based on geophysical evidence, this zone has been broadly interpreted to be the southern extension...
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Ring of Fire (redirect from Circum-Pacific seismic belt)
volcanic and earthquake zone, also known as the Mediterranean–Indonesian volcanic belt, running east–west through southern Asia and southern Europe). Some geologists...
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the Southern Loop Bypass near Castro Valley. The Southern Loop was completed in 2002, while the seismic retrofitting of the Claremont tunnel was completed...
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year. The fault zone is also seismically active; hot springs occur in the area and notable earthquakes happen every few years. The lake is divided into...
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Earthquake (redirect from Seismic activity)
seismic energy release per unit volume. In its most general sense, the word earthquake is used to describe any seismic event that generates seismic waves...
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of the South Iceland Seismic Zone (SISZ). See Chronology of Eruptions below: Grímsnes 3500 BC. - Kerið is a volcanic crater lake located in the Grímsnes...
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1960 Valdivia earthquake (redirect from Great Chilean earthquake)
inflation). Chile is located along the Pacific Ring of Fire, a known zone of high seismicity. The earthquake was a megathrust earthquake resulting from the...
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connected to prominent seismic activity.[clarification needed] It is not intended to list every notable fault, but only major fault zones.[clarification needed]...
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Desenzano del Garda to Salò Sirmio Rocca di Manerba del Garda Italian Lakes List of lakes of Italy Centomiglia Regatta "Origine del toponimo Garda" (in Italian)...
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Nankai Trough (category Seismic faults of Japan)
extension of a zone of active seismicity that dips beneath SW Japan. The rupture zone has been subdivided into five areas with respect to seismic modelling...
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Seattle Fault (redirect from Seattle Fault Zone)
Interstate Highway 90. The Seattle Fault was first recognized as a significant seismic hazard in 1992, when a set of reports showed that about 1,100 years ago...
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Earthquake engineering (redirect from Seismic engineering)
make such structures more resistant to earthquakes. An earthquake (or seismic) engineer aims to construct structures that will not be damaged in minor...
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(M7.5). The longest and most seismically active of the strike-slip structures is the 1200 km long Philippine Fault Zone. It carries the left lateral component...
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Philippine Fault System (section Philippine Fault Zone)
The central Philippine Fault Zone consisting of the Guinayangan, Masbate, and Central Leyte faults are the most seismically active regions transecting the...
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(#) symbol. Brawley Seismic Zone Chino Fault Elsinore Fault Zone Elysian Park Fault Garlock Fault Hosgri Fault Imperial Fault Zone Laguna Salada Fault...
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of a zone of seismicity known as the South West Seismic Zone. This zone has now been significantly mapped and analysed and is the most active zone in Western...
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Taal Volcano (redirect from Crater Lake (Philippines))
CO2 emissions in the Main Crater Lake and sustained seismic activity. Field measurements on May 24 showed that lake temperatures had increased slightly...
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