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    The Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction (CCEP) (Japanese: 地震予知連絡会, Jishin Yochi Renraku-kai) in Japan was founded in April 1969, as part of...
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  • California earthquake forecast Classification rule Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction, Japan Dowsing Earthquake engineering Earthquake sensitive...
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    where an earthquake or an underground explosion originates. The primary purpose of a seismometer is to locate the initiating points of earthquake epicenters...
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  • Hypocenter (redirect from Earthquake focus)
    seismology, the hypocenter of an earthquake is its point of origin below ground; a synonym is the focus of an earthquake. Generally, the terms ground zero...
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    potential casualties in the tens of thousands. The Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction designated the region as an Area of Specific Observation...
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  • Japan's foremost authority on earthquake prediction and was a chair of the Japanese Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction (CCEP). Mogi was also a...
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    The Institute is represented on the national Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction. Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo was founded...
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    Tōnankai earthquake Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction Kanto earthquakes List of earthquakes in Japan Nankai megathrust earthquakes Andrew...
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  • Megathrust earthquakes occur at convergent plate boundaries, where one tectonic plate is forced underneath another. The earthquakes are caused by slip...
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    Machine The Authority is represented on the national Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction. The Japanese water height reference point (日本水準原点...
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  • Foreshock (category Types of earthquake)
    1038/srep04099. PMC 3924212. PMID 24526224. Ludwin, R. (16 September 2004). "Earthquake Prediction". The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network. Archived from the original...
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    "Characterization of the Heterogeneous Source Model of Intraslab Earthquakes Toward Strong Ground Motion Prediction". Pure and Applied Geophysics. 168 (1–2): 117–124...
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    series of earthquakes near Comrie in Scotland in 1839, a committee was formed in the United Kingdom in order to produce better detection devices for earthquakes...
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  • "Characterization of the Heterogeneous Source Model of Intraslab Earthquakes Toward Strong Ground Motion Prediction". Pure and Applied Geophysics. 168 (1–2): 117–124...
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    faster than other seismic waves and hence are the first signal from an earthquake to arrive at any affected location or at a seismograph. P waves may be...
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  • A blind thrust earthquake occurs along a thrust fault that does not show signs on the Earth's surface, hence the designation "blind". Such faults, being...
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    travels through the Earth or another planetary body. It can result from an earthquake (or generally, a quake), volcanic eruption, magma movement, a large landslide...
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  • of an earthquake is determined from the logarithm of the amplitude of waves recorded by seismographs. Adjustments are included to compensate for the variation...
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  • An interplate earthquake is an earthquake that occurs at the boundary between two tectonic plates. Earthquakes of this type account for more than 90 percent...
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    and water pipes. Category: Japanese seismologists Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction Geology of Japan Japan Meteorological Agency Japan...
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  • damaging earthquakes in a given area over years or decades. While forecasting is usually considered to be a type of prediction, earthquake forecasting...
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  • In seismology, a supershear earthquake is an earthquake in which the propagation of the rupture along the fault surface occurs at speeds in excess of...
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    A submarine, undersea, or underwater earthquake is an earthquake that occurs underwater at the bottom of a body of water, especially an ocean. They are...
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  • the effects of an earthquake at a given location. This is in contrast with the seismic magnitude usually reported for an earthquake. Magnitude scales...
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    Efforts to manage earthquake risks involve prediction, forecasting, and preparedness, including seismic retrofitting and earthquake engineering to design...
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    191th [sic!] meeting of CCEP – website of the Japanese Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction "NHKニュース 東北関東大震災(動画)". .nhk.or.jp. Archived from the...
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    from the fact that they are the second type of wave to be detected by an earthquake seismograph, after the compressional primary wave, or P wave, because...
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  • A volcano tectonic earthquake or volcano earthquake is caused by the movement of magma beneath the surface of the Earth. The movement results in pressure...
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  • A slow earthquake is a discontinuous, earthquake-like event that releases energy over a period of hours to months, rather than the seconds to minutes...
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    chair of Japan's Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction, called for the immediate closure of the plant. After the earthquake, units 1 and 2 were...
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