The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 209, Issues 4-6National Geographic Society., 2006 - Geography |
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And yet scientists still can't say when an earthquake will happen . They can't even come close . Some of the simplest questions about earthquakes remain hard to answer . Why do they start ? What makes them stop ?
And yet scientists still can't say when an earthquake will happen . They can't even come close . Some of the simplest questions about earthquakes remain hard to answer . Why do they start ? What makes them stop ?
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MEXICO CITY'S TALLEST BUILDING stands firm - so far - thanks to diagonal shock absorbers that should allow it to withstand a magnitude 8.4 earthquake . Months after it opened in 2003 , the 55 - story Torre Mayor rode out the shaking ...
MEXICO CITY'S TALLEST BUILDING stands firm - so far - thanks to diagonal shock absorbers that should allow it to withstand a magnitude 8.4 earthquake . Months after it opened in 2003 , the 55 - story Torre Mayor rode out the shaking ...
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Naoyuki Kato , another scientist at the Earthquake Research Institute , says his laboratory experiments show that before a rock fracture gives way , it inevitably slips a little . He believes that what happens in a lab at small scale ...
Naoyuki Kato , another scientist at the Earthquake Research Institute , says his laboratory experiments show that before a rock fracture gives way , it inevitably slips a little . He believes that what happens in a lab at small scale ...
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