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An earthquake – also called a quake, tremor, or temblor – is the shaking of the Earth 's surface resulting from a sudden release of energy in the lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in intensity, from those so weak they cannot be felt, to those violent enough to propel objects and people into the air, damage ...
The 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake (also known as the 1959 Yellowstone earthquake) [4] occurred in the western United States on August 17 at 11:37 pm in southwestern Montana. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The earthquake measured 7.2 on the moment magnitude scale , [ 1 ] caused a huge landslide, resulted in over 28 fatalities and left $ 11 million (equivalent to ...
March 11, 2013. ( 2013-03-11) Running time. 90 minutes. Countries. Japan, USA. Language. English/Japanese. 3.11: Surviving Japan is a documentary film about the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan written and directed by volunteer and resident Christopher Noland.
Earthquakes in Iceland prompt fears of volcano eruption. Saturday 11 November 2023 07:15, ... Video shows earthquake tremors in Iceland. Friday 10 November 2023 23:00, Athena Stavrou.
The 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes were about 140 km (87 mi) northwest of the 2024 Hyūga-nada earthquake and were caused by a similar subduction zone. [2] About 2 km (1.2 mi) beneath the seafloor, low-frequency earthquakes , occur near the shallow subduction interface.
10.5 is a 2004 disaster film directed by John Lafia which aired as a television miniseries in the United States on May 2, 2004, and May 3, 2004. [ 1] The plot focuses on a series of catastrophic earthquakes along the United States west coast, culminating in one measuring 10.5 on the Richter scale . 10.5 was widely ridiculed by both reviewers ...
August 5, 2024 at 5:27 PM. You might not expect to start your week with an earthquake in East Tennessee. But at 10:12 a.m. Aug. 5, two miles from Sevierville, that's exactly what happened ...
Category. : Films about earthquakes. Films about earthquakes, 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 intensity, from those that are so weak that they cannot be felt, to those violent enough to propel objects and people ...