These authorities have identified a requirement to quantify potential human and economic losses from damaging earthquakes in order to design and develop a methodology for insuring such an event and to take forward the implementation of a pool. The standard methodology for identifying potential losses ...
In several tectonically active regions of the world, large magnitude earthquakes on fault systems are observed to occur in near-repetitive cycles as a consequence of stress accumulation and moment release. Since absolute measurements of stress–strain is unavailable through direct observations at all ...
Machchhu is a small river that rises in the Madla Hills and flows 130 km into the Rann of Kutch. In 1979, a major tragedy occurred after a dam on the river failed, inundating Morbi town and killing a large number of people — some estimates put the number of dead at 25,000. A G...
Sunday, November 19, 2023 – Former President of the United States, Donald Trump has won the endorsement of the governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, at an event close to the United States-Mexico border on Sunday. Mr. Trump said he is honored by Governor Abbott’s endorsement. Mr. Trump, who...
Learn how to prepare your home for earthquakes. Read article How to protect your home from earthquakes Why you need renters insurance, especially in the military Sept. 9, 2023 8 to 9 minutes Renters insurance helps protect your belongings in more ways than you might think. Find out why ...
Japan is widely regarded as well-prepared for disasters, being used to frequent tsunamis, cyclones, earthquakes and volcanic activity, but a year after the calamitous events of 11 March 2011, the lessons from the multi-disaster still resonate Nepal Celebrates Less-Rowdy Festival of Colors As ...
Submarine turbidity current is a high-density turbidity current formed by the sediment and movement of sand and mud covering the continental shelf or the upper part of the continental shelf; it is mainly induced by earthquakes, volcanic activities, storms, tsunami, and other sudden geological event...
Government will set up 32 new seismological observatories by the year-end to boost information-gathering capability on earthquakes. At present, 84 such observatories are functional in the country. The observatories generate ground motion data recorded by the digital seismography used for estimation of ...
“Ionospheric Heaters” used for Jet Stream Manipulation and Geo-engineering projects like Volcanic Eruptions, Earthquakes, or Tsunamis; Scalar EM Antennas like SuperDarn, SOUSY, Wood Pecker Grid and an array of Arctic and Antarctic EM Generation Antennas; X-Band Weather Modifying Radars used for ...