quake Betydning & definition

Eksempler på quake

• Mutant mice (quaking and jimpy) with deficient myelination in the central nervous system.

• The large grasslands and barrens are dominated by scattered jack pine, red pine, scrub oak, and quaking aspen trees.

• There are also concerns that quakes may damage underground gas, oil, and water lines and wells that were not designed to withstand earthquakes.

• Significant quakes rocked the city in 1839, 1851, 1858, 1864, 1865, 1868, 1891, 1906, and 1989.

• The date of this earthquake is given as either 1932 or 1937, although it is possible these were two distinct quakes.

• Few quakes have been felt in the area since 1994.

• The subterranean quakes were heard on hydrophones, and scientists described the sounds as similar to thunder, and unlike anything heard previously.

• Zarand has been hit by several quakes in the last 70 years, with the oldest recorded one going back to 1933.