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Descriptor
English
:
Earthquakes
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Terremotos
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Terremotos
Tree Number:
G01.311.340.224
G01.595.340.224
SP4.001.037.403.514.255
SP8.473.654.517.332.287
Definition
English
:
Sudden slips on a fault, and the resulting ground shaking and radiated seismic
energy
caused by the slips, or by volcanic or magmatic activity, or other sudden stress changes in the earth. Faults are fractures along which the blocks of EARTH crust on either side have moved relative to one another parallel to the fracture.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
coordinate with
DISASTERS
if pertinent; specify geographic location
See Related
English
:
Richter Scale
Seismograph
Seismoscope
Vulnerability Analysis
History Note
English
:
2009; use DISASTERS 1976-2008
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
CL
classification
EC
economics
HI
history
MO
mortality
SN
statistics & numerical data
Record Number:
53288
Unique Identifier:
D055866
Occurrence in VHL
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