News tagged with quake simulator

Northwest at risk of megaquake like one in Chile

(AP) -- Just 50 miles off the Pacific Northwest coast is an earthquake hotspot that threatens to unleash on Seattle, Portland and Vancouver the kind of damage that has shattered Chile.

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created Mar 02, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (14) | comments 3

Tokyo mega-quake 'would kill over 9,000'

More than 9,600 people would die with nearly 150,000 injured if a mega-quake struck Tokyo, a disaster that would also level large parts of the Japanese capital, a government projection said Wednesday.

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created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

China to build world's largest quake simulator

A Chinese university said Tuesday it had started to build the world's largest quake simulator, a week after the first anniversary of the deadly earthquake in southwest China.

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created May 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0