The diagonal element provides lateral stiffness during a moderate earthquake.
A moderate earthquake that shook Mexico City and Michoacán State caused no major damage or casualties, emergency services said.
(Reuters) TURKEY: QUAKE HITS ISTANBUL A moderate earthquake shook Istanbul residents shortly before dawn, sending hundreds into the streets.
Moreover, in moderate earthquake hazard level, only fuse members yielded and other structural members remained elastic.
This moderate earthquake was widely felt in the sparsely populated region at the southern end of our state.
On October 12th 1992, a moderate earthquake (Ms = 5.8) shocked the greater Cairo area causing widespread damages.
Most of masonry and adobe buildings in Maden and the neighboring settlements had been damaged severely at this moderate earthquake.
LOS ANGELES — A moderate earthquake, the largest in Southern California since 1999, struck 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday morning.
On May 22, 1971 a moderate earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 shook a region west of the current zone of destruction.
What would happen, a former municipal commissioner, Jamshed Kanga, wondered aloud, if Mumbai were to be hit by even a moderate earthquake?
A moderate earthquake jolted Southern California on Wednesday, rattling buildings in downtown Los Angeles, toppling wine bottles at desert resorts and briefly halting rides at Disneyland.
