Sentence examples for possible earthquake from inspiring English sources

Apparently California's largest possible earthquake would have a magnitude of about 8.2, ten-times less powerful than the earthquakes on screen.

Still, both the Tsuruga and Monju plants in Fukui Prefecture, even if not operative, could continue to face risks from a possible earthquake along the active fault.

Madsen's film is about Onkalo, a colossal underground tomb being built in Finland, 500 metres below the earth – supposedly impervious to any event on the surface and far away from any possible earthquake danger: its purpose is to house thousands of tonnes of radioactive nuclear waste.

Scientists studied radon as a possible earthquake warning signal as far back as the 1970s, and while they found convincing cases of radon releases before some earthquakes — for example, levels of radon in groundwater were 10 times normal before the earthquake that hit Kobe, Japan, in 1995 — the correlations were not strong enough or clear enough for useful predictions.

The fact that his new house had been seismically retrofitted — a common procedure to reinforce older buildings in the Bay Area against possible earthquake damage — had been a selling point, he said, but even so his first thought was, "Please don't let this be the big one".

Billy's laptop has detected a possible earthquake.

They allow for economical construction - the building has cost just 8.7m euros - and are, as far as possible, earthquake-proof in a landscape rucked by seismic waves.

Studies by Shell and Exxon Mobil, as well as by government agencies like the state mining regulator, showed that prior assumptions about the size of possible earthquakes were wrong.

The last time seismologists were bold enough to attempt a forecast, the earthquake came at the designated place but 12 years after the four-year prediction window had closed.With his own interests at heart, your correspondent has been keen to help researchers gather information about such possible earthquakes.

Repairing and preserving these beams are to strengthen the structure against possible earthquakes.

To cope with possible earthquakes, three types of relief commodities (water, food, and shelter) are considered in this case study.