Sentence examples for the earthquake site from inspiring English sources

Correlation with further borehole information, then allowed the definition of a subsoil model for the crater, providing information that allowed a better understanding of the earthquake site effects in the São Sebastião village.

People whose relatives died in the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan Province in China waited for the opening ceremony for the Donghekou Earthquake Site Park in Qingchuan on Wednesday.

Because the average slope is moderate (less than 15°), 1-D computer codes have been used to model the equivalent-linear earthquake site response analyses of layered hill deposits, as generally performed by professionals.

Table 7 Building characteristics and damage factor for the 2011 Christchurch earthquake Site Building name Observed damage classification Approx. natural frequency Damage factor C1 Christchurch Cathedral Complete 0.9 9.14 CTVCTV Building Complete 2.1 8.94 C3 Grand Chancellor Moderate/heavy 0.4 6.86 C4 TVNZ Building Heavy 2.8 6.45 C5 Residential House Light 5.4 3.87.

Table 9 Building characteristics and damage factor for the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake Site Building type Observed damage classification Approx. natural frequency Damage factor CC1 Residential Heavy 1.8 407.40 CC2 Residential Heavy 0.6 179.62 CC3 Warehouse Heavy 3.4 172.98 Commercial Moderate/heavyeavy 2.3 93.99 CC5 Residential Light 1.2 70.24.

For the Hirshhorn show, Mr. Ai's work "Straight" consisted of a pile of long reinforced steel bars from the Sichuan earthquake sites, which he collected and then had straightened.

You can learn a lot more at the U.S. Geological Survey's earthquake site.

In addition to the earthquake magnitude, site conditions play a vital role in the effect of earthquakes on infrastructure.

This work was undertaken by the drilling vessel (D/V) Chikyu, approximately 1 year after the earthquake at Site C0019 (Mori et al. 2012; Chester et al. 2012), and one of the principal objectives of JFAST was to detect the residual temperature anomaly induced by the coseismic frictional heat during the earthquake (Fulton et al. 2013).

After the earthquake, extensive site investigations were conducted in the affected areas, including 14 borehole surveys and 43 sounding tests, where Piezo Drive Cone penetrometer, a newly developed test method, was used which could be effectively employed in detecting local change of soil profiles.

One-dimensional dynamic site response analyses were performed with Equivalent-linear Earthquake site Response Analysis (EERA) software by using the simulated earthquake time histories.