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Destructive and earthquakes
:* Destructive earthquakes
Destructive earthquakes, often resulting in tsunamis, occur several times a century.

Destructive and occur
Destructive tornadoes can occur at any time of day.

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Karmas are grouped as Destructive Karmas, that obstruct the true nature of the soul and Non-Destructive Karmas that only affect the body in which the soul resides.
As long as there are Destructive Karmas, the soul is caged in a body and will have to experience pain and suffering in many different forms.
Led by Dead Kennedys, a U. S. anarcho-punk scene developed around such bands as Austin's MDC and Southern California's Another Destructive System.
Destructive interference causes fading.
* Schultz, P. W., Nolan, J. M., Cialdini, R. B., Goldstein, N. J., Griskevicius, V., 2007, The Constructive, Destructive, and Reconstructive Power of Social Norms, Psychological Science, vol.
* Royster, Charles, The Destructive War: William Tecumseh Sherman, Stonewall Jackson, and the Americans, Alfred A. Knopf, 1991, ISBN 0-679-73878-9.
According to Haug's interpretation, the " twin spirits " of 30. 3 were Angra Mainyu and Spenta Mainyu, the former being literally the " Destructive Spirit " and the latter being the ' Bounteous Spirit ' ( of Mazda ).
* Cvet, David M .. Study of the Destructive Capabilities of the European Longsword.
* Destructive scans of the brain and noninvasive brain scans have allowed scientists to understand the brain much better.
Destructive bushfires burnt much of Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park and luxury accommodation at the Ayers Rock Resort was destroyed in 2002-03.
There is a SADD ( Students Against Destructive Decisions ) chapter at the high school, counseling students against destructive decisions.
In the US, most of the laws and penalties were greatly enhanced starting in the late 1970s, and through the 1990s, largely due to pressure from groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving ( MADD ) and Students Against Destructive Decisions ( SADD ) and leaders like Candy Lightner.
Other opportunities for student participation include band, DECA, FFA, drill team ( the Lionettes ), Key Club, student council, Students Against Destructive Decisions, and National Honor Society.
: A Study in Destructive Haunting, and The Doncaster Research Group.
Destructive Indian raids continued despite a heavy U. S. presence near the Mexican border.

earthquakes and occur
( 2 ) If earthquakes do occur at such depths, why not deeper??
* 1811 – The first two in a series of four severe earthquakes occur in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri.
Tectonic earthquakes occur anywhere in the earth where there is sufficient stored elastic strain energy to drive fracture propagation along a fault plane.
In the case of the San Andreas fault continental transform, many earthquakes occur away from the plate boundary and are related to strains developed within the broader zone of deformation caused by major irregularities in the fault trace ( e. g., the " Big bend " region ).
In subduction zones, where older and colder oceanic crust descends beneath another tectonic plate, deep-focus earthquakes may occur at much greater depths ( ranging from 300 up to 700 kilometers ).
Deep-focus earthquakes occur at a depth where the subducted lithosphere should no longer be brittle, due to the high temperature and pressure.
Sometimes a series of earthquakes occur in a sort of earthquake storm, where the earthquakes strike a fault in clusters, each triggered by the shaking or stress redistribution of the previous earthquakes.
Similar to aftershocks but on adjacent segments of fault, these storms occur over the course of years, and with some of the later earthquakes as damaging as the early ones.
It is estimated that around 500, 000 earthquakes occur each year, detectable with current instrumentation.
Many methods have been developed for predicting the time and place in which earthquakes will occur.
Major earthquakes occur infrequently ; the most famous in the twentieth century was the great Kantō earthquake of 1923, in which 130, 000 people died.
Periodic earthquakes also occur here.
* 2009 – The 2009 Sumatra earthquakes occur, killing over 1, 115 people.
The basin grows full, and she pulls it away, during which time venom drops on Loki, causing him to writhe so violently that earthquakes occur that shake the entire earth.
Tsunamis, the large waves that occur after earthquakes, are sometimes called tidal waves, but this name is given by their resemblance to the tide, rather than any actual link to the tide.
Some major events such as floods, earthquakes, and eruptions, do occur.
Other earthquakes along the fault occur on January 23, 1812 and February 7, 1812.
A spokesman for the British Geological Survey said that earthquakes of around that magnitude occur roughly once a year in Britain.
Subduction zone earthquakes occur at enormously greater depths than elsewhere on Earth, where seismicity is limited to the outermost 20 km of the solid Earth.
Nine out of the ten largest earthquakes to occur in the last 100 years were subduction zone events.
Because earthquakes can only occur when a rock is deforming in a brittle fashion, subduction zones can create large earthquakes.

earthquakes and several
Guatemala City has been affected several times by earthquakes.
Based on prophecies made in several sutras, Nichiren attributed the occurrence of the famines, disease, and natural disasters ( especially drought, typhoons, and earthquakes ) of his day to teachings of Buddhism no longer appropriate for the time.
The Philippine Fault System consists of a series of seismic faults that produce several earthquakes per year, most of which are not felt.
Because of its tectonic origin, several faults scar the land ; as a result, the island is prone to earthquakes.
As with earthquakes, several attempts have been made to set up scales of tsunami intensity or magnitude to allow comparison between different events.
several hurricanes in recent years ; frequent and severe droughts and floods ; occasional earthquakes ; rare tsunamis
It was devastated by several major earthquakes and associated tsunami during the Roman Empire when it was called " Rhegium Julium " and was a noble Roman city.
The imposing white washed structure, as seen now, has undergone several renovations over the centuries following fires and earthquakes.
Later, in 1694, the city was struck by several catastrophic earthquakes and plagues, and afterwards a period of Spanish rule which would last until the 18th century.
( In this region around the San Francisco Bay Area several significant " sister faults " run more-or-less parallel, and each of these can create significantly destructive earthquakes.
The gardens were said to have been destroyed by several earthquakes after the 2nd century BC.
Mentone is in the ridge and valley region of the far southwestern Appalachian Mountains, an area that generally goes several decades between significant earthquakes, and has never had a major one in recorded history.
From such relationships, paleoseismologists can estimate the sizes of past earthquakes over the past several hundred years, and develop rough projections of future fault activity.
Since the beginning of the construction of the cathedral, in the year 1147, the building has been modified several times and survived many earthquakes.
In 1996 Varotsos and other colleagues claimed to have predicted impending earthquakes within windows of several weeks, 100 — 120 km, and ± 0. 7 of the magnitude.
Its report ( issued October 18, 1990 ) specifically rejected the claim of a sucessful prediction of the Loma Prieta earthquake ; examination of a transcript of his talk in San Francisco on October 10th showed he had said only: " there will probably be several earthquakes around the world, Richter 6 +, and there may be a volcano or two " — which, on a global scale, is about average for a week — with no mention of any earthquake anywhere in California.
There have been several major earthquakes in the region in recorded history:
The Moro Gulf is also an area of significant tectonic activity with several fault zones in the region capable of producing major earthquakes and destructive local tsunamis, such as the devastating 1976 Moro Gulf Earthquake which killed over 5, 000 people and left over 90, 000 people homeless as it hit the coast of Mindanao.
* Colegio San Ramón, of symmetrical facade and Renaissance influences has been raised several times due was destroyed by earthquakes.
Additionally, the city suffered several natural disasters including major earthquakes throughout the 4th and 6th centuries and anti-Christian conquests beginning with the Zoroastrian Persians in the 6th century, then the Muslim Arabs in the 7th century, then the Muslim Seljuks in the 11th century.
Scientists later looked back to the hours before the eruption and noticed that several long-period earthquakes, which start out strong and then slowly die out, had occurred in the final hours before the eruption.
The oldest accounts of hot springs at Haukadalur date back to 1294, when earthquakes in the area caused significant changes in local neighbouring landscape creating several new hot springs.
The rebuilding of the island was subject to a very rigid anti-seismic code, and has thus withstood several moderate and powerful subsequent earthquakes with only minimal damage.
It shows a complex and active tectonic behavior, and is responsible for several important earthquakes that hit Lisbon before November 1755: eight in the 14th century, five in the 16th century ( including the 1531 earthquake that destroyed 1, 500 houses, and the 1597 earthquake when three streets vanished ), and three in the 17th century.

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