* Earthquake insurance is a form of property insurance that pays the policyholder in the event of an earthquake that causes damage to the property.

Earthquake insurance policies generally feature a high deductible.

Earthquake insurance is a form of property insurance that pays the policyholder in the event of an earthquake that causes damage to the property.

Earthquake insurance has become a political issue in California, whose residents purchase more earthquake insurance than residents of any other state in the U. S. After the 1994 Northridge earthquake, nearly all insurance companies completely stopped writing homeowners ' insurance policies altogether in the state, because under California law ( the " mandatory offer law "), companies offering homeowners ' insurance must also offer earthquake insurance.

New Zealand's Earthquake Commission ( EQC ) is a Government-owned Crown entity which provides primary natural disaster insurance to the owners of residential properties in New Zealand.

Earthquake swarms can serve as markers for the location of the flowing magma throughout the volcanoes.

Earthquake warning systems have been developed that can provide regional notification of an earthquake in progress, but before the ground surface has begun to move, potentially allowing people within the system's range to seek shelter before the earthquake's impact is felt.

Tsunamis can be caused by undersea earthquakes as the one caused in Ao Nang, Thailand, by the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake, or by landslides such as the one which occurred at Lituya Bay, Alaska.

Large area landsliding can also occur on rather gentle slopes as was seen in the " Good Friday Earthquake " in Anchorage, Alaska, March 28, 1964.

Risk determination and emergency response can be also be determined through the use of an Earthquake scenario.

Finally, the Coyote scatters some Acme Earthquake Pills on the road, hoping that the Road Runner can mistake them for birdseed.

Earthquake faults can also be entry routes for downward contaminant entry.

But Earthquake McGoon reminds them that if they leave Dogpatch, the annual Sadie Hawkins Day race won't take place: in Dogpatch, the only way anyone can be married is if a young woman catches a boy on Sadie Hawkins Day.

A hand-painted seal which used to be on display at the old Oakland State Building ( 1111 Jackson Street ) until its closure following the Loma Prieta Earthquake of 1989 can today be seen just within the front entrance of the state building at 1304 O Street, Sacramento.

Weapons that can be gained in this way are, in order of the amount of Energy required and the potential damage to the opponent: a barrage of Water Bubbles, an Ice Cube, a Bomb, and an Earthquake.

During the Earthquake of 2012 the pier can be seen sinking beneath the waves.

* Quakke, aka Earthquake, a warrior who can shake the ground by hitting it with his Grabatron Meteormace.

The rumor that his birth name was " Matuschanskayasky " was given additional credence by the release of the 1974 film Earthquake in which Matthau had agreed to provide a cameo performance without compensation on the condition that he not be credited under his real name.

Nevada ranks fourth in the nation for current seismic activity Earthquake databases ( the Council of the National Seismic System Composite Catalogue and the Southern Great Basin Seismic Network ) provide current and historical earthquake information.

The automobile business was in danger of going bankrupt, until the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, where his company was instrumental in importing General Motors GMC trucks to help with the disaster recovery efforts, and continued to provide vehicles as the transportation infrastructure was rebuilt.

EQC was established in 1945 as the Earthquake and War Damage Commission, as part of the New Zealand Government, and was originally intended to provide coverage for earthquakes as well as war damage.

* In the 1974 film Earthquake, Walter Matthau agreed to provide a cameo performance without compensation on the condition that he not be credited under his real name ; he was credited under a fictitious name of his choosing, " Walter Matuschanskayasky.

Badly damaged in the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake, this historic building is on the National Register of Historic Places as the anchor building of the Roslyn Historic District.

This building was a skyscraper that had become very much a symbol of modernity in Japan, and its destruction in the 1923 Great Kantō Earthquake came as a harrowing omen to many who saw it as reminiscent of the Tower of Babel.

The seismic hazard studies also may generate two standard measures of anticipated ground motion, both confusingly abbreviated MCE ; the simpler probabilistic Maximum Considered Earthquake ( or Event ), used in standard building codes, and the more detailed and deterministic Maximum Credible Earthquake incorporated in the design of larger buildings and civil infrastructure like dams or bridges.

Earthquake strengthening of the Cable Street building was achieved through the New Zealand-developed technology of base isolation-essentially seating the entire building on supports made from lead, steel and rubber that slow down the effect of an earthquake.

Earthquake engineering experts scrutinized building construction styles and found fault in the poorly-constructed apartments and other buildings that were built during the Era of Stagnation under the rule of Leonid Brezhnev.

The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute's research team compared building damage between those two cities and similar results were found for stone buildings four stories or less in height, but for taller frame-stone buildings 62 % were destroyed at Leninakan while only 23 % of the same type collapsed at Kirovakan.

The building withstood the 1906 Earthquake, and became a neighborhood shelter, while Dolores Park, which stands across the street from the school, became a tent city for displaced residents.

* 1923 — The museum's main building ( Honkan ) is damaged in the Great Kantō Earthquake of 1923.

The Administration building once displayed an octagonal tower and a portico, but these features were toppled in the 1933 Long Beach Earthquake.

Earthquake construction means implementation of seismic design to enable building and non-building structures to live through the anticipated earthquake exposure up to the expectations and in compliance with the applicable building codes. Construction of Pearl River Tower X-bracing to resist lateral forces of earthquakes and winds

Earthquake loss estimation is usually defined as a Damage Ratio ( DR ) which is a ratio of the earthquake damage repair cost to the total value of a building.

Earthquake events in the 1980 and 1988 had also caused damage to the monastery but the repairs done were not adequate, as in 2006, the masonry wall of the building suffered damages again.

This earthquake-proof steel and timber building was built after his much vaunted " Crystal Palace " or " Rang Mahal " as it was locally known, was totally and completely destroyed by the " Great Bengal Earthquake " of 12 June 1897.

Bernson was dubbed " Mister Earthquake ," for his driven attitude toward making city building safe in the event of temblors.

Berkeley High School, rear view of building showing toppled chimneys after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.

The main building of the high school suffered moderate damage in the form of toppled chimneys, broken windows and some weakened walls as a result of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.

Berkeley's slow growth ended abruptly with the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906.

For this reason, stories about earthquakes generally begin with the disaster and focus on its immediate aftermath, as in Short Walk to Daylight ( 1972 ), The Ragged Edge ( 1968 ) or Aftershock: Earthquake in New York ( 1998 ).

* 1990 – The Luzon Earthquake strikes in Benguet, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, La Union, Aurora, Bataan, Zambales and Tarlac, Philippines, with an intensity of 7. 7.

A geographic rivalry with the cross-bay American League Athletics has grown larger as a result of the two teams meeting in the 1989 World Series, nicknamed the " Battle of the Bay ," which Oakland swept ( and which was interrupted by the Loma Prieta Earthquake moments before Game 3 ).

The first observations of normal modes were made in the 1960s as the advent of higher fidelity instruments coincided with two of the largest earthquakes of the 20th century-the 1960 Great Chilean Earthquake and the 1964 Great Alaskan Earthquake.

* May 22 – The Great Chilean Earthquake: Chile's subduction fault ruptures from Talcahuano to Taitao Peninsula, causing the most powerful earthquake on record ( with a magnitude of 9. 5 ) and a tsunami.

* February 7 – The last New Madrid Earthquake strikes New Madrid, Missouri, with an estimated moment magnitude of over 8 ;

* January 23 – The Shaanxi Earthquake, the deadliest earthquake in history, occurs with its epicenter in Shaanxi province, China ; 830, 000 people may have been killed.

She appeared in a number of disaster films throughout the 1970s, notably Earthquake ( 1974 ) with Charlton Heston, The Cassandra Crossing ( 1976 ), and the Canadian movie City on Fire ( 1979 ).

Subwoofers came into greater popular consciousness in the 1970s with the introduction of Sensurround in movies such as Earthquake, which produced loud low-frequency sounds through large subwoofers.

Subwoofers received a great deal of publicity in 1974 with the movie Earthquake which was released in Sensurround.

The invention of the cocktail " Earthquake " or Tremblement de Terre is attributed to Toulouse-Lautrec: a potent mixture containing half absinthe and half cognac ( in a wine goblet, 3 parts Absinthe and 3 parts Cognac, sometimes served with ice cubes or shaken in a cocktail shaker filled with ice ).

While experiencing a political storm, China was also hit with a massive natural disaster — the Tangshan Earthquake, officially recorded at magnitude 7. 8 on the Richter Scale, authorities refused large amounts of foreign aid.

In 1945, work had begun to convert the CR & NW railroad line, from Cordova to Kennicott, into a highway, but work halted with the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake, leaving a significant gap between Chitina and the Million Dollar Bridge near Cordova.

Lucas obtained property from the federal government with land grants, and he purchased the land from victims of the New Madrid Earthquake of 1811.

Gold believed that this would explain the number of unusual phenomena associated with earthquakes, such as fires, flares, Earthquake lights and gas emissions.

The genre had its greatest box office success during the 1970s with the release of Airport ( 1970 ), followed in quick succession by The Poseidon Adventure ( 1972 ), Earthquake ( 1974 ) and The Towering Inferno ( 1974 ).

The trend reached its zenith in 1974 with the release of The Towering Inferno, Earthquake and Airport 1975 ( the first Airport sequel ).

The competing films enjoyed staggering success at the box office, with The Towering Inferno earning $ 55 million, Earthquake $ 36 million and Airport 1975 $ 25 million.

Earthquake was also honored with four Academy Award nominations for its impressive special effects of a massive earthquake leveling the city of Los Angeles, winning for Best Sound and receiving a Special Achievement Award for visual effects.

Additional legends credit him with the ability to transform himself into animals, of having caused the San Francisco Earthquake, and of having fought a duel with Jesse James