Major earthquakes occur infrequently ; the most famous in the twentieth century was the great Kantō earthquake of 1923, in which 130, 000 people died.

Major areas of current research include trying to determine why some large earthquakes do not generate tsunamis while other smaller ones do ; trying to accurately forecast the passage of tsunamis across the oceans ; and also to forecast how tsunami waves would interact with specific shorelines.

Major earthquakes have affected the Coachella Valley.

Major earthquakes associated with the subduction zone:

Major earthquakes cause abrupt polar motion by altering the volume distribution of the Earth's solid mass.

They emerged as interchangeable cogs in a faulty but formidable machine: shaved nearly naked, hair queued, greatcoated, jackbooted, and best of all -- in the opinion of the British professional, Major Semple-Lisle -- `` their minds are not estranged from the paths of obedience by those smatterings of knowledge which only serve to lead to insubordination and mutiny ''.

The terms are fairly safe to use on this side of the ocean, but before you start spouting them to your date, it might be best to find out if he was a member of Major Pockmanster's Delhi Regiment, since resentment toward the natives was reportedly very high in that outfit.

Major complications are spreading of the abscess material to adjacent or remote tissues and extensive regional tissue death ( gangrene ).

Major commercial timber species are Gurjan ( Dipterocarpus spp.

Major raw material for PSA's are acrylate based polymers.

Major academic sculptors of France are represented in the sculpture of the Arc de Triomphe: Jean-Pierre Cortot ; François Rude ; Antoine Étex ; James Pradier and Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire.

Major cities are Juneau, Ketchikan, and Sitka.

Major newspapers and magazines in Belgium are printed monolingual either in Dutch or in French.

Major Dutch-language daily newspapers in 2008 are Het Laatste Nieuws ( De Persgroep ) ( 30. 96 %), Het Nieuwsblad ( Corelio ) ( 27. 04 %), Gazet van Antwerpen ( Concentra ) ( 11. 27 %), Het Belang van Limburg ( Concentra ) ( 10. 71 %), De Standaard ( Corelio ) ( 9. 95 %), De Morgen ( De Persgroep ) ( 5. 99 %) and De Tijd ( Mediafin ) ( 4. 08 %).

Major French-language daily newspapers in 2008 are La Dernière Heure ( IPM ) ( 16. 1 %), Le Soir ( Groupe Rossel ) ( 16. 0 %), Vers l ' Avenir ( Corelio ) ( 15. 8 %), La Libre Belgique ( IPM ) ( 8. 3 %), L ' Echo ( Mediafin ) ( 3. 7 %) and La Meuse ( newspaper ) ( Groupe Rossel ), La Capitale ( Groupe Rossel ), La Nouvelle Gazette ( Groupe Rossel ), La Province ( Groupe Rossel ) and Nord Eclair ( Groupe Rossel ) ( 22. 0 %).

Major Dutch-language weekly magazines in 2008 are Kerk en Leven ( Drukkerij en Uitgeverij Halewijn ) ( 409, 817 ), Dag Allemaal ( 402, 097 ), HUMO ( 227, 614 ), Libelle ( magazine ) ( Sanoma Belgium ) ( 216, 506 ), TV-Blad ( 158, 283 ), Story ( Belgian magazine ) ( Sanoma Belgium ) ( 159, 833 ), Plus Magazine ( Belgium ) ( 134, 242 ), TV-Familie / Blik ( 129, 328 ), Flair ( magazine ) ( Sanoma Belgium ) ( 126, 831 ), Knack ( magazine ) ( Roularta Media Group ) ( 126, 646 ), Trends ( magazine ) ( Roularta Media Group ),'t Pallieterke, ....

Major French-language weekly magazines in 2008 are Trends / Tendance ( Roularta Media Group ), Le Vif / L ' Express ( Roularta Media Group ), Télé Moustique ( Sanoma Belgium ), Femmes d ' Aujourd ' hui ( Sanoma Belgium ), ....

Many statistics are also available from outside of Major League Baseball, from leagues such as the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players and the Negro Leagues.

The scoring and criteria for awarding a stolen base to a runner are covered by rule 10. 07 of the Major League Baseball rule book.

In baseball, the statistic applies also to players who, prior to a game, are included on a starting lineup card or are announced as ex ante substitutes, whether they actually play or not, although, in Major League Baseball, the application of this statistic does not extend to consecutive games played streaks.

In the United States and Canada, professional Major League Baseball ( MLB ) teams are divided into the National League ( NL ) and American League ( AL ), each with three divisions: East, West, and Central.

The factors cited are: smaller sized ballparks than in the past, " juiced baseballs " implying that the balls are wound tighter thus travel further following contact with the bat, " watered down pitching " implying that lesser quality pitchers are up in the Major Leagues due to too many teams.

The current definition of rookie status for the award is based only on Major League experience, but some feel that past NPB players are not true rookies because of their past professional experience.

Major signs are high fever, excessive salivation, swelling of the face and tongue and cyanosis of the tongue.

; Major archbishop: Major archbishops are the heads of some of the Eastern Catholic Churches.

The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball ’ s American League Eastern Division.

Major life events, such as births, marriages, and deaths, were often documented with a license, permit, or report.

Major clinical signs include weight loss ( often accompanied by an increased appetite ), anxiety, intolerance to heat, hair loss, muscle aches, weakness, fatigue, hyperactivity, irritability, hypoglycemia, apathy, polyuria, polydipsia, delirium, tremor, pretibial myxedema, and sweating.

Major was an active Young Conservative and according to his biographer Anthony Seldon brought " youthful exuberance " to the Tories in Brixton, but was often in trouble with the professional agent Marion Standing.

At the 1993 Conservative Party Conference, Major began the " Back to Basics " campaign, which he intended to be about the economy, education, policing, and other such issues, but it was interpreted by many ( including Conservative cabinet ministers ) as an attempt to revert to the moral and family values that the Conservative Party were often associated with.

Lepus is most often represented as a rabbit being hunted by Orion, whose hunting dogs ( Canis Major and Canis Minor ) pursue it.

In the US, a Drum Major carrying a large baton or mace will often salute by bringing the right hand, holding the mace with the head upward, to the left shoulder.

Under the Constitution of the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister's role has evolved, based often on the individual's personal appeal and strength of character, as contrasted between, for example, Winston Churchill as against Clement Attlee, Margaret Thatcher as against John Major.

The first game in the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs — on Saturday, April 22, 1876 ( at the Jefferson Street Grounds, Philadelphia ) — is often pointed to as the beginning of Major League Baseball.

Major philosophical movements are often characterized with reference to the nation, language, or historical era in which they arose.

Major highways are often named and numbered by the governments that typically develop and maintain them.

The Major System is often used to create pegs.

He strategically reappears whenever the walkers break a major record and at predetermined sections of the track, and while the Walkers continue to build animosity for the Major, calling him a murderer and sadist, they often cannot help but cheer him during each appearance.

It is often called the Junior Circuit because it claimed Major League status for the 1901 season, 25 years after the formation of the National League ( the " Senior Circuit ").

Visiting Major League and Negro League teams often played exhibition games in Bridgeport in the shadow of the city's smokestacks.

Major video game critics often have a " best of E3 " award session ( similar to end-of-year award sessions ), and only E3 consistently features such awards.

Major producers like Timbaland, and underground producers like Jimmy Spice Curry, as well as the group Sir Mask, and others often create their own sound loops then incorporate them into songs.

Major Packs, which were larger-scale models, often of construction vehicles, were added in 1957.

Major powers, such as Ancient Rome and the British who had colonial vassals, would especially receive many such political hostages, often offspring of the elite, even princes or princesses who were generally treated according to their rank and put to a subtle long-term use where they would be given an elitist education or possibly even a religious conversion.

Major opera houses throughout the world often have highly mechanized stages, with large stage elevators permitting heavy sets to be changed rapidly.

Major cities often have " alternative weeklies " to complement the mainstream daily paper ( s ), for example, New York City's Village Voice or Los Angeles ' L. A. Weekly, to name two of the best-known.

The militia, called in by Governor Rutherford Hayes, had fired on the strikers, and 23 miners were arrested and put on trial in Canton, Ohio, the hometown of Major McKinley ( as he was often known, for his Civil War service ).

Major highlights of each show were the duets she performed with her co-hosts, which often included some of Dionne's hits and her co-hosts ' hits intermingled and arranged by Solid Gold musical director, Michael Miller.

; Tiger, Wolf and Creampuff, " Irish " Murphy's pig-dogs: They often terrorise Dog who seeks help from Wal, Horse or Major.

Major trauma, the term for patients with multiple injuries, often from a road traffic accident or a major fall, is initially handled in the Emergency Department.

Major spaceports often include more than one launch complex, which can be rocket launch sites adapted for different types of launch vehicles.